The Year of Our Lord 1946

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Jacques Tukumbé Nyimbusède Anyilunda		Bishop Emeritus of Dapaong, Togo
	21.0	Entered	Paulius Antanas Baltakis, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Titular Bishop of Egara
	18.5	First Vows	Joel Ivo Catapan, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
		Died	Girolamo da Lione, O.F.M. Cap. †	Superior of Siria e Cilicia, Syria
	43.1	Appointed	Miklós Mihály Dudás, O.S.B.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary	Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
	44.0	Appointed	Pierre Duhart, M.E.P. †	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Jilin [Kirin], China	Apostolic Administrator
	41.6	Resigned	Emilio Favarato, O.F.M. Conv. †	Prefect of Ankang [Hinganfu], China	Prefect Emeritus
	22.4	Entered	John Peter Ignatius Jukes, O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
		Resigned	José Maria Lemercier (Lemerder) †	Administrator of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	21.8	First Vows	Gregorius Manteiro, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia
	48.3	Resigned	Fernand Martin, M. Afr. †	Prefect of Fort Jameson, Zambia	Prefect Emeritus
	72.7	Resigned	John Meehan, C.S.Sp. †	Superior of Gambia	Superior Emeritus
	65.1	Converted	Pavel Trofim Meletiev (Meletijev) †	Titular Bishop of Heracleopolis Magna
	61.1	Resigned	Luigi Nogara, P.I.M.E. †	Apostolic Administrator of Kaifeng [Kaifeng] (Kaifengfu), China	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	81.6	Resigned	Luigi Maria Perego, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
	22.2	Solemn Vows	Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
	66.6	Resigned	Jan (Johannes) Nepomuk Remiger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	30.4	Ordained Priest	Louis Joseph Secondo, T.O.R. †	Priest of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance	Minister General Emeritus
	20.3	First Vows	Pedro Shaw, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
	32.6	Ordained Priest	Paul Song Wei-li, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of [Langfang (Patriotic), China]
	48.6	Appointed	Alfonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C. †	Administrator of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	22.7	Ordained Priest	[Anthony Wang Zicheng (Huang Zichem)] †	Priest	Bishop of Lixian [Lichow], China
		Died	André Windels, C.M. †	Prefect of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	28.3	Ordained Priest	[Matthew Yu Cheng-cai] †	Priest	Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China
	55.7	Appointed	Mario Zanin †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Lawrence Zhang Wenchang †	Priest	Apostolic Administrator of Kunming [Kunming], China
1 Jan	51.7	Resigned	Louis-Marie-Joseph de Courrèges d’Ustou †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Bishop Emeritus of Montauban, France
		Born	John Njue		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya
		Born	Fernando Panico, M.S.C.		Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil
	71.1	Died	Salvator Peter Walleser, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tsinchow [Tianshui], China
2 Jan	61.3	Died	Fabian Abrantowicz, M.I.C. †	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Harbin [Harbin] (Russian), China
2 Jan		Born	Roberto Bordi, O.F.M.		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
3 Jan		Born	Antoine Audo, S.J.		Bishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Chaldean), Syria
		Born	Rodolfo Cetoloni, O.F.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy
		Born	Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz		Archbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
	75.0	Died	Gabriele Natale Moriondo, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy
4 Jan	59.8	Appointed	Bl. Frano Gjini †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
	45.2	Appointed	José Damase Laberge, O.F.M. †	Prefect of San José de Amazonas, Peru	Vicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas, Peru
		Born	Henryk Marian Tomasik		Bishop Emeritus of Radom, Poland
5 Jan		Born	Mario Zenari		Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to Syria
6 Jan	17.2	Professed	Giuseppe Germano Bernardini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
	80.5	Died	Angelo Cambiaso †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
	83.1	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Carinci †	Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
	57.0	Died	Ireneus Hayasaka Kyubei †	Apostolic Administrator of Taiku, Korea (South)
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Carlos José Boaventura Kloppenburg, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Luis Pérez Hernández, C.I.M. †	Titular Bishop of Aradus	Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia
7 Jan	81.6	Died	Charles-Marie-André Ginisty †	Bishop of Verdun, France
7 Jan	57.3	Succeeded	Georges Marie Paul Petit †	Bishop of Verdun, France	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan	44.1	Appointed	René-Désiré-Romain Boisguérin, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China	Bishop Emeritus of Yibin [Suifu], China
	44.1	Appointed	René-Désiré-Romain Boisguérin, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Celenderis	Bishop Emeritus of Yibin [Suifu], China
		Born	Jozef Marianus Punt		Bishop Emeritus of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands
13 Jan		Born	Guy Charbonneau, P.M.E.		Bishop Emeritus of Choluteca, Honduras
14 Jan		Born	José Lai Hung-seng		Bishop Emeritus of Macau, China
15 Jan	64.8	Appointed	Ettore Felici †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
	51.2	Appointed	Charles Pasquale Greco †	Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	51.9	Appointed	Joseph Patrick Hurley †	Official to Yugoslavia	Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
		Born	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Ðệ, S.D.B.		Bishop Emeritus of Thái Bình, Viet Nam
18 Jan	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Marie-Joseph-Henri de Provenchères †	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Sylvain Robin †	Bishop of Blois, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Donald Joseph Thériault		Bishop Emeritus of Canada, Military
19 Jan	62.7	Ordained Bishop	Armand Coupel †	Titular Bishop of Orcistus	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Timothy Joseph Harrington †	Priest of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Victor-Jean Perrin †	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France	Bishop Emeritus
21 Jan	53.8	Appointed	Francis Xavier Fenech, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Jhansi, India	Bishop Emeritus of Jhansi, India
25 Jan		Born	Paul Cremona, O.P.		Archbishop Emeritus of Malta
26 Jan		Born	Hernán Alvarado Solano †		Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia
26 Jan		Born	Imre Asztrik Várszegi, O.S.B.		Abbot Emeritus of Pannonhalma, Hungary
27 Jan	24.7	Ordained Priest	Cleto Bellucci †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
27 Jan	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Boiardi †	Bishop of Apuania, Italy
30 Jan		Born	Ottorino Assolari, C.S.F.		Bishop Emeritus of Serrinha, Bahia, Brazil
30 Jan		Born	Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre		Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
31 Jan	74.6	Died	Pietro Boetto, S.J. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy

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