The Year of Our Lord 1900

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	25.9	Ordained Priest	Francesco Cammarota †	Priest	Bishop of Capaccio e Vallo della Lucania, Italy
	16.0	Professed	Eugene Venance Guichard, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect of Yiduxian [Iduhsien], China
	32.7	Professed	Paul-Marie-Joseph Julliotte, SS.CC. †	Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Prefect Emeritus of Hainan [Hainan], China
		Born	Pierre Khuât-Vañ-Tao †	Xuân Van	Bishop of Hai Phòng, Viêt Nam
	16.0	Professed	Dominic Langenbacher, C.P. †	Member of Congregation of the Passion	Prefect Emeritus of Shenchow, China
		Appointed	Everardo Limbrock, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea
	66.9	Died	Paolo Marmarian †	Bishop of Trabzon (Armenian), Turkey
	22.2	Ordained Priest	Gustavo Matteoni †	Priest	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
	76.6	Resigned	Juan Nepomuceno Rueda Rueda †	Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	71.0	Resigned	Francesco Solano del Risco, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
	68.3	Resigned	Ludwig Wahl †	Prefect of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany	Prefect Emeritus
1 Jan		Born	José Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M. †	Mauerkirchen	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Chiquitos, Bolivia
2 Jan		Born	Joseph Nguyên-Thiên-Khuyên †	Phat Diem	Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diêm, Viêt Nam
6 Jan	36.6	Ordained Bishop	Lev Skrbenský z Hřiště †	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Olomouc, Czech Republic
7 Jan	69.6	Died	José Ignacio Árciga Ruiz de Chávez †	Archbishop of Michoacán, México
8 Jan	61.9	Appointed	Cesare Sambucetti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus
9 Jan	72.5	Died	Generoso Mattei †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
11 Jan	63.0	Appointed	Beniamino Cavicchioni †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
14 Jan		Born	João Batista Muniz, C.SS.R. †	São Sebastião da Chacara	Bishop Emeritus of Barra (do Rio Grande), Baia, Brazil
14 Jan	36.6	Installed	Lev Skrbenský z Hřiště †	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Olomouc, Czech Republic
15 Jan	43.2	Appointed	Donato Raffaele Sbarretti Tazza †	Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
16 Jan		Born	Charles-Joseph Lemaire, M.E.P. †	Bertry, France	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kirin [Jilin], China
	75.8	Died	Auguste Marchal †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
		Born	James Aloysius McNulty †	New York	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
17 Jan	80.0	Died	Luigi Trombetta †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
18 Jan	22.8	Ordained Priest	Sylvester Joseph Espelage, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China
18 Jan		Born	Wendelin Joseph Nold †	Bonham	Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
19 Jan		Born	Štefan (István) Barnaš †	Spisská Slovenská Ves	Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
20 Jan	49.8	Appointed	Hermann Joseph (Thomas) Esser, O.P. †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Index	Titular Bishop of Sinis
21 Jan		Born	Fernando Quiroga y Palacios †	San Pedro de Maceda	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
24 Jan		Born	Athanase Paul Hindo †	Gézira	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
27 Jan		Born	Clemente Geiger, C.Pp.S. †	Leuterschach, Germany	Prelate Emeritus of Xingu, Para, Brazil
		Born	João Crisóstomo Gomes de Almeida †	Parada de Ester	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Thomas Joseph Walsh †	Priest of Buffalo, New York, USA	Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
28 Jan	23.1	Ordained Priest	Nicolás Esandi, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Viedma, Argentina
28 Jan	23.3	Ordained Priest	Hermann Schoppelrey, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic of Sinyangchow, China
30 Jan	59.3	Died	António Pedro da Costa †	Bishop of Damão, India
1 Feb	62.4	Died	Domenico Maria Jacobini †	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
3 Feb	84.1	Died	Franciscus Antonius Hubertus Boermans †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
3 Feb	56.8	Succeeded	Josephus Hubertus Drehmanns †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
4 Feb	37.2	Ordained Bishop	Ernest François Geurts, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Rhinocorura	Vicar Apostolic of Yüngpingfu, China
		Born	Gérard Mongeau, O.M.I. †	L`Épiphanie, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines
	23.1	Professed	Boniface (Josef) Sauer, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Tokugen o Tokwon, Korea (North)
	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Donato Raffaele Sbarretti Tazza †	Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
5 Feb	65.4	Died	Mariano Elvezio Pagliari †	Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy
6 Feb	65.2	Died	Uladislao Castellano †	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
8 Feb		Born	Claudius-Philippe Bayet, M.E.P. †	Apinac, France	Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
9 Feb		Born	Eliseu Maria Coroli, B. †	Castelnuovo di Val Tidone, Italy	Prelate Emeritus of Guamá, Para, Brazil
9 Feb		Born	Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya †	Wakayama	Bishop Emeritus of Kyōto, Japan
11 Feb		Born	George Alapatt †	Karanchira	Bishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India
	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Francis Barry †	Titular Bishop of Thugga	Bishop of Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada
	38.0	Ordained Bishop	Timothy Casey †	Titular Bishop of Uthina	Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
13 Feb		Born	Albert Leménager †	Grande Digue	Bishop of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
	51.2	Appointed	Denis O’Donaghue †	Auxiliary Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
	51.2	Appointed	Denis O’Donaghue †	Titular Bishop of Pomaria	Bishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
15 Feb		Born	Francesco Bertoglio †	Magenta	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
15 Feb	71.8	Died	Raphael de Martinis, C.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
16 Feb		Born	Garabed Amadouni †	Ankara	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of France (Armenian)
17 Feb		Born	Orlando Chaves, S.D.B. †	Campina Verde	Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
18 Feb	65.4	Ordained Bishop	Aloys-Joseph-Eugène Arnaud †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Paul Basbous †	Bishop of Saïda (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon
	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Henri de Lespinasse de Saune, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Rhizus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tananarive, Madagascar
	65.4	Ordained Bishop	Louis Olivieri †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Arthur Alfred Sinnott †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
20 Feb	65.4	Installed	Aloys-Joseph-Eugène Arnaud †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
		Born	Henri Routhier, O.M.I. †	Pincher Creek	Archbishop Emeritus of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
	64.2	Installed	Hubert Theophil Simar †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
21 Feb	74.1	Resigned	Julian Cáceres Negrón †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
22 Feb	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Jules-Louis-Marie de Carsalade du Pont †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
22 Feb	56.8	Ordained Bishop	François-Xavier Schoepfer †	Bishop of Tarbes, France	Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
24 Feb	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Marie-Jean-Célestin Douais †	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France
	55.0	Ordained Bishop	François-Virgile Dubillard †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chambéry, France
	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Emile-Marie-Joseph Henry †	Bishop of Grenoble, France
	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Sébastien Herscher †	Bishop of Langres, France	Bishop Emeritus
	64.6	Appointed	Paul Rubian †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	64.6	Appointed	Paul Rubian †	Titular Bishop of Amasea	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	64.6	Appointed	Manuel Santander y Frutos †	Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
25 Feb	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Javier Valdés y Noriega, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
26 Feb	34.6	Appointed	Clemente Coltelli, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shensi {Scen-Si Settentrionale}, China
26 Feb	34.6	Appointed	Clemente Coltelli, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Adramyttium	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shensi {Scen-Si Settentrionale}, China
2 Mar	75.8	Died	Pasquale Maria Jaderosa †	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
	72.6	Died	Łukasz Solecki †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
	62.3	Appointed	Santiago de los Santos Garza Zambrano †	Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
3 Mar	68.5	Installed	Jacinto López y Romo †	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
4 Mar	74.5	Died	John Hennessy †	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
5 Mar	66.3	Died	Antonio Maria Saeli, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
7 Mar	70.9	Died	Jorge Montes Solar †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
8 Mar	58.4	Installed	José Guadalupe de Jesús de Alba y Franco, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Zacatecas, México
10 Mar	23.0	Ordained Priest	Hermann Wilhelm Berning †	Priest of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop
10 Mar	24.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph Gjonali (Gionali) †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Sapë, Albania
11 Mar	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Eugène Francqueville †	Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
11 Mar	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Isidoro Clemente Gutiérrez, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Augile	Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China
12 Mar	58.0	Succeeded	Bartolomeo Bacilieri †	Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
	90.9	Died	Luigi di Canossa †	Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
	59.8	Resigned	Gabriele Neviani, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania	Bishop Emeritus
13 Mar		Born	José Clemente Maurer, C.SS.R. †	Püttlingen, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia
15 Mar		Born	Heinrich Baaken †	Budberg	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
15 Mar	53.1	Installed	Jules-Louis-Marie de Carsalade du Pont †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
16 Mar	62.1	Died	Augusto Guidi †	President Emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Roman Curia
17 Mar	26.7	Ordained Priest	Teofilius Matulionis †	Priest	Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
18 Mar		Born	Kenneth Grant †	Fort William	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
	29.2	Ordained Bishop	Alain Guynot de Boismenu, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Gabala	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Papua, Papua New Guinea
	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Paul Rubian †	Titular Bishop of Amasea	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
19 Mar		Born	Joseph John Annabring †	Szataryliget, Hungary	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
19 Mar		Born	Joseph Lê Quy Thanh †	Tai An Hoa	Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diêm, Viêt Nam
22 Mar	55.1	Installed	François-Virgile Dubillard †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chambéry, France
22 Mar	79.6	Died	Franz Adolf Namszanowski †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Germany, Military
23 Mar		Born	Ruy Serra †	Campinas	Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24 Mar	51.3	Appointed	Bertram Orth †	Bishop of Vancouver Island, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
24 Mar	54.8	Appointed	Raniero Sarnari †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
25 Mar	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean Louis Mando †	Bishop of Angoulême, France
26 Mar	67.1	Died	Camillo Mazzella, S.J. †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Rites
26 Mar		Born	Giovanni Urbani †	Venice	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
27 Mar	61.1	Installed	Jean-Augustin Germain †	Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France
28 Mar		Born	Gaetano Briani, F.S.C.J. †	San Michele Extra, Italy	Superior General Emeritus of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus
	51.4	Died	Caietanus Maria de Angelis, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop of Athenai {Athens}, Greece
	73.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Paderi †	Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy
29 Mar	52.0	Installed	Marie-Jean-Célestin Douais †	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France
29 Mar	22.5	Ordained Priest	Pio Leonardo Navarra, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop Emeritus of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
30 Mar	68.4	Confirmed	Heinrich Brück (Brueck) †	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
30 Mar	59.8	Appointed	Gabriele Neviani, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae	Bishop Emeritus of Sapë, Albania
31 Mar	58.6	Appointed	John Baptist Cahill †	Auxiliary Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain	Bishop
	58.6	Appointed	John Baptist Cahill †	Titular Bishop of Thagora	Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Nicola Canali †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Léon-Paul Classe, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Albert Maria Fuchs †	Priest of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	75.9	Died	Miguel León y Garrido †	Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
	43.3	Appointed	Richard Preston †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	43.3	Appointed	Richard Preston †	Titular Bishop of Phocaea	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
	39.4	Resigned	Antoine-Marie-Joseph Usse, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus