The Year of Our Lord 1941

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	63.0	Resigned	Anton Ceska, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Niigata, Japan	Prefect Emeritus
		Appointed	Paul Jae-yong Ju †	Prefect of Zenshu, Korea (South)	Prefect Emeritus
		Died	Stanislao dell’Addolorata, C.P. †	Prefect of Dodoma, Tanzania
	28.1	Final Vows	Odilo Etspüler (Etspueler), S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Bangued, Philippines
	65.6	Appointed	Bl. Valeriu Traian Frentiu †	Apostolic Administrator of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
	20.1	Entered	Leopold Grimard, C.S.Sp. †	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Prefect Emeritus of Idah, Nigeria
		Resigned	Felix Herrmann, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Karafuto, Russian Federation	Prefect Emeritus
	21.1	First Vows	François Hoenen, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	24.1	Solemn Vows	Andrei Apollon Katkoff, M.I.C. †	Member of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary	Titular Bishop of Nauplia
		Resigned	Stephen Kim Yang-hong †	Prefect of Zenshu, Korea (South)	Prefect Emeritus
	22.8	Ordained Deacon	Edward Kisiel †	Deacon of Vilnius, Lithuania	Archbishop Emeritus of Białystok, Poland
		Born	Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba †		Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	25.2	Final Vows	Federico Guba Limon, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
		Resigned	János Linderberger †	Apostolic Administrator of Debreczen, Hungary	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	53.7	Appointed	Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka †	Prefect of Niigata, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan
	38.4	Appointed	Antônio Julio Maria Mattioli, O.S.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus, Brazil	Prelate of Acre e Purus, Acre, Brazil
	73.0	Died	Matthijs Nijens, M.S.C. †	Prefect Emeritus of Nuova Guinea Olandese, Indonesia
	62.2	Resigned	Gustave-Jean-Marie Nouet, M. Afr. †	Prefect of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Algeria	Prefect Emeritus
		Born	Thomas Oliha Attiyah, A.J.		Priest of Apostles of Jesus Missionaries
	66.7	Resigned	Joseph Reiners, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Nagoya, Japan	Prefect Emeritus
	46.7	Appointed	Paolo Savino †	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	19.4	Entered	Osório Willibaldo Stoffel, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	38.4	Appointed	Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi †	Apostolic Administrator of Shikoku, Japan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Osaka, Japan
	22.6	First Vows	Simeon Oliveros Valerio, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Calapan, Philippines
		Died	Bernardo Visser, M.S.C. †	Prefect of Purwokerto, Indonesia
	28.3	Ordained Priest	Michael Xiao Liren (Siao Li Jen) †	Priest	Bishop of Xingtai [Shunteh], China
Jan	61.0	Ceased	Thomas de la Hoz, O.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Shikoku, Japan	Prefect Emeritus of Formosa Island {Isola Formosa), Taiwan
Jan	61.0	Resigned	Thomas de la Hoz, O.P. †	Prefect of Formosa Island {Isola Formosa), Taiwan	Prefect Emeritus
1 Jan		Born	Evaristo Marc Chengula, I.M.C. †		Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
	68.2	Appointed	Giuseppe di Girolamo †	Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Lucera, Italy
	68.2	Resigned	Giuseppe di Girolamo †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
2 Jan	38.5	Appointed	Francesco Pieri †	Coadjutor Bishop of Orvieto, Italy	Bishop
2 Jan	38.5	Appointed	Francesco Pieri †	Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
5 Jan	68.3	Died	Paul-Louis-Joseph Lequien, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Martinique (Fort-de-France e Saint Pierre), Antilles
5 Jan		Born	Bruno Schettino †		Archbishop of Capua, Italy
8 Jan		Born	Paul Dahdah, O.C.D.		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
8 Jan	54.5	Ordained Bishop	James Francis Aloysius McIntyre †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
9 Jan		Resigned	Michael Augustin O’Connor, O.P. †	Prefect of Jian’ou [Kienow, Kienning], China	Prefect Emeritus
9 Jan	60.1	Died	Hippolyte Tréhiou †	Bishop of Vannes, France
12 Jan		Born	Guido Fiandino		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
13 Jan		Born	Francisco Javier Hernández Arnedo, O.A.R.		Bishop Emeritus of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil
13 Jan	25.2	Ordained Priest	Manuel Salazar y Espinoza †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua
14 Jan	47.0	Appointed	Nicasio Balisa y Melero, O.A.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia
14 Jan	47.0	Appointed	Nicasio Balisa y Melero, O.A.R. †	Titular Bishop of Cybistra	Vicar Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia
15 Jan	48.3	Appointed	Georges-Louis-Camille Debray †	Coadjutor Bishop of Meaux, France	Bishop
	48.3	Appointed	Georges-Louis-Camille Debray †	Titular Bishop of Pharbaethus	Bishop of Meaux, France
	71.2	Appointed	John Bernard Kevenhoerster, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bahama Islands, Bahamas, Antilles
16 Jan		Born	Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton †		Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
	46.5	Appointed	Dominic Senyemon Fukahori †	Apostolic Administrator of Fukuoka, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	38.6	Appointed	Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Calydon	Apostolic Nuncio
	38.6	Resigned	Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. †	Bishop of Sendai, Japan	Apostolic Nuncio
		Born	Carlo Maria Viganò
17 Jan	77.3	Died	Gioacchino Bonardi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
18 Jan	57.5	Appointed	Moisés Alves de Pinho, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Luanda, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus
	57.5	Appointed	Moisés Alves de Pinho, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe	Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
	51.6	Appointed	Teodosio Clemente de Gouveia †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
	82.7	Died	André-Marie-Elie Jarosseau, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
		Born	Alfredo Schäffler		Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil
19 Jan	54.0	Died	Juan Casado Obispo, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Thái Binh, Viet Nam
19 Jan		Born	Peter William Ingham †		Bishop Emeritus of Wollongong, Australia
20 Jan	39.0	Installed	Joachim Miyoichi Ideguchi †	Apostolic Administrator of Yokohama, Japan
21 Jan	48.8	Appointed	Bl. Vilmos Apor †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
21 Jan	49.8	Appointed	Robert Emmet Lucey †	Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Jan		Born	Luigi Ferrando		Bishop Emeritus of Bragança do Pará, Brazil
22 Jan	61.6	Died	Giorgio Rossi, C.S.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador
24 Jan	69.2	Died	Johannes Biermans, M.H.M. †	Superior General Emeritus of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda
25 Jan		Born	Jan Styrna †		Bishop Emeritus of Elbląg, Poland
26 Jan	75.4	Died	Kaspar Klein †	Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany
26 Jan	38.6	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Pieri †	Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
27 Jan	61.0	Died	Yakiv Medvetskyj (Medweckyj) †	Apostolic Administrator of Lemkowszczyzna (Ukrainian), Poland	Apostolic Exarch of Lemkowszczyzna (Ukrainian), Poland
28 Jan		Born	Justin Joseph Bianchini		Bishop Emeritus of Geraldton, Australia
	46.7	Appointed	Daniel Gomes Junqueira, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Nova Lisboa, Angola
	27.4	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Wilhelmus Manek, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop Emeritus of Endeh, Indonesia
	55.6	Appointed	Faustino Moreira dos Santos, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
30 Jan	85.9	Appointed	Paul Aouad (Awad, Auad) †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcis in Syria	Archbishop Emeritus of Cyprus (Maronite)
30 Jan	85.9	Resigned	Paul Aouad (Awad, Auad) †	Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)	Archbishop Emeritus
31 Jan	83.2	Died	Florencio Cerviño y González †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
31 Jan		Born	Mihály Mayer		Bishop Emeritus of Pécs, Hungary
1 Feb	56.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Pietro Gagnor, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
	56.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Pietro Gagnor, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Thennesus	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
		Born	Paul Youssef Matar		Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
4 Feb	38.8	Appointed	Joseph Thomas McGucken †	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
4 Feb	38.8	Appointed	Joseph Thomas McGucken †	Titular Bishop of Sanavus	Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
5 Feb	52.0	Appointed	Oleksandr Malynowskyj †	Apostolic Administrator of Lemkowszczyzna (Ukrainian), Poland	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Lemkowszczyzna (Ukrainian), Poland
8 Feb		Born	José Luis Chávez Botello		Archbishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
9 Feb	26.2	Ordained Priest	Jerome Joseph Hastrich †	Priest of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
	67.9	Died	Gaudenzio Manuelli †	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
	41.4	Appointed	Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile
	41.4	Appointed	Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC. †	Titular Bishop of Nisyrus	Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile
11 Feb	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Albini LeBlanc †	Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada	Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
11 Feb	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Leo Parker †	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
12 Feb	58.8	Succeeded	Philippe Sérvule Desranleau †	Bishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada	Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
	80.1	Died	Alphonse-Osias Gagnon †	Bishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
	73.2	Died	Plácido Ángel Rey de Lemos, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lugo, Spain
14 Feb		Born	Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya
16 Feb	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Augustin Arce Mostajo †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
	81.5	Died	Israel Audo †	Bishop of Mardin (Chaldean), Turkey
	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Francisco do Borja Pereira do Amaral †	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
17 Feb		Born	Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo (Kiedrebeogo) †		Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso
18 Feb	83.8	Died	Ferdinando Fiandaca †	Bishop Emeritus of Patti, Italy
18 Feb	61.0	Installed	Joseph Casimir Plagens †	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
19 Feb		Born	Hil Kabashi, O.F.M.		Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Southern Albania {Albania Meridionale}
20 Feb	46.0	Appointed	Marie Pierre Jean Cassaigne, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
20 Feb	46.0	Appointed	Marie Pierre Jean Cassaigne, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Gadara	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Saigon, Viet Nam
21 Feb		Born	Carlos Alberto Nicolini †		Coadjutor Bishop of Salto, Uruguay
21 Feb		Born	Nikólaos Printezis		Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
22 Feb	22.7	Ordained Priest	Costanzo Micci †	Priest of Fano, Italy	Bishop
22 Feb	62.6	Appointed	Guillermo Tritschler y Córdoba †	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
23 Feb	24.3	Ordained Priest	Karl Christian Ebert †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany
24 Feb	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Vilmos Apor †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Ernest Arthur Green †	Priest of Cape Town, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
	83.0	Died	Alexander MacDonald †	Bishop Emeritus of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Francis Joseph Magner †	Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Owen Noel Snedden †	Priest of Auckland, New Zealand	Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand
	35.7	Ordained Priest	Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India
	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Emanuele Trindade Salgueiro †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palaestina	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
27 Feb		Born	Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka		Bishop Emeritus of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Feb		Born	Gabriel Zubeir Wako		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Khartoum, Sudan
28 Feb		Appointed	André Windels, C.M. †	Prefect of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

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