Time Line 1940
Births
- Blessed Franciszek Ulma
- Blessed Leonella Sgorbati
- Cardinal Agostino Vallini
- Dr Giancarlo Bertolotti
- Father Nazareno Lanciotti
- Sister Dalisay Lazaga
- Sister Rita Neff
- Venerable Edda Maria Caterina Roda
- Blessed Eduard Müller
- Blessed Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve
- Blessed Pjetër Çuni
- Blessed Stanislaw Pyrtek
- Cardinal Ángel Herrera Oria
- Father Aloísio Sebastião Boeing
- Venerable Aloísio Sebastião Boeing
- Venerable Manuel Martín del Campo
- Venerable Marcello Labor
- Blessed Bruna Pellesi
- Blessed Maria Euthymia Üffing
- Blessed Tarsykia Matskiv
- Father Jean-Richard Mahieu
- Venerable Giuseppe Marrazzo
- Blessed Agata Phutta Bi
- Blessed Agnes Phila
- Blessed Bernardina Maria Jabłońska
- Blessed Bibiana Khamphai
- Blessed Bronislaw Komorowski
- Blessed Cecilia Butsi
- Blessed Filip Siphong Onphithakt
- Blessed Florentina Nicol Goñi
- Blessed Franciszek Rogaczewski
- Blessed Józef Kurzawa
- Blessed Józef Wojciech Guz
- Blessed Lucie Khambang
- Blessed María Emilia Riquelme y Zayas
- Blessed Maria Phon
- Blessed Marian Górecki
- Blessed Michał Piaszczyński
- Blessed Otto Neururer
- Blessed Stanislaw Kubista
- Blessed Wincenty Matuszewski
- Blessed Wladyslaw Demski
- Blessed Wlodzimierz Laskowski
- Blessed Zygmunt Sajna
- Brother Aelrad Haslbeck
- Father Lewis Thomas Wattson
- Gregorio Aglipay
- Saint Luigi Orione
- Saint Manuel González García
- Seven Martyrs of Thailand
- Venerable Giovanni Nadiani
- Venerable Joaquina María Mercedes Barceló Pagés
- Venerable Kasimira Kaupas
- Venerable Pietro di Vitale
- Saint Emily de Rodat
- Saint Ignatius of Laconi
- Saint Joaquina Vedruna Vidal de Mas
- Saint Mary di Rosa
- Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne
Founded
Elevations
- A Short Form of Devotions for the Three Hours’ Agony on Good Friday Afternoon from Twelve until Three o’clock, edited by A Paulist Father
- A Slave of Mary – Mother Mary Potter
- Saeculo Exeunte Octavo – On the Eighth Centenary of the Independence of Portugal, by Pope Pius XXII, 13 June 1940
- Saint Patrick, Apostle of Ireland, by Msgr James B Dollard
- Truth’s the Thing – A Catholic Viewpoint on Everyday Subjects, by Father Daniel Aloysius Lord
Other Events
- German army invades Netherlands
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