The Year of Our Lord 1930

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Ambroise Uma Arakayo Amabe †	Giro (Watsa)	Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
		Died	Giuseppe Balbo, I.M.C. †	Prefect of Meru, Kenya
		Died	Marcelo Calvo †	Apostolic Administrator of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
		Died	Fedele da Montclar, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Caquetá, Colombia
	38.0	Resigned	Mattias Eder, O.S.F.S. †	Prefect of Great Namaqualand, Namibia	Prefect Emeritus
	55.8	Resigned	Henry Grey Graham †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Peter Kurongku †	Tonnui	Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
	46.0	Resigned	Dominic Langenbacher, C.P. †	Prefect of Shenchow, China	Prefect Emeritus
		Died	Luigi Lempereur, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Northern Katanga {Katanga Settentrionale}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
		Died	Domenico Maria Maillet, O.P. †	Prefect of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam
		Born	Raymond Mwanyika	Uwemba	Bishop Emeritus of Njombe, Tanzania
		Born	Emile Njeru †	Kevote	Auxiliary Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya
		Resigned	Joseph Donatien Plissonneau, S.C.I. †	Prefect of Foumban, Cameroon	Prefect Emeritus
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Stanslaus Skutans, M.I.C. †	Priest of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary	Superior General Emeritus
	62.3	Resigned	Adriaan Smets †	Apostolic Delegate to Persia	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus
	21.6	Professed	Dominic Tang Yee-ming, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Archbishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China
	58.6	Resigned	Adolfo Verrienti †	Prelate of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Prelate Emeritus
1 Jan		Born	Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, O.F.M. †	Goyaz, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
1 Jan		Born	Andrea Maria Erba, B.	Biassono	Bishop Emeritus of Velletri-Segni, Italy
2 Jan		Born	Donat Chiasson †	Paquetville	Archbishop Emeritus of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
	77.8	Appointed	Gennaro Cosenza †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus	Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
	77.8	Retired	Gennaro Cosenza †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	57.2	Installed	José de Jesús López y González †	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
3 Jan	65.2	Died	Giuseppe Antonio Caruso †	Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
5 Jan	55.0	Installed	Ruggero Bovelli †	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
6 Jan	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Joseph-Aimé Moussaron †	Titular Bishop of Lamia	Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
7 Jan		Born	Arnaldo Ribeiro †	Belo Horizonte	Archbishop Emeritus of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
9 Jan	42.3	Appointed	Assuero Teofano Bassi, S.X. †	Prefect of Loyang [Luoyang], China	Bishop of Luoyang [Loyang], China
	43.1	Appointed	Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C. †	Prefect of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	64.4	Appointed	Arthur Hinsley †	Titular Archbishop of Sardes	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	64.4	Appointed	Arthur Hinsley †	Apostolic Delegate to Other	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	54.3	Appointed	Heribert Aloysius Theodor Winkler, S.D.S. †	Superior of Shaowu [Shaowu], China	Superior Emeritus
10 Jan	43.9	Appointed	Emiliano Giuseppe Lonati, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prelate of São José do Grajaú, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
10 Jan	43.9	Appointed	Emiliano Giuseppe Lonati, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia	Prelate Emeritus of São José do Grajaú, Brazil
12 Jan	53.6	Installed	Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C. †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
13 Jan	45.1	Appointed	Denis P. O’Connor †	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
14 Jan		Born	James Masilamony Arul Das †	Udhagamandalam	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Virgile-Joseph Béguin †	Bishop of Belley, France	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
		Born	Bruno Tommasi	Montignoso	Archbishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy
16 Jan	64.4	Appointed	Augstín Barrere, F.M.I. †	Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina
16 Jan		Born	Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski	Sztabin	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łomża, Poland
17 Jan	54.2	Appointed	Francis Joseph Beckman †	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Jan	66.4	Died	Agustín José Bernaus y Serra, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields, Nicaragua
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Vladimiro Boric Crnosija, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile
		Born	Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B.	Ferré	Bishop Emeritus of Río Gallegos, Argentina
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Anthony Chow Wei-tao (Zhou Weidao), O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Fengxiang [Fengsiang], China
	40.9	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Dellepiane †	Apostolic Delegate to Congo, Democratic Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
		Born	Leobard D’Souza †	Igatpuri	Archbishop Emeritus of Nagpur, India
	75.3	Retired	Mathias Clement Lenihan †	Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	62.1	Installed	José Guadalupe Ortíz y López †	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Jan		Born	Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap.	Riolo Terme	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
20 Jan	47.0	Appointed	Gaudenzio Binaschi †	Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy
21 Jan		Born	John Patrick Boles	Boston	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
23 Jan	60.8	Died	Emilio Ferrais †	Archbishop of Catania, Italy
	67.4	Appointed	Josef Alois Kessler †	Titular Archbishop of Bosporus	Bishop Emeritus of Tiraspol, Moldova
	67.4	Resigned	Josef Alois Kessler †	Bishop of Tiraspol, Moldova	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan		Born	Antoine Hamid Mourany †	Koubayat	Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Maronite), Syria
25 Jan	46.4	Appointed	Paul Léon Cornelius Montaigne, C.M. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Peking [Beijing], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
26 Jan		Born	Thomas John Gumbleton	Detroit	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Ivan Latyševskyj †	Titular Bishop of Adada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	31.9	Ordained Priest	James Vincent Pardy, M.M. †	Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Bishop Emeritus of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}, Korea (South)
27 Jan		Born	Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic †	Gabrje, Yugoslavia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
		Born	Gabriel Montalvo Higuera †	Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to United States of America
		Born	Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. †	Lima	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru
29 Jan	45.3	Appointed	Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
30 Jan		Born	Miguel Caviedes Medina	Coltauco	Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, Chile
	35.2	Appointed	James Charles McGuigan †	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	44.1	Appointed	Gerald C. Murray, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
		Born	Albert Kanene Obiefuna †	Oraukwu	Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha, Nigeria
31 Jan	25.1	Ordained Priest	Titu Liviu Chinezu †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
1 Feb	57.8	Died	Adolfo Pagani †	Bishop of Como, Italy
2 Feb	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Jan (Johannes) Nepomuk Remiger †	Titular Bishop of Dadima	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
3 Feb		Born	David Edward Foley	Worcester	Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
3 Feb		Born	Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B.	Schwyz	Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
5 Feb	49.3	Appointed	Antonio García y García †	Bishop of Tui, Spain	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
6 Feb		Born	Affonso Felippe Gregory †	Estrela	Bishop Emeritus of Imperatriz, Maranho, Brazil
6 Feb	50.4	Appointed	Giovanni Sismondo †	Bishop of Pontremoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
7 Feb	77.8	Retired	Pietro Gasparri †	Secretary of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
	77.8	Retired	Pietro Gasparri †	President of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
	53.9	Appointed	Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †	Secretary of the Secretariat of State	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
9 Feb	67.9	Died	Augustinus Bludau †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Leopoldo Díaz y Escudero †	Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México
	22.1	Ordained Priest	Carlos Gouvêa Coelho †	Priest	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Edoardo Tonna †	Bishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey	Bishop Emeritus
10 Feb		Born	Gabriel (Régis) Balet, O.F.M. Cap. †	Grimisuat	Bishop of Moundou, Chad
10 Feb		Born	Ugo Donato Bianchi †	Pennabilli	Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
11 Feb	62.9	Appointed	William Hayden †	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
	21.1	Solemn Professed	Basil (Herman) Heiser, O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Minister General Emeritus
	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Guillaume Marque, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Archbishop Emeritus
	37.9	Appointed	James Patrick O’Collins †	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Ballarat, Australia
12 Feb	48.4	Appointed	Terence Bernard McGuire †	Bishop of Townsville, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia
12 Feb	43.9	Appointed	Cutbert Martin O’Gara, C.P. †	Prefect of Shenchow, China	Bishop of Yuanling [Yüanling], China
14 Feb	43.7	Appointed	Vicente Camacho y Moya †	Bishop of Tabasco, México
	75.4	Appointed	Mathias Clement Lenihan †	Titular Archbishop of Preslavus	Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls, Montana, USA
	40.6	Appointed	Federico Melendro y Gutiérrez, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Anking [Anqing], China	Archbishop of Anqing [Anking, Huai-ning], China
15 Feb		Born	Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A.	Montpellier	Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
		Born	Robert Edward Mulvee	Boston, MA	Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
		Born	Giorgio Zur	Görlitz, Germany	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
16 Feb	23.2	Ordained Priest	Paul II Cheikho †	Priest of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
17 Feb	40.6	Appointed	Federico Melendro y Gutiérrez, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Remesiana	Archbishop of Anqing [Anking, Huai-ning], China
19 Feb	49.6	Appointed	Joseph Louis Adhémar Lapierre, P.M.E. †	Prefect of Szepingkai, China	Bishop of Siping [Szepingkai], China
20 Feb		Born	Mathew Vattackuzhy	Chenkal	Bishop Emeritus of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabarese), India
21 Feb		Born	Pedro Rosales Dean	Calbayog	Archbishop Emeritus of Palo, Philippines
22 Feb		Born	David Cremin	Ballydoorty, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
22 Feb	61.2	Died	Carlo Perosi †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
23 Feb	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Mazzarotto †	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
24 Feb	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Franz Joseph Fischer †	Titular Bishop of Zuri	Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany
	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Francis Xavier Wang Zepu (Tse-pu) †	Titular Bishop of Sinda	Bishop Emeritus of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China
	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Paul Wang Wen-cheng (Uamuencem) †	Titular Bishop of Olena	Bishop of Nanchong [Shunking], China
25 Feb		Born	Albert Edward Baharagate	Masindi	Bishop Emeritus of Hoima, Uganda
25 Feb	56.7	Died	St. Luigi Versiglia, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Shiuchow [Shaoguan], China
26 Feb	64.4	Died	Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
27 Feb	56.5	Appointed	Vincenzo Migliorelli †	Titular Bishop of Samos	Bishop Emeritus of San Severino (-Treia), Italy
27 Feb	56.5	Resigned	Vincenzo Migliorelli †	Bishop of San Severino (-Treia), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
28 Feb	90.1	Appointed	Pierre-Emile-Jean-Baptiste-Marie Grouard, O.M.I. †	Titular Archbishop of Aegina	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Grouard, Alberta, Canada
		Born	Oswald Georg Hirmer †	Amberg	Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa
		Born	Robert John Rose	Grand Rapids	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA