The Year of Our Lord 1951

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Pedro Pablo Andrade Sanchez, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Galápagos, Ecuador
	72.1	Died	Anselmo Federico Catalán, O.S.B. †	Abbot of New Norcia, Australia
	64.5	Resigned	André-Jean-François Defebvre, C.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Yongjia/Wenzhou [Yungkia], China	Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo], China
		Resigned	Matteo Farrelly, C.S.Sp.	Superior of Gambia	Superior Emeritus
	58.8	Resigned	Felipe Antonio Gallego Gorgojo, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	42.4	Appointed	Anselmo Giabbani, O.S.B. †	Prior General of Order of Saint Benedict	Prior General Emeritus
	53.0	Resigned	Joseph Kao †	Prefect of Chowchich [Zhouzhi], China	Prefect Emeritus
	60.8	Appointed	Gyözö Simon Macalik †	Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania
	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Gyözö Simon Macalik †	Titular Bishop of Azotus	Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania
	61.8	Appointed	Salvador Martinez Silva †	Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
	53.8	Appointed	José de Jesús Martinez Vargas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Armenia, Colombia
	38.6	Appointed	MIchael Joseph Moloney, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Bathurst in Gambia	Bishop Emeritus of Banjul, Gambia
		Born	Salesius Mugambi	Egandene	Bishop of Meru, Kenya
	81.0	Died	Hendrik Nollen, M.S.C. †	Prefect Emeritus of Nuova Guinea Olandese, Indonesia
		Died	Salvatore Pane, C.M. †	Prefect of Tigrai, Ethiopia
	53.5	Resigned	Antonio Riberi †	Apostolic Nuncio to China	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Spain
	49.0	Appointed	Gabriel Sortais, O.C.S.O. †	Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance
1 Jan		Born	Carlos Garfias Merlos	Tuxpan	Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Ján Eugen Kočiš	Priest of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)
	75.6	Died	Giuseppe Migone †	Secret Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities
	60.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Pronti †	Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
		Born	José Benedito Simão	Caçapava	Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 Jan	29.8	Ordained Bishop	Pavel Mária Hnilica, S.J. †	Bishop	Titular Bishop of Rusadus
3 Jan	84.1	Died	Gregorio Bahabaninian †	Bishop of Ancira (Angora) (Armenian), Turkey
3 Jan	53.0	Appointed	Giacomo Palombella †	Bishop of Calvi e Teano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Matera, Italy
5 Jan		Born	Fausto Tardelli	Lucca	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
	52.9	Appointed	Pietro Zuccarino †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bobbio (-Abbey of San Colombano), Italy	Bishop
	52.9	Appointed	Pietro Zuccarino †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia	Bishop of Bobbio (-Abbey of San Colombano), Italy
6 Jan		Born	Maroun Nasser Gemayel	Aïn-Kharroubé	Bishop of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris (Maronite), France
6 Jan		Born	Cataldo Naro †	San Cataldo	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
8 Jan	73.2	Died	Alexander Chulaparambil †	Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese), India
8 Jan	51.7	Succeeded	Thomas Tharayil †	Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese), India	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan	56.0	Appointed	Albert François Cousineau, C.S.C. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti	Bishop
10 Jan	56.0	Appointed	Albert François Cousineau, C.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Vartana	Bishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
11 Jan	58.5	Appointed	Costantino Maria Attilio Barneschi, O.S.M. †	Bishop of Bremersdorp, Swaziland	Bishop of Manzini, Swaziland
	41.6	Appointed	Aurelian (Josef) Bilgeri, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Eshowe, South Africa
	53.1	Appointed	Hugh Boyle †	Bishop of Port Elizabeth, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa
	44.9	Appointed	Joseph Delphis Des Rosiers, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Maseru, Lesotho	Bishop Emeritus of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho
	43.3	Appointed	John Colburn Garner †	Archbishop of Pretoria, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus
	54.1	Appointed	Joseph Grueter, C.M.M. †	Bishop of Umtata, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	43.9	Appointed	Bruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C. †	Bishop of Oudtshoorn, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	35.2	Appointed	Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Durban, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.0	Appointed	Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	41.7	Appointed	Johannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I. †	Bishop of Aliwal, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	47.8	Appointed	John Evangelist McBride, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	43.5	Appointed	Owen McCann †	Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	64.3	Appointed	Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus
	55.3	Appointed	Eris Norman Michael O’Brien †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus	Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia
		Born	Héctor Javier Pizarro Acevedo, O.A.R.	Medellin	Vicar Apostolic of Trinidad, Colombia
	49.1	Appointed	Johannes Riegler, M.F.S.C. †	Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa
	47.8	Appointed	John Baptist Rosenthal, S.A.C. †	Bishop of Queenstown, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	57.1	Appointed	Alphonse Streit, C.M.M. †	Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Philip Tartaglia	Glasgow	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
	52.5	Appointed	Henry Joseph Thünemann, O.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Keimoes, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	40.4	Appointed	Gerard Marie Franciscus van Velsen, O.P. †	Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	43.7	Appointed	William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Johannesburg, South Africa	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
12 Jan	61.3	Appointed	Diego Venini †	Secret Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities	Secret Almoner Emeritus
12 Jan	61.3	Appointed	Diego Venini †	Titular Archbishop of Adana	Secret Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
13 Jan	39.2	Appointed	Maxim Hermaniuk, C.SS.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Manitoba (Ukrainian), Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
	39.2	Appointed	Maxim Hermaniuk, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Sinna	Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
	79.3	Died	Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
	66.8	Appointed	Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	66.8	Confirmed	Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant †	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	62.0	Appointed	Pietro Villa, F.S.C.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia, Italy
	43.7	Appointed	Petrus Canisius Jean van Lierde, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	43.7	Appointed	Petrus Canisius Jean van Lierde, O.S.A. †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Official Emeritus
14 Jan	35.0	Ordained Priest	Christophe Adimou †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
		Born	Jean-Luc Brunin	Roubaix	Bishop of Le Havre, France
	28.7	Ordained Priest	Bernardin Gantin †	Priest of Cotonou, Benin	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Cornelius Lucey †	Titular Bishop of Sila	Bishop Emeritus of Cork and Ross, Ireland
	32.0	Ordained Priest	Bernard Oguki-Atakpah †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Atakpamé, Togo
		Born	Pascal Marie Roland	Chatou	Bishop of Belley-Ars, France
17 Jan	68.2	Died	Franziskus Xaver Hennemann, S.A.C. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa
19 Jan		Born	Gonzalo Galván Castillo	León	Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México
	66.5	Died	Lorenzo Giacomo Inglese, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
	57.1	Died	Heinrich Metzroth †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
	46.8	Appointed	René-Louis-Marie Stourm †	Bishop of Amiens, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
20 Jan		Born	Nikola Eterović	Pucisca	Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops
	75.4	Appointed	Edward Myers †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	75.4	Appointed	Edward Myers †	Titular Archbishop of Beroea	Coadjutor Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
23 Jan		Born	Miguel Angel Alba Díaz	Monterrey	Bishop of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México
	46.7	Succeeded	George Andrew Beck, A.A. †	Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
	85.3	Died	Arthur Doubleday †	Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain
		Born	Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap.	La Pedregoza	Bishop of Machiques, Venezuela
	46.9	Appointed	Patrick James Skinner, C.I.M. †	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
24 Jan		Born	Rogelio Cabrera López	Santa Catalina	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
25 Jan		Born	Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M.	Vernon	Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
26 Jan	42.0	Appointed	William Francis Kupfer, M.M. †	Prefect of Taichung, Taiwan	Bishop Emeritus of Taichung, Taiwan
26 Jan	71.1	Appointed	Clemente Micara †	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
27 Jan	46.0	Appointed	John Carmel Heenan †	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
28 Jan	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Wilhelm Cleven †	Titular Bishop of Sasima	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
28 Jan	60.1	Died	Pietro Doimo Munzani †	Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
1 Feb	64.5	Appointed	Raffaele Angelo Palazzi, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thignica	Bishop Emeritus of Hengyang [Hengchow], China
	64.5	Resigned	Raffaele Angelo Palazzi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Hengyang [Hengchow], China	Bishop Emeritus
	72.3	Appointed	Settimio Peroni †	Titular Archbishop of Viminacium	Bishop Emeritus of Norcia, Italy
	72.3	Resigned	Settimio Peroni †	Bishop of Norcia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
2 Feb	25.1	Ordained Priest	Lélis Lara, C.SS.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	73.4	Appointed	Pio Leonardo Navarra, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Archbishop of Beroë	Bishop Emeritus of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
	73.4	Resigned	Pio Leonardo Navarra, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
3 Feb	51.9	Appointed	Agostino D’Arco †	Coadjutor Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Bishop
	51.9	Appointed	Agostino D’Arco †	Titular Bishop of Thennesus	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Octaviano Márquez y Tóriz †	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, Puebla, México
4 Feb	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Mariano Vega Mestre †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
4 Feb	61.3	Ordained Bishop	Diego Venini †	Titular Archbishop of Adana	Secret Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
5 Feb	41.1	Appointed	Joseph Lennox Federal †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salt Lake, Utah, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
5 Feb	41.1	Appointed	Joseph Lennox Federal †	Titular Bishop of Appiaria	Bishop Emeritus of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
7 Feb	73.4	Died	Florent-Michel-Marie-Joseph du Bois de la Villerabel †	Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
	45.6	Appointed	Biagio Musto †	Coadjutor Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy	Bishop
	45.6	Appointed	Biagio Musto †	Titular Bishop of Bassiana	Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
8 Feb	53.0	Appointed	Cesar Francesco Benedetti, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cuevo, Bolivia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	53.0	Appointed	Cesar Francesco Benedetti, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tiddi	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cuevo, Bolivia
	54.6	Appointed	Camilo Plácido Crous y Salichs, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sibundoy, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	37.6	Appointed	Nicolas Pierre van der Westen, SS.CC. †	Vicar Apostolic of Pangkal-Pinang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Pangkal-Pinang, Indonesia
	37.6	Appointed	Nicolas Pierre van der Westen, SS.CC. †	Titular Bishop of Bladia	Bishop Emeritus of Pangkal-Pinang, Indonesia
	46.4	Appointed	Arturo Vélez Martínez †	Bishop of Toluca, México, México	Bishop Emeritus
9 Feb	39.4	Appointed	Eugene Fahy, S.J. †	Prefect of Yangzhou [Yangchow], China	Prefect Emeritus
9 Feb		Born	Anthony Swamy Thomasappa	Mariannapalaya	Bishop of Chikmagalur, India
10 Feb	66.2	Appointed	Pál Endre Sárközy, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary
11 Feb	45.7	Appointed	Francesco Carpino †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Monreale, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
	45.7	Appointed	Francesco Carpino †	Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
	32.8	Ordained Priest	Peter Poreku Dery †	Priest of Wa, Ghana	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Sergio Pignedoli †	Titular Archbishop of Iconium	Cardinal, President of the Secretariat of Non-Christians
	39.7	Appointed	Pasquale Venezia †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy
	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Zuccarino †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia	Bishop of Bobbio (-Abbey of San Colombano), Italy
13 Feb	70.8	Died	Teodoro Kubina †	Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Dominic Tang Yee-ming, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Elatea	Archbishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China
	50.7	Appointed	Manuel Yap †	Bishop of Capiz, Philippines	Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines
16 Feb		Born	Franz-Josef Hermann Bode	Paderborn	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
		Born	Elías Samuel Bolaños Avelar, S.D.B.	Cutumay	Bishop of Zacatecoluca, El Salvador
	73.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Pizzardo †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
17 Feb	24.6	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Arabia, Yemen
	32.9	Ordained Priest	Cipriano Biyehima Kihangire †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda
	70.1	Appointed	Teófilo José Pereira de Andrade, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Urusi	Bishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique
	70.1	Resigned	Teófilo José Pereira de Andrade, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Nampula, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus
18 Feb	57.9	Succeeded	Jozef Willem Maria Baeten †	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
18 Feb	85.5	Died	Pieter Adriaan Willem Hopmans †	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands
19 Feb	45.7	Appointed	Juan Ricote Alonso †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain
19 Feb	45.7	Appointed	Juan Ricote Alonso †	Titular Bishop of Miletopolis	Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain
20 Feb	54.8	Appointed	Luís António Palha Teixeira, O.P. †	Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus of Marabá, Para, Brazil
20 Feb	54.8	Appointed	Luís António Palha Teixeira, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Lunda	Prelate Emeritus of Marabá, Para, Brazil
21 Feb	48.8	Appointed	Ferdinand Lacretelle, S.J. †	Prefect of Haizhou [Haichow, Donghai, Tunghai], China	Prefect Emeritus
21 Feb	66.8	Died	John Baptist Wang Tseng-yi (Uamzemi), C.M. †	Bishop of Anguo [Ankwo], China
22 Feb	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Laurent Sahag Koguian (Kogy), C.M.Vd. †	Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae	Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
22 Feb	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Schexnayder †	Titular Bishop of Tuscamia	Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
24 Feb	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Luis Cabrera Cruz †	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México
	55.9	Appointed	Hailé Mariam Cahsai †	Apostolic Exarch of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Bishop of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
	55.9	Appointed	Hailé Mariam Cahsai †	Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Libya	Bishop of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
	76.0	Died	Domenico Della Vedova †	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
	61.9	Appointed	Ghebre Jesus Jacob †	Apostolic Exarch of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
	61.9	Appointed	Ghebre Jesus Jacob †	Titular Bishop of Erythrum	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Corrado Mingo †	Bishop of Trapani, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy
	61.6	Appointed	Joseph Rabbani †	Titular Archbishop of Nacolia	Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
25 Feb	22.6	Ordained Priest	Antonio Forte, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy
		Born	Paulo Mendes Peixoto	Imbé	Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	63.2	Ordained Bishop	Patrick O’Boyle †	Bishop of Killala, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	73.2	Appointed	Alfredo Verzosa y Florentin †	Titular Bishop of Capsa	Bishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines
	73.2	Retired	Alfredo Verzosa y Florentin †	Bishop of Lipa, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Petrus Canisius Jean van Lierde, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
26 Feb		Born	John Gerard Noonan	Limerick, Ireland	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA
27 Feb		Born	William Enrique Delgado Silva	Caracas	Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela
27 Feb	50.9	Appointed	Dino Luigi Romoli, O.P. †	Bishop of Pescia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus