The Year of Our Lord 1903

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	39.0	Appointed	Paul-Raphaël Abi Mourad †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	50.0	Appointed	Jean-Ephrem Bertreux, S.M. †	Prefect of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands
	53.7	Appointed	Gustave Maria Blanche, C.I.M. †	Prefect of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada	Vicar Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada
	45.1	Resigned	Salvator-Alexandre-Félix-Carmel Brincat †	Auxiliary Bishop of Alger, Algeria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Frederico Benito da Costa †	Prelate of Santarém, Para, Brazil
	16.5	Professed	André-Jean-François Defebvre, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo], China
	17.3	Professed	José Fogued y Gil, C.M.F. †	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Prefect of Tunxi [Tunki], China
	22.4	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Girardi †	Priest	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
	79.0	Died	Gabriel Szele (Gzele) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Johannes Damascus Jesacher (Iesacher), O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect of Lingling [Yungchow], China
	59.2	Resigned	Dominique Jacquet (Jaquet), O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Iaşi, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
	53.0	Resigned	Michel-Thomas Labrecque †	Prefect of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
	20.4	Professed	Egbert Maria Pelzer, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Prefect of Tingchow [Changting], China
	55.6	Ordained Priest	Edoardo Carlo Gastone Pöttickh de Pettenegg, O.T. †	Priest of Order of the Teutonic Knights of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis
	16.3	Professed	Luigi Ermenegildo Ricci, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Laohokow [Laohekou], China
	14.1	Professed	Giuseppe Ferruccio Maurizio Rosà, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Hankow [Hankou], China
	61.0	Appointed	Francisco Sáenz de Urturi y Crespo, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus	Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
	64.7	Appointed	Emidio Taliani †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	32.7	Ordained Priest	Ludovico Van Hoeck, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Ranchi, India
	56.5	Resigned	Julien Vidal, S.M. †	Prefect of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands	Vicar Apostolic of Fiji Island, Pacific (Oceania)
3 Jan	66.1	Died	Tommaso Gomes de Almeida †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
4 Jan	63.3	Died	Gulstan Francis Ropert, SS.CC. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sandwich Islands, Hawaii, USA
4 Jan	22.6	Ordained Priest	Severino Vieira de Melo †	Priest	Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
6 Jan		Born	Patrick Francis Lyons †	Melbourne	Bishop of Sale, Australia
7 Jan	69.3	Appointed	Serafino Cretoni †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Rites
	49.3	Appointed	Pietro Monti †	Apostolic Delegate to Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
	66.5	Appointed	Luigi Tripepi †	Prefect of the Congregation of Rites	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect
8 Jan	48.2	Appointed	James Edward Quigley †	Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
9 Jan		Born	Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich †	Karlsruhe	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
11 Jan	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Carlos de Jesús Mejía y Laguana, C.M. †	Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México	Bishop Emeritus
11 Jan	41.5	Confirmed	Fulgentius Antonio Torres, O.S.B. †	Abbot of New Norcia, Australia
12 Jan		Born	William Brasseur, C.I.C.M. †	Marke	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines
	54.0	Appointed	Patrick Joseph O’Connor †	Coadjutor Bishop of Armidale, Australia	Bishop
	54.0	Appointed	Patrick Joseph O’Connor †	Titular Bishop of Soli	Bishop of Armidale, Australia
13 Jan		Born	Frederick Anthony Donaghy, M.M. †	New Bedford, MA, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Wuzhou [Wuchow], China
15 Jan	69.4	Died	Lucido Maria Parocchi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
16 Jan	49.6	Appointed	John Francis Regis Canevin †	Coadjutor Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	49.6	Appointed	John Francis Regis Canevin †	Titular Bishop of Sabrata	Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
	61.4	Died	Ramón Torrijos y Gómez †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
	68.1	Appointed	Serafino Vannutelli †	Secretary of the Congregation for Universal Inquisition	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
18 Jan	22.5	Ordained Priest	Stefano Breyer †	Priest of Esztergom, Hungary	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
19 Jan		Born	Alberico Semeraro †	Martina Franca	Bishop Emeritus of Oria, Italy
21 Jan	72.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Astuni †	Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea
22 Jan	61.9	Died	Guido Corbelli, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cortona, Italy
22 Jan		Born	Emile-Elie Verhille, C.S.Sp. †	Orchies, France	Bishop Emeritus of Fort-Rousset, Congo
23 Jan	60.9	Appointed	Fridericus Dominicus Sala †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
23 Jan	60.9	Appointed	Fridericus Dominicus Sala †	Titular Bishop of Famagusta	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
24 Jan		Born	Antoni Pawlowski †	Konskie	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
26 Jan	37.8	Appointed	Isidoro Badía y Sarradel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain	Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain
	37.8	Appointed	Isidoro Badía y Sarradel †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain
	76.5	Appointed	James Rogers †	Titular Archbishop of Ombi	Bishop Emeritus of Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada
27 Jan		Born	Humphrey Bright †	Woodford	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
28 Jan		Born	John Boekenfoehr, O.M.I. †	West Point, NE, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Kimberley, South Africa
30 Jan	78.8	Died	Felice Maria de Neckere †	Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Feb	58.2	Died	Giovanni Previtera (Privitera) †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
2 Feb		Born	Pedro Grau y Arola, C.M.F. †	San Jaime de Viladrover, Spain	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Quibdó, Colombia
2 Feb	46.8	Died	Elie-Joseph Khayatt †	Archbishop of Kerkuk (Chaldean), Iraq
5 Feb		Born	Alfredo Vicente Scherer †	Bom Princípio	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
6 Feb		Born	Lambert Anthony Hoch †	Elkton	Bishop Emeritus of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
7 Feb		Born	François-Nestor Adam †	Etroubles	Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
	68.8	Died	Etienne-Auguste-Joseph-Louis Bardou, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Coimbatore, India
		Born	José Romão Martenetz, O.S.B.M. †	Lviv	Bishop Emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil
		Born	Federico Pérez Silva, C.M. †	Lima	Archbishop of Trujillo, Peru
9 Feb	77.1	Died	Mariano Palermo †	Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy
10 Feb	63.0	Confirmed	Jordan Zaninović, O.P. †	Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
12 Feb	80.1	Died	Angelo Michele Onorati †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
	59.4	Appointed	Charles Algernon Stanley †	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	59.4	Appointed	Charles Algernon Stanley †	Titular Bishop of Emmaüs	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
13 Feb	61.2	Appointed	John Healy †	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
14 Feb	62.7	Confirmed	Antonius Hubert Fischer †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
15 Feb		Born	Ramón José Castellano †	Villa Dolores	Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina
17 Feb	46.1	Appointed	Eugenio Notz, O. Cist. †	Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
18 Feb	49.6	Appointed	Luca Canepa †	Bishop of Galtelli-Nuoro (Galtelly Nori), Italy
18 Feb		Born	Paolo Pappalardo †	Buccheri, Italy	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
19 Feb	51.3	Installed	Carlos de Jesús Mejía y Laguana, C.M. †	Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México	Bishop Emeritus
20 Feb	60.0	Appointed	Braulio Orúe Vivanco †	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
20 Feb		Born	Joseph Schröffer †	Ingolstadt	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
23 Feb		Born	Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. †	Stary Sambir, Ukraine	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
23 Feb	83.0	Resigned	Giuseppe Antonio Virdia, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Cariati, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24 Feb	49.7	Ordained Bishop	John Francis Regis Canevin †	Titular Bishop of Sabrata	Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
		Born	Joseph-Roméo Gagnon †	Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover	Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
	54.9	Died	Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski †	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
		Born	Lionel Scheffer, O.M.I. †	Ste-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson	Vicar Apostolic of Labrador, Québec, Canada
28 Feb		Born	Giuseppe Martinoli †	Marolta	Bishop Emeritus of Lugano, Switzerland
3 Mar		Born	Fortunato Zoppas †	Scomigo	Bishop Emeritus of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
4 Mar	83.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Antonio Virdia, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Archbishop of Nacolia	Bishop Emeritus of Cariati, Italy
5 Mar	67.0	Died	John Bilsborrow †	Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
7 Mar		Appointed	Girolamo da Lione, O.F.M. Cap. †	Superior of Siria e Cilicia, Syria
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Antonio Guízar y Valencia †	Priest of Zamora, Michoacán, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Chihuahua, México
	23.6	Ordained Deacon	Vincent-François-Joseph Sage, M.E.P. †	Deacon	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria {Manciuria Meridionale}, China
9 Mar		Born	José María García Lahiguera †	Fitero	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
9 Mar		Born	Albert Gregory Meyer †	Milwaukee	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
10 Mar	48.4	Installed	James Edward Quigley †	Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
12 Mar		Born	John Evangelist McBride, O.F.M. †	Beagh, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Kokstad, South Africa
	68.7	Died	Alessandro Toti †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
	42.0	Selected	Manuel Vieira de Matos †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Guarda, Portugal	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
13 Mar	71.8	Died	Giuseppe Benigno Perilla †	Bishop of Tunja, Colombia
		Born	Teodor Bensch †	Buk	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
		Born	Guido Tonetti †	Trecate	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy
15 Mar	88.0	Died	Franz Wilhelm Cramer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
	59.5	Ordained Bishop	Charles Algernon Stanley †	Titular Bishop of Emmaüs	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Aloysius Chen Guo-di (Tchen Chao-t’ien), O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Fenyang [Fenyang], China
16 Mar		Born	José Abraham Martínez Betancourt †	Peribán	Bishop Emeritus of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México
17 Mar	58.5	Appointed	Paolo Maria Barone †	Titular Archbishop of Melitene	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
	58.5	Resigned	Paolo Maria Barone †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
		Born	John Baptist Rosenthal, S.A.C. †	Oberveischede, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Queenstown, South Africa
19 Mar	62.8	Installed	Antonius Hubert Fischer †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
20 Mar		Born	Edward Ernest Swanstrom †	New York	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
21 Mar	68.0	Died	Ferdinando Capponi †	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
22 Mar	76.7	Died	James Rogers †	Bishop Emeritus of Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada
22 Mar	23.3	Ordained Priest	Antonijs Urbšs (Urbbs) †	Priest	Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia
23 Mar	24.9	Ordained Priest	Bernardo Dembek †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
25 Mar		Born	Matthias Buchholz, M.S.C. †	Aachen, Germany	Prefect Emeritus of Shiqian [Shihtsien], China
25 Mar		Born	Joseph Rodgers †	Killanena	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
27 Mar	55.7	Appointed	Thomas James Conaty †	Bishop of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA
	54.5	Appointed	Alexander Párvy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
	54.5	Appointed	Alexander Párvy †	Titular Bishop of Carpasia	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
28 Mar	23.9	Ordained Priest	Jorge García Caballeros †	Priest of Guatemala	Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Giovanni de Oliveira Matos Ferreira †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Stoffels †	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Angelo Cesare Vigiani, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Chaco, Bolivia
31 Mar		Born	Bernard Joseph Topel †	Bozeman, MT	Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA