The Year of Our Lord 1920

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	16.9	Professed	Fran�ois-Nestor Adam, C.R.B. †	Member of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard	Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
	20.7	Professed	Lorenzo Bianchi, P.I.M.E. †	Member of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
	18.1	Professed	Ren�-D�sir�-Romain Boisgu�rin, M.E.P. †	Member of La Soci�t� des Missions Etrang�res	Bishop Emeritus of Yibin [Suifu], China
		Born	[John Cai Ti-yuan (Tsai Tai-Yuen)] †		Bishop of Shantou [Swatow], China
	28.0	Professed	Andrzej Cikoto, M.I.C. †	Member of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary	Apostolic Exarch of Harbin [Harbin] (Russian), China
		Resigned	Ant�nio Emidio Corr�a †	Bishop-Elect of Guaxup�, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Former Bishop-Elect
	87.0	Died	Domingo Benigno Cruz (y Quintanilla) †	Priest of Concepci�n, Chile
	21.4	Professed	Dominic Desperben, SS.CC. †	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Prefect of Hainan [Hainan], China
	24.2	Final Vows	Enrique (Henry) Ederle, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Prefect Emeritus of Mindoro, Philippines
	45.9	Appointed	Adalbero Joseph (Michael) Fleischer, C.M.M. †	Superior General of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mariannhill, South Africa
		Born	Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi †		Bishop Emeritus of Butare, Rwanda
		Born	[Stanislaus Han Daoyi] †		Bishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China
	18.2	Professed	Jan Herrijgers, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Yongping [Y�ngping], China
	61.0	Appointed	Flavien Cyrille Kfoury (Khoury) †	Titular Archbishop of Palmyra dei Greco-Melkiti	Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria
	61.0	Resigned	Flavien Cyrille Kfoury (Khoury) †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
	14.6	Professed	Isidor Hermengild Hintringer (da Losenstein), O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Prefect Emeritus of Jiamusi [Kiamusze], China
	27.9	Final Vows	Ferdinand Loy, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Prefect of Xinjiang-Urumqi [Sinkiang], China
	25.2	First Vows	Martin Lucas, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Scandinavia
		Born	Lu Zhiyuan †		Bishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China
		Born	Bernard Mabula †		Bishop Emeritus of Singida, Tanzania
	23.4	Professed	Jean-Baptiste Magenties, S.C.I. di B�th. †	Member of Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of B�tharram	Prefect Emeritus of Tali [Dali], China
	22.3	Ordained Priest	Fernand Martin, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Prefect Emeritus of Fort Jameson, Zambia
	16.6	Entered	Joseph Germain Martin, M. Afr. †	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of Bururi, Burundi
	20.7	First Vows	Thomas M. Megan, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Prefect Emeritus of Xinxiang [Sinsiang], China
	51.0	Appointed	Zacar�as Mu�oz Henr�quez †	Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) of Chill�n, Chile
		Born	Adrian Mung’andu †		Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
	55.7	Resigned	Reinaldo Mu�oz Olave †	Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) of Chill�n, Chile	Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) Emeritus
	88.6	Died	J�zsef Gy�rgy N�meth †	Auxiliary Bishop of Csan�d, Hungary
		Born	Denis Ngande †		Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon
	50.0	Resigned	Hendrik Nollen, M.S.C. †	Prefect of Nuova Guinea Olandese, Indonesia	Prefect Emeritus
	24.1	First Vows	Augustin Olbert, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China
	70.4	Died	Arsenio Pellegrini, O.S.B.I. †	Abbot of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
	15.3	Professed	Arturo Quintanilla Manzanares del Rosario, O.A.R. †	Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Bishop of Shangqiu [Kweiteh], China
		Born	[Simon Qu Tian-xi] †		Bishop of Changsha [Changsha], China
	58.0	Resigned	Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Peter Schweiger, C.M.F. †	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Superior General Emeritus
		Born	Lawrence Zhang Wenchang †		Apostolic Administrator of Kunming [Kunming], China
Jan	58.0	Appointed	Edward Parry, S.J. †	Prefect of Zambese, Zimbabwe
Jan		Born	Paul Shi Chunjie †		Auxiliary Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Y�an], China
1 Jan	25.4	Ordained Priest	Jaime de Barros C�mara †	Priest of Florian�polis (Santa Caterina), Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of S�o Sebasti�o do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1 Jan	35.3	Ordained Priest	Jos� de la Cruz Turcios y Barahona, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
4 Jan	41.6	Installed	St. Raphael Guizar Valencia †	Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, M�xico
5 Jan	54.0	Appointed	Alberto Vassallo di Torregrossa †	Apostolic Internuncio to Paraguay	Apostolic Nuncio
6 Jan		Born	Giovanni D’Ascenzi †		Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
		Born	John Edgar McCafferty †		Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA
	68.7	Died	Ram�n Peris Mencheta †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
7 Jan		Born	Paul Edward Waldschmidt, C.S.C. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
8 Jan		Born	Jean Louis Joseph Dardel †		Bishop Emeritus of Clermont, France
9 Jan	44.0	Appointed	Just� Guitart y Vilardeb� †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
9 Jan		Born	Domingos de Pinho Brand�o †		Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
10 Jan		Born	Miguel Angel Ara�jo Iglesias †		Bishop Emeritus of Mondo�edo-Ferrol, Spain
10 Jan		Born	Donaldo Gonzalo Ch�vez N��ez †
11 Jan	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Pr�spero Maria Gustavo Bernardi, O.S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Paltus	Prelate of S�o Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus, Brazil
12 Jan	60.1	Died	Hyacinthe-Joseph Jalabert, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
14 Jan		Born	Felix Sanchez Zafra †		Bishop Emeritus of Tagbilaran, Philippines
15 Jan		Born	John Joseph O’Connor †		Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
16 Jan		Born	St�phanos II (Andraos) Ghattas, C.M. †		Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
16 Jan		Born	Vasco S�ir�cov †		Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
17 Jan		Born	Daniele Ferrari †		Bishop Emeritus of Chiavari, Italy
17 Jan	55.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Leo †	Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy
18 Jan		Born	Ren� Audet †		Bishop Emeritus of Joliette, Qu�bec, Canada
	50.7	Ceased	Carlo Gregorio Maria Grasso, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Nusco, Italy	Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Pasquale Mores †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
19 Jan	78.8	Died	Thomas Francis Barry †	Bishop of Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada
20 Jan		Born	Joseph Hou Jin-de †		Bishop of Xingtai [Shunteh], China
21 Jan	62.9	Died	Bernard Nicholas Ward †	Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain
22 Jan		Born	Mauricio Eugenio Magliano, S.D.B. †		Bishop of R�o Gallegos, Argentina
23 Jan	71.5	Died	Joseph Melchisedechian [Melkisedekian] †	Bishop of Erzerum (Garin) (Armenian)
24 Jan		Born	Jos� Antonio Infantes Florido †		Bishop Emeritus of C�rdoba, Spain
25 Jan	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Carloto Fernandes da Silva T�vora †	Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Vasile (Basile) Suciu †	Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
		Born	Paulo Jos� Tavares †		Bishop of Macau, China
26 Jan	77.3	Died	Giacomo (Alessandero) Ghezzi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy
	80.7	Died	Angelo Michele Jannachino †	Bishop Emeritus of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
	76.9	Retired	Giovanni Antonio Zucchetti, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Jan	59.9	Appointed	John Joseph McCort †	Coadjutor Bishop of Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop
27 Jan		Born	Juan F�lix Pep�n y Soliman †		Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Se�ora de la Altagracia en Hig�ey, Dominican Republic
29 Jan		Born	Alphonse Chantoux, C.SS.R. †		Prefect Emeritus of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso
31 Jan		Born	Pedro Bantigue y Natividad †		Bishop Emeritus of San Pablo, Philippines
31 Jan	75.5	Died	Laureano V�rez de Acevedo, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Nyssa
1 Feb	56.3	Died	Jo�o Batista Corr�a Nery (Neri) †	Bishop of Campinas, Brazil
1 Feb		Born	Louis Fan Luyi †		Former Bishop-Elect of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Y�an], China
2 Feb	23.3	Ordained Priest	Thomas F. Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. †	Priest of Missionary Society of St. Columban	Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)
2 Feb	24.5	Ordained Priest	Alexandre-Auguste-Laurent-Marie Roy, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bangueolo, Zambia
3 Feb		Born	Joseph Alain Leroy, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Kilwa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
4 Feb		Born	John Jobst, S.A.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Broome, Australia
4 Feb		Born	Derek John Harford Worlock †		Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
5 Feb		Born	Constantin Guirma †		Bishop Emeritus of Kaya, Burkina Faso
7 Feb	36.0	Appointed	Athanase Khoriaty, B.S. †	Bishop of Sa�da (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
		Born	Emil John Mihalik †		Bishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA
	36.2	Appointed	Joseph Donatien Plissonneau, S.C.I. †	Prefect of Adamaua, Cameroon	Prefect Emeritus of Foumban, Cameroon
8 Feb	26.0	Ordained Priest	Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. †	Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Superior General Emeritus
10 Feb	44.0	Died	Placide Colliard †	Bishop of Lausanne et Gen�ve, Switzerland
	39.6	Died	Giorgio Giovanni Elli †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
	69.0	Died	Josef Antonin Hůlka †	Bishop of Česk� Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
	76.0	Died	Aristide Rinaldini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
11 Feb	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Hippolyte-Marie de La Celle †	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
	53.2	Succeeded	Victor-Charles Quinton, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam
	46.3	Ceased	Charles-Joseph-Eug�ne Ruch †	Apostolic Administrator of Nancy (-Toul), France	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
12 Feb	68.3	Died	Lucien-�mile Mossard, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam
13 Feb		Born	Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J. †		Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
	58.3	Appointed	Manuel Ant�nio de Oliveira Lopes †	Archbishop of Macei�, Alagoas, Brazil
		Born	Carlos Quintero Arce †		Archbishop Emeritus of Hermosillo, Sonora, M�xico
14 Feb	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Jules-Andr� Brault, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
	67.4	Appointed	Agostino Migliore †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
	67.4	Appointed	Agostino Migliore †	Apostolic Administrator of Calvi e Teano, Italy	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
15 Feb		Born	Vicente Faustino Zazpe †		Archbishop of Santa Fe, Argentina
16 Feb		Born	William Edward Murray †		Bishop Emeritus of Wollongong, Australia
18 Feb		Born	Andr� Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B. †		Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine
18 Feb		Born	Theotonius Amal Ganguly, C.S.C. †		Archbishop of Dacca, Bangladesh
20 Feb	60.1	Appointed	Adamo Borghini †	Bishop of San Severino (-Treia), Italy	Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy
20 Feb		Born	Francis Xavier Hsu Chen-ping (Xu Chengbin) †		Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
21 Feb		Born	Leo Scheffczyk †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella
21 Feb	67.0	Died	Alessandro Beniamino Zanecchia-Ginnetti, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
25 Feb	25.0	Ordained Priest	Louis-S�verin Haller, C.R.A. †	Priest of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune	Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Romuald L�onard †	Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Qu�bec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	50.0	Ordained Bishop	William Francis O’Hare, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Arabia	Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles
28 Feb	24.1	Ordained Priest	Jean Ghislain Delcuve, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Celestino Miguel Fern�ndez P�rez, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of San Marcos, Guatemala
	30.4	Ordained Priest	Carlo von Mansfeld, M.I. †	Priest of Order of the Ministers of the Sick	Superior General Emeritus
		Born	Walter Joseph Schoenherr †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Francis Augustine Thill †	Priest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA

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