The Year of Our Lord 1901

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	64.2	Appointed	Francesco Baldassarri †	Bishop of Imola, Italy
	72.2	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Bertagna †	Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade
	63.2	Died	Domenico Cumino †	Bishop of Biella, Italy
	74.7	Died	Fulgenzio Czarev, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
	54.0	Appointed	Matthias Dvornik †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
	23.0	Appointed	Charles Guérin †	Prefect of Ghardaïa, Algeria
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Justino Guitart y Vilardebó †	Priest	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	22.7	Ordained Priest	St. Raphael Guizar Valencia †	Priest	Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Manuel Irurita y Almándoz †	Priest	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	42.8	Appointed	Thomas Francis Kennedy †	Rector of the Pontifical North American College
	71.0	Died	Thomas McGivern †	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
	54.6	Appointed	Karol Antoni Niedzialkowski †	Bishop of Luceoria o Łuck e Zytomir o Zytomierz, Ukraine
	67.6	Died	Gregorio Rodríguez y Obregón †	Bishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Stanislaw Rospond †	Priest of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Maximino Ruiz y Flores †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México
	74.0	Died	Andrea Maria Sterk †	Bishop of Trieste-Koper (Capodistria), Italy
	50.0	Appointed	Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek †	Bishop of Płock, Poland	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
	75.8	Died	Luigi Tesorieri †	Bishop of Imola, Italy
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Ján Vojtassák †	Priest	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
		Appointed	Domenico Wagenaar, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Kafiristan e Kashmir, Pakistan
	80.0	Died	Giovanni Zalka †	Bishop of Győr, Hungary
	36.3	Appointed	Ramón Zubieta y Les, O.P. †	Prefect of San Domingo de Urubamba, Peru	Vicar Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios, Peru
Jan	79.7	Retired	John Sweeny †	Bishop of Saint John in America, New Brunswick, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
2 Jan	90.2	Died	Ignatius Mrak †	Bishop Emeritus of Sault Sainte Marie-Marquette, Michigan, USA
3 Jan		Born	Josef Schoiswohl †	Guntramsdorf	Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria
5 Jan	59.1	Died	Winand Michael Wigger †	Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
6 Jan		Born	José Gaspar d’Afonseca e Silva †	Araza	Archbishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
7 Jan		Born	Carlos Riu Anglés †	San Andrés de Palomar, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Camagüey, Cuba
8 Jan	74.2	Died	José Morgades y Gili †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
12 Jan	61.0	Died	Joseph Patrick Byrne †	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
13 Jan	68.6	Installed	Johannes Baptist Katschthaler †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
13 Jan	22.5	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P. †	Priest of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
14 Jan	67.2	Appointed	Rafael Fernández Concha †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
14 Jan	67.2	Appointed	Rafael Fernández Concha †	Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
15 Jan	51.9	Died	Anthony Gaughren, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Orange River, South Africa
	60.3	Appointed	Godfried Marschall †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	60.3	Appointed	Godfried Marschall †	Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Caria	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
17 Jan	35.5	Installed	Andreas Alexander Szeptycki (Sheptytsky), O.S.B.M. †	Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
20 Jan	40.7	Ordained Bishop	St. Józef Bilczewski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
20 Jan	31.9	Ordained Bishop	Lazare Miedia (Mjeda) †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania	Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania
21 Jan		Born	Giuseppe Burzio †	Cambiano, Italy	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	22.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Angel Poli, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India
		Born	Alonso Silveira de Mello, S.J. †	Cruz Alta	Prelate Emeritus of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
24 Jan		Born	Edwin Pinto, S.J. †	Karachi	Bishop Emeritus of Ahmedabad, India
25 Jan	79.0	Died	Sebastiano Galeati †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
28 Jan	35.5	Died	Clemens Coltelli, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Scen-Si (Chen-si), China
29 Jan		Born	Pieter Antoon Nierman †	Hilversum	Bishop Emeritus of Groningen, Netherlands
29 Jan	68.1	Died	Pasquale Pagnucci, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Agathonice	Vicar Apostolic of Scen-Si (Chen-si), China
5 Feb	23.4	Ordained Priest	Nicolás Corona y Corona †	Priest	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México
7 Feb		Born	Giuseppe Amici †	S. Angelo Lodigiano	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
9 Feb	43.8	Appointed	Isidore-Marie-Victor Douceré, S. M. †	Prefect of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi}, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi}, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
10 Feb	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie Crochet †	Bishop of Nagpur, India
11 Feb	51.1	Appointed	Gennaro Costagliola, C.M. †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
13 Feb		Born	Michele Rateni †	Petrella Tifernina	Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy
16 Feb	61.9	Died	Vicente Alda y Sancho †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
17 Feb	22.7	Ordained Priest	João Irineu Joffily (Joffly) †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil
	26.7	Ordained Priest	John Francis O'Hern †	Priest of Rochester, New York, USA	Bishop
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Antonin Alois Weber †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic
20 Feb	73.9	Appointed	Paolo Schinosi †	Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis
21 Feb	46.2	Appointed	Marie-Félix Choulet, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria {Manciuria Meridionale}, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	46.2	Appointed	Marie-Félix Choulet, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Zela	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Manchuria {Manciuria Meridionale}, China
	58.1	Appointed	Angus MacFarlane †	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
23 Feb	53.8	Died	Pierre-Marie Avon †	Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, Antilles
		Born	Roberto Ronca †	Roma	Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del SS.mo Rosario, Italy
	60.5	Appointed	Luís Raimundo da Silva Brito †	Bishop of Olinda, Brazil	Archbishop of Olinda, Brazil
24 Feb	25.1	Ordained Priest	Jacques Nessimian †	Priest	Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
25 Feb		Born	Ambrose Rayappan †	Dharapuram	Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
26 Feb	55.5	Succeeded	Jules-Maurice Abbet †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
	60.8	Appointed	Nicola Giuseppe Camilli †	Titular Archbishop of Constantia in Scythia	Bishop of Iaşi, Romania
	92.9	Died	Adrian Jardinier †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
27 Feb	44.7	Appointed	François-Nicolas-Alphonse Kunemann, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
	44.7	Appointed	François-Nicolas-Alphonse Kunemann, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Pella	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
	44.7	Appointed	François-Nicolas-Alphonse Kunemann, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Sénégal	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
28 Feb	89.4	Died	Nicolas-Joseph Dabert †	Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
2 Mar	25.4	Ordained Priest	William Lee †	Priest	Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain
2 Mar	23.1	Ordained Priest	José Candida Piñol y Batres †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Granada, Nicaragua
3 Mar	22.6	Ordained Priest	Filippo Maria Cipriani †	Priest of Fermo, Italy	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
3 Mar	50.6	Installed	Juan Nepomuceno Terrero y Escalada †	Bishop of La Plata, Argentina
7 Mar	60.9	Resigned	Antonio Dias Ferreira †	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
9 Mar	25.1	Ordained Priest	Romualdo Jalbrzykowski †	Priest	Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
9 Mar		Born	Robert Dermot O'Flanagan †	Lahinch, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Juneau, Alaska, USA
18 Mar	61.0	Appointed	Jacques Roissant †	Auxiliary Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
18 Mar	61.0	Appointed	Jacques Roissant †	Titular Bishop of Usula	Auxiliary Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
19 Mar		Born	Carlo Baldini, O.M.D. †	Fivizzano	Bishop of Chiusi-Pienza, Italy
		Born	Attilio Beltramino, I.M.C. †	Torino, Italy	Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania
		Born	Joseph Zimmermann †	Langwied	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
23 Mar	23.2	Ordained Priest	Rafael Edwards Salas †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Chile, Military
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Nicanor Mutiloa e Irurita, C.SS.R. †	Priest	Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Anton Oomen, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania
	40.6	Appointed	Antônio Xisto Albano †	Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
24 Mar	26.0	Appointed	Grégoire Haggiar †	Bishop of Akka (Melkite), Israel
24 Mar	26.0	Ordained Bishop	Grégoire Haggiar †	Bishop of Akka (Melkite), Israel
25 Mar	39.1	Succeeded	Timothy Casey †	Bishop of Saint John in America, New Brunswick, Canada	Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Antonio José Gomes Cardoso †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
	79.9	Died	John Sweeny †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John in America, New Brunswick, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
26 Mar	61.5	Died	Manuel Francisco Vélez †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
29 Mar	65.7	Resigned	Jean-Pierre Pagis †	Bishop of Verdun, France	Bishop Emeritus
29 Mar	75.5	Died	Michael von Rampf †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
31 Mar	55.2	Appointed	Thomas Fennelly †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
	55.2	Appointed	Thomas Fennelly †	Titular Archbishop of Ostracine	Archbishop Emeritus of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Antonio Torrini †	Priest	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy

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