The Year of Our Lord 1927

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Eugène Abissa Kwaku †		Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Ángel (Angelus) Almárcegui de la Virgen de Valentuñana, O.A.R. †	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Prior General Emeritus
	46.2	Ceased	Salvatore Ballo Guercio †	Apostolic Administrator of Acireale, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
		Born	Émile Biayenda †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo
	38.0	Appointed	Heinrich Breuer, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Pilcomayo, Paraguay	Prefect Emeritus
	43.9	Incardinated	Antonio Cardona Riera †	Priest of Ibiza, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	34.0	Ordained Priest	[ Chen Yuencai] †	Priest	Archbishop of Guiyang [Kweyang], China
	21.6	Professed	Anthony Zhou Weidao (Chow Wei-tao), O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Fengxiang [Fengsiang], China
	20.0	Ordained Priest	Luis Alfonso Crespo Chiriboga †	Priest	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
	40.3	Incardinated	Teodoro Bernardo Eugenín Barrientos, SS.CC. †	Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Chile, Military
	29.1	Ordained Priest	Augustin Claude Guérin, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Prefect Emeritus of N’Zérékoré, Guinea
	49.1	Appointed	Damaszen Herkenrath, O.F.M. †	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Tsinanfu, China	Pro-Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	22.8	Professed	Pacificus Li Huande (Li Xuande, Ly Hsuan-te), O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China
		Born	Emmanuel Otteh †		Bishop Emeritus of Issele-Uku, Nigeria
	15.0	Professed	Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. †	Member of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
	50.0	Resigned	Josephus Rose, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Pilcomayo, Paraguay	Prefect Emeritus
	66.1	Appointed	Giustino Sanchini †	Apostolic Administrator of Fossombrone, Italy	Bishop of Fano, Italy
	69.3	Resigned	Thomas Joseph Shahan †	Rector of the Catholic University of America	Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis
		Born	Mori Julien-Marie Sidibé †		Bishop of Ségou, Mali
	20.5	First Vows	Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia
	15.5	Professed	Juan Bautista Velasco Díaz, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China
	49.0	Ceased	Alfredo Verzosa y Florentin †	Apostolic Administrator of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines
	20.1	Entered	Léo Völker, M. Afr. †	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Superior General Emeritus
Jan	48.0	Resigned	Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Arabia, Yemen	Archbishop Emeritus of Agra, India
1 Jan	77.9	Died	Denis Joseph O’Connell †	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
2 Jan	56.0	Died	Josef Bombera †	Vicar Apostolic of Czechoslovakia
2 Jan	24.4	Ordained Priest	Carlo Manziana, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
4 Jan	50.7	Appointed	Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini †	Superior General of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
4 Jan	76.5	Died	Johannes Baptist Rößler (Roessler) †	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
5 Jan	65.0	Died	Nicasio Arellano, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
6 Jan	24.0	Ordained Priest	Patrick Francis Lyons †	Priest of Melbourne, Australia	Bishop of Sale, Australia
7 Jan		Born	Paul-Marie Cao Ðình Thuyên †		Bishop Emeritus of Vinh, Viet Nam
9 Jan	22.3	Ordained Priest	Luís Victor Sartori †	Priest	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
9 Jan		Born	Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
11 Jan	62.6	Appointed	Tito Trocchi †	Official of the Apostolic Chamber
12 Jan		Born	Francis Thomas Hurley †		Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage, Alaska, USA
13 Jan	48.8	Died	Francisco Antonio Granadillo †	Bishop of Valencia en Venezuela
14 Jan		Born	Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas †		Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile
	68.6	Appointed	Palmyre-Georges Jansoone †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France
	68.6	Appointed	Palmyre-Georges Jansoone †	Titular Bishop of Nilopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France
15 Jan	85.0	Died	Gregorio Giorgio Sciahin †	Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
15 Jan		Born	Jusztin Nándor Takács, O.C.D. †		Bishop Emeritus of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
16 Jan		Born	Paul Antaki †		Protosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
	67.9	Died	Julián de Diego y García Alcolea †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	48.7	Installed	Juan José Maíztegui y Besoitaiturria, C.M.F. †	Vicar Apostolic of Darién, Panama	Archbishop of Panamá
17 Jan	48.1	Appointed	Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira †	Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
17 Jan		Born	José María Hernández González †		Bishop Emeritus of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México
18 Jan	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Jules-Marie-Victor Courcoux, C.Or.Iesu †	Bishop of Orléans, France
18 Jan		Born	José Delicado Baeza †		Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
19 Jan	38.0	Appointed	Henricus Norbertus (Harrie) van Oort, S.C.I. †	Prefect of Benkoelen, Indonesia	Prefect Emeritus
19 Jan		Born	Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
20 Jan		Born	Paolo Giglio †		Apostolic Nuncio
		Born	Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian, I.C.P.B. †		Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
		Born	Manuel da Silva Martins †		Bishop Emeritus of Setúbal, Portugal
22 Jan		Born	Robert-Marie Gay, M. Afr. †		Bishop Emeritus of Kabale, Uganda
22 Jan		Born	Georg (Karl Maria) Holzherr, O.S.B. †		Abbot Emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
23 Jan	23.0	Ordained Priest	Domenico Fiorina, I.M.C. †	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Superior General Emeritus
24 Jan	43.8	Appointed	Auguste François Louis Grimault, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal
	43.8	Appointed	Auguste François Louis Grimault, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Palaestina	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal
	36.1	Appointed	Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
	36.1	Appointed	Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Balanea	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
	68.1	Died	Luis Javier Muñoz y Capurón, S.J. †	Archbishop of Guatemala
25 Jan		Born	Raymond Joseph Louis Bouchex †		Archbishop Emeritus of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
	56.5	Installed	Jules-Marie-Victor Courcoux, C.Or.Iesu †	Bishop of Orléans, France
	52.7	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Filippucci (Filippoussis) †	Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
		Born	Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol		Bishop Emeritus of Cheju, Korea (South)
26 Jan	54.4	Appointed	Joseph Bach, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	54.4	Appointed	Joseph Bach, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Eriza	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
	58.1	Died	Agostinho Francisco Benassi †	Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil
	47.0	Appointed	Timothy Joseph Crowley, C.S.C. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh	Bishop
	47.0	Appointed	Timothy Joseph Crowley, C.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia	Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh
	51.4	Appointed	Eugenio Massi, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hankow [Hankou], China
27 Jan	42.2	Appointed	Bernardino Vitale Bigi, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cirenaica, Libya
	42.2	Appointed	Bernardino Vitale Bigi, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Anthedon	Vicar Apostolic of Cirenaica, Libya
	55.7	Died	Bl. Jerzy Bolesław Matulewicz-Matulaitis, M.I.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania
		Born	Vicente Joaquim Zico, C.M. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil
28 Jan	44.7	Appointed	George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana †	Apostolic Internuncio to Haiti	Apostolic Delegate to México
	52.8	Appointed	Honoré-Joseph Coppieters †	Coadjutor Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium	Bishop
	52.8	Appointed	Honoré-Joseph Coppieters †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
29 Jan	62.6	Died	António Alves Ferreira †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
	78.6	Died	Andrea Caron †	Archbishop Emeritus of Genova, Italy
	68.4	Died	Charles O’Sullivan †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
	69.9	Appointed	Joseph Pfluger †	Titular Archbishop of Macra	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	63.2	Resigned	Giovanni Tacci (Porcelli) †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
31 Jan		Born	Julian Andrzej Wojtkowski		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warmia, Poland
1 Feb	35.7	Appointed	James Edward Walsh, M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kongmoon [Jiangmen], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Feb	35.7	Appointed	James Edward Walsh, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sata	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kongmoon [Jiangmen], China
2 Feb	40.8	Appointed	Gérard Wantenaar, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Feb	56.8	Appointed	Luigi Sincero †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
3 Feb	60.5	Appointed	Giacinto Tonizza, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tripolitana, Libya
4 Feb	41.6	Appointed	José Maurício da Rocha †	Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
5 Feb	69.2	Appointed	Edmund Dunn, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Sarawak, Malaysia
6 Feb	35.5	Installed	Kiril Stefan (Nikola) Kurtev †	Apostolic Exarch of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
7 Feb	47.9	Appointed	Antonio Melomo †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy
9 Feb	49.5	Installed	Theodore Henry Reverman †	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
11 Feb	74.2	Appointed	Carmelo Pujia †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
11 Feb	72.9	Died	Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
12 Feb	55.2	Appointed	Lorenzo Schioppa †	Apostolic Internuncio to Lithuania	Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands
14 Feb		Born	Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno, O.F.M. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
14 Feb		Born	Gilberto Pereira Lopes †		Archbishop Emeritus of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
15 Feb		Born	Carlo Maria Martini, S.J. †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
16 Feb		Born	Ludwig Averkamp †		Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
		Born	Alfredo Magarotto †		Bishop Emeritus of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
	69.5	Died	Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de’ Bianchi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
18 Feb	53.1	Appointed	Johannes Baptist Filzer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
18 Feb	53.1	Appointed	Johannes Baptist Filzer †	Titular Bishop of Bararus	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
20 Feb	22.5	Ordained Priest	Octavio José Calderón y Padilla †	Priest of León en Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
20 Feb	52.3	Ceased	Dionýz Njaradi †	Apostolic Administrator of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
22 Feb	48.3	Ordained Bishop	John Patrick Barrett †	Titular Bishop of Assus	Bishop of Plymouth, England, Great Britain
22 Feb	73.9	Died	Heinrich Joeppen †	Bishop Emeritus of Germany, Military
24 Feb		Born	Paul Lokiru Kalanda †		Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda
		Born	Raymond Alphonse Lucker †		Bishop Emeritus of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA
		Born	Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A. †		Bishop Emeritus of Maiduguri, Nigeria
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Charles Daniel White †	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
25 Feb		Born	John Edward Heaps †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
	49.8	Appointed	Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
	49.8	Appointed	Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski †	Titular Bishop of Dadima	Bishop Emeritus of Seckau, Austria
	44.0	Appointed	Kazimierz Tomczak †	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
	44.0	Appointed	Kazimierz Tomczak †	Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
26 Feb	83.0	Died	John Rooney †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa
27 Feb		Born	José Lamartine Soares †		Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
28 Feb	53.9	Appointed	Ljudevit Lajčo Budanović †	Titular Bishop of Cisamus	Apostolic Administrator of Bačka (Bács) Jugoslavenska, Serbia
28 Feb	41.0	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Toolen †	Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Mobile, Alabama, USA

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