The Year of Our Lord 1917

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	51.7	Appointed	Francisco Alberti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina
	51.9	Resigned	Émeri-Henri-Célestin Cambier, C.I.C.M. †	Prefect of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Prefect Emeritus
	77.6	Resigned	Thomas Joseph Carr †	Bishop of Australia, Military	Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia
		Born	Dominic Ignatius Ekandem †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria
	34.1	Professed	Edward John Galvin, S.S.C.M.E. †	Priest of Missionary Society of St. Columban	Bishop of Hanyang [Hanyang], China
		Born	John Jiang Liren †		Coadjutor Bishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China
		Born	Thomas Kuba Thowa †		Bishop Emeritus of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
		Born	[Matthias Ma Long-lin] †		Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow], China
	52.8	Appointed	Daniel Mannix †	Bishop of Australia, Military	Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia
	21.7	Professed	Adolph John Paschang, M.M. †	Member of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Bishop of Jiangmen [Kongmoon], China
2 Jan	47.0	Appointed	Amiel-François Bessière †	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
		Born	Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E. †		Bishop Emeritus of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
	77.2	Resigned	Barthélemy Clément Combes †	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria	Archbishop of Carthage, Tunisia
	51.3	Appointed	Augustin-Fernand Leynaud †	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria
3 Jan	47.1	Appointed	Nikolaos Charichiopoulos (Harikoupoulos) †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
5 Jan	50.3	Appointed	Cleto Cassani †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
5 Jan	52.2	Appointed	Lorenzo Lauri †	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
6 Jan	61.3	Ordained Bishop	Sebastiano Nicotra †	Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa	Apostolic Nuncio
7 Jan	63.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Marenco, S.D.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Macedonia	Apostolic Internuncio to Central America
8 Jan	52.2	Appointed	Lorenzo Lauri †	Apostolic Internuncio to Peru	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
9 Jan	69.5	Died	Giovanni Battista Vinati †	Bishop Emeritus of Bosa, Italy
11 Jan	23.1	Ordained Priest	Pranciskus Ramanauskas †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
12 Jan	43.1	Appointed	Stefano Aurelio Bacciarini, S.d.C. †	Apostolic Administrator of Lugano, Switzerland
12 Jan	43.1	Appointed	Stefano Aurelio Bacciarini, S.d.C. †	Titular Bishop of Daulia	Apostolic Administrator of Lugano, Switzerland
13 Jan	45.3	Succeeded	James Duhig †	Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia
13 Jan	86.3	Died	Robert Dunne †	Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia
15 Jan		Born	Anton Hänggi †		Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland
16 Jan		Born	Edwin Bernard Broderick †		Bishop Emeritus of Albany, New York, USA
18 Jan		Born	Humberto Lara Mejía, C.M. †		Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
	49.2	Appointed	Plácido Ángel Rey de Lemos, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Jaén, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Lugo, Spain
	49.2	Appointed	Plácido Ángel Rey de Lemos, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Hamatha	Bishop Emeritus of Lugo, Spain
19 Jan		Born	Antonio Zama †		Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
20 Jan	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Alfredo Verzosa y Florentin †	Bishop of Lipa, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
21 Jan	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Stefano Aurelio Bacciarini, S.d.C. †	Titular Bishop of Daulia	Apostolic Administrator of Lugano, Switzerland
	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Lauri †	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Boļeslavs Sloskāns †	Priest	Apostolic Administrator of Minsk, Belarus
24 Jan		Born	[Benedict Cai Xiufeng] †		Bishop of Wuzhou [Wuchow], China
		Born	Wilhelmus Joannes (Guillaume Jean) Demarteau, M.S.F. †		Bishop Emeritus of Banjarmasin, Indonesia
		Born	Hendrik Hubert Frehen, S.M.M. †		Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Hippolyte Teissier, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Mysore, India
		Born	Giuseppe Vairo †		Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
25 Jan	25.0	Professed	Joseph Zhou Jishi (Chow Chi-shih, Ceuziscee), C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop of Nanchang [Nanchang], China
25 Jan	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe d’Alessio †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
27 Jan		Born	Joseph Gargitter †		Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
28 Jan	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Ignacy Maria Dubowski †	Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Luceoria o Łuck e Zytomir o Zytomierz, Ukraine
28 Jan	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Johann Nepomuk Norbert Klein, O.T. †	Bishop of Brno, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
29 Jan	76.0	Died	Angelo Della Cioppa †	Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy
29 Jan	40.9	Appointed	Bl. Josaphat Joseph Kocylovskyj (Kotsylovsky), O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland
30 Jan	55.1	Died	Carlo Zappa, S.M.A. †	Prefect of Upper Niger {Niger Superiore}, Nigeria
31 Jan		Born	Luis Vallejos Santoni †		Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru
1 Feb	63.2	Died	José Ramón Ibarra y González †	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
2 Feb	69.5	Died	Jules-Auguste Coqset, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Occidentale}, China
	63.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Marenco, S.D.B. †	Apostolic Internuncio to Costa Rica	Apostolic Internuncio to Central America
	63.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Marenco, S.D.B. †	Apostolic Internuncio to Honduras	Apostolic Internuncio to Central America
	63.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Marenco, S.D.B. †	Apostolic Internuncio to Nicaragua	Apostolic Internuncio to Central America
		Born	James Daniel Niedergeses †		Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
4 Feb	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Michał Godlewski †	Titular Bishop of Agbia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lutsk, Ukraine
4 Feb	39.8	Succeeded	Jean de Vienne de Hautefeuille, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Occidentale}, China	Bishop Emeritus of Tianjin [Tientsin], China
5 Feb	28.4	Incardinated	Miguel Ángel Builes Gómez †	Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia	Bishop
	46.1	Appointed	James Paul McCloskey †	Bishop of Zamboanga, Philippines	Bishop of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines
	36.7	Appointed	Santiago Caragnan Sancho †	Bishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines	Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
7 Feb	55.3	Appointed	Maximiliano Crespo Rivera †	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
8 Feb	74.3	Died	Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
8 Feb	47.8	Appointed	Francisco Cristóbal Toro †	Bishop of Antioquía-Jericó, Colombia	Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia
9 Feb	76.4	Died	Károly Hornig †	Cardinal, Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
10 Feb		Born	Venedictos Printesis †		Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
11 Feb	50.2	Installed	Johann Nepomuk Norbert Klein, O.T. †	Bishop of Brno, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
	63.6	Ordained Bishop	Paul Nègre †	Titular Bishop of Cybistra	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rodez (-Vabres), France
	56.2	Installed	Giustino Sanchini †	Bishop of Fano, Italy
12 Feb		Born	Gustavo Posada Peláez, M.X.Y. †		Bishop Emeritus of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia
12 Feb	50.2	Ceased	Adolphe Rayssac, M.E.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Canton [Guangzhou], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Swatow [Shantou], China
13 Feb	72.1	Appointed	Giulio Tonti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
14 Feb	58.2	Appointed	John McCarthy †	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
15 Feb	59.0	Appointed	Joseph Raphael John Crimont, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Alaska, USA
15 Feb	42.8	Installed	Ignacy Maria Dubowski †	Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Luceoria o Łuck e Zytomir o Zytomierz, Ukraine
16 Feb	67.3	Died	Antonino Sardi †	Bishop Emeritus of Anagni, Italy
16 Feb		Born	Dieudonné Yougbaré †		Bishop Emeritus of Koupéla, Burkina Faso
17 Feb		Born	Antonio Sahagún López †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
19 Feb	84.4	Died	Giacomo Bellucci †	Bishop of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy
21 Feb		Born	Langton Douglas Fox †		Bishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
22 Feb	71.0	Died	Preng (Prend) Doçi †	Abbot of Shën Llezhri i Oroshit (Orosh), Albania
		Born	Joseph Valerius Sequeira †		Bishop Emeritus of Pathein, Myanmar
	57.5	Died	Antônio Xisto Albano †	Bishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
23 Feb	69.3	Died	Wincenty Kluczynski †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mohilev, Belarus
23 Feb		Born	Gerald Vincent McDevitt †		Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
25 Feb	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Plácido Ángel Rey de Lemos, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Hamatha	Bishop Emeritus of Lugo, Spain
27 Feb	66.0	Died	Antun Gjivoje †	Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia
27 Feb	75.7	Died	Janos Jung †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vác, Hungary
28 Feb		Born	Juvencio González Alvarez †		Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México
Mar	47.0	Resigned	Juvencio Juan Hospital de la Puebla, O. Cart. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Hunan {Hu-Nan Settentrionale}, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Mar	64.5	Died	Ramón Ángel Jara Ruz †	Bishop of La Serena, Chile
1 Mar		Born	Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp. †		Bishop Emeritus of Zanzibar, Tanzania
3 Mar	25.2	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Franciolini †	Priest of Nocera Umbra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Cortona, Italy
4 Mar		Born	George Edward Lynch †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
6 Mar	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Augustin-Fernand Leynaud †	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria
11 Mar		Born	Silvério Jarbas Paulo de Albuquerque, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
11 Mar	81.5	Died	Bartolomeo Mirra †	Bishop of Poggio Mirteto, Italy
12 Mar		Born	Giovanni Benedetti †		Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
12 Mar	70.9	Died	Giuseppe Ceppetelli (Cepetelli) †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
13 Mar	49.5	Appointed	Ángel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Hunan {Hu-Nan Settentrionale}, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Changteh [Changde], China
15 Mar	53.4	Ordained Bishop	William Thomas B. Russell †	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
17 Mar	61.0	Appointed	Achille Locatelli †	Apostolic Internuncio to Luxembourg	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
17 Mar		Born	Augustin Zheng Shouduo †		Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China
18 Mar		Born	Ioseph (Songolo) Mulolwa †		Bishop Emeritus of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Mar		Born	Clemens P. Chabukasansha †		Archbishop Emeritus of Kasama, Zambia
22 Mar	55.7	Appointed	Alexandre Caillot †	Bishop of Grenoble, France
	45.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Conti †	Bishop of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy
	59.1	Appointed	Joseph Raphael John Crimont, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Ammaedara	Vicar Apostolic of Alaska, USA
	49.5	Appointed	Ángel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Caloe	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Changteh [Changde], China
	38.9	Appointed	Leopoldo Eijo y Garay †	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain	Bishop of Madrid, Spain
	66.9	Resigned	Hermann Joseph (Thomas) Esser, O.P. †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Index	Titular Bishop of Sinis
	48.4	Appointed	Giovanni Gamberoni †	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
	44.5	Appointed	Giovanni Garigliano †	Bishop of Biella, Italy
	61.1	Appointed	Eugène-Louis-Ernest Julien †	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
		Born	Edward Francis Kelly, M.S.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Toowoomba, Australia
	44.2	Appointed	Georges-Marie de Labonninière de Beaumont, C.S.Sp. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion	Bishop
	44.2	Appointed	Georges-Marie de Labonninière de Beaumont, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Paphus	Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
	54.4	Appointed	Peter James Muldoon †	Bishop of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
	58.9	Appointed	Basilio Pompilj †	Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	50.4	Appointed	Bonaventura Porta †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	61.1	Ceased	Giovanni Régine †	Apostolic Administrator of Andria, Italy	Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy
	50.3	Appointed	Gaston Robichez, S.J. †	Bishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
	36.5	Appointed	Alberto Romita †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy	Bishop of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy
	49.4	Appointed	Luigi Scarano †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
	61.5	Appointed	Émile-Jean Seghers †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
	56.1	Appointed	Natale Serafino †	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	55.3	Appointed	Carlo Taccetti †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
	52.8	Appointed	Eugenio Tosi, O.Ss.C.A. †	Bishop of Andria, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	62.7	Appointed	Pierre Verdier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
	62.7	Appointed	Pierre Verdier †	Titular Bishop of Titopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
	60.1	Appointed	Bernard Nicholas Ward †	Apostolic Administrator of Brentwood, England, Great Britain	Bishop
	60.1	Appointed	Bernard Nicholas Ward †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain
23 Mar	65.5	Installed	José María Salvador y Barrera †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
24 Mar	24.8	Ordained Priest	José Constantino García Pulgar, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru
		Born	George Maung Kyaw †		Bishop of Bassein, Myanmar
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph Meile †	Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop
25 Mar	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Nikolaos Charichiopoulos (Harikoupoulos) †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Grégoire Georges Camille Hindié †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria
		Born	Ramón Salas Valdés, S.J. †		Bishop Emeritus of Arica, Chile
30 Mar	63.3	Died	Angelo Struffolini, D.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy
31 Mar	51.0	Installed	Eustaquio Nieto y Martín †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain

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