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Pope Pius XI (Italian: Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (Italian: [amˈbrɔ:dʒo daˈmja:no aˈkille ˈratti]; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was the Bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to 10 February 1939.
John F. Noll was appointed the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne by Pope Pius XI in 1925. [10] As a bishop, he built a preparatory seminary, several high schools, and an orphanage. During the Great Depression, Noll reorganized the system of Catholic charities.
The Catholic Church recognizes him as the first Bishop of Rome appointed by Christ, and therefore the first pope. Also revered as saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 29 June. [6] St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City is named after him. 2 c. 64 – c. 76 (?) (11–12 years) St Linus LINVS: Volterrae, Italia, Roman Empire [birth 2]
After Pius XI in 1932 named Mitty as coadjutor archbishop of San Francisco, the pope appointed Reverend James E. Kearney of New York to replace him in Salt Lake. [18] In 1937, Kearney became bishop of the Diocese of Rochester. To replace Kearney, Pope Pius XII named Monsignor Duane Hunt. [19]
Pope Pius XI erected the Diocese of Owensboro in territory taken from the Diocese of Louisville in 1937. The pope also elevated the Diocese of Louisville to an archdiocese and made the new Diocese of Owensboro as one of its suffragans. Pius XI named Reverend Francis Cotton as the first bishop of Owensboro.
Pope Pius XI (1857–1939), photographed during the first pontifical speech on the radio in 1931. In sixteen years, Pope Pius XI (r. 1922–1939) created 76 cardinals in 17 consistories. Though he created 18 cardinals at a consistory in 1935, he typically created very few cardinals at one time, holding small, frequent consistories, some of them ...
Daniel Curley of the Archdiocese of New York was the next bishop of Syracuse, appointed by Pope Pius XI in 1923. During Curley's tenure, the Catholic population of the diocese increased from 173,200 to 201,152. [11]
Pope Pius XI. During the pontificate of Pope Pius XI (1922–1939), the Weimar Republic transitioned into Nazi Germany.In 1933, the ailing President von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany in a Coalition Cabinet, and the Holy See concluded the Reich concordat treaty with the still nominally functioning Weimar state later that year.