The Year of Our Lord 1941

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 75.7 Appointed Jules-Victor-Marie Pichon † Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon Bishop Emeritus of Les Cayes, Haïti

75.7 Retired Jules-Victor-Marie Pichon † Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti Bishop Emeritus

4 Sep Born José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda Tepeji del Río Bishop of Irapuato, México

7 Sep 37.4 Ordained Bishop Luís Gonzaga da Cunha Marelim, C.M. † Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

40.0 Ordained Bishop Domenico Vendola † Bishop of Lucera, Italy Bishop Emeritus

9 Sep 47.6 Ordained Bishop Michael O'Reilly † Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada Bishop Emeritus

45.8 Succeeded François-Joseph Person † Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti

Born Pedro Ercílio Simon Bishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

13 Sep Born Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. † Brescia Bishop of Balsas, Maranho, Brazil

Born George Patrick Ziemann Pasadena Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa in California, USA

14 Sep Born Héctor Guerrero Córdova, S.D.B. Città del Messico Prelate of Mixes, Oaxaca, México

48.2 Ordained Bishop Stanislav Zela † Titular Bishop of Harpasa Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic

15 Sep 31.1 Appointed Pedro Aguilera Narbona † Bishop of Iquique, Chile Bishop Emeritus

47.2 Appointed Jaime de Barros Câmara † Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Born Domenico Umberto D'Ambrosio Peschici Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

19 Sep Born Cornelius Schilder, M.H.M. Westwoud, Netherlands Bishop of Ngong, Kenya

20 Sep 25.6 Ordained Priest Enrique Alvear Urrutia † Priest of Santiago de Chile Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile

25.1 Ordained Priest Fernando (José Ismael) Errázuriz Gandarillas † Priest of Santiago de Chile Auxiliary Bishop

25.8 Ordained Priest Leonardo Gregorio Gallardo Heredia † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina

25.9 Ordained Priest Jacques Huynh Vân Cùa † Priest Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Phú Cuong, Viêt Nam

22 Sep Born Colin David Campbell Dunedin Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand

Born José Miguel Ángel Giles Vázquez † Coatepec Harinas Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México

47.6 Succeeded Urbain Etienne Morlion, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Born Lucio Angelo Renna, O. Carm. San Pietro Vernotico Bishop of San Severo, Italy

83.2 Retired Victor Roelens, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

23 Sep 65.7 Appointed Christian Caminada † Bishop of Chur, Switzerland

24 Sep 54.9 Appointed Paul Chevrier † Bishop of Cahors, France Bishop Emeritus

61.3 Appointed Auguste Joseph Gaudel † Bishop of Fréjus, France Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus-Toulon, France

45.8 Died François-Joseph Person † Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti

25 Sep Born Diego Coletti Milan Bishop of Como, Italy

Born Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap. Nagadolok Coadjutor Archbishop of Medan, Indonesia

26 Sep Born Girulfus Kherubim Pareira, S.V.D. Lela Bishop of Maumere, Indonesia

27 Sep 56.3 Ordained Bishop Denis J. Moynihan † Bishop of Ross, Ireland Bishop Emeritus of Kerry, Ireland

28 Sep Born Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B. Tielen Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

29 Sep Born Hans-Jochen Jaschke Beuthen/Oberschlesien Auxiliary Bishop of Hamburg, Germany

Born Barry Philip Jones North Canterbury Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand

73.4 Died Carlos Silva Cotapos † Bishop Emeritus of Talca, Chile

2 Oct Born Michael Gregory Campbell, O.S.A. Larne Co. Antrim Coadjutor Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain

3 Oct 60.0 Appointed Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla † Bishop of San Luis Potosí, San Luís Potosí, México

Born Cándido Cárdenas Villalba Supucia Bishop of Benjamín Aceval, Paraguay

65.5 Appointed Giuseppe De Nicola † Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

65.5 Appointed Giuseppe De Nicola † Titular Bishop of Pergamum Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

Born José Palmeiro Mendes, O.S.B. Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

64.8 Appointed Enrique Pla y Deniel † Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

57.8 Died Georg Weig, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China

5 Oct 25.3 Ordained Priest Albert Descamps † Priest Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission

7 Oct Born Giuseppe Guerrini Cuneo Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy

Born Manual Pelino Domingues Lentisqueira Bishop of Santarém, Portugal

8 Oct 77.0 Died Lorenzo Lauri † Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary

9 Oct Born Deogratias Muganwa Byabazaire Karujubu-Masindi Bishop of Hoima, Uganda

10 Oct Born Francis Kallarakal Kottapuram Bishop of Kottapuram, India

55.5 Died Leon Wetmański † Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland

11 Oct 44.3 Appointed Antoine-Marie Cazaux † Bishop of Luçon, France Bishop Emeritus

51.6 Appointed Eugène-Joseph-Marie Le Bellec † Bishop of Vannes, France Bishop Emeritus

Born Vincent Marius Joseph Peiris Moratuwa Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka

12 Oct 40.6 Ordained Bishop Carlo Baldini, O.M.D. † Bishop of Chiusi-Pienza, Italy

38.1 Ordained Bishop Alejandro Menchaca Lira † Bishop of Temuco, Chile Bishop Emeritus

14 Oct 32.0 Ordained Priest Pablo Ramírez Taboado, SS.CC. † Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Bishop of Huacho, Peru

15 Oct 67.4 Appointed Nicola Canali † Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere

25.2 Ordained Priest Rafael Angel González Ramírez † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Barinas, Venezuela

Born Wojciech Ziemba Wampierzów Archbishop of Warmia, Poland

16 Oct 58.1 Appointed Giacomo Uberto Goumans, O.S.Cr. † Titular Bishop of Lauzadus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bandung, Indonesia

58.1 Appointed Giacomo Uberto Goumans, O.S.Cr. † Vicar Apostolic of Bandung, Indonesia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

48.5 Appointed Michele Verhoeks, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palaestina Vicar Apostolic of Surabaia, Indonesia

48.5 Appointed Michele Verhoeks, C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Surabaia, Indonesia

17 Oct 65.8 Confirmed Christian Caminada † Bishop of Chur, Switzerland

76.0 Died Claude-Marie Chanrion, S. M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nouvelle-Calédonie, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)

64.9 Died Carlos Labbé Márquez † Bishop Emeritus of Iquique, Chile

Appointed Julio Tadeo Ramírez Ortiz † Vicar Apostolic of Chile, Military

18 Oct Born Leo Murphy Drona, S.D.B. Pangil Bishop of San Pablo, Philippines

19 Oct 49.1 Ordained Bishop Lorenz Jäger (Jaeger) † Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

22 Oct 46.7 Ordained Bishop Laurence Julius FitzSimon † Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA

53.4 Appointed Norberto Perini † Archbishop of Fermo, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

23 Oct 62.6 Died Louis-Joseph-Arthur Melanson † Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

24 Oct Born Peter Takeo Okada Ichikawa Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan

40.8 Appointed Henri-Marie-François Varin de la Brunelière, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Martinique (Fort-de-France e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles Archbishop Emeritus of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles

26 Oct 23.4 Ordained Priest Pablo Correa León † Priest of Bogotá, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Cúcuta, Colombia

27.4 Ordained Priest José Eugênio Corrêa Priest of Juiz de Fora, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

65.6 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe De Nicola † Titular Bishop of Pergamum Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

28.3 Ordained Priest Venmani S. Selvanather † Priest of Salem, India Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India

36.5 Ordained Bishop Edmond-Marie-Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Phatanus Archbishop Emeritus of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar

27 Oct Born Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap. Pamplona, Spain Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador

28 Oct Born Jean Gardin, C.S.Sp. Saint-Pois, France Prefect of Likouala, Congo

30 Oct 77.4 Died Sigismund Waitz † Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria

31 Oct 76.8 Died Daniel Foley † Bishop of Ballarat, Australia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	75.7	Appointed	Jules-Victor-Marie Pichon †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon	Bishop Emeritus of Les Cayes, Haïti
75.7	Retired	Jules-Victor-Marie Pichon †	Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
4 Sep		Born	José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda	Tepeji del Río	Bishop of Irapuato, México
7 Sep	37.4	Ordained Bishop	Luís Gonzaga da Cunha Marelim, C.M. †	Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
40.0	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Vendola †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
9 Sep	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Michael O'Reilly †	Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
45.8	Succeeded	François-Joseph Person †	Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti
	Born	Pedro Ercílio Simon		Bishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
13 Sep		Born	Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. †	Brescia	Bishop of Balsas, Maranho, Brazil
	Born	George Patrick Ziemann	Pasadena	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa in California, USA
14 Sep		Born	Héctor Guerrero Córdova, S.D.B.	Città del Messico	Prelate of Mixes, Oaxaca, México
48.2	Ordained Bishop	Stanislav Zela †	Titular Bishop of Harpasa	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
15 Sep	31.1	Appointed	Pedro Aguilera Narbona †	Bishop of Iquique, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
47.2	Appointed	Jaime de Barros Câmara †	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Born	Domenico Umberto D'Ambrosio	Peschici	Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
19 Sep		Born	Cornelius Schilder, M.H.M.	Westwoud, Netherlands	Bishop of Ngong, Kenya
20 Sep	25.6	Ordained Priest	Enrique Alvear Urrutia †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
25.1	Ordained Priest	Fernando (José Ismael) Errázuriz Gandarillas †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Auxiliary Bishop
25.8	Ordained Priest	Leonardo Gregorio Gallardo Heredia †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
25.9	Ordained Priest	Jacques Huynh Vân Cùa †	Priest	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Phú Cuong, Viêt Nam
22 Sep		Born	Colin David Campbell	Dunedin	Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand
	Born	José Miguel Ángel Giles Vázquez †	Coatepec Harinas	Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México
47.6	Succeeded	Urbain Etienne Morlion, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	Born	Lucio Angelo Renna, O. Carm.	San Pietro Vernotico	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
83.2	Retired	Victor Roelens, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
23 Sep	65.7	Appointed	Christian Caminada †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
24 Sep	54.9	Appointed	Paul Chevrier †	Bishop of Cahors, France	Bishop Emeritus
61.3	Appointed	Auguste Joseph Gaudel †	Bishop of Fréjus, France	Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus-Toulon, France
45.8	Died	François-Joseph Person †	Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti
25 Sep		Born	Diego Coletti	Milan	Bishop of Como, Italy
	Born	Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap.	Nagadolok	Coadjutor Archbishop of Medan, Indonesia
26 Sep		Born	Girulfus Kherubim Pareira, S.V.D.	Lela	Bishop of Maumere, Indonesia
27 Sep	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Denis J. Moynihan †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Kerry, Ireland
28 Sep		Born	Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B.	Tielen	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
29 Sep		Born	Hans-Jochen Jaschke	Beuthen/Oberschlesien	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamburg, Germany
	Born	Barry Philip Jones	North Canterbury	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
73.4	Died	Carlos Silva Cotapos †	Bishop Emeritus of Talca, Chile
2 Oct		Born	Michael Gregory Campbell, O.S.A.	Larne Co. Antrim	Coadjutor Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
3 Oct	60.0	Appointed	Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla †	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, San Luís Potosí, México
	Born	Cándido Cárdenas Villalba	Supucia	Bishop of Benjamín Aceval, Paraguay
65.5	Appointed	Giuseppe De Nicola †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.5	Appointed	Giuseppe De Nicola †	Titular Bishop of Pergamum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	Born	José Palmeiro Mendes, O.S.B.		Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
64.8	Appointed	Enrique Pla y Deniel †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
57.8	Died	Georg Weig, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China
5 Oct	25.3	Ordained Priest	Albert Descamps †	Priest	Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
7 Oct		Born	Giuseppe Guerrini	Cuneo	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
	Born	Manual Pelino Domingues	Lentisqueira	Bishop of Santarém, Portugal
8 Oct	77.0	Died	Lorenzo Lauri †	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
9 Oct		Born	Deogratias Muganwa Byabazaire	Karujubu-Masindi	Bishop of Hoima, Uganda
10 Oct		Born	Francis Kallarakal	Kottapuram	Bishop of Kottapuram, India
55.5	Died	Leon Wetmański †	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
11 Oct	44.3	Appointed	Antoine-Marie Cazaux †	Bishop of Luçon, France	Bishop Emeritus
51.6	Appointed	Eugène-Joseph-Marie Le Bellec †	Bishop of Vannes, France	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Vincent Marius Joseph Peiris	Moratuwa	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
12 Oct	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Baldini, O.M.D. †	Bishop of Chiusi-Pienza, Italy
38.1	Ordained Bishop	Alejandro Menchaca Lira †	Bishop of Temuco, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
14 Oct	32.0	Ordained Priest	Pablo Ramírez Taboado, SS.CC. †	Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Bishop of Huacho, Peru
15 Oct	67.4	Appointed	Nicola Canali †	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere
25.2	Ordained Priest	Rafael Angel González Ramírez †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Barinas, Venezuela
	Born	Wojciech Ziemba	Wampierzów	Archbishop of Warmia, Poland
16 Oct	58.1	Appointed	Giacomo Uberto Goumans, O.S.Cr. †	Titular Bishop of Lauzadus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bandung, Indonesia
58.1	Appointed	Giacomo Uberto Goumans, O.S.Cr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bandung, Indonesia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
48.5	Appointed	Michele Verhoeks, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palaestina	Vicar Apostolic of Surabaia, Indonesia
48.5	Appointed	Michele Verhoeks, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Surabaia, Indonesia
17 Oct	65.8	Confirmed	Christian Caminada †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
76.0	Died	Claude-Marie Chanrion, S. M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nouvelle-Calédonie, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
64.9	Died	Carlos Labbé Márquez †	Bishop Emeritus of Iquique, Chile
	Appointed	Julio Tadeo Ramírez Ortiz †	Vicar Apostolic of Chile, Military
18 Oct		Born	Leo Murphy Drona, S.D.B.	Pangil	Bishop of San Pablo, Philippines
19 Oct	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Lorenz Jäger (Jaeger) †	Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
22 Oct	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Laurence Julius FitzSimon †	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA
53.4	Appointed	Norberto Perini †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Oct	62.6	Died	Louis-Joseph-Arthur Melanson †	Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
24 Oct		Born	Peter Takeo Okada	Ichikawa	Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan
40.8	Appointed	Henri-Marie-François Varin de la Brunelière, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Martinique (Fort-de-France e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles
26 Oct	23.4	Ordained Priest	Pablo Correa León †	Priest of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Cúcuta, Colombia
27.4	Ordained Priest	José Eugênio Corrêa	Priest of Juiz de Fora, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
65.6	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe De Nicola †	Titular Bishop of Pergamum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
28.3	Ordained Priest	Venmani S. Selvanather †	Priest of Salem, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
36.5	Ordained Bishop	Edmond-Marie-Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Phatanus	Archbishop Emeritus of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar
27 Oct		Born	Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap.	Pamplona, Spain	Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador
28 Oct		Born	Jean Gardin, C.S.Sp.	Saint-Pois, France	Prefect of Likouala, Congo
30 Oct	77.4	Died	Sigismund Waitz †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
31 Oct	76.8	Died	Daniel Foley †	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia

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