The Year of Our Lord 1925

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	53.1	Resigned	Johannes Biermans, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Gaetano Briani, M.C.C.I. †	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Superior General Emeritus
		Appointed	Marcelo Calvo †	Apostolic Administrator of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
	48.0	Resigned	Antonio Maria Capettini, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hanchung [Hanzhong], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	26.0	Professed	Julian Edward Dillon, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect of Shasi [Shashi], China
		Born	Gabriel Dwatuka Wagi †	Bandala	Bishop Emeritus of Rumbek, Sudan
	54.0	Died	Placido Ferniani †	Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy
	55.8	Appointed	Emilio Ferrais †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Catania, Italy	Archbishop
		Born	Gabriel Kihimbare †	Nuguerero	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kitega, Burundi
	28.6	Professed	Edgar Larochelle, P.M.E. †	Priest of Société des Missions-Étrangères	Prefect Emeritus of Lintung [Lintong], China
	25.0	Professed	Charles-Joseph Lemaire, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kirin [Jilin], China
	54.3	Resigned	Francesco Marmaggi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Czechoslovakia	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	23.5	Professed	Emilien Massé, P.M.E. †	Member of Société des Missions-Étrangères	Prefect of Lintung [Lintong], China
	73.9	Died	Luca Pappafava †	Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
	75.8	Died	Albino Angelo Pardini, C.R.L. †	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
	48.8	Died	Luca Piergiovanni †	Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitaveccia, Italy
	61.9	Died	Roberto Achille Razzòli, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy
	65.9	Died	Giuseppe Ridolfi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
		Appointed	Giuseppe Rose, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
	89.0	Died	Kazimierz Ruszkiewicz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	180.0	Beatified	St. Vincenzo Maria Strambi, C.P. †	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino, Italy
	46.0	Resigned	Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Arabia, Yemen	Archbishop Emeritus of Agra, India
	59.0	Appointed	Alberto Vassallo-Torregrossa †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	18.3	Professed	Alphonse Van Buggenhout, C.I.C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Tatung [Datong], China
	72.6	Died	Ladislao Michele Zaleski †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}, Syria
1 Jan		Born	Paulius Antanas Baltakis, O.F.M.	Troškunai, Lithuania	Titular Bishop of Egara
2 Jan		Born	Ubaldo Calabresi †	Sezze Romano, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Argentina
2 Jan		Born	Francesco Colasuonno †	Grumo Appula	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy
3 Jan	58.5	Appointed	Pedro Ladislao González y Estrada †	Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
	58.5	Resigned	Pedro Ladislao González y Estrada †	Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Valenti Giacomo Lazzeri, O.F.M. Cap. †	Cologno al Serio	Bishop of São José do Grajaú, Brazil
4 Jan	22.5	Ordained Priest	Carlos Eduardo de Sabóia Bandeira Melo, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Palmas, Brazil
5 Jan		Born	Marcello Costalunga	Roma, Italy	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	75.1	Died	Henry Moeller †	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
	69.0	Died	Patrick Phelan †	Bishop of Sale, Australia
6 Jan		Born	Dante Frasnelli Tarter, O.S.I.	Dardine, Italy	Prelate Emeritus of Huarí, Peru
6 Jan	49.1	Installed	Giovanni Pranzini †	Bishop of Carpi, Italy
7 Jan		Born	Manuel S. Salvador †	Dalaguete	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
8 Jan	79.4	Appointed	Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. †	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
11 Jan	43.1	Appointed	Gaetano Cicognani †	Titular Archbishop of Ancyra	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
11 Jan	43.1	Appointed	Gaetano Cicognani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
12 Jan	54.9	Installed	Jean-Justin-Michel Girbeau †	Bishop of Nimes (-Uzès e Alès), France
		Born	Georges Marcel Émile Nicolas Perron, O.F.M. Cap.	Chemillé, France	Bishop Emeritus of Djibouti
		Born	Gabriel Marie Étienne Vanel	Ampuis	Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
13 Jan	62.0	Died	Joseph-Maxime Sedfaoui †	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
13 Jan	66.1	Died	Franz Zorn von Bulach †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
14 Jan		Born	Rafael Muñoz Núñez	Vista Hermosa	Bishop Emeritus of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, México
15 Jan		Appointed	Leone Delaval, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of French Guiana-Cayenne, French Guyana, Antilles
16 Jan	58.1	Resigned	Felice (Felix) Ambrogio Guerra Fezza, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.0	Appointed	Gabriel-Roch de Llobet †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France	Archbishop
	53.0	Appointed	Gabriel-Roch de Llobet †	Titular Archbishop of Odessus	Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
	63.3	Appointed	Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
17 Jan		Born	Alfredo Battisti	Masi	Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy
		Born	Matthew Kia Yen-wen	Yuenshi Hsien	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
		Born	Józef Kazimierz Kluz †	Olpiny	Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
18 Jan	72.2	Died	Louis Charles Casartelli †	Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
18 Jan	63.6	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Laubitz †	Titular Bishop of Iasus	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno-Poznań, Poland
20 Jan	39.1	Appointed	Guido Benedetto Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Araucanía, Chile	Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile
	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Justino José de Sant'Ana †	Bishop of Juiz de Fora, Brazil
	92.9	Died	Pedro Rocamora y García †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
21 Jan		Born	Luciano José Cabral Duarte	Aracajú	Archbishop Emeritus of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
21 Jan		Born	Štefan Vrablec	Závod	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava, Slovakia
23 Jan	46.7	Installed	João Irineu Joffily (Joffly) †	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Jan		Born	Mario Miglietta †	Leverano	Bishop Emeritus of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
25 Jan		Born	Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce †	Santiago de la Punta	Bishop Emeritus of Venezuela, Military
26 Jan		Born	Gabriel Larraín Valdivieso †	Santiago	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
27 Jan	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Thorman †	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
28 Jan	66.3	Installed	Théophile-Marie Louvard †	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
29 Jan	58.1	Died	Ignazio Gladès Berzi †	Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
30 Jan		Born	Léon Hégelé	Montreux-Vieux	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
31 Jan		Born	Bernardino Rivera Alvarez, O.F.M.	Panacachi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Potosí, Bolivia
1 Feb	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Gaetano Cicognani †	Titular Archbishop of Ancyra	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
3 Feb		Born	Jean-Baptiste Décoste †	Saint Louis du Sud	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti
5 Feb	79.3	Died	Charles du Pont de Ligonnès †	Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
5 Feb	71.6	Resigned	Paul Nègre †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
6 Feb	56.4	Appointed	John Thomas Kidd †	Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
7 Feb		Born	Pedro Luís Guido Scarpa, O.F.M. Cap.	Venezia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ndalatando, Angola
9 Feb	82.4	Appointed	Alfred-Jules Mélisson †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia	Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France
9 Feb	82.4	Retired	Alfred-Jules Mélisson †	Bishop of Blois, France	Bishop Emeritus
10 Feb	82.0	Died	Paolo Emio Bergamaschi †	Bishop Emeritus of Troia, Italy
11 Feb	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Uberaba, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs †	Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in Palaestina	Bishop Emeritus of Liège, Belgium
	38.7	Ordained Bishop	José Maria Perreira Lara †	Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
12 Feb		Born	Alonso Arteaga Yepes †	Don Matías	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia
13 Feb	51.4	Appointed	Ernest Hauger, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	72.3	Appointed	Carmelo Pujia †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
	63.3	Appointed	Antonio Tommaso Videmari †	Titular Bishop of Neocaesarea in Syria	Bishop Emeritus of Ogliastra, Italy
	63.3	Resigned	Antonio Tommaso Videmari †	Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Feb		Born	Paul Francis Reding †	Hamilton	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
15 Feb	53.3	Installed	Giuseppe Castelli †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
15 Feb	26.5	Ordained Priest	Francesco Monaco †	Priest of Nicosia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Caltanissetta, Italy
16 Feb	51.4	Appointed	Ernest Hauger, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Clazomenae	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
	39.4	Appointed	Louis-Gabriel-Xavier Jantzen, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Chungking [Chongqing], China	Archbishop Emeritus of Chungking [Chongqing], China
	39.4	Appointed	Louis-Gabriel-Xavier Jantzen, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Tremithus	Archbishop Emeritus of Chungking [Chongqing], China
17 Feb		Born	Roger Joseph Bourrat †	Saint-Martin-en-Haut	Bishop Emeritus of Rodez (-Vabres), France
18 Feb	31.3	Ordained Priest	Ignace Ramarosandratana †	Priest	Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar
18 Feb	30.8	Ordained Priest	Edouard Ranaivo †	Priest	Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar
20 Feb	83.8	Died	Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zanguebar, Kenya
	50.6	Appointed	Alphonse Emmanuel Deschamps †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
	50.6	Appointed	Alphonse Emmanuel Deschamps †	Titular Bishop of Thennesus	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
21 Feb	40.8	Died	Michele Cerrati †	Titular Bishop of Lydda
24 Feb		Born	Raymond Conway Benjamin	Rockhampton	Bishop Emeritus of Townsville, Australia
	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Natale de Cleene, C.I.M. †	Titular Bishop of Usula	Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Wulstan Pearson, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
28 Feb	44.1	Appointed	Yousef VII Ghanima †	Auxiliary Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq	Patriarch
1 Mar		Born	Alexandre do Nascimento	Malanje	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
1 Mar		Born	Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S.	Ballylegan, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria
2 Mar		Born	Jean-Georges Deledicque †	Billy-Montigny	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France
3 Mar	43.3	Appointed	Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †	Titular Archbishop of Areopolis	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
3 Mar	43.3	Appointed	Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †	Official to Bulgaria	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
4 Mar		Born	Edmond-Marie-Henri Abelé	Châlons-Sur-Marne, France	Bishop Emeritus of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
		Born	Rodrigo Arango Velásquez, P.S.S. †	Betania	Bishop Emeritus of Buga, Colombia
	45.7	Appointed	Marcellino Lardizábal Aguirrebengoa, I.E.M.E. †	Prefect of Sinú, Colombia	Prefect of Sinú-San Jorge, Colombia
6 Mar	65.2	Appointed	Ettore Lodi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy
6 Mar	65.2	Appointed	Ettore Lodi †	Titular Bishop of Messene	Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy
7 Mar	23.2	Ordained Priest	Luis Andrade Valderrama, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Allen James Babcock †	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Carlo Boiardi †	Priest	Bishop of Apuania, Italy
		Born	Guy Alexis Herbulot	Saint-Menges	Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
		Born	João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J.	Jardinópolis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
	23.9	Ordained Priest	John Alexander Matheson †	Priest	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Charles Eugène Parent †	Priest of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Francis Raymond Walsh, M. Afr. †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
8 Mar		Born	Narbal da Costa Stencel †	São Mateus do Sul	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9 Mar		Born	Francisco José Arnáiz Zarandona, S.J.	Bilbao, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
9 Mar	75.8	Died	Raffaele Virili †	Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya
15 Mar	38.8	Ordained Bishop	Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia
		Born	Emile Eid †	Mazraat-el-Dahre	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Font y Farrés, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia
	36.2	Ordained Bishop	Julio Garret †	Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Augusto Sieffert, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
16 Mar		Born	Alejandro Figueroa Medina †	Colón	Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela
18 Mar		Born	Antonio José González Zumárraga †	Pujili	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
	59.4	Died	Manuel Lago y González †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
		Born	Joseph Mahn Erie	Kanazogon	Bishop Emeritus of Bassein, Myanmar
	41.3	Appointed	Georg Weig, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China	Vicar Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China
19 Mar	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Massimo Rinaldi †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy	Bishop of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy
19 Mar	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †	Titular Archbishop of Areopolis	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
20 Mar	79.4	Died	Thomas-François Boutry †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
21 Mar		Born	Antonio Eduardo Bösl, O.F.M. †	Hirschau, Germany	Vicar Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez, Bolivia
22 Mar	48.3	Died	Louis Jean Martrou, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon
24 Mar	61.2	Appointed	Celestino Annibale Cattaneo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eritrea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
24 Mar		Born	Vilmos Dékány, Sch. P. †	Kecskemét	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
25 Mar		Born	Sebastian Acol Dalis †	Sablan	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baguio, Philippines
	65.3	Ordained Bishop	Ettore Lodi †	Titular Bishop of Messene	Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy
	36.9	Ordained Bishop	Cleto Loayza Gumiel †	Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia
26 Mar		Born	Paul Verschuren, S.C.I. †	Breda	Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki, Finland
26 Mar		Born	John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung †	Shui-tsai	Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
27 Mar		Born	Ibrahim Hélou †	Wadi Jezzine	Bishop of Saïda (Maronite), Lebanon
28 Mar	25.1	Ordained Priest	Claude-Philippe Bayet, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Marcel Olivier Maradan, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar
		Born	José Pablo Rovalo Azcué, S.M. †	México	Bishop Emeritus of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, México
30 Mar	38.9	Appointed	Jozef Cársky †	Apostolic Administrator of Rožňava, Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop of Košice, Slovakia
	38.9	Appointed	Jozef Cársky †	Titular Bishop of Thagora	Auxiliary Bishop of Košice, Slovakia
	71.0	Appointed	Vicente Casanova y Marzol †	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	71.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Vicente Casanova y Marzol †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	61.2	Appointed	Celestino Annibale Cattaneo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Busiris	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eritrea
	45.2	Appointed	Paolo Giobbe †	Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide	Cardinal, Datary Emeritus of the Apostolic Datary
	45.2	Appointed	Paolo Giobbe †	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia	Cardinal, Datary Emeritus of the Apostolic Datary
	62.5	Appointed	Eustaquio Ilundáin y Esteban †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	62.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Eustaquio Ilundáin y Esteban †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	54.8	Appointed	Pavol Jantausch †	Titular Bishop of Priene	Apostolic Administrator of Trnava, Slovakia
	50.3	Appointed	José Manuel Dámaso Rúiz y Rodríguez †	Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
	56.5	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Thomas †	Bishop of Langres, France
	62.4	Appointed	Valentín (Manuel) Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
	62.4	Appointed	Valentín (Manuel) Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D. †	Apostolic Administrator of Cienfuegos, Cuba	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
31 Mar		Appointed	Domenico Maria Maillet, O.P. †	Prefect of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viêt Nam

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