The Year of Our Lord 1946

Bishop Events

December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Dec 16.9 Simple Vows José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle, C.S.S. Member of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata Bishop Emeritus of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

1 Dec 27.1 Ordained Priest Orestes Santiago Nuti Sanguinetti, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Canelones, Uruguay

Born Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda † Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México

46.5 Ordained Bishop Anton Vovk † Titular Bishop of Cardicium Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia

28.0 Ordained Deacon Atanasij Hryhor Velykyj (Welykyj), O.S.B.M. † Deacon of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Superior General Emeritus

Born Michael Yeung Ming-cheung † Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

2 Dec Born Carlos Suárez Cázares Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México

4 Dec 61.1 Appointed Luigi Cammarata † Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy

61.1 Appointed Luigi Cammarata † Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy

Born Ângelo Pignoli Bishop Emeritus of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil

6 Dec 53.8 Appointed Paweł Czesław Rydzewski † Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland

53.8 Appointed Paweł Czesław Rydzewski † Titular Bishop of Chusira Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland

Born Andrés Vargas Peña Bishop Emeritus of Xochimilco, México, México

7 Dec 50.1 Appointed Albert Lewis Fletcher † Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA Bishop Emeritus

8 Dec 57.9 Ordained Bishop Josef Beran † Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

60.5 Appointed Jozef Čársky † Apostolic Administrator of Satu Mare {Szatmár} in Slovakia, Slovakia Auxiliary Bishop of Košice, Slovakia

36.1 Ordained Bishop James C. Holmes-Siedle, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Adraa Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma, Tanzania

46.7 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Urbani † Titular Bishop of Axomis Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

28.0 Ordained Priest Atanasij Hryhor Velykyj (Welykyj), O.S.B.M. † Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Superior General Emeritus

9 Dec 58.5 Died Georges Baraka † Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt

12 Dec 25.8 Ordained Priest Packiam Arokiaswamy † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India

43.4 Appointed Pierre Marie Alphonse Bonneau, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon Bishop of Douala, Cameroon

43.4 Appointed Pierre Marie Alphonse Bonneau, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Themisonium Bishop of Douala, Cameroon

42.7 Appointed Albert Conrad de Vito, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Lucknow, India

63.6 Resigned Auguste François Louis Grimault, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Dakar, Senegal Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

31.0 Appointed Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Natal, South Africa Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa

31.0 Appointed Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Turuzi Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa

73.5 Appointed Włodzimierz Bronisław Jasiński † Titular Archbishop of Drizipara Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland

73.5 Retired Włodzimierz Bronisław Jasiński † Bishop of Łódź, Poland Bishop Emeritus

51.8 Appointed Franciszek Jedwabski † Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland

51.8 Appointed Franciszek Jedwabski † Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland

34.9 Appointed Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. † Archbishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy

46.3 Appointed Bernard Denis Stewart † Coadjutor Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia Bishop Emeritus

46.3 Appointed Bernard Denis Stewart † Titular Bishop of Ucres Bishop Emeritus of Sandhurst, Australia

60.6 Appointed Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.Ss.R. † Coadjutor Bishop of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA

60.6 Appointed Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.Ss.R. † Titular Bishop of Bida Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA

14 Dec 44.1 Appointed Karol Pękala † Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

44.1 Appointed Karol Pękala † Titular Bishop of Trocmades Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

15 Dec 34.8 Ordained Bishop Juan Carlos Aramburu † Titular Bishop of Plataea Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina

36.4 Ordained Bishop Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm. † Titular Bishop of Leuce Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil

46.9 Ordained Bishop Emilio Antonio di Pasquo † Bishop of San Luis, Argentina Bishop of Avellaneda, Argentina

43.1 Ordained Bishop Maksimilijan Lukež Držečnik † Titular Bishop of Abrittum Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia

52.9 Died Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S. † Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

32.1 Ordained Priest Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga † Priest of Uganda Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda

26.0 Ordained Priest Héctor Rueda Hernández † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

17 Dec Born Vincent Kympat † Bishop of Jowai, India

19 Dec Born Gregorio Martínez Sacristán † Bishop of Zamora, Spain

Born Jan Szkodoń † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

Born Gregory Taik Maung Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pyay, Myanmar

Born Francis Daw Tang Bishop Emeritus of Myitkyina, Myanmar

20 Dec 53.4 Appointed Michal Klepacz † Bishop of Łódź, Poland

72.7 Ceased Luigi Lavitrano † Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

21 Dec 25.3 Ordained Priest Francisco Felipe de la Cruz Muguerza, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Orán, Argentina

29.3 Ordained Priest José Antonio Dammert Bellido † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru

25.3 Ordained Priest Lucas Luis Dónnelly Carey, O. de M. † Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy Prelate Emeritus of Deán Funes, Argentina

26.6 Ordained Priest Luigi Dusio, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar

22.5 Ordained Priest Filippo Franceschi † Priest of Lucca, Italy Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy

22.1 Ordained Deacon Francisco Garmendia Ayestarán † Deacon of Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour of the Lateran Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

23.9 Ordained Priest Juan José Gerardi Conedera † Priest of Guatemala Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala

26.0 Ordained Priest Michel-Auguste-Marie Langer, M.E.P. † Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand

48.2 Ordained Bishop Silvino Martínez † Titular Bishop of Canatha Bishop of Rosario, Argentina

32.4 Ordained Priest Carlos Arturo Mullín Nocetti, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop of Minas, Uruguay

25.3 Ordained Priest Edward Thomas O’Meara † Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

27.0 Ordained Priest Jonas Thaliath, C.M.I. † Priest of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate Bishop of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India

25.8 Ordained Priest Alain Sauveur Ferdinand van Gaver, M.E.P. † Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

22 Dec 28.9 Ordained Priest Sebastian U Shwe Yauk † Priest Bishop of Toungoo, Myanmar

25 Dec 71.5 Died George Henry Bennett † Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain

59.4 Died Juan Pascual Chimento † Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina

28 Dec Born Giorgio Bertin, O.F.M. Bishop Emeritus of Djibouti

Born Salvatore Muratore Bishop Emeritus of Nicosia, Italy

29 Dec 33.1 Ordained Priest Patrick Kla Juwle † Priest of Liberia, Liberia Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia

39.0 Ordained Bishop André (Andreas Nicolaus) van den Bronk, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Tentyris Bishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin

30 Dec 43.9 Appointed Alfredo Vicente Scherer † Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

31 Dec Born Robert Charles Morlino † Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Born Pius Alick Mvundla Ncube Archbishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Dec	16.9	Simple Vows	José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle, C.S.S.	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata	Bishop Emeritus of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1 Dec	27.1	Ordained Priest	Orestes Santiago Nuti Sanguinetti, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Canelones, Uruguay
	Born	Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda †		Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México
46.5	Ordained Bishop	Anton Vovk †	Titular Bishop of Cardicium	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
28.0	Ordained Deacon	Atanasij Hryhor Velykyj (Welykyj), O.S.B.M. †	Deacon of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Superior General Emeritus
	Born	Michael Yeung Ming-cheung †		Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
2 Dec		Born	Carlos Suárez Cázares		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México
4 Dec	61.1	Appointed	Luigi Cammarata †	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
61.1	Appointed	Luigi Cammarata †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
	Born	Ângelo Pignoli		Bishop Emeritus of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil
6 Dec	53.8	Appointed	Paweł Czesław Rydzewski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
53.8	Appointed	Paweł Czesław Rydzewski †	Titular Bishop of Chusira	Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
	Born	Andrés Vargas Peña		Bishop Emeritus of Xochimilco, México, México
7 Dec	50.1	Appointed	Albert Lewis Fletcher †	Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
8 Dec	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Josef Beran †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
60.5	Appointed	Jozef Čársky †	Apostolic Administrator of Satu Mare {Szatmár} in Slovakia, Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop of Košice, Slovakia
36.1	Ordained Bishop	James C. Holmes-Siedle, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Adraa	Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma, Tanzania
46.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Urbani †	Titular Bishop of Axomis	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
28.0	Ordained Priest	Atanasij Hryhor Velykyj (Welykyj), O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Superior General Emeritus
9 Dec	58.5	Died	Georges Baraka †	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
12 Dec	25.8	Ordained Priest	Packiam Arokiaswamy †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India
43.4	Appointed	Pierre Marie Alphonse Bonneau, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon	Bishop of Douala, Cameroon
43.4	Appointed	Pierre Marie Alphonse Bonneau, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Themisonium	Bishop of Douala, Cameroon
42.7	Appointed	Albert Conrad de Vito, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Lucknow, India
63.6	Resigned	Auguste François Louis Grimault, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Dakar, Senegal	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
31.0	Appointed	Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Natal, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa
31.0	Appointed	Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Turuzi	Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa
73.5	Appointed	Włodzimierz Bronisław Jasiński †	Titular Archbishop of Drizipara	Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland
73.5	Retired	Włodzimierz Bronisław Jasiński †	Bishop of Łódź, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
51.8	Appointed	Franciszek Jedwabski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
51.8	Appointed	Franciszek Jedwabski †	Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
34.9	Appointed	Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. †	Archbishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
46.3	Appointed	Bernard Denis Stewart †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
46.3	Appointed	Bernard Denis Stewart †	Titular Bishop of Ucres	Bishop Emeritus of Sandhurst, Australia
60.6	Appointed	Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.Ss.R. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA
60.6	Appointed	Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Bida	Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA
14 Dec	44.1	Appointed	Karol Pękala †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
44.1	Appointed	Karol Pękala †	Titular Bishop of Trocmades	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
15 Dec	34.8	Ordained Bishop	Juan Carlos Aramburu †	Titular Bishop of Plataea	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
36.4	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Leuce	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
46.9	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Antonio di Pasquo †	Bishop of San Luis, Argentina	Bishop of Avellaneda, Argentina
43.1	Ordained Bishop	Maksimilijan Lukež Držečnik †	Titular Bishop of Abrittum	Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia
52.9	Died	Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S. †	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
32.1	Ordained Priest	Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga †	Priest of Uganda	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda
26.0	Ordained Priest	Héctor Rueda Hernández †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
17 Dec		Born	Vincent Kympat †		Bishop of Jowai, India
19 Dec		Born	Gregorio Martínez Sacristán †		Bishop of Zamora, Spain
	Born	Jan Szkodoń †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
	Born	Gregory Taik Maung		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pyay, Myanmar
	Born	Francis Daw Tang		Bishop Emeritus of Myitkyina, Myanmar
20 Dec	53.4	Appointed	Michal Klepacz †	Bishop of Łódź, Poland
72.7	Ceased	Luigi Lavitrano †	Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
21 Dec	25.3	Ordained Priest	Francisco Felipe de la Cruz Muguerza, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Orán, Argentina
29.3	Ordained Priest	José Antonio Dammert Bellido †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru
25.3	Ordained Priest	Lucas Luis Dónnelly Carey, O. de M. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Prelate Emeritus of Deán Funes, Argentina
26.6	Ordained Priest	Luigi Dusio, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar
22.5	Ordained Priest	Filippo Franceschi †	Priest of Lucca, Italy	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
22.1	Ordained Deacon	Francisco Garmendia Ayestarán †	Deacon of Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour of the Lateran	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
23.9	Ordained Priest	Juan José Gerardi Conedera †	Priest of Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
26.0	Ordained Priest	Michel-Auguste-Marie Langer, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
48.2	Ordained Bishop	Silvino Martínez †	Titular Bishop of Canatha	Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
32.4	Ordained Priest	Carlos Arturo Mullín Nocetti, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Minas, Uruguay
25.3	Ordained Priest	Edward Thomas O’Meara †	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
27.0	Ordained Priest	Jonas Thaliath, C.M.I. †	Priest of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India
25.8	Ordained Priest	Alain Sauveur Ferdinand van Gaver, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
22 Dec	28.9	Ordained Priest	Sebastian U Shwe Yauk †	Priest	Bishop of Toungoo, Myanmar
25 Dec	71.5	Died	George Henry Bennett †	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
59.4	Died	Juan Pascual Chimento †	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina
28 Dec		Born	Giorgio Bertin, O.F.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Djibouti
	Born	Salvatore Muratore		Bishop Emeritus of Nicosia, Italy
29 Dec	33.1	Ordained Priest	Patrick Kla Juwle †	Priest of Liberia, Liberia	Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia
39.0	Ordained Bishop	André (Andreas Nicolaus) van den Bronk, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Tentyris	Bishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin
30 Dec	43.9	Appointed	Alfredo Vicente Scherer †	Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
31 Dec		Born	Robert Charles Morlino †		Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
	Born	Pius Alick Mvundla Ncube		Archbishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

✠