The Year of Our Lord 1904

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	73.8	Died	Vincenzo Addessi †	Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy
		Appointed	Emerico Cambier, C.I.C.M. †	Prefect of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	17.8	Professed	Jean-Joseph-Georges Deymier, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China
	16.5	Professed	Adalar Eberharter, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Superior Emeritus of Kiamusze [Jiamusi], China
	20.0	Professed	Pierre Erdozainey-Etchart, S.C.I. †	Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Superior of Tali [Dali], China
		Born	Domenico Fiorina, I.M.C. †		Superior General Emeritus of Consolata Missionaries
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Iwannis (Youhanna) Gandour †	Priest	Titular Archbishop of Bostra
	56.0	Appointed	Ignatius Gartlan, S.J. †	Superior of Zambese, Zimbabwe	Superior Emeritus
	18.4	Professed	Daniel Kauczor, M.F.S.C. †	Member of Missionaries of the Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Prefect Emeritus of Lydenburg, South Africa
		Born	Tomaz M. de Marcellano, O.F.M. Cap. †		Prefect of Alto Solimões, Brazil
	16.2	Professed	Tarcisio Martina, C.S.S. †	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata	Prefect of Yixian [Yihsien], China
	30.7	Ordained Priest	John Meehan, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Superior Emeritus of Gambia
	21.3	Professed	Gaetano Mignani, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Ji’an [Kian], China
	51.6	Resigned	Alfonso Maria Mistrangelo, Sch. P. †	Superior General of Order of the Pious Schools	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Alois Mohn, M.F.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Prefect Emeritus of Lydenburg, South Africa
	15.6	Professed	Pietro Moretti, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect of Tongzhou [Tungchow], China
	21.4	Ordained Priest	Alexandru Nicolescu †	Priest	Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
	55.0	Resigned	Bertram Orth †	Archbishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
	78.4	Died	Stjepan Benedikt Pavlović-Lučić †	Auxiliary Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Johann Roth †	Priest of Tiraspol, Moldova	Apostolic Administrator of Caucasus, Russian Federation
	62.0	Died	Guglielmo Stagno di Alcontres †	Auxiliary Bishop of Messina, Italy
	50.0	Resigned	Richard Sykes, S.J. †	Superior of Zambese, Zimbabwe	Prefect Emeritus of Zambese, Zimbabwe
1 Jan		Born	Miguel Saturnino Aurrecoechea Palacios, O.F.M. Cap. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela
1 Jan		Born	Antoni Baraniak, S.D.B. †		Archbishop of Poznań, Poland
3 Jan	23.7	Ordained Priest	Jules Lecouvet †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
6 Jan	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Juan Bautista Castro †	Titular Archbishop of Serrae	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	58.5	Appointed	José (Giuseppe) Macchi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
	51.4	Appointed	Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Delegate to México	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
8 Jan		Born	Otto Spülbeck, C.O. †		Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
13 Jan	78.9	Died	Károly Rimely †	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
14 Jan	60.1	Appointed	Carlo Caputo †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria	Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
14 Jan	52.7	Appointed	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
16 Jan	50.2	Installed	Jeremiah James Harty †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines	Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
	64.1	Appointed	Georg Wuschanski †	Prefect of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
	64.1	Appointed	Georg Wuschanski †	Titular Bishop of Samos	Prefect of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
17 Jan	75.0	Appointed	Edward Gilpin Bagshawe, C.O. †	Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria	Bishop Emeritus of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
20 Jan	47.9	Died	René-Michel-Marie Fée, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
21 Jan	92.4	Died	Antonio Belli †	Bishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy
25 Jan	74.3	Died	Ramón Fernández Piérola y Lopez de Luzuriaca †	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain
26 Jan		Born	Casimiro Morcillo González †		Archbishop of Madrid, Spain
27 Jan	50.1	Appointed	Carlo Giuseppe Cecchini, O.P. †	Prelate of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
27 Jan	50.1	Appointed	Carlo Giuseppe Cecchini, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
28 Jan	47.0	Succeeded	Joseph-Simon-Herman Brunault †	Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
		Born	Manuel Martín del Campo Padilla †		Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
	65.2	Died	Elphège Gravel †	Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
	55.0	Succeeded	Patrick Joseph O’Connor †	Bishop of Armidale, Australia
	73.6	Died	Elzear (Aloysius) Torreggiani, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Armidale, Australia
	67.6	Appointed	Luigi Tripepi †	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
30 Jan		Born	Laurenz Böggering †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
31 Jan	37.8	Selected	Celestino Endrici †	Bishop of Trento, Italy	Archbishop of Trento, Italy
	22.6	Ordained Priest	James Michael Liston †	Priest of Dunedin, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand
		Born	Francesco Minerva †		Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Pulisic †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
1 Feb		Born	Joseph Asjiro Satowaki †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan
2 Feb	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Julián Miranda y Ristuer †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
4 Feb		Born	Clarence Edward Elwell †		Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
4 Feb	57.0	Appointed	Antonio Vico †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
5 Feb	38.0	Appointed	Paolo Schirò †	Titular Bishop of Benda
6 Feb		Born	Giuseppe Almici †		Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
		Born	Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos
	37.8	Confirmed	Celestino Endrici †	Bishop of Trento, Italy	Archbishop of Trento, Italy
7 Feb		Born	Antoine Everard Jean Avertanus Albers, O. Carm. †		Bishop Emeritus of Malang, Indonesia
7 Feb	70.7	Ordained Bishop	Francisco García y López †	Titular Bishop of Loryma	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
8 Feb	60.3	Appointed	Michael Francis Howley †	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
	45.5	Confirmed	Georg Heinrich Maria Kirstein †	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
	60.6	Appointed	Ivan Baptista Krapàc †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia	Bishop of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia
	60.6	Appointed	Ivan Baptista Krapàc †	Titular Bishop of Belgrado e Semendria o Smederevo	Bishop of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia
		Born	João Pereira Venâncio †		Bishop Emeritus of Leiria, Portugal
10 Feb	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Heinrich Vollmar †	Titular Bishop of Pergamum	Bishop Emeritus of Germany, Military
11 Feb	78.1	Died	Alfonso Maria Vespignani †	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
12 Feb	80.8	Died	Enrico Carfagnini, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop Emeritus of Gallipoli, Italy
		Born	Roger Jean Fernand Michon †		Bishop of Chartres, France
	41.0	Appointed	Augustine-Antoine Roy, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Coimbatore, India	Bishop Emeritus
14 Feb	26.4	Ordained Priest	Réginald Duprat, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
16 Feb		Born	Hubert Michael Newell †		Bishop Emeritus of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
18 Feb		Born	Agostino Ernesto Castrillo, O.F.M. †		Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy
20 Feb	50.5	Died	Antonio Maria Buglione †	Archbishop of Conza e Campagna, Italy
20 Feb		Born	Augustine Francis Wildermuth, S.J. †		Bishop Emeritus of Patna, India
22 Feb		Born	Stephanos I Sidarouss, C.M. †		Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
23 Feb		Born	Gaston-Marie Jacquier †		Auxiliary Bishop of Alger, Algeria
25 Feb		Born	Fernand-Pierre-Robert Bézac des Martinies †		Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France
	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Giuseppe Cecchini, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
	45.6	Ordained Bishop	James Joseph Hartley †	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
	60.3	Appointed	Dominique Jacquet (Jaquet), O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Archbishop of Salamis	Bishop Emeritus of Iaşi, Romania
26 Feb	32.9	Appointed	José María Álvarez, O.P. †	Prefect of Shikoku, Japan	Prefect Emeritus
27 Feb	24.1	Ordained Priest	Rafael Balanzá y Navarro †	Priest	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
	28.5	Ordained Priest	Bernard Joseph Mahoney †	Priest	Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Philippe Zhao Huai-yi (Tchao) †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Süanhwafu, China
	23.2	Ordained Deacon	Pierre-Sylvain Valentin, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop of Kangding [Kangting], China
28 Feb	71.5	Died	Anthony Durier †	Bishop of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA
28 Feb	52.2	Appointed	Neil McNeil †	Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
29 Feb		Born	Manuel da Silveira d’Elboux †		Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
1 Mar		Born	Miguel Ángel Arce Vivas †		Archbishop Emeritus of Popayán, Colombia
	66.6	Died	Joaquim Augusto de Barros †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
	45.6	Installed	James Joseph Hartley †	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
		Born	Pacificus Ly-Hsüan-te (Li Huande), O.F.M. †		Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China
4 Mar	39.4	Appointed	Isidore Klaus, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
4 Mar	39.4	Appointed	Isidore Klaus, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
5 Mar	45.0	Appointed	François Désiré Jean Drure, O.C.D. †	Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq	Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq
8 Mar		Born	Jacques Le Cordier †		Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Denis, France
	61.3	Appointed	Domenico Raffaele Francesco Marengo, O.P. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey	Archbishop
	61.3	Appointed	Domenico Raffaele Francesco Marengo, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Titopolis	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
9 Mar		Born	Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
9 Mar		Born	Patrick James Skinner, C.I.M. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
11 Mar	42.0	Appointed	Thomas Francis Cusack †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA
11 Mar	42.0	Appointed	Thomas Francis Cusack †	Titular Bishop of Themiscyra	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA
12 Mar	39.7	Appointed	Peter Emmanuel Amigo †	Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
12 Mar	49.8	Appointed	William Stang †	Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
13 Mar	63.3	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Lucien Campistron †	Bishop of Annecy, France
	55.0	Appointed	Aristide Cavallari †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
	37.9	Ordained Bishop	Celestino Endrici †	Bishop of Trento, Italy	Archbishop of Trento, Italy
	68.7	Resigned	St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Born	René-Louis-Marie Stourm †		Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Pierre Cheng (Tcheng) †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Süanhwafu, China
15 Mar	70.7	Died	Vincenzo Molo †	Apostolic Administrator of Lugano, Switzerland
17 Mar	69.6	Died	Louis Mary (Michael) Fink, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
18 Mar	55.5	Appointed	Filippo Camassei †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
19 Mar		Born	Dante Battaglierin, S.X. †		Bishop Emeritus of Khulna, Bangladesh
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Andrea Cesarano †	Priest of Amalfi, Italy	Archbishop of Manfredonia (e Vieste), Italy
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Michael Joseph Curley †	Priest of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA	Archbishop of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland, USA
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Gaetano De Cicco †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
	38.0	Installed	Celestino Endrici †	Bishop of Trento, Italy	Archbishop of Trento, Italy
		Born	Hubertus Hermens, S.V.D. †		Prefect Emeritus of Denpasar, Indonesia
	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Georg Heinrich Maria Kirstein †	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Terence Bernard McGuire †	Priest of Lismore, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Bl. Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph Tsui Shou-hsün †	Priest	Bishop of Yongnian [Yüngnien], China
	64.3	Ordained Bishop	Georg Wuschanski †	Titular Bishop of Samos	Prefect of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
20 Mar	64.2	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Félix Beuvain de Beauséjour †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
20 Mar	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Schirò †	Titular Bishop of Benda
21 Mar		Born	Albert Conrad de Vito, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop of Lucknow, India
22 Mar		Born	Ángel (Angelus) Almárcegui de la Virgen de Valentuñana, O.A.R. †		Prior General Emeritus of Order of Augustinian Recollects
22 Mar		Born	Octaviano Márquez y Tóriz †		Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, Puebla, México
23 Mar		Born	James Hagan, C.S.Sp. †		Bishop Emeritus of Makurdi, Nigeria
23 Mar	65.4	Died	Stefano Porro †	Auxiliary Bishop of Andria, Italy
24 Mar	66.2	Appointed	Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Sebastea	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
25 Mar	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Peter Emmanuel Amigo †	Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
25 Mar		Born	Peter Wang Mu-To †		Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China
26 Mar	78.1	Died	Julian Cáceres Negrón †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
	46.9	Appointed	Isidore-Marie-Victor Douceré, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Terenuthis	Vicar Apostolic of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi}, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
	46.9	Appointed	Isidore-Marie-Victor Douceré, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi}, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
27 Mar	22.5	Ordained Priest	Ettore Baranzini †	Priest	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
27 Mar	64.4	Died	Pedro Rafael González y Calixto †	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus
28 Mar	46.1	Appointed	Joseph Raphael John Crimont, S.J. †	Prefect of Alaska, USA	Vicar Apostolic of Alaska, USA
28 Mar	62.5	Resigned	Jean Baptist Rene, S.J. †	Prefect of Alaska, USA	Prefect Emeritus

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