The Year of Our Lord 1924

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Chrétien Matawo Bakpessi †	Yadé	Bishop of Sokodé, Togo
		Born	Nestor Bihonda †	Gisanze	Bishop Emeritus of Muyinga, Burundi
		Died	Roberto de Castellanza, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of São José do Grajaú, Brazil
		Born	James Chiona	Bandawe	Archbishop Emeritus of Blantyre, Malawi
	29.1	Incardinated	James Louis Connolly †	Priest of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
		Died	Bertrando Cothonay, O.P. †	Prefect of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viêt Nam
		Died	Leone Dérikx, O. Praem. †	Prefect of Western Uélé {Uélé Occidental}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	55.1	Appointed	Edward Doorly †	Coadjutor Bishop of Elphin, Ireland	Bishop
		Died	Giustino Fabre †	Prefect of French Guiana-Cayenne, French Guyana, Antilles
	60.3	Died	Graziano Génnaro, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Orientale}, China
		Died	Guglielmo Herting, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Kroonstad, South Africa
		Born	Roger Mpungu †	Muhwanya	Bishop Emeritus of Muyinga, Burundi
	52.5	Appointed	Pietro Pisani †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	47.0	Appointed	Pietro Pomares y de Morant †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	87.8	Died	Agnello Renzullo †	Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy
		Died	Emilio Rolin, O.P. †	Prefect of Eastern Uélé {Uélé Orientale}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
		Died	Alessandro dei Santi, O.SS.T. †	Prefect of Benadir, Somalia
	49.2	Appointed	Francesco Sidoli †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
		Died	Luis A. Venegas Henríquez †	Apostolic Administrator of Chillán, Chile
	76.0	Died	Giovanni Vescia †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
		Born	Jean Zoa †	Saa	Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon
1 Jan		Born	Antónios Varthalítis, A.A. †	Varis	Archbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
3 Jan	61.0	Appointed	Antônio Malan, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
3 Jan		Born	Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M. †	Aleppo, Syria	Exarch Emeritus of United States of America and Canada, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Armenian), New York
4 Jan	39.6	Appointed	Bartholomew Stanley Wilson, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Acmonia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sierra Leone
6 Jan	47.3	Installed	Serafín María Armora y González †	Bishop of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Guglielmo Bosetti †	Priest	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
		Born	Eugene James Cuskelly, M.S.C. †	Oakey	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
		Born	John C. O'Riordan, C.S.Sp.	Effin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Kenema, Sierra Leone
9 Jan		Born	René Fernández Apaza	Padilla	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
9 Jan	39.6	Appointed	Bartholomew Stanley Wilson, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bagamoyo, Tanzania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sierra Leone
10 Jan		Born	Pierre Marie Léon Augustin Plateau	Saint-Servan-sur-Mer	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
12 Jan	55.2	Succeeded	Everardo Ter Laak, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tchagar, China	Vicar Apostolic of Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi], China
12 Jan	78.2	Died	Girolamo Van Aertselaer, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tchagar, China
13 Jan	24.1	Ordained Priest	Friedrich Maria Rintelen †	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
13 Jan		Born	Léon-Raymond Soulier	Le Malzieu	Bishop Emeritus of Limoges, France
14 Jan		Born	Francis Gerard Brooks	Rathfriland	Bishop Emeritus of Dromore, Ireland
	56.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Hammels †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	56.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Hammels †	Titular Bishop of Soli	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
15 Jan	48.2	Appointed	Jean-Marie Jan †	Coadjutor Bishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
15 Jan	48.2	Appointed	Jean-Marie Jan †	Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia	Bishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
16 Jan	57.8	Appointed	Pierre Aziz Ho †	Titular Bishop of Arad	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
	57.8	Resigned	Pierre Aziz Ho †	Bishop of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean), Iran	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
	39.3	Appointed	Alfred-Jean Guyomard, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
18 Jan		Born	John Bukovsky, S.V.D.	Cerova, Slovakia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Russian Federation
	37.8	Appointed	Theodosius Jan J. Herkenrath, SS.CC. †	Prefect of Bangka e Biliton, Indonesia	Prefect Emeritus
	45.5	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mantova, Italy	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
	45.5	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
20 Jan	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Balanzá y Navarro †	Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Creta	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
	70.5	Died	Luigi Boschi †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy
	27.1	Ordained Priest	George Daniel Breen, C.S.C. †	Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross	Prefect Emeritus of Haflong, India
	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Michael Buchberger †	Titular Bishop of Athribis	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
21 Jan	80.8	Appointed	Ioannes Maria Camilleri, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Methone	Bishop Emeritus of Gozo, Malta
	80.8	Retired	Ioannes Maria Camilleri, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta	Bishop Emeritus
	44.0	Appointed	Angelo Cesare Vigiani, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Andrapa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Chaco, Bolivia
	59.0	Appointed	Antonio Pietro Francesco van Velsen, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Aezani	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Batavia, Indonesia
22 Jan		Born	Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J.	Bošany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Nitra, Slovakia
23 Jan	69.5	Died	Vincenzo Bacchi †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy
23 Jan		Born	Vasco Giuseppe Bertelli	Pontedera	Bishop Emeritus of Volterra, Italy
24 Jan		Born	William Jerome McCormack	New York	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
25 Jan		Born	Paulino Reale Chirina	Canicattini Bagni	Bishop Emeritus of Venado Tuerto, Argentina
26 Jan		Born	Stanislaw Szymecki	Katowice-Zaleska Halda	Archbishop Emeritus of Białystok, Poland
	44.0	Appointed	Angelo Cesare Vigiani, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Chaco, Bolivia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	59.0	Appointed	Antonio Pietro Francesco van Velsen, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
27 Jan	82.9	Died	Giuseppe Fiorenza †	Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy
	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Mazzini †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Marian Przykucki	Skoki	Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
	57.0	Installed	Martín Rucker Sotomayor †	Apostolic Administrator of Chillán, Chile	Bishop of Chillán, Chile
29 Jan	61.7	Appointed	William Francis Brown †	Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
	61.7	Appointed	William Francis Brown †	Titular Bishop of Pella	Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Dante Carlo Munerati, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
30 Jan	64.2	Died	José Gregorio Castro, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
30 Jan	49.9	Appointed	Gastone Antonio Rasneur †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
31 Jan		Born	Angelo Frosi (Frozi), S.X. †	Bassano, Italy	Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para, Brazil
1 Feb		Born	Ignatius D'Cunha †	Vasai	Bishop Emeritus of Aurangabad, India
1 Feb	39.3	Appointed	Antônio dos Santos Cabral †	Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2 Feb	23.1	Ordained Priest	Carlos Riu Anglés †	Priest of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Camagüey, Cuba
3 Feb	61.0	Appointed	Auguste Grumel †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
4 Feb		Born	Alberto Giglioli †	Buonconvento	Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy
5 Feb	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Eugène Curien †	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France	Bishop Emeritus
5 Feb		Born	Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy	Kalleri	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
9 Feb	66.8	Died	Richard Collins †	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
10 Feb		Born	Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C. †	Panamá	Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá
10 Feb	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
13 Feb	59.4	Appointed	Georges-Prudent-Marie Bruley des Varannes †	Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade	Bishop Emeritus of Monaco
	59.4	Resigned	Georges-Prudent-Marie Bruley des Varannes †	Bishop of Monaco	Bishop Emeritus
	22.0	Ordained Priest	Giacomo Cannonero †	Priest	Bishop of Asti, Italy
14 Feb	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Thomas O'Donnell †	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
15 Feb	74.7	Died	Jerónimo Thomé da Silva †	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
18 Feb		Born	Michael Murphy †	Kilmichael	Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland
19 Feb	60.9	Died	John Edward Gunn, S.M. †	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
20 Feb	62.2	Died	Dominic Pozzoni, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
21 Feb		Born	José de Lima	Tiros	Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	76.5	Died	Theophile Meerschaert †	Bishop of Oklahoma, USA
		Born	Silvano Piovanelli	Ronta di Mugello	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
24 Feb		Born	Remi Joseph De Roo	Swan Lake	Bishop Emeritus of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
25 Feb	41.0	Ordained Bishop	James Aloysius Griffin †	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Edmund Peiris, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
	51.0	Appointed	Edouard van Goethem, M.S.C. †	Prefect of Tsuapa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Feb		Born	Climério Almeida de Andrade †	São Salvador da Bahia	Bishop of Vitória da Conquista, Baia, Brazil
26 Feb	51.3	Appointed	Andrew Killian †	Bishop of Port Augusta, Australia	Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia
29 Feb		Born	Andrzej Maria Deskur	Sancygniów, Poland	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
29 Feb		Born	Gabriel Lee Gab-sou †	Yan-Chen	Bishop Emeritus of Pusan, Korea (South)
1 Mar	48.7	Appointed	John Barry †	Bishop of Goulburn, Australia
2 Mar	53.0	Ordained Bishop	David Keane †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
4 Mar		Born	Luigi Amaducci	San Pancrazio di Russi	Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
6 Mar	42.1	Installed	Luigi Fogar †	Bishop of Trieste-Koper (Capodistria), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
7 Mar	51.4	Appointed	Alessio Ascalesi, C.Pp.S. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
9 Mar	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Alfred-Jean Guyomard, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
10 Mar		Born	Rafael Bellido Caro †	Arcos de la Frontera	Bishop Emeritus of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
	41.5	Appointed	José Tupinambá da Frota †	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
		Born	Victorino Cristobal Ligot †	Laoag	Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
	72.9	Died	Giulio Vaccaro †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
11 Mar	80.8	Died	Nicola Averardi †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
11 Mar		Born	Jozef Tomko	Udavské, Slovakia	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
12 Mar	61.9	Ordained Bishop	William Francis Brown †	Titular Bishop of Pella	Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
		Born	Gregorius Manteiro, S.V.D. †	Larantuka	Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia
	82.6	Died	Federico Polloni †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
13 Mar	54.1	Died	François-Ignace Hummel, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
14 Mar	52.1	Died	Rocco Caliandro †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
14 Mar		Born	Georges Haddad †	Beit Chabad	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite), Lebanon
15 Mar	23.4	Ordained Priest	Leo Binz †	Priest of Rockford, Illinois, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B. †	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Eliseu Maria Coroli, B. †	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Prelate Emeritus of Guamá, Para, Brazil
		Born	John Gavin Nolan †	Mechanicville, NY	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Edmund Nowicki †	Priest	Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Martin John O’Connor †	Priest of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	Prelate Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission of Social Communications
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Pietro Romualdo M. Zilianti, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
16 Mar		Born	Urbano José Allgayer	Santa Clara	Bishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
16 Mar	27.1	Ordained Priest	Johannes Albert von Rudloff †	Priest of Osnabrück, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
18 Mar		Born	Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, O.F.M.	Zavala	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo, Mozambique
19 Mar	36.6	Ordained Bishop	Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes †	Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México	Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
19 Mar	67.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Aloysius Murphy, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Birtha	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Honduras, Belize
20 Mar	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Cosme-Benjamin Jorcin †	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
	49.6	Installed	Thomas O'Donnell †	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
		Born	Alois Wagner †	Leopoldschlag	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
21 Mar	50.5	Appointed	Odorico Tc'eng, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Puchi [Puqi], China
22 Mar		Born	Bienvenido M. Lopez †	Bustos	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
24 Mar	61.1	Appointed	Ludovico Antomelli, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	49.2	Appointed	Ruggero Bovelli †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
	53.8	Appointed	Fabien-Zoël Decelles †	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
	43.8	Appointed	John Dignan †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
	61.7	Appointed	Luigi Ferretti †	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino, Italy
	47.8	Appointed	Maurilio Fossati †	Bishop of Galtelli-Nuoro, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	39.5	Appointed	José María González Valencia †	Archbishop of Durango, Durango, México
	67.3	Appointed	Grégoire Pierre Habra †	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria
	56.3	Appointed	Patrick Joseph Hayes †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
	56.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Patrick Joseph Hayes †	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
	46.6	Appointed	Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Kroonstad, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa
	52.6	Appointed	John Bernard MacGinley †	Bishop of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA
	51.7	Appointed	George William Mundelein †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	51.7	Elevated to Cardinal	George William Mundelein †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	50.9	Appointed	Emile-Jean-François Thiénard †	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
25 Mar	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Aluigi Cossio †	Bishop of Recanati-Loreto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Recanati, Italy
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Etienne-Joseph Hurault †	Bishop of Viviers, France	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Gastone Antonio Rasneur †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse John Smith †	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
27 Mar	61.1	Ordained Bishop	Auguste Grumel †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
	45.8	Appointed	João Irineu Joffily (Joffly) †	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	37.8	Appointed	José Maria Perreira Lara †	Bishop of Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
28 Mar	82.2	Died	St. Józef Sebastian Pelczar †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
30 Mar		Born	Gheorghe Gutiu	Viadei	Bishop Emeritus of Cluj-Gherla (Romanian), Romania
30 Mar	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie Jan †	Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia	Bishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
31 Mar		Born	Peter Takaaki Hirayama	Seoul	Bishop Emeritus of Oita, Japan

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