The Year of Our Lord 1943

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	24.0	Ordained Priest	Josef Blahník †	Priest of Hradec Králové, Czechia	Bishop
	19.2	First Vows	Joseph Abel Francis, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
	53.2	Appointed	William Godfrey †	Official to Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	24.1	First Vows	Carlos Ambrosio Lewis Tullock, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of David, Panama
	19.1	Entered	Ermenegildus (Paul) Li Yi, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Changzhi [Luan], China
	62.0	Appointed	Patrick Joseph McCormick †	Rector of the Catholic University of America	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
	60.4	Resigned	Marcello Mimmi †	Apostolic Administrator of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
		Born	Augustin Misago †		Bishop of Gikongoro, Rwanda
		Born	Bernard Nsayi †		Bishop Emeritus of Nkayi, Congo
	26.2	Final Vows	Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	61.2	Resigned	Gaspare Schotte, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	28.0	Ordained Priest	[Mathew Wang Wei-ming] †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Jilin [Kirin], China
	32.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Wang Zhenye †	Priest	Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Aloysius Wei Shutian †	Priest	Administrator of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China
	38.2	Resigned	Francis (Frank) Ryder Wood †	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Priest
	38.2	Resigned	Francis (Frank) Ryder Wood †	Titular Bishop-Elect of Livias	Priest of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
	27.5	Ordained Priest	[Lawrence Zhang Wen-bin] †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tongzhou [Tungchow], China
2 Jan	65.4	Died	Louis-Joseph Fillon †	Archbishop of Bourges, France
		Born	Giuseppe Leanza		Apostolic Nuncio
		Born	Bohdan Benjamin Lysykanych		Priest of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)
	53.3	Appointed	William Tibertus McCarty, C.Ss.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Military, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
	53.3	Appointed	William Tibertus McCarty, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Anaea	Bishop Emeritus of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
3 Jan		Born	Ciriaco Benavente Mateos		Bishop Emeritus of Albacete, Spain
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Władysław Jędruszuk †	Priest of Siedlce, Poland	Bishop of Drohiczyn, Poland
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Yakiv Yaroslav Tymchuk, O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
5 Jan	21.7	Entered	Robert Chopard-Lallier, S.M.A. †	Member of Society of African Missions	Prefect Emeritus of Parakou, Benin
6 Jan	25.7	Ordained Priest	Paul Francis Anderson †	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
	49.9	Died	Antoni Niemancewicz, S.J. †	Apostolic Exarch of Belarus (Byzantine)
		Born	Pál Reizer †		Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
9 Jan	48.7	Appointed	Gregório Alonso Aparicio, O.A.R. †	Prelate of Marajó, Para, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	48.7	Appointed	Gregório Alonso Aparicio, O.A.R. †	Titular Bishop of Pogla	Prelate Emeritus of Marajó, Para, Brazil
	32.7	Appointed	Fernando Gomes dos Santos †	Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil	Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
	69.5	Appointed	Bl. Teofilius Matulionis †	Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
10 Jan	68.9	Died	Joseph-Tobie Mariétan, C.R.A. †	Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
12 Jan	58.5	Appointed	Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
	58.5	Appointed	Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Mathara in Proconsulari	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
	51.9	Appointed	Thomas P. Hughes, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ondo-Ilorin, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Ondo, Nigeria
	51.9	Appointed	Thomas P. Hughes, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Nepte	Bishop Emeritus of Ondo, Nigeria
	47.3	Appointed	Thomas Niu Huiqing (Niu Hui-ching) †	Vicar Apostolic of Yangku [Yanggu], China	Bishop of Yanggu [Yangku], China
	47.3	Appointed	Thomas Niu Huiqing (Niu Hui-ching) †	Titular Bishop of Sertei	Bishop of Yanggu [Yangku], China
	44.5	Appointed	Hugh John O’Neill †	Coadjutor Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
	44.5	Appointed	Hugh John O’Neill †	Titular Bishop of Bareta	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Dunedin, New Zealand
	57.1	Appointed	Henri-Marie-Joseph Pinson †	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
	76.4	Died	Ferdinando Rodolfi †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
13 Jan	36.0	Appointed	Alfonso Manuel Escalante y Escalante, M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	36.0	Appointed	Alfonso Manuel Escalante y Escalante, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sora	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pando, Bolivia
	41.6	Appointed	Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
	41.6	Appointed	Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Aezani	Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
	46.8	Appointed	Manuel Hurtado y García †	Auxiliary Bishop of Granada, Spain	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
	46.8	Appointed	Manuel Hurtado y García †	Titular Bishop of Bilta	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
14 Jan		Born	Angelo Bagnasco		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
17 Jan		Born	Thomas John Curry		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Aurélio Granada Escudeiro †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Angra, Portugal
		Born	Nikola Nino Kekić		Bishop Emeritus of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
18 Jan	21.4	Solemn Vows	Lucas Luis Dónnelly Carey, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Prelate Emeritus of Deán Funes, Argentina
19 Jan	45.0	Appointed	Joseph Kao †	Prefect of Hungtung [Hongdong], China	Prefect Emeritus of Chowchich [Zhouzhi], China
19 Jan	68.6	Died	Jean-Baptiste-Michel-Marie-Louis Pénicaud, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pakhoi [Beihai], China
20 Jan	81.0	Died	Johann Jakob von Hauck †	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
22 Jan	50.3	Appointed	Emilio Baroncelli †	Bishop of Veroli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Recanati, Italy
22 Jan	57.5	Appointed	Egidio Luigi Lanzo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
24 Jan	24.4	Ordained Priest	John Joseph Paul †	Priest of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan		Born	Casimir Wang Milu †		Bishop Emeritus of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China
25 Jan	38.4	Installed	Jean Louis Joseph Collignon, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti
	53.4	Ordained Bishop	William Tibertus McCarty, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Anaea	Bishop Emeritus of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
	38.9	Appointed	Casimiro Morcillo González †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Archbishop of Madrid, Spain
	38.9	Appointed	Casimiro Morcillo González †	Titular Bishop of Agathopolis	Archbishop of Madrid, Spain
		Born	Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A.		Bishop Emeritus of Chulucanas, Peru
26 Jan	61.4	Appointed	Joseph Otto Kolb †	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
	49.3	Died	Bl. Michaël Kozal †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	65.0	Died	Antoni Jacek Zimniak †	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
27 Jan	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Martin John O’Connor †	Titular Bishop of Thespiae	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications
28 Jan	91.7	Died	Lajos Szmrecsányi †	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
30 Jan	59.0	Appointed	Daniel Cohalan †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
	55.0	Appointed	Eugene O’Callaghan †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Marián Ján Potáš, O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop
31 Jan	54.3	Died	Enrico Montalbetti, Obs. S.C. †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
2 Feb		Born	Pierre Fisette, P.M.E. †		Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada
2 Feb	28.1	Professed	Giuseppe Zambarbieri, F.D.P. †	Priest of Sons of Divine Providence	Superior General Emeritus
3 Feb		Born	Domenico Calcagno		Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
3 Feb	50.6	Selected	Andreas Rohracher †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop Emeritus
7 Feb	29.4	Ordained Priest	Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. †	Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Bishop Emeritus of Huehuetenango, Guatemala
8 Feb		Born	Nicolas Sawaf		Archbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria
9 Feb	75.2	Appointed	Nicolás Eugenio Navarro †	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	75.2	Appointed	Nicolás Eugenio Navarro †	Titular Bishop of Usula	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	35.7	Appointed	François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	35.7	Appointed	François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Boseta	Bishop Emeritus of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
12 Feb		Born	Richard Edmund Pates		Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA
12 Feb		Born	Giovanni Battista Pichierri †		Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy
14 Feb	43.5	Ordained Bishop	François Ayoub †	Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Baroncelli †	Bishop of Veroli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Recanati, Italy
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Edward Kisiel †	Priest of Vilnius, Lithuania	Archbishop Emeritus of Białystok, Poland
15 Feb		Born	Heinz Josef Algermissen		Bishop Emeritus of Fulda, Germany
16 Feb		Born	Cristián Caro Cordero		Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
17 Feb	53.3	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Boylan †	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
18 Feb	56.6	Died	Vicente Camacho y Moya †	Bishop of Tabasco, México
21 Feb	63.2	Died	Joaquín Bienvenido Alcaide y Bueso, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Goajira, Colombia
	59.1	Died	Thomas Dioscoros (Thervalady) †	Bishop
		Born	Hilarius Moa Nurak, S.V.D. †		Bishop of Pangkal-Pinang, Indonesia
22 Feb	36.8	Ordained Bishop	Marc Lacroix, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Rhosus	Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada
22 Feb		Born	Antônio Lino da Silva Dinis †		Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
23 Feb		Born	Segismundo Martínez Álvarez, S.D.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
24 Feb	53.3	Installed	John Joseph Boylan †	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
	23.2	Ordained Deacon	Georges-Hilaire Dupont, O.M.I. †	Deacon of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Pala, Chad
	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Fortino Gómez León †	Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	29.1	Ordained Priest	Thomas Mongo †	Priest of Douala, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	38.5	Ordained Bishop	Georges Léon Pelletier †	Titular Bishop of Hephaestus	Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Bernard Ferdinand Popp †	Priest of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25 Feb	88.2	Died	Pierre Chatelus †	Bishop Emeritus of Nevers, France
26 Feb		Born	Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage		Archbishop Emeritus of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon
27 Feb	35.1	Appointed	Francisco Espino Porras †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chihuahua, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	35.1	Appointed	Francisco Espino Porras †	Titular Bishop of Pharbaethus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chihuahua, México
	84.3	Died	John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zanzibar, Kenya

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