The Year of Our Lord 1916

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	23.2	Professed	Antonio María (Alfredo) Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay
	39.0	Resigned	Henri Bardou, M. Afr. †	Prefect of Ghardaïa, Algeria	Prefect Emeritus
		Born	Matthias A. Chimole †		Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
	42.0	Appointed	Louis David †	Prefect of Ghardaïa, Algeria	Prefect Emeritus
	20.2	First Vows	Enrique (Henry) Ederle, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Prefect Emeritus of Mindoro, Philippines
	43.3	Appointed	Giovanni Garigliano †	Apostolic Administrator of L’Aquila, Italy	Bishop of Biella, Italy
	52.6	Appointed	Jules Girard, S.M.A. †	Apostolic Administrator of Delta of the Nile, Egypt	Vicar Apostolic
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Karlo Jamnik †	Priest of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy	Apostolic Administrator of Rijeka (-Opatija), Croatia
	14.6	Professed	Petronio Secundo Lacchio, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Changsha [Changsha], China
	20.9	Entered	[Andrew Liu An-zhi (Li Anchi)], C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Zhengding [Chengting], China
		Ceased	Paulus de Lucignano, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Arabia, Yemen	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
	69.7	Appointed	Joseph (Jean) Oster, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Prefect Emeritus
	19.2	Professed	Quintinus Pessers, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China
	16.4	Entered	Giovanni Battista Piasentini, C.S.Ch. †	Member of Congregation of the Schools of Charity	Bishop Emeritus of Chioggia, Italy
		Resigned	Luis Héctor Salaberry †	Apostolic Administrator of Magallanes, Chile	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	23.7	Final Vows	Teodoro Schu, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China
	89.4	Died	Marutha Pierre Topal †	Patriarchal Vicar of Diarbekir (Amida) (Syrian), Turkey
	17.5	Professed	Charles Joseph van Melckebeke, C.I.C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China
		Born	Aloysius Wei Shutian †		Administrator of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China
		Born	[Philip Xu Lizhi] †		Auxiliary Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
1 Jan	67.5	Appointed	Andrea Caron †	Apostolic Administrator of Santi Vincenzo ed Anastasio alle tre Fontane, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Genova, Italy
	56.7	Appointed	Pellegrino Francesco Stagni, O.S.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Ancyra	Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
	56.7	Resigned	Pellegrino Francesco Stagni, O.S.M. †	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
3 Jan	59.2	Died	Thomas Francis Doran †	Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
	45.4	Appointed	Thomas Dunn †	Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
	53.1	Appointed	Valentín de la Asunción (Manuel) Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D. †	Apostolic Administrator of Cienfuegos, Cuba	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
4 Jan	51.2	Appointed	Lorenzo Lauri †	Apostolic Delegate to Peru	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
6 Jan	24.1	Ordained Priest	Job Chen Qiming (Chen Chi-ming, Chen Ki-meng), C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Zhengding [Chengting], China
6 Jan	22.2	Ordained Priest	Francisco Panal Ramírez, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of La Vega, Dominican Republic
7 Jan		Born	Leo Joseph Brust †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
8 Jan	70.6	Died	Richard Scannell †	Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
9 Jan	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Placide Colliard †	Bishop of Lausanne et Genève, Switzerland
	22.4	Ordained Deacon	Carlo Confalonieri †	Deacon of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Amédée Marie Léon Crooy (Crooij) †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
		Born	Pietro Fiordelli †		Bishop Emeritus of Prato, Italy
10 Jan	75.1	Died	Cyrille VIII Geha †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
11 Jan		Born	Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev, A.A. †		Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
12 Jan		Born	Christophe Adimou †		Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
12 Jan	41.0	Appointed	Ignace-Marie Le Ruzic †	Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
13 Jan	49.9	Died	Vasile Hossu †	Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania
14 Jan		Born	Albino Mensa †		Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
15 Jan	23.8	Ordained Priest	Emmet Michael Walsh †	Priest of Savannah, Georgia, USA	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
16 Jan	38.8	Ordained Bishop	St. Manuel González y García †	Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Teodoro Gordaliza y Sánchez, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Abdera	Vicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam
	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Tranquillo Guarneri †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy
	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
17 Jan	76.0	Died	Vito Antonio Fioni †	Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
17 Jan	83.0	Died	Domenico Maria Valensise †	Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy
18 Jan	80.5	Died	Giuseppe Camassa †	Bishop Emeritus of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
18 Jan	52.5	Selected	Lev Skrbenský z Hřiště †	Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
19 Jan	65.7	Died	Pascal Giamgian †	Bishop of Prusa (Bostra, Brussa) (Armenian), Turkey
		Born	Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux †		Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France
	54.5	Appointed	Antonio Aurelio Torres y Sanz, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Augile	Bishop Emeritus of Cienfuegos, Cuba
	54.5	Resigned	Antonio Aurelio Torres y Sanz, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Cienfuegos, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jan	24.5	Ordained Priest	John Roderick MacDonald †	Priest of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada	Bishop
23 Jan	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Louis Van Dyck (Dijck), C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius	Vicar Apostolic of Suiyüan [Hohot], China
24 Jan	33.3	Appointed	José Tupinambá da Frota †	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
	35.4	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Pinardi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	35.4	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Pinardi †	Titular Bishop of Eudoxias	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
25 Jan	66.2	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinand Brossart †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	77.5	Died	Dionisio Nicolosi †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
	70.6	Died	Raniero Sarnari †	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
		Born	Raymond James Vonesh †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
26 Jan		Born	John Chen Shi-zhong †		Bishop of Yibin [Suifu], China
27 Jan	39.8	Appointed	Dionisio Ávila †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
	42.3	Appointed	Manuel Prat Pujoldevall, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China	Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China
	42.3	Appointed	Manuel Prat Pujoldevall, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Mactaris	Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China
	63.4	Appointed	Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
28 Jan	45.6	Appointed	Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Settentrionale-Occidentale}, China	Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
28 Jan	45.6	Appointed	Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Aegeae	Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
29 Jan	52.6	Appointed	Bernard Hackett, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
29 Jan	53.4	Appointed	John Jeremiah Lawler †	Bishop of Lead, South Dakota, USA	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
30 Jan	39.7	Ordained Bishop	José Lopes Leite de Faria †	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
31 Jan		Born	Enrique Alvear Urrutia †		Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
	51.7	Appointed	Emilio Bongiorni †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	51.7	Appointed	Emilio Bongiorni †	Titular Bishop of Sasima	Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy
		Born	José Miguel Medina †		Bishop Emeritus of Jujuy, Argentina
	53.0	Appointed	Edward Mulhern †	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
		Born	Leo Tigga, S.J. †		Bishop of Raiganj, India
1 Feb		Born	Benedict Varghese Gregorios Thangalathil, O.I.C. †		Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
2 Feb	36.6	Final Vows	Aston Ignatius (Sebastian Joseph) Chichester, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop Emeritus of Salisbury, Zimbabwe
	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Landrieux †	Bishop of Dijon, France
	74.2	Appointed	José María Martínez y Cabañas †	Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	41.2	Appointed	Claudio María Volio y Jiménez †	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
3 Feb		Born	Jules-Louis-Paul Harlé †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
		Born	Luis María Blas Maestu Ojanguren, O.F.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru
		Born	Jean Margéot †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
6 Feb	70.2	Died	Michele Cardella, C.P. †	Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy
7 Feb	53.4	Appointed	James Romanus Bilsborrow, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
	52.1	Appointed	Antônio Augusto de Assis †	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
		Born	Everardo López Alcocer †		Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México
	69.4	Died	José Torras y Bages †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
10 Feb		Born	Walter (Arthur) Coggin, O.S.B. †		Abbot Emeritus of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA
10 Feb		Born	Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty †		Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France
11 Feb		Born	Robert Ratna Bamrungtrakul †		Bishop Emeritus of Chiang Mai, Thailand
12 Feb	69.1	Died	Jean-Baptiste Desanti †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
		Born	Damián Iguacén Borau †		Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
	24.6	Ordained Priest	Bernard Francis Meyer (Mayer), M.M. †	Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Prefect Emeritus of Wuchow [Wuzhou], China
13 Feb	36.0	Installed	Pedro Eggerath, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Abbot Emeritus
14 Feb	34.5	Appointed	Octávio Augusto Chagas de Miranda †	Bishop of Pouso Alegre, Brazil
		Born	Bl. Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, M.X.Y. †		Bishop of Arauca, Colombia
	53.3	Resigned	Auguste-Jean-Gabriel Maurice, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Central Shensi/Chensi {Scen-Si Centrale}, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
15 Feb	64.7	Died	Peter Göbl †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
16 Feb	77.1	Died	Basilio Haggiar, B.S. †	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
19 Feb	70.1	Died	John Walter Shanahan †	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
20 Feb	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Martin Kheberich †	Titular Bishop of Sabrata	Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
22 Feb	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Christophe-Louis Légasse †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria	Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
24 Feb		Born	Michael Joseph Dudick †		Bishop Emeritus of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
25 Feb	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Dunn †	Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
25 Feb		Born	Manuel Lisboa de Oliveira †		Bishop Emeritus of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil
26 Feb	73.4	Appointed	Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
	81.9	Resigned	Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. †	Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	63.5	Appointed	Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect
27 Feb	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Joseph Brodie †	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
28 Feb		Born	Eugène Klein, M.S.C. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
1 Mar		Born	Kazimierz Jan Majdański †		Bishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
1 Mar	51.9	Appointed	Reinaldo Muñoz Olave †	Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) of Chillán, Chile	Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) Emeritus
2 Mar		Born	Glennon Patrick Flavin †		Bishop Emeritus of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
3 Mar	79.2	Died	Eduard Herrmann (Hermann) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
	67.2	Died	Valeriano Menéndez y Conde †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	45.4	Appointed	Johann Baptist Sproll †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany	Bishop
	45.4	Appointed	Johann Baptist Sproll †	Titular Bishop of Halmiros	Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany
4 Mar		Born	José Fernandes Veloso †		Bishop Emeritus of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
5 Mar	27.1	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Beltrami †	Priest of Fossano, Italy	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
		Born	Gabriele (Ezio) Marinucci, O.A.D. †		Prior General Emeritus of Agostiniani Scalzi
	35.5	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Pinardi †	Titular Bishop of Eudoxias	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
9 Mar		Born	Henry Lancelot Paxton Hallett, C.Ss.R. †		Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa
11 Mar		Born	Joseph Lloyd Hogan †		Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
13 Mar	59.5	Appointed	Louis-Ernest Dubois †	Archbishop of Rouen, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
14 Mar	60.6	Died	Bernardo Giuseppe Doebbing, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Ramón Sanahuja y Marcé †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Cartagena (en España)
	35.2	Appointed	Pedro Segura y Sáenz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valladolid, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	35.2	Appointed	Pedro Segura y Sáenz †	Titular Bishop of Apollonia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
18 Mar	22.6	Ordained Priest	Carlo Confalonieri †	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
		Born	Wojciech Stanisław Olszowski †		Priest of Lviv, Ukraine
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Alfredo Ottaviani †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Pietro Parente †	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Gaétan Pasotti, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Vicar Apostolic of Rajaburi, Thailand
19 Mar	81.9	Died	Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
19 Mar	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Hackett, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
20 Mar	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Bongiorni †	Titular Bishop of Sasima	Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	60.4	Died	Thomas Francis Brennan †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
		Born	Rubén Isaza Restrepo †		Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
22 Mar	81.6	Died	Giacomo Merizzi †	Bishop Emeritus of Vigevano, Italy
23 Mar	49.5	Died	Fernando de Souza Monteiro, C.M. †	Bishop of Espírito Santo, Brazil
24 Mar		Born	Eusebio Septimio Mari, O.F.M. Cap. †		Vicar Apostolic of Riohacha, Colombia
	50.1	Died	Soter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania
	63.6	Appointed	Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
25 Mar		Born	Eugène Moke Motsüri †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
		Born	Heinrich Pachowiak †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany
	52.4	Installed	Quintino Rodrigues de Oliveira e Silva †	Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil
		Born	Josef Stimpfle †		Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
27 Mar	63.3	Died	Saturnino de La Torre Merino, O.E.S.A. †	Pro-Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Hunan {Hu-Nan Settentrionale}, China
		Born	Izidor István Marosi †		Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary
	61.7	Appointed	Leonidas Medina †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
	61.7	Appointed	Leonidas Medina †	Titular Bishop of Camachus	Bishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
28 Mar		Born	György Póka †		Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
28 Mar	47.1	Appointed	Nicola Rotoli, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy
29 Mar		Born	Vito Nicola Cavanna †		Bishop of Asti, Italy
29 Mar	71.2	Died	Vincenzo Franceschini †	Bishop of Fano, Italy

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