The Year of Our Lord 1945

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	50.7	Converted	Nikolay Avtonomov †	Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria
	80.1	Resigned	Miguel Alfredo Barrat, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Tefé, Brazil	Prefect Emeritus
	20.9	First Vows	John Bukovsky (Fukna), S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
		Resigned	Federico da Baselga, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Endeber, Ethiopia	Prefect Emeritus
		Died	Tiziano da Verona, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Hosanna, Ethiopia
	66.7	Resigned	Franciscus Lucas, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Djibouti (Gibuti)	Prefect Emeritus
	64.0	Ceased	Roberto da Gangi Vincenzo de Franco, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Crete {Candia}, Greece	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	62.5	Resigned	Franz Hartz †	Prelate of Schneidemühl, Poland	Prelate Emeritus
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Hou Jin-de †	Priest	Bishop of Xingtai [Shunteh], China
	15.8	Entered	Michael (Michel) Hrynchyshyn, C.Ss.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of France (Ukrainian)
		Ceased	Francis Xavier Ichitaro Ideguchi †	Apostolic Administrator of Miyazaki, Japan	Apostolic Administrator of Kagoshima, Japan
	28.5	Ordained Priest	Aloysius Jin Lu-xian, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Coadjutor Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Simon Liu Zhong-yu (Liu Zongyu) †	Priest	Bishop of Chongqing [Chungking], China
	41.0	Died	Tomaz M. de Marcellano, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Alto Solimões (Upper Solimões), Brazil
	31.0	Ordained Priest	Thomas Qian Yurong (Quan Yirong) †	Priest	Bishop of Xuzhou [Süchow], China
		Appointed	Gabriele Mary Raimondo, O.A.D. †	Prior General of Agostiniani Scalzi	Prior General Emeritus
	20.5	First Vows	Paul Sani Kleden, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia
	31.6	Entered	Paul Song Wei-li, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of [Langfang (Patriotic), China]
	57.9	Appointed	Amedeo da Gangi Marcantonio Speciale, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Crete {Candia}, Greece	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	26.6	Final Vows	Simeon Oliveros Valerio, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Calapan, Philippines
	65.8	Resigned	John A. Wall, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Kodok, Sudan	Prefect Emeritus
Jan	66.3	Died	Damian Tcheng †	Prefect of Zhaotong [Chaotung], China
1 Jan		Born	Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai, S.V.D.		Bishop Emeritus of Yendi, Ghana
1 Jan	29.6	Ordained Priest	Anthony Yang Shao-huai (Xiaohuai), O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of Hankow [Hankou], China
2 Jan		Born	Tomé Makhweliha, S.C.I.		Archbishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique
3 Jan	62.8	Resigned	Egidio Lari †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia	Apostolic Nuncio
3 Jan	65.8	Ordained Bishop	Edward Francis Ryan †	Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA
4 Jan	51.7	Installed	Michael Joseph Ready †	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
5 Jan		Born	Joël Michel Marie Luc Mercier		Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
	41.4	Installed	Mário de Miranda Vilas-Boas †	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil
		Born	Joseph Benedict (Simplicius de Lepanto) Amangi Nacua, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Ilagan, Philippines
6 Jan	50.0	Appointed	Donald Alphonsus Campbell †	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
6 Jan	23.7	Ordained Priest	Robert Chopard-Lallier, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Prefect Emeritus of Parakou, Benin
9 Jan	82.8	Died	Saturnino Peri †	Bishop Emeritus of Iglesias, Italy
10 Jan	53.9	Ordained Bishop	John George Bennett †	Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana, USA
	55.3	Installed	Eugene Joseph McGuinness †	Coadjutor Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Bishop
	52.1	Ordained Bishop	William Theodore Mulloy †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
11 Jan	60.3	Installed	Ralph Leo Hayes †	Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	47.2	Appointed	Jean-Marie Mazé, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	47.2	Appointed	Jean-Marie Mazé, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Sauatra	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam
12 Jan	45.2	Appointed	Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of French Guiana-Cayenne, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles
12 Jan	45.2	Appointed	Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Mundinitza	Bishop Emeritus of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles
13 Jan	61.4	Appointed	Francisco Beckmann, C.M. †	Archbishop of Panamá
	62.8	Died	Marco Giovanni Della Pietra, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	40.0	Appointed	Hernán Frías Hurtado †	Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	62.5	Appointed	Juan Gualberto Guevara y de la Cuba †	Bishop of Peru, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lima, Peru
16 Jan		Born	Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S.		Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka
17 Jan	85.5	Died	Pio Marcello Bagnoli, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Marsi, Italy
17 Jan	62.1	Died	Adrien-Pierre Devals, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
18 Jan	53.9	Appointed	Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
	74.0	Appointed	Alain Guynot de Boismenu, M.S.C. †	Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Papua, Papua New Guinea
	74.0	Retired	Alain Guynot de Boismenu, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Papua, Papua New Guinea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	44.1	Appointed	Costantino Stella †	Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
19 Jan	70.2	Died	Claudio María Volio y Jiménez †	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
20 Jan		Born	Martin Tetsuo Hiraga		Bishop Emeritus of Sendai, Japan
21 Jan		Born	Fernando Mason, O.F.M. Conv.		Bishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
21 Jan	78.2	Died	Gherardo Sante Menegazzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Comacchio, Italy
22 Jan	54.0	Appointed	Domenico Brizi †	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	56.9	Appointed	Demetrio Moscato †	Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
	38.9	Appointed	Enrico Nicodemo †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
		Born	Christoph Schönborn, O.P.		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
		Born	Alojz Uran †		Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
23 Jan	52.8	Appointed	Lucio Crescenzi †	Apostolic Administrator of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy	Bishop
23 Jan	52.8	Appointed	Lucio Crescenzi †	Titular Bishop of Pharsalus	Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
24 Jan		Born	Valério Breda, S.D.B. †		Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
25 Jan	29.3	Ordained Priest	Oskar Formánek, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop
27 Jan	25.8	Ordained Priest	Patrick Vincent Ahern †	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	74.2	Appointed	Joseph Patrick Donahue †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
	74.2	Appointed	Joseph Patrick Donahue †	Titular Bishop of Emmaüs	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Edward Dennis Head †	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA
		Born	Juan Navarro Castellanos		Bishop Emeritus of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México
29 Jan		Born	Severino Batista de França, O.F.M. Cap.		Bishop Emeritus of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil
30 Jan		Born	Philip Banchong Chaiyara, C.Ss.R.		Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
30 Jan		Born	Michele Russo, M.C.C.I. †		Bishop Emeritus of Doba, Chad
31 Jan	70.5	Died	Léon-Paul Classe, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda
	60.6	Succeeded	Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
		Born	Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez		Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
1 Feb	71.6	Resigned	Franz Justus Rarkowski †	Bishop of Germany, Military	Bishop Emeritus
2 Feb	34.4	Final Vows	Charles Dauvin, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2 Feb		Born	Paul Nguyễn Thái Hợp, O.P.		Bishop Emeritus of Hà Tĩnh, Viet Nam
3 Feb	51.9	Appointed	José Souto Vizoso †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Palencia, Spain
3 Feb	51.9	Appointed	José Souto Vizoso †	Titular Bishop of Elusa	Bishop Emeritus of Palencia, Spain
4 Feb		Born	Maurice Marcel Gardès		Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Vasile Hossu †	Priest of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania	Bishop
		Born	George Kocherry		Apostolic Nuncio
5 Feb		Born	Michael Aidan Courtney †		Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi
5 Feb		Born	Ramzi Garmou, Ist. del Prado		Archbishop Emeritus of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
6 Feb		Born	Serafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo, O.F.M. Cap.		Bishop Emeritus of Mbanza Congo, Angola
7 Feb		Born	Julio María Elías Montoya, O.F.M.		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
8 Feb		Born	Emiliano Antonio Cisneros Martínez, O.A.R.		Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
11 Feb	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Brizi †	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	63.3	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Luigi (James Louis) Cheng †	Titular Bishop of Barcusus	Vicar Apostolic of Chantaburi, Thailand
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Alan Charles Clark †	Priest of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of East Anglia, England, Great Britain
	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
12 Feb		Born	Philip Lasap Za Hawng		Bishop Emeritus of Lashio, Myanmar
16 Feb		Born	Edward Michael Grosz		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA
21 Feb	17.8	Entered	Luis Pascual Dri, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Cardinal, Priest
22 Feb	68.6	Died	Marius Besson †	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
	43.2	Appointed	Adolf Bolte †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany	Bishop
	43.2	Appointed	Adolf Bolte †	Titular Bishop of Cibyra	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	67.7	Died	Michal Bubnić †	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia
	60.2	Died	William Francis O’Shea, M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Heijo, Korea (North)
24 Feb	26.7	Ordained Priest	Sauveur Casanova †	Priest of Ajaccio, France	Bishop Emeritus
	62.7	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Cavero y Tormo †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
	67.1	Appointed	Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
	82.4	Died	Luigi Paulini †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Paul-Marie François Rousset, Ist. del Prado †	Priest of Association of Priests of Prado	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Etienne, France
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Charles Alexander Kazimieras Salatka †	Priest of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
25 Feb		Born	Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli		Bishop Emeritus of Quiché, Guatemala

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