The Year of Our Lord 1909

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	26.0	Ordained Priest	Augustin Baumtrog †	Priest of Tiraspol, Moldova	Apostolic Administrator of Volga, Russian Federation
	65.8	Resigned	Paolo Emilio Bergamaschi †	Bishop of Troia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	20.1	Professed	Tommaso Berutti, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pengpu [Bengbu], China
		Born	[ Chen Du-qing] †		Bishop of Ganzhou [Kanchow], China
	18.1	Professed	Mario Civelli, P.I.M.E. †	Member of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Bishop of Jixian [Weihwei], China
	37.0	Appointed	Pietro Cotel, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Oubangui Chari, Central African Republic	Prefect Emeritus
	29.9	Ordained Priest	Carlo Ilario Currea, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Prefect of Río Magdalena, Colombia
	43.5	Resigned	José de Jesús Fernández y Barragán †	Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Wincenty Ilgin †	Priest of Mohilev, Belarus	Apostolic Administrator of Kharkiv, Ukraine
	51.0	Resigned	José Santiago Irala, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	[John Ji Huairang], O.F.M. †		Bishop of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An], China
	53.9	Resigned	William Bernard Kelly †	Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia
		Born	[Peter Lan Bo-lu (Lan Pai Lu)] †		Bishop of Yongping [Yüngping], China
		Born	[John Li Xi-ting (Li Hsi Ying)] †		Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
		Born	Ludwik (Franciszek) Nowak, O.S.P.P.E. †		Prior General Emeritus of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit
	20.6	First Vows	Michael Schulien, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Priest
	12.0	Entered	Michel Damien Julien Sudres, C.S.V. †	Member of Clerics of Saint Viator	Superior General Emeritus
	43.7	Resigned	Enrique Ezequiel Vacas Galindo, O.P. †	Prefect of Canelos e Macas, Ecuador	Prefect Emeritus
	20.1	Entered	Jozef Vanderhoven, C.I.C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Vicar Apostolic of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
		Born	[ Zhao You-min (Chao Yong Ming)] †		Bishop of Jinzhou [Jehol], China
1 Jan		Born	Guillermo Escobar Vélez †		Bishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia
2 Jan	59.0	Appointed	Paulin-Pierre Andrieu †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
3 Jan		Born	Basil (Herman Francis) Heiser, O.F.M. Conv. †		Minister General Emeritus of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
3 Jan	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Alexander MacDonald †	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
7 Jan	70.8	Appointed	Giulio Boschi †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy
	56.0	Appointed	Pasquale Morganti, O.Ss.C.A. †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
		Born	Salvador Quezada Limón †		Bishop Emeritus of Aguascalientes, México
8 Jan		Born	Charles (Carlo) Maria Cavallera, I.M.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Marsabit, Kenya
8 Jan	49.3	Selected	José Bento Martins Ribeiro †	Bishop of Cochin, India
9 Jan	39.9	Selected	Valentín Ampuero Núñez, C.M. †	Bishop of Puno, Peru
10 Jan	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Owen Patrick Bernard Corrigan †	Titular Bishop of Macri	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
11 Jan		Born	Willem Schoemaker, M.S.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Purwokerto, Indonesia
12 Jan		Born	Clément Abdulla Eliane Rahal †		Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria
13 Jan	49.0	Appointed	Adamo Borghini †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ferrara, Italy	Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy
13 Jan	49.0	Appointed	Adamo Borghini †	Titular Bishop of Carpasia	Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy
14 Jan	57.7	Died	Carlo Vincenzo Ricotta †	Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy
17 Jan	23.7	Ordained Priest	Francisco de Aquino Correa, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
17 Jan	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Manuel San Román y Elena †	Titular Bishop of Mylasa	Apostolic Administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
18 Jan	47.9	Succeeded	Thomas Francis Hickey †	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
18 Jan	85.0	Died	Bernard Joseph John McQuaid †	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA
20 Jan	42.7	Selected	Juan José Laguarda y Fenollera †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
21 Jan		Born	Paul Bùi Chu Tạo †		Bishop Emeritus of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam
23 Jan	36.2	Ordained Priest	Francis Xavier Wang Zepu (Wang Tse-pu) †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China
24 Jan	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuel Sagrada (Segrada), P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Hirina	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Toungoo, Myanmar
25 Jan		Born	Samuel Chauriz, O.A.O.C. †		Archbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
26 Jan	74.1	Died	Santiago de Zubiría y Manzanera †	Archbishop of Durango, México
28 Jan		Born	William Francis Kupfer, M.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Taichung, Taiwan
29 Jan	51.6	Appointed	Augustin Dontenwill, O.M.I. †	Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
	49.5	Appointed	Joaquim Silvério de Souza †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	49.5	Appointed	Joaquim Silvério de Souza †	Titular Archbishop of Axomis	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	49.5	Resigned	Joaquim Silvério de Souza †	Bishop of Diamantina, Brazil	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
30 Jan		Born	Rafael González Estrada †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guatemala
31 Jan	24.6	Ordained Priest	Konštantín Bohačevskyj †	Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
31 Jan	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Ermini †	Titular Bishop of Hamatha	Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
1 Feb		Born	Ignacio Arbulú Pineda †		Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
	56.1	Appointed	John Grimes †	Coadjutor Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA	Bishop
	56.1	Appointed	John Grimes †	Titular Bishop of Hemeria (Himeria)	Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA
		Born	Henricus Petrus (Hein) Mondé, S.M.A. †		Superior General Emeritus of Society of African Missions
	50.9	Appointed	John Baptist Pitaval †	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
2 Feb	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Adamo Borghini †	Titular Bishop of Carpasia	Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Kazimierz Bukraba †	Priest of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus
	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Alberto José Gonçalves †	Bishop of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
		Born	Michel Nguyễn Khắc Ngữ †		Bishop Emeritus of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam
3 Feb	75.4	Died	Serafino Cretoni †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
4 Feb		Born	Anthony Columba McFeely †		Bishop Emeritus of Raphoe, Ireland
5 Feb		Born	Antonio María Michelato Danese, O.S.M. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile
6 Feb	75.9	Died	Giacinto Arcangeli †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
	68.5	Died	Michele Arcangelo Pirone †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
		Born	Jozef (Joseph Paulinus Amandus) Van Kerckhoven, M.S.C. †		Superior General Emeritus of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
7 Feb		Born	Dominic Romuald Basil Athaide, O.F.M. Cap. †		Archbishop of Agra, India
7 Feb		Born	Hélder Pessoa Câmara †		Archbishop Emeritus of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
8 Feb	60.4	Appointed	Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A. †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
10 Feb		Born	Aloysius Louis Scheerer, O.P. †		Bishop of Multan, Pakistan
11 Feb		Born	Raffaele Pellecchia †		Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
11 Feb		Born	Johannes Franciscus Maria Schutijser, O.F.M. Cap. †		Minister General Emeritus of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
12 Feb	54.9	Installed	José Mora y del Rio †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
13 Feb	62.0	Died	David Camilli †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
		Born	Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Guatemala
	48.6	Appointed	John Pius Dowling, O.P. †	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
	49.2	Appointed	Hyacinthe-Joseph Jalabert, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
	49.2	Appointed	Hyacinthe-Joseph Jalabert, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Sénégal	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
	49.2	Appointed	Hyacinthe-Joseph Jalabert, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Thelepte	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
	44.7	Appointed	Frederick Franz Linneborn, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh
14 Feb	46.1	Ordained Bishop	James Jordan Carroll †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
14 Feb	25.3	Ordained Priest	Karol Mieczysław Radoński †	Priest	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
15 Feb	51.8	Appointed	Peter Joseph Hurth, C.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Eleutherna	Bishop Emeritus of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
15 Feb	51.8	Resigned	Peter Joseph Hurth, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh	Bishop Emeritus of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
17 Feb	21.7	Perpetual Vows	Pierre-Armand-Albert-Lucien Fallaize, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada
19 Feb		Born	Athanasios Cheriyan Polachirakal †		Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India
21 Feb	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Augusto Klinke Leier †	Titular Bishop of Proconnesus	Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia, Chile
21 Feb	69.1	Died	Jean-Louis Vey, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Siam {Siam Orientale}, Thailand
22 Feb	88.6	Died	Pavao Gugler †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
23 Feb		Born	George Shanks, M.H.M. †		Prefect of Kashmir and Jammu, India
26 Feb	50.3	Appointed	Matheus de Oliveira Xavier †	Archbishop of Goa, India	Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India
	50.3	Appointed	Matheus de Oliveira Xavier †	Patriarch of East Indies, India	Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India
	56.9	Appointed	Alexandre Piquemal †	Auxiliary Bishop of Alger, Algeria
	56.9	Appointed	Alexandre Piquemal †	Titular Bishop of Thagora	Auxiliary Bishop of Alger, Algeria
	75.6	Died	Bl. Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás †	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
27 Feb	43.7	Appointed	Jules-Joseph Cénez, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Basutoland, Lesotho	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	43.7	Appointed	Jules-Joseph Cénez, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Armenia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Basutoland, Lesotho
	67.8	Died	Victor-Jean-Joseph-Marie van den Branden de Reeth †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
28 Feb	50.1	Installed	Alberto José Gonçalves †	Bishop of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
	58.1	Appointed	Everhard Illigens †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
	58.1	Appointed	Everhard Illigens †	Titular Bishop of Germanicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
	49.4	Confirmed	José Bento Martins Ribeiro †	Bishop of Cochin, India
1 Mar	55.0	Died	Florencio Eduardo Fontecilla Sánchez †	Bishop of La Serena, Chile
2 Mar	87.3	Died	Giuseppe Gelli †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
3 Mar		Born	Michele Alberto Arduino, S.D.B. †		Bishop of Gerace-Locri (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy
3 Mar	69.1	Died	Richard Owens †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
4 Mar	34.9	Selected	João Evangelista de Lima Vidal †	Bishop of Angola e Congo	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal
5 Mar		Born	Félix Alvin D. Ley, O.F.M. Cap. †		Apostolic Administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Ryukyus), Japan
6 Mar	22.9	Ordained Priest	Antonio Colturato, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Botucatu, Brazil
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Raffaele Angelo Palazzi, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Hengyang [Hengchow], China
		Born	Cirilo Polidoro Van Vlierberghe, O.F.M. †		Prelate Emeritus of Illapel, Chile
9 Mar		Born	Gerhard J. Legeland, C.Ss.R. †		Prefect Emeritus of Weetebula, Indonesia
10 Mar		Born	Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
11 Mar	71.6	Died	Bernhard Eduard Christen, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis
12 Mar		Born	Michael Joseph Begley †		Bishop Emeritus of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
13 Mar		Born	John Shojiro Ito †		Bishop Emeritus of Niigata, Japan
13 Mar		Born	Antal Jakab †		Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
15 Mar		Born	Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, O.C.D. †		Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia
16 Mar	40.0	Confirmed	Valentín Ampuero Núñez, C.M. †	Bishop of Puno, Peru
		Born	Miguel Garcia Franco †		Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
	36.8	Appointed	Emilio Juan Francisco Lissón y Chávez, C.M. †	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
17 Mar	49.6	Selected	Rudolf Hittmair †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
18 Mar	53.0	Appointed	John Patrick Farrelly †	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
19 Mar	23.0	Professed	Jean-Joseph-Georges Deymier, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China
19 Mar		Born	Józef Rozwadowski †		Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland
20 Mar		Born	Paul Leonard Hagarty, O.S.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Nassau, Bahamas, Antilles
22 Mar	62.1	Died	José María García Escudero y Ubago †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
23 Mar		Born	Hugo Aufderbeck †		Apostolic Administrator of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany
24 Mar	37.7	Appointed	Auguste-Léopold Huys, M. Afr. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Upper Congo {Congo Superiore}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Mar	37.7	Appointed	Auguste-Léopold Huys, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Rusicade	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Upper Congo {Congo Superiore}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Mar	38.1	Installed	Nicola Giannattasio †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre Piquemal †	Titular Bishop of Thagora	Auxiliary Bishop of Alger, Algeria
	24.6	Ordained Priest	Juan (Matías) Solá y Farrell, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bluefields, Nicaragua
26 Mar	70.0	Died	Joseph-Adolphe Gandy, M.E.P. †	Archbishop of Pondicherry, India
27 Mar	53.4	Appointed	Evaristo Blanco †	Bishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
	76.6	Died	William Anthony Johnson †	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Jean Larrart, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Archbishop of Guiyang [Kweyang], China
28 Mar	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Everhard Illigens †	Titular Bishop of Germanicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
28 Mar	83.9	Died	Federico Pizza †	Archbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia (e Vieste), Italy
29 Mar		Born	Patrick Joseph Dalton, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Yola, Nigeria
30 Mar	54.7	Appointed	Leonard Brindisi †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece	Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
	55.7	Appointed	Ange-Auguste Faisandier, S.J. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Trichinopoly, India	Bishop Emeritus
	55.7	Appointed	Ange-Auguste Faisandier, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Dodona	Bishop Emeritus of Trichinopoly, India
31 Mar	76.3	Died	José María Cázares y Martínez †	Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus

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