The Year of Our Lord 1949

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	20.3	Converted	Moses Bosco Anderson, S.S.E. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	36.2	Died	Marcellino Aramburu y Arandía, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Vijayapuram, India
	65.6	Resigned	Raboula Youssef Bakhache †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	35.0	Professed	Marius (Joseph Michael) Banks, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect Emeritus of Volksrust, South Africa
	68.5	Resigned	Gaudenzio Barlassina, I.M.C. †	Superior General of Consolata Missionaries	Prefect Emeritus of Kaffa, Ethiopia
	24.9	Final Vows	John Bukovsky (Fukna), S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
	29.0	Ordained Priest	[John Cai Ti-yuan (Tsai Tai-Yuen)] †	Priest	Bishop of Shantou [Swatow], China
	44.0	Appointed	Bl. Tit Liviu Chinezu †	Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
	44.0	Appointed	Bl. Tit Liviu Chinezu †	Titular Bishop of Regiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
	43.2	Appointed	Ioan Maria Dragomir †	Auxiliary Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
	43.2	Appointed	Ioan Maria Dragomir †	Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Pamphylia	Auxiliary Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
	45.2	Appointed	Maksimilijan Držecnik †	Apostolic Administrator of Lavant, Slovenia	Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia
	20.2	Solemn Vows	John Adel Elya, B.S. †	Member of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)	Bishop Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA
	60.4	Resigned	Manuel Maria Ferreira da Silva, S.M.P. †	Superior General of Missionários da Boa Nova	Superior General Emeritus
	34.7	Appointed	Iuliu Hirţea †	Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
	34.7	Appointed	Iuliu Hirţea †	Titular Bishop of Nebbi	Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
	40.8	Appointed	Francis Han Tingbi (Ting-pi) †	Pro-Prefect of Hungtung [Hongdong], China	Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung], China
	19.6	Professed	Dobroslav Marian Kabelka, O. Praem. †	Member of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	Bishop
		Resigned	Jacob Jan Kusters, M.S.F. †	Prefect of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia	Prefect Emeritus
	69.5	Resigned	Marcelino Lardizábal Aguirrebengoa, I.E.M.E. †	Prefect of San Jorge, Colombia	Prefect Emeritus
	56.8	Appointed	Eduard Nécsey †	Apostolic Administrator of Nitra, Slovakia
	22.7	Perpetual Vows	José Rodrigues de Souza, C.Ss.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil
	38.6	Incardinated	Carlos Humberto Rodríguez Quirós †	Priest of San José de Costa Rica	Archbishop Emeritus
	54.6	Appointed	Peter Schweiger, C.M.F. †	Superior General of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Superior General Emeritus
	23.3	Perpetual Vows	Pedro Shaw, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
	20.8	Entered	Joseph Shi Hongchen (Shi Hongzhen), C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Tianjin [Tientsin], China
		Resigned	John Siao †	Pro-Prefect of Puchi [Puqi], China	Prefect Emeritus
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Sun Yuanmo †	Priest	Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung], China
	65.6	Resigned	Liberato Tosti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua	Apostolic Nuncio
	65.6	Resigned	Liberato Tosti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras	Apostolic Nuncio
	80.3	Resigned	Joaquín Vilallonga y Bernia, S.J. †	Superior of Ahmedabad, India	Superior Emeritus
	30.8	Ordained Priest	John A. Weidner, S.A.C. †	Priest of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Prefect Emeritus of Raipur, India
1 Jan	16.8	Professed	Raymundo López Mateos, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México
1 Jan	33.7	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos †	Bishop of Amazonas, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil
2 Jan	23.1	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Coppa †	Priest of Alba (Pompea), Italy	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
3 Jan	44.5	Succeeded	Antônio de Castro Mayer †	Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
3 Jan	82.5	Died	Octaviano Pereira de Albuquerque †	Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
6 Jan	69.0	Died	Thomas de la Hoz, O.P. †	Prefect Emeritus of Formosa Island {Isola Formosa), Taiwan
6 Jan		Born	Edward Gabriel Risi, O.M.I.		Bishop of Keimoes-Upington, South Africa
7 Jan		Born	Chacko Thottumarickal, S.V.D.		Bishop Emeritus of Indore, India
8 Jan	23.7	Professed	Pedro de Guzman Magugat, M.S.C. †	Member of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines
9 Jan	26.8	Ordained Priest	Noël Kokora-Tekry †	Priest of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop Emeritus of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
11 Jan		Born	Joseph Kariyil		Bishop Emeritus of Cochin, India
12 Jan	59.8	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Dellepiane †	Apostolic Internuncio to Austria	Apostolic Nuncio
13 Jan	40.2	Appointed	Francis Xavier Esser, O.S.F.S. †	Vicar Apostolic of Keetmanshoop, Namibia	Bishop of Keimoes, South Africa
	40.2	Appointed	Francis Xavier Esser, O.S.F.S. †	Titular Bishop of Claneus	Bishop of Keimoes, South Africa
	42.1	Appointed	Anthony Victor Haelg (Hälg), O.S.B. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ndanda, Tanzania	Abbot Emeritus
	42.1	Appointed	Anthony Victor Haelg (Hälg), O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Baia	Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania
	75.6	Appointed	Celestin Ibáñez y Aparicio, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Caeciri	Bishop Emeritus of Yan’an [Yenan], China
	75.6	Retired	Celestin Ibáñez y Aparicio, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China	Bishop Emeritus
	45.7	Appointed	Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Huancavélica, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru
	50.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Maggi, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China
	59.8	Appointed	Francesco Costantino Mazzieri, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Coeliana	Bishop Emeritus of Ndola, Zambia
	59.8	Appointed	Francesco Costantino Mazzieri, O.F.M. Conv. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ndola, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus of Ndola, Zambia
	37.4	Appointed	John Patrick O’Loughlin, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Darwin, Australia
	58.1	Appointed	Giovanni Rizzo †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Jan	76.2	Appointed	Michał Godlewski †	Titular Archbishop of Amorium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lutsk, Ukraine
	76.2	Resigned	Michał Godlewski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	44.6	Appointed	Angel Martínez Vivas, O.SS.T. †	Prefect of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar
15 Jan	49.0	Appointed	Martin Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi, C.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Moyobamba, Peru	Prelate
18 Jan		Born	Paul Patrick Donoghue, S.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
	48.9	Appointed	Athanase Paul Hindo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
	48.9	Appointed	Athanase Paul Hindo †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa dei Siri	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
	48.3	Appointed	Grégoire Ephrem Jarjour †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	48.3	Appointed	Grégoire Ephrem Jarjour †	Titular Bishop of Larissa in Syria	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
21 Jan	49.4	Ceased	Apollinaris William Baumgartner, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Ryukyus), Japan	Bishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
	39.8	Appointed	Félix Alvin D. Ley, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Ryukyus), Japan
	63.7	Resigned	Paul-Marie Molin, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bamako, Mali	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
22 Jan	62.7	Appointed	Benjamín de Arriba y Castro †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Alfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S. †	Titular Bishop of Lipara	Bishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
	72.6	Died	Paolo Tranquillo Silvestri, F.S.C.J. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Khartoum, Sudan
23 Jan		Born	Jose Romeo Juanito Orquejo Lazo		Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Pedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Saurimo, Angola
	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Riegler, M.F.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Bita	Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa
24 Jan	59.7	Appointed	Joseph Alexander Fernandes †	Auxiliary Bishop of Calcutta, India	Archbishop of Delhi, India
24 Jan	59.7	Appointed	Joseph Alexander Fernandes †	Titular Bishop of Aphnaeum	Archbishop of Delhi, India
25 Jan	51.4	Died	Máximo Yurramendi Alcáin †	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
27 Jan		Born	Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón		Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
27 Jan	79.8	Died	Giovanni Tirinnanzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Arabia, Yemen
29 Jan		Born	Prakash Mallavarapu		Archbishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam, India
30 Jan	46.5	Ordained Bishop	John Baptist Choi Deok-hong (Choe, Tchoi) †	Titular Bishop of Anthedon	Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)
31 Jan	44.5	Installed	Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior †	Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil	Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	32.9	Ordained Priest	Robert Ratna Bamrungtrakul †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Chiang Mai, Thailand
	67.9	Died	Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
1 Feb	43.7	Appointed	Vladimiro Borić Crnošija, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile
		Born	Francisco Canindé Palhano		Bishop Emeritus of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
	38.8	Appointed	Fernando Gomes dos Santos †	Bishop of Aracajú, Brazil	Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Paul Barnabé Perrot, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of San, Mali
2 Feb	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Hugh Boyle †	Titular Bishop of Bagai	Bishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa
	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Alfréd Eross †	Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania
		Born	John McAreavey		Bishop Emeritus of Dromore, Ireland
4 Feb	58.7	Resigned	William Joseph Trudel, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tabora, Tanzania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
5 Feb	60.7	Appointed	Carlo Agostini †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
	49.9	Died	Oubagaraswami Bernadotte †	Bishop of Coimbatore, India
	76.2	Died	Abdallah Khoury †	Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia dei Maroniti
6 Feb	24.2	Ordained Priest	Albert Jean Charles Ghislain Houssiau	Priest of Mechelen, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Ermenegildus (Paul) Li Yi, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Changzhi [Luan], China
	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Obert, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh	Bishop Emeritus
7 Feb		Born	Luigi Moretti		Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
8 Feb		Born	Jan Sergiusz Gajek, M.I.C.		Apostolic Administrator of Belarus, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine)
9 Feb	35.9	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Vincent Cahill †	Bishop of Cairns, Australia	Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia
		Born	Francisco Focardi Mazzocchi, O.F.M. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Camiri, Bolivia
		Born	Ruben Antonio González Medina, C.M.F.		Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico
10 Feb	79.7	Died	Josef Kumpfmüller †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
10 Feb		Born	Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez		Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
12 Feb	45.9	Appointed	Joseph-Roméo Gagnon †	Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
13 Feb	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Bruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C. †	Titular Bishop of Abora	Bishop Emeritus of Oudtshoorn, South Africa
	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Huancavélica, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru
	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Costantino Mazzieri, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Coeliana	Bishop Emeritus of Ndola, Zambia
14 Feb	37.9	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Szilárd István Bogdánffy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
15 Feb	79.2	Died	Henri Delalle, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Natal, South Africa
16 Feb		Born	Edward Dajczak		Bishop Emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland
17 Feb	65.1	Died	Athanase Jules Benham Kalian †	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
		Born	František Rábek		Bishop of Slovakia, Military
		Born	Ambrose Rebello		Bishop Emeritus of Aurangabad, India
18 Feb	81.3	Died	Ernesto Maria Piovella, Obl. Rho †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
19 Feb		Born	Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.		Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
21 Feb		Born	Franz Josef Gebert		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
22 Feb	68.1	Died	Erminio Bonetta, P.I.M.E. †	Prefect of Kengtung, Myanmar
23 Feb	66.9	Died	François Chaize, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam
	21.8	Perpetual Vows	Luis Pascual Dri, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Cardinal, Priest
	46.5	Appointed	Joseph Li Taonan (Li Daonan) †	Prefect of Puchi [Puqi], China	Bishop of Puqi [Puchi], China
		Born	Aníbal Nieto Guerra, O.C.D.		Bishop of San Jacinto, Ecuador
24 Feb	25.8	Ordained Priest	Roger-Émile Aubry, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia
	74.4	Died	Gabriel Brunhes †	Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
	59.3	Succeeded	Jean Duperray †	Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
	61.2	Appointed	Czesław Falkowski †	Bishop of Łomża, Poland
	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Marie Himmer †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
	30.3	Ordained Priest	Carlos Ambrosio Lewis Tullock, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of David, Panama
	18.7	Professed	Michael Praphon Chaicharoen, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Surat Thani, Thailand
25 Feb	85.5	Died	Juan Sinforiano Bogarín †	Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay
25 Feb	59.9	Succeeded	Juan José Aníbal Mena Porta †	Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay	Archbishop Emeritus
26 Feb	70.0	Appointed	Egisto Domenico Melchiori †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Tortona, Italy	Bishop
27 Feb	72.5	Died	Ivan Josip Tomazic †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia

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