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The Year of Our Lord 1948

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
Nov40.1AppointedAdalbert (Bela) BorosTitular Bishop of RessianaTitular Archbishop
4 Nov37.1InstalledClaude-Constant-Marie FlusinBishop of Saint-Claude, FranceBishop Emeritus
75.7DiedFilippo Perlo, I.M.C. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kenya, Kenya
BornJan Karol TyrawaBishop Emeritus of Bydgoszcz, Poland
6 Nov BornSergio Pagano, B.Prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Archive
7 Nov24.5Ordained PriestJorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M. †Priest of Congregation of the MissionBishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala
24.6Ordained PriestRafael Bellido CaroPriest of Sevilla {Seville}, SpainBishop Emeritus of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
BornAntônio Augusto Dias DuarteAuxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
43.3Ordained BishopLeo PietschTitular Bishop of NaronaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria
8 Nov41.4AppointedKároly GombosAuxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, HungaryPriest
41.4AppointedKároly GombosTitular Bishop of MedabaPriest
9 Nov54.0AppointedJoseph Francis FlannellyAuxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
54.0AppointedJoseph Francis FlannellyTitular Bishop of MetelisAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
BornClyde Martin HarveyBishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles
46.4Ordained BishopHenri-Louis-Toussaint VionTitular Bishop of GeraraBishop Emeritus of Poitiers, France
10 Nov76.0AppointedFrancis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C. †Titular Bishop of ParosBishop of Darwin, Australia
76.0RetiredFrancis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C. †Bishop of Darwin, Australia
11 Nov35.7AppointedThomas Vincent CahillBishop of Cairns, AustraliaArchbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia
52.7AppointedJacques Pessers, S.V.D. †Vicar Apostolic of Atambua, IndonesiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
49.6InstalledTomás Juan Carlos SolariArchbishop of La Plata, Argentina
57.0AppointedAntonio Ludovico Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, AntillesVicar Apostolic Emeritus
57.0AppointedAntonio Ludovico Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P. †Titular Bishop of AchollaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
12 NovAppointedSebastião (Sebastián) Acosta Hurtado, O.P. †Prefect of Canelos, EcuadorPrefect Emeritus
47.6AppointedPatrick Thomas Brennan, S.S.C.M.E. †Prefect of Kwoszu, Korea (South)Prefect of Kwangju, Korea (South)
52.1AppointedThomas F. Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. †Prefect of Chunchon, Korea (South)Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)
47.2AppointedBl. Stefan WyszyńskiCardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
47.2AppointedBl. Stefan WyszyńskiArchbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, PolandCardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
13 NovBornRodolfo Fontiveros BeltranBishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
BornCarlos Humberto MalfaBishop Emeritus of Chascomús, Argentina
41.6AppointedManuel TatoAuxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
41.6AppointedManuel TatoTitular Bishop of AulonBishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
60.6DiedRichard Turner, M.H.M. †Superior Emeritus of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia
51.5AppointedAlfonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C. †Prelate of Pinheiro, Maranhão, BrazilPrelate Emeritus
51.5AppointedAlfonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C. †Titular Bishop of AzuraPrelate Emeritus of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil
14 Nov BornJuan de Dios Hernández Ruiz, S.J.Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
16 Nov52.0AppointedIoan Maria Duma, O.F.M. Conv. †Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis
17 Nov BornEliseo Antonio AriottiApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Paraguay
18 Nov BornAlain Émile Baptiste PlanetBishop Emeritus of Carcassonne et Narbonne, France
19 NovAppointedJean François Waterschoot, O.F.M. †Prefect of Lac Moero, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Prefect Emeritus
20 Nov61.6AppointedArmand-Etienne M. Blanquet du Chayla, O.C.D. †Apostolic Delegate to IraqArchbishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq
BornJohn (Gordon) MacWilliam, M. Afr.Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
21 Nov36.1Ordained BishopJosé Alves de Sá TrindadeBishop of Bonfim, Bahia, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Montes Claros, Brazil
46.5Ordained BishopJosé Lázaro Neves, C.M. †Titular Bishop of AbariBishop Emeritus of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
37.0AppointedIoan PloscaruTitular Bishop of TrapezopolisBishop Emeritus of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
32.8Ordained PriestLeo Tigga, S.J. †Priest of Society of JesusBishop of Raiganj, India
27 Nov40.5AppointedPedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla, S.D.B. †Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador
48.6AppointedGiovanni UrbaniTitular Archbishop of SardesCardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
28 Nov36.0Ordained BishopLuis do Amaral MousinhoBishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, BrazilArchbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24.8Ordained PriestRené Fernández ApazaPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
71.9DiedDominique Maria Hồ Ngọc CẩnVicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
24.2Ordained PriestCarlos Milcíades Villalba AquinoPriestBishop Emeritus of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
28.7Ordained PriestVicente Faustino ZazpePriest of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaArchbishop of Santa Fe, Argentina
30 Nov42.9Ordained BishopStephen Anthony Appelhans, S.V.D. †Titular Bishop of CatulaVicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
36.8Ordained BishopLeo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. †Titular Bishop of BucellusArchbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
51.8Ordained BishopHeinrich GleumesTitular Bishop of CissitaAuxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
43.0Ordained BishopRéginald-André-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P. †Titular Bishop of CerasaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam
45.2Ordained BishopCarl Joseph LeiprechtTitular Bishop of ScyrusBishop Emeritus of Rottenburg, Germany
37.0Ordained BishopIoan PloscaruTitular Bishop of TrapezopolisBishop Emeritus of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
Dec30.8Ordained PriestPaul Guo WenzhiPriestBishop Emeritus of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China
1 Dec BornHeriberto Cavazos PérezAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
BornGaetano Di Pierro, S.C.I.Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar
2 DecBornRobert Francis Christian, O.P. †Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
BornGebhard FürstBishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
3 Dec BornSérgio Arthur BraschiBishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
31.8Ordained Priest[Benedict Cai Xiufeng]PriestBishop of Wuzhou [Wuchow], China
4 Dec BornRobert Daniel ConlonBishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
25.2ConvertedJoseph Lawson HowzeBishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
5 Dec24.1Ordained PriestManuel Edmilson da CruzPriest of Sobral, Ceara, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
23.5Ordained PriestJosé Mauro Ramalho de Alarcón SantiagoPriest of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil
24.8Ordained PriestPaulino Reale ChirinaPriest of Mendoza, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus of Venado Tuerto, Argentina
7 Dec24.6Ordained DeaconGheorghe GuţiuDeaconBishop Emeritus of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
8 Dec BornSofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S.Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines
23.6Ordained PriestMiguel Fenelon Câmara FilhoPriest of Fortaleza, Ceara, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
24.0Ordained PriestGerardo de Andrade PontePriestBishop Emeritus of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil
24.7Ordained PriestJosé de LimaPriestBishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
52.0Ordained BishopIoan Maria Duma, O.F.M. Conv. †Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis
24.6Ordained PriestGheorghe GuţiuPriestBishop Emeritus of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
46.3Ordained BishopGeorges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. †Titular Bishop of CelerinaBishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria
32.5Ordained PriestAltivo Pacheco RibeiroPriestBishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
28.1Ordained PriestBenedito de Ulhôa VieiraPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9 Dec50.9AppointedHugh BoyleVicar Apostolic of Port Elizabeth, South AfricaBishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa
50.9AppointedHugh BoyleTitular Bishop of BagaiBishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa
46.4AppointedJohn Baptist Choi Deok-hong (Choe, Tchoi)Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)
46.4AppointedJohn Baptist Choi Deok-hong (Choe, Tchoi)Titular Bishop of AnthedonVicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)
38.3AppointedCharles Dauvin, S.J. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
38.3AppointedCharles Dauvin, S.J. †Titular Bishop of AmyzonCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
54.2AppointedAlfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S. †Vicar Apostolic of California Inferiore, MéxicoBishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
54.2AppointedAlfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S. †Titular Bishop of LiparaBishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
41.8AppointedBruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C. †Vicar Apostolic of Oudtshoorn, South AfricaBishop Emeritus of Oudtshoorn, South Africa
41.8AppointedBruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C. †Titular Bishop of AboraBishop Emeritus of Oudtshoorn, South Africa
71.3ResignedLéon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. †Vicar Apostolic of Bethlehem, South AfricaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
43.7AppointedLucien Bernard Lacoste, S.C.I. di Béth. †Bishop of Dali [Tali], ChinaBishop Emeritus
52.3ResignedJean-Baptiste Magenties, S.C.I. di Béth. †Prefect of Tali [Dali], ChinaPrefect Emeritus
58.6AppointedGiuseppe Obert, P.I.M.E. †Bishop of Dinajpur, BangladeshBishop Emeritus
51.8AppointedPatrick Mary O’DonnellCoadjutor Archbishop of Brisbane, AustraliaArchbishop Emeritus
51.8AppointedPatrick Mary O’DonnellTitular Archbishop of PelusiumArchbishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
47.0AppointedJohannes Riegler, M.F.S.C. †Titular Bishop of BitaBishop of Lydenburg, South Africa
47.0AppointedJohannes Riegler, M.F.S.C. †Vicar Apostolic of Lydenburg, South AfricaBishop of Lydenburg, South Africa
10 DecBornJoseph Angelo GrechBishop of Sandhurst, Australia
11 Dec58.0AppointedPietro Doimo MunzaniTitular Archbishop of TyanaArchbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
58.0ResignedPietro Doimo MunzaniArchbishop of Zadar (Zara), CroatiaArchbishop Emeritus
65.0AppointedEnrique Pérez SerantesArchbishop of Santiago de Cuba
47.9AppointedCarlos Riu AnglésBishop of Camagüey, CubaBishop Emeritus
BornFlorentinus Sului Hajang Hau, M.S.F. †Archbishop of Samarinda, Indonesia
12 Dec44.4Ordained BishopAntônio de Almeida Moraes JuniorBishop of Montes Claros, BrazilArchbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
24.2Ordained PriestHerberto Celso AngeloPriestAuxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
40.2Ordained BishopAdalbert (Bela) BorosTitular Bishop of RessianaTitular Archbishop
25.9Ordained PriestMiguel Esteban HesaynePriest of Azul, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus of Viedma, Argentina
34.4Ordained BishopFrancisco Expedito LopesBishop of Oeiras, BrazilBishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
14 Dec BornMichel Abrass, B.A.Archbishop Emeritus of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
15 Dec50.7ResignedJoachim (Alois) Ammann, O.S.B. †Abbot of Ndanda, TanzaniaAbbot Emeritus
BornAntonino Eugénio Fernandes DiasBishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal
BornAmbroise OuédraogoBishop of Maradi, Niger
16 Dec54.1Ordained BishopJoseph Francis FlannellyTitular Bishop of MetelisAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
BornCésar Augusto Franco MartínezBishop of Segovia, Spain
79.0DiedCarlo Pensa, O.Ss.C.A. †Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
17 Dec46.3AppointedWilliam Edward CousinsAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USAArchbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
46.3AppointedWilliam Edward CousinsTitular Bishop of FormaArchbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
41.8AppointedPaternus Nicholas Joannes Cornelius Geise, O.F.M. †Prefect of Sukabumi, IndonesiaBishop Emeritus of Bogor, Indonesia
50.5AppointedMartin Dewey McNamaraBishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
44.9AppointedWilliam Aloysius O’ConnorBishop of Springfield in Illinois, USABishop Emeritus
18 Dec24.0Ordained PriestRomán Arrieta VillalobosPriest of San José de Costa RicaArchbishop Emeritus
26.0Ordained PriestHeraldo Camilo A. BarottoPriestAuxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
24.9Ordained PriestAngelo Cella, M.S.C. †Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of JesusBishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
25.1Ordained PriestLouis Pierre Joseph CornetPriest of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), FranceBishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
24.9Ordained PriestEugene James Cuskelly, M.S.C. †Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of JesusAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
31.6Ordained PriestRicardo Durand Flórez, S.J. †Priest of Society of JesusBishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru
30.3Ordained PriestKarl Heinz JacobyPriest of Trier, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25.1Ordained PriestCarlos Talavera RamírezPriest of México, Federal DistrictBishop Emeritus of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México
23.5Ordained PriestThomas Joseph WinningPriest of Motherwell, Scotland, Great BritainCardinal, Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
19 DecBornEnemésio Ângelo Lazzaris, F.D.P. †Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil
26.2Ordained PriestRamón Malla CallPriestBishop Emeritus of Lleida, Spain
20 Dec78.5DiedJacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse, M.E.P. †Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
21 Dec BornCarlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M.Bishop of Jinotega, Nicaragua
22 Dec73.0DiedKarel KmetkoBishop of Nitra, Slovakia
BornJohannes Liku Ada’Archbishop of Makassar, Indonesia
23 DecBornVictor Selvino ArenhartBishop of Oberá, Argentina
24 Dec BornMenghesteab Tesfamariam, M.C.C.I.Archbishop of Asmara (Eritrean), Eritrea
26 Dec44.9SucceededManuel Martín del Campo PadillaBishop of León, Guanajuato, MéxicoArchbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
25.2Ordained PriestGabino Peral de la Torre, O.S.A. †Priest of Order of St. AugustineVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iquitos, Peru
84.8DiedEmeterio Valverde y TéllezBishop of León, Guanajuato, México
27 Dec52.7SucceededFrancisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, MoroccoArchbishop Emeritus of Tanger, Morocco
85.3DiedJosé María Betanzos y Hormaechevarría, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco
54.0DiedFerdinand DirichsBishop of Limburg, Germany
67.2AppointedCarlo StoppaBishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
28 Dec78.8DiedErnesto Coppo, S.D.B. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kimberley in Western Australia
38.3DiedCharles Dauvin, S.J. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
BornGeorge Vance Murry, S.J. †Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
29 Dec46.7AppointedCharles-Marie HimmerBishop of Tournai {Doornik}, BelgiumBishop Emeritus
30 Dec57.2Ordained BishopAntonio Ludovico Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P. †Titular Bishop of AchollaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
31 Dec82.0DiedMarie-Eugène-Auguste-Charles Foulquier, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar

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