The Year of Our Lord 1899

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	22.4	Ordained Priest	Pablo Alegría Iriarte, O.A.R. †	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Vicar Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Ercole Attuoni †	Priest of Pisa, Italy	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
	14.4	Professed	Berardo Barracciu, O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Prefect of Ankang [Hinganfu], China
	35.1	Final Vows	Hermann Bücking, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Prefect Emeritus of Togo
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Jean-René Calloc’h, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Prefect Emeritus of Oubangui Chari, Central African Republic
	54.8	Resigned	Benjamin Christiaens, O.F.M. Rec. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Born	Emmanuel Chu-Kim-Tuyên, O. Cist. †		Superior General Emeritus of Order of Cistercians
	30.3	Ordained Deacon	Léon Delaval, C.S.Sp. †	Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Prefect of French Guiana-Cayenne, Antilles
	30.3	Ordained Priest	Léon Delaval, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Prefect of French Guiana-Cayenne, Antilles
	17.0	Professed	Léon Jean Marie De Smedt, C.I.C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
	20.1	First Vows	Peter Janser, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Prefect Emeritus of Indore, India
	19.9	Perpetual Vows	Eugène Klaeylé, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Prefect Emeritus of Cimbebasia Inferiore, Namibia
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Calliste (Paul) Lopinot, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Prefect Emeritus of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar
	41.0	Selected	Flavien-Michel Malké †	Bishop of Gazireh (Gezira) (Syrian), Turkey
	18.1	Professed	Louis Morel, C.I.C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Archbishop Emeritus of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China
	64.8	Resigned	Giacinto Nicolai †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	65.3	Resigned	Lucido Maria Parocchi †	Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
	53.2	Ceased	Gennaro Portanova †	Apostolic Administrator of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Gaston-Antoine Rasneur †	Priest of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium	Bishop
	18.4	Professed	Anton Theodor Fortunatus Spruit, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Luanfu, China
	49.0	Resigned	Francesco Tarnassi †	Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands	Apostolic Nuncio
	49.0	Resigned	Francesco Tarnassi †	Apostolic Internuncio to Luxembourg	Apostolic Nuncio
	51.1	Resigned	Ange-Louis Tibéri †	Prefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Prefect Emeritus
Jan	48.9	Installed	Gaetano Müller †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
1 Jan	24.2	Ordained Priest	Dionisije Njaradi †	Priest of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia	Bishop
3 Jan	81.7	Died	Paul-Matthieu de La Foata †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
6 Jan	55.0	Selected	Blessed Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek) †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
7 Jan	53.2	Appointed	Peter Bourgade (Bougarde) †	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
	53.3	Appointed	Marcolino (del Carmelo) Benavente, O.P. †	Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
	62.5	Appointed	Aeneas Chisholm †	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
	57.7	Appointed	Denis T. O’Connor, C.S.B. †	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.0	Appointed	John Walter Shanahan †	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
	52.0	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Simon, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan, China
	52.0	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Simon, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Circesium	Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan, China
8 Jan	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Moràbito †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	44.3	Appointed	Ildebrando Maria Polliuti, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Daniel Rivero Rivero †	Priest of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia
	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Scopelliti †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Sebastião Thomás, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil
11 Jan	70.4	Appointed	Laurenz Mayer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
11 Jan	70.4	Appointed	Laurenz Mayer †	Titular Bishop of Dioclea	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
15 Jan	70.8	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Gaffiero †	Titular Bishop of Selymbria	Auxiliary Bishop of Malta
15 Jan	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Vilmos István †	Titular Bishop of Dometiopolis	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
17 Jan		Born	Víctor Manuel Sanabria y Martínez †		Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
18 Jan	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Paul Wilhelm Keppler †	Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany
21 Jan		Born	Georges Désiré Raeymaeckers, O. Praem. †		Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 Jan	70.0	Died	Américo Ferreira dos Santos Silva †	Cardinal, Bishop of Porto, Portugal
22 Jan	58.6	Succeeded	Ferdinando Maria Cieri †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
	70.4	Ordained Bishop	Laurenz Mayer †	Titular Bishop of Dioclea	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Ricardo Pittini Piussi, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	85.2	Died	Domenico Ramaschiello †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
24 Jan		Born	James Donald Scanlan †		Archbishop Emeritus of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
25 Jan	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Léon-Adolphe Amette †	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
28 Jan		Born	Johann Lenhardt †		Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
28 Jan		Born	Antoon van Oorschoot, M. Afr. †		Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
29 Jan	84.9	Died	Salvatore Giovanni Battista Bolognesi, C.O. †	Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy
		Born	Joseph Masterson †		Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
	72.9	Died	Giacinto Rossi, O.P. †	Bishop of Luni, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy
31 Jan	61.2	Appointed	Robert Brindle †	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
31 Jan	61.2	Appointed	Robert Brindle †	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior	Bishop Emeritus of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
1 Feb		Born	William Otterwell Brady †		Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
	55.7	Selected	Manuel Baptista da Costa (da Cunha) †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
		Born	Antoine-Hubert Grauls, M. Afr. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Gitega, Burundi
		Appointed	Michele Sciuriaga †	Bishop of Tinos and Mykonos, Greece	Priest
2 Feb	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Guérard †	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
	32.1	Final Vows	Gaston Robichez, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Rumeau †	Bishop of Angers, France
3 Feb	45.6	Succeeded	Michael John Hoban †	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Feb	82.8	Died	William O’Hara †	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Feb	51.7	Selected	Pierre-Marie Avon †	Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles
5 Feb		Born	Ernesto de Paula †		Bishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
5 Feb	23.0	Ordained Priest	Franz Wolf, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
6 Feb	50.4	Appointed	Andrea Elia Celebian †	Bishop of Amida (Diarbekir) (Armenian), Turkey
	32.9	Appointed	Stefano P. Israelian †	Bishop of Karput (Kharput) (Armenian), Turkey
	53.9	Appointed	Michel Kaciadurian †	Bishop of Melitene (Malatia) (Armenian), Syria
	53.5	Appointed	Avedis Marcus Turkian †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria
9 Feb	70.4	Died	Mariano Gavasci, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Norcia, Italy
9 Feb		Born	Eugene-Jean Imhof, S.M.B. †		Prefect of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China
10 Feb	59.0	Appointed	Gustave Augustin Rouxel †	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
10 Feb	59.0	Appointed	Gustave Augustin Rouxel †	Titular Bishop of Curium	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
11 Feb	47.2	Appointed	Lucien-Émile Mossard, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam
11 Feb	47.2	Appointed	Lucien-Émile Mossard, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Medea	Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam
12 Feb	62.2	Ordained Bishop	José Homobono Anaya y Gutiérrez †	Bishop of Sinaloa, México	Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México
12 Feb		Born	Oubagaraswami Bernadotte †		Bishop of Coimbatore, India
14 Feb		Born	Marco Antonio García y Suárez †		Bishop Emeritus of Granada, Nicaragua
15 Feb		Born	Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian †		Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
16 Feb	52.9	Appointed	James Bellord †	Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	52.9	Appointed	James Bellord †	Titular Bishop of Milevum	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gibraltar
	73.1	Died	Noël-Mathieu-Victor-Marie Gaussail †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
	57.0	Appointed	St. Józef Sebastian Pelczar †	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Bishop
	57.0	Appointed	St. Józef Sebastian Pelczar †	Titular Bishop of Miletopolis	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
	42.3	Installed	Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete †	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México	Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
21 Feb		Born	Bernard William Griffin †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
23 Feb	23.1	Ordained Priest	Augusto Bertazzoni †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy
24 Feb	62.6	Ordained Bishop	Edouard-Adolphe Cantel †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
24 Feb	62.6	Ordained Bishop	Aeneas Chisholm †	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
25 Feb	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Jean-Baptiste Castanier, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Osaka, Japan
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Maurizio Francesco Crotti, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Émile-Alexandre-Joseph Devred, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Seul, Korea (South)
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph-Romuald Léonard †	Priest of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	24.9	Ordained Deacon	Gustave-Georges-Arsène Vandaele, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam
26 Feb	57.3	Ordained Bishop	José Guadalupe de Jesús Alva y Franco, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México	Bishop of Zacatecas, México
	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Maximiano Reynoso y del Corral †	Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México	Bishop Emeritus
	54.6	Died	John Vertin †	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA
27 Feb	55.1	Confirmed	Augustinus Rosentreter †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
27 Feb	50.1	Installed	Joseph Rumeau †	Bishop of Angers, France

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