The Year of Our Lord 1925

Bishop Events

July to August

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	45.7	Ceased	Michael Joseph Curley †	Apostolic Administrator of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA	Archbishop of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland, USA
47.4	Ordained Bishop	François-Marie Picaud †	Titular Bishop of Erythrae	Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
2 Jul	61.1	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Patau †	Titular Bishop of Torone	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Perpignan-Elne, France
3 Jul	55.1	Appointed	Joseph Chartrand †	Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
55.1	Resigned	Joseph Chartrand †	Archbishop-Elect of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
64.8	Appointed	José Miralles y Sbert †	Coadjutor Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
64.8	Appointed	José Miralles y Sbert †	Titular Bishop of Corycus	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
5 Jul	73.1	Appointed	Pietro Gasparri †	Prefect of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
129.2	Beatified	St. Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Corea
	Born	Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. †		Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
6 Jul	26.3	Ordained Priest	Marcel-Pierre-Armand Riopel †	Priest of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
8 Jul		Born	Marco Cé †		Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
23.0	Entered	John Joseph MacCarthy, S.M.A. †	Member of Society of African Missions	Archbishop Emeritus of Kaduna, Nigeria
47.5	Appointed	John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. †	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
9 Jul	73.9	Died	Maximino Velasco, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Tonking {Tonkino Settentrionale}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic
10 Jul		Born	Ernest Anthony Bertrand Boland, O.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Multan, Pakistan
69.1	Appointed	John James Joseph Monaghan †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Bishop Emeritus of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
69.1	Resigned	John James Joseph Monaghan †	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA	Bishop Emeritus
11 Jul		Born	Paul Émile Joseph Bertrand †		Bishop Emeritus of Mende, France
23.1	Ordained Priest	Daniel-Auguste Lemonnier †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Rouen, France
82.8	Appointed	Alfred-Jules Mélisson †	Titular Archbishop of Viminacium	Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France
	Born	Giovanni Maria Sartori †		Archbishop of Trento, Italy
12 Jul	24.3	Ordained Priest	Carlo Baldini, O.M.D. †	Priest of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God	Bishop of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy
26.1	Ordained Deacon	René Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. †	Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Archbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon
16.5	Entered	Basil (Herman Francis) Heiser, O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Minister General Emeritus
28.9	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste Magenties, S.C.I. di Béth. †	Priest of Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Bétharram	Prefect Emeritus of Tali [Dali], China
25.7	Ordained Deacon	Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp. †	Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles
25.4	Ordained Priest	James Aloysius McNulty †	Priest of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
	Born	Giuseppe Pietro (José Pedro) Pozzi, S.D.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina
24.5	Ordained Deacon	Henri-Marie-François Varin de la Brunelière, C.S.Sp. †	Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Archbishop Emeritus of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles
14 Jul		Born	Francisco Alvarez Martínez †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
	Born	Barthélémy Batantu †		Archbishop Emeritus of Brazzaville, Congo
55.8	Appointed	Francisco Miguel Irazola y Galarza, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Flavias	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ucayali, Peru
55.8	Appointed	Francisco Miguel Irazola y Galarza, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ucayali, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
15 Jul		Born	Henry Swithin Thomas Alexander Wijetunge Goonewardena, O.M.I. †		Bishop Emeritus of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
37.5	Appointed	James Leen, C.S.Sp. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius	Bishop
37.5	Appointed	James Leen, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius
57.4	Appointed	Bernard Cornelius O’Riley †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
57.4	Appointed	Bernard Cornelius O’Riley †	Titular Bishop of Phoba	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa
74.4	Died	Luca Pappafava †	Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
49.1	Appointed	Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada
16 Jul	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Georges-Marie-Eugène Audollent †	Bishop of Blois, France
41.5	Appointed	Dominic Francis Langenbacher, C.P. †	Prefect of Shenchow, China	Prefect Emeritus
17 Jul	48.3	Appointed	Sylvester Joseph Espelage, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Wuchang [Wuchang], China	Vicar Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China
	Born	Robert Healy †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia
70.0	Died	Henri Laurent Janssens, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Bethsaida
	Born	Ramón Mantilla Duarte, C.Ss.R. †		Bishop Emeritus of Ipiales, Colombia
18 Jul	65.6	Succeeded	Paul-Eugène Roy †	Archbishop of Québec, Canada
19 Jul	85.5	Died	Louis-Nazaire Bégin †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
44.5	Ordained Bishop	Albino González y Menédez Reigada, O.P. †	Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
26.9	Ordained Priest	Albert Hermelink Gentiaras, S.C.I. †	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia
22.7	Ordained Priest	Aurelio Signora †	Priest of Venezia {Venice}, Italy	Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
66.7	Ordained Bishop	Władysław Maximilyn Szcześniak †	Titular Bishop of Laranda	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
20 Jul	28.9	Ordained Priest	Elias Coueter †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil
31.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph Malouf, S.M.S.P. †	Priest of Società dei Missionari di San Paolo (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	Born	Ambrose Mathalaimuthu †		Bishop Emeritus of Coimbatore, India
21 Jul	44.5	Appointed	João Batista Conturon, S.D.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil
22 Jul	23.4	Ordained Priest	Vincent-Marie Favé †	Priest of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Paul Lanneau †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
24 Jul	20.9	Entered	Jean Louis Joseph Collignon, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti
44.8	Appointed	Domenico del Buono †	Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy
44.0	Appointed	Edmond John Fitzmaurice †	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	George Martin Kuzma †		Bishop Emeritus of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA
25 Jul	23.4	Ordained Priest	Antonio Bagnoli †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Fiesole, Italy
23.6	Ordained Priest	Tito Mancini †	Priest of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ostia, Italy
45.0	Appointed	Pedro Massa, S.D.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus of Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Justo Rivas Fernández †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
26 Jul	29.0	Ordained Priest	Paul Bouque, S.C.I. †	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop Emeritus of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Pascual Miguel y Martínez, O. de M. †	Titular Bishop of Agathopolis	Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil
32.0	Ordained Priest	Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. †	Priest of Augustinians of the Assumption	Bishop Emeritus of Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23.8	Ordained Priest	Domenico Vendola †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Lucera, Italy
27 Jul	62.7	Died	Auguste-Jean-Gabriel Maurice, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Central Shensi/Chensi {Scen-Si Centrale}, China
29 Jul	33.3	Ordained Priest	Felipe Antonio Gallego Gorgojo, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
30 Jul	57.9	Appointed	Giovanni Giuseppe Santini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Zama Major
	Born	Jean-Pierre-Dominique Zévaco, C.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar
31 Jul		Born	George To Bata †		Auxiliary Bishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
2 Aug	27.0	Ordained Priest	Dominic Desperben, SS.CC. †	Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Prefect of Hainan [Hainan], China
19.4	First Vows	Joseph-Delphis Des Rosiers, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho
24.8	Perpetual Vows	James Edward (Jaime Eduardo) McManus, C.Ss.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
3 Aug		Born	Dominik Tóth †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia
4 Aug	67.8	Died	Sebastião José Pereira †	Bishop of Damão, India
7 Aug		Born	José Alberto Llaguno Farias, S.J. †		Vicar Apostolic of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México
	Born	Armand Gaétan Razafindratandra †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Antananarivo, Madagascar
8 Aug		Born	Thomas Stewart, S.S.C.M.E. †		Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)
9 Aug	31.1	Ordained Priest	Ludwig Baumeister, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Superior Emeritus of Shihtsien [Shiqian], China
24.2	Ordained Priest	Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
23.0	Ordained Priest	Antônio Julio Maria Mattioli, O.S.M. †	Priest of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Prelate of Acre e Purus, Acre, Brazil
10 Aug	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Charles Challiol †	Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
15 Aug	17.1	Professed	Adolfo Luís Bossi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Prelate Emeritus of São José do Grajaú, Brazil
23.9	Ordained Priest	Corrado Mingo †	Priest of Siracusa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy
22.4	Ordained Priest	Paolo Pappalardo †	Priest	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
16 Aug		Born	James Patrick Mahoney †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
21.3	First Vows	Bernardino Nicola Mazzarella, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
52.8	Ordained Bishop	Agustín Parrado y García †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Granada, Spain
24 Aug	51.9	Ordained Bishop	John William Campling, M.H.M. †	Titular Bishop of Comana Pontica	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda
25 Aug	53.4	Installed	Charles Challiol †	Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
26 Aug		Born	Thomas Anthony Finnegan †		Bishop Emeritus of Killala, Ireland
	Born	Bernard Charles Ratsimamotoana, M.S. †		Bishop Emeritus of Morondava, Madagascar
27 Aug		Born	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo †		Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
33.8	Ordained Priest	William Aloysius Rice, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic of Belize
28 Aug		Born	Livio Maritano †		Bishop Emeritus of Acqui, Italy
	Born	Antônio Agostinho Marochi †		Bishop Emeritus of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Born	Próspero Penados del Barrio †		Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala
29 Aug	56.0	Resigned	Beda Giovanni Cardinale, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
56.0	Resigned	Beda Giovanni Cardinale, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
	Appointed	José Solé y Mercadé †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Priest
	Appointed	José Solé y Mercadé †	Titular Bishop of Citrus	Priest
22.2	Professed	Bl. Vasyl Vsevolod Velychkovsky, C.Ss.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
30 Aug	30.3	Ordained Priest	Hailé Mariam Cahsai †	Priest	Bishop of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
64.5	Died	Heinrich Hähling von Lanzenauer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
31 Aug		Born	Matthew Baroi, S.D.B. †		Bishop of Krishnagar, India
53.8	Appointed	Gyula Zichy †	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

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