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The Year of Our Lord 1916

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknown23.2ProfessedAntonio María (Alfredo) Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap. †Member of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay
39.0ResignedHenri BardouPrefect of Ghardaïa, AlgeriaPrefect Emeritus
BornMatthias A. ChimoleBishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
42.0AppointedLouis DavidPrefect of Ghardaïa, AlgeriaPrefect Emeritus
20.2First VowsEnrique (Henry) Ederle, S.V.D. †Member of Society of the Divine WordPrefect Emeritus of Mindoro, Philippines
43.3AppointedGiovanni GariglianoApostolic Administrator of L’Aquila, ItalyBishop of Biella, Italy
52.6AppointedJules Girard, S.M.A. †Apostolic Administrator of Delta of the Nile, EgyptVicar Apostolic
24.3Ordained PriestKarlo JamnikPriest of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), ItalyApostolic Administrator of Rijeka (-Opatija), Croatia
14.6ProfessedPetronio Secundo Lacchio, O.F.M. †Member of Order of Friars MinorArchbishop of Changsha [Changsha], China
20.9Entered[Andrew Liu An-zhi (Li Anchi)], C.M. †Member of Congregation of the MissionBishop of Zhengding [Chengting], China
69.7AppointedJoseph (Jean) Oster, C.S.Sp. †Prefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et MiquelonPrefect Emeritus
19.2ProfessedQuintinus Pessers, O.F.M. †Member of Order of Friars MinorPrefect of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China
ResignedLuis Héctor SalaberryApostolic Administrator of Magallanes, ChileApostolic Administrator Emeritus
23.7Final VowsTeodoro Schu, S.V.D. †Member of Society of the Divine WordBishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China
89.4DiedMarutha Pierre TopalPatriarchal Vicar of Diarbekir (Amida) (Syrian), Turkey
17.5ProfessedCharles Joseph van Melckebeke, C.I.C.M. †Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of MaryBishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China
BornAloysius Wei ShutianAdministrator of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China
Born[Philip Xu Lizhi]Auxiliary Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
1 Jan56.7AppointedPellegrino Francesco Stagni, O.S.M. †Titular Archbishop of AncyraArchbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
56.7ResignedPellegrino Francesco Stagni, O.S.M. †Archbishop of L’Aquila, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
3 Jan59.2DiedThomas Francis DoranAuxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
45.4AppointedThomas DunnBishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
53.1AppointedValentín de la Asunción (Manuel) Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D. †Apostolic Administrator of Cienfuegos, CubaArchbishop of Santiago de Cuba
4 Jan51.2AppointedLorenzo LauriApostolic Delegate to PeruCardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
6 Jan24.1Ordained PriestJob Chen Qiming (Chen Chi-ming, Chen Ki-meng), C.M. †Priest of Congregation of the MissionBishop of Zhengding [Chengting], China
22.2Ordained PriestFrancisco Panal Ramírez, O.F.M. Cap. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBishop Emeritus of La Vega, Dominican Republic
7 JanBornLeo Joseph BrustAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
8 Jan70.6DiedRichard ScannellBishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
9 Jan39.9Ordained BishopPlacide ColliardBishop of Lausanne et Genève, Switzerland
22.4Ordained DeaconCarlo ConfalonieriDeacon of Milano {Milan}, ItalyCardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
46.9Ordained BishopAmédée Marie Léon Crooy (Crooij)Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
BornPietro FiordelliBishop Emeritus of Prato, Italy
10 Jan75.1DiedCyrille VIII GehaPatriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
11 JanBornMetodi Dimitrov Stratiev, A.A. †Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
12 JanBornChristophe AdimouArchbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
41.0AppointedIgnace-Marie Le RuzicBishop of Les Cayes, HaïtiBishop Emeritus
13 Jan49.9DiedVasile HossuBishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania
14 JanBornAlbino MensaArchbishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
15 Jan23.8Ordained PriestEmmet Michael WalshPriest of Savannah, Georgia, USABishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
16 Jan38.8Ordained BishopSt. Manuel González y GarcíaTitular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)Bishop of Palencia, Spain
41.1Ordained BishopTeodoro Gordaliza y Sánchez, O.P. †Titular Bishop of AbderaVicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam
44.9Ordained BishopTranquillo GuarneriBishop of Rieti, ItalyBishop of Acquapendente, Italy
54.3Ordained BishopCarlo Dalmazio MinorettiBishop of Crema, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
17 Jan76.0DiedVito Antonio FioniBishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
83.0DiedDomenico Maria ValensiseBishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy
18 Jan80.5DiedGiuseppe CamassaBishop Emeritus of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
52.5SelectedLev Skrbenský z HřištěArchbishop of Olomouc, CzechiaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
19 Jan65.7DiedPascal GiamgianBishop of Bursa (Bostra, Prusa) (Armenian), Turkey
BornLouis-Paul-Armand SimonneauxBishop Emeritus of Versailles, France
54.5AppointedAntonio Aurelio Torres y Sanz, O.C.D. †Titular Bishop of AugileBishop Emeritus of Cienfuegos, Cuba
54.5ResignedAntonio Aurelio Torres y Sanz, O.C.D. †Bishop of Cienfuegos, CubaBishop Emeritus
23 Jan24.5Ordained PriestJohn Roderick MacDonaldPriest of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, CanadaBishop
54.0Ordained BishopLouis Van Dyck (Dijck), C.I.C.M. †Titular Bishop of Abbir MaiusVicar Apostolic of Suiyüan [Hohot], China
24 Jan33.3AppointedJosé Tupinambá da FrotaBishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
35.4AppointedGiovanni Battista PinardiAuxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
35.4AppointedGiovanni Battista PinardiTitular Bishop of EudoxiasAuxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
25 Jan66.2Ordained BishopFerdinand BrossartBishop of Covington, Kentucky, USABishop Emeritus
77.5DiedDionisio NicolosiBishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
70.6DiedRaniero SarnariBishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
BornRaymond James VoneshAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
26 JanBornJohn Chen Shi-zhongBishop of Yibin [Suifu], China
27 Jan39.8AppointedDionisio ÁvilaBishop of La Paz, Bolivia
42.3AppointedManuel Prat Pujoldevall, O.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, ChinaBishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China
42.3AppointedManuel Prat Pujoldevall, O.P. †Titular Bishop of MactarisBishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China
63.4AppointedDomenico Serafini, O.S.B. †Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of ReligiousCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
28 Jan45.6AppointedJacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Settentrionale-Occidentale}, ChinaBishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
45.6AppointedJacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of AegeaeBishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
29 Jan52.6AppointedBernard Hackett, C.SS.R. †Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
53.4AppointedJohn Jeremiah LawlerBishop of Lead, South Dakota, USABishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
30 Jan39.7Ordained BishopJosé Lopes Leite de FariaBishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
31 JanBornEnrique Alvear UrrutiaBishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
51.7AppointedEmilio BongiorniAuxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy
51.7AppointedEmilio BongiorniTitular Bishop of SasimaAuxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy
BornJosé Miguel MedinaBishop Emeritus of Jujuy, Argentina
53.0AppointedEdward MulhernBishop of Dromore, Ireland
BornLeo Tigga, S.J. †Bishop of Raiganj, India
1 FebBornBenedict Varghese Gregorios Thangalathil, O.I.C. †Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
2 Feb58.3Ordained BishopMaurice LandrieuxBishop of Dijon, France
74.2AppointedJosé María Martínez y CabañasArchbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
41.2AppointedClaudio María Volio y JiménezBishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, HondurasBishop Emeritus
3 FebBornJules-Louis-Paul HarléAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
BornLuis María Blas Maestu Ojanguren, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru
BornJean MargéotCardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
6 Feb70.2DiedMichele Cardella, C.P. †Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy
7 Feb53.4AppointedJames Romanus Bilsborrow, O.S.B. †Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great BritainArchbishop Emeritus
52.1AppointedAntônio Augusto de AssisBishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
BornEverardo López AlcocerBishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México
69.4DiedJosé Torras y BagesBishop of Vic, Spain
10 FebBornWalter (Arthur) Coggin, O.S.B. †Abbot Emeritus of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA
BornCharles-Auguste-Marie PatyBishop Emeritus of Luçon, France
11 FebBornRobert Ratna BamrungtrakulBishop Emeritus of Chiang Mai, Thailand
12 Feb69.1DiedJean-Baptiste DesantiBishop of Ajaccio, France
BornDamián Iguacén BorauBishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
24.6Ordained PriestBernard Francis Meyer (Mayer), M.M. †Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of AmericaPrefect Emeritus of Wuchow [Wuzhou], China
13 Feb36.0InstalledPedro Eggerath, O.S.B. †Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, BrazilAbbot Emeritus
14 Feb34.5AppointedOctávio Augusto Chagas de MirandaBishop of Pouso Alegre, Brazil
BornBl. Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, M.X.Y. †Bishop of Arauca, Colombia
53.3ResignedAuguste-Jean-Gabriel Maurice, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Central Shensi/Chensi {Scen-Si Centrale}, ChinaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
15 Feb64.7DiedPeter GöblAuxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
16 Feb77.1DiedBasilio Haggiar, B.S. †Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
19 Feb70.1DiedJohn Walter ShanahanBishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
20 Feb46.3Ordained BishopMartin KheberichTitular Bishop of SabrataAuxiliary Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
22 Feb56.4Ordained BishopChristophe-Louis LégasseBishop of Oran, AlgeriaBishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
24 FebBornMichael Joseph DudickBishop Emeritus of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
25 Feb45.5Ordained BishopThomas DunnBishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
BornManuel Lisboa de OliveiraBishop Emeritus of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil
26 Feb73.4AppointedDiomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. †Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
81.9ResignedGirolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. †Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the FaithCardinal, Prefect Emeritus
63.5AppointedDomenico Serafini, O.S.B. †Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the FaithCardinal, Prefect
27 Feb51.9Ordained BishopMatthew Joseph BrodieBishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
28 FebBornEugène Klein, M.S.C. †Archbishop Emeritus of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
1 MarBornKazimierz Jan MajdańskiBishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
51.9AppointedReinaldo Muñoz OlaveEcclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) of Chillán, ChileEcclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) Emeritus
2 MarBornGlennon Patrick FlavinBishop Emeritus of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
3 Mar79.2DiedEduard Herrmann (Hermann)Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
67.2DiedValeriano Menéndez y CondeArchbishop of Valencia, Spain
45.4AppointedJohann Baptist SprollAuxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg, GermanyBishop
45.4AppointedJohann Baptist SprollTitular Bishop of HalmirosBishop of Rottenburg, Germany
4 MarBornJosé Fernandes VelosoBishop Emeritus of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
5 Mar27.1Ordained PriestGiuseppe BeltramiPriest of Fossano, ItalyCardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
BornGabriele (Ezio) Marinucci, O.A.D. †Prior General Emeritus of Agostiniani Scalzi
35.5Ordained BishopGiovanni Battista PinardiTitular Bishop of EudoxiasAuxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
9 MarBornHenry Lancelot Paxton Hallett, C.SS.R. †Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa
11 MarBornJoseph Lloyd HoganBishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
13 Mar59.5AppointedLouis-Ernest DuboisArchbishop of Rouen, FranceCardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
14 Mar60.6DiedBernardo Giuseppe Doebbing, O.F.M. †Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
25.2Ordained PriestRamón Sanahuja y MarcéPriestBishop Emeritus of Cartagena (en España)
35.2AppointedPedro Segura y SáenzAuxiliary Bishop of Valladolid, SpainCardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
35.2AppointedPedro Segura y SáenzTitular Bishop of ApolloniaCardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
18 Mar22.6Ordained PriestCarlo ConfalonieriPriest of Milano {Milan}, ItalyCardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
BornWojciech Stanisław OlszowskiPriest of Lviv, Ukraine
25.3Ordained PriestAlfredo OttavianiPriest of Roma {Rome}, ItalyCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
25.0Ordained PriestPietro ParentePriest of Napoli {Naples}, ItalyCardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
26.1Ordained PriestGaétan Pasotti, S.D.B. †Priest of Salesians of Saint John BoscoVicar Apostolic of Rajaburi, Thailand
19 Mar81.9DiedGirolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. †Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
52.8Ordained BishopBernard Hackett, C.SS.R. †Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
20 Mar51.8Ordained BishopEmilio BongiorniTitular Bishop of SasimaAuxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy
60.4DiedThomas Francis BrennanAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
BornRubén Isaza RestrepoArchbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
22 Mar81.6DiedGiacomo MerizziBishop Emeritus of Vigevano, Italy
23 Mar49.5DiedFernando de Souza Monteiro, C.M. †Bishop of Espírito Santo, Brazil
24 MarBornEusebio Septimio Mari, O.F.M. Cap. †Vicar Apostolic of Riohacha, Colombia
50.1DiedSoter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz, O.S.B.M. †Bishop of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania
63.6AppointedDomenico Serafini, O.S.B. †Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
25 MarBornEugène Moke MotsüriAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
BornHeinrich PachowiakAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany
52.4InstalledQuintino Rodrigues de Oliveira e SilvaBishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil
BornJosef StimpfleBishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
27 Mar63.3DiedSaturnino de La Torre Merino, O.E.S.A. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Hunan {Hu-Nan Settentrionale}, China
BornIzidor István MarosiBishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary
61.7AppointedLeonidas MedinaAuxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, ColombiaBishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
61.7AppointedLeonidas MedinaTitular Bishop of CamachusBishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
28 MarBornGyörgy PókaAuxiliary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
47.1AppointedNicola Rotoli, O.F.M. †Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy
29 MarBornVito Nicola CavannaBishop of Asti, Italy
71.2DiedVincenzo FranceschiniBishop of Fano, Italy
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