The Year of Our Lord 1923

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	72.3	Resigned	Louis Couppé, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of New Pomerania, Papua New Guinea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	48.0	Resigned	Ludovicus Lombard, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Djibouti (Gibuti)	Prefect Emeritus
	19.6	First Vows	Wilhelm Josef Duschak, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Calapan, Philippines
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Enrique (Henry) Ederle, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Prefect Emeritus of Mindoro, Philippines
		Appointed	Gonsalve Galland, O.P. †	Superior of Mossul, Iraq
	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Iwannis (Youhanna) Gandour †	Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Bostra
		Died	Teodosio Heikenrath, SS.CC. †	Prefect of Central New Guinea
		Appointed	Wilhelm Herting, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Kroonstad, South Africa
		Born	Nikasius Kipengele †		Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania
	56.1	Appointed	Johann Nepomuk Norbert Klein, O.T. †	Superior General of Order of the Teutonic Knights of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem	Bishop Emeritus of Brno, Czechia
		Born	Maurus Gervase Komba †		Bishop Emeritus of Tanga, Tanzania
	28.2	Final Vows	Martin Lucas, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Scandinavia
	17.3	First Vows	Sinforiano Lucas Rojo, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
	23.7	Final Vows	Thomas M. Megan, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Prefect Emeritus of Xinxiang [Sinsiang], China
		Born	Louis Nganga a Ndzando †		Bishop Emeritus of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	26.9	First Vows	Jacques Pessers, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia
	17.6	Entered	Cándido Rada Senosiáin, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Guaranda, Ecuador
	21.0	Professed	Johannes Riegler, M.F.S.C. †	Member of Missionaries of the Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa
	23.3	Entered	Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC. †	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile
	52.7	Resigned	Luigi Sincero †	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Bl. Ivan Sleziuk †	Priest of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop
	19.5	Ordained Deacon	Bl. Vasyl Vsevolod Velychkovsky, C.Ss.R. †	Deacon of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop
	32.0	Ordained Priest	[Louis Zhang Jia-shu (Chang Kia Shu)], S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
3 Jan	62.9	Appointed	Antonín Čech †	Auxiliary Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
	62.9	Appointed	Antonín Čech †	Titular Bishop of Cidyessus	Auxiliary Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
	55.0	Died	Jules Tiberghien †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
		Born	Stephen Yang Xiangtai †		Bishop Emeritus of Daming [Taming], China
4 Jan	84.8	Died	Jaime Cardona y Tur †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
4 Jan		Born	Alberto Iniesta Jiménez †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
5 Jan	62.5	Appointed	Francisco Maria Campos y Angeles †	Titular Bishop of Doara	Bishop Emeritus of Chilapa, Guerrero, México
5 Jan	62.5	Resigned	Francisco Maria Campos y Angeles †	Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México	Bishop Emeritus
6 Jan		Born	Edward Henryk Materski †		Bishop Emeritus of Radom, Poland
6 Jan	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Albino Morera †	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
7 Jan	53.7	Appointed	Fidel María Cosío y Medina †	Bishop of Puno, Peru
	19.0	Professed	Godefroid Dayez, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus
		Born	Joseph Thomas Dimino †		Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Johann Evangelist Erich Müller †	Titular Bishop of Lorea	Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Josef Schinzel †	Titular Bishop of Elusa	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia
9 Jan	78.8	Died	Joseph Antoine Fabre †	Bishop of Marseille, France
9 Jan		Born	Celso Nogoy Guevarra †		Bishop Emeritus of Balanga, Philippines
10 Jan	73.6	Died	Jules-Laurent-Benjamin Morelle †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France
12 Jan	57.9	Appointed	Kazimierz Mikolaj Michalkiewicz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
12 Jan	57.9	Appointed	Kazimierz Mikolaj Michalkiewicz †	Titular Bishop of Thyatira	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
13 Jan	19.9	Entered	José Romão Martenetz, O.S.B.M. †	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop Emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil
13 Jan		Born	Joseph Alphonse McNicholas †		Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
14 Jan	61.9	Installed	Uberto Maria Fiodo †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
16 Jan		Born	Antonio Riboldi, I.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Acerra, Italy
17 Jan		Born	Ítalo Severino Di Stéfano †		Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
19 Jan	56.2	Appointed	Daniel Champavier †	Bishop of Marseille, France
19 Jan	54.0	Appointed	Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho †	Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
20 Jan	55.8	Died	Jules-André Brault, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
	59.0	Appointed	Giovanni Festa †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
		Born	José Sebastián Laboa Gallego †		Apostolic Nuncio
21 Jan	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Fontana †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Macchi †	Bishop of Andria, Italy	Bishop of Como, Italy
	56.1	Died	Stanislaus von Krolikowski, O.S.F.S. †	Prefect of Great Namaqualand, Namibia
22 Jan	55.5	Installed	Ignacio Placencia y Moreira †	Bishop of Zacatecas, México
24 Jan		Born	Javier Azagra Labiano †		Bishop Emeritus of Cartagena (en España)
25 Jan	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Josef Ludwig Brems, O. Praem. †	Titular Bishop of Roskilde	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Denmark
25 Jan		Born	Emilio Ogñénovich †		Archbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
27 Jan	54.4	Died	Emanuele Virgilio †	Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy
28 Jan	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Nicolás Corona y Corona †	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México
28 Jan	29.3	Ordained Priest	Hieronymus Haberstroh, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Prefect of Xining [Sining], China
29 Jan	26.0	Ordained Priest	Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
29 Jan	70.7	Died	Sebastião Leite de Vasconcellos †	Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal
30 Jan	41.5	Appointed	Richard Ryan, C.M. †	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia	Bishop of Sale, Australia
31 Jan	47.9	Installed	Francisco Javier de Irastorza y Loinaz †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
	74.9	Died	José López Mendoza y García, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
		Born	Jorge María Mejía †		Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
	68.8	Appointed	Gustave-Charles-Marie Mutel, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Mopsuestia	Vicar Apostolic of Seul, Korea (South)
		Born	Maurice Michael Otunga †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya
Feb	49.8	Appointed	Ljudevit Lajčo Budanović †	Apostolic Administrator of Bačka (Bács) Jugoslavenska, Serbia
1 Feb	54.0	Appointed	Bernardin Castanié, SS.CC. †	Prefect of Cook e Manihiki, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Prefect of Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
2 Feb	33.3	Final Vows	Juan Albacete Sáiz, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Prefect of San Francisco Javier, Peru
	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Pascual Díaz y Barreto, S.J. †	Bishop of Tabasco, México	Archbishop of México, Federal District
	77.5	Appointed	Karol Slivovsky †	Bishop of Vladivostok, Russian Federation
3 Feb	43.2	Appointed	Agustín Hombach, C.M. †	Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
4 Feb	38.2	Ordained Bishop	José de Jesús Manríquez y Zárate †	Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México	Bishop Emeritus
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Charles Quentin Bertram Olwell, C.P. †	Priest of Congregation of the Passion	Prelate Emeritus of Marbel, Philippines
	63.0	Died	Charles Joseph O’Reilly †	Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
	89.4	Died	Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
5 Feb	24.9	Solemn Vows	Joachim (Alois) Ammann, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania
		Born	Michael Kuchmiak, C.Ss.R. †		Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain (Ukrainian)
	50.9	Appointed	Ismael Perdomo Borrero †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Archbishop
	50.9	Appointed	Ismael Perdomo Borrero †	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope	Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
6 Feb	36.3	Appointed	John Alexander Floersh †	Coadjutor Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
6 Feb	36.3	Appointed	John Alexander Floersh †	Titular Bishop of Lycopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
10 Feb	52.6	Appointed	Angelo Paino †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Feb	52.6	Appointed	Ivan Rafael Rodić, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Srpski Banat, Serbia	Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
11 Feb		Born	Agustín Romualdo Alvarez Rodríguez, O.F.M. Cap. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Hugo Bressane de Araújo †	Priest of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil
		Born	Leonard Hsu Ying-Fa (Xu Yingfa), O.F.M. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
	68.9	Appointed	Julián Raymundo Riveiro y Jacinto, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Antinoë	Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala
14 Feb	80.8	Died	Bartolomeo Bacilieri †	Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
14 Feb		Born	Mark Francis Schmitt †		Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA
15 Feb	55.2	Appointed	Gabriel Joseph Maria Zeiger (Zelger), O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
16 Feb	46.4	Appointed	Gerard Vesters, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palaestina	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
	46.4	Appointed	Gerard Vesters, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of New Pomerania, Papua New Guinea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
	55.2	Appointed	Gabriel Joseph Maria Zeiger (Zelger), O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
17 Feb	38.8	Succeeded	Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Manchuria {Manciuria Settentrionale}, China	Bishop of Jilin [Kirin], China
17 Feb	72.9	Died	Pierre-Marie-François Lalouyer, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Manchuria {Manciuria Settentrionale}, China
18 Feb		Born	Thomas Kevin O’Brien †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
18 Feb	57.6	Died	Lipót Árpád Várady †	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
19 Feb	53.6	Appointed	Daniel Joseph Curley †	Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA
	62.5	Resigned	Joannes Frederik (Leo) Dérikx, O. Praem. †	Prefect of Western Uélé {Uélé Occidental}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Prefect Emeritus
		Born	René-Alexandre Dupanloup †		Bishop Emeritus of Belley, France
20 Feb	50.9	Appointed	Antoine-Pierre-Jean Fourquet, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Canton [Guangzhou], China	Archbishop Emeritus of Guangzhou [Canton], China
20 Feb	50.9	Appointed	Antoine-Pierre-Jean Fourquet, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Themisonium	Archbishop Emeritus of Guangzhou [Canton], China
22 Feb	35.2	Appointed	Sofronio Hacbang y Gaborni †	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines
23 Feb	45.1	Appointed	Andrew James Louis Brennan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
23 Feb	45.1	Appointed	Andrew James Louis Brennan †	Titular Bishop of Thapsus	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
24 Feb	23.9	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Giacomo Palombella †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Matera, Italy
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Macario Tinti †	Priest of Senigallia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
25 Feb	60.6	Ordained Bishop	José Joaquín Manuel Eloy Arróspide y Echeverría †	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay
28 Feb	46.6	Installed	Pascual Díaz y Barreto, S.J. †	Bishop of Tabasco, México	Archbishop of México, Federal District

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