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The Year of Our Lord 1947

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
Mar64.5ResignedJoannes Walter Panis, M.S.C. †Vicar Apostolic of Manado, IndonesiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
52.5DiedÉgide Marie (Donat) Roy, O.F.M. †Prefect Emeritus of Kagoshima, Japan
1 Mar23.6Ordained PriestFranco GualdriniPriestBishop Emeritus of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy
25.4Ordained PriestHenry-Camille-Gustave-Marie L’HeureuxPriest of Marseille, FranceBishop Emeritus of Perpignan-Elne, France
28.6Ordained PriestAntónio dos Reis RodriguesPriestAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
24.9Ordained PriestPatrick Joseph Thomas SheridanPriest of New York, New York, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2 Mar50.9Ordained BishopFrancisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of FussalaArchbishop Emeritus of Tanger, Morocco
61.3Ordained BishopLuigi CammarataTitular Bishop of Caesarea in MauretaniaPrelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
52.0Ordained BishopFranciszek JedwabskiTitular Bishop of Maxula PratesAuxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
80.9DiedLeopold PrečanArchbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
3 Mar BornDaniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C.Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA
4 Mar BornEdward Michael DelimanAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
5 Mar BornJohn Ha Tiong HockArchbishop Emeritus of Kuching, Malaysia
7 Mar34.0AppointedFirmin Courtemanche, M. Afr. †Prefect of Fort Jameson, ZambiaBishop Emeritus of Chipata, Zambia
BornGiuseppe ZentiBishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
8 Mar58.1ResignedJoseph Bonhomme, O.M.I. †Vicar Apostolic of Basutoland, LesothoVicar Apostolic Emeritus
BornJuan Vargas AruquipaBishop Emeritus of Coroico, Bolivia
9 Mar86.9DiedCyrillo de Paula FreitasBishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
10 Mar BornJohn ’Oke AfarehaBishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria
51.9AppointedJosé Gabriel Anaya y Diez de BonillaBishop of Zamora, Michoacán, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
35.2AppointedThomas Joseph McDonoughAuxiliary Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USAArchbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
35.2AppointedThomas Joseph McDonoughTitular Bishop of ThenaeArchbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
41.6AppointedPasquale QuarembaBishop of Anglona-Tursi, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Gallipoli, Italy
56.5AppointedAngelo RossiniArchbishop of Amalfi, Italy
60.4AppointedPaolo RotaAuxiliary Bishop of Cremona, ItalyBishop of Fidenza, Italy
60.4AppointedPaolo RotaTitular Bishop of MemphisBishop of Fidenza, Italy
69.3AppointedAntonin Alois WeberTitular Archbishop of SamosBishop Emeritus of Litoměřice, Czechia
69.3ResignedAntonin Alois WeberBishop of Litoměřice, CzechiaBishop Emeritus
13 Mar46.9AppointedDaniel Liston, C.S.Sp. †Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Louis, MauritiusBishop Emeritus
46.9AppointedDaniel Liston, C.S.Sp. †Titular Bishop of DrivastumBishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
37.8AppointedJohannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I. †Vicar Apostolic of Aliwal, South AfricaBishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa
37.8AppointedJohannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I. †Titular Bishop of AttudaBishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa
BornGuillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz MondragónBishop of Cuautitlán, México, México
BornFortunato Pablo Urcey, O.A.R.Prelate Emeritus of Chota, Peru
50.7AppointedNicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C. †Vicar Apostolic of Manado, IndonesiaBishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
50.7AppointedNicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C. †Titular Bishop of HermonthisBishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
15 Mar49.7InstalledGerminiano EsortoBishop of Bahía Blanca, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
46.5AppointedBasile Khoury, B.S. †Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), LebanonArchbishop Emeritus of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
16 Mar41.9Ordained BishopSecondo ChioccaBishop of Foligno, ItalyBishop Emeritus
44.3Ordained BishopKarol PękalaTitular Bishop of TrocmadesAuxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
17 Mar25.8Ordained PriestCaesar GatimuPriest of Nyeri, KenyaBishop
65.6DiedThomas Henry McLaughlinBishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA
BornŽelimir PuljićArchbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
18 Mar BornJohn Clayton NienstedtArchbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
19 Mar50.5Ordained BishopLouis-Joseph Cabana, M. Afr. †Titular Bishop of SufetulaArchbishop Emeritus of Rubaga, Uganda
57.1AppointedAlfredo Cifuentes GómezApostolic Administrator of Copiapó, ChileArchbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
70.0AppointedAlexandre EvreinoffTitular Archbishop of Parium
21.9Solemn VowsLivio Reginaldo Fischione, O.F.M. Cap. †Member of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Riohacha, Colombia
31.3Ordained BishopDenis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. †Titular Bishop of TuruziArchbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa
55.3Ordained BishopGiacomo LercaroArchbishop of Ravenna e Cervia, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
48.1Ordained BishopJoseph MastersonArchbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
30.7Ordained PriestKarl-August SiegelPriest of Osnabrück, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
20 Mar BornJosé Roberto Ospina LeongómezBishop of Buga, Colombia
21 Mar56.9AppointedMario ZaninApostolic Nuncio to ChileApostolic Nuncio to Argentina
22 Mar24.7Ordained PriestLuis Baldo Riva, C.Ss.R. †Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerPrelate of Chuquibamba, Peru
56.6SucceededJoseph-Alphonse Baud, M.S.F.S. †Bishop of Vizagapatnam, IndiaBishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam, India
45.1AppointedFloyd Lawrence BeginAuxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USABishop of Oakland, California, USA
45.1AppointedFloyd Lawrence BeginTitular Bishop of SalaBishop of Oakland, California, USA
70.5DiedJoaquim Mamede da Silva LeiteAuxiliary Bishop of Campinas, Brazil
56.2AppointedJosé Hascher, C.S.Sp. †Prelate of Juruá, Acre, BrazilPrelate Emeritus
56.2AppointedJosé Hascher, C.S.Sp. †Titular Bishop of AeliaePrelate Emeritus of Juruá, Acre, Brazil
28.8Ordained PriestSalvador Lazo LazoPriest of Tuguegarao, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
25.3Ordained PriestOtmar MäderPriest of Sankt Gallen, SwitzerlandBishop Emeritus
59.9AppointedAlcide Giuseppe Marina, C.M. †Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon
72.5DiedPierre Rossillon, M.S.F.S. †Bishop of Vizagapatnam, India
25.1Ordained PriestArturo Antonio Szymanski RamírezPriestArchbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México
23 Mar52.9AppointedJoseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
52.9AppointedJoseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. †Titular Bishop of CaffaBishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Mar BornMarin BarišićArchbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia
BornSimon-Victor Tonyé BakotArchbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon
25 Mar48.4Ordained BishopAlfred-Jean-Félix Ancel, Ist. del Prado †Titular Bishop of MyrinaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France
48.7Ordained BishopAllen James BabcockTitular Bishop of Irenopolis in CiliciaBishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
46.6Ordained BishopBasile Khoury, B.S. †Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), LebanonArchbishop Emeritus of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
51.7Ordained BishopJohn Edward PetitBishop of Menevia, Wales, Great BritainBishop Emeritus
34.1AppointedYves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. †Prefect of Garoua, CameroonArchbishop Emeritus of Garoua, Cameroon
65.4AppointedThomas Asagoro Wakida (Wakita)Bishop of Yokohama, JapanBishop Emeritus
26 MarBornRichard Gerard LennonBishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
27 MarBornIvo Baldi GaburriBishop of Huarí, Peru
58.9AppointedJoseph FercheAuxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
28 Mar38.2AppointedZdzisław GolińskiCoadjutor Bishop of Lublin, PolandBishop of Częstochowa, Poland
38.2AppointedZdzisław GolińskiTitular Bishop of Hemeria (Himeria)Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
36.6AppointedAloysius Haene, S.M.B. †Prefect of Fort Victoria, ZimbabweBishop Emeritus of Gwelo, Zimbabwe
29 Mar74.2Died Ignaz (Josef Thomas) Staub, O.S.B. †Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
36.0AppointedDaniel Tavares Baeta NevesAuxiliary Bishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
36.0AppointedDaniel Tavares Baeta NevesTitular Bishop of ParnassusBishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
30 Mar BornJaime Vieira RochaArchbishop Emeritus of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
31 Mar BornDomenico MogaveroBishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
BornLuigi Padovese, O.F.M. Cap. †Vicar Apostolic of Anatolia, Turkey
1 Apr78.6DiedJoaquim Antônio de AlmeidaBishop Emeritus of Natal, Brazil
2 Apr66.4AppointedZacarías de Vizcarra y AranaTitular Bishop of Eressus
3 Apr66.4DiedFerdinando RiccaBishop of Trapani, Italy
4 Apr BornJanvier Kataka LuveteBishop Emeritus of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
5 Apr23.0Ordained PriestLuigi AmaducciPriest of Forli, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
25.2Ordained PriestPaolo Vieri Andreotti, O.P. †Priest of Order of Friars PreachersBishop Emeritus of Faisalabad, Pakistan
22.2Ordained DeaconAlfredo BattistiDeacon of Padova {Padua}, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy
23.2Ordained PriestVasco Giuseppe BertelliPriest of Pisa, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Volterra, Italy
24.0Ordained PriestJoseph Théophile Louis Marie MadecPriestBishop Emeritus of Fréjus-Toulon, France
31.5Ordained PriestManuel José Bernardino Piñera CarvalloPriest of Santiago de ChileArchbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
23.9Ordained PriestDino TrabalziniPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
6 Apr BornDomenico Cancian, F.A.M.Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
7 Apr64.5DiedAristides de Araújo PortoBishop of Montes Claros, Brazil
8 Apr24.7Ordained PriestThomas Joseph ConnollyPriest of Reno, Nevada, USABishop Emeritus of Baker, Oregon, USA
59.2AppointedErnesto RuffiniApostolic Administrator of Trapani, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
BornGiovanni TaniArchbishop Emeritus of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
10 Apr47.1AppointedClaudius-Philippe Bayet, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of LaosBishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
47.1AppointedClaudius-Philippe Bayet, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of CidyessusBishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
50.8AppointedCamilo Plácido Crous y Salichs, O.F.M. Cap. †Vicar Apostolic of Caquetá, ColombiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sibundoy, Colombia
50.8AppointedCamilo Plácido Crous y Salichs, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of CratiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sibundoy, Colombia
47.0AppointedLeo Ferdinand DworschakAuxiliary Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USABishop Emeritus
56.7AppointedLouis-François-Bienaimé-Amedée Lefèvre, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Rabat, MoroccoArchbishop of Rabat, Morocco
56.7AppointedLouis-François-Bienaimé-Amedée Lefèvre, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of EgugaArchbishop of Rabat, Morocco
57.6AppointedWilliam Tibertus McCarty, C.Ss.R. †Coadjutor Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USABishop Emeritus
47.5AppointedLeonard Joseph RaymondBishop of Allahabad, IndiaArchbishop of Nagpur, India
BornRafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M.Bishop Emeritus of Autlán, Jalisco, México
57.9AppointedHilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. †Vicar Apostolic of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Archbishop Emeritus of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
57.9AppointedHilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. †Titular Bishop of GibbaArchbishop Emeritus of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
74.0ResignedEdouard van Goethem, M.S.C. †Vicar Apostolic of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
12 Apr25.5Ordained PriestLouis Antoine Marie BoffetPriest of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), FranceBishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
13 Apr53.7Ordained BishopMichal KlepaczBishop of Łódź, Poland
45.5Ordained BishopGiuseppe MelasBishop of Nuoro, Italy
BornAlfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. †Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea
35.2Ordained BishopGaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. †Archbishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], ChinaArchbishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
54.2Ordained BishopPaweł Czesław RydzewskiTitular Bishop of ChusiraAuxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
43.4Ordained BishopDomenico SavareseBishop of Vallo di Lucania, Italy
BornOscar Urbina OrtegaArchbishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia
14 AprBornBoniface LeleArchbishop Emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya
49.3AppointedAntonio TaffiApostolic Nuncio to CubaApostolic Nuncio
15 Apr50.0SelectedBenno (Walter) Gut, O.S.B. †Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, SwitzerlandCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship
68.3ResignedOscar Morin, M. Afr. †Vicar Apostolic of Navrongo, GhanaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
16 Apr28.1Ordained PriestHubert D’Rosario, S.D.B. †Priest of Salesians of Saint John BoscoArchbishop of Shillong, India
BornMarkijan Trofym’yakBishop Emeritus of Lutsk, Ukraine
18 Apr BornManuel Sánchez MongeBishop Emeritus of Santander, Spain
19 Apr50.6AppointedGeorges-Stanislas-Jean BéjotAuxiliary Bishop of Besançon, FranceAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
50.6AppointedGeorges-Stanislas-Jean BéjotTitular Bishop of CassandriaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
BornTerence John Gerard BradyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
20 Apr53.7Ordained BishopLeopold Brellinger, S.J. †Bishop of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China
BornGiorgio CorbelliniPresident of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
51.3InstalledPhilippe Côté, S.J. †Bishop of Xuzhou [Süchow], China
59.2Ordained BishopJohannes Baptist NeuhäuslerTitular Bishop of CalydonAuxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
21 Apr25.4Ordained PriestAdolfo GerstnerPriestBishop Emeritus of Concordia, Argentina
22 Apr BornPierre-Marie Joseph CarréArchbishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
79.9RetiredEtienne Fourcadier, S.J. †Vicar Apostolic of Tananarive, MadagascarVicar Apostolic Emeritus
BornSylvain Lavoie, O.M.I.Archbishop Emeritus of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada
BornPaweł StobrawaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Opole, Poland
BornThomas Thuruthimattam, C.S.T.Bishop Emeritus of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India
23 Apr50.4Ordained BishopMark Kenny CarrollBishop of Wichita, Kansas, USABishop Emeritus
46.0Ordained BishopLawrence Leo Graner, C.S.C. †Bishop of Dacca, BangladeshArchbishop Emeritus of Dacca, Bangladesh
39.3Ordained BishopJoseph Carroll McCormickTitular Bishop of RuspaeBishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
BornHeinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I.Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
24 Apr BornJoão Bráz de AvizCardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
58.3AppointedAurelio del Pino GómezBishop of Lérida, SpainBishop Emeritus
45.0AppointedAndré-Pierre-François FauvelBishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), FranceBishop Emeritus
BornRichard John GarciaBishop of Monterey in California, USA
45.5AppointedGabriel-Marie GarroneCoadjutor Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), FranceCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
45.5AppointedGabriel-Marie GarroneTitular Archbishop of LemnusCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
60.3AppointedÁngel Herrera OriaBishop of Málaga, SpainCardinal, Bishop Emeritus
51.0AppointedManuel Hurtado y GarcíaBishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), SpainBishop of Tarazona, Spain
54.4AppointedAndrés A. Domingo Pérez CáceresBishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
51.3AppointedAlfonso Ródenas GarcíaBishop of Almería, Spain
25 Apr57.3AppointedJoseph du Bouchet, S.J. †Prefect of Fort-Lamy, ChadPrefect Emeritus
BornMariano José Parra SandovalArchbishop Emeritus of Coro, Venezuela
26 Apr65.0ResignedGeorge Joseph (Jorge José) CaruanaApostolic Nuncio to CubaApostolic Delegate to México
50.0ConfirmedBenno (Walter) Gut, O.S.B. †Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, SwitzerlandCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship
39.5ResignedLouis Wach, S.M.A. †Prefect of Korhogo, Côte d’IvoirePrefect Emeritus
27 Apr24.6Ordained PriestArnulfo Surtida ArcillaPriestBishop of Sorsogon, Philippines
57.9Ordained BishopJoseph-Paul Futy, M.S. †Titular Bishop of AspendusVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Antsirabé, Madagascar
BornPatrick Kieran Lynch, SS.CC.Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
30 Apr63.4DiedJoseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. †Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
35.4Ordained BishopThomas Joseph McDonoughTitular Bishop of ThenaeArchbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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