The Year of Our Lord 1931

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	59.7	Resigned	José María Álvarez, O.P. †	Prefect of Shikoku, Japan	Prefect Emeritus
	16.8	Professed	Giuseppe Boeris, C.R.S. †	Member of Clerks Regular of Somasca	Superior General Emeritus
	54.0	Resigned	Robert Edwin Brown, S.J. †	Prefect of Salisbury, Zimbabwe	Prefect Emeritus
	36.0	Appointed	André Dumas, O.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Hakodate, Japan	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	43.2	Elected	Mesrop Habozian, C.M.Vd. †	Abbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Vienna	Abbot General Emeritus
	59.2	Appointed	Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
		Born	André Mayamba Mabuti Kathongo †		Bishop Emeritus of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
		Born	Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde †		Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Maria Montà, O.S.M. †	Priest of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Prior General Emeritus
	79.3	Reconciled	José Joaquín Pérez y Budar †	Archbishop
	27.3	Final Vows	Antonio Pott, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Former Bishop-Elect of Xinyang [Sinyang], China
	21.2	Final Vows	Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop Emeritus of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
		Born	Frédéric Rubwejanga, O.C.S.O.		Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo, Rwanda
	70.1	Ceased	Giustino Sanchini †	Apostolic Administrator of Fossombrone, Italy	Bishop of Fano, Italy
	22.4	Final Vows	Frans Simons, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Indore, India
	24.5	Final Vows	Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia
	20.8	First Vows	Wilhelm van Bekkum, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Ruteng, Indonesia
	26.1	First Vows	Johannes Wiesen, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Prelate of Encarnación y Alto Paraná, Paraguay
	77.6	Died	Francesco Saverio Zaldúa †	Priest
	19.1	Entered	[Benedict Bonaventura Zhangxin], O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
		Born	Peter Zhuang Jianjian		Bishop Emeritus of Shantou [Swatow], China
1 Jan	77.4	Appointed	Luigi Fantozzi, C.Pp.S. †	Titular Archbishop of Dara	Bishop Emeritus of Veroli, Italy
	77.4	Retired	Luigi Fantozzi, C.Pp.S. †	Bishop of Veroli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Concordio Maria Sarte †		Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines
2 Jan		Born	Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas, C.S.Sp.		Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé e Príncipe
2 Jan		Born	Paul Xie Ting Zhe †		Bishop of Xinjiang-Urumqi [Sinkiang], China
3 Jan	45.2	Appointed	Berthold Bühl, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Chiquitos, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus of Oruro, Bolivia
3 Jan	45.2	Appointed	Berthold Bühl, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Cartennae	Bishop Emeritus of Oruro, Bolivia
4 Jan	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Cogoni †	Bishop of Nuoro, Italy	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
5 Jan		Born	Gérard Denis Auguste Defois		Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
6 Jan	66.7	Ordained Bishop	Hipólito Leopoldo Agudelo †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
	76.7	Died	Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kivu, Burundi
	69.4	Appointed	John Henry Tihen †	Titular Bishop of Bosana	Bishop Emeritus of Denver, Colorado, USA
	69.4	Resigned	John Henry Tihen †	Bishop of Denver, Colorado, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	41.5	Installed	Mario Toccabelli †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
7 Jan	86.8	Died	Benjamin Christiaens, O.F.M. Rec. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
11 Jan		Born	Cirilo Reyes Almario †		Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines
12 Jan		Born	Domingo Salvador Castagna		Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina
13 Jan	58.7	Appointed	Conrad Gröber †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
13 Jan		Born	Ignacio Noguer Carmona †		Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain
14 Jan	59.9	Appointed	Luigi dell’Aversana (Orabona) †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
16 Jan	46.3	Appointed	Bl. Mykola (Nicola) Czarneckyj (Charnetsky), C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Lebedus
	41.9	Appointed	Crisanto Luque y Sánchez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tunja, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
	41.9	Appointed	Crisanto Luque y Sánchez †	Titular Bishop of Croae	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
17 Jan		Born	Joseph Willy Romélus		Bishop Emeritus of Jérémie, Haïti
18 Jan	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Santino Margaria †	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy
	56.9	Resigned	Joseph-Tobie Mariétan, C.R.A. †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland	Abbot Emeritus
		Born	Reginald Joseph Orsmond †		Bishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
21 Jan	64.2	Died	Josef Jindrich Gross †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
22 Jan	44.3	Installed	Lafayette Libânio †	Bishop of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
22 Jan		Born	Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov †		Archbishop Emeritus of Bamenda, Cameroon
23 Jan	64.2	Appointed	Francis Joseph Wall †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
23 Jan	64.2	Appointed	Francis Joseph Wall †	Titular Bishop of Thasus	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
24 Jan	90.6	Died	Gregor [Krikor] Govrighian [Govrik], C.M.Vd. †	Abbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Vienna
	47.0	Died	Athanase Khoriaty, B.S. †	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Zoltan Lengyel †	Priest	Apostolic Administrator of Romania (Armenian)
25 Jan		Born	Joseph Anthony Fiorenza †		Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
25 Jan		Born	Divo Zadi †		Bishop Emeritus of Civita Castellana, Italy
26 Jan	81.0	Died	Edward Joseph McCarthy †	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
	56.4	Succeeded	Thomas O’Donnell †	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
		Born	Bernard Louis Auguste Paul Panafieu †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
29 Jan	72.7	Died	Fabien Antoine Eestermans, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lahore, Pakistan
30 Jan	39.2	Appointed	Joseph Louis Aldée Desmarais †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Amos, Québec, Canada
	39.2	Appointed	Joseph Louis Aldée Desmarais †	Titular Bishop of Ruspae	Bishop Emeritus of Amos, Québec, Canada
	56.4	Appointed	Francisco María González y Arias †	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
	58.5	Appointed	Eduardo José Herberhold, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Alexandru Rusu †	Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
	52.5	Appointed	Guillermo Tritschler y Córdoba †	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
	65.3	Confirmed	Joseph Vogt †	Bishop of Aachen, Germany
31 Jan	46.0	Ceased	Bl. Iuliu Hossu †	Apostolic Administrator of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania	Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
Feb	16.5	Entered	Carlos Arturo Mullín Nocetti, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Minas, Uruguay
1 Feb	24.1	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Manuel Escalante y Escalante, M.M. †	Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pando, Bolivia
	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Conrad Gröber †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
	30.7	Ordained Priest	Jean Van der Heijden (Heyden), S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Prefect Emeritus of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2 Feb	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Mykola (Nicola) Czarneckyj (Charnetsky), C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Lebedus
	46.1	Installed	Bl. Alexandru Rusu †	Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
	40.2	First Vows	Thomas Tien Ken-hsin (Tienchensing), S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Cardinal, Archbishop of Beijing [Peking], China
3 Feb	87.3	Died	Dominique Jacquet (Jaquet), O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop Emeritus of Iaşi, Romania
5 Feb		Born	Giovanni Marra †		Archbishop Emeritus of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
5 Feb	77.9	Died	Albert Nègre †	Archbishop of Tours, France
6 Feb	44.1	Appointed	Joseph Anthony O’Sullivan †	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
6 Feb		Born	Ricardo Jamin Vidal †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines
7 Feb	24.9	Ordained Priest	John William Comber, M.M. †	Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Superior General Emeritus
		Born	Domenico Tarcisio Cortese, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea, Italy
	54.4	Died	Joseph-Romuald Léonard †	Bishop Emeritus of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada
8 Feb	78.6	Died	George Crompton Ambrose Burton †	Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain
	42.5	Appointed	Manuel Maria Ferreira da Silva, S.M.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Goa e Damão, India	Superior General Emeritus of Missionários da Boa Nova
	42.5	Appointed	Manuel Maria Ferreira da Silva, S.M.P. †	Titular Bishop of Gurza	Superior General Emeritus of Missionários da Boa Nova
	57.0	Appointed	Joseph-Tobie Mariétan, C.R.A. †	Titular Bishop of Agathopolis	Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
10 Feb	82.1	Died	Bertram Orth †	Archbishop Emeritus of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
11 Feb	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Henri-Édouard Dutoit †	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France	Bishop Emeritus of Arras, France
	47.6	Appointed	Georges Joseph Haezaert, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Northern Katanga {Katanga Settentrionale}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
		Born	Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I.		Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean Marie van Cauwenbergh †	Titular Bishop of Synaus	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
12 Feb	75.1	Died	Élisée-Louis Fatiguet, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nanchang [Nanchang], China
		Born	Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
	57.2	Installed	Etienne-Joseph Hurault †	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
	39.8	Appointed	Carlo Margotti †	Apostolic Delegate to Greece	Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
	50.6	Appointed	Arcangelo Mazzotti, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
		Born	Francisco José Pérez y Fernández-Golfin †		Bishop of Getafe, Spain
14 Feb		Born	Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Santissima Trinità in Almaty, Kazakhstan
14 Feb		Born	Rafael Montiano Lim †		Bishop of Boac, Philippines
15 Feb		Born	Rodolfo Bufano †		Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
15 Feb	58.8	Installed	Conrad Gröber †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
16 Feb		Born	Armindo Lopes Coelho †		Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
16 Feb	27.1	Ordained Priest	Alphonsus Tchao (Zhao, Chao Chen-ya), C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Tianjin [Tientsin], China
18 Feb	57.9	Appointed	Gaudenzio Manuelli †	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
		Born	Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti, C.P. †		Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	56.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Venturi †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
19 Feb		Born	Camillo Ruini		Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
20 Feb		Born	Ven. Alphonse Paul Gallegos, O.A.R. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA
	40.2	Appointed	Francisco Javer Lauzurica y Torralba †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain	Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain
	40.2	Appointed	Francisco Javer Lauzurica y Torralba †	Titular Bishop of Siniandus	Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain
		Born	Francis Xavier Mugadzi †		Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
21 Feb		Born	László Huzsvár †		Bishop Emeritus of Zrenjanin, Serbia
21 Feb		Born	Joseph Jiang Ming Yuan, C.D.D. †		Bishop of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China
22 Feb	57.6	Installed	Henri-Édouard Dutoit †	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France	Bishop Emeritus of Arras, France
22 Feb	63.7	Died	Michael Francis Fallon, O.M.I. †	Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
24 Feb	51.7	Appointed	Aston Ignatius (Sebastian Joseph) Chichester, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Salisbury, Zimbabwe	Archbishop Emeritus of Salisbury, Zimbabwe
	51.7	Appointed	Aston Ignatius (Sebastian Joseph) Chichester, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Ubaza	Archbishop Emeritus of Salisbury, Zimbabwe
	48.5	Appointed	Peter Francis Rayappa †	Bishop of Kumbakonam, India	Bishop Emeritus
	59.7	Appointed	Josef Klemann, O.S.F.S. †	Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	59.7	Appointed	Josef Klemann, O.S.F.S. †	Titular Bishop of Drusiliana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Great Namaqualand, Namibia
		Born	Paulo Lopes de Faria †		Archbishop Emeritus of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	46.5	Appointed	Juan (Matías) Solá y Farrell, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields, Nicaragua	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	46.5	Appointed	Juan (Matías) Solá y Farrell, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Colophon	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bluefields, Nicaragua
	81.9	Died	Juan José Solís y Fernández †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
25 Feb	48.6	Appointed	Franz Hartz †	Prelate of Schneidemühl, Poland	Prelate Emeritus
27 Feb		Appointed	Francesco Sanz Pascual, C.M.F. †	Prefect of Chocó, Colombia
28 Feb	51.1	Appointed	Rafael Balanzá y Navarro †	Apostolic Administrator of Mondoñedo, Spain	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Kevin William Barden, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop Emeritus of Ispahan, Iran
	60.6	Installed	Cornelio Sebastiano Cuccarollo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	41.0	Appointed	Gaétan Pasotti, S.D.B. †	Superior of Rajaburi, Thailand	Vicar Apostolic of Rajaburi, Thailand
	22.4	Ordained Priest	Felicissimo Stefano Tinivella, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona e Numana, Italy

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