The Year of Our Lord 1897

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	17.4	Professed	Luigi Calza (Calzi), S.X. †	Member of Xaverian Missionary Fathers	Vicar Apostolic of Chengchow [Zhengzhou], China
	60.8	Resigned	Luigi Canali, O.F.M. Obs. †	Minister General of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide
	15.0	Professed	Ruggero Raffaele Cazzanelli, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kichow [Qichun], China
	31.6	Appointed	Jules-Joseph Cénez, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Basutoland, Lesotho	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Basutoland, Lesotho
	29.0	Perpetual Vows	Patrice-Alexandre Chiasson, C.I.M. †	Member of Congregation of Jesus and Mary	Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick
	65.4	Appointed	Alfred Allen Paul Curtis †	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
	69.0	Died	Giacomo Daddi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy
	75.5	Died	Benjamin Dimitrios Eusevides †	Titular Archbishop of Nauplia
	16.5	Entered	Arturo Jara Márquez, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Magallanes-Islas Malvinas, Chile
	18.7	Professed	Dionizy (Roman) Kajetanowicz †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Apostolic Administrator of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
	20.7	First Vows	Josef Lörks, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea
	30.2	Ordained Priest	Gherardo Sante Menegazzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Comacchio, Italy
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Hendrik Nollen, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Prefect Emeritus of Nuova Guinea Olandese, Indonesia
	68.4	Appointed	Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
	29.9	Ordained Priest	Paolo Carlo Perini, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Calicut, India
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Emmanuel Phares †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti
	20.0	Perpetual Vows	Josephus Rose, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Prefect Emeritus of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
	91.1	Died	Enrico de Rossi †	Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy
	20.2	First Vows	Hermann Schoppelrey, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic of Sinyangchow, China
		Born	Michel Damien Julien Sudres, C.S.V. †		Superior General Emeritus of Clerics of Saint Viator
	22.1	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Vizzini †	Priest	Bishop of Noto, Italy
2 Jan		Born	William Joseph Smith †		Bishop Emeritus of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada
3 Jan	21.7	Ordained Priest	Grégoire Haggiar †	Priest	Bishop of Akka (Melkite Greek), Israel
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Francis Johannes †	Priest of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA	Bishop of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
	62.7	Died	Guglielmo Sanfelice D’Acquavella, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
4 Jan		Born	Edward Joseph Maginn †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Albany, New York, USA
5 Jan		Born	Eduardo Martinez González †		Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Spain
6 Jan	72.5	Died	François-Marie Trégaro †	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
7 Jan	50.2	Died	Antônio Joaquim de Medeiros †	Bishop of Macau, China
9 Jan		Born	Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
10 Jan		Born	Raymond Larose, C.S.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Chittagong, Bangladesh
14 Jan	58.8	Died	John Carroll †	Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
17 Jan		Born	Alexandre (Sandor) Chira †		Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
		Born	Manuel Mascariñas y Morgia †		Bishop Emeritus of Tagbilaran, Philippines
	77.3	Died	Placido Pozzi †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
19 Jan		Born	Julius Edward Dillon, O.F.M. †		Prefect of Shashi [Shasi], China
21 Jan	65.8	Died	José Benito Salvador de la Reta †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
22 Jan	79.1	Died	Angelo Bianchi †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
22 Jan	53.2	Died	João Fernando Santiago Esberard (Esberrard) †	Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
23 Jan		Born	Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr. †		Bishop Emeritus of Kasama, Zambia
24 Jan		Born	Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap. †		Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
	22.3	Ordained Priest	Michael Memelauer †	Priest of Sankt Pölten, Austria	Bishop
		Born	Johannes Albert von Rudloff †		Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Melchior Sun Dezhen (Souen), C.M. †	Priest of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ankwo [Anguo], China
26 Jan	43.8	Appointed	Edward Patrick Allen †	Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA
26 Jan	40.6	Appointed	John James Joseph Monaghan †	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA	Bishop Emeritus
27 Jan	58.3	Died	José María Caparrós y López †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
27 Jan		Born	Karl Albert Wollgarten, C.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica
28 Jan	49.9	Appointed	François Gerboin, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Unianyembé, Tanzania
	49.9	Appointed	François Gerboin, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Thuburbo Minus	Vicar Apostolic of Unianyembé, Tanzania
	55.5	Appointed	Charles-Gustave Walravens †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium	Bishop
	55.5	Appointed	Charles-Gustave Walravens †	Titular Bishop of Samosata	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
29 Jan	57.3	Appointed	John Joseph Keane †	Titular Archbishop of Damascus	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
30 Jan	38.4	Appointed	Patrick Vincent Dwyer †	Coadjutor Bishop of Maitland, Australia	Bishop
	38.4	Appointed	Patrick Vincent Dwyer †	Titular Bishop of Zoara	Bishop of Maitland, Australia
	57.2	Died	Walterus Staal, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia
1 Feb		Born	Ignatius P’i-Shu-Shih †		Archbishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China
	33.5	Appointed	Henri Streicher, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Victoria Nyanza {Victoria-Nyanza Settentrionale}, Uganda	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Uganda
	33.5	Appointed	Henri Streicher, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Thabraca	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Uganda
2 Feb	67.3	Died	Annibale Barabesi †	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
	59.5	Succeeded	Bl. Pio Alberto del Corona, O.P. †	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Patrick Mary O’Donnell †		Archbishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
	37.9	Final Vows	Stanislas-Marie-Liévin de Vos, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Prefect Emeritus of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
6 Feb	57.1	Appointed	Casimiro Gennari †	Titular Archbishop of Naupactus	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
6 Feb		Born	Heinrich Gleumes †		Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
7 Feb	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Anton Mahnič †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
15 Feb	46.9	Appointed	Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Thibet, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tatsienlu, China
	46.9	Appointed	Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Thynias	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tatsienlu, China
	42.8	Appointed	Ambrosius Jacobus Johannes van Baars, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
	42.8	Appointed	Ambrosius Jacobus Johannes van Baars, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Teuchira	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
16 Feb	50.4	Appointed	Jean-Louis-Joseph (Martin) Adam, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	50.4	Appointed	Jean-Louis-Joseph (Martin) Adam, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Thmuis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gabon, Gabon
	46.5	Appointed	Joseph-Marie-Stanislas Dupont, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nyassa, Malawi	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	46.5	Appointed	Joseph-Marie-Stanislas Dupont, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Thibaris	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nyassa, Malawi
17 Feb	40.8	Appointed	Émile Augustin Allgeyer, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zanzibar, Kenya
17 Feb	40.8	Appointed	Émile Augustin Allgeyer, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Ticelia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zanzibar, Kenya
20 Feb		Born	Enrique José Mühn, S.V.D. †		Bishop Emeritus of Jujuy, Argentina
21 Feb	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Konstantyn Chekhovych (Czechowicz) †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland
22 Feb	82.2	Died	Thomas Langdon Grace, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
24 Feb	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Mathias Lenihan †	Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Edmond Francis Prendergast †	Titular Bishop of Scilium	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	42.3	Ordained Bishop	James Edward Quigley †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA	Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	34.4	Ordained Bishop	François Camille Van Ronslé, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tymbrias	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Gustave Walravens †	Titular Bishop of Samosata	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
27 Feb	80.0	Died	Francesco Macarone-Palmieri †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
27 Feb	63.5	Died	Giuseppe Gaetano Felice Quandel, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy
28 Feb		Born	José de Jesús Martinez Vargas †		Bishop Emeritus of Armenia, Colombia
1 Mar		Born	Joseph Francis Ryan †		Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
1 Mar	81.8	Died	Pietro Giocondo Salvaj di Govone †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
2 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Macarie Saba †	Priest	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
4 Mar	61.8	Installed	Perfecto Amézquita y Gutiérrez, C.M. †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
4 Mar		Born	Pablo Mariaselvam, S.D.B. †		Bishop of Vellore, India
7 Mar	62.6	Died	Ferdinand Cselka †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
9 Mar	58.5	Selected	Bonifacio Maria (Hermann Josef) Krug, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy
10 Mar	31.4	Appointed	Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta †	Apostolic Delegate to Canada and Newfoundland	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
11 Mar	58.5	Confirmed	Bonifacio Maria (Hermann Josef) Krug, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy
13 Mar	25.2	Ordained Priest	Pietro Cotel, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Prefect Emeritus of Oubangui Chari, Central African Republic
	23.6	Ordained Deacon	Maurice-Bernard-Benoît-Joseph Despatures, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India
	24.9	Ordained Deacon	Louis-Nestor Renault, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China
	24.4	Ordained Deacon	Augustin-Marie Tardieu, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Quinhon, Viet Nam
15 Mar		Born	Manuel Moll y Salord †		Bishop Emeritus of Tortosa, Spain
15 Mar		Born	Benedikt (Johannes) Reetz, O.S.B. †		Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict
16 Mar	55.5	Appointed	Jean Baptist Rene, S.J. †	Prefect of Alaska, USA	Prefect Emeritus
19 Mar	59.9	Died	Crescencio Carrillo y Ancona †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
19 Mar	58.5	Installed	Bonifacio Maria (Hermann Josef) Krug, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy
21 Mar	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Segundo Ballón Manrique †	Titular Bishop of Germanicia	Bishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
	48.2	Appointed	Joseph Dumáni, B.S. †	Bishop of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite Greek)
	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Dumáni, B.S. †	Bishop of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite Greek)
	20.2	Professed	Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Vicar Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
22 Mar		Born	Louis-Sylvain Robin †		Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France
25 Mar	26.3	Ordained Priest	Konstantyn Dominik †	Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
25 Mar		Born	Edmund Joseph Reilly †		Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
26 Mar	32.5	Appointed	Gusztáv Károly Majláth †	Coadjutor Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania	Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
26 Mar	32.5	Appointed	Gusztáv Károly Majláth †	Titular Bishop of Martyropolis	Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
27 Mar	82.5	Died	Paolo Angelo Ballerini †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}	Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
29 Mar	70.9	Resigned	John Baptist Butt †	Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	37.3	Appointed	Filemón Fierro y Terán †	Bishop of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México
	56.3	Appointed	Carlo Giuseppe Gentili, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Allahabad, India	Archbishop of Agra, India
	45.2	Appointed	Denis Kelly †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
	47.4	Appointed	Emile-Joseph Legal, O.M.I. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Albert, Alberta, Canada	Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
	47.4	Appointed	Emile-Joseph Legal, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Pogla	Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
31 Mar	82.7	Died	Giuseppe Giusti †	Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo, Italy

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