The Year of Our Lord 1946

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 44.5 Ordained Bishop René-Désiré-Romain Boisguérin, M.E.P. † Bishop of Yibin [Suifu], China Bishop Emeritus

50.4 Ordained Bishop Georges-Léon Landry † Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

Born Joseph Francis Martino Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

41.2 Ordained Bishop Maurice Roy † Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada

57.2 Ordained Bishop Pietro Villa, F.S.C.J. † Titular Bishop of Lystra Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia, Italy

2 May 45.2 Appointed Giuseppe Burzio † Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia Apostolic Nuncio

Born José Luis Mollaghan † Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina

Born Adriano Tessarollo Bishop Emeritus of Chioggia, Italy

3 May 57.3 Appointed Walenty Dymek † Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland Archbishop of Poznań, Poland

60.1 Appointed Kálmán József Papp † Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary

4 May 25.6 Ordained Priest John James Ward † Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

48.5 Appointed Andrzej Wronka † Apostolic Administrator of Gdańsk, Poland Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

5 May 60.1 Died Antonio Colturato, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Botucatu, Brazil

28.5 Ordained Priest Matthieu Kanyama † Priest of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

Born André Marceau Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France

29.8 Ordained Priest Joseph Nkongolo wa Ngoyi † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

42.5 Ordained Bishop Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. † Titular Bishop of Lyrbe Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

6 May 60.4 Died Kazimierz Bukraba † Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus

62.5 Resigned Karol Niemira † Auxiliary Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

7 May Born Jesús Carlos Cabrero Romero Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México

54.0 Appointed Zygmunt Choromański † Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

54.0 Appointed Zygmunt Choromański † Titular Bishop of Panopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

Born William (Leonard) Kenney, C.P. Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain

53.3 Appointed Franciszek Salezy Korszyński † Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

53.3 Appointed Franciszek Salezy Korszyński † Titular Bishop of Orisa Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

54.6 Appointed Wacław Majewski † Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

54.6 Appointed Wacław Majewski † Titular Bishop of Docimium Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

65.0 Resigned Pierre-Jean-Marie-Louis Peurois, O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Rabat, Morocco Auxiliary Bishop of Rabat, Morocco

78.8 Died Henri Vielle, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Rabat, Morocco

8 May 45.2 Appointed Giuseppe Burzio † Titular Archbishop of Gortyna Apostolic Nuncio

78.1 Retired Auguste-Joseph-Marie Cogneau † Auxiliary Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

76.5 Died James Dey † Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military

89.2 Died Adolphe-Yves-Marie Duparc † Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France

50.2 Appointed Pietro Raimondi † Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy Bishop Emeritus

9 May Born George Stack Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff-Menevia, Wales, Great Britain

10 May 55.5 Appointed Thomas Tien Ken-hsin (Tienchensing), S.V.D. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Beijing [Peking], China

44.9 Appointed Faustino M. Tissot, S.X. † Bishop of Zhengzhou [Chengchow], China Bishop Emeritus

60.0 Appointed Jan Cornelius van Sambeek, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Kigoma, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma, Tanzania

11 May Born Maurice Anthony Crowley, S.P.S. Bishop Emeritus of Kitale, Kenya

49.7 Appointed Joseph Calasanz Fließer (Fliesser) † Bishop of Linz, Austria Bishop Emeritus

62.2 Appointed Saverio Ritter † Apostolic Internuncio to Czechoslovakia Official of the Secretariat of State

12 May 28.2 Ordained Priest Cyriaque Siméon Obamba † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Mouila, Gabon

26.1 Ordained Priest José Tomás Sánchez † Priest of Sorsogon, Philippines Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

44.7 Ordained Bishop Bl. Stefan Wyszyński † Bishop of Lublin, Poland Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

13 May 67.2 Succeeded Lucas Guillermo Castillo Hernández † Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

85.2 Died Felipe Rincón González † Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

14 May 39.9 Appointed Giuseppe Siri † Archbishop of Genova, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova-Bobbio, Italy

16 May Born André Gazaille Bishop Emeritus of Nicolet, Québec, Canada

17 May 77.7 Appointed Luigi Ferri † Titular Bishop of Livias Bishop Emeritus of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy

77.7 Retired Luigi Ferri † Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy Bishop Emeritus

77.7 Retired Luigi Ferri † Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy

Born Antonio Lanfranchi † Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy

18 May 64.6 Died Jean-Marie-Michel Blois, M.E.P. † Archbishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China

79.9 Appointed José María Caro Rodríguez † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Scala Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile

66.4 Died Edouard Rostaing, M.S. † Vicar Apostolic of Antsirabé, Madagascar

19 May 26.2 Ordained Priest Constantin Guirma † Priest of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus of Kaya, Burkina Faso

48.6 Ordained Bishop Franciszek Jop † Titular Bishop of Daulia Bishop of Opole, Poland

Born Juventino Kestering † Bishop of Rondonópolis - Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil

48.3 Ordained Bishop Giacomo Palombella † Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Matera, Italy

Born Anselmo Guido Pecorari Apostolic Nuncio

53.9 Ordained Bishop Jan Piotr Stepa † Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

20 May 74.8 Died Enrico Gasparri † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

Born Brendan Kelly Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland

21 May 50.4 Installed Georges-Léon Landry † Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

51.0 Appointed Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara † Official to Romania Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain

22 May Born Francesco Montenegro Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Agrigento, Italy

23 May Born Lucio Lemmo Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

24 May Born Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona Archbishop Emeritus of Antananarivo, Madagascar

25 May Born Washington Cruz, C.P. Archbishop Emeritus of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil

57.3 Died Gaspër Thaçi † Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania

26 May 17.1 Professed José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. † Member of Congregation of the Passion Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru

24.4 Ordained Priest José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra Priest of Zamora, Michoacán, México Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México

27 May 77.2 Died Patrick Morrisroe † Bishop of Achonry, Ireland

28 May 56.2 Ordained Bishop John Raphael Hagan † Titular Bishop of Limata Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Born Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México

Born Bosco Puthur Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar), Australia

55.5 Appointed Giovanni Rizzo † Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy

55.5 Appointed Giovanni Rizzo † Titular Bishop of Lysias Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy

29 May 69.1 Appointed Massimo Massimi † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

40.0 Installed Giuseppe Siri † Archbishop of Genova, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova-Bobbio, Italy

30 May Born Michael August Blume, S.V.D. Apostolic Nuncio

16.3 Temporary Vows Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy

47.9 Ordained Bishop Charles Joseph van Melckebeke, C.I.C.M. † Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China

24.4 Ordained Priest Thomas Jerome Welsh † Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

31 May 55.9 Appointed Luigi Arrigoni † Apostolic Nuncio to Peru

55.9 Appointed Luigi Arrigoni † Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria Apostolic Nuncio to Peru

Born Johannes Kreidler Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	44.5	Ordained Bishop	René-Désiré-Romain Boisguérin, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Yibin [Suifu], China	Bishop Emeritus
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Georges-Léon Landry †	Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Joseph Francis Martino		Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
41.2	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Roy †	Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
57.2	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Villa, F.S.C.J. †	Titular Bishop of Lystra	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia, Italy
2 May	45.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Burzio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia	Apostolic Nuncio
	Born	José Luis Mollaghan †		Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
	Born	Adriano Tessarollo		Bishop Emeritus of Chioggia, Italy
3 May	57.3	Appointed	Walenty Dymek †	Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland
60.1	Appointed	Kálmán József Papp †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
4 May	25.6	Ordained Priest	John James Ward †	Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.5	Appointed	Andrzej Wronka †	Apostolic Administrator of Gdańsk, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
5 May	60.1	Died	Antonio Colturato, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Botucatu, Brazil
28.5	Ordained Priest	Matthieu Kanyama †	Priest of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	André Marceau		Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
29.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph Nkongolo wa Ngoyi †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
42.5	Ordained Bishop	Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. †	Titular Bishop of Lyrbe	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
6 May	60.4	Died	Kazimierz Bukraba †	Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus
62.5	Resigned	Karol Niemira †	Auxiliary Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
7 May		Born	Jesús Carlos Cabrero Romero		Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México
54.0	Appointed	Zygmunt Choromański †	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
54.0	Appointed	Zygmunt Choromański †	Titular Bishop of Panopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	Born	William (Leonard) Kenney, C.P.		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
53.3	Appointed	Franciszek Salezy Korszyński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
53.3	Appointed	Franciszek Salezy Korszyński †	Titular Bishop of Orisa	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
54.6	Appointed	Wacław Majewski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
54.6	Appointed	Wacław Majewski †	Titular Bishop of Docimium	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
65.0	Resigned	Pierre-Jean-Marie-Louis Peurois, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rabat, Morocco	Auxiliary Bishop of Rabat, Morocco
78.8	Died	Henri Vielle, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Rabat, Morocco
8 May	45.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Burzio †	Titular Archbishop of Gortyna	Apostolic Nuncio
78.1	Retired	Auguste-Joseph-Marie Cogneau †	Auxiliary Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
76.5	Died	James Dey †	Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military
89.2	Died	Adolphe-Yves-Marie Duparc †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
50.2	Appointed	Pietro Raimondi †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
9 May		Born	George Stack		Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff-Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
10 May	55.5	Appointed	Thomas Tien Ken-hsin (Tienchensing), S.V.D. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Beijing [Peking], China
44.9	Appointed	Faustino M. Tissot, S.X. †	Bishop of Zhengzhou [Chengchow], China	Bishop Emeritus
60.0	Appointed	Jan Cornelius van Sambeek, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kigoma, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma, Tanzania
11 May		Born	Maurice Anthony Crowley, S.P.S.		Bishop Emeritus of Kitale, Kenya
49.7	Appointed	Joseph Calasanz Fließer (Fliesser) †	Bishop of Linz, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
62.2	Appointed	Saverio Ritter †	Apostolic Internuncio to Czechoslovakia	Official of the Secretariat of State
12 May	28.2	Ordained Priest	Cyriaque Siméon Obamba †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Mouila, Gabon
26.1	Ordained Priest	José Tomás Sánchez †	Priest of Sorsogon, Philippines	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
44.7	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Stefan Wyszyński †	Bishop of Lublin, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
13 May	67.2	Succeeded	Lucas Guillermo Castillo Hernández †	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
85.2	Died	Felipe Rincón González †	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
14 May	39.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Siri †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova-Bobbio, Italy
16 May		Born	André Gazaille		Bishop Emeritus of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
17 May	77.7	Appointed	Luigi Ferri †	Titular Bishop of Livias	Bishop Emeritus of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
77.7	Retired	Luigi Ferri †	Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
77.7	Retired	Luigi Ferri †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
	Born	Antonio Lanfranchi †		Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
18 May	64.6	Died	Jean-Marie-Michel Blois, M.E.P. †	Archbishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China
79.9	Appointed	José María Caro Rodríguez †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Scala	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
66.4	Died	Edouard Rostaing, M.S. †	Vicar Apostolic of Antsirabé, Madagascar
19 May	26.2	Ordained Priest	Constantin Guirma †	Priest of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus of Kaya, Burkina Faso
48.6	Ordained Bishop	Franciszek Jop †	Titular Bishop of Daulia	Bishop of Opole, Poland
	Born	Juventino Kestering †		Bishop of Rondonópolis - Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
48.3	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Palombella †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Matera, Italy
	Born	Anselmo Guido Pecorari		Apostolic Nuncio
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Jan Piotr Stepa †	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
20 May	74.8	Died	Enrico Gasparri †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	Born	Brendan Kelly		Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
21 May	50.4	Installed	Georges-Léon Landry †	Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
51.0	Appointed	Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara †	Official to Romania	Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain
22 May		Born	Francesco Montenegro		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Agrigento, Italy
23 May		Born	Lucio Lemmo		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
24 May		Born	Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona		Archbishop Emeritus of Antananarivo, Madagascar
25 May		Born	Washington Cruz, C.P.		Archbishop Emeritus of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
57.3	Died	Gaspër Thaçi †	Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania
26 May	17.1	Professed	José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. †	Member of Congregation of the Passion	Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru
24.4	Ordained Priest	José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra	Priest of Zamora, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México
27 May	77.2	Died	Patrick Morrisroe †	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
28 May	56.2	Ordained Bishop	John Raphael Hagan †	Titular Bishop of Limata	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
	Born	Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez		Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México
	Born	Bosco Puthur		Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar), Australia
55.5	Appointed	Giovanni Rizzo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy
55.5	Appointed	Giovanni Rizzo †	Titular Bishop of Lysias	Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy
29 May	69.1	Appointed	Massimo Massimi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
40.0	Installed	Giuseppe Siri †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova-Bobbio, Italy
30 May		Born	Michael August Blume, S.V.D.		Apostolic Nuncio
16.3	Temporary Vows	Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Charles Joseph van Melckebeke, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China
24.4	Ordained Priest	Thomas Jerome Welsh †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
31 May	55.9	Appointed	Luigi Arrigoni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
55.9	Appointed	Luigi Arrigoni †	Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
	Born	Johannes Kreidler		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

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