The Year of Our Lord 1915

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	41.1	Appointed	Stefano Aurelio Bacciarini, S.d.C. †	Superior General of Congregation of Servants of Charity	Apostolic Administrator of Lugano, Switzerland
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Heinrich Breuer, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Prefect Emeritus of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
	15.8	Professed	Domenico Luca Capozi, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
	41.2	Appointed	Serafino Cimino, O.F.M. †	Minister General of Order of Friars Minor	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
	53.2	Appointed	Maximiliano Crespo Rivera †	Apostolic Administrator of Jericó, Colombia	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
	19.7	Professed	Aniceto Fernández Alonso, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Master General Emeritus
		Born	Louis He Dezong †		Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Kunming [Kunming], China
	19.8	Professed	George Marin, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Prefect Emeritus of Süchow, China
	30.1	Professed	Stjepan Mlakić, F.S.C.J. †	Member of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Prefect Emeritus of Bahr el-Gebel, Sudan
	52.0	Resigned	Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Bobadilla †	Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Mariano Oscoz, E.C.M.C. †	Priest of Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona	Prior General Emeritus
	53.0	Resigned	Edward Parry, S.J. †	Superior of Zambese, Zimbabwe	Prefect of Zambese, Zimbabwe
	70.5	Died	Gustavo Provveduti †	Abbot of San Martino al Monte Cimino, Italy
		Died	Bruno Schinxe, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
	39.2	Professed	Frederico Benício de Souza e Costa, E.C.M.C. †	Member of Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona	Bishop Emeritus of Amazonas, Brazil
		Born	[Mathew Wang Wei-ming] †		Bishop Emeritus of Jilin [Kirin], China
		Born	Francis Zhou Shanfu (Zhou Fangji) †		Bishop of Yixian [Yihsien], China
1 Jan	29.7	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Aquino Correa, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium	Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	69.3	Died	Henri-Louis-Prosper Bougouin †	Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
		Born	Mario Picchi, S.D.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Venado Tuerto, Argentina
4 Jan		Born	Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Moundou, Chad
8 Jan		Born	Salvatore Delogu †		Bishop Emeritus of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
9 Jan	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Dionýz Njaradi †	Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
9 Jan		Born	Agostino (Dante) Trapè, O.S.A. †		Prior General Emeritus of Order of St. Augustine
11 Jan		Born	Giuseppe Moizo †		Bishop of Acqui, Italy
12 Jan		Born	Simon An Shi’en †		Bishop of Daming [Taming], China
		Born	Joseph Robert Crowley †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
		Born	Joseph-Aurèle Plourde †		Archbishop Emeritus of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
		Born	Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo †		Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
13 Jan		Born	Thomas Patrick Collins, M.M. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pando, Bolivia
	43.7	Appointed	Léon-Charles-Joseph Girod, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Loango, Congo
	43.7	Appointed	Léon-Charles-Joseph Girod, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Obba	Vicar Apostolic of Loango, Congo
14 Jan		Born	Franciszek Musiel †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Częstochowa, Poland
14 Jan	65.6	Appointed	Raffaele Virili †	Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya
15 Jan	51.4	Appointed	Henri Streicher, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Uganda	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	56.8	Appointed	Joseph Franciskus Marie Sweens, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Victoria-Nyanza, Tanzania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	52.6	Appointed	Santiago Ricardo Vilanova y Meléndez †	Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
16 Jan		Born	Aliprando Catani, O.S.B. †		Prior General Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict
16 Jan		Born	Vincente Puchol Montis †		Bishop of Santander, Spain
17 Jan		Born	Salvatore Asta †		Apostolic Nuncio
17 Jan	23.0	Ordained Priest	Juan Manuel González Arbeláez †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Popayán, Colombia
19 Jan	48.7	Appointed	Joseph Francis Busch †	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
20 Jan	75.0	Died	Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke †	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA
20 Jan		Born	Francesco Tortora, O.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy
21 Jan		Born	Pierre-Auguste-Antoine-Marie Guichet, M.S.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Tarawa, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
22 Jan	52.1	Appointed	Americo Bevilacqua †	Titular Bishop of Rhithymna	Bishop Emeritus of Alatri, Italy
	52.1	Resigned	Americo Bevilacqua †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	47.9	Appointed	John Joseph Brown, S.J. †	Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA	Former Bishop-Elect
	49.6	Appointed	Angelo Cambiaso †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
	51.9	Appointed	Luigi Capotosti †	Titular Bishop of Thermae Basilicae	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
	47.1	Appointed	Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Malta
	47.1	Appointed	Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Rhodus	Bishop of Malta
	66.6	Appointed	Andrea Caron †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon	Archbishop Emeritus of Genova, Italy
	66.6	Resigned	Andrea Caron †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.0	Appointed	Antal Fetser †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
	62.7	Appointed	Pietro Gasparri †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
	46.1	Appointed	Ludovico Gavotti †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
	43.0	Appointed	Gabriel-Roch de Llobet †	Bishop of Gap, France	Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
	56.7	Appointed	Luigi Maria Marelli †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
	54.7	Appointed	Carlo Sica †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	50.2	Appointed	Luigi Zaffarami †	Apostolic Administrator of Todi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	50.2	Appointed	Luigi Zaffarami †	Titular Bishop of Sasima	Bishop Emeritus of Todi, Italy
24 Jan		Born	Manuel Menéndez †		Bishop Emeritus of San Martín, Argentina
25 Jan		Born	Francesco Vòllaro, O.SS.T. †		Bishop Emeritus of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar
26 Jan		Born	Pascàsio Rettler, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil
27 Jan	22.1	Professed	Vitus Bouma, SS.CC. †	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Prefect of Banka e Biliton, Indonesia
28 Jan	48.5	Appointed	Antonio Domenico Rossi †	Abbot of San Martino al Monte Cimino, Italy
29 Jan		Born	Jaime Francisco de Nevares, S.D.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Neuquén, Argentina
30 Jan	59.0	Appointed	Franz Löbmann †	Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany
	59.0	Appointed	Franz Löbmann †	Titular Bishop of Priene	Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany
	59.0	Appointed	Franz Löbmann †	Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany	Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany
31 Jan	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Zaffarami †	Titular Bishop of Sasima	Bishop Emeritus of Todi, Italy
2 Feb	48.4	Ceased	Cleto Cassani †	Apostolic Administrator of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Sassari, Italy
2 Feb	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Maria Sanna, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), Italy
5 Feb	43.1	Confirmed	Adam Hefter †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
6 Feb		Born	Custódio Alvim Pereira †		Archbishop Emeritus of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
6 Feb	86.0	Died	Edward Gilpin Bagshawe, C.O. †	Bishop Emeritus of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
7 Feb	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Calchi Novati †	Bishop of Bobbio, Italy	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Adam Hefter †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
	35.9	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Manoel Pereira Ribeiro †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
	60.6	Died	Scipione Tecchi †	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
8 Feb		Born	Paul Heinrich Nordhues †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paderborn, Germany
8 Feb		Born	Thomas Ryan †		Bishop Emeritus of Clonfert, Ireland
10 Feb	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Malta
10 Feb	51.2	Selected	Joseph Ernst †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
11 Feb	54.9	Appointed	Arnold Frans Diepen †	Coadjutor Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop
	54.9	Appointed	Arnold Frans Diepen †	Titular Bishop of Danaba	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
	43.2	Appointed	Severiano Sainz y Bencamo †	Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba
	68.0	Appointed	Antonio Vico †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites	Cardinal, Prefect
13 Feb	59.6	Appointed	Leonard Ludwig Baumbach, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Soli	Bishop Emeritus of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
13 Feb	59.6	Resigned	Leonard Ludwig Baumbach, C.P. †	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria	Bishop Emeritus
14 Feb		Born	Costante Maltoni †		Apostolic Nuncio
14 Feb		Born	Oscar Zanera †		Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
15 Feb	75.8	Died	Josephus Markus (Josef) Kahn †	Bishop Emeritus of Gurk, Austria
16 Feb	61.5	Died	Alfons Bermijn (Bermyn), C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
17 Feb		Born	Prosper Paul Dodds, C.S.Sp. †		Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal
18 Feb		Born	Pranciškaus Brazys, M.I.C. †		Titular Bishop of Zella
		Born	Mathias Dionys Albert Paul Defregger †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
		Born	Henry Joseph Kennedy †		Bishop Emeritus of Armidale, Australia
		Born	Jules Leguerrier, O.M.I. †		Bishop Emeritus of Moosonee, Ontario, Canada
		Born	Adolph Marx †		Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
19 Feb	73.6	Died	Charles-Gustave Walravens †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
20 Feb	78.4	Died	Edward Likowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
21 Feb	23.3	Ordained Priest	Ivan Bučko (Buchko) †	Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	48.8	Installed	Joseph Francis Busch †	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Raimundo de Melo †	Bishop of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Domingo Roa Pérez †		Archbishop Emeritus of Maracaibo, Venezuela
	54.5	Died	Gregorio Ignacio Romero †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
22 Feb	40.8	Appointed	Juan Bautista Luis y Pérez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
	40.8	Appointed	Juan Bautista Luis y Pérez †	Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
		Born	Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E. †		Prelate Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
23 Feb	56.1	Died	Pedro Juan Campins y Barceló †	Bishop of Mallorca y Ibiza, Spain
	53.1	Died	Leonida Mapelli †	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
	46.6	Appointed	Antonio del Carmen Monestel y Zamora †	Coadjutor Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras	Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica
	46.6	Appointed	Antonio del Carmen Monestel y Zamora †	Titular Bishop of Sora	Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica
24 Feb	52.3	Ordained Bishop	José Calixto Gregorio Romero y Juárez †	Bishop of Salta, Argentina
25 Feb	47.2	Installed	Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Malta
		Born	Luigi Dardani †		Bishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy
	53.1	Appointed	Manuel María Vidal y Boullon †	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop of Tuy, Spain
	53.1	Appointed	Manuel María Vidal y Boullon †	Titular Bishop of Birtha	Bishop of Tuy, Spain
26 Feb	58.3	Appointed	Thomas Francis Doran †	Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
	58.3	Appointed	Thomas Francis Doran †	Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus	Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
	58.0	Appointed	Josip Lang †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
	58.0	Appointed	Josip Lang †	Titular Bishop of Alabanda	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
	53.5	Appointed	Dominik Premuš †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
	53.5	Appointed	Dominik Premuš †	Titular Bishop of Belgrado e Semendria o Smederevo	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
	41.0	Appointed	Edward Patrick Roche †	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
27 Feb	74.6	Died	Cesare Boccanera †	Bishop Emeritus of Narni, Italy
27 Feb		Born	Wacław Skomorucha †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Siedlce, Poland
28 Feb	47.7	Resigned	Pietro Benedetti †	Bishop-Elect of Ozieri, Italy	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba
28 Feb	66.9	Died	Marie-Jean-Célestin Douais †	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France

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