The Year of Our Lord 1927

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Eugène Abissa Kwaku †	Koun-Abronso	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
	46.3	Resigned	Salvatore Ballo Guercio †	Apostolic Administrator of Acireale, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
		Born	Émile Biayenda †	Mfinkabitoungou	Cardinal, Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo
		Appointed	Enrico Breuer, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
	49.6	Resigned	Bl. Nykyta Budka †	Bishop of Canada (Ukrainian)	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Giovanni Calloch, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Oubangui Chari, Central African Republic
	43.9	Incardinated	Antonio Cardona Riera †	Priest of Ibiza, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	21.7	Professed	Anthony Chow Wei-tao (Zhou Weidao), O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Fengxiang [Fengsiang], China
	20.0	Ordained Priest	Luis Alfonso Crespo Chiriboga †	Priest	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
	40.4	Incardinated	Teodoro Bernardo Eugenín Barrientos, SS.CC. †	Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Chile, Military
	22.8	Professed	Pacificus Ly-Hsüan-te (Li Huande), O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China
		Born	Emmanuel Otteh †	Awkuzu	Bishop Emeritus of Issele-Uku, Nigeria
	15.0	Professed	Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. †	Member of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
		Died	Giuseppe Rose, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
	66.1	Appointed	Giustino Sanchini †	Apostolic Administrator of Fossombrone, Italy	Bishop of Fano, Italy
		Born	Mori Julien-Marie Sidibé †	Goualala	Bishop of Ségou, Mali
	15.5	Professed	Juan Bautista Velasco Díaz, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China
	49.1	Resigned	Alfredo Verzosa y Florentin †	Apostolic Administrator of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines
Jan	63.1	Resigned	Giovanni Tacci Porcelli †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
Jan	48.0	Resigned	Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Arabia, Yemen	Archbishop Emeritus of Agra, India
1 Jan	77.9	Died	Denis Joseph O’Connell †	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
2 Jan	56.1	Died	Josef Bombera †	Titular Bishop of Hieropolis
2 Jan	24.5	Ordained Priest	Carlo Manziana, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
4 Jan	76.5	Died	Johannes Baptist Rößler (Roessler) †	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
5 Jan	65.1	Died	Nicasio Arellano, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
6 Jan	24.0	Ordained Priest	Patrick Francis Lyons †	Priest of Melbourne, Australia	Bishop of Sale, Australia
7 Jan		Born	Paul-Marie Cao Ðình Thuyên	Trang Luu	Bishop Emeritus of Vinh, Viet Nam
9 Jan	22.4	Ordained Priest	Luís Victor Sartori †	Priest	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
9 Jan		Born	Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera †	San Cristóbal de las Casas	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
11 Jan	62.7	Appointed	Tito Trocchi †	Official of the Apostolic Chamber
12 Jan		Born	Francis Thomas Hurley	San Francisco	Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage, Alaska, USA
13 Jan	48.8	Died	Francisco Antonio Granadillo †	Bishop of Valencia en Venezuela
14 Jan		Born	Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas	Valparaiso	Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile
	68.6	Appointed	Palmyre-Georges Jansoone †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France
	68.6	Appointed	Palmyre-Georges Jansoone †	Titular Bishop of Nilopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France
15 Jan		Died	Gregorio Giorgio Sciahin †	Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
15 Jan		Born	Jusztin Nándor Takács, O.C.D.	Rábacsanak	Bishop Emeritus of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
16 Jan		Born	Paul Antaki †	Le Caire	Protosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
	67.9	Died	Julián de Diego y García Alcolea †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	48.7	Installed	Juan José Maíztegui y Besoitaiturria, C.M.F. †	Vicar Apostolic of Darién, Panama	Archbishop of Panamá
17 Jan	48.1	Appointed	Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira †	Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
17 Jan		Born	José María Hernández González	Pénjamo	Bishop Emeritus of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México
18 Jan	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Jules-Marie-Victor Courcoux, C.Or.Iesu †	Bishop of Orléans, France
18 Jan		Born	José Delicado Baeza	Almansa	Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
19 Jan		Appointed	Harrie van Oort, S.C.I. †	Prefect of Benkoelen, Indonesia
19 Jan		Born	Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. †	Santiago de Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
20 Jan		Born	Paolo Giglio	Valletta, Malta	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Egypt, Arab Republic of
		Born	Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian, I.C.P.B. †	Le Caire	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
		Born	Manuel da Silva Martins	Leça do Balio	Bishop Emeritus of Setúbal, Portugal
22 Jan		Born	Robert Marie Gay, M. Afr.	Ottawa, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Kabale, Uganda
22 Jan		Born	Georg (Karl Maria} Holzherr, O.S.B. †	Neuendorf	Abbot Emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
23 Jan	23.1	Ordained Priest	Domenico Fiorina, I.M.C. †	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Superior General Emeritus
24 Jan	43.8	Appointed	Auguste François Louis Grimault, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal
	43.8	Appointed	Auguste François Louis Grimault, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Palaestina	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal
	36.2	Appointed	Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
	36.2	Appointed	Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Balanea	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
	68.1	Died	Luis Javier Muñoz y Capurón, S.J. †	Archbishop of Guatemala
25 Jan		Born	Raymond Joseph Louis Bouchex †	Lugrin	Archbishop Emeritus of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
	56.5	Installed	Jules-Marie-Victor Courcoux, C.Or.Iesu †	Bishop of Orléans, France
	52.7	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Filippucci (Filippoussis) †	Archbishop of Athenai {Athens}, Greece	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
		Born	Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol	Yonan	Bishop Emeritus of Cheju, Korea (South)
26 Jan	54.4	Appointed	Joseph Bach, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	54.4	Appointed	Joseph Bach, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Eriza	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
	58.2	Died	Agostinho Francisco Benassi †	Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil
	47.0	Appointed	Timothy Joseph Crowley, C.S.C. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh	Bishop
	47.0	Appointed	Timothy Joseph Crowley, C.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia	Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh
	51.5	Appointed	Eugenio Massi, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hankow [Hankou], China
27 Jan	42.2	Appointed	Bernardino Vitale Bigi, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cirenaica, Libya
	42.2	Appointed	Bernardino Vitale Bigi, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Anthedon	Vicar Apostolic of Cirenaica, Libya
	55.8	Died	Bl. Jerzy Bolesław Matulewicz-Matulaitis, M.I.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania
		Born	Vicente Joaquim Zico, C.M.	Luz	Archbishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil
28 Jan	44.8	Appointed	George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana †	Apostolic Internuncio to Haiti	Apostolic Delegate to México
	52.8	Appointed	Honoré-Joseph Coppieters †	Coadjutor Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium	Bishop
	52.8	Appointed	Honoré-Joseph Coppieters †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
29 Jan	62.6	Died	António Alves Ferreira †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
	78.6	Died	Andrea Caron †	Archbishop Emeritus of Genova, Italy
	68.4	Died	Charles O’Sullivan †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
	69.9	Appointed	Joseph Pfluger †	Titular Archbishop of Macra	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
31 Jan		Born	Julian Andrzej Wojtkowski	Poznan	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warmia, Poland
1 Feb	35.8	Appointed	James Edward Walsh, M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kongmoon [Jiangmen], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Feb	35.8	Appointed	James Edward Walsh, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sata	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kongmoon [Jiangmen], China
2 Feb	40.9	Appointed	Gérard Wantenaar, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Feb	56.9	Appointed	Luigi Sincero †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
3 Feb	60.6	Appointed	Giacinto Tonizza, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tripolitana, Libya
4 Feb	41.6	Appointed	José Maurício da Rocha †	Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
5 Feb	69.2	Appointed	Edmund Dunn, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Sarawak, Malaysia
6 Feb	35.6	Installed	Kyril Stefan (Nikola) Kurteff †	Apostolic Exarch of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
7 Feb	47.9	Appointed	Antonio Melomo †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy
11 Feb	74.3	Appointed	Carmelo Pujia †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
11 Feb	73.0	Died	Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
14 Feb		Born	Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno, O.F.M.	Alausi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
14 Feb		Born	Gilberto Pereira Lopes	Santa Lucia	Archbishop Emeritus of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
15 Feb		Born	Carlo Maria Martini, S.J. †	Torino	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
16 Feb		Born	Ludwig Averkamp	Velen	Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
		Born	Alfredo Magarotto	Pernumia	Bishop Emeritus of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
	69.6	Died	Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de’ Bianchi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
18 Feb	53.1	Appointed	Johannes Baptist Filzer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
18 Feb	53.1	Appointed	Johannes Baptist Filzer †	Titular Bishop of Bararus	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
20 Feb	22.5	Ordained Priest	Octavio José Calderón y Padilla †	Priest of León en Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
20 Feb	52.4	Resigned	Dionýz Njaradi †	Apostolic Administrator of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
22 Feb	48.3	Ordained Bishop	John Patrick Barrett †	Titular Bishop of Assus	Bishop of Plymouth, England, Great Britain
22 Feb	74.0	Died	Heinrich Joeppen †	Bishop Emeritus of Germany, Military
24 Feb		Born	Paul Lokiru Kalanda	Buwunde	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda
		Born	Raymond Alphonse Lucker †	St. Paul	Bishop Emeritus of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA
		Born	Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A.	Scattery Island, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Maiduguri, Nigeria
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Charles Daniel White †	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
25 Feb		Born	John Edward Heaps †	Hamilton	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
	49.8	Appointed	Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
	49.8	Appointed	Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski †	Titular Bishop of Dadima	Bishop Emeritus of Seckau, Austria
	44.0	Appointed	Kazimierz Tomczak †	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
	44.0	Appointed	Kazimierz Tomczak †	Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
26 Feb	83.1	Died	John Rooney †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa
27 Feb		Born	José Lamartine Soares †	Bezerros	Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
28 Feb	53.9	Appointed	Lajlo Budanovic †	Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Backa, Serbia
	53.9	Appointed	Lajlo Budanovic †	Titular Bishop of Cisamus	Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Backa, Serbia
	41.0	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Toolen †	Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Mobile, Alabama, USA