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The Year of Our Lord 1937

Bishop Events

January to February


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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknown45.9AppointedBartolomeo Maria Bechis, C.M. †Prefect of Tigrai, EthiopiaPrefect Emeritus
62.8ResignedFlaminio Belotti, P.I.M.E. †Vicar Apostolic of Nanyang [Nanyang], ChinaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
25.0Ordained Priest[Stanislav Chang Shou-yi]PriestBishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China
55.9DiedJoão Batista Conturon, S.D.B. †Apostolic Administrator of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil
25.6Final VowsFriedrich Helmel, S.V.D. †Member of Society of the Divine WordBishop Emeritus of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil
54.9AppointedJacobus Jacobs, O. Praem. †Prefect of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Prefect Emeritus
ResignedBertrand Labbé, O.P. †Superior of Mossul, IraqSuperior Emeritus
66.4Resigned(Jean-Marie-) Joseph Lebeau, M.S.C. †Apostolic Administrator of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
21.2First VowsFederico Guba Limon, S.V.D. †Member of Society of the Divine WordArchbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
60.5ResignedCalliste (Paul) Lopinot, O.F.M. Cap. †Prefect of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, MadagascarPrefect Emeritus
ResignedMarcel Paternôt, M. Afr. †Prefect of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina FasoPrefect Emeritus
61.2ResignedFrederico Benício de Souza e Costa, E.C.M.C. †Titular Bishop of Thubunae in NumidiaBishop Emeritus of Amazonas, Brazil
22.4First VowsAugustín Van Aaken, S.V.D. †Member of Society of the Divine WordPrelate Emeritus of Alto Paraná, Paraguay
25.1Ordained Priest[Benedict Bonaventura Zhangxin], O.F.M. †Priest of Order of Friars MinorBishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
1 Jan22.1Ordained PriestErasmo Hinojosa HurtadoPriestArchbishop of Piura, Peru
3 Jan51.4InstalledAngelo FicarraBishop of Patti, ItalyBishop Emeritus
BornAlessandro Pagani, S.M.M.Bishop Emeritus of Mangochi, Malawi
4 Jan BornCosmas Michael Angkur, O.F.M.Bishop Emeritus of Bogor, Indonesia
5 Jan52.1AppointedJohn Aloysius DuffyBishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
6 Jan41.7Ordained BishopLuigi TragliaTitular Archbishop of Caesarea in PalaestinaCardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
10 Jan BornSimon Atallah, O.A.M.Bishop Emeritus of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon
66.1Ordained BishopFrancesco PascucciTitular Bishop of SionAuxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
BornBosco PenhaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
12 Jan86.2DiedIoan Boroş (Borosiu)Titular Bishop-Elect of Thespiae
50.7DiedTeofil BromboszczAuxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
62.7AppointedPaolo CastiglioniAuxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
62.7AppointedPaolo CastiglioniTitular Bishop of FamagustaAuxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
13 Jan68.8AppointedGuglielmo GrassiTitular Bishop of Tamiathis
14 Jan54.5Ordained BishopDomenico EttorreTitular Bishop of SelaBishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
15 Jan35.5AppointedFrancesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. †Prefect of Multan, PakistanBishop Emeritus of Lyallpur, Pakistan
BornBenedito Beni dos SantosBishop Emeritus of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
16 JanBornFrancis Eugene George, O.M.I. †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
17 JanBornProspero Nale ArellanoPrelate Emeritus of Libmanan, Philippines
22.9Ordained PriestJulio Benigno Laschi GonzálezPriestAuxiliary Bishop of Asunción, Paraguay
18 Jan47.4ResignedPaul Adam Curran, O.P. †Superior of Kienow [Jian’ou], ChinaPrefect of Jian’ou [Kienow, Kienning], China
20 JanBornAlbert-Marie Joseph Cyrille de Monléon, O.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
70.1DiedMichael James GallagherBishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
21 Jan70.7DiedPierre Aziz HoBishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
37.4AppointedWilliam John Ferrer Cassidy, O.P. †Superior of Kienow [Jian’ou], ChinaSuperior Emeritus
22 JanBornAlexandru MesianBishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
23 Jan BornPier Luigi CelataVice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
46.1AppointedFederico PezzulloBishop of Policastro, Italy
24 Jan40.7Ordained BishopCesar Antonio Mosquera CorralBishop of Ibarra, EcuadorArchbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
BornPaolo De NicolòOfficial Emeritus of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
52.9Ordained BishopFranz von StrengBishop of Basel e Lugano, SwitzerlandBishop Emeritus
25 Jan78.4DiedPatrick FineganBishop of Kilmore, Ireland
BornPierre Nguyễn Văn NhoCoadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam
25.1Solemn VowsJean Prou, O.S.B. †Member of Order of Saint BenedictAbbot Emeritus
26 JanBornJoseph PathalilBishop Emeritus of Udaipur, India
27 JanBornYouhanna Kamal GoltaCurial Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
23.9Ordained Priest[Joseph Zhen Changcheng (Chen Changcheng, Tangtionsin)]PriestBishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China
28 Jan68.8DiedRamón Pérez y RodríguezPatriarch of West Indies, Spain
29 Jan36.8AppointedSiegfried-Ceslas George Tunmer, O.P. †Superior of Mossul, IraqSuperior Emeritus
31 Jan25.8Ordained PriestGermaine-Marie Lalande, C.S.C. †Priest of Congregation of Holy CrossSuperior General Emeritus
46.9Ordained BishopCarlo RossiBishop of Biella, ItalyBishop Emeritus
26.7Ordained PriestMartin WiesendPriestAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
1 Feb BornAudrys Juozas BačkisCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania
52.6AppointedPierre-Marie DurieuxArchbishop of Chambéry, France
47.7AppointedJoseph Alphonse Marie EvrardBishop of Meaux, FranceBishop Emeritus
3 Feb71.3ResignedClaude-Marie Chanrion, S.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), Pacific (Oceania)Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
4 Feb62.1AppointedFrançois-Arsène-Jean-Marie-Eugène Lemasle, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Huê, Viet Nam
62.1AppointedFrançois-Arsène-Jean-Marie-Eugène Lemasle, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of TeuchiraVicar Apostolic of Huê, Viet Nam
49.7Ordained BishopJoseph McCormackBishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
BornPiergiuseppe VacchelliOfficial Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
5 Feb53.3AppointedJanuarius Kyunosuke HayasakaTitular Bishop of PhilomeliumBishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan
53.3ResignedJanuarius Kyunosuke HayasakaBishop of Nagasaki, JapanBishop Emeritus
7 Feb62.8Ordained BishopPaolo CastiglioniTitular Bishop of FamagustaAuxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
73.7DiedAugustine Francis SchinnerBishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA
8 Feb BornJohn Baptist Thakur, S.J.Bishop Emeritus of Muzaffarpur, India
9 FebBornCesare Mazzolari, M.C.C.I. †Bishop of Rumbek, South Sudan
14 Feb47.0Ordained BishopAntonio Victor Pildáin y ZapiáinBishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, SpainBishop Emeritus
15 Feb61.5AppointedBernardo BertoglioBishop of Bobbio (-Abbey of San Colombano), Italy
BornRaymundo Damasceno AssisCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
17 Feb BornMathias Gu Zheng, S.J.Bishop of Xining [Sining], China
65.6AppointedJohn Thomas McNallyArchbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
18 Feb51.0AppointedJean-Joseph-Georges Deymier, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Hangchow [Hangzhou], ChinaArchbishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China
51.0AppointedJean-Joseph-Georges Deymier, C.M. †Titular Bishop of Diospolis in ThraciaArchbishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China
77.8ResignedPaul-Albert Faveau, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Hangchow [Hangzhou], ChinaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
BornGilberto Jiménez NarváezAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
46.7AppointedJustin Daniel SimondsArchbishop of Hobart, AustraliaArchbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
20 Feb28.8Ordained PriestPedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla, S.D.B. †Priest of Salesians of Saint John BoscoBishop of San Vicente, El Salvador
59.4AppointedRéginald (Zénon) Duprat, O.P. †Apostolic Administrator of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, CanadaBishop Emeritus
25.8Ordained PriestPaul John HallinanPriest of Cleveland, Ohio, USAArchbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
26.3Ordained PriestJohn Joseph KrolPriest of Cleveland, Ohio, USACardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
55.6AppointedLuis María Martínez y RodríguezArchbishop of México, Federal District
55.3AppointedBenigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Palestrina, ItalyArchbishop of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy
55.3AppointedBenigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of LeteArchbishop of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy
54.4AppointedJoseph Henri Jean Marie Prud’hommeTitular Bishop of SaldaeBishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
54.4ResignedJoseph Henri Jean Marie Prud’hommeBishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, CanadaBishop Emeritus
26.9Ordained PriestEugen Joseph Frans Vroemen, S.M.M. †Priest of Missionaries of the Company of MaryBishop Emeritus of Chikwawa, Malawi
22 FebBornJosé Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia
BornJohn George VlaznyArchbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
54.0AppointedHeinrich WienkenCoadjutor Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), GermanyBishop Emeritus
54.0AppointedHeinrich WienkenTitular Bishop of ArethusaBishop Emeritus of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
23 Feb76.2DiedGiustino SanchiniBishop of Fano, Italy
24 Feb68.9Ordained BishopGuglielmo GrassiTitular Bishop of Tamiathis
25 Feb37.1Ordained BishopJohn Christopher CodyBishop of Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaBishop of London, Ontario, Canada
59.2DiedWilhelm Maria Thiletzek (Tyleczek), S.V.D. †Prelate of Foz do Iguaçu (Iguassú), Brazil
26 FebAppointedGiuseppe Kirsten, C.S.Sp. †Prefect of Benue, Nigeria
28 Feb25.0Ordained PriestAlfons Karl KempfPriest of Würzburg, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
41.3Ordained BishopPaul KiredjianArchbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
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