Year 1938, January-February, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title unknown51.9ResignedFrancesco Saverio Bini, F.S.C.J. †Apostolic Administrator of Kodok, SudanVicar Apostolic of Khartoum, Sudan 27.3Final VowsJuan Bockwinckel (Bockwinkel), S.V.D. †Member of Society of the Divine WordPrelate Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay 65.2ResignedEmilio Cecco, C.S.I. †Vicar Apostolic of Napo, EcuadorVicar Apostolic Emeritus BornPaul Collin †Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Jerusalem (Chaldean), Palestine 42.9AppointedAlbert-François Cousineau, C.S.C. †Superior General of Congregation of Holy CrossBishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti BornAmbroise Kotamba Djoliba †Bishop Emeritus of Sokodé, Togo 62.3ResignedMax Theodor Franz Donders, M. Afr. †Superior of Tukuyu, TanzaniaSuperior Emeritus ResignedAgostino della Vergine, O.C.D. †Superior of Baghdad, IraqSuperior Emeritus 25.1First VowsOdilo Etspüler (Etspueler), S.V.D. †Member of Society of the Divine WordBishop Emeritus of Bangued, Philippines 63.3AppointedPierre-Henri-Noël Gubbels, O.F.M. †Apostolic Administrator of Shihnan [Enshi], ChinaBishop of Yichang [Ichang], China 26.1Ordained Priest[Joseph Huang Zi-yu] †PriestBishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China 57.5ResignedArturo Jara Márquez, S.D.B. †Vicar Apostolic of Magallanes-Islas Malvinas, ChileVicar Apostolic Emeritus 21.5EnteredAloysius Jin Lu-xian, S.J. †Member of Society of JesusCoadjutor Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China 46.3DiedMieczysław Michailas Joudokas †Apostolic Administrator of Kazan-Samara-Simbirsk, Russian Federation 59.7AppointedDionizy (Roman) Kajetanowicz †Apostolic Administrator of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine DiedFélix de Kempeneer, C.M. †Superior of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 66.4CeasedWenceslas Joseph Kinold, O.F.M. †Apostolic Administrator of Karafuto, JapanVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sapporo, Japan BornMaurice Konan KouassiBishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire 26.4Final VowsJoseph Li Bingyao, S.V.D. †Member of Society of the Divine WordBishop of Yanggu [Yangku], China 30.0Ordained Priest[Stephen Li Side] †PriestAuxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China 29.0Ordained Priest[John Li Xi-ting (Li Hsi Ying)] †PriestBishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China 21.2First VowsHarold Robert Perry, S.V.D. †Member of Society of the Divine WordAuxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 24.6Final VowsJohannes Schütte, S.V.D. †Member of Society of the Divine WordSuperior General Emeritus 26.0Ordained PriestHenry Systermans, SS.CC. †Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and MarySuperior General Emeritus 24.2Ordained Priest[Michael Yang Gao-jian], O.S.A. †Priest of Order of St. AugustineBishop of Changde [Changteh], China BornVital Komenan Yao †Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire 53.8DiedGiuseppe Zambonardi, F.S.C.J. †Prefect of Bahr el-Gebel, Sudan 20.1Entered[Paul Francis Zhang Ming-qian], O.F.M. †Member of Order of Friars MinorBishop of Yichang [Ichang], China Jan69.1RetiredJulien-Marie Leventoux, C.I.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, CanadaVicar Apostolic Emeritus 50.3AppointedMarie-Louis-Joseph-Constantin Tournier, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of IpsusBishop Emeritus of Coimbatore, India 50.3ResignedMarie-Louis-Joseph-Constantin Tournier, M.E.P. †Bishop of Coimbatore, IndiaBishop Emeritus 2 JanBornJosé de Jesús Nuñez Viloria †Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela 49.0Ordained BishopJoseph Walsh †Titular Bishop of CoelaArchbishop Emeritus of Tuam, Ireland 3 Jan73.5DiedPierre-Florentin-André du Bois de la Villerabel †Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France 4 JanBornRoberto Joaquín Ramos Umaña †Bishop of El Salvador, Military 5 Jan49.7AppointedPavao Butorac †Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), MontenegroBishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia 62.0DiedLawrence Pereira †Bishop of Kottar, India 7 Jan64.5AppointedFranz Justus Rarkowski †Bishop of Germany, MilitaryBishop Emeritus 64.5AppointedFranz Justus Rarkowski †Titular Bishop of HierocaesareaBishop Emeritus of Germany, Military 8 Jan38.4ResignedWilliam John Ferrer Cassidy, O.P. †Superior of Kienow [Jian’ou], ChinaSuperior Emeritus 45.6AppointedJosé Constantino García Pulgar, O.S.A. †Titular Bishop of PhaenaVicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru 48.0AppointedJean Pierre Leonard, S.J. †Bishop of Madura, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India 49.7AppointedJohn Joseph Lonergan †Bishop of Port Augusta, AustraliaBishop-Elect 40.2AppointedPierre Martin Ngô Ðình Thục †Vicar Apostolic of Vinh Long, Viet NamArchbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam 40.2AppointedPierre Martin Ngô Ðình Thục †Titular Bishop of SaesinaArchbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam 11 Jan BornGiuseppe MolinariArchbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy BornRémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. †Archbishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi 12 Jan69.4DiedPasquale Dell’Isola †Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy 13 Jan56.8InstalledVincenzo Del Signore †Bishop of Fano, Italy 14 JanBornGino Malvestio, P.I.M.E. †Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil 15 Jan69.9AppointedSerge Der Abrahamian †Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon dei ArmeniAuxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy 16 Jan51.6AppointedAbel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas, C.M.F. †Bishop of La Paz, BoliviaArchbishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia BornVilhelms Ņukšs †Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia 31.0Ordained BishopGiuseppe Perniciaro †Titular Bishop of ArbanumBishop Emeritus of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy 17 Jan57.0DiedJohann Roth †Apostolic Administrator of Caucasus, Russian Federation 18 JanBornTarcísio Sebastião Batista Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Ipameri, Goias, Brazil 53.0Ordained BishopMarcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. †Titular Bishop of Furnos MaiorVicar Apostolic of Bangui, Central African Republic 19 JanBornMarko Culej †Bishop of Varaždin, Croatia 21 Jan48.7AppointedJoseph-Paul Futy, M.S. †Prefect of Morondava, MadagascarVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Antsirabé, Madagascar 22 Jan58.4AppointedManuel Arce y Ochotorena †Bishop of Oviedo, SpainCardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain 25 Jan43.4Ordained BishopStephen Stanislaus Woznicki †Titular Bishop of PeltaeBishop Emeritus of Saginaw, Michigan, USA 26 Jan42.1InstalledMiguel Darío Miranda y Gómez †Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, MéxicoCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District BornLuciano Nervi, S.M.M. †Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi 27 Jan44.8AppointedRicardo Chávez Alcazar †Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia 29 JanBornMário Zanetta †Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil 30 Jan54.5Ordained BishopAdelchi Albanesi †Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), ItalyBishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy 22.6Ordained PriestGiuseppe Carata †Priest of Lecce, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy 31 Jan55.7DiedEvangelista Galea, O.F.M. Cap. †Prefect of Alto Solimões (Upper Solimões), Brazil Feb64.4ResignedJohn William Campling, M.H.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, UgandaVicar Apostolic Emeritus 2 Feb18.1ProfessedAloísio Ariovaldo (Tarcísio) Amaral, C.Ss.R. †Member of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerBishop Emeritus of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil 51.0Ordained BishopGiacinto Giovanni Ambrosi, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Chioggia, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy 17.5Temporary VowsPaolo Giannini, O.S.B.I. †Member of Ordine Basiliano Italiano di GrottaferrataAbbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy 20.6ProfessedJorge Gottau, C.Ss.R. †Member of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerBishop Emeritus of Añatuya, Argentina 3 Feb BornAntonio Maria VegliòCardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development 4 FebBornAnthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. †Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia 57.2AppointedAntonio García y García †Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain 48.8AppointedFrancesco Costantino Mazzieri, O.F.M. Conv. †Prefect of Ndola, ZambiaBishop Emeritus of Ndola, Zambia 6 Feb56.9Ordained BishopJosé Félix Heredia Zurita, S.J. †Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador 7 Feb BornGabriel Antonio Camilo GonzálezBishop Emeritus of La Vega, Dominican Republic BornJohn Gabriel †Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar 9 Feb62.7DiedFlorian-Jean-Baptiste Demange, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South) 52.2AppointedLouis-Prosper Durand, O.F.M. †Prefect of Weihai [Weihaiwei], ChinaBishop Emeritus of Yantai [Yentai], China BornRaul José Quimpo Martirez †Bishop Emeritus of San Jose de Antique, Philippines 10 Feb49.3AppointedJohann Paul Odendahl Metz, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica 49.3AppointedJohann Paul Odendahl Metz, C.M. †Titular Bishop of LatopolisVicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica 11 Feb67.6DiedJames Byrne †Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia 59.2AppointedGeorges-Eugène-Emile Choquet †Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France 12 Feb56.9AppointedCarmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. †Bishop of León, SpainArchbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain 13 Feb45.1Ordained BishopPeter Tatsuo Doi †Cardinal, Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan BornPierre René Ferdinand Raffin, O.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France 15 Feb52.0SelectedJoseph-Jean Heintz †Bishop of Metz, France BornMichel Paul Marie Moutel, P.S.S. †Archbishop of Tours, France 16 FebBornWilliam John Brennan †Bishop Emeritus of Wagga Wagga, Australia 74.9DiedLuigi Capotosti †Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary 18 FebBornLouis-Marie Billé †Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France 19 FebBornRoman Andrzejewski †Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland 64.2DiedJulio Campero y Aráoz †Bishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina 20 Feb53.6Ordained BishopJoseph Emmanuel Descuffi, C.M. †Bishop of Izmir (Smirne), TurkeyBishop Emeritus 23.7Ordained PriestJacques Michel Djarwé †PriestArchbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria 49.1Ordained BishopEfrem Forni †Titular Archbishop of DarnisCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme 64.6Ordained BishopFranz Justus Rarkowski †Titular Bishop of HierocaesareaBishop Emeritus of Germany, Military BornPaolo RomeoCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy 39.2Ordained BishopGiuseppe Ruotolo †Bishop of Ugento, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy 21 FebBornPhilippe Nkiere Keana, C.I.C.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 22 FebBornJohn Cunningham †Bishop Emeritus of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain BornJoseph Nguyễn Tích Ðức †Bishop Emeritus of Ban Mê Thuột, Viet Nam 75.5DiedFortunato de Santa †Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy 23 Feb63.5SucceededMichael Joseph O’Brien †Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada 83.8DiedMichael Joseph Spratt †Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada 59.3DiedBoniface Yang Fujie (Yeung Fuk-tseuk) †Auxiliary Bishop of Canton [Guangzhou], China 24 Feb56.1Ordained BishopEtienne Bornet †Titular Bishop of TenedusAuxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France 50.4Ordained BishopJean-Baptiste-Maximilien Chabalier, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of PharanVicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia 42.4Ordained BishopFrancis Ridgley Cotton †Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA 67.1DiedStefan Demurov †Apostolic Administrator of Tiflis and Georgia 55.8Ordained BishopPhilippe Sérvule Desranleau †Titular Bishop of SalaArchbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada 53.7Ordained BishopJohn Baptist Wang Zengyi (Wang Tseng-yi, Uamzemi), C.M. †Titular Bishop of LamiaBishop of Anguo [Ankwo], China 25 FebBornJacques Ishaq †Curial Bishop Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq 87.4DiedHubert Otto, C.I.C.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Kansu {Kansu Settentrionale}, China 64.3AppointedFederico Tedeschini †Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary 26 Feb37.2AppointedJosé André Coimbra †Bishop of Barra do Piraí, BrazilBishop of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil 24.4Ordained PriestJohn Joseph Graham †Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 52.2AppointedWilliam Aloysius Griffin †Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USABishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA 27.9Ordained PriestMichele Maccarrone †PriestPresident Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences 22.9Ordained PriestMarcello Morgante †PriestBishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy BornMarko Sopi †Apostolic Administrator of Prizren-Prishtina, Serbia BornJanuário Torgal Mendes FerreiraBishop Emeritus of Portugal, Military 28 FebBornMogale Paul Nkhumishe †Bishop Emeritus of Polokwane, South Africa