The Year of Our Lord 1940

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	38.1	Appointed	Antonio Barosi, P.I.M.E. †	Apostolic Administrator of Kaifeng [Kaifeng] (Kaifengfu), China
	38.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Burzio †	Official to Slovakia	Apostolic Nuncio
	63.6	Resigned	Giovanni Cardona, C.S.Sp. †	Superior of Lunda, Angola
	17.3	Entered	Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
	58.1	Appointed	Carlo Chiarlo †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Official Emeritus
	39.3	Resigned	Armand Clabaut, O.M.I. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste Coudray, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Prefect Emeritus of Kankan, Guinea
	20.1	Professed	Anselm Donald Mary Dennehy, O.S.M. †	Member of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Ingwavuma, South Africa
	51.4	Appointed	Manuel Maria Ferreira da Silva, S.M.P. †	Superior General of Missionários da Boa Nova	Superior General Emeritus
	65.3	Ceased	Pierre-Henri-Noël Gubbels, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Shihnan [Enshi], China	Bishop of Yichang [Ichang], China
	88.0	Died	Célestin Hauttecoeur, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
	26.4	Entered	Peter Saburo Hirata, P.S.S. †	Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice	Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan
	55.6	Resigned	Ambroise Leblanc, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Urawa, Japan	Prefect Emeritus
	26.3	Final Vows	Gabriel Wilhelmus Manek, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop Emeritus of Endeh, Indonesia
		Resigned	Modesto Perez, O.P. †	Prefect of Shikoku, Japan
	28.8	Ordained Priest	[Joseph Qian (Quin) Hui-min] †	Priest	Bishop of Nanjing [Nanking], China
	25.4	Final Vows	Augustín Van Aaken, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Prelate Emeritus of Alto Paraná, Paraguay
	49.4	Appointed	Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcellos Motta †	Administrator of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1 Jan	63.1	Appointed	Moses Elias Kiley †	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
1 Jan	68.9	Ordained Bishop	Abel Zaya (Zayia), C.M. †	Archbishop of Urmyā {Urmia, Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
2 Jan		Born	Edward Eugeniusz Samsel †		Bishop of Ełk, Poland
3 Jan	65.0	Died	José Manuel Dámaso Rúiz y Rodríguez †	Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
3 Jan	52.3	Installed	Samuel Alphonsus Stritch †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 Jan	62.8	Died	St. Manuel González y García †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
5 Jan	54.2	Resigned	Giuseppe Cognata, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Bova, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
6 Jan	74.7	Appointed	Stanisław Gall †	Apostolic Administrator of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
6 Jan	25.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph-Marie-Georges-Michel Goupy †	Priest of Tours, France	Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France
8 Jan	41.4	Appointed	Secondo Bologna †	Bishop of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy
8 Jan	43.3	Appointed	Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz †	Archbishop of La Serena, Chile
9 Jan	72.9	Died	Fernando Taddei, C.M. †	Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
10 Jan	35.8	Appointed	Manuel da Silveira d’Elboux †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
10 Jan	35.8	Appointed	Manuel da Silveira d’Elboux †	Titular Bishop of Barca	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
11 Jan		Born	Gerald Nicholas Dino †		Bishop Emeritus of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA
12 Jan		Born	Youssef Anis Abi-Aad, Ist. del Prado †		Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
	40.8	Appointed	Domenico Luca Capozi, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Taiyüanfu, China	Archbishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
	40.8	Appointed	Domenico Luca Capozi, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia	Archbishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
	38.6	Appointed	Petronio Secundo Lacchio, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Changsha [Changsha], China	Archbishop of Changsha [Changsha], China
	38.6	Appointed	Petronio Secundo Lacchio, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Praenetus	Archbishop of Changsha [Changsha], China
	76.4	Died	John March †	Bishop of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada
	42.0	Appointed	Edmund Peiris, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
	63.0	Appointed	Boniface (Josef) Sauer, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Tokugen o Tokwon, Korea (North)
	63.0	Appointed	Boniface (Josef) Sauer, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Hamheung, Korea (North)	Abbot of Tokugen o Tokwon, Korea (North)
13 Jan		Born	Diego Causero		Apostolic Nuncio
14 Jan	78.5	Died	John Henry Tihen †	Bishop Emeritus of Denver, Colorado, USA
15 Jan		Born	Vladimír Filo †		Bishop Emeritus of Rožňava, Slovakia
15 Jan	51.7	Ordained Bishop	John Francis O’Hara, C.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Mylasa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
16 Jan		Born	Teodoro Cruz Bacani Jr.		Bishop Emeritus of Novaliches, Philippines
	65.7	Appointed	João Evangelista de Lima Vidal †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Aveiro, Portugal	Bishop
		Born	Dennis Patrick O’Neil †		Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA
	51.0	Appointed	Joseph Walsh †	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
17 Jan		Born	Nerses Bedros XIX (Boutros) Tarmouni (Taza) †		Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
18 Jan	18.4	Simple Vows	Lucas Luis Dónnelly Carey, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Prelate Emeritus of Deán Funes, Argentina
18 Jan		Born	Philipp Pöllitzer, O.M.I.		Bishop Emeritus of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
23 Jan		Born	Yves François Patenôtre		Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
24 Jan	47.3	Appointed	Louis Delmotte †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan		Born	Abraham Escudero Montoya †		Bishop of Palmira, Colombia
25 Jan		Born	Philip Boyce, O.C.D.		Bishop Emeritus of Raphoe, Ireland
25 Jan		Born	Gianni Danzi †		Prelate of Loreto, Italy
26 Jan		Born	Giovanni Dettori		Bishop Emeritus of Ales-Terralba, Italy
		Born	Séamus Hegarty †		Bishop Emeritus of Derry, Ireland
		Born	Claude Pierre Charles Schockert		Bishop Emeritus of Belfort-Montbéliard, France
		Born	Octavio Villegas Aguilar		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México
28 Jan	27.2	Ordained Priest	Théophile Jean Dahi †	Priest of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Jacques Georges Habib Hafouri †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
	22.0	Ordained Priest	Clément Ignace Mansourati †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
29 Jan	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Arthur Douville †	Titular Bishop of Vita	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
29 Jan	69.2	Died	Charles-Antonelli Lamarche †	Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
30 Jan	83.7	Died	Pierre-Célestin Cézerac †	Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
	50.6	Appointed	Aureliano de Matos †	Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
	82.8	Died	Gustave-Lazare Garnier †	Bishop of Luçon, France
	62.4	Resigned	Charles Massé †	Auxiliary Bishop of Luçon, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
31 Jan	64.1	Died	Justí Guitart y Vilardebó †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
31 Jan		Born	Luiz Demétrio Valentini		Bishop Emeritus of Jales, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Feb	65.7	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste-Michel-Marie-Louis Pénicaud, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Pakhoi [Beihai], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Feb	73.3	Died	Jules-Elmire Douénel, M.E.P. †	Prefect Emeritus of Sikkim, India
2 Feb		Born	Evangelista Alcimar Caldas Magalhães, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil
	50.4	Appointed	Cristoforo Domenico Carullo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy	Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy
	38.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Di Donna, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Andria, Italy
	19.3	Professed	Juvenal Roriz, C.Ss.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop Emeritus of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
		Born	Charles Kweku Sam †		Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre Vachon †	Titular Archbishop of Achrida	Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
3 Feb	23.5	Ordained Priest	Fiorenzo Angelini †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Henri Belleau, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Perrhe	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Baie de James {James Bay}, Ontario, Canada
	52.1	Appointed	Vincentas Borisevicius †	Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania	Bishop
	52.1	Appointed	Vincentas Borisevicius †	Titular Bishop of Lysias	Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
	60.7	Appointed	Joseph Moran Corrigan †	Titular Bishop of Bilta	Rector of the Catholic University of America
	64.0	Appointed	Daniel Rivero Rivero †	Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Sorrentino †	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Pozzuoli, Italy
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Adelmo Tacconi †	Priest of Grosseto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Oscar Zanera †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
5 Feb	52.6	Appointed	Gioacchino Di Leo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
	52.6	Appointed	Gioacchino Di Leo †	Titular Bishop of Memphis	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
	62.1	Appointed	Mario Giardini, B. †	Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria	Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	62.1	Resigned	Mario Giardini, B. †	Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
6 Feb	54.8	Appointed	Aimable Chassaigne †	Bishop of Tulle, France	Bishop Emeritus
6 Feb	48.4	Appointed	Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
7 Feb		Born	Jean-Charles Marie Descubes		Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
	86.5	Died	Paul Nègre †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rodez (-Vabres), France
		Born	Agostino Superbo		Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
9 Feb		Born	Luigi Bressan		Archbishop Emeritus of Trento, Italy
	67.7	Died	Edward Joseph Byrne †	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
	56.9	Appointed	Josip Marija Carević †	Titular Bishop of Aristium	Bishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
	56.9	Resigned	Josip Marija Carević †	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
	66.8	Succeeded	Jean-Camille Costes †	Bishop of Angers, France
	36.8	Appointed	John Baptist Rosenthal, S.A.C. †	Prefect of Queenstown, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Queenstown, South Africa
	91.0	Died	Joseph Rumeau †	Bishop of Angers, France
	32.3	Appointed	Louis Wach, S.M.A. †	Prefect of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire	Prefect Emeritus
10 Feb	69.6	Died	Paulin Ladeuze †	Titular Bishop of Tiberias
12 Feb		Born	Rufin Anthony †		Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan
	56.8	Appointed	Louis (Luigi) Centoz †	Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber
	76.0	Died	Hyacinthe-Jean Chassagnon †	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France
13 Feb		Born	Giuseppe Cavallotto †		Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy
	66.6	Appointed	Maurice-Bernard-Benoît-Joseph Despatures, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Bangalore, India	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	André Pierre Louis Dupuy		Apostolic Nuncio
	58.6	Appointed	John Baptist Hou †	Vicar Apostolic of Shihnan [Enshi], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	58.6	Appointed	John Baptist Hou †	Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Shihnan [Enshi], China
	46.1	Appointed	Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Hypaepa	Superior General Emeritus of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
	46.1	Appointed	Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Fushun [Fushun], China	Superior General Emeritus of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
15 Feb	46.3	Died	Abraham Elias, C.M. †	Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran
16 Feb		Born	Vincent Cadieux, O.M.I.		Bishop Emeritus of Hearst-Moosonee, Ontario, Canada
	70.8	Died	Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam
	75.0	Died	Kazimierz Mikolaj Michalkiewicz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
17 Feb	54.5	Appointed	Manuel Könner, S.V.D. †	Apostolic Administrator of Foz do Iguaçu (Iguassú), Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
17 Feb	90.3	Died	Epifan Šanov (Scianow) †	Vicar Apostolic of Macedonia (Thessalonika) (Bulgarian)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
18 Feb	36.7	Ordained Bishop	Francisco José Iturriza Guillén, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
19 Feb	51.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Beltrami †	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
19 Feb	72.6	Died	Ettore Fronzi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino, Italy
20 Feb		Born	Venant Bacinoni †		Bishop Emeritus of Bururi, Burundi
	51.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Beltrami †	Titular Archbishop of Damascus	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	51.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Beltrami †	Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
21 Feb		Born	Edward Nowak		Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
22 Feb	24.4	Solemn Vows	Jerome Ferdinand Weber, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada
24 Feb		Born	Angel Floro Martínez, I.E.M.E. †		Bishop Emeritus of Gokwe, Zimbabwe
25 Feb		Born	Béchara Boutros Raï, O.M.M.		Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
27 Feb		Born	Vartán Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B.		Bishop Emeritus of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian), Argentina
27 Feb	57.3	Appointed	Gustave-Joseph Deswazières, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Pakhoi [Beihai], China	Bishop of Beihai [Pakhoi], China
28 Feb	58.1	Died	Emmanuel Hanisch, C.M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Umtata, South Africa
29 Feb		Born	John Huston Ricard, S.S.J.		Bishop Emeritus of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA

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