The Year of Our Lord 1928

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	47.3	Resigned	Salvatore Ballo Guercio †	Apostolic Administrator of Lipari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
		Born	Gervazio Moses Chisendera †	Buluzi-Minga	Bishop Emeritus of Dedza, Malawi
	57.9	Resigned	Ernesto Coppo, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	25.0	Professed	Frederick Anthony Donaghy, M.M. †	Member of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Bishop Emeritus of Wuzhou [Wuchow], China
	42.0	Resigned	Antonio Farage (Faraj) †	Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)	Patriarchal Vicar Emeritus
	40.5	Resigned	Ramón Harrison Abello, O. de M. †	Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
		Died	Giuseppe Heintz, C.SS.R. †	Prefect of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	41.8	Resigned	Theodosius Jan J. Herkenrath, SS.CC. †	Prefect of Banka e Biliton, Indonesia	Prefect Emeritus
	18.9	Professed	William Francis Kupfer, M.M. †	Member of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Bishop Emeritus of Taichung, Taiwan
	56.0	Resigned	Luigi Mazzini †	Auxiliary Bishop of Savona e Noli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Anagni, Italy
	71.5	Died	Mauro M. Parodi, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
		Appointed	Ernesto Reilly, O.F.M. †	Superior of Bellary, India
	27.0	Professed	Stanslaus Skutans, M.I.C. †	Member of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary	Superior General Emeritus
		Died	Stanislao de Vos, S.J. †	Prefect of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
1 Jan		Born	Joseph Abangite Gasi	Mupoi	Bishop Emeritus of Tombura-Yambio, Sudan
	24.9	Ordained Priest	José Romão Martenetz, O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop Emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil
	68.2	Died	Ángel Marquina y Corrales †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
	16.3	Professed	Bernardo Navarro Allende, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Master General Emeritus
2 Jan		Born	Domenico De Luca †	Sfax, Tunisia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Morocco
	83.3	Died	Bernardo Herrera Restrepo †	Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
	59.9	Died	Giorgio Koletsi †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
	55.9	Succeeded	Ismael Perdomo Borrero †	Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
4 Jan		Born	Octavio Betancourt Arango	Abejorral	Bishop Emeritus of Garzón, Colombia
4 Jan		Born	Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte	Balata	Archbishop Emeritus of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles
5 Jan	61.5	Resigned	Jean-Louis Clerc-Renaud, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Yükiang [Yujiang], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Born	Emmanuel Constant †	Port-au-Prince	Bishop Emeritus of Les Gonaïves, Haïti
	60.2	Appointed	Domenico Jorio †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Prefect
7 Jan	55.5	Appointed	Eduardo José Herberhold, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Prelate of Santarém, Para, Brazil	Bishop of Ilhéus, Baia, Brazil
7 Jan	55.5	Appointed	Eduardo José Herberhold, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior	Bishop of Ilhéus, Baia, Brazil
8 Jan		Born	José Vicente Henriquez Andueza, S.D.B. †	Valencia	Bishop Emeritus of Maracay, Venezuela
8 Jan	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Jusztinián Györg Serédi, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
10 Jan		Born	Pietro Garlato †	Udine	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
11 Jan	42.2	Appointed	Cesario Giovanni Ippolito Esquerre, M. Afr. †	Prefect of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
13 Jan	79.8	Died	Carlo Falcini †	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
14 Jan		Born	Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, S.J.	Yungay	Bishop Emeritus of Chimbote, Peru
		Born	Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. †	México	Bishop Emeritus of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México
	43.4	Appointed	Valerian Joseph de Souza †	Bishop of Mangalore, India
		Born	Alfredo Maria Garsia †	Augusta	Bishop Emeritus of Caltanissetta, Italy
15 Jan	68.2	Died	Jozsef Medard Kohl, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
15 Jan	25.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph Thomas McGucken †	Priest of Los Angeles-San Diego, California, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
16 Jan		Born	Charles-Remy Rakotonirina, S.J. †	Fianarantsoa	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar
17 Jan		Born	Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon †	Dijon	Bishop Emeritus of Cahors, France
17 Jan		Born	François-Wolff Ligondé †	Les Cayes	Archbishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
18 Jan	40.1	Appointed	Otto Raible, S.A.C. †	Apostolic Administrator of Kimberley in Western Australia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
19 Jan	59.2	Installed	Pietro Calchi Novati †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
20 Jan	57.2	Appointed	Konstantyn Dominik †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
	57.2	Appointed	Konstantyn Dominik †	Titular Bishop of Athribis	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
	72.4	Appointed	Giulio Tommasi †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy	Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy
21 Jan		Born	Mathias Kappil †	Kallada	Bishop Emeritus of Punalur, India
22 Jan		Born	Egidio Sampieri, O.F.M. †	Alessandria	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)
24 Jan		Born	Guy Bélanger †	Valleyfield	Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada
27 Jan	62.8	Appointed	Gregorio Diamare, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy
	48.1	Appointed	Constancio Jurgens, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	55.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Nogara †	Archbishop of Udine, Italy
	42.9	Appointed	José Pereira Alves †	Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil
28 Jan		Born	Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza †	Valencia	Bishop Emeritus of La Guaira, Venezuela
29 Jan	62.5	Appointed	Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes †	Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
	58.1	Installed	Antonio Galati †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Nicanor Mutiloa e Irurita, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Hieropolis	Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain
		Born	Auguste Nobou †	Aboisso	Archbishop Emeritus of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
		Born	Jorge Novak, S.V.D. †	San Miguel Arcángel	Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina
	38.5	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Rabbani †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
31 Jan	55.8	Appointed	Kevork (Georges) Kortikian (Kurdighian) †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria
31 Jan		Born	Leo Edward O’Neil †	Holyoke	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
1 Feb	47.4	Appointed	Georges-Alexandre Courchesne †	Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
		Born	Giuseppe Torti †	Ronco sopra Ascona	Bishop Emeritus of Lugano, Switzerland
	44.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Zambonardi, F.S.C.J. †	Prefect of Bahr el-Gebel, Sudan
2 Feb	61.3	Died	Daniel Champavier †	Bishop of Marseille, France
		Born	Geevarghese Timotheos Chundevalel	Amayannoor	Bishop Emeritus of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankarese), India
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria
3 Feb		Born	Maurus Libaba †	Nkowe	Bishop of Lindi, Tanzania
3 Feb	68.0	Appointed	Luís Silva Lezaeta †	Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile
4 Feb	78.3	Died	Francisco do Rêgo Maia †	Bishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil
4 Feb	81.7	Died	Arturo Marchi †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
5 Feb	23.0	Ordained Priest	Bernardino Maria Dino Piccinelli, O.S.M. †	Priest of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ancona e Numana, Italy
7 Feb	68.7	Died	Frederick William Keating †	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
10 Feb	49.6	Appointed	Edward Francis Hoban †	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
	41.2	Appointed	Francis Martin Kelly †	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	59.1	Appointed	Carlo Perosi †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
11 Feb		Born	Giulio Einaudi	S. Damiano Macra, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Croatia
12 Feb	22.8	Ordained Priest	Jerzy Modzelewski †	Priest of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
13 Feb	51.5	Appointed	Francesco Marmaggi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
14 Feb		Born	Joakim Herbut †	Ruski Krstur	Bishop of Skopje, Macedonia
15 Feb		Born	Pietro Bottaccioli	Umbertide	Bishop Emeritus of Gubbio, Italy
	42.2	Appointed	Pietro Ciriaci †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	45.3	Appointed	Gustave-Joseph Deswazières, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Pakhoi [Beihai], China	Bishop of Beihai [Pakhoi], China
	60.8	Appointed	Etienne Fourcadier, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tananarive, Madagascar	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Born	Roger Marie Albert Froment †	Maleville	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
	61.1	Died	Jacques-Eugene Manna †	Titular Bishop of Tabbora
	48.9	Appointed	Gallus (Bernhard) Steiger, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Lindi, Tanzania	Abbot Emeritus of Peramiho, Tanzania
	57.8	Appointed	Louis Van Hoeck, S.J. †	Bishop of Ranchi, India
16 Feb		Born	Pedro Casaldáliga Plá, C.M.F.	Balsareny, Spain	Prelate Emeritus of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	50.2	Appointed	Salvio Huix Miralpéix, C.O. †	Apostolic Administrator of Ibiza, Spain	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
	50.2	Appointed	Salvio Huix Miralpéix, C.O. †	Titular Bishop of Selymbria	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Charles O’Reilly †	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
		Born	Elías Yanes Alvarez	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain
17 Feb		Born	Hubert Patrick O’Connor, O.M.I. †	Huntingdon	Bishop Emeritus of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
17 Feb		Born	Peter Quinn †	Subiaco	Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia
18 Feb	49.5	Appointed	Lorenzo Maria Balconi, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hanchung [Hanzhong], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	49.5	Appointed	Lorenzo Maria Balconi, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Mylasa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hanchung [Hanzhong], China
	45.3	Appointed	Gustave-Joseph Deswazières, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia	Bishop of Beihai [Pakhoi], China
	60.8	Appointed	Etienne Fourcadier, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tananarive, Madagascar
	63.4	Appointed	Valentin Herrgott, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Cambogia, Cambodia	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
	63.4	Appointed	Valentin Herrgott, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Samosata	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
		Born	Siméon Oualli †	Saint-François	Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
20 Feb		Born	Friedrich Wetter	Landau	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
23 Feb		Born	Yves-Georges-René Ramousse, M.E.P.	Sembadel, France	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
26 Feb		Born	Robert Joseph Banks	Boston	Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
27 Feb	42.3	Appointed	Attilio Adinolfi †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop of Anagni, Italy
		Born	Klaus Dick	Ehrenfeld	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Gabriele Perlo, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Amyzon	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mogadiscio, Somalia
28 Feb	73.2	Appointed	John Aelen, M.H.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum	Archbishop Emeritus of Madras, India
	73.2	Retired	John Aelen, M.H.M. †	Archbishop of Madras, India	Archbishop Emeritus
	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Kevork (Georges) Kortikian (Kurdighian) †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria
29 Feb		Born	Alfons Demming †	Südlohn	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany