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The Year of Our Lord 1929

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 Mar41.1AppointedMarcolino Esmeraldo de Souza DantasBishop of Natal, BrazilArchbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
52.8AppointedGiovanni Battista Federico VallegaTitular Archbishop of Nicopolis in EpiroArchbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
52.8ResignedGiovanni Battista Federico VallegaArchbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
2 MarBornNikol Joseph CauchiBishop Emeritus of Gozo, Malta
BornLuigi ContiApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
3 Mar71.4ResignedDamien Grangeon, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Quinhon, Viet NamVicar Apostolic Emeritus
44.4Ordained BishopJoseph Georges Edouard Michaud, M. Afr. †Titular Bishop of ZabiVicar Apostolic of Uganda
4 MarBornArmando Amaral Dos SantosBishop of Benguela, Angola
8 Mar37.5AppointedEdwin Vincent ByrneBishop of San Juan de Puerto RicoArchbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
BornFrancisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC. †Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
38.3EnteredThomas Tien Ken-hsin (Tienchensing), S.V.D. †Priest of Society of the Divine WordCardinal, Archbishop of Beijing [Peking], China
42.8AppointedAloysius Joseph Willinger, C.SS.R. †Bishop of Ponce, Puerto RicoBishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA
9 Mar50.5InstalledMaurice-Louis DubourgBishop of Marseille, FranceArchbishop of Besançon, France
BornSebastian MankuzhikaryBishop of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabar), India
BornJosé Crisologo SorraBishop Emeritus of Legazpi, Philippines
10 Mar53.3InstalledJean-Marie JanBishop of Cap-Haïtien, HaïtiBishop Emeritus
44.8Ordained BishopManuel López AranaTitular Bishop of CuriumApostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
11 MarBornPier Giacomo De NicolòApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
45.3AppointedValerio ValeriApostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of CyprusCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
12 Mar44.2Ordained BishopRobert John ArmstrongBishop of Sacramento, California, USA
58.1InstalledNikolaus BaresBishop of Hildesheim, GermanyBishop of Berlin, Germany
67.3AppointedCamillo LaurentiCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
52.2Ordained BishopCamille PicBishop of Gap, FranceBishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France
15 MarBornJosé Lambert Filho, C.S.S. †Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
16 Mar22.2Ordained PriestRaffaele CalabriaPriestArchbishop of Benevento, Italy
17 Mar25.1Ordained PriestClarence Edward ElwellPriest of Cleveland, Ohio, USABishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
BornLeopold NowakBishop Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany
59.1Ordained BishopFeliciano Rocha PizarroTitular Bishop of ArethusaBishop of Plasencia, Spain
46.0AppointedGregor RožmanCoadjutor Bishop of Ljubljana, SloveniaBishop
46.0AppointedGregor RožmanTitular Bishop of SemtaBishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
39.9Ordained BishopBernard James Sullivan, S.J. †Bishop of Patna, IndiaBishop Emeritus
18 Mar57.7AppointedAnge-Marie (Paul) Hiral, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Canale di Suez {Suez Canal}, EgyptVicar Apostolic of Port-Said, Egypt
57.7AppointedAnge-Marie (Paul) Hiral, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of SululosVicar Apostolic of Port-Said, Egypt
60.9AppointedBurkhard Huwiler, M. Afr. †Vicar Apostolic of Bukoba, TanzaniaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
60.9AppointedBurkhard Huwiler, M. Afr. †Titular Bishop of VazariVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania
57.6AppointedWenceslas Joseph Kinold, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Sapporo, JapanVicar Apostolic Emeritus
57.6AppointedWenceslas Joseph Kinold, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of PanemotichusVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sapporo, Japan
53.0AppointedAnton Oomen, M. Afr. †Vicar Apostolic of Mwanza, TanzaniaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
53.0AppointedAnton Oomen, M. Afr. †Titular Bishop of ZattaraVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania
BornMichael Vincent Paschal Rowland, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Dundee, South Africa
19 Mar63.2Ordained BishopPaul Justin CawetTitular Bishop of Hemeria (Himeria)Coadjutor Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
22.8Ordained PriestLino Rasdesales GonzagaPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
54.7Ordained BishopJohn Francis O’HernBishop of Rochester, New York, USA
20 MarBornLeo Joseph WhitePrefect Emeritus of Garissa, Kenya
21 MarBornVinzenz GuggenbergerAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg, Germany
26 Mar63.0DiedAurelio GalliCardinal, Official of the Secretariat of State
BornBonaventure Patrick Paul, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad in Pakistan
BornNatalino PescaroloBishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy
28 MarBornJohn Raphael QuinnArchbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
30 Mar59.9DiedCarlo Gregorio Maria Grasso, O.S.B. †Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
23.2Ordained PriestSergio GuerriPriest of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, ItalyCardinal, Pro-President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
24.6Ordained PriestGiovanni Battista PardiniPriest of Chiavari, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
31 Mar68.0DiedAntoine Coudert, O.M.I. †Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
BornPaschalis Soedita Hardjasoemarta, M.S.C. †Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia
57.4Ordained BishopFranz KamprathTitular Bishop of StadiaAuxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
62.4DiedEvaristo LucidiCardinal, Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura
26.1Ordained PriestÉmile Élie Verhille, C.S.Sp. †Priest of Congregation of the Holy SpiritBishop Emeritus of Fort-Rousset, Congo
1 Apr48.4Ordained BishopGiovanni Battista Anselmo, P.I.M.E. †Bishop of Dinajpur, BangladeshBishop Emeritus
2 AprBornMichael Bunluen MansapBishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
40.9Ordained BishopGiovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. †Archbishop of Rhodos {Rhodes}, GreeceOfficial of the Secretariat of State
55.9AppointedManoel Antônio de Paiva (Payva)Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
BornSergio GorettiBishop Emeritus of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
3 AprBornKlaus HemmerleBishop of Aachen, Germany
BornJosé Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. †Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru
4 Apr71.5DiedFrançois Marie-Dominique Berré, O.P. †Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq
5 Apr48.6AppointedIstván BreyerAuxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, HungaryBishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
48.6AppointedIstván BreyerTitular Bishop of TrisipaBishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
BornVicente García BernalBishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
82.5DiedFrancis Aidan Gasquet, O.S.B. †Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive
BornAntônio Possamai, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil
45.4AppointedKarol Mieczysław RadońskiBishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
7 Apr23.6Ordained PriestStjepan BäuerleinPriestBishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia
64.0Ordained BishopFranz FellingerTitular Bishop of NisyrusAuxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
58.6Ordained BishopAngel Maria NavarroBishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
8 Apr80.0DiedOwen Patrick Bernard CorriganAuxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
9 Apr36.2AppointedJohn Zhang Bide (Chang Pi-te)Prefect of Chaohsien [Zhaoxian], ChinaBishop Emeritus of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China
BornMichele Di Simone, C.P. †Prefect Emeritus of Sekadau, Indonesia
BornJames McLoughlinBishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
10 AprBornGeraldo do Espírito Santo ÁvilaArchbishop of Brazil, Military
11 Apr88.2DiedRichard LacyBishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
57.1SucceededThomas ShineBishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
12 Apr61.1AppointedThomas MulvanyBishop of Meath, Ireland
13 Apr46.1AppointedJosip Marija CarevićBishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), CroatiaBishop Emeritus
BornPaul Mambe MukangaBishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
BornHermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J. †Prelate Emeritus of Huautla, Oaxaca, México
14 Apr48.8Ordained BishopSalvatore Del BeneBishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
87.3DiedKarol HryniewickiBishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania
BornJude SpeyrerBishop Emeritus of Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
42.0Ordained BishopEvarist Zhang (Chang) ZhiliangTitular Bishop of CotennaVicar Apostolic of Tsining [Jining], China
15 Apr48.3AppointedClément-Emile RoquesBishop of Montauban, FranceCardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
48.3AppointedHippolyte TréhiouBishop of Vannes, France
16 Apr48.0AppointedJoseph Marie Zhang (Chang)Prefect of Puchi [Puqi], China
17 Apr83.5AppointedFranziskus Ehrle, S.J. †Archivist of the Vatican Secret ArchiveCardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
83.5AppointedFranziskus Ehrle, S.J. †Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
51.3Ordained BishopMatteo PellegrinoBishop of Bobbio (-Abbey of San Colombano), Italy
18 Apr56.6AppointedFederico Emanuel (Emmanuel), S.D.B. †Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
56.6AppointedFederico Emanuel (Emmanuel), S.D.B. †Titular Bishop of PhilomeliumBishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
89.2RetiredPierre-Émile-Jean-Baptiste-Marie Grouard, O.M.I. †Vicar Apostolic of Grouard, Alberta, CanadaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
77.5RetiredCélestin-Henri Joussard, O.M.I. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Grouard, Alberta, CanadaCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
BornMario Francesco PompeddaCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
19 Apr34.4AppointedMiguel Paternain, C.SS.R. †Bishop of Melo, UruguayBishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay
20 Apr55.1SucceededFrancis JohannesBishop of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
71.9DiedJohn WardBishop of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
22 AprBornAdhemar Esquivel KohenqueBishop Emeritus of Tarija, Bolivia
23 Apr59.8AppointedAngelo BartolomasiArchbishop of Italy, MilitaryArchbishop Emeritus
59.8AppointedAngelo BartolomasiTitular Archbishop of Petra in PalaestinaArchbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military
26 Apr33.9AppointedGerald Patrick Aloysius O’HaraAuxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAApostolic Delegate to Great Britain
33.9AppointedGerald Patrick Aloysius O’HaraTitular Bishop of Heliopolis in PhoeniciaApostolic Delegate to Great Britain
27 Apr48.3AppointedEliseu Van de Weijer, O. Carm. †Apostolic Administrator of Paracatu, BrazilPrelate Emeritus
28 Apr37.2AppointedFrancis Xavier Ford, M.M. †Prefect of Kaying [Meixian], ChinaBishop of Meixian [Kaying], China
44.3Ordained BishopIstvan HászTitular Bishop of Sura
30.2AppointedEugene-Jean Imhof, S.M.B. †Superior of Tsitsihar [Qiqihar], ChinaPrefect of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China
29 AprBornAndrea CassoneArchbishop Emeritus of Rossano-Cariati, Italy
BornMichael Bosco DuraisamyBishop of Salem, India
45.3ResignedDominic Francis Langenbacher, C.P. †Prefect of Shenchow, ChinaPrefect Emeritus
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