The Year of Our Lord 1932

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	70.3	Resigned	Benoit-Marius Bonnefoux, C.S.Sp. †	Superior of Cunène, Angola	Superior Emeritus
	43.0	Resigned	Heinrich Breuer, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Pilcomayo, Paraguay	Prefect Emeritus
	55.7	Ceased	Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini †	Superior General of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
	61.3	Resigned	Augusto Curi †	Apostolic Administrator of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	52.9	Resigned	Carlo Ilario Currea, S.J. †	Prefect of Río Magdalena, Colombia	Prefect Emeritus
	52.0	Appointed	Thomas de la Hoz, O.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Shikoku, Japan	Prefect Emeritus of Formosa Island {Isola Formosa), Taiwan
	58.4	Resigned	Luis Antonio de Mena y Steinkoft †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Ioan Maria Dragomir †	Priest of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania	Auxiliary Bishop
	71.2	Resigned	Charles-Marie-Félix de Gorostarzu, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Yünnanfu, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	41.2	Resigned	Valeriano Guemes Rodriguez, C.M. †	Superior of Cuttack, India	Superior Emeritus
		Born	Emmanuel Kataliko †		Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	23.3	Final Vows	Jorge Kémérer, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Posadas, Argentina
	53.6	Appointed	Juan José Maíztegui y Besoitaiturria, C.M.F. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá	Archbishop
	26.0	Entered	Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S. †	Priest of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Abakaliki, Nigeria
	15.3	Temporary Vows	Geraldo Claudio Luiz Micheletto Pellanda, C.P. †	Member of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
	28.6	Entered	James Moynagh, S.P.S. †	Priest of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria
	25.3	Entered	Ernest-Marie de Jésus-Hostie Charles Albert Nyary, O.C.D. †	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq
	53.8	Appointed	Pio Paschini †	Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University	President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
	45.8	Died	Leone Sieben, C.M. †	Superior of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
		Born	[John Zhu Fengqing] †		Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China
Jan	59.6	Appointed	Elia Dalla Costa †	Apostolic Administrator of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
3 Jan	25.1	Ordained Priest	Jérôme-Théodore Lingenheim, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Sokodé, Togo
		Born	James Thomas McHugh †		Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Potenza †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
	27.4	Ordained Priest	[Marc Yuan Wen-hua], O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Wuchang [Wuchang], China
4 Jan	68.7	Died	Anton Gisler †	Coadjutor Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
5 Jan	27.0	Entered	Emanuel Gregory ’Mabathoana, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho
6 Jan		Born	Teodor Majkowicz †		Bishop of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland
		Born	José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.		Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Petrus Innocentius Johannes Humbertus Verriet, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Eleutherna	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
8 Jan	68.4	Selected	Antonio Pierre Arida †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	49.7	Appointed	Leopoldo Buteler †	Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina	Bishop of Río Cuarto, Argentina
	49.7	Appointed	Leopoldo Buteler †	Titular Bishop of Tinum	Bishop of Río Cuarto, Argentina
		Born	François Xavier Nguyễn Văn Sang †		Bishop Emeritus of Thái Bình, Viet Nam
9 Jan	62.3	Died	Riccardo Carlesi †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
10 Jan	36.8	Final Vows	George Marin, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Prefect Emeritus of Süchow, China
10 Jan	48.2	Installed	Amedeo Polidori †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
11 Jan	38.9	Appointed	John Zhang Bide (Chang Pi-te) †	Titular Bishop of Antipyrgos	Bishop Emeritus of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China
	38.9	Appointed	John Zhang Bide (Chang Pi-te) †	Vicar Apostolic of Chaohsien [Zhaoxian], China	Bishop Emeritus of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China
		Born	Marcelino Correr, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil
	72.0	Died	Désiré Marie Hippolyte Paget †	Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France
	57.6	Appointed	Lucas Tchao (Zhao Qinghua) †	Prefect of Chihfeng [Chifeng], China	Prefect Emeritus
12 Jan	39.9	Appointed	Romuald Denis Hayes, S.S.C. †	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia
	41.9	Appointed	Timoteo Giorgio Raymundos, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
	44.3	Appointed	Marie-Louis-Joseph-Constantin Tournier, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Coimbatore, India	Bishop Emeritus
	48.3	Appointed	George Weld, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	48.3	Appointed	George Weld, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Mallus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles
13 Jan	46.2	Installed	Antônio Reis †	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
13 Jan		Born	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
14 Jan	78.5	Died	Luigi Fantozzi, C.Pp.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Veroli, Italy
14 Jan		Born	Nicolas Okioh †		Bishop Emeritus of Natitingou, Benin
15 Jan	53.5	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P. †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
15 Jan	60.6	Died	Adolfo Verrienti †	Prelate Emeritus of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
16 Jan	45.5	Appointed	Pietro Ermenegildo Focaccia, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Yütze [Yuci], China	Bishop of Yuci [Yütze], China
	45.9	Appointed	Angel de la Calle Fontecha, O.S.A. †	Prefect of Yueyang [Yochow], China
		Born	Manfred Gottschalk, S.A.C. †		Bishop of Oudtshoorn, South Africa
	49.5	Appointed	Hipólito Martínez y Martínez, O.S.A. †	Prefect of Lixian [Lichow], China
	78.8	Died	Gérard (Josef) Van Caloen, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
17 Jan		Born	Michael Angelo Saltarelli †		Bishop Emeritus of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
19 Jan		Born	John Joseph Nevins †		Bishop Emeritus of Venice, Florida, USA
19 Jan	76.9	Died	Isaias Papadopoulos †	Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis
20 Jan		Born	Joseph Faber MacDonald †		Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
22 Jan		Born	Mariano De Nicolò †		Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
22 Jan	72.3	Died	Salvatore Scanu †	Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy
24 Jan	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Adriano Bernareggi †	Titular Bishop of Nyssa	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
	44.7	Installed	Giovanni Giorgis †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop of Susa, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Basil (Herman Francis) Heiser, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Minister General Emeritus
26 Jan	56.3	Ordained Bishop	William Lee †	Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain
27 Jan	54.9	Installed	John Gregory Murray †	Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
28 Jan	48.8	Appointed	Louis (Luigi) Centoz †	Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber
	48.8	Appointed	Louis (Luigi) Centoz †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber
	50.2	Appointed	Carlo Chiarlo †	Apostolic Internuncio to Central America	Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	50.2	Appointed	Carlo Chiarlo †	Apostolic Delegate to Guatemala	Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	39.9	Appointed	Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferroni, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Laohokow [Laohekou], China	Bishop of Laohekou [Laohokow], China
	39.9	Appointed	Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferroni, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Aspendus	Bishop of Laohekou [Laohokow], China
	61.4	Ordained Bishop	Ambrose James Moriarty †	Titular Bishop of Miletopolis	Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
	87.3	Appointed	Francesco De Pietro †	Titular Bishop of Calynda	Bishop Emeritus of Acerra, Italy
	87.3	Retired	Francesco De Pietro †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	62.1	Died	Isidoro (Mihovil) Sain, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Rijeka (-Opatija), Croatia
29 Jan	46.2	Appointed	Louis-Prosper Durand, O.F.M. †	Superior of Weihaiwei [Weihai], China	Bishop Emeritus of Yantai [Yentai], China
	47.8	Appointed	Vicente Alejandro González y Robleto †	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua	Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
	48.0	Appointed	Eugène Venance Guichard, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Yiduxian [Iduhsien], China
	64.1	Died	Andrew Brennan Meehan †	Priest of Rochester, New York, USA
	48.0	Appointed	John Joseph Mitty †	Coadjutor Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Archbishop
	48.0	Appointed	John Joseph Mitty †	Titular Archbishop of Aegina	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA
		Born	Gian Vincenzo Moreni †		Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
	54.3	Appointed	Pio Leonardo Navarra, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
30 Jan	43.7	Appointed	Carlo Agostini †	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
30 Jan	41.4	Appointed	Cyprian Witte, SS.CC. †	Superior of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale}	Prefect of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge]
31 Jan	25.6	Ordained Priest	Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia
2 Feb	37.4	Final Vows	Thomas John Feeney, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic of Caroline and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
2 Feb		Born	Franz Kamphaus †		Bishop Emeritus of Limburg, Germany
3 Feb		Born	Flavio Roberto Carraro, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
4 Feb	48.0	Installed	John Joseph Mitty †	Coadjutor Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Archbishop
5 Feb	47.5	Appointed	Josephus Hubertus Gulielmus Lemmens †	Coadjutor Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
	47.5	Appointed	Josephus Hubertus Gulielmus Lemmens †	Titular Bishop of Cardicium	Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands
	54.3	Appointed	Wilhelm Stockums †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	54.3	Appointed	Wilhelm Stockums †	Titular Bishop of Erythrae	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
6 Feb		Born	Olavio López Duque, O.A.R. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Casanare, Colombia
6 Feb	62.1	Appointed	Gabriele Vettori †	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
7 Feb		Born	Miguel Clarete Cinches, S.V.D. †		Bishop Emeritus of Surigao, Philippines
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Isaac Ghattas †	Priest of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop
	36.6	Ordained Bishop	Luis Guízar y Barragán †	Bishop of Campeche, México	Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
	62.2	Installed	John Bernard Kevenhoerster, O.S.B. †	Prefect of Bahama, Bahamas, Antilles	Vicar Apostolic of Bahama Islands, Bahamas, Antilles
		Born	Anton Schlembach †		Bishop Emeritus of Speyer, Germany
8 Feb		Born	Raymond James Boland †		Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
9 Feb		Born	Joseph D’Silva †		Bishop of Bellary, India
12 Feb	54.8	Appointed	Moisés Sizenando Coelho †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil	Archbishop
12 Feb	54.8	Appointed	Moisés Sizenando Coelho †	Titular Archbishop of Beroea	Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil
13 Feb	40.9	Appointed	Jacob Abraham Theophilos Kalapurakal †	Titular Bishop of Arad	Bishop Emeritus of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India
13 Feb	49.3	Appointed	Ivanios Givergis Thomas Panikervitis (Panickerveetil) †	Titular Archbishop of Phasis	Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
14 Feb		Born	Raymond Rodly Caesar, S.V.D. †		Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Louis (Luigi) Centoz †	Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber
	67.0	Died	Anton Podlaha †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
		Born	Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto, Ist. del Prado †		Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan
15 Feb	64.1	Died	Marcial López y Criado †	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
15 Feb		Born	Alexius Obabu Makozi †		Bishop Emeritus of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
18 Feb	47.2	Installed	Adriano Bernareggi †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bergamo, Italy	Bishop
20 Feb	23.7	Ordained Priest	Agnellus Andrew, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications
	58.8	Died	André-Etienne-Athanase Hermel, SS.CC. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti {Isole Tahiti}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
		Born	Joseph Mahfouz, O.L.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo (Maronite), Brazil
	25.9	Ordained Priest	Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam
		Born	Giulio Sanguineti †		Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
	60.8	Appointed	Rafael Toro Upegui, S.J. †	Prefect of Río Magdalena, Colombia	Prefect Emeritus
21 Feb	47.2	Ordained Bishop	António Valente da Fonseca †	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Bishop Emeritus of Vila Real, Portugal
22 Feb		Born	Anselmo Müller, M.S.F. †		Bishop Emeritus of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil
22 Feb	47.1	Appointed	Pietro Tagliapietra †	Bishop of San Severino (-Treia), Italy	Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy
23 Feb		Born	Dominic Kokkat, C.S.T. †		Bishop Emeritus of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India
		Born	Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu †		Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
	55.7	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia	Bishop Emeritus of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada
24 Feb	25.4	Ordained Deacon	Orestes Marengo, S.D.B. †	Deacon of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Tezpur, India
25 Feb	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Stanislaus Vincent Bona †	Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
26 Feb	47.5	Appointed	Berardo Barracciu, O.F.M. Conv. †	Prefect of Ankang [Hinganfu], China
	42.5	Appointed	John M. Collins, S.M.A. †	Prefect of Liberia, Liberia	Apostolic Internuncio to Liberia
	10.7	Entered	Ramón Iribarne Arámburu, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina
27 Feb	32.6	Appointed	Karl Walter Vervoort, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Pilcomayo, Paraguay	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
28 Feb	36.6	Installed	Luis Guízar y Barragán †	Bishop of Campeche, México	Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
28 Feb	26.0	Ordained Priest	Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia

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