The Year of Our Lord 1942

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	49.2	Resigned	Gabriele Arosio, P.I.M.E. †	Prefect of Neghelli, Ethiopia	Prefect Emeritus
	24.7	Ordained Priest	[Bernardin Dong Guang-qing], O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Hankow [Hankou], China
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Matthew Farrelly, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Superior Emeritus of Gambia
	73.6	Died	Théophile Joseph Georgi †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa dei Siri
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Louis He Dezong †	Priest	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Kunming [Kunming], China
		Born	Hervé Itoua		Bishop Emeritus of Ouesso, Congo
		Appointed	Henrique Klein †	Prelate of Juruá, Acre, Brazil
	53.0	Resigned	Owen McPolin, S.S.C.M.E. †	Prefect of Kwoszu, Korea (South)	Prefect Emeritus
	52.9	Appointed	Oleksandr Malynowskyj †	Apostolic Exarch of Lemkowszczyzna (Ukrainian), Poland	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
	59.4	Appointed	Marcello Mimmi †	Apostolic Administrator of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
		Born	Matthias N’Gartéri Mayadi †		Archbishop of N’Djaména, Chad
	48.8	Resigned	Leandro Nieto y Bolandier, O.A.R. †	Prefect of Palawan, Philippines	Prefect Emeritus
	57.1	Appointed	Luigi Nogara, P.I.M.E. †	Apostolic Administrator of Kaifeng [Kaifeng] (Kaifengfu), China	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	31.6	Simple Vows	Carlos Humberto Rodríguez Quirós †	Priest of Carthusian Order	Archbishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica
		Born	Séraphin François Rouamba		Archbishop Emeritus of Koupéla, Burkina Faso
	57.3	Resigned	Juan (Matías) Solá y Farrell, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields, Nicaragua	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	34.0	Appointed	Bl. Ioan Suciu †	Apostolic Administrator of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Forsenio Vezzani, M.I. †	Priest of Order of the Ministers of the Sick	Superior General Emeritus
1 Jan		Born	Jérôme Gapangwa Nteziryayo		Bishop Emeritus of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2 Jan	58.3	Died	Aldo Laghi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile
3 Jan		Born	Evariste Ngoyagoye		Archbishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi
3 Jan	51.2	Appointed	Rodolfo das Mercés de Oliveira Pena †	Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
4 Jan	31.3	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Aguilera Narbona †	Bishop of Iquique, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
4 Jan	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Ernesto de Paula †	Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
5 Jan	58.9	Resigned	Adrien-Joseph Larribeau, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Seul, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
5 Jan	53.5	Installed	Norberto Perini †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
6 Jan	74.9	Died	Robert Dobson †	Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
6 Jan		Born	Guire Poulard †		Archbishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
7 Jan		Born	Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B.		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
7 Jan		Born	Carlo Mazza		Bishop Emeritus of Fidenza, Italy
9 Jan		Born	Arthur Leo Kennedy		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
9 Jan		Born	Thomas Nguyễn Văn Trâm		Bishop Emeritus of Bà Rịa, Viet Nam
10 Jan	52.4	Appointed	Antonino Catarella †	Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
11 Jan	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Rembert Casimir Kowalski, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ipsus	Bishop of Wuchang [Wuchang], China
12 Jan	23.8	Ordained Priest	Nivaldo Monte †	Priest of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Jan		Born	John Francis Moore, S.M.A. †		Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria
13 Jan		Born	Piero Marini		President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
14 Jan	73.0	Died	Julien-Louis-Edouard-Marie Gorju, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Urundi, Burundi
15 Jan		Born	José Dolores Grullón Estrella		Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
15 Jan	72.0	Died	Árpád István Hanauer †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
16 Jan		Born	Mario Giordana		Apostolic Nuncio
17 Jan	70.6	Died	Agostino Laera †	Bishop Emeritus of Castellaneta, Italy
18 Jan		Born	José Palmeira Lessa		Archbishop Emeritus of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Tomás Angel Romero Gross, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador
	65.7	Ordained Bishop	Michael Wasaburo Urakawa †	Bishop of Sendai, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
19 Jan		Born	Josef Hrdlička		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Olomouc, Czechia
21 Jan		Born	Armando Giuseppe Brambilla, C.M.P. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
		Born	Guilherme Porto		Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Henri-Marie-François Varin de la Brunelière, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Martinique (Fort-de-France e Saint Pierre), Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles
22 Jan		Born	Francisco Javier Del Río Sendino		Bishop Emeritus of Tarija, Bolivia
24 Jan	31.4	Installed	Pedro Aguilera Narbona †	Bishop of Iquique, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan	81.2	Died	Emidio Trenta †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
25 Jan	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Raffaele Mario Radossi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus of Spoleto, Italy
25 Jan		Born	Ignazio Zambito		Bishop Emeritus of Patti, Italy
31 Jan	74.1	Died	Patrice-Alexandre Chiasson, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick
	57.2	Appointed	Jeremiah Kinane †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland	Archbishop
	57.2	Appointed	Jeremiah Kinane †	Titular Archbishop of Dercos (Dercus)	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
	16.5	Professed	Giuseppe Pietro (José Pedro) Pozzi, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina
	42.5	Appointed	Antônio Zattera †	Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
1 Feb	66.7	Ordained Bishop	Jean Kurio †	Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq
1 Feb	17.3	Entered	Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 Feb	19.9	Professed	Mário Roberto Emmett Anglim, C.Ss.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil
4 Feb	86.0	Died	Conrad Abels, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Jehol [Jinzhou], China
4 Feb	65.2	Succeeded	Louis Janssens, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Jehol [Jinzhou], China	Bishop Emeritus of Jinzhou [Jehol], China
5 Feb		Born	Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, O.F.M. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tripoli, Libya
6 Feb		Born	Fortunato Frezza		Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
7 Feb	55.2	Appointed	Antonio José Jaramillo Tobón †	Bishop of Jericó, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
7 Feb	73.4	Died	Patrick MacKenna †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
8 Feb		Born	Domenico Angelo Scotti		Bishop Emeritus of Trivento, Italy
9 Feb	45.4	Resigned	Thomas F. Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. †	Prefect of Shunsen, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)
11 Feb	43.6	Ordained Bishop	André Clément Marie Ghislain Charue †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
11 Feb		Born	Patrick Percival Power		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia
12 Feb		Born	Robert Patrick Ellison, C.S.Sp. †		Bishop Emeritus of Banjul, Gambia
13 Feb	81.1	Died	Gabriel Émile Grison, S.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
17 Feb		Born	Frederico Heimler, S.D.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
20 Feb		Born	Ignazio Sanna		President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy of Theology
21 Feb		Born	Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv.		Archbishop Emeritus of Sassari, Italy
22 Feb		Born	Bernard Genoud †		Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
22 Feb	51.4	Died	Eduard Profittlich, S.J. †	Apostolic Administrator of Estonia
23 Feb	44.5	Appointed	Johánnes Gunnarsson, S.M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Iceland {Islanda}	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
23 Feb	44.5	Appointed	Johánnes Gunnarsson, S.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Hólar	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iceland {Islanda}
24 Feb	62.1	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt †	Cardinal, Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
	42.9	Appointed	Alfred Joseph Gummer †	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia
	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Edward Gerard Hettinger †	Titular Bishop of Teos	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA
	62.1	Appointed	Edouard Rostaing, M.S. †	Vicar Apostolic of Antsirabé, Madagascar
	62.1	Appointed	Edouard Rostaing, M.S. †	Titular Bishop of Curium	Vicar Apostolic of Antsirabé, Madagascar
	34.3	Appointed	Santos Ubierna, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Thái Binh, Viet Nam
	34.3	Appointed	Santos Ubierna, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Lamdia	Vicar Apostolic of Thái Binh, Viet Nam
	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Clement Willging †	Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA
25 Feb		Born	Antonio Lucibello		Apostolic Nuncio
	46.5	Appointed	Juan Tarcisio Senner, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Chiquitos, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
	46.5	Appointed	Juan Tarcisio Senner, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Rusadus	Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
26 Feb	79.1	Died	Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P. †	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
28 Feb	24.0	Ordained Priest	Manuel Ferreira Cabral †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
		Born	Roman Adam Marcinkowski		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Michael Joseph Murphy †	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

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