The Year of Our Lord 1896

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	24.5	Ordained Priest	João Borges Quintão, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
	66.1	Died	Francesco Paolo Cardona Albini †	Titular Bishop of Nemesi
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Emilio Cecco, C.S.I. †	Priest of Congregation of Saint Joseph	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador
	14.9	Entered	Adolfo Ciuchini, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop Emeritus of Alghero, Italy
		Born	Antonius Deutsch, SS.CC. †		Prefect Emeritus of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge]
	19.5	Ordained Priest	Pascual Díaz y Barreto, S.J. †	Priest	Archbishop of México, Federal District
	36.1	Resigned	Matthias Dier, S.V.D. †	Apostolic Administrator of Togo	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	21.9	Entered	James Downey, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Coadjutor Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
	17.1	Professed	Maurice-François Ducoeur, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Nanning [Nanning], China
	74.8	Ceased	Romarico Flugi d’Aspermont, O.S.B. †	Abbot General of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot General Emeritus
		Born	Ludwig Haag, M. Afr. †		Prefect Emeritus of Tukuyu, Tanzania
	18.2	Professed	Auguste Alphonse Pierre Haouisée, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
	15.6	Professed	Johannes Damascus Jesacher (Iesacher), O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect of Lingling [Yungchow], China
	49.8	Resigned	Thomas Jackson, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Labuan e Borneo, Malaysia	Prefect Emeritus
	71.6	Resigned	Pasquale Maria Jaderosa †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
	18.1	Professed	Jean Trudon Jans, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Ichang [Yichang], China
	17.7	Entered	Dionizy (Roman) Kajetanowicz †	Member of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Apostolic Administrator of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
	62.7	Ceased	Jean-Amand Lamaze, S.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga
	43.0	Resigned	Saturnino de La Torre Merino, O.E.S.A. †	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Northern Hunan {Hu-Nan Settentrionale}, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	57.6	Resigned	Adolphus Edwin Medlycott †	Vicar Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	18.8	First Vows	Pie Eugène Joseph Neveu, A.A. †	Member of Augustinians of the Assumption	Apostolic Administrator of Moscow, Russian Federation
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Matthijs Nijens, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Prefect Emeritus of Nuova Guinea Olandese, Indonesia
	22.1	Ordained Priest	Cletus Vincent Pejov (Peef), O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
		Born	Louis Perera, O.M.I. †		Bishop-Elect of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Auguste Prézeau, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Vicar Apostolic of Shiré, Malawi
	62.3	Selected	Giuseppe Gaetano Felice Quandel, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy
	22.5	Professed	Franz Justus Rarkowski, S.M. †	Member of Society of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Germany, Military
	19.0	First Vows	Josephus Rose, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Prefect Emeritus of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
	72.1	Died	Pedro José Sánchez Carrascosa y Carrión, C.O. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ávila, Spain
	56.4	Resigned	Francesco di Paolo Satolli †	Apostolic Delegate to United States of America	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
	38.0	Final Vows	Johann Schäfer, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Pro-Prefect Emeritus of Togo
	42.0	Appointed	Richard Sykes, S.J. †	Superior of Zambese, Zimbabwe	Prefect Emeritus of Zambese, Zimbabwe
	20.1	Professed	Aloysius Chen Guo-di (Tchen Chao-t’ien), O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Fenyang [Fenyang], China
	19.9	First Vows	Franz Wolf, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
6 Jan	62.6	Died	Jean-Louis-Antoine-Alfred Gilly †	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
8 Jan	61.9	Died	Giuseppe Maria Graniello, B. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta
10 Jan	55.4	Appointed	James Maher †	Bishop of Port Augusta, Australia
12 Jan	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Stefano Gerbino di Cannitello, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Trapani, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
12 Jan	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo (Alessandero) Ghezzi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy
14 Jan	43.6	Appointed	Felipe Arguinzonis y Astorbiza, O.C.D. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Verapoly, India	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.6	Appointed	Felipe Arguinzonis y Astorbiza, O.C.D. †	Titular Archbishop of Philippi	Archbishop Emeritus of Verapoly, India
		Born	Ildefonso (Matteo Renato) Rea, O.S.B. †		Abbot Emeritus of Montecassino, Italy
		Born	Bl. Ivan Sleziuk †		Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
15 Jan	49.9	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Lugari †	Cardinal, Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy
16 Jan	46.7	Appointed	Jean-Jacques Crouzet, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Madagascar {Madagascar Meridionale}, Madagascar	Vicar Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar
20 Jan	78.7	Died	Guillaume-René Meignan †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tours, France
20 Jan	62.8	Died	Carlo Quaroni †	Titular Bishop of Cyme
22 Jan		Born	Norman Thomas Gilroy †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
22 Jan	72.2	Died	Giovanni Battista Laparelli Pitti †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
23 Jan	47.8	Died	John Edmund Luck, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
24 Jan	66.2	Died	Nándor Dulánszky †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
	52.7	Appointed	Thomas O’Gorman †	Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
		Born	Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark
	57.6	Appointed	Michael Verdon †	Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand
28 Jan	49.6	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Grosgeorge, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cambogia
28 Jan	49.6	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Grosgeorge, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Oëa	Vicar Apostolic of Cambogia
29 Jan	23.6	Ordained Priest	Felipe Joaquín Oláiz y Zabalza, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
30 Jan	29.1	Ordained Priest	Gaston Robichez, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
1 Feb	42.6	Appointed	Michael John Hoban †	Coadjutor Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop
1 Feb	42.6	Appointed	Michael John Hoban †	Titular Bishop of Alalis	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
2 Feb	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Jules-Maurice Abbet †	Titular Bishop of Troas	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
		Born	François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, C.S.Sp. †		Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
	73.2	Retired	Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
4 Feb		Born	Eugene O’Doherty †		Bishop Emeritus of Dromore, Ireland
5 Feb		Born	Jacques Pessers, S.V.D. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia
11 Feb	45.6	Appointed	Gaetano Quattrocchi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
11 Feb	45.6	Appointed	Gaetano Quattrocchi †	Titular Bishop of Europus	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
15 Feb	76.3	Died	Basilio Leto †	Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy
15 Feb		Born	Pietro Raimondi †		Bishop Emeritus of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
16 Feb	36.2	Professed	José Gregorio Castro Miranda, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
		Born	Michael Keller †		Bishop of Münster, Germany
	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete †	Bishop of Campeche, México	Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Gaetano Quattrocchi †	Titular Bishop of Europus	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
17 Feb		Born	Thomas Aloysius Boland †		Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
18 Feb	62.0	Died	Antonio Ochoa y Arenas †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
20 Feb		Born	Henri-Marie de Lubac, S.J. †		Cardinal, Priest of Society of Jesus
21 Feb	36.7	Ordained Priest	Eberhard Limbrock, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Prefect Emeritus of Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea
	35.7	Appointed	Orazio Mazzella †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy
	35.7	Appointed	Orazio Mazzella †	Titular Bishop of Cyme	Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy
23 Feb	35.7	Ordained Bishop	Orazio Mazzella †	Titular Bishop of Cyme	Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy
25 Feb	64.9	Appointed	Gaudenzio Bonfigli, O.F.M. Obs. †	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt and Arabia
	55.8	Appointed	Nicola Giuseppe (Nicolae Iosif) Camilli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Gadara	Bishop of Iaşi, Romania
	62.5	Appointed	Pierre-Gonzalès-Charles Duval, O.P. †	Apostolic Delegate to Syria	Vicar Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
		Born	Henri Martin Mekkelholt, S.C.I. †		Bishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia
28 Feb	40.8	Appointed	Kolumban (Johann Baptist) Brügger, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
29 Feb	23.0	Ordained Priest	Benedito Paulo Alves de Souza †	Priest of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Espírito Santo, Brazil
	23.8	Ordained Deacon	Joseph-Fructueux Bourgain, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Ningyüanfu, China
	22.6	Ordained Deacon	Alexandre-Paul-Marie Chabanon, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Huê, Viet Nam
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Antoine-Pierre-Jean Fourquet, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Archbishop Emeritus of Guangzhou [Canton], China
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Víctor Manuel Montero Carvallo, SS.CC. †	Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tarapacá, Chile
1 Mar	86.2	Died	Clemente Fares †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
1 Mar		Born	Lucien-Sidroine Lebrun †		Bishop Emeritus of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France
2 Mar		Born	Kazimierz Jósef Kowalski †		Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
2 Mar		Born	Pablo Tobar Gonzáles, C.M. †		Bishop of Cuttack, India
4 Mar	89.5	Died	Peter Richard Kenrick †	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
		Appointed	Felipe Salas Errázuriz †	Vicar Apostolic of Antofagasta, Chile	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	36.0	Resigned	Luís Silva Lezaeta †	Vicar Apostolic of Antofagasta, Chile	Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile
6 Mar	47.2	Died	Pierre-Marie Gentet †	Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
	29.1	Appointed	Ignazio Gladès Berzi †	Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
	82.6	Died	Benedetto Lavecchia Guarnieri, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
	58.6	Appointed	Casimiro Piñera y Naredo †	Apostolic Administrator of Barbastro, Spain	Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain
	58.6	Appointed	Casimiro Piñera y Naredo †	Titular Bishop of Anchialus	Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain
	33.1	Appointed	Joseph-Maxime Sedfaoui †	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
7 Mar	75.6	Died	Giovanni Maria Berengo †	Archbishop of Udine, Italy
7 Mar	41.9	Died	Henri-Caprais Vasselon, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Osaka, Japan
10 Mar	49.7	Appointed	Luis Pérez y Pérez, O.E.S.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Hunan {Hu-Nan Settentrionale}, China
10 Mar	49.7	Appointed	Luis Pérez y Pérez, O.E.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Corycus	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Hunan {Hu-Nan Settentrionale}, China
12 Mar		Born	Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Tanger, Morocco
13 Mar		Born	John Burke †		Bishop Emeritus of Simla and Chandigarh, India
	67.2	Died	Egidio (Giovanni) Mauri, O.P. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
	68.3	Resigned	Francisco Mora y Borrell †	Bishop of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
14 Mar	26.2	Ordained Priest	Antonio Galati †	Priest of Mileto, Italy	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
16 Mar	63.2	Appointed	Fortunato Vinelli †	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy
17 Mar	45.7	Appointed	Gaetano Quattrocchi †	Apostolic Administrator of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
18 Mar	38.0	Appointed	Patrick Foley †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland	Bishop
18 Mar	38.0	Appointed	Patrick Foley †	Titular Bishop of Amyclae	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
20 Mar	54.6	Appointed	Thomas Grace †	Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA
21 Mar	23.9	Ordained Priest	Alois Scheiwiler †	Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop
22 Mar	34.3	Appointed	Joseph Darian †	Patriarchal Vicar
	34.3	Appointed	Joseph Darian †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti	Patriarchal Vicar
	34.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Darian †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti	Patriarchal Vicar
	46.6	Appointed	Youssef Debs (Diab) †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Youssef Debs (Diab) †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Michael John Hoban †	Titular Bishop of Alalis	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
	29.8	Ordained Priest	Godric Kean †	Priest of Salford, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
23 Mar	73.4	Died	Camillo Ruggeri (Ruggieri) †	Bishop of Fano, Italy
24 Mar	33.7	Appointed	John Joseph Glennon †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kansas City, Missouri, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
	33.7	Appointed	John Joseph Glennon †	Titular Bishop of Pinara	Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
	36.8	Appointed	Eberhard Limbrock, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea	Prefect Emeritus
25 Mar		Born	Manuel Hurtado y García †		Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
26 Mar		Born	Roberto Moreira Martínez †		Bishop of Linares, Chile
27 Mar	35.0	Appointed	Francis Alphonsus Bourne †	Coadjutor Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
27 Mar	35.0	Appointed	Francis Alphonsus Bourne †	Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
29 Mar	29.2	Ordained Bishop	Ignazio Gladès Berzi †	Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
	48.9	Appointed	Agapitos Malouf, B.C. †	Bishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Agapitos Malouf, B.C. †	Bishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	33.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Maxime Sedfaoui †	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
30 Mar	50.1	Appointed	Pierre Jean Broyer, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
30 Mar	50.1	Appointed	Pierre Jean Broyer, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Polemonium	Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
31 Mar	56.0	Appointed	Joseph-Xavier de Hornstein †	Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania

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