The Year of Our Lord 1943

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	24.0	Ordained Priest	Josef Blahn�k †	Priest of Hradec Kr�lov�, 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
	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	P�l Reizer †		Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatm�r}, Romania
9 Jan	48.7	Appointed	Greg�rio Alonso Aparicio, O.A.R. †	Prelate of Maraj�, Para, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	48.7	Appointed	Greg�rio Alonso Aparicio, O.A.R. †	Titular Bishop of Pogla	Prelate Emeritus of Maraj�, Para, Brazil
	32.7	Appointed	Fernando Gomes dos Santos †	Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil	Archbishop of Goi�nia, Goias, Brazil
	69.5	Appointed	Bl. Teofilius Matulionis †	Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
10 Jan	68.9	Died	Joseph-Tobie Mari�tan, C.R.A. †	Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
12 Jan	58.5	Appointed	Laurent-Fran�ois D�primoz, M. Afr. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
	58.5	Appointed	Laurent-Fran�ois D�primoz, 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-�-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
	41.6	Appointed	Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Aezani	Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-�-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
	46.8	Appointed	Manuel Hurtado y Garc�a †	Auxiliary Bishop of Granada, Spain	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
	46.8	Appointed	Manuel Hurtado y Garc�a †	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	Aur�lio 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 D�nnelly Carey, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Prelate Emeritus of De�n 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 P�nicaud, 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, Ha�ti
	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 Gonz�lez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Archbishop of Madrid, Spain
	38.9	Appointed	Casimiro Morcillo Gonz�lez †	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. Micha�l 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 Szmrecs�nyi †	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	Mari�n J�n Pot�š, 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 Lattaqui� {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria
9 Feb	75.2	Appointed	Nicol�s Eugenio Navarro †	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	75.2	Appointed	Nicol�s Eugenio Navarro †	Titular Bishop of Usula	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	35.7	Appointed	Fran�ois 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	Fran�ois 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	Fran�ois 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	Cristi�n 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, M�xico
21 Feb	63.2	Died	Joaqu�n 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	Ant�nio Lino da Silva Dinis †		Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
23 Feb		Born	Segismundo Mart�nez �lvarez, S.D.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Corumb�, 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 G�mez Le�n †	Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, M�xico	Archbishop Emeritus
	29.1	Ordained Priest	Thomas Mongo †	Priest of Douala, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	38.5	Ordained Bishop	Georges L�on Pelletier †	Titular Bishop of Hephaestus	Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivi�res, Qu�bec, 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, M�xico	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	35.1	Appointed	Francisco Espino Porras †	Titular Bishop of Pharbaethus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chihuahua, M�xico
	84.3	Died	John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zanzibar, Kenya

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