The Year of Our Lord 1941

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	68.4	Died	Luís António de Almeida †	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
	65.7	Died	Ercole Attuoni †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
	85.9	Died	Paolo Auad †	Archbishop of Cipro (Maronite), Cyprus
		Died	Costanzo Bergna, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Dessié, Ethiopia
	77.3	Died	Gioacchino Bonardi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	55.2	Resigned	Bertoldo Bühl, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Chiquitos, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus of Oruro, Bolivia
	75.0	Died	Giustino Cawet †	Coadjutor Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
	59.1	Resigned	Ruggero Raffaele Cazzanelli, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kichow [Qichun], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	63.1	Died	Anton Ceska, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Niigata, Japan
	56.8	Died	Giuseppe M. Chang †	Prefect of Puchi [Puqi], China
		Appointed	Paolo Chou †	Prefect of Zenshu, Korea (South)
	69.7	Died	Giuseppe Conti †	Bishop of Chiusi-Pienza, Italy
		Died	Stanislao dell'Addolorata, C.P. †	Prefect of Dodoma, Tanzania
	68.2	Died	Giuseppe di Girolamo †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
		Appointed	Emilio Favarato, O.F.M. Conv. †	Prefect of Hinganfu [Ankang], China
	81.1	Died	Pasquale Gagliardi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia (e Vieste), Italy
		Died	Felice Herrmann, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Karafuto, Russian Federation
	84.9	Died	Thomas Louis Heylen, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
		Died	Stefano Kim †	Prefect of Zenshu, Korea (South)
		Born	Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba	Mokombe	Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	78.7	Died	Giuseppe Kupka †	Bishop of Brno, Czech Republic
	82.0	Died	Ludovico Giuseppe Legraive †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
		Died	Guglielmo MacGrath, S.F.M. †	Prefect of Lishui [Lishui], China
	78.8	Died	Clemente Malouf, B.S. †	Bishop of Baniyas (Melkite), Lebanon
	67.8	Died	Gaudenzio Manuelli †	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
	53.8	Appointed	Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka †	Prefect of Niigata, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan
	38.4	Appointed	Antônio Julio Maria Mattioli, S.M. †	Prelate of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus, Brazil	Prelate of Acre e Purus, Acre, Brazil
		Died	Giacomo Medweckyj †	Exarch of Lemkowszczyzna (Byzantine), Poland
	68.2	Died	Martino Meulenberg, S.M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Iceland {Islanda}
	52.3	Appointed	Enrico Montalbetti †	Bishop of Bova, Italy	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
	58.5	Died	Alessandro Nicolescu †	Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
	62.2	Died	Gustave-Jean-Marie Nouet, M. Afr. †	Prefect of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Algeria
	82.9	Died	Bl. Antonio Giuliano Nowowiejski †	Bishop of Płock, Poland
	73.5	Died	José Othón Núñez y Zárate †	Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
		Died	Michele Agostino O’Connor, O.P. †	Prefect of Kienow [Jian’ou], China
	76.9	Died	Trifone Pederzolli †	Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia
	67.1	Died	Cleto Vincenzo Pejov, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
	66.8	Resigned	Joseph Reiners, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Nagoya, Japan
	61.7	Resigned	Jan Remiger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	61.6	Died	Giorgio Rossi, C.S.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador
	46.8	Appointed	Paolo Savino †	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	38.4	Appointed	Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi †	Apostolic Administrator of Shikoku, Japan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Osaka, Japan
		Appointed	Giacinto Tamburini †	Bishop of Calvi e Teano, Italy
	55.6	Resigned	Francisco Javier Valdivia Pinedo †	Bishop-Elect of Linares, Chile	Bishop-Elect Emeritus
		Died	Bernardo Visser, M.S.C. †	Prefect of Purwokerto, Indonesia
	47.7	Resigned	Emile Yelle, P.S.S. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus
1 Jan		Born	Evaristo Marc Chengula, I.M.C.	Mdabulo	Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
2 Jan	38.6	Appointed	Francesco Pieri †	Coadjutor Bishop of Orvieto, Italy	Bishop
2 Jan	38.6	Appointed	Francesco Pieri †	Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
5 Jan	68.3	Died	Paul-Louis-Joseph Lequien †	Bishop of Martinique (Fort-de-France e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles
5 Jan		Born	Bruno Schettino	Marigliano	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
8 Jan		Born	Paul Dahdah, O.C.D.	Zghorta	Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
8 Jan	54.5	Ordained Bishop	James Francis Louis McIntyre †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
9 Jan	60.1	Died	Hippolyte Tréhiou †	Bishop of Vannes, France
12 Jan		Born	Guido Fiandino	Savigliano	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
13 Jan		Born	Francisco Javier Hernández Arnedo, O.A.R.		Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil
13 Jan	25.3	Ordained Priest	Manuel Salazar y Espinoza †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua
15 Jan	47.1	Appointed	Nicasio Balisa y Melero, O.A.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia
	47.1	Appointed	Nicasio Balisa y Melero, O.A.R. †	Titular Bishop of Cybistra	Vicar Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia
	48.3	Appointed	Georges-Louis-Camille Debray †	Coadjutor Bishop of Meaux, France	Bishop
	48.3	Appointed	Georges-Louis-Camille Debray †	Titular Bishop of Pharbaethus	Bishop of Meaux, France
	71.2	Appointed	John Bernard Kevenhoerster, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bahama Islands, Bahamas, Antilles
16 Jan		Born	Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton	Avrankou	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin
	58.5	Resigned	Albert Henri Charles Breton, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	46.6	Appointed	Dominic Senyemon Fukahori †	Apostolic Administrator of Fukuoka, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	38.7	Appointed	Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Calydon	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to India
	38.7	Resigned	Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. †	Bishop of Sendai, Japan	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to India
		Born	Carlo Maria Viganò	Varese, Italy	Official of the Secretariat of State
18 Jan	57.5	Appointed	Moisés Alves de Pinho, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Luanda, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus
	57.5	Appointed	Moisés Alves de Pinho, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe	Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
	51.7	Installed	Teodosio Clemente de Gouveia †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
	82.8	Died	André-Marie-Elie Jarosseau, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
		Born	Alfredo Schäffler		Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil
19 Jan	54.1	Died	Juan Casado Obispo, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Thái Binh, Viêt Nam
19 Jan		Born	Peter William Ingham	Sydney	Bishop of Wollongong, Australia
21 Jan	48.9	Appointed	Bl. Vilmos Apor †	Bishop of Győr, Hungary
22 Jan		Born	Luigi Ferrando	Braganca do Para	Bishop of Bragança do Pará, Para, Brazil
23 Jan	49.9	Appointed	Robert Emmet Lucey †	Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
24 Jan	69.2	Died	Johannes Biermans, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda
25 Jan		Born	Jan Styrna	Szczepanów	Bishop of Elbląg, Poland
26 Jan	75.4	Died	Kaspar (Gaspare) Klein †	Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany
26 Jan	38.6	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Pieri †	Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
27 Jan	60.7	Appointed	Fortunato Chirichigno Pontolido, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Piura, Peru
28 Jan		Born	Justin Joseph Bianchini	Subiaco	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia
	46.8	Appointed	Daniel Gomes Junqueira, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Nova Lisboa, Angola
	27.4	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Wilhelmus Manek, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop Emeritus of Endeh, Indonesia
	55.7	Appointed	Faustino Moreira dos Santos, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
31 Jan	83.2	Died	Florencio Cerviño y González †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
31 Jan		Born	Mihály Mayer	Kisdorog	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
1 Feb	56.3	Appointed	Guiseppe Pietro Gagnor, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
	56.3	Appointed	Guiseppe Pietro Gagnor, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Thennesus	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
		Born	Paul Youssef Matar	Naameh	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
4 Feb	38.9	Appointed	Joseph Thomas McGucken †	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
4 Feb	38.9	Appointed	Joseph Thomas McGucken †	Titular Bishop of Sanavus	Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
8 Feb		Born	José Luis Chávez Botello	Tototlán	Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
9 Feb	26.2	Ordained Priest	Jerome Joseph Hastrich †	Priest of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
	41.4	Appointed	Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile
	41.4	Appointed	Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC. †	Titular Bishop of Nisyrus	Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile
11 Feb	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Albini LeBlanc †	Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada	Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
11 Feb	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Leo Parker †	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
12 Feb	58.9	Succeeded	Philippe Servulo Desranleau †	Bishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada	Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
	80.2	Died	Alphonse-Osias Gagnon †	Bishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
	73.3	Died	Plácido Ángel Rey de Lemos, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lugo, Spain
14 Feb		Born	Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M.	Rabat, Malta	Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya
16 Feb	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Augustin Arce Mostajo †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
	81.5	Died	Israel Audo †	Bishop of Mardin (Chaldean), Iraq
	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Francisco do Borja Pereira do Amaral †	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
17 Feb		Born	Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo (Kiedrebeogo) †	Ouagadougou	Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso
19 Feb		Born	Hil Kabashi, O.F.M.	Caparac	Apostolic Administrator of Southern Albania {Albania Meridionale} (Byzantine)
20 Feb	46.1	Appointed	Jean Cassaigne, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, Viêt Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
20 Feb	46.1	Appointed	Jean Cassaigne, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Gadara	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Saigon, Viêt Nam
21 Feb		Born	Carlos Alberto Nicolini †	Montevideo	Coadjutor Bishop of Salto, Uruguay
21 Feb		Born	Nikólaos Printesis	Vari	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
22 Feb	22.7	Ordained Priest	Costanzo Micci †	Priest	Bishop of Fano, Italy
22 Feb	62.6	Appointed	Guillermo Tritschler y Córdoba †	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
23 Feb	24.4	Ordained Priest	Karl Christian Ebert †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany
24 Feb	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Vilmos Apor †	Bishop of Győr, Hungary
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Ernest Arthur Green †	Priest of Johannesburg, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
	83.0	Died	Alexander MacDonald †	Bishop Emeritus of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Francis Joseph Magner †	Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Owen Noel Snedden †	Priest of Auckland, New Zealand	Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand
	35.7	Ordained Priest	Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India
	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Emanuele Trindade Salgueiro †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palaestina	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
27 Feb		Born	Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka	Bobandana	Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Feb		Born	Gabriel Zubeir Wako	Mboro	Cardinal, Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan
28 Feb		Appointed	André Windels, C.M. †	Prefect of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

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