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The Year of Our Lord 1938

Bishop Events

January to February


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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknown51.9ResignedFrancesco Saverio Bini, F.S.C.J. †Apostolic Administrator of Kodok, SudanVicar Apostolic of Khartoum, Sudan
27.3Final VowsJuan Bockwinckel (Bockwinkel), S.V.D. †Member of Society of the Divine WordPrelate Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay
65.2ResignedEmilio Cecco, C.S.I. †Vicar Apostolic of Napo, EcuadorVicar Apostolic Emeritus
BornPaul CollinPatriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Jerusalem (Chaldean), Palestine
42.9AppointedAlbert-François Cousineau, C.S.C. †Superior General of Congregation of Holy CrossBishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
BornAmbroise Kotamba DjolibaBishop Emeritus of Sokodé, Togo
62.3ResignedMax Theodor Franz Donders, M. Afr. †Superior of Tukuyu, TanzaniaSuperior Emeritus
ResignedAgostino della Vergine, O.C.D. †Superior of Baghdad, IraqSuperior Emeritus
25.1First VowsOdilo Etspüler (Etspueler), S.V.D. †Member of Society of the Divine WordBishop Emeritus of Bangued, Philippines
63.3AppointedPierre-Henri-Noël Gubbels, O.F.M. †Apostolic Administrator of Shihnan [Enshi], ChinaBishop of Yichang [Ichang], China
26.1Ordained Priest[Joseph Huang Zi-yu]PriestBishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China
57.5ResignedArturo Jara Márquez, S.D.B. †Vicar Apostolic of Magallanes-Islas Malvinas, ChileVicar Apostolic Emeritus
21.5EnteredAloysius Jin Lu-xian, S.J. †Member of Society of JesusCoadjutor Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
46.3DiedMieczysław Michailas JoudokasApostolic Administrator of Kazan-Samara-Simbirsk, Russian Federation
59.7AppointedDionizy (Roman) KajetanowiczApostolic Administrator of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
DiedFélix de Kempeneer, C.M. †Superior of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
66.4CeasedWenceslas Joseph Kinold, O.F.M. †Apostolic Administrator of Karafuto, JapanVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sapporo, Japan
BornMaurice Konan KouassiBishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
26.4Final VowsJoseph Li Bingyao, S.V.D. †Member of Society of the Divine WordBishop of Yanggu [Yangku], China
30.0Ordained Priest[Stephen Li Side]PriestAuxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
29.0Ordained Priest[John Li Xi-ting (Li Hsi Ying)]PriestBishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
21.2First VowsHarold Robert Perry, S.V.D. †Member of Society of the Divine WordAuxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
24.6Final VowsJohannes Schütte, S.V.D. †Member of Society of the Divine WordSuperior General Emeritus
26.0Ordained PriestHenry Systermans, SS.CC. †Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and MarySuperior General Emeritus
24.2Ordained Priest[Michael Yang Gao-jian], O.S.A. †Priest of Order of St. AugustineBishop of Changde [Changteh], China
BornVital Komenan YaoArchbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
53.8DiedGiuseppe Zambonardi, F.S.C.J. †Prefect of Bahr el-Gebel, Sudan
20.1Entered[Paul Francis Zhang Ming-qian], O.F.M. †Member of Order of Friars MinorBishop of Yichang [Ichang], China
Jan69.1RetiredJulien-Marie Leventoux, C.I.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, CanadaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
50.3AppointedMarie-Louis-Joseph-Constantin Tournier, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of IpsusBishop Emeritus of Coimbatore, India
50.3ResignedMarie-Louis-Joseph-Constantin Tournier, M.E.P. †Bishop of Coimbatore, IndiaBishop Emeritus
2 JanBornJosé de Jesús Nuñez ViloriaBishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
49.0Ordained BishopJoseph WalshTitular Bishop of CoelaArchbishop Emeritus of Tuam, Ireland
3 Jan73.5DiedPierre-Florentin-André du Bois de la VillerabelArchbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
4 JanBornRoberto Joaquín Ramos UmañaBishop of El Salvador, Military
5 Jan49.7AppointedPavao ButoracBishop of Kotor (Cattaro), MontenegroBishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
62.0DiedLawrence PereiraBishop of Kottar, India
7 Jan64.5AppointedFranz Justus RarkowskiBishop of Germany, MilitaryBishop Emeritus
64.5AppointedFranz Justus RarkowskiTitular Bishop of HierocaesareaBishop Emeritus of Germany, Military
8 Jan38.4ResignedWilliam John Ferrer Cassidy, O.P. †Superior of Kienow [Jian’ou], ChinaSuperior Emeritus
45.6AppointedJosé Constantino García Pulgar, O.S.A. †Titular Bishop of PhaenaVicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru
48.0AppointedJean Pierre Leonard, S.J. †Bishop of Madura, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
49.7AppointedJohn Joseph LonerganBishop of Port Augusta, AustraliaBishop-Elect
40.2AppointedPierre Martin Ngô Ðình ThụcVicar Apostolic of Vinh Long, Viet NamArchbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam
40.2AppointedPierre Martin Ngô Ðình ThụcTitular Bishop of SaesinaArchbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam
11 Jan BornGiuseppe MolinariArchbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
BornRémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. †Archbishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
12 Jan69.4DiedPasquale Dell’IsolaBishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy
13 Jan56.8InstalledVincenzo Del SignoreBishop of Fano, Italy
14 JanBornGino Malvestio, P.I.M.E. †Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
15 Jan69.9AppointedSerge Der AbrahamianTitular Archbishop of Chalcedon dei ArmeniAuxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
16 Jan51.6AppointedAbel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas, C.M.F. †Bishop of La Paz, BoliviaArchbishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia
BornVilhelms ŅukšsAuxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
31.0Ordained BishopGiuseppe PerniciaroTitular Bishop of ArbanumBishop Emeritus of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
17 Jan57.0DiedJohann RothApostolic Administrator of Caucasus, Russian Federation
18 JanBornTarcísio Sebastião Batista Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Ipameri, Goias, Brazil
53.0Ordained BishopMarcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. †Titular Bishop of Furnos MaiorVicar Apostolic of Bangui, Central African Republic
19 JanBornMarko CulejBishop of Varaždin, Croatia
21 Jan48.7AppointedJoseph-Paul Futy, M.S. †Prefect of Morondava, MadagascarVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Antsirabé, Madagascar
22 Jan58.4AppointedManuel Arce y OchotorenaBishop of Oviedo, SpainCardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
25 Jan43.4Ordained BishopStephen Stanislaus WoznickiTitular Bishop of PeltaeBishop Emeritus of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
26 Jan42.1InstalledMiguel Darío Miranda y GómezBishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, MéxicoCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
BornLuciano Nervi, S.M.M. †Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi
27 Jan44.8AppointedRicardo Chávez AlcazarBishop of Oruro, Bolivia
29 JanBornMário ZanettaBishop of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil
30 Jan54.5Ordained BishopAdelchi AlbanesiBishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), ItalyBishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
22.6Ordained PriestGiuseppe CarataPriest of Lecce, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy
31 Jan55.7DiedEvangelista Galea, O.F.M. Cap. †Prefect of Alto Solimões (Upper Solimões), Brazil
Feb64.4ResignedJohn William Campling, M.H.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, UgandaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
2 Feb18.1ProfessedAloísio Ariovaldo (Tarcísio) Amaral, C.Ss.R. †Member of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerBishop Emeritus of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
51.0Ordained BishopGiacinto Giovanni Ambrosi, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Chioggia, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
17.5Temporary VowsPaolo Giannini, O.S.B.I. †Member of Ordine Basiliano Italiano di GrottaferrataAbbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
20.6ProfessedJorge Gottau, C.Ss.R. †Member of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerBishop Emeritus of Añatuya, Argentina
3 Feb BornAntonio Maria VegliòCardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
4 FebBornAnthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. †Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
57.2AppointedAntonio García y GarcíaArchbishop of Valladolid, Spain
48.8AppointedFrancesco Costantino Mazzieri, O.F.M. Conv. †Prefect of Ndola, ZambiaBishop Emeritus of Ndola, Zambia
6 Feb56.9Ordained BishopJosé Félix Heredia Zurita, S.J. †Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
7 Feb BornGabriel Antonio Camilo GonzálezBishop Emeritus of La Vega, Dominican Republic
BornJohn GabrielBishop of Pathein, Myanmar
9 Feb62.7DiedFlorian-Jean-Baptiste Demange, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)
52.2AppointedLouis-Prosper Durand, O.F.M. †Prefect of Weihai [Weihaiwei], ChinaBishop Emeritus of Yantai [Yentai], China
BornRaul José Quimpo MartirezBishop Emeritus of San Jose de Antique, Philippines
10 Feb49.3AppointedJohann Paul Odendahl Metz, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica
49.3AppointedJohann Paul Odendahl Metz, C.M. †Titular Bishop of LatopolisVicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica
11 Feb67.6DiedJames ByrneBishop of Toowoomba, Australia
59.2AppointedGeorges-Eugène-Emile ChoquetBishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
12 Feb56.9AppointedCarmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. †Bishop of León, SpainArchbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
13 Feb45.1Ordained BishopPeter Tatsuo DoiCardinal, Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
BornPierre René Ferdinand Raffin, O.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France
15 Feb52.0SelectedJoseph-Jean HeintzBishop of Metz, France
BornMichel Paul Marie Moutel, P.S.S. †Archbishop of Tours, France
16 FebBornWilliam John BrennanBishop Emeritus of Wagga Wagga, Australia
74.9DiedLuigi CapotostiCardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
18 FebBornLouis-Marie BilléCardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
19 FebBornRoman AndrzejewskiAuxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
64.2DiedJulio Campero y AráozBishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina
20 Feb53.6Ordained BishopJoseph Emmanuel Descuffi, C.M. †Bishop of Izmir (Smirne), TurkeyBishop Emeritus
23.7Ordained PriestJacques Michel DjarwéPriestArchbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
49.1Ordained BishopEfrem ForniTitular Archbishop of DarnisCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
64.6Ordained BishopFranz Justus RarkowskiTitular Bishop of HierocaesareaBishop Emeritus of Germany, Military
BornPaolo RomeoCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
39.2Ordained BishopGiuseppe RuotoloBishop of Ugento, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
21 FebBornPhilippe Nkiere Keana, C.I.C.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
22 FebBornJohn CunninghamBishop Emeritus of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
BornJoseph Nguyễn Tích ÐứcBishop Emeritus of Ban Mê Thuột, Viet Nam
75.5DiedFortunato de SantaBishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
23 Feb63.5SucceededMichael Joseph O’BrienArchbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
83.8DiedMichael Joseph SprattArchbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
59.3DiedBoniface Yang Fujie (Yeung Fuk-tseuk)Auxiliary Bishop of Canton [Guangzhou], China
24 Feb56.1Ordained BishopEtienne BornetTitular Bishop of TenedusAuxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
50.4Ordained BishopJean-Baptiste-Maximilien Chabalier, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of PharanVicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
42.4Ordained BishopFrancis Ridgley CottonBishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
67.1DiedStefan DemurovApostolic Administrator of Tiflis and Georgia
55.8Ordained BishopPhilippe Sérvule DesranleauTitular Bishop of SalaArchbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
53.7Ordained BishopJohn Baptist Wang Zengyi (Wang Tseng-yi, Uamzemi), C.M. †Titular Bishop of LamiaBishop of Anguo [Ankwo], China
25 FebBornJacques IshaqCurial Bishop Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
87.4DiedHubert Otto, C.I.C.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Kansu {Kansu Settentrionale}, China
64.3AppointedFederico TedeschiniCardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
26 Feb37.2AppointedJosé André CoimbraBishop of Barra do Piraí, BrazilBishop of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
24.4Ordained PriestJohn Joseph GrahamPriest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
52.2AppointedWilliam Aloysius GriffinAuxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USABishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
27.9Ordained PriestMichele MaccarronePriestPresident Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
22.9Ordained PriestMarcello MorgantePriestBishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
BornMarko SopiApostolic Administrator of Prizren-Prishtina, Serbia
BornJanuário Torgal Mendes FerreiraBishop Emeritus of Portugal, Military
28 FebBornMogale Paul NkhumisheBishop Emeritus of Polokwane, South Africa
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