The Year of Our Lord 1934

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	62.1	Resigned	Johannes Biermans, M.H.M. †	Superior General of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill	Superior General Emeritus of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda
	23.3	First Vows	Juan Bockwinckel (Bockwinkel), S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Prelate Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay
	26.0	Final Vows	John Edward Cohill, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
	16.7	Entered	[Bernardin Dong Guang-qing], O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Hankow [Hankou], China
	62.2	Resigned	Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J. †	Apostolic Delegate to Albania	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus
	20.0	Professed	Matthew Farrelly, C.S.Sp. †	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Superior Emeritus of Gambia
	29.7	Ordained Priest	Hubertus Hermens, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Prefect Emeritus of Denpasar, Indonesia
	22.5	Perpetual Vows	Honoré Joseph Marie Jouneaux, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Prefect Emeritus of Pala, Chad
	62.4	Appointed	Wenceslas Joseph Kinold, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Karafuto, Japan	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sapporo, Japan
		Born	Alexandre Kouassi †		Bishop of Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire
		Born	John Jocelyn Madden, S.D.B. †		Prefect Emeritus of Lashio, Myanmar
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Viktor Novikov (Makovski), S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Ludwik (Franciszek) Nowak, O.S.P.P.E. †	Priest of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit	Prior General Emeritus
	45.0	Resigned	Henricus Norbertus (Harrie) van Oort, S.C.I. †	Prefect of Benkoelen, Indonesia	Prefect Emeritus
	19.1	Professed	Joseph Gustave Roland Prévost Godard, P.M.E. †	Member of Société des Missions-Étrangères	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pucallpa, Peru
		Died	Ernesto Reilly, O.F.M. †	Superior of Bellary, India
		Born	Yusuf Sağ		Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Turkey (Syrian)
	20.6	First Vows	Johannes Schütte, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Superior General Emeritus
		Born	Paul Tep Im Sotha †		Prefect of Battambang, Cambodia
	43.8	Elected	Seraphin Uluhogian, C.M.V. †	Abbot Primate of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia
	43.4	Ceased	Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcellos Motta †	Administrator of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	24.3	Final Vows	Theodorus van den Tillaart, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia
	65.3	Appointed	Joaquín Vilallonga y Bernia, S.J. †	Superior of Ahmedabad, India	Superior Emeritus
1 Jan	53.4	Installed	István Breyer †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
		Born	Raphaël Lubaki Nganga †		Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
		Born	Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
5 Jan	65.6	Died	Antonio Valbonesi †	Bishop Emeritus of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
6 Jan	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Torquato Dini †	Titular Archbishop of Dara	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus
	25.6	Ordained Priest	André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Hermann Schoppelrey, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Calydon	Vicar Apostolic of Sinyangchow, China
	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Giacinto Tredici, O.Ss.C.A. †	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
7 Jan	43.7	Appointed	Mario Zanin †	Apostolic Administrator of Harbin [Harbin], China	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
7 Jan	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Mario Zanin †	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
8 Jan		Born	Severino Miguel Pelayo †		Bishop of Philippines, Military
9 Jan	48.1	Appointed	Pietro Ciriaci †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	67.1	Appointed	Louis-Justin Gumy, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Olba	Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles
	67.1	Resigned	Louis-Justin Gumy, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Francis Xavier Irwin †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	53.7	Succeeded	Ernest Louis Joye, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles	Bishop Emeritus
12 Jan		Born	Edmond Carmody		Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
	42.9	Appointed	Thomas P. Hughes, S.M.A. †	Prefect of Kaduna, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Ondo, Nigeria
		Appointed	Teodoro Koenig, S.A.C. †	Prefect of Cape of Good Hope, Central District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Centrale}, South Africa	Prefect Emeritus of Oudtshoorn, South Africa
13 Jan	46.4	Appointed	Adalberto Accioli Sobral †	Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
14 Jan		Born	Aloísio Hilário de Pinho, F.D.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
17 Jan		Born	Alexander Joseph Brunett †		Archbishop Emeritus of Seattle, Washington, USA
17 Jan	34.9	Died	Eugene-Jean Imhof, S.M.B. †	Prefect of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China
18 Jan	60.7	Died	Emmanuel Coste †	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
19 Jan	37.9	Appointed	Henri Martin Mekkelholt, S.C.I. †	Prefect of Benkoelen, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia
21 Jan	53.4	Installed	Franciszek Barda †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
		Born	Capistrano Francisco (William Charles) Heim, O.F.M. †		Prelate Emeritus of Itaituba, Para, Brazil
	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Wojciech Tomaka †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Przemyśl, Poland
22 Jan		Born	Valter Carrijo, S.D.S.		Bishop Emeritus of Brejo, Maranhão, Brazil
	89.2	Died	Francesco De Pietro †	Bishop Emeritus of Acerra, Italy
		Born	Adalberto Arturo Rosat, O.F.M. †		Prelate Emeritus of Aiquile, Bolivia
23 Jan		Born	Gerhard Pieschl		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Limburg, Germany
25 Jan	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Jean Heintz †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Bishop of Metz, France
	22.1	Temporary Vows	Jean Prou, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus
	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Marie-Alexandre Richaud †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
26 Jan		Appointed	Joseph Patrick O’Donohoe, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Kafiristan e Kashmir, Pakistan	Prefect Emeritus
27 Jan		Born	José Ignacio Alemany Grau, C.Ss.R.		Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
27 Jan	32.4	Appointed	Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre †	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
28 Jan		Born	Enzo Dieci		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Carlos de Sá Fragoso †	Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India	Bishop Emeritus
	39.6	Ordained Bishop	Abílio Augusto Vaz das Neves †	Bishop of Cochin, India	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
29 Jan	18.3	Professed	Oskar Formánek, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop
29 Jan		Born	Kassian (Otto) Lauterer, O. Cist. †		Abbot Emeritus of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
30 Jan		Born	Giovanni Battista Re		Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
31 Jan	82.7	Appointed	François-Xavier-Marie-Jules Gieure †	Titular Archbishop of Cius	Bishop Emeritus of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France
31 Jan	82.7	Retired	François-Xavier-Marie-Jules Gieure †	Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France	Bishop Emeritus
1 Feb	65.7	Died	Agustín Blessing Presinger, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	49.0	Appointed	Louis-François Gayet, M.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Nagpur, India
	42.7	Appointed	Diego María Gómez Tamayo †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Popayán, Colombia
	49.5	Appointed	Lorenzo Giacomo Inglese, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Crete {Candia}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
	51.5	Appointed	Joannes Walter Panis, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Trisipa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
	51.5	Appointed	Joannes Walter Panis, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Célebes, Indonesia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
	41.5	Appointed	Camille Verfaillie, S.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Stanley-ville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	41.5	Appointed	Camille Verfaillie, S.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Oëa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Stanley-ville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2 Feb	63.0	Installed	Nikolaus Bares †	Bishop of Berlin, Germany
		Born	Jean-Guy Rakodondravahatra, M.S. †		Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar
	49.7	Appointed	Igino Maria Serci Vaquer †	Bishop of Ozieri, Italy
	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Fulvio Tessaroli †	Bishop of Segni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
3 Feb	58.4	Appointed	Bernardo Bertoglio †	Auxiliary Bishop of Palestrina, Italy	Bishop of Bobbio (-Abbey of San Colombano), Italy
	58.4	Appointed	Bernardo Bertoglio †	Titular Bishop of Nazianzus	Bishop of Bobbio (-Abbey of San Colombano), Italy
		Born	Joseph Duffy		Bishop Emeritus of Clogher, Ireland
4 Feb		Born	Felipe Aguirre Franco		Archbishop Emeritus of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Bonfiglioli †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Jean Karroum †	Priest	Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Albert Levame †	Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
		Born	Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S. †		Bishop Emeritus of Tete, Mozambique
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Clément Abdulla Eliane Rahal †	Priest	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria
6 Feb	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste Mégnin †	Bishop of Angoulême, France
6 Feb		Born	Ján Jiří Pojer †
7 Feb		Born	Paul Chittilapilly †		Bishop Emeritus of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabar), India
7 Feb	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Rodolfo Orler, F.S.C.J. †	Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium	Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan
8 Feb		Born	Joseph Zhao Fengchang		Bishop of Yanggu [Yangku], China
10 Feb	44.1	Appointed	Francis Patrick Keough †	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	57.2	Appointed	Moses Elias Kiley †	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
	42.9	Appointed	Robert Emmet Lucey †	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA
	55.5	Appointed	William David O’Brien †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	55.5	Appointed	William David O’Brien †	Titular Bishop of Calynda	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
11 Feb	80.2	Died	Julije Drohobeczky †	Bishop Emeritus of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Jean Jadot †	Priest of Mechelen, Belgium	Pro-President Emeritus of the Secretariat for Non-Christians
	68.9	Died	Chucrallah Khoury, M.L. †	Archbishop of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon
12 Feb		Born	Alfred Gonti Pius Datubara, O.F.M. Cap.		Archbishop Emeritus of Medan, Indonesia
15 Feb	57.0	Resigned	Boniface (Josef) Sauer, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Ilan, China	Abbot of Tokugen o Tokwon, Korea (North)
16 Feb	25.1	Ordained Priest	Ernst Tewes, C.O. †	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
17 Feb		Born	Salvador Flores Huerta †		Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México
17 Feb	79.2	Died	Manuel Tomás Mesa Albornoz †	Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
19 Feb		Born	Raymundo Joseph Peña †		Bishop Emeritus of Brownsville, Texas, USA
21 Feb	64.5	Died	William Lewis Keatinge †	Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military
22 Feb	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Henri-Marius Bernard †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
22 Feb	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Édouard Gabriel Mesguen †	Bishop of Poitiers, France
23 Feb		Born	Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán †		Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador
		Born	Luís d’Andrea, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil
	43.3	Appointed	Thomas Tien Ken-hsin (Tienchensing), S.V.D. †	Prefect of Yangku [Yanggu], China	Cardinal, Archbishop of Beijing [Peking], China
24 Feb	26.2	Ordained Priest	Wilfrid Joseph Dufault, A.A. †	Priest of Augustinians of the Assumption	Superior General Emeritus
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Anastasio Granados García †	Priest	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
	60.5	Appointed	Auguste Sieffert, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Polybotus	Bishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia
	60.5	Resigned	Auguste Sieffert, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
25 Feb	126.1	Beatified	St. Antonio María Claret y Clará, C.M.F. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
25 Feb	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse Joseph Matthysen (Matthijsen), M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Berenice	Bishop of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Feb	38.1	Appointed	Bernhard Gerhard Hilhorst, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bagamoyo, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Morogoro, Tanzania
	38.1	Appointed	Bernhard Gerhard Hilhorst, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Metellopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Morogoro, Tanzania
	55.1	Appointed	Oscar Morin, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Uthina	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Navrongo, Ghana
	55.1	Appointed	Oscar Morin, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Navrongo, Ghana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	47.4	Appointed	José María Preciado y Nieva, C.M.F. †	Vicar Apostolic of Darién, Panama	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	47.4	Appointed	José María Preciado y Nieva, C.M.F. †	Titular Bishop of Tegea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Darién, Panama
	46.3	Appointed	Hildon-Georges-Marie Six, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	46.3	Appointed	Hildon-Georges-Marie Six, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Baliana	Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	48.6	Appointed	Camille Valentin Stappers, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lulua, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	48.6	Appointed	Camille Valentin Stappers, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Lulua e Katanga Centrale, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lulua, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	44.4	Appointed	Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Western Nigeria {Nigeria Occidentale}	Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, Nigeria
	44.4	Appointed	Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Vartana	Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, Nigeria
	45.3	Appointed	Jozef Vanderhoven, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	45.3	Appointed	Jozef Vanderhoven, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sinna	Vicar Apostolic of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Feb	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel-Emmanuel-Joseph Piguet †	Bishop of Clermont, France
27 Feb		Born	Ignatius Wang Chung Chang		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA

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