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The Year of Our Lord 1939

Bishop Events

November to December


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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 Nov64.7DiedRené-Pierre MignenArchbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
BornAdriano Tomasi Travaglia, O.F.M.Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
2 Nov BornJohn BuckleyBishop Emeritus of Cork and Ross, Ireland
3 Nov51.1AppointedAudino Rodríguez y OlmosArchbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
4 Nov BornEmilio Carlos Berlie BelaunzaránArchbishop Emeritus of Yucatán, México
26.8Ordained PriestHeinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp. †Priest of Congregation of the Holy SpiritBishop Emeritus of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
5 Nov51.7DiedElie-Antoine DurandBishop of Montauban, France
47.0Ordained BishopGiovanni Lucato, S.D.B. †Titular Bishop of TigiasBishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy
10 Nov60.7AppointedLucas Guillermo Castillo HernándezCoadjutor Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de VenezuelaArchbishop
60.7AppointedLucas Guillermo Castillo HernándezTitular Archbishop of RhizaeumArchbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
36.4AppointedFrancisco José Iturriza Guillén, S.D.B. †Bishop of Coro, VenezuelaBishop Emeritus
58.8AppointedAlbert LevameApostolic Nuncio to UruguayApostolic Nuncio to Ireland
33.8AppointedThomas McGettrick, S.P.S. †Prefect of Ogoja, NigeriaBishop Emeritus of Abakaliki, Nigeria
11 Nov26.0Perpetual VowsJean-Baptiste Coudray, C.S.Sp. †Member of Congregation of the Holy SpiritPrefect Emeritus of Kankan, Guinea
BornMartin GächterAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland
BornPaul Nguyễn Thanh HoanBishop Emeritus of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam
12 Nov33.7AppointedRafael Ignacio Arias BlancoBishop of San Cristóbal de VenezuelaArchbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
23.2Ordained PriestHeriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. †Priest of Misioneros Javerianos de YarumalVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia
56.0ResignedGiuseppe FiettaApostolic Nuncio to ParaguayCardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy
58.8AppointedAlbert LevameApostolic Nuncio to ParaguayApostolic Nuncio to Ireland
22.7Ordained PriestGustavo Posada Peláez, M.X.Y. †Priest of Misioneros Javerianos de YarumalBishop Emeritus of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia
26.6Ordained PriestJoão de Souza Lima, O. Cist. †PriestArchbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
14 Nov57.0AppointedFrédéric Osterrath, O.S.B. †Abbot of Pietersburg, South AfricaAbbot Emeritus
57.0AppointedFrédéric Osterrath, O.S.B. †Titular Bishop of TingisAbbot Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa
64.8AppointedJoseph Sak, S.D.B. †Titular Bishop of SciliumVicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
64.8AppointedJoseph Sak, S.D.B. †Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
BornArmand ToasyBishop Emeritus of Port-Bergé, Madagascar
66.9DiedLaurence Walter YouensBishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain
15 Nov55.8ConvertedThomas Dioscoros (Thervalady)Bishop
39.8Ordained BishopCharles-Joseph Lemaire, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of OtrusCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kirin [Jilin], China
16 Nov78.3AppointedNicolas CadiTitular Archbishop of MocissusArchbishop Emeritus of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria
78.3ResignedNicolas CadiArchbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), SyriaArchbishop Emeritus
47.8AppointedFrancis Augustin HenschkeBishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia
17 Nov39.0AppointedJohann Wember, M.S.F. †Superior of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}
18 NovBornHenri Marie Raoul Brincard, C.R.S.A. †Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
19 Nov23.4Ordained PriestAlair Vilar Fernandes de MeloPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
23 Nov BornMaurice Le Bègue de GerminyBishop Emeritus of Blois, France
65.7DiedGastone Antonio RasneurBishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
24 NovBornDelio LucarelliBishop Emeritus of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy
25 Nov81.9DiedJoseph Aloysius Charles Murphy, S.J. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of BelizeVicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Honduras, Belize
47.7AppointedJosyf SlipyjCoadjutor Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), UkraineCardinal, Major Archbishop
47.7AppointedJosyf SlipyjTitular Archbishop of SerraeCardinal, Major Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
50.5AppointedFrancis Joseph SpellmanOrdinary of Military, USACardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
26 Nov25.3Ordained PriestOtoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B. †Priest of Salesians of Saint John BoscoArchbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
58.3InstalledAlberto Mendoza y BedollaBishop of Campeche, México
40.2Ordained BishopAugusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC. †Bishop of Temuco, ChileBishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile
28 Nov69.5DiedAuguste De Clercq, C.I.C.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Vicar Apostolic
29 Nov BornFilomeno Gonzales BactolBishop Emeritus of Naval, Philippines
BornElias ChacourArchbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel
30 Nov45.3AppointedArthur DouvilleAuxiliary Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, CanadaBishop Emeritus
45.3AppointedArthur DouvilleTitular Bishop of VitaBishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
60.6Ordained BishopFélix Hedde, O.P. †Titular Bishop of EchinusVicar Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam
65.0DiedLeopoldo Lara y TorresBishop Emeritus of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México
57.2Ordained BishopJames MaguireTitular Bishop of IliumCoadjutor Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
25.4Ordained PriestSaba Youakim, B.S. †Priest of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
Dec40.2InstalledAugusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC. †Bishop of Temuco, ChileBishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile
1 Dec BornFernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M.Bishop Emeritus of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 DecBornPatricio Hacbang AloBishop Emeritus of Mati, Philippines
79.6DiedCarlo SicaBishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
3 Dec30.0Ordained PriestJacinto Vásquez OchoaPriest of Garzón, ColombiaBishop Emeritus of Espinal, Colombia
4 Dec26.3Ordained PriestFrancis ChanPriest of Malacca, SingaporeBishop of Penang, Malaysia
54.6DiedSouleyman Kutchouk OustaAuxiliary Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
6 Dec BornGiovanni Scanavino, O.S.A.Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
68.8AppointedAbel Zaya (Zayia), C.M. †Archbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
68.8AppointedAbel Zaya (Zayia), C.M. †Bishop of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean), IranArchbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
7 Dec54.7Ordained BishopLouis ChironBishop of Langres, France
BornJean-Louis Giasson, P.M.E. †Bishop Emeritus of Yoro, Honduras
48.5InstalledManuel Pío López EstradaBishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
82.5DiedJean-Pierre-Alexandre Marcou, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam
8 Dec25.2Ordained PriestJames Vincent CaseyPriest of Dubuque, Iowa, USAArchbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
25.8Ordained PriestMaurice John DingmanPriest of Davenport, Iowa, USABishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA
26.5Ordained PriestPhilip Matthew HannanPriest of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland, USAArchbishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
27.3Ordained PriestRaimundo Luí, O. Carm. †Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. CarmelBishop Emeritus of Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil
44.1ResignedSalvador (Bernardo) Montes de Oca, O. Cart. †Titular Bishop of BiltaBishop Emeritus of Valencia en Venezuela
44.1Solemn VowsSalvador (Bernardo) Montes de Oca, O. Cart. †Member of Congregation of the Blessed SacramentBishop Emeritus of Valencia en Venezuela
BornLucio Soravito de FranceschiBishop Emeritus of Adria-Rovigo, Italy
9 DecBornThomas KozhimalaBishop of Bhagalpur, India
BornRoberto Lückert LeónArchbishop Emeritus of Coro, Venezuela
63.6ResignedGiovanni Battista Federico VallegaApostolic Nuncio to LithuaniaArchbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
10 Dec53.8Ordained BishopJules Halbert, S.M. †Titular Bishop of ArchelaïsVicar Apostolic Emeritus of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi}, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
39.4Ordained BishopPedro Pablo Tenreiro FranciaTitular Bishop of Orthosias in PhoeniciaBishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela
58.6Ordained BishopEdmond VansteenbergheBishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France
11 Dec43.1AppointedHenri Belleau, O.M.I. †Vicar Apostolic of Baie de James {James Bay}, Ontario, CanadaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
43.1AppointedHenri Belleau, O.M.I. †Titular Bishop of PerrheVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Baie de James {James Bay}, Ontario, Canada
43.6AppointedMatthew BeovichArchbishop of Adelaide, AustraliaArchbishop Emeritus
72.1AppointedGabriel Joseph Élie Breynat, O.M.I. †Titular Archbishop of GarellaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada
43.1AppointedAlbert Lewis FletcherAuxiliary Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USABishop Emeritus
43.1AppointedAlbert Lewis FletcherTitular Bishop of SamosBishop Emeritus of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
68.0AppointedAdam HefterTitular Archbishop of Maximianopolis in RhodopeBishop Emeritus of Gurk, Austria
54.3AppointedGerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A. †Vicar Apostolic of Changteh [Changde], ChinaBishop of Changde [Changteh], China
54.3AppointedGerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A. †Titular Bishop of ZorolusBishop of Changde [Changteh], China
45.2AppointedPatrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. †Vicar Apostolic of Western Nigeria {Nigeria Occidentale}Bishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
45.2AppointedPatrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. †Titular Bishop of ThignicaBishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
40.7AppointedJosip LachAuxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
40.7AppointedJosip LachTitular Bishop of DodonaAuxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
75.1AppointedLorenzo LauriChamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic ChamberCardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
51.6AppointedJohn Francis O’Hara, C.S.C. †Auxiliary Bishop of Military, USACardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
51.6AppointedJohn Francis O’Hara, C.S.C. †Titular Bishop of MylasaCardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
34.0AppointedIsidro Augusto Oviedo y ReyesBishop of Matagalpa, NicaraguaBishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua
69.3AppointedCarlo SalottiCardinal-Bishop of PalestrinaCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
78.0AppointedEnrico SibiliaCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
55.7AppointedEugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent TisserantCardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra MinervaCardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
54.3AppointedAlexandre VachonCoadjutor Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaArchbishop
54.3AppointedAlexandre VachonTitular Archbishop of AchridaArchbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
83.9AppointedJohn Baptist Vincent de Paul Wehrle, O.S.B. †Titular Bishop of TeosBishop Emeritus of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
83.9RetiredJohn Baptist Vincent de Paul Wehrle, O.S.B. †Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USABishop Emeritus
12 Dec70.8DiedGiuseppe Antonio Ferdinando Bussolari, O.F.M. Cap. †Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
45.3First VowsAlfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S. †Priest of Missionaries of the Holy SpiritBishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
BornGrégoire Pierre MelkiPatriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian), Palestine
14 Dec45.0Ordained BishopDonald Alphonsus CampbellBishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great BritainArchbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
62.9DiedRafael Otón Castro y JiménezArchbishop of San José de Costa Rica
15 Dec68.1AppointedIstván FiedlerTitular Bishop of MuliaBishop Emeritus of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
68.1ResignedIstván FiedlerBishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, RomaniaBishop Emeritus
16 DecBornPaul Eusebius Mea Kaiuea, M.S.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
17 Dec33.6Ordained PriestJorge Carlos CarrerasPriestBishop Emeritus of San Justo, Argentina
23.8Ordained PriestJosé Miguel MedinaPriestBishop Emeritus of Jujuy, Argentina
24.8Ordained PriestManuel MenéndezPriest of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus of San Martín, Argentina
26.1Ordained PriestEugenio Santiago Peyrou, S.D.B. †Priest of Salesians of Saint John BoscoBishop Emeritus of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
BornJoseph Roduit, C.R.A. †Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
28.7Ordained PriestJoseph Sun Zhi-bin (Sun Zhi Pin)PriestBishop of Yiduxian [Iduhsien], China
19 Dec70.2DiedEmile-Fernand Sauvant, M. Afr. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bamako, Mali
20 Dec BornPaul BemileBishop Emeritus of Wa, Ghana
21 Dec22.8Ordained PriestJoseph Valerius SequeiraPriestBishop Emeritus of Pathein, Myanmar
22 Dec BornDaniel Caro BordaBishop Emeritus of Soacha, Colombia
BornMartinho Lammers, O.F.M.Prelate Emeritus of Óbidos, Para, Brazil
47.8Ordained BishopJosyf SlipyjTitular Archbishop of SerraeCardinal, Major Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
23 Dec26.1Ordained DeaconJean-Marie-Clément BadréDeacon of Paris, FranceBishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
22.6Ordained PriestDomenico BartolucciPriest of Firenze {Florence}, ItalyCardinal, Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
24.1Ordained PriestJosé VaraniPriest of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus
24 Dec26.1Ordained PriestJean-Marie-Clément BadréPriest of Paris, FranceBishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
23.8Ordained PriestJules-Louis-Paul HarléPriest of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), FranceAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
27.1Ordained PriestDominique Hoàng Van Ðoàn, O.P. †Priest of Order of Friars PreachersBishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam
25 DecBornEugeniusz Juretzko, O.M.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Yokadouma, Cameroon
25.0Ordained DeaconČeslao Sipovič, M.I.C. †Deacon of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin MarySuperior General Emeritus
26 Dec BornAnte IvasBishop Emeritus of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
BornPaul Nabil El-SayahCurial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
27 Dec37.4AppointedSidney Matthew MetzgerAuxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USABishop Emeritus of El Paso, Texas, USA
37.4AppointedSidney Matthew MetzgerTitular Bishop of BirthaBishop Emeritus of El Paso, Texas, USA
BornCarlos Prada SanmiguelBishop Emeritus of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia
52.3AppointedSamuel Alphonsus StritchCardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
56.2AppointedChristian Herman WinkelmannBishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA
28 Dec BornNándor BosákBishop Emeritus of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, Hungary
18.9EnteredNicholas Shi Jingxian, O.A.R. †Member of Order of Augustinian RecollectsBishop of Shangqiu [Kweiteh], China
30 Dec BornJoseph Leo Charron, C.Pp.S.Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA
31 DecBornIvan PrendjaArchbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
23.6Ordained PriestWilson Laus SchmidtPriest of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil

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