The Year of Our Lord 1919

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	54.9	Resigned	Paul-Raphaël Abi Mourad †	Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine	Patriarchal Vicar Emeritus
	13.0	Entered	Stephen Anthony Appelhans, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
		Born	Antonio Cabri, C.S.I. †		Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Napo, Ecuador
	72.9	Resigned	Santiago (Giacomo) Costamagna, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Méndez y Gualaquiza, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	45.0	Resigned	Louis David †	Prefect of Ghardaïa, Algeria	Prefect Emeritus
	23.0	Professed	Antonius Deutsch, SS.CC. †	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Prefect Emeritus of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge]
		Born	Michael Ugwu Eneja †		Bishop Emeritus of Enugu, Nigeria
	45.2	Professed	Janez Franciszek Gnidovec, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Skopje, North Macedonia
	25.2	First Vows	Hieronymus Haberstroh, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Prefect of Xining [Sining], China
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste Janssens, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Superior General
	42.8	Resigned	Pierre Kernivinen, S.M.A. †	Prefect of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire	Prefect Emeritus
		Born	Paul Liu Shuhe †		Auxiliary Bishop of Yixian [Yihsien], China
	20.7	Professed	Giuseppe Maggi, P.I.M.E. †	Member of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China
		Born	Stanislaus Min Xilian †		Bishop of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China
		Resigned	Vicente Maria Moreira, O.P. †	Bishop-Elect of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil	Former Bishop-Elect
		Resigned	Manuel Nogueira Duarte †	Bishop-Elect of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Former Bishop-Elect
		Died	Andrea Pérez, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador
	60.7	Resigned	Ricardo Sepúlveda Hermosilla †	Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) of Temuco, Chile	Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) Emeritus
	21.1	Professed	André-Jean Vérineux, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop of Yingkou [Yingkow], China
		Born	Forsenio Vezzani, M.I. †		Superior General Emeritus of Order of the Ministers of the Sick
	60.1	Resigned	Franz Zorn von Bulach †	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2 Jan		Born	Ovidio Lari †		Bishop Emeritus of Aosta, Italy
4 Jan	65.9	Died	Jean-Ephrem Bertreux, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands
6 Jan		Born	Peter Li Hongye †		Bishop of Luoyang [Loyang], China
6 Jan		Born	Antulio Parrilla-Bonilla, S.J. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Caguas, Puerto Rico
7 Jan		Born	Amleto de Angelis, M.S.C. †		Bishop of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil
	54.0	Appointed	Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	80.8	Resigned	Giulio Boschi †	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Brian Leo John Hennessy, C. R. †		Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles
8 Jan		Born	Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia
9 Jan		Born	Fortunato Antonio Rossi †		Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina
10 Jan	40.4	Appointed	Léon-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Durand †	Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille, France	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
10 Jan	40.4	Appointed	Léon-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Durand †	Titular Bishop of Etalonia (Hetalonia)	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
12 Jan	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Auguste De Clercq, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thignica	Vicar Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	79.1	Ordained Bishop	Crescente Errázuriz Valdivieso †	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
	21.1	Solemn Vows	Pedro Celestí (Jaume) Gusi i Rossell, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Superior General Emeritus
		Born	[James Li Shu-ren], O.S.A. †		Bishop of Yueyang [Yochow], China
	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Lojacono †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Bolesław Twardowski †	Titular Bishop of Telmissus	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
14 Jan		Born	Jan Olszański, M.I.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
16 Jan	58.0	Appointed	Edward Denis Kelly †	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
16 Jan	52.5	Appointed	Quirico Travaini †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
17 Jan		Born	Antonio Palenzuela Velázquez †		Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
19 Jan		Born	Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin †		Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
21 Jan		Born	Javier Naranjo Villegas †		Bishop Emeritus of Santa Marta, Colombia
21 Jan		Born	Bernard Joseph Wallace †		Bishop Emeritus of Rockhampton, Australia
22 Jan		Born	Stéphane Babaca (Babeka, Babaqa) †		Archbishop Emeritus of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq
22 Jan		Born	Mauro Rubio Repullés †		Bishop Emeritus of Salamanca, Spain
23 Jan	76.4	Died	André-Albert Blais †	Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada
23 Jan		Born	Mathias Lu Zhengshen †		Coadjutor Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China
24 Jan	32.4	Appointed	Juan María Navarrete y Guerrero †	Bishop of Sonora, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Hermosillo, Sonora, México
	51.1	Appointed	José Guadalupe Ortíz y López †	Bishop of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
	42.5	Appointed	Enrique Sánchez y Paredes †	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
25 Jan	87.9	Died	[Róbert Begovcsevics] †	Bishop of [Scutari (Royal), Albania]
	54.6	Appointed	Jacques Laminne †	Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Eupen et Malmédy, Belgium
	54.6	Appointed	Jacques Laminne †	Titular Bishop of Usula	Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Eupen et Malmédy, Belgium
		Born	Heinrich Machens †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany
27 Jan		Born	Alfred Leo Abramowicz †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
		Born	Angel Adolfo Polachini Rodriguez †		Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela
		Born	Carlos Stanislaus Schmitt, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
29 Jan	79.1	Installed	Crescente Errázuriz Valdivieso †	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
30 Jan		Born	Ernst Gutting †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Speyer, Germany
1 Feb	52.3	Appointed	Cleto Cassani †	Apostolic Administrator of Ozieri, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Sassari, Italy
	92.0	Died	Antonio Maria Grasselli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
		Born	Bernard Oguki-Atakpah †		Bishop Emeritus of Atakpamé, Togo
2 Feb	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Joseph Nicolas, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Panopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Fiji Island, Pacific (Oceania)
4 Feb		Born	Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. †		Bishop of Miri, Malaysia
5 Feb	53.7	Appointed	Stanisław Gall †	Bishop of Poland, Military	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
8 Feb	66.3	Died	Henri Joulain, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
14 Feb	47.4	Appointed	Paolo Albera †	Apostolic Administrator of Mileto, Italy	Bishop
	68.1	Appointed	Francesco Isola †	Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade	Bishop Emeritus of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
	68.1	Resigned	Francesco Isola †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
15 Feb	69.0	Died	Gennaro Costagliola, C.M. †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
16 Feb	66.5	Died	Károly Emmánuel de Csáky †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
17 Feb	76.0	Died	Domenico Darmanin †	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
18 Feb		Born	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
20 Feb		Born	Calogero Lauricella †		Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
21 Feb		Born	Hubert D’Rosario, S.D.B. †		Archbishop of Shillong, India
22 Feb	36.1	Appointed	Paul Akl †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Syria per i Maroniti
23 Feb	42.2	Appointed	Augustin Bostani †	Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon
	60.5	Appointed	Louis Joseph El-Khazen, O.A.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti
	44.3	Appointed	Pierre Feghali †	Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Syria
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Paul Bergan Misner, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic of Yükiang [Yujiang], China
	42.4	Appointed	Ignace Mobarak †	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
24 Feb	23.8	Ordained Priest	Karl Heinrich Braunstorfer, O. Cist. †	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Abbot Emeritus
24 Feb	25.3	Ordained Priest	Luis Cabrera Cruz †	Priest of León, Guanajuato, México	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México
25 Feb		Born	Joseph Irimpen †		Bishop Emeritus of Palghat (Syro-Malabar), India
28 Feb	51.9	Appointed	Francisco Banegas y Galván †	Bishop of Querétaro, México
Mar	60.1	Died	Paolo Massad †	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
2 Mar	36.1	Ordained Bishop	Paul Akl †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Syria per i Maroniti
	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Augustin Bostani †	Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon
	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Feghali †	Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Syria
	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Ignace Mobarak †	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Manuel Palmeira da Rocha †		Bishop Emeritus of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil
6 Mar	47.0	Installed	Ángel María Pérez y Cecilia, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Verapoly, India	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Mar		Born	Patrick Vincent Ahern †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
9 Mar		Born	Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia
10 Mar	56.1	Appointed	Ludovico Antomelli, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
		Born	Marie-Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Berlier, C.SS.R. †		Bishop Emeritus of Niamey, Niger
	56.1	Appointed	Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P. †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
	54.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Antonio Caruso †	Bishop of Cariati, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
	47.0	Appointed	Albert Thomas Daeger, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
	33.7	Appointed	José Maurício da Rocha †	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	50.9	Appointed	Austin Dowling †	Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
	40.6	Appointed	Léon-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Durand †	Titular Bishop of Tricomia	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
	41.6	Appointed	Francesco Maria Franco †	Bishop of Ozieri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
	50.4	Appointed	Edmund Francis Gibbons †	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	51.3	Appointed	Patrick Joseph Hayes †	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
	49.8	Appointed	William Augustine Hickey †	Coadjutor Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Bishop
	49.8	Appointed	William Augustine Hickey †	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
	60.4	Appointed	Théophile-Marie Louvard †	Bishop of Langres, France	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
	59.9	Appointed	Francisque- Jean-Etienne Marnas †	Coadjutor Bishop of Clermont, France	Bishop
	59.9	Appointed	Francisque- Jean-Etienne Marnas †	Titular Bishop of Sura	Bishop of Clermont, France
	33.3	Appointed	Giovanni Mele †	Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
	56.4	Appointed	Luigi Paulini †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
	45.4	Appointed	Juozapas Skvireckas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
	45.4	Appointed	Juozapas Skvireckas †	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
	47.9	Appointed	William Turner †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
11 Mar		Born	Edmundo Luís Kunz †		Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
12 Mar		Born	Jeronim Isidore Chimy, O.S.B.M. †		Bishop of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada
12 Mar		Born	Joseph Thomas O’Keefe †		Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
14 Mar	23.9	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Panico †	Priest	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
15 Mar	24.8	Ordained Priest	Gregório Alonso Aparicio, O.A.R. †	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Prelate Emeritus of Marajó, Para, Brazil
	29.5	Ordained Priest	Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda †	Priest of Lipa, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Lucena, Philippines
		Born	José Maria Pires †		Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil
		Born	László Rózsavölgyi †		Titular Bishop of Lystra
16 Mar	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Antonio Caruso †	Bishop of Cariati, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
17 Mar		Born	Paulinus Jeerakath, C.M.I. †		Bishop of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), India
17 Mar		Born	Alexis Phạm Văn Lộc †		Bishop Emeritus of Kontum, Viet Nam
19 Mar		Born	José Alí Lebrún Moratinos †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
		Ceased	Giuseppe Sagnori †	Apostolic Administrator of Alatri, Italy	Priest of Segni, Italy
	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Torrini †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
21 Mar		Born	Timothy Joseph Lyne †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
21 Mar		Born	Douglas Joseph Warren †		Bishop Emeritus of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia
23 Mar	77.6	Died	Francesco di Paola Cassetta †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
23 Mar	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Adolf Józef Jełowicki †	Titular Bishop of Loryma	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
24 Mar	70.4	Died	Sandor Párvy †	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
25 Mar	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Augusto Curi †	Bishop of Cagli e Pergola, Italy	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	50.9	Installed	Austin Dowling †	Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Edmund Francis Gibbons †	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Laminne †	Titular Bishop of Usula	Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Eupen et Malmédy, Belgium
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Francis McGrath †	Bishop of Baker City, Oregon, USA
28 Mar	47.7	Appointed	Thomas William Drumm †	Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, USA
28 Mar	62.3	Appointed	Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
29 Mar	58.1	Selected	Dimitrios I (Joseph) Cadi (Kadi) †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
	58.1	Selected	Dimitrios I (Joseph) Cadi (Kadi) †	Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
	61.6	Appointed	Jan Feliks Cieplak †	Titular Archbishop of Achrida	Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
30 Mar	39.2	Ordained Bishop	Santiago Luis Copello †	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
	36.5	Ordained Bishop	Nicolás de Carlo †	Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palaestina	Bishop of Resistencia, Argentina
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	William Turner †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
31 Mar	64.8	Appointed	Anton Keil †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
	64.8	Appointed	Anton Keil †	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
	28.2	Ordained Priest	Peter Wang †	Priest	Prefect of Chumatien [Zhumadian], China

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