The Year of Our Lord 1927

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Eugène Abissa Kwaku †		Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
	46.2	Ceased	Salvatore Ballo Guercio †	Apostolic Administrator of Acireale, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
		Born	Émile Biayenda †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo
	38.0	Appointed	Heinrich Breuer, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Pilcomayo, Paraguay	Prefect Emeritus
	43.9	Incardinated	Antonio Cardona Riera †	Priest of Ibiza, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	34.0	Ordained Priest	[ Chen Yuencai] †	Priest	Archbishop of Guiyang [Kweyang], China
	21.6	Professed	Anthony Zhou Weidao (Chow Wei-tao), O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Fengxiang [Fengsiang], China
	20.0	Ordained Priest	Luis Alfonso Crespo Chiriboga †	Priest	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
	40.3	Incardinated	Teodoro Bernardo Eugenín Barrientos, SS.CC. †	Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Chile, Military
	29.1	Ordained Priest	Augustin Claude Guérin, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Prefect Emeritus of N’Zérékoré, Guinea
		Appointed	Damaszen Herkenrath, O.F.M. †	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Tsinanfu, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	22.8	Professed	Pacificus Li Huande (Li Xuande, Ly Hsuan-te), O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China
		Born	Emmanuel Otteh †		Bishop Emeritus of Issele-Uku, Nigeria
	15.0	Professed	Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. †	Member of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
	50.0	Resigned	Josephus Rose, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Pilcomayo, Paraguay	Prefect Emeritus
	66.1	Appointed	Giustino Sanchini †	Apostolic Administrator of Fossombrone, Italy	Bishop of Fano, Italy
		Born	Mori Julien-Marie Sidibé †		Bishop of Ségou, Mali
	20.5	First Vows	Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia
	15.5	Professed	Juan Bautista Velasco Díaz, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China
	49.0	Ceased	Alfredo Verzosa y Florentin †	Apostolic Administrator of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines
	20.1	Entered	Léo Völker, M. Afr. †	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Superior General Emeritus
Jan	48.0	Resigned	Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Arabia, Yemen	Archbishop Emeritus of Agra, India
1 Jan	77.9	Died	Denis Joseph O’Connell †	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
2 Jan	56.0	Died	Josef Bombera †	Vicar Apostolic of Czechoslovakia
2 Jan	24.4	Ordained Priest	Carlo Manziana, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
4 Jan	50.7	Appointed	Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini †	Superior General of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
4 Jan	76.5	Died	Johannes Baptist Rößler (Roessler) †	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
5 Jan	65.0	Died	Nicasio Arellano, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
6 Jan	24.0	Ordained Priest	Patrick Francis Lyons †	Priest of Melbourne, Australia	Bishop of Sale, Australia
7 Jan		Born	Paul-Marie Cao Ðình Thuyên †		Bishop Emeritus of Vinh, Viet Nam
9 Jan	22.3	Ordained Priest	Luís Victor Sartori †	Priest	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
9 Jan		Born	Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
11 Jan	62.6	Appointed	Tito Trocchi †	Official of the Apostolic Chamber
12 Jan		Born	Francis Thomas Hurley †		Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage, Alaska, USA
13 Jan	48.8	Died	Francisco Antonio Granadillo †	Bishop of Valencia en Venezuela
14 Jan		Born	Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas †		Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile
	68.6	Appointed	Palmyre-Georges Jansoone †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France
	68.6	Appointed	Palmyre-Georges Jansoone †	Titular Bishop of Nilopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France
15 Jan	85.0	Died	Gregorio Giorgio Sciahin †	Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
15 Jan		Born	Jusztin Nándor Takács, O.C.D. †		Bishop Emeritus of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
16 Jan		Born	Paul Antaki †		Protosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
	67.9	Died	Julián de Diego y García Alcolea †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	48.7	Installed	Juan José Maíztegui y Besoitaiturria, C.M.F. †	Vicar Apostolic of Darién, Panama	Archbishop of Panamá
17 Jan	48.1	Appointed	Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira †	Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
17 Jan		Born	José María Hernández González †		Bishop Emeritus of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México
18 Jan	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Jules-Marie-Victor Courcoux, C.Or.Iesu †	Bishop of Orléans, France
18 Jan		Born	José Delicado Baeza †		Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
19 Jan	38.0	Appointed	Henricus Norbertus (Harrie) van Oort, S.C.I. †	Prefect of Benkoelen, Indonesia	Prefect Emeritus
19 Jan		Born	Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
20 Jan		Born	Paolo Giglio †		Apostolic Nuncio
		Born	Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian, I.C.P.B. †		Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
		Born	Manuel da Silva Martins †		Bishop Emeritus of Setúbal, Portugal
22 Jan		Born	Robert-Marie Gay, M. Afr. †		Bishop Emeritus of Kabale, Uganda
22 Jan		Born	Georg (Karl Maria} Holzherr, O.S.B. †		Abbot Emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
23 Jan	23.0	Ordained Priest	Domenico Fiorina, I.M.C. †	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Superior General Emeritus
24 Jan	43.8	Appointed	Auguste François Louis Grimault, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal
	43.8	Appointed	Auguste François Louis Grimault, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Palaestina	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal
	36.1	Appointed	Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
	36.1	Appointed	Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Balanea	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
	68.1	Died	Luis Javier Muñoz y Capurón, S.J. †	Archbishop of Guatemala
25 Jan		Born	Raymond Joseph Louis Bouchex †		Archbishop Emeritus of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
	56.5	Installed	Jules-Marie-Victor Courcoux, C.Or.Iesu †	Bishop of Orléans, France
	52.7	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Filippucci (Filippoussis) †	Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
		Born	Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol		Bishop Emeritus of Cheju, Korea (South)
26 Jan	54.4	Appointed	Joseph Bach, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	54.4	Appointed	Joseph Bach, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Eriza	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
	58.1	Died	Agostinho Francisco Benassi †	Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil
	47.0	Appointed	Timothy Joseph Crowley, C.S.C. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh	Bishop
	47.0	Appointed	Timothy Joseph Crowley, C.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia	Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh
	51.4	Appointed	Eugenio Massi, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hankow [Hankou], China
27 Jan	42.2	Appointed	Bernardino Vitale Bigi, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cirenaica, Libya
	42.2	Appointed	Bernardino Vitale Bigi, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Anthedon	Vicar Apostolic of Cirenaica, Libya
	55.7	Died	Bl. Jerzy Bolesław Matulewicz-Matulaitis, M.I.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania
		Born	Vicente Joaquim Zico, C.M. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil
28 Jan	44.7	Appointed	George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana †	Apostolic Internuncio to Haiti	Apostolic Delegate to México
	52.8	Appointed	Honoré-Joseph Coppieters †	Coadjutor Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium	Bishop
	52.8	Appointed	Honoré-Joseph Coppieters †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
29 Jan	62.6	Died	António Alves Ferreira †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
	78.6	Died	Andrea Caron †	Archbishop Emeritus of Genova, Italy
	68.4	Died	Charles O’Sullivan †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
	69.9	Appointed	Joseph Pfluger †	Titular Archbishop of Macra	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	63.2	Resigned	Giovanni Tacci (Porcelli) †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
31 Jan		Born	Julian Andrzej Wojtkowski		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warmia, Poland
1 Feb	35.7	Appointed	James Edward Walsh, M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kongmoon [Jiangmen], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Feb	35.7	Appointed	James Edward Walsh, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sata	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kongmoon [Jiangmen], China
2 Feb	40.8	Appointed	Gérard Wantenaar, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Feb	56.8	Appointed	Luigi Sincero †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
3 Feb	60.5	Appointed	Giacinto Tonizza, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tripolitana, Libya
4 Feb	41.6	Appointed	José Maurício da Rocha †	Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
5 Feb	69.2	Appointed	Edmund Dunn, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Sarawak, Malaysia
6 Feb	35.5	Installed	Kiril Stefan (Nikola) Kurtev †	Apostolic Exarch of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
7 Feb	47.9	Appointed	Antonio Melomo †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy
9 Feb	49.5	Installed	Theodore Henry Reverman †	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
11 Feb	74.2	Appointed	Carmelo Pujia †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
11 Feb	72.9	Died	Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
12 Feb	55.2	Appointed	Lorenzo Schioppa †	Apostolic Internuncio to Lithuania	Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands
14 Feb		Born	Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno, O.F.M.		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
14 Feb		Born	Gilberto Pereira Lopes		Archbishop Emeritus of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
15 Feb		Born	Carlo Maria Martini, S.J. †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
16 Feb		Born	Ludwig Averkamp †		Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
		Born	Alfredo Magarotto †		Bishop Emeritus of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
	69.5	Died	Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de’ Bianchi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
18 Feb	53.1	Appointed	Johannes Baptist Filzer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
18 Feb	53.1	Appointed	Johannes Baptist Filzer †	Titular Bishop of Bararus	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
20 Feb	22.5	Ordained Priest	Octavio José Calderón y Padilla †	Priest of León en Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
20 Feb	52.3	Ceased	Dionýz Njaradi †	Apostolic Administrator of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
22 Feb	48.3	Ordained Bishop	John Patrick Barrett †	Titular Bishop of Assus	Bishop of Plymouth, England, Great Britain
22 Feb	73.9	Died	Heinrich Joeppen †	Bishop Emeritus of Germany, Military
24 Feb		Born	Paul Lokiru Kalanda †		Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda
		Born	Raymond Alphonse Lucker †		Bishop Emeritus of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA
		Born	Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A. †		Bishop Emeritus of Maiduguri, Nigeria
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Charles Daniel White †	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
25 Feb		Born	John Edward Heaps †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
	49.8	Appointed	Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
	49.8	Appointed	Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski †	Titular Bishop of Dadima	Bishop Emeritus of Seckau, Austria
	44.0	Appointed	Kazimierz Tomczak †	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
	44.0	Appointed	Kazimierz Tomczak †	Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
26 Feb	83.0	Died	John Rooney †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa
27 Feb		Born	José Lamartine Soares †		Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
28 Feb	53.9	Appointed	Ljudevit Lajčo Budanović †	Titular Bishop of Cisamus	Apostolic Administrator of Bačka (Bács) Jugoslavenska, Serbia
28 Feb	41.0	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Toolen †	Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Mobile, Alabama, USA

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