The Year of Our Lord 1937

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	54.6	Died	Teofilo Emilio de Backere, C.M. †	Prefect of Surabaia, Indonesia
		Died	Luigi Baumeister, M.S.C. †	Superior of Shihtsien [Shiqian], China
		Appointed	Bartolomeo Bechis, C.M. †	Prefect of Tigrai, Ethiopia
	62.9	Resigned	Flaminio Belotti, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nanyang [Nanyang], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	64.3	Died	Emilio Cecco, C.S.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador
	56.0	Died	João Batista Conturon, S.D.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil
	70.2	Died	Alfredo del Tomba †	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy
	62.0	Died	Aleksander Frison †	Titular Bishop of Limyra
		Died	Venanzio Guichard, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Iduhsien [Yiduxian], China
		Appointed	Giacomo Jacobs, O. Praem. †	Prefect of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	68.2	Died	Alfredo Ludovico Keiling, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Cubango in Angola
		Appointed	Edgario Larochelle, P.M.E. †	Prefect of Lintung [Lintong], China
		Died	Joseph Lebeau, M.S.C. †	Apostolic Administrator of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
		Died	Callisto Lopinot, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar
	48.0	Died	John Edward Morris, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Peng-yang, Korea (South)
		Died	Marcello Paternôt, M. Afr. †	Prefect of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
	60.8	Appointed	Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	67.1	Resigned	Melchiorre Souen, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ankwo [Anguo], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Jan	22.1	Ordained Priest	Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado †	Priest	Archbishop of Piura, Peru
3 Jan		Born	Alessandro Pagani, S.M.M.	Torre Boldone di Bergamo	Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi
4 Jan		Born	Cosmas Michael Angkur, O.F.M.	Lewur	Bishop of Bogor, Indonesia
5 Jan	52.2	Appointed	John Aloysius Duffy †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
6 Jan	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Traglia †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
10 Jan		Born	Simon Atallah, O.A.M.	Hemayri (Adonis)	Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon
10 Jan		Born	Bosco Penha	Mumbai	Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India
12 Jan	50.7	Died	Teofilo Bromboszcz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
	62.7	Appointed	Paolo Castiglioni †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	62.7	Appointed	Paolo Castiglioni †	Titular Bishop of Famagusta	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
13 Jan	68.9	Appointed	Guglielmo Grassi †	Titular Bishop of Tamiathis
15 Jan	42.3	Appointed	Cipriano Cassini, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Pengpu [Bengbu], China	Bishop of Pengpu [Bengbu], China
	35.5	Appointed	Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. †	Prefect of Multan, Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus of Lyallpur, Pakistan
		Born	Benedito Beni dos Santos	Lagoinha	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
16 Jan		Born	Francis Eugene George, O.M.I.	Chicago, IL	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
17 Jan		Born	Prospero Nale Arellano	Bombon	Prelate Emeritus of Libmanan, Philippines
17 Jan	22.9	Ordained Priest	Julio Benigno Laschi González †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción, Paraguay
20 Jan		Born	Albert-Marie Joseph Cyrille de Monléon, O.P.	Paris	Bishop of Meaux, France
20 Jan	70.2	Died	Michael James Gallagher †	Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
21 Jan	70.8	Died	Pierre Aziz Ho †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
21 Jan		Appointed	Guglielmo Ferrer Cassidy, O.P. †	Superior of Kienow [Jian’ou], China
22 Jan		Born	Alexandru Mesian	Baia Mare	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
23 Jan		Born	Pier Luigi Celata	Pitigliano	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
23 Jan	46.1	Appointed	Federico Pezzullo †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
24 Jan	40.8	Ordained Bishop	Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral †	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
		Born	Paolo De Nicolò	Cattolica	Official of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Franz von Streng †	Bishop of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jan	78.4	Died	Patrick Finegan †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
25 Jan		Born	Pierre Nguyên Van Nho †	Vo Canh	Coadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang, Viêt Nam
26 Jan		Born	Joseph Pathalil	Nedumkunnam	Bishop of Udaipur, India
27 Jan		Born	Youhanna Golta	Kotna	Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
28 Jan	68.9	Died	Ramón Pérez y Rodríguez †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
29 Jan	54.4	Appointed	Henri-Jean-Maria Prud'homme †	Titular Bishop of Saldae	Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
29 Jan	54.4	Resigned	Henri-Jean-Maria Prud'homme †	Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
31 Jan	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Rossi †	Bishop of Biella, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
31 Jan	26.8	Ordained Priest	Martin Wiesend †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
1 Feb		Born	Audrys Juozas Backis	Kaunas	Cardinal, Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
	52.7	Appointed	Pierre-Marie Durieux †	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
	47.7	Appointed	Joseph Evrard †	Bishop of Meaux, France	Bishop Emeritus
3 Feb	71.3	Resigned	Claude-Marie Chanrion, S. M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
4 Feb	62.1	Appointed	François-Arsène-Jean-Marie-Eugène Lemasle, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Huê, Viêt Nam
	62.1	Appointed	François-Arsène-Jean-Marie-Eugène Lemasle, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Teuchira	Vicar Apostolic of Huê, Viêt Nam
	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Joseph McCormack †	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
		Born	Piergiuseppe Vacchelli	Longardore di Sospiro	Official of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
5 Feb	53.4	Appointed	Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka †	Titular Bishop of Philomelium	Bishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan
5 Feb	53.4	Resigned	Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka †	Bishop of Nagasaki, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
7 Feb	73.8	Died	Augustine Francis Schinner †	Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA
8 Feb		Born	John Baptist Thakur, S.J.	Bettiah	Bishop of Muzaffarpur, India
9 Feb		Born	Cesare Mazzolari, M.C.C.I.	Brescia, Italy	Bishop of Rumbek, Sudan
14 Feb	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Pildáin y Zapiáin †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
15 Feb	61.5	Appointed	Bernardo Bertoglio †	Bishop of Bobbio-San Colombano, Italy
15 Feb		Born	Raymundo Damasceno Assis	Capela Nova	Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
17 Feb	65.6	Appointed	John Thomas McNally †	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
18 Feb	51.0	Appointed	Jean-Joseph-Georges Deymier, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hangchow [Hangzhou], China	Archbishop of Hangchow [Hangzhou], China
	51.0	Appointed	Jean-Joseph-Georges Deymier, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Diospolis in Thracia	Archbishop of Hangchow [Hangzhou], China
	77.9	Resigned	Paul-Albert Faveau, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Western Chekiang {Ce-Kiam Occidentale}, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Born	Gilberto Jiménez Narváez	Abejorral	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia
	46.7	Appointed	Justin Daniel Simonds †	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
20 Feb	28.8	Ordained Priest	Pedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador
	25.9	Ordained Priest	Paul John Hallinan †	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
	26.3	Ordained Priest	John Joseph Krol †	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	56.1	Appointed	Luis María Martínez y Rodríguez †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
	55.4	Appointed	Benigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Palestrina, Italy	Archbishop of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy
	55.4	Appointed	Benigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Lete	Archbishop of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Eugen Joseph Frans Vroemen, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Chikwawa, Malawi
22 Feb		Born	José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M.	Cáqueza, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia
		Born	John George Vlazny	Chicago	Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA
	54.0	Appointed	Heinrich Wienken †	Coadjutor Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	54.0	Appointed	Heinrich Wienken †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa	Bishop Emeritus of Meissen (Meißen), Germany
24 Feb	69.0	Ordained Bishop	Guglielmo Grassi †	Titular Bishop of Tamiathis
24 Feb	76.3	Died	Giustino Sanchini †	Bishop of Fano, Italy
25 Feb	37.2	Ordained Bishop	John Christopher Cody †	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
26 Feb		Appointed	Giuseppe Kirsten, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Benue, Nigeria
28 Feb	25.1	Ordained Priest	Alfons Karl Kempf †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
28 Feb	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Paul Kiredjian †	Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey

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