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 Etsp�ler (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	Fran�ois 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	J�nos 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	Ant�nio Julio Maria Mattioli, O.S.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of S�o 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 Gharda�a 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	Os�rio Willibaldo Stoffel, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Rondon�polis, 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 Tr�hiou †	Bishop of Vannes, France
12 Jan		Born	Guido Fiandino		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
13 Jan		Born	Francisco Javier Hern�ndez Arnedo, O.A.R.		Bishop Emeritus of Tiangu�, Ceara, Brazil
13 Jan	25.2	Ordained Priest	Manuel Salazar y Espinoza †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Le�n 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 L�on 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 Vigan�		Apostolic Nuncio
17 Jan	77.3	Died	Gioacchino Bonardi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
18 Jan	57.5	Appointed	Mois�s Alves de Pinho, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Luanda, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus
	57.5	Appointed	Mois�s Alves de Pinho, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of S�o Tom� e Pr�ncipe	Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
	51.6	Appointed	Teodosio Clemente de Gouveia †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Louren�o Marques, Mozambique
	82.7	Died	Andr�-Marie-Elie Jarosseau, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
		Born	Alfredo Sch�ffler		Bishop Emeritus of Parna�ba, Piaui, Brazil
19 Jan	54.0	Died	Juan Casado Obispo, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Th�i 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 Bragan�a do Par�, 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 Cervi�o y Gonz�lez †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
31 Jan		Born	Mih�ly Mayer		Bishop Emeritus of P�cs, 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	Jos� Luis Ch�vez Botello		Archbishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, M�xico
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 Gasp�, Qu�bec, Canada
11 Feb	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Leo Parker †	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
12 Feb	58.8	Succeeded	Philippe S�rvule Desranleau †	Bishop of Sherbrooke, Qu�bec, Canada	Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Qu�bec, Canada
	80.1	Died	Alphonse-Osias Gagnon †	Bishop of Sherbrooke, Qu�bec, Canada
	73.2	Died	Pl�cido �ngel 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 Taubat�, 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	Nik�laos 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 C�rdoba †	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo Le�n, M�xico
23 Feb	24.3	Ordained Priest	Karl Christian Ebert †	Priest of W�rzburg, 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 �vora, Portugal
27 Feb		Born	Th�ophile Kaboy Ruboneka		Bishop Emeritus of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Feb		Born	Gabriel Zubeir Wako		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Khartoum, Sudan
28 Feb		Appointed	Andr� Windels, C.M. †	Prefect of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

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