The Year of Our Lord 1921

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	40.2	Appointed	Salvatore Ballo Guercio †	Apostolic Administrator of Lipari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
	26.5	Professed	Ludwig Baumeister, M.S.C. †	Member of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Superior Emeritus of Shihtsien [Shiqian], China
	45.1	Resigned	Christopherus (Edmund) Becker, S.D.S. †	Prefect of Assam, India	Prefect Emeritus
	47.2	Ceased	Serafino Cimino, O.F.M. †	Minister General of Order of Friars Minor	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
	40.3	Appointed	Luis Felipe Contardo Palma †	Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) of Chillán, Chile
	22.9	Professed	Alexandre-Joseph-Charles Derouineau, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Archbishop of Kunming [Kunming], China
	60.0	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Canton [Guangzhou], China	Superior General of La Société des Missions Etrangères
	47.2	Resigned	Ernest Hauger, S.M.A. †	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	50.8	Ceased	Ignace Hummel, S.M.A. †	Apostolic Administrator of Togo	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
	43.7	Appointed	Atanasio Celestino Jáuregui y Goiri, C.P. †	Prefect of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón, Peru	Vicar Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón, Peru
	17.5	Professed	Franciscus Gerard Constantin Kramer, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Changzhi [Luan], China
	18.6	Professed	Ferdinand Lacretelle, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Prefect Emeritus of Haizhou [Haichow, Donghai, Tunghai], China
	40.4	Professed	Joseph Louis Adhémar Lapierre, P.M.E. †	Priest of Société des Missions-Étrangères	Bishop of Siping [Szepingkai], China
	24.6	Professed	William Cecil McGrath (MacGrath), S.F.M. †	Member of Scarboro Foreign Mission Society	Prefect Emeritus of Lishui [Lishui], China
	19.8	Professed	Pietro Maleddu, O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Prefect Emeritus of Ankang [Hinganfu], China
	54.0	Appointed	Jacques-Eugène Manna †	Patriarchal Vicar of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
		Born	Jacques Mbali †		Bishop Emeritus of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	13.8	Entered	Alfonso Maria Montà, O.S.M. †	Member of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Prior General Emeritus
	52.0	Died	Zacarías Muñoz Henríquez †	Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) of Chillán, Chile
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Louis Perera, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop-Elect of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
	66.8	Resigned	Julián Raymundo Riveiro y Jacinto, O.P. †	Archbishop of Guatemala	Archbishop Emeritus
	57.0	Appointed	Cyrille Riza (Rizq) †	Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine	Auxiliary Bishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria
	79.2	Retired	Wenceslao Sangüesa y Guía †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	53.4	Resigned	Giovanni Giuseppe Santini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Rhétie (Rezia, Rhaetia), Switzerland	Titular Bishop of Zama Major
	21.5	First Vows	Karl Walter Vervoort, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
		Born	[John Wang Qi-wei (Wang Ki Wei)] †		Bishop Emeritus of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China
		Born	[Anthony Zhong Quanzhang] †		Bishop of Meixian [Kaying], China
Jan	44.9	Resigned	Franz Wolf, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Togo	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
1 Jan	49.3	Appointed	Paolo Albera †	Titular Bishop of Flaviopolis	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
	49.3	Resigned	Paolo Albera †	Bishop of Bova, Italy	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
		Born	Cyrille Emmanuel Benni †		Archbishop Emeritus of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
	24.6	Ordained Priest	Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral †	Priest of Bolivar, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
		Born	Pio Yukwan Deng †		Bishop of Malakal, South Sudan
2 Jan	26.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. †	Priest of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
4 Jan	45.1	Appointed	Gilles de Böck (Boeck), C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Anvers, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
5 Jan	76.9	Died	Giovanni Carli †	Bishop of Luni, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy
5 Jan	45.3	Appointed	Pierre-Marie-David Le Cadre, SS.CC. †	Titular Bishop of Demetrias	Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands {Isole Marchesi}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
9 Jan	67.5	Appointed	John Francis Regis Canevin †	Titular Archbishop of Pelusium	Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
	67.5	Resigned	John Francis Regis Canevin †	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	37.6	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Frutos y Valiente †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
		Born	Henri Lugagne-Delpon †		Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France
		Born	George Hamilton Pearce, S.M. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
	47.5	Ordained Bishop	St. Luigi Versiglia, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Carystus	Vicar Apostolic of Shiuchow [Shaoguan], China
10 Jan	18.2	Entered	Miklós Mihály Dudás, O.S.B.M. †	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
	41.9	Resigned	Eugène Klaeylé, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Cimbebasia Inferiore, Namibia	Prefect Emeritus
	50.5	Appointed	Angelo Paino †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Messina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	50.5	Appointed	Angelo Paino †	Titular Archbishop of Antinoë	Archbishop Emeritus of Messina, Italy
	70.4	Died	Juan Nepomuceno Terrero y Escalada †	Bishop of La Plata, Argentina
11 Jan	36.0	Appointed	Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. †	Apostolic Administrator of Togo	Vicar Apostolic of Lomé, Togo
11 Jan	40.0	Appointed	Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Cimbebasia, Namibia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Windhoek, Namibia
13 Jan		Born	Pedro Luís António †		Bishop Emeritus of Kwito-Bié, Angola
		Born	Felixberto Camacho Flores †		Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
		Born	Manuel Pérez-Gil y González †		Bishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México
14 Jan	78.4	Died	Louis-Marie Pineau, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Tonking {Tonkino Meridionale}, Viet Nam
15 Jan	82.6	Retired	Edward Ilsley †	Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
	76.6	Appointed	Massimiliano Novelli †	Titular Bishop of Andrapa	Bishop Emeritus of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
	76.6	Retired	Massimiliano Novelli †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Marco Petta, O.S.B.I. †		Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
	48.0	Installed	Henry Thomas Renouf †	Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada
		Born	John Francis Whealon †		Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
16 Jan	83.0	Installed	Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
17 Jan		Born	Maximilian Goffart †		Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
18 Jan	72.3	Died	Filippo Camassei †	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	53.9	Installed	Manuel Domingos Maria Rosa Fructuoso, O.P. †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
	56.6	Died	Celestino Loza †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
		Born	Joseph Paul Barnabé Perrot, M. Afr. †		Bishop Emeritus of San, Mali
	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Félix-Henri-François-Donatien Perroy, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Medea	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma {Birmania Meridionale}, Myanmar
		Born	Libero Tresoldi †		Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
19 Jan		Born	Remigio Ragonesi †		Vicegerent Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
19 Jan		Born	John Wu Shi-zhen †		Archbishop of Nanchang [Nanchang], China
20 Jan		Born	John Bai Ningxian †		Bishop
21 Jan		Born	Felix Maria Davídek †		Bishop
21 Jan		Born	Lucas Ly Jing Feng (Li Jingfeng) †		Bishop of Fengxiang [Fengsiang], China
22 Jan	72.9	Died	Pablo Padilla y Bárcena †	Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina
23 Jan	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Gherardo Sante Menegazzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan	51.1	Appointed	Andrea Cassulo †	Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Augustamnica	Apostolic Delegate to Turkey
	51.1	Appointed	Andrea Cassulo †	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt and Arabia	Apostolic Delegate to Turkey
		Born	Sabás Magaña García †		Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México
25 Jan	51.1	Died	Rodolfo Caroli †	Apostolic Internuncio to Bolivia
	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Alfred Flocard †	Bishop of Limoges, France
	26.0	Ordained Priest	[Andrew Liu An-zhi (Li Anchi)], C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Zhengding [Chengting], China
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Ersilio Menzani †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
26 Jan	44.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega †	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
27 Jan		Born	[Peter Fan Wenxing] †		Bishop Emeritus of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China
28 Jan		Born	André Gustave Bossuyt †		Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France
28 Jan	63.7	Died	Thomas Whiteside †	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
30 Jan	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Georges-Prudent-Marie Bruley des Varannes †	Bishop of Monaco	Bishop Emeritus
	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Guízar y Valencia †	Bishop of Chihuahua, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Chihuahua, México
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Miguel Angel Machado y Escobar †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador
31 Jan	56.5	Installed	Pierre-Florentin-André du Bois de la Villerabel †	Archbishop of Rouen, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	81.3	Died	Friedrich Justus Knecht †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
	32.0	Professed	John Edward Morris, M.M. †	Member of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Prefect Emeritus of Peng-yang, Korea (North)
Feb	74.5	Resigned	Aurelio Briante, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
Feb	74.5	Resigned	Aurelio Briante, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt and Arabia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt
1 Feb		Born	Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla †		Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
2 Feb	70.4	Died	Bl. Andrea Carlo Ferrari †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	57.6	Died	Simeón Pereira y Castellón †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
		Born	Hyacinthe Thiandoum †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal
	38.3	Final Vows	Bruno Wolnik, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Prefect Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
3 Feb	84.5	Died	Félix-Auguste Béguinot †	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
	58.4	Succeeded	Marcelin-Charles Marty †	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
		Born	Nicholas Shi Jingxian, O.A.R. †		Bishop of Shangqiu [Kweiteh], China
		Born	Joseph Wang Dianduo, O.A.R. †		Bishop of Caozhou/Heze [Tsaochow], China
4 Feb	41.1	Installed	Antonio Guízar y Valencia †	Bishop of Chihuahua, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Chihuahua, México
4 Feb		Born	Ivan Marghitych †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
6 Feb		Born	Angelo Cuniberti, I.M.C. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Florencia, Colombia
6 Feb	78.7	Died	Frédéric-Henri Oury †	Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria
7 Feb		Born	Francis Roland Lambert, S.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
9 Feb	44.1	Installed	Manuel Mendes da Conceição Santos †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
10 Feb		Born	Luigi Diligenza †		Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
11 Feb	38.4	Appointed	Basilio Cattan, B.C. †	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Feb		Born	Antony Padiyara †		Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
12 Feb	64.9	Died	John Patrick Farrelly †	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
13 Feb	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Marián Bláha †	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Karel Kmetko †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
		Born	Alain Sauveur Ferdinand van Gaver, M.E.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
	62.9	Died	Pietro Andrea (Pierre-André) Viganò, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad, India
	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Ján Vojtassák †	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
14 Feb		Born	Michele Alfredo Marra, O.S.B. †		Abbot Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
15 Feb	55.1	Resigned	Francesco Cherubini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Yugoslavia	Apostolic Nuncio
16 Feb		Born	James Patrick Shannon †
17 Feb	55.5	Died	William Ambrose Jones, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
18 Feb	62.9	Died	Sabbatino Giani †	Bishop of Livorno, Italy
19 Feb	25.8	Ordained Priest	Aniceto Fernández Alonso, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Master General Emeritus
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Miguel Paternain, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Antonio Taffi †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio
	22.3	Ordained Priest	Emanuele Trindade Salgueiro †	Priest	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
20 Feb		Born	Packiam Arokiaswamy †		Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India
	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Šimon Bárta †	Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Pio Leonardo Navarra, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
21 Feb		Born	Adrien André Maria Cimichella, O.S.M. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
21 Feb		Born	Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. †		Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
22 Feb	68.9	Died	Josef Doubrava †	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia
23 Feb	43.3	Appointed	Martino Chiolino, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Honan {Ho-Nan Settentrionale}, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Weihweifu, China
24 Feb	41.9	Confirmed	Josyf Botsian (Bocian) †	Bishop	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	56.4	Installed	Georges-Prudent-Marie Bruley des Varannes †	Bishop of Monaco	Bishop Emeritus
	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Silviano Carrillo y Cárdenas †	Bishop of Sinaloa, México
	41.3	Confirmed	Bl. Leontiy Leonid Fedorov, M.S.U. †	Apostolic Exarch of Russia (Russian)
	50.4	Died	Petrus Carolus Noyen, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Isole della Piccola Sonda, Indonesia
	41.3	Appointed	Ignace Gabriel I (Théophile) Tappouni †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria	Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
26 Feb		Born	James (Jaime) Collins, C.Ss.R. †		Bishop Emeritus of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil
	52.8	Selected	Théophile Joseph Georgi †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa dei Siri
	37.2	Appointed	Athanase Jules Benham Kalian †	Titular Bishop of Batnae dei Siri	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
	37.2	Selected	Athanase Jules Benham Kalian †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
28 Feb	37.7	Installed	Francisco Frutos y Valiente †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain

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