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The Year of Our Lord 1899

Bishop Events

January to February


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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknown22.4Ordained PriestPablo Alegría Iriarte, O.A.R. †Priest of Order of Augustinian RecollectsVicar Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia
14.4ProfessedBerardo Barracciu, O.F.M. Conv. †Member of Order of Friars Minor ConventualPrefect of Ankang [Hinganfu], China
35.1Final VowsHermann Bücking, S.V.D. †Member of Society of the Divine WordPrefect Emeritus of Togo
54.8ResignedBenjamin Christiaens, O.F.M. Rec. †Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, ChinaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
BornEmmanuel Chu-Kim-Tuyên, O. Cist. †Superior General Emeritus of Order of Cistercians
30.3Ordained DeaconLéon Delaval, C.S.Sp. †Deacon of Congregation of the Holy SpiritPrefect of French Guiana-Cayenne, Antilles
30.3Ordained PriestLéon Delaval, C.S.Sp. †Priest of Congregation of the Holy SpiritPrefect of French Guiana-Cayenne, Antilles
17.0ProfessedLéon Jean Marie De Smedt, C.I.C.M. †Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of MaryBishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
20.1First VowsPeter Janser, S.V.D. †Member of Society of the Divine WordPrefect Emeritus of Indore, India
19.9Perpetual VowsEugène Klaeylé, O.M.I. †Member of Oblates of Mary ImmaculatePrefect Emeritus of Cimbebasia Inferiore, Namibia
22.5Ordained PriestCalliste (Paul) Lopinot, O.F.M. Cap. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinPrefect Emeritus of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar
41.0SelectedFlavien-Michel MalkéBishop of Gazireh (Gezira) (Syrian), Turkey
18.1ProfessedLouis Morel, C.I.C.M. †Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of MaryArchbishop Emeritus of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China
64.8ResignedGiacinto NicolaiBishop of Ripatransone, ItalyBishop Emeritus
65.3ResignedLucido Maria ParocchiVicar General of Roma {Rome}, ItalyCardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
53.2CeasedGennaro PortanovaApostolic Administrator of Oppido Mamertina, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
24.8Ordained PriestGastone Antonio RasneurPriestBishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
18.4ProfessedAnton Theodor Fortunatus Spruit, O.F.M. †Member of Order of Friars MinorVicar Apostolic of Luanfu, China
49.0ResignedFrancesco TarnassiApostolic Internuncio to NetherlandsApostolic Nuncio Emeritus
49.0ResignedFrancesco TarnassiApostolic Internuncio to LuxembourgApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
51.1ResignedAnge-Louis TibériPrefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et MiquelonPrefect Emeritus
Jan48.9InstalledGaetano MüllerBishop of Gallipoli, ItalyBishop of Nardò, Italy
1 Jan24.2Ordained PriestDionýz NjaradiPriest of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), CroatiaBishop
3 Jan81.7DiedPaul-Matthieu de La FoataBishop of Ajaccio, France
6 Jan55.0SelectedElias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek)Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
7 Jan53.2AppointedPeter Bourgade (Bougarde)Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
53.3AppointedMarcolino (del Carmelo) Benavente, O.P. †Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
62.5AppointedAeneas ChisholmBishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
57.7AppointedDenis T. O’Connor, C.S.B. †Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus
53.0AppointedJohn Walter ShanahanBishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
52.0AppointedJean-Baptiste Simon, S.J. †Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan, China
52.0AppointedJean-Baptiste Simon, S.J. †Titular Bishop of CircesiumVicar Apostolic of Kiangnan, China
8 Jan40.5Ordained BishopGiuseppe MoràbitoBishop of Mileto, ItalyBishop Emeritus
44.3AppointedIldebrando Maria Polliuti, O.S.B. †Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
23.0Ordained PriestDaniel Rivero RiveroPriest of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BoliviaArchbishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia
57.2Ordained BishopDomenico ScopellitiBishop of Oppido Mamertina, ItalyBishop Emeritus
22.7Ordained PriestSebastião Thomás, O.P. †Priest of Order of Friars PreachersPrelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil
11 Jan70.4AppointedLaurenz MayerAuxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
70.4AppointedLaurenz MayerTitular Bishop of DiocleaAuxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
15 Jan70.8Ordained BishopSalvatore GaffieroTitular Bishop of SelymbriaAuxiliary Bishop of Malta
49.5Ordained BishopVilmos IstvánTitular Bishop of DometiopolisBishop of Szombathely, Hungary
17 JanBornVíctor Manuel Sanabria y MartínezArchbishop of San José de Costa Rica
18 Jan46.3Ordained BishopPaul Wilhelm KepplerBishop of Rottenburg, Germany
21 JanBornGeorges Désiré Raeymaeckers, O. Praem. †Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
70.0DiedAmérico Ferreira dos Santos SilvaCardinal, Bishop of Porto, Portugal
22 Jan58.6SucceededFerdinando Maria CieriBishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
70.4Ordained BishopLaurenz MayerTitular Bishop of DiocleaAuxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
22.7Ordained PriestRicardo Pittini Piussi, S.D.B. †Priest of Salesians of Saint John BoscoArchbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
85.2DiedDomenico RamaschielloBishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
24 JanBornJames Donald ScanlanArchbishop Emeritus of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
29.1ProfessedMelchior Sun Dezhen (Souen), C.M. †Priest of Congregation of the MissionVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ankwo [Anguo], China
25 Jan48.3Ordained BishopLéon-Adolphe AmetteBishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), FranceCardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
28 JanBornJohann LenhardtAuxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
BornAntoon van Oorschoot, M. Afr. †Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
29 Jan84.9DiedSalvatore Giovanni Battista Bolognesi, C.O. †Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy
BornJoseph MastersonArchbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
72.9DiedGiacinto Rossi, O.P. †Bishop of Luni, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy
31 Jan61.2AppointedRobert BrindleAuxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great BritainBishop Emeritus of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
61.2AppointedRobert BrindleTitular Bishop of Hermopolis MaiorBishop Emeritus of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
1 FebBornWilliam Otterwell BradyArchbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
55.7SelectedManuel Baptista da Costa (da Cunha)Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
BornAntoine-Hubert Grauls, M. Afr. †Archbishop Emeritus of Gitega, Burundi
AppointedMichele SciuriagaBishop of Tinos and Mykonos, GreecePriest
2 Feb53.0Ordained BishopJoseph GuérardBishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
50.0Ordained BishopJoseph RumeauBishop of Angers, France
3 Feb45.6SucceededMichael John HobanBishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
82.8DiedWilliam O’HaraBishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Feb51.7SelectedPierre-Marie AvonBishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles
5 FebBornErnesto de PaulaBishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
23.0Ordained PriestFranz Wolf, S.V.D. †Priest of Society of the Divine WordVicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
6 Feb50.4AppointedAndrea Elia CelebianBishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Armenian), Turkey
32.9AppointedStefano P. IsraelianBishop of Karput (Armenian), Turkey
53.9AppointedMichel KaciadurianBishop of Melitene (Malatia) (Armenian), Syria
53.5AppointedAvedis Marcus TurkianArchbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria
9 Feb70.4DiedMariano Gavasci, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Norcia, Italy
BornEugene-Jean Imhof, S.M.B. †Prefect of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China
10 Feb59.0AppointedGustave Augustin RouxelAuxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
59.0AppointedGustave Augustin RouxelTitular Bishop of CuriumAuxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
11 Feb47.2AppointedLucien-Émile Mossard, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam
47.2AppointedLucien-Émile Mossard, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of MedeaVicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam
12 Feb62.2Ordained BishopJosé Homobono Anaya y GutiérrezBishop of Sinaloa, MéxicoBishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México
BornOubagaraswami BernadotteBishop of Coimbatore, India
14 FebBornMarco Antonio García y SuárezBishop Emeritus of Granada, Nicaragua
15 FebBornIgnace Pierre XVI (Louis) BatanianPatriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
16 Feb52.9AppointedJames BellordVicar Apostolic of GibraltarVicar Apostolic Emeritus
52.9AppointedJames BellordTitular Bishop of MilevumVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gibraltar
73.1DiedNoël-Mathieu-Victor-Marie GaussailBishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
57.0AppointedSt. Józef Sebastian PelczarAuxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, PolandBishop
57.0AppointedSt. Józef Sebastian PelczarTitular Bishop of MiletopolisBishop of Przemyśl, Poland
42.3InstalledFrancisco Plancarte y NavarreteBishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, MéxicoArchbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
21 FebBornBernard William GriffinCardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
23 Feb23.1Ordained PriestAugusto BertazzoniPriestBishop Emeritus of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy
24 Feb62.6Ordained BishopEdouard-Adolphe CantelBishop of Oran, Algeria
62.6Ordained BishopAeneas ChisholmBishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
25 Feb22.1Ordained DeaconJean-Baptiste Castanier, M.E.P. †Deacon of La Société des Missions EtrangèresBishop Emeritus of Osaka, Japan
24.7Ordained PriestMaurizio Francesco Crotti, O.F.M. Cap. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBishop of Città di Castello, Italy
22.1Ordained DeaconÉmile-Alexandre-Joseph Devred, M.E.P. †Deacon of La Société des Missions EtrangèresCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Seul, Korea (South)
22.5Ordained PriestJoseph-Romuald LéonardPriest of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, CanadaBishop Emeritus
24.9Ordained DeaconGustave-Georges-Arsène Vandaele, M.E.P. †Deacon of La Société des Missions EtrangèresVicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam
26 Feb57.3Ordained BishopJosé Guadalupe de Jesús Alva y Franco, O.F.M. †Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), MéxicoBishop of Zacatecas, México
57.5Ordained BishopMaximiano Reynoso y del CorralBishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
54.6DiedJohn VertinBishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA
27 Feb55.1ConfirmedAugustyn RosentreterBishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
50.1InstalledJoseph RumeauBishop of Angers, France
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