The Year of Our Lord 1928

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	73.0	Appointed	John Aelen, M.H.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum	Archbishop Emeritus of Madras, India
	73.0	Retired	John Aelen, M.H.M. †	Archbishop of Madras, India	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.7	Died	Constantin Ajutti (Aiutti) †	Titular Archbishop of Phasis	Apostolic Delegate to Indochina
	49.6	Died	Biagio Barbic †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
	62.2	Appointed	Fabio Berdini †	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope	Bishop Emeritus of Cesena, Italy
	50.6	Appointed	Bl. Nykyta Budka †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
	63.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Antonio Caruso †	Titular Bishop of Hierissus	Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
	63.2	Resigned	Giuseppe Antonio Caruso †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		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
	61.2	Resigned	Carlo Cremonesi †	Prelate of Beatissima Vergine Maria del SS.mo Rosario, Italy	Cardinal, Secret Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
		Appointed	Valeriano Giuseppe de Souza †	Bishop of Mangalore, India
	79.8	Died	Carlo Falcini †	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
	85.3	Died	Lawrence Gaughran †	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
	75.8	Died	Francesco di Paolo Grozo †	Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru
	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.)
		Died	Teodosio Herckenrath, SS.CC. †	Prefect of Bangka e Biliton, Indonesia
	59.9	Died	Giorgio Koletsi †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
	66.5	Died	Wladislao Krynicki †	Bishop of Włocławek, Poland
	80.8	Died	Giuseppe Gregorio Marcelic †	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
	65.2	Died	Francesco Melchiori, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Durrës, Albania
	72.3	Died	Sebastiano Nicotra †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
	87.8	Died	Paolo Carlo Francesco Origo †	Bishop of Mantova, 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
	81.7	Died	Angelo Maria Filippo Sinibaldi †	Bishop of Segni, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Soggiu, O.F.M. Conv. †	Prefect of Hinganfu [Ankang], China
	77.9	Died	Felice Del Sordo †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
	81.1	Died	Benedetto Spila †	Bishop Emeritus of Alatri, Italy
	72.6	Died	Santino Taveggia, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh
	54.3	Died	Odorico Tc'eng, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Puchi [Puqi], China
		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 Order of St. Basil the Great	Bishop Emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil
	68.2	Died	Angel Marquina y Corrales †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
2 Jan		Born	Domenico De Luca †	Sfax, Tunisia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Morocco
	83.3	Died	Bernardo Herrera Restrepo †	Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
	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
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
		Born	Alfredo Maria Garsia †	Augusta	Bishop Emeritus of Caltanissetta, Italy
15 Jan	68.2	Died	Josef 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	Ottone 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), Poland
	57.2	Appointed	Konstantyn Dominik †	Titular Bishop of Athribis	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), 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; Petrópolis), 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	55.6	Appointed	Giorgio Kortikian (Kurdighian) †	Archbishop of Alep (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, M.C.C.I. †	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 (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
4 Feb	78.3	Died	Francisco do Rego 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	41.2	Appointed	Francis Martin Kelly †	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
10 Feb	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	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
13 Feb	57.5	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
	42.2	Appointed	Pietro Ciriaci †	Apostolic Nuncio to Czechoslovakia	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 Pakhoi [Beihai], 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	Ludovico 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 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 Pakhoi [Beihai], 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
21 Feb	49.6	Appointed	Edward Francis Hoban †	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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
26 Feb	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Gabriele Perlo, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Amyzon	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mogadiscio, Somalia
27 Feb	42.3	Appointed	Attilio Adinolfi †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop of Anagni, Italy
27 Feb		Born	Klaus Dick	Ehrenfeld	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
29 Feb		Born	Alfons Demming	Südlohn	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany

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