Year 1921, March-April, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title Mar48.4ResignedPietro Fumasoni Biondi †Apostolic Delegate to JapanCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith 62.0ResignedIldephonse (Carolus Martinus) Lanslots, O.S.B. †Prefect of Northern Transvaal {Transvaal Settentrionale}, South AfricaPrefect Emeritus 1 MarBornTerence James Cooke †Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA 55.5ResignedKaspar Klein †Vicar Apostolic of Anhalt, GermanyArchbishop of Paderborn, Germany BornSpiridon Mattar †Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil 5 MarBornVartan Tekeyan, I.C.P.B. †Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran 6 Mar89.5DiedDomenico Marinangeli †Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} 50.8Ordained BishopLouis Van Hoeck, S.J. †Bishop of Patna, IndiaBishop of Ranchi, India 7 Mar56.1Elevated to CardinalJuan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó †Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain 66.8AppointedVicente Casanova y Marzol †Cardinal, Archbishop of Granada, Spain 63.3AppointedFlorencio Cerviño y González †Bishop of Orense, Spain 55.5Elevated to CardinalDennis Joseph Dougherty †Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 55.1AppointedJosé Juan de Jésus Herrera y Piña †Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, MéxicoArchbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México 50.1AppointedLudwig Maria Hugo †Coadjutor Bishop of Mainz, GermanyBishop 50.1AppointedLudwig Maria Hugo †Titular Bishop of BubastisBishop of Mainz, Germany 60.2AppointedPietro La Fontaine †Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII ApostoliCardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy 69.4AppointedFrancesco Moretti †Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in SyriaBishop Emeritus of Terni e Narni, Italy 69.4ResignedFrancesco Moretti †Bishop of Terni e Narni, ItalyBishop Emeritus 60.5AppointedFrancis Edward Joseph Mostyn †Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain 59.3AppointedBernardo Pizzorno †Bishop of Luni, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy 70.2Elevated to CardinalFrancesco Ragonesi †Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura 70.2ResignedFrancesco Ragonesi †Apostolic Nuncio to SpainCardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura 58.0AppointedJohannes Scheifes †Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany 58.0AppointedJohannes Scheifes †Titular Bishop of CestrusAuxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany 49.4Elevated to CardinalKarl Joseph Schulte †Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany 52.0Elevated to CardinalMichael von Faulhaber †Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany 52.4AppointedFrancisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer †Cardinal-Priest of Santa SabinaCardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain 52.4Elevated to CardinalFrancisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer †Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain 8 MarBornLuigi Sposito †Secretary Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See 10 Mar53.8AppointedPietro Benedetti, M.S.C. †Titular Archbishop of TyrusApostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba 53.8AppointedPietro Benedetti, M.S.C. †Apostolic Delegate to MéxicoApostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba 45.3AppointedGilles de Böck (Boeck), C.I.C.M. †Titular Bishop of AzotusVicar Apostolic of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 44.1AppointedRafael Otón Castro y Jiménez †Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica 43.4AppointedMartino Chiolino, P.I.M.E. †Titular Bishop of CalamaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Weihweifu, China BornBernard Patrick Devlin †Bishop Emeritus of Gibraltar 55.5AppointedDennis Joseph Dougherty †Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed AchilleoCardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 54.3AppointedLouis-Justin Gumy, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Port Victoria o SeychellesBishop Emeritus 53.6AppointedCharles-Albert-Joseph Lecomte †Bishop of Amiens, France 52.6AppointedAntonio del Carmen Monestel y Zamora †Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica 50.2AppointedAugustus John Schwertner †Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA 49.4AppointedKarl Joseph Schulte †Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro CoronatiCardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany 69.8AppointedAntonín Cyril Stojan †Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia 52.0AppointedMichael von Faulhaber †Cardinal-Priest of Sant’AnastasiaCardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany 12 MarBornArgimiro Daniel Moure Piñeiro, S.D.B. †Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina 13 Mar38.5Ordained BishopBasilio Cattan, B.C. †Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), LebanonArchbishop Emeritus BornPhilippe Nguyễn Kim Ðiễn, P.F.J. †Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam 14 MarBornHippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Jammu-Srinagar, India 15 MarBornDominic Ðinh Huy Quang †Auxiliary Bishop of Bắc Ninh, Viet Nam 47.5AppointedJoaquim Ferreira de Melo †Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil BornCarlos José Santi Brugia, O.F.M. †Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua 39.1AppointedSebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra †Coadjutor Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, BrazilCardinal, Archbishop 39.1AppointedSebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra †Titular Archbishop of PharsalusCardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 18 Mar48.0AppointedGiovanni Iacono †Bishop of Caltanissetta, ItalyBishop Emeritus 25.2Ordained PriestDomenico Valerii †PriestBishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy 19 Mar83.1DiedPierre-Marie Belmont †Bishop of Clermont, France 59.8InstalledSilviano Carrillo y Cárdenas †Bishop of Sinaloa, México 40.1ResignedAchille Grimaldi †Bishop-Elect of Tricarico, ItalyPriest 64.5DiedTimoteo Hernández y Mulas †Bishop of Guadix, Spain 62.0SucceededFrancisque- Jean-Etienne Marnas †Bishop of Clermont, France 22.5Ordained PriestSilvino Martínez †Priest of San Juan de Cuyo, ArgentinaBishop of Rosario, Argentina 48.2InstalledErsilio Menzani †Bishop of Piacenza, Italy BornJoseph Nguyễn Phụng Hiểu †Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam BornGiovanni Pisanu †Bishop Emeritus of Ozieri, Italy 25.2Ordained PriestAlfonso Ródenas García †PriestBishop of Almería, Spain BornJoseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn †Cardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam 20 Mar23.1Ordained PriestJoão da Matha de Andrade e Amaral †Priest of Nazaré, Pernambuco, BrazilBishop of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil 39.6AppointedJohannes Michiel Buckx, S.C.I. †Apostolic Administrator of Finland {Finlandia}Vicar Apostolic Emeritus BornFeliciano González Ascanio †Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela 21 Mar60.2AppointedJean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant, M.E.P. †Superior General of La Société des Missions Etrangères 50.5DiedConstant-Philomène Jeanningros, M.E.P. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet NamVicar Apostolic BornJosé Méndez Asensio †Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain 75.4DiedJoseph Müller †Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany 22 MarBornGabriel Bullet †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland 24 MarBornEverardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa 86.6DiedJames Gibbons †Cardinal, Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA BornVittorio Piola †Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy 25 MarBornEdmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka BornJosé Gomes †Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil BornJohn McCormack †Bishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland 26 Mar23.3Ordained PriestPedro Celestí (Jaume) Gusi i Rossell, O.S.B. †Priest of Order of Saint BenedictSuperior General Emeritus 23.0Ordained PriestGiuseppe Maggi, P.I.M.E. †Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign MissionsBishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China 25.7Ordained PriestPietro Massa, P.I.M.E. †Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign MissionsBishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China 25.8Ordained PriestLuigi Santa, I.M.C. †Priest of Consolata MissionariesBishop of Rimini, Italy 29 MarBornRobert Chopard-Lallier, S.M.A. †Prefect Emeritus of Parakou, Benin 30 MarBornPavel Mária Hnilica, S.J. †Titular Bishop of Rusadus BornJosé Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco †Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México 40.0Ordained BishopFrancis Joseph Tief †Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, USABishop Emeritus 31 MarBornStephen Nweke Ezeanya †Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha, Nigeria 47.4AppointedFederico Tedeschini †Apostolic Nuncio to SpainCardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary 1 Apr79.2DiedVince Palunko †Auxiliary Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia 3 Apr28.7Ordained PriestPedro Pablo (Luis Reinaldo) Andrade Sánchez, O.F.M. †Priest of Order of Friars MinorPrefect Emeritus of Galápagos, Ecuador 22.5Ordained PriestJoseph Gennangi †PriestBishop Emeritus of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria 69.8Ordained BishopAntonín Cyril Stojan †Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia 5 AprBornLorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador 42.8AppointedFrancis Vazhapilly †Vicar Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India 6 Apr40.0InstalledFrancis Joseph Tief †Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, USABishop Emeritus 7 Apr42.8AppointedFrancis Vazhapilly †Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in LydiaBishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India 8 Apr80.6DiedPietro Berruti †Bishop of Vigevano, Italy 9 Apr47.5AppointedPaul-Jules-Narcisse Rémond †Titular Bishop of ClysmaBishop of Nice, France 56.8AppointedSigismund Waitz †Apostolic Administrator of Innsbruck, AustriaArchbishop of Salzburg, Austria 80.1DiedWilliam Joseph Walsh †Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland 10 Apr53.8Ordained BishopPietro Benedetti, M.S.C. †Titular Archbishop of TyrusApostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba 50.2Ordained BishopLudwig Maria Hugo †Titular Bishop of BubastisBishop of Mainz, Germany 47.4Ordained BishopFranciscus Hubertus Schraven, C.M. †Titular Bishop of AmyclaeVicar Apostolic of Chengtingfu [Zhengding], China 11 AprBornArturo Salazar Mejía, O.A.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Pasto, Colombia 79.5DiedDomenico Scopelliti †Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy 50.0AppointedWincenty Tymieniecki †Bishop of Łódź, Poland 13 Apr34.6AppointedGiacomo Carabelli †Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy 15 Apr50.2SucceededLudwig Maria Hugo †Bishop of Mainz, Germany 62.7DiedGeorg Heinrich Maria Kirstein †Bishop of Mainz, Germany 16 Apr67.5DiedKarl Heinrich Johannes Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France BornRoberto Reinaldo Cáceres González †Bishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay 60.6InstalledFrancis Edward Joseph Mostyn †Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain 17 Apr46.3Ordained BishopJoseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé †Titular Bishop of PerrheVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Ontario (Ontario-Nord), Canada 45.0Ordained BishopGiovanni Battista Federico Vallega †Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey 18 AprBornMiguel Roca Cabanellas †Archbishop of Valencia, Spain 19 Apr63.8AppointedAmbrogio Damiano Achille Ratti †Titular Archbishop of AdanaPope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) BornRoberto Tucci, S.J. †Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio 21 Apr59.9AppointedPasquale Berardi †Archbishop of Gaeta, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus BornMichel Hakim, B.S. †Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada 23 AprBornCleto Bellucci †Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy 55.1AppointedFranz Rudolf Bornewasser †Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, GermanyBishop of Trier, Germany 55.1AppointedFranz Rudolf Bornewasser †Titular Bishop of BidaBishop of Trier, Germany 65.5DiedLiberatus da Exel (Jacobus Josephus) Cluts, O.F.M. Cap. †Prefect of Sumatra, Indonesia 82.5DiedHenry Gabriels †Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA BornRogelio Sánchez González †Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México 24 Apr59.1InstalledSalvatore Bella †Bishop of Acireale, Italy 23.0Ordained PriestJerônimo Mazzarotto †Priest of Curitiba, BrazilAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil 27.5Ordained PriestAngel Rodríguez Gamoneda, O.S.A. †Priest of Order of St. AugustineVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iquitos, Peru 58.1Ordained BishopJohannes Scheifes †Titular Bishop of CestrusAuxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany 33.7Ordained PriestPlácido (Thaddäus) Staeb (Stäb), O.S.B. †Priest of Order of Saint BenedictAbbot 27 Apr50.2InstalledLudwig Maria Hugo †Bishop of Mainz, Germany 28 Apr62.5AppointedJohann Raffl †Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy 30 Apr52.5AppointedEmmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina †Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USABishop Emeritus 47.5AppointedFederico Tedeschini †Titular Archbishop of NaupactusCardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary