The Year of Our Lord 1930

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Ambroise Uma Arakayo Amabe †		Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
		Appointed	Jules (Giulio) Baima, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Changsha [Changsha], China	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	22.0	First Vows	John Edward Cohill, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
	38.0	Resigned	Mattias Eder, O.S.F.S. †	Prefect of Great Namaqualand, Namibia	Prefect Emeritus
		Born	Peter Kurongku †		Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
		Died	Luigi Lempereur, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Northern Katanga {Katanga Settentrionale}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
		Died	Domenico Maria Maillet, O.P. †	Prefect of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam
	32.8	Final Vows	Enrique José Mühn, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Jujuy, Argentina
		Born	Raymond Mwanyika †		Bishop Emeritus of Njombe, Tanzania
		Born	Emile Njeru †		Auxiliary Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya
		Appointed	Joseph Patrick O’Donohoe, M.H.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Kafiristan e Kashmir, Pakistan	Prefect Emeritus
	46.1	Resigned	Joseph Donatien Plissonneau, S.C.I. †	Prefect of Foumban, Cameroon	Prefect Emeritus
	36.2	Appointed	Carlo Re, I.M.C. †	Prefect of Meru, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Stanslaus Skutans, M.I.C. †	Priest of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary	Superior General Emeritus
	62.3	Resigned	Adriaan Smets †	Apostolic Delegate to Persia	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus
	18.0	Professed	Henry Systermans, SS.CC. †	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Superior General Emeritus
	21.6	Professed	Dominic Tang Yee-ming (Deng Yiming), S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Archbishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China
	29.6	Final Vows	Jean Van der Heijden (Heyden), S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Prefect Emeritus of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	20.3	First Vows	Theodorus van den Tillaart, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Zhu Yousan †	Priest	Coadjutor Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China
1 Jan		Born	Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, O.F.M. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
1 Jan		Born	Andrea Maria Erba, B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Velletri-Segni, Italy
2 Jan		Born	Donat Chiasson †		Archbishop Emeritus of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
	77.8	Appointed	Gennaro Cosenza †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus	Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
	77.8	Retired	Gennaro Cosenza †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	57.2	Installed	José de Jesús López y González †	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
3 Jan	65.2	Died	Giuseppe Antonio Caruso †	Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
5 Jan	54.9	Installed	Ruggero Bovelli †	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
6 Jan	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Joseph-Aimé Moussaron †	Titular Bishop of Lamia	Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
7 Jan		Born	Arnaldo Ribeiro †		Archbishop Emeritus of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
9 Jan	42.3	Appointed	Assuero Teofano Bassi, S.X. †	Prefect of Loyang [Luoyang], China	Bishop of Luoyang [Loyang], China
	43.0	Appointed	Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C. †	Prefect of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	64.3	Appointed	Arthur Hinsley †	Titular Archbishop of Sardes	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	64.3	Appointed	Arthur Hinsley †	Apostolic Delegate to Africa for the Missions	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	54.2	Appointed	Herbert Aloysius Theodor Winkler, S.D.S. †	Superior of Shaowu [Shaowu], China	Superior Emeritus
10 Jan	43.9	Appointed	Emiliano Giuseppe Lonati, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prelate of São José do Grajaú, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
10 Jan	43.9	Appointed	Emiliano Giuseppe Lonati, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia	Prelate Emeritus of São José do Grajaú, Brazil
12 Jan	53.6	Installed	Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
13 Jan	45.0	Appointed	Denis P. O’Connor †	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
14 Jan		Born	James Masilamony Arul Das †		Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Virgile-Joseph Béguin †	Bishop of Belley, France	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
		Born	Bruno Tommasi †		Archbishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy
15 Jan	19.2	Professed	José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil
16 Jan	64.4	Appointed	Agustín Barrere, F.M.I. †	Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina
16 Jan		Born	Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łomża, Poland
17 Jan	54.2	Appointed	Francis Joseph Beckman †	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Jan	66.4	Died	Agustín José Bernaus y Serra, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields, Nicaragua
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Vladimiro Borić Crnošija, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile
		Born	Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Río Gallegos, Argentina
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Anthony Zhou Weidao (Chow Wei-tao), O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Fengxiang [Fengsiang], China
	40.9	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Dellepiane †	Apostolic Delegate to Belgian Congo	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
		Born	Leobard D’Souza †		Archbishop Emeritus of Nagpur, India
	62.0	Installed	José Guadalupe Ortíz y López †	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Jan		Born	Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
20 Jan	46.9	Appointed	Gaudenzio Binaschi †	Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy
21 Jan		Born	John Patrick Boles †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
23 Jan	60.8	Died	Emilio Ferrais †	Archbishop of Catania, Italy
	67.4	Appointed	Joseph Alois Kessler †	Titular Archbishop of Bosporus	Bishop Emeritus of Tiraspol, Moldova
	67.4	Resigned	Joseph Alois Kessler †	Bishop of Tiraspol, Moldova	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan		Born	Antoine Hamid Mourany †		Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Maronite), Syria
25 Jan	46.4	Appointed	Paul Léon Cornelius Montaigne, C.M. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Peking [Beijing], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
26 Jan		Born	Thomas John Gumbleton †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Ivan Latyševskyj †	Titular Bishop of Adada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	31.8	Ordained Priest	James Vincent Pardy, M.M. †	Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Bishop Emeritus of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}, Korea (South)
	21.3	Entered	Francisco Maximiano Valdés Subercaseaux, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Osorno, Chile
27 Jan		Born	Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
		Born	Gabriel Montalvo Higuera †		Apostolic Nuncio
		Born	Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. †		Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru
29 Jan	45.3	Appointed	Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
30 Jan		Born	Miguel Blas Caviedes Medina †		Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, Chile
	35.1	Appointed	James Charles McGuigan †	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	44.0	Appointed	Gerald C. Murray, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
		Born	Albert Kanene Obiefuna †		Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha, Nigeria
31 Jan	25.1	Ordained Priest	Bl. Tit Liviu Chinezu †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
1 Feb	57.8	Died	Adolfo Luigi Pagani †	Bishop of Como, Italy
2 Feb	39.3	Final Vows	Bl. Eduard Profittlich, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Apostolic Administrator of Estonia
2 Feb	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Jan (Johannes) Nepomuk Remiger †	Titular Bishop of Dadima	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
3 Feb		Born	David Edward Foley †		Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
3 Feb		Born	Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
5 Feb	49.2	Appointed	Antonio García y García †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
6 Feb		Born	Affonso Felippe Gregory †		Bishop Emeritus of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil
6 Feb	50.3	Appointed	Giovanni Sismondo †	Bishop of Pontremoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
7 Feb	77.7	Retired	Pietro Gasparri †	President of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
7 Feb	77.7	Retired	Pietro Gasparri †	Secretary of State	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
9 Feb	67.9	Died	Augustinus Bludau †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Leopoldo Díaz y Escudero †	Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México
	22.1	Ordained Priest	Carlos Gouvêa Coelho †	Priest of Paraíba, Brazil	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
	53.9	Appointed	Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †	Secretary of State	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Edoardo Tonna †	Bishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey	Bishop Emeritus
10 Feb		Born	Gabriel (Régis) Balet, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop of Moundou, Chad
10 Feb		Born	Ugo Donato Bianchi †		Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
11 Feb	62.9	Appointed	William Hayden †	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
	21.1	Solemn Vows	Basil (Herman Francis) Heiser, O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Minister General Emeritus
	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Guillaume Marque, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Archbishop Emeritus
	37.8	Appointed	James Patrick O’Collins †	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Ballarat, Australia
12 Feb	48.3	Appointed	Terence Bernard McGuire †	Bishop of Townsville, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia
12 Feb	43.8	Appointed	Cutbert Martin O’Gara, C.P. †	Prefect of Shenchow, China	Bishop of Yuanling [Yüanling, Shen-Chou], China
14 Feb	43.6	Appointed	Vicente Camacho y Moya †	Bishop of Tabasco, México
	75.3	Appointed	Mathias Clement Lenihan †	Titular Archbishop of Preslavus	Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls, Montana, USA
	75.3	Retired	Mathias Clement Lenihan †	Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	40.5	Appointed	Federico Melendro y Gutiérrez, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Anking [Anqing], China	Archbishop of Anqing [Anking, Huai-ning], China
	56.1	Appointed	Cesare Orsenigo †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany
15 Feb		Born	Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A. †		Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
		Born	Robert Edward Mulvee †		Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
		Born	Giorgio Zur †		Apostolic Nuncio
16 Feb	23.2	Ordained Priest	Paul II Cheikho †	Priest of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
17 Feb	40.5	Appointed	Federico Melendro y Gutiérrez, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Remesiana	Archbishop of Anqing [Anking, Huai-ning], China
18 Feb	56.1	Appointed	Cesare Orsenigo †	Apostolic Nuncio to Prussia	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany
19 Feb	49.5	Appointed	Joseph Louis Adhémar Lapierre, P.M.E. †	Prefect of Szepingkai, China	Bishop of Siping [Szepingkai], China
19 Feb	57.5	Appointed	Angelo Rotta †	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
20 Feb		Born	Mathew Vattackuzhy †		Bishop Emeritus of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India
21 Feb		Born	Pedro Rosales Dean		Archbishop Emeritus of Palo, Philippines
22 Feb		Born	David Cremin		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
22 Feb	61.1	Died	Carlo Perosi †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
23 Feb	17.3	Professed	Nikodém Mikulaš Krett, O.S.B.M. †	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop
23 Feb	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Mazzarotto †	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
24 Feb	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Franz Joseph Fischer †	Titular Bishop of Zuri	Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany
		Born	Oswald Georg Hirmer †		Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa
	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Francis Xavier Wang Zepu (Wang Tse-pu) †	Titular Bishop of Sinda	Bishop Emeritus of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China
	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Paul Wang Wen-cheng (Uamuencem) †	Titular Bishop of Olena	Bishop of Nanchong [Shunking], China
25 Feb		Born	Albert Edward Baharagate Akiiki †		Bishop Emeritus of Hoima, Uganda
25 Feb	56.7	Died	St. Luigi Versiglia, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Shiuchow [Shaoguan], China
26 Feb	64.3	Died	Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
27 Feb	56.4	Appointed	Vincenzo Migliorelli †	Titular Bishop of Samos	Bishop Emeritus of San Severino (-Treia), Italy
27 Feb	56.4	Resigned	Vincenzo Migliorelli †	Bishop of San Severino (-Treia), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
28 Feb	90.0	Appointed	Pierre-Émile-Jean-Baptiste-Marie Grouard, O.M.I. †	Titular Archbishop of Aegina	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Grouard, Alberta, Canada
28 Feb		Born	Robert John Rose †		Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

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