The Year of Our Lord 1937

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	45.9	Appointed	Bartolomeo Maria Bechis, C.M. †	Prefect of Tigrai, Ethiopia	Prefect Emeritus
	62.8	Resigned	Flaminio Belotti, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nanyang [Nanyang], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	25.0	Ordained Priest	[Stanislav Chang Shou-yi] †	Priest	Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China
	55.9	Died	João Batista Conturon, S.D.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil
	25.6	Final Vows	Friedrich Helmel, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil
	54.9	Appointed	Jacobus Jacobs, O. Praem. †	Prefect of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Prefect Emeritus
		Resigned	Bertrand Labbé, O.P. †	Superior of Mossul, Iraq	Superior Emeritus
	66.4	Resigned	(Jean-Marie-) Joseph Lebeau, M.S.C. †	Apostolic Administrator of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	21.2	First Vows	Federico Guba Limon, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
	60.5	Resigned	Calliste (Paul) Lopinot, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar	Prefect Emeritus
		Resigned	Marcel Paternôt, M. Afr. †	Prefect of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso	Prefect Emeritus
	61.2	Resigned	Frederico Benício de Souza e Costa, E.C.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Thubunae in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Amazonas, Brazil
	22.4	First Vows	Augustín Van Aaken, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Prelate Emeritus of Alto Paraná, Paraguay
	25.1	Ordained Priest	[Benedict Bonaventura Zhangxin], O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
1 Jan	22.1	Ordained Priest	Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado †	Priest	Archbishop of Piura, Peru
3 Jan	51.4	Installed	Angelo Ficarra †	Bishop of Patti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
3 Jan		Born	Alessandro Pagani, S.M.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Mangochi, Malawi
4 Jan		Born	Cosmas Michael Angkur, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Bogor, Indonesia
5 Jan	52.1	Appointed	John Aloysius Duffy †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
6 Jan	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Traglia †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
10 Jan		Born	Simon Atallah, O.A.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon
	66.1	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Pascucci †	Titular Bishop of Sion	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
		Born	Bosco Penha		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
12 Jan	86.2	Died	Ioan Boroş (Borosiu) †	Titular Bishop-Elect of Thespiae
	50.7	Died	Teofil Bromboszcz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
	62.7	Appointed	Paolo Castiglioni †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	62.7	Appointed	Paolo Castiglioni †	Titular Bishop of Famagusta	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
13 Jan	68.8	Appointed	Guglielmo Grassi †	Titular Bishop of Tamiathis
14 Jan	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Ettorre †	Titular Bishop of Sela	Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
15 Jan	35.5	Appointed	Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. †	Prefect of Multan, Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus of Lyallpur, Pakistan
15 Jan		Born	Benedito Beni dos Santos		Bishop Emeritus of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
16 Jan		Born	Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
17 Jan		Born	Prospero Nale Arellano †		Prelate Emeritus of Libmanan, Philippines
17 Jan	22.9	Ordained Priest	Julio Benigno Laschi González †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción, Paraguay
18 Jan	47.4	Resigned	Paul Adam Curran, O.P. †	Superior of Kienow [Jian’ou], China	Prefect of Jian’ou [Kienow, Kienning], China
20 Jan		Born	Albert-Marie Joseph Cyrille de Monléon, O.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
20 Jan	70.1	Died	Michael James Gallagher †	Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
21 Jan	70.7	Died	Pierre Aziz Ho †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
21 Jan	37.4	Appointed	William John Ferrer Cassidy, O.P. †	Superior of Kienow [Jian’ou], China	Superior Emeritus
22 Jan		Born	Alexandru Mesian †		Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
23 Jan		Born	Pier Luigi Celata		Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
23 Jan	46.1	Appointed	Federico Pezzullo †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
24 Jan	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral †	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
		Born	Paolo De Nicolò		Official Emeritus of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Franz von Streng †	Bishop of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jan	78.4	Died	Patrick Finegan †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
		Born	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nho †		Coadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam
	25.1	Solemn Vows	Jean Prou, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus
26 Jan		Born	Joseph Pathalil †		Bishop Emeritus of Udaipur, India
27 Jan		Born	Youhanna Kamal Golta †		Curial Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
27 Jan	23.9	Ordained Priest	[Joseph Zhen Changcheng (Chen Changcheng, Tangtionsin)] †	Priest	Bishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China
28 Jan	68.8	Died	Ramón Pérez y Rodríguez †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
29 Jan	36.8	Appointed	Siegfried-Ceslas George Tunmer, O.P. †	Superior of Mossul, Iraq	Superior Emeritus
31 Jan	25.8	Ordained Priest	Germaine-Marie Lalande, C.S.C. †	Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross	Superior General Emeritus
	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Rossi †	Bishop of Biella, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Martin Wiesend †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
1 Feb		Born	Audrys Juozas Bačkis		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania
	52.6	Appointed	Pierre-Marie Durieux †	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
	47.7	Appointed	Joseph Alphonse Marie Evrard †	Bishop of Meaux, France	Bishop Emeritus
3 Feb	71.3	Resigned	Claude-Marie Chanrion, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
4 Feb	62.1	Appointed	François-Arsène-Jean-Marie-Eugène Lemasle, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Huê, Viet Nam
	62.1	Appointed	François-Arsène-Jean-Marie-Eugène Lemasle, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Teuchira	Vicar Apostolic of Huê, Viet Nam
	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Joseph McCormack †	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
		Born	Piergiuseppe Vacchelli		Official Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
5 Feb	53.3	Appointed	Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka †	Titular Bishop of Philomelium	Bishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan
5 Feb	53.3	Resigned	Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka †	Bishop of Nagasaki, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
7 Feb	62.8	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Castiglioni †	Titular Bishop of Famagusta	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
7 Feb	73.7	Died	Augustine Francis Schinner †	Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA
8 Feb		Born	John Baptist Thakur, S.J.		Bishop Emeritus of Muzaffarpur, India
9 Feb		Born	Cesare Mazzolari, M.C.C.I. †		Bishop of Rumbek, South Sudan
14 Feb	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Victor Pildáin y Zapiáin †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
15 Feb	61.5	Appointed	Bernardo Bertoglio †	Bishop of Bobbio (-Abbey of San Colombano), Italy
15 Feb		Born	Raymundo Damasceno Assis		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
17 Feb		Born	Mathias Gu Zheng, S.J.		Bishop of Xining [Sining], China
17 Feb	65.6	Appointed	John Thomas McNally †	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
18 Feb	51.0	Appointed	Jean-Joseph-Georges Deymier, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hangchow [Hangzhou], China	Archbishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China
	51.0	Appointed	Jean-Joseph-Georges Deymier, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Diospolis in Thracia	Archbishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China
	77.8	Resigned	Paul-Albert Faveau, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hangchow [Hangzhou], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Born	Gilberto Jiménez Narváez †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
	46.7	Appointed	Justin Daniel Simonds †	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
20 Feb	28.8	Ordained Priest	Pedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador
	59.4	Appointed	Réginald (Zénon) Duprat, O.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Paul John Hallinan †	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
	26.3	Ordained Priest	John Joseph Krol †	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	55.6	Appointed	Luis María Martínez y Rodríguez †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
	55.3	Appointed	Benigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Palestrina, Italy	Archbishop of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy
	55.3	Appointed	Benigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Lete	Archbishop of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy
	54.4	Appointed	Joseph Henri Jean Marie Prud’homme †	Titular Bishop of Saldae	Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
	54.4	Resigned	Joseph Henri Jean Marie Prud’homme †	Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Eugen Joseph Frans Vroemen, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Chikwawa, Malawi
22 Feb		Born	José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia
		Born	John George Vlazny		Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
	54.0	Appointed	Heinrich Wienken †	Coadjutor Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	54.0	Appointed	Heinrich Wienken †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa	Bishop Emeritus of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
23 Feb	76.2	Died	Giustino Sanchini †	Bishop of Fano, Italy
24 Feb	68.9	Ordained Bishop	Guglielmo Grassi †	Titular Bishop of Tamiathis
25 Feb	37.1	Ordained Bishop	John Christopher Cody †	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
25 Feb	59.2	Died	Wilhelm Maria Thiletzek (Tyleczek), S.V.D. †	Prelate of Foz do Iguaçu (Iguassú), Brazil
26 Feb		Appointed	Giuseppe Kirsten, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Benue, Nigeria
28 Feb	25.0	Ordained Priest	Alfons Karl Kempf †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
28 Feb	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Paul Kiredjian †	Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey

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