The Year of Our Lord 1906

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	25.1	Ordained Priest	Melezio Abou-Assaleh †	Priest	Bishop of Baalbek (Melkite), Lebanon
	51.6	Resigned	Emanuele Secondo Ballón †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
	88.1	Died	Antonio Briganti †	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto, Italy
	76.4	Resigned	Eugenio Cano †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Vittorio Consigliere, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy
	71.9	Died	Gaetano d'Alessandro †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
	68.7	Died	Theodore Dalhoff, S.J. †	Archbishop of Bombay, India
	80.5	Died	Palmerio Garau †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
	85.8	Died	Eliseo Giordano, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
	43.9	Died	Cristoforo Maiello †	Bishop of Gravina-Irsina, Italy
	74.2	Died	Sante Mei †	Bishop of Modigliana, Italy
		Appointed	Luigi Morando †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
		Born	François Ndong †	Nzamalige	Bishop Emeritus of Oyem, Gabon
	68.8	Died	Roberto Papiri (Pageri) †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
	60.2	Died	Eutizio Parsi †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
	87.0	Died	Tobia Patroni †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
	80.7	Died	Angelo Rossi †	Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitaveccia, Italy
	38.9	Appointed	Martín Rucker Sotomayor †	Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá, Chile	Bishop of Chillán, Chile
	29.5	Ordained Priest	Enrique Sánchez y Paredes †	Priest	Archbishop of Puebla de los Angeles, Puebla, México
	52.5	Died	Tommaso de Stefano (Stefani) †	Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy
	66.0	Died	Vincenzo Giuseppe Veneri †	Bishop of Amelia, Italy
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Bonifacio Yeung †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Canton [Guangzhou], China
Jan	71.0	Resigned	Stefano Gerbino di Cannitello, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Trapani, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
1 Jan		Born	Louis Henri Marie Ferrand †	Loches	Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
1 Jan		Born	Giuseppe Petralia †	Bisacquino	Bishop Emeritus of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
7 Jan	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Cyrillo de Paula Freitas †	Titular Bishop of Antipatris	Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
7 Jan	22.5	Ordained Priest	Umberto Ugliengo †	Priest	Bishop of Susa, Italy
8 Jan	88.2	Died	Tomás Sivilla y Gener †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
11 Jan	74.7	Resigned	Charles Menzies Gordon, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Jamaica, Antilles
13 Jan		Born	Charles Richard Mulrooney †	Brooklyn	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
14 Jan		Born	Jesús Enciso Viana †	La Guardia	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
15 Jan		Born	William Joseph Moran †	San Francisco, CA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
16 Jan		Born	Vittorio Maria Costantini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Gubbio	Bishop Emeritus of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
16 Jan	58.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Vinati †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
18 Jan		Born	Paul Bernier †	Québec, Canada	Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
20 Jan	51.3	Appointed	Franz Borgia Sedej †	Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Jan	71.0	Died	Bl. Marcelo Spínola y Maestre †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
25 Jan	78.5	Died	Pierre-Lambert Goosens †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
26 Jan	45.0	Appointed	Luis Enrique Izquierdo Vargas †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
26 Jan		Born	Ignace Ziadé †	Harharaya	Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
28 Jan		Born	Sebastian Vayalil †	Palai	Bishop Emeritus of Palai (Syro-Malabarese), India
29 Jan	22.6	Ordained Priest	Adelchi Albanesi †	Priest	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
29 Jan		Born	Enrico Nicodemo †	Tortorella	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
31 Jan	41.0	Appointed	Checrallah Khouri, O.M.L. †	Archbishop of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon
Feb	72.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Morticelli †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea Philippi	Bishop Emeritus of Penne-Atri, Italy
Feb	72.1	Resigned	Giuseppe Morticelli †	Bishop of Penne-Atri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
1 Feb		Born	Willem van Kester, M.H.M. †	Kwintsheul, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Feb		Born	Pio Agostino Crivellari, O.F.M. †	Padova	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
4 Feb	37.5	Ordained Bishop	Joaquim Antônio d'Almeida †	Bishop of Piaui, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Natal, Brazil
4 Feb		Born	Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. †	Lanarvily, France	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
5 Feb		Born	Josef Schneider †	Nürnberg	Archbishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
7 Feb	54.2	Appointed	Desiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Mercier †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
7 Feb		Born	Giovanni Mocellini †	Saletto di Montagnana	Bishop Emeritus of Adria, Italy
10 Feb	78.0	Died	Adolphe-Louis-Albert Perraud †	Cardinal, Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France
11 Feb		Born	Joseph Kuo Joshih †	Kaojen	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
	22.6	Ordained Priest	João Tavares de Moura †	Priest	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Tadeusz Pawel Zakrzewski †	Priest	Bishop of Płock, Poland
15 Feb	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Alexis-Xyste Bernard †	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
15 Feb	78.2	Died	Achille Manara †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
16 Feb		Born	Manuel Marengo †	Teodolina	Bishop Emeritus of Azul, Argentina
17 Feb		Born	Jacques Henri Romeijn, M.S.F. †	Voorschoten	Bishop Emeritus of Samarinda, Indonesia
18 Feb		Born	Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco †	La Guayra	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
21 Feb	55.5	Appointed	Léon-Adolphe Amette †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Paris, France	Cardinal, Archbishop
	55.5	Appointed	Léon-Adolphe Amette †	Titular Archbishop of Side	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
	66.1	Appointed	Henri-Louis-Alfred Bouquet †	Bishop of Chartres, France
	49.9	Appointed	Jean-Victor-Emile Chesnelong †	Bishop of Valence, France	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
	49.1	Appointed	Pierre Dadolle †	Bishop of Dijon, France
	57.5	Appointed	Louis-Jean Dechelette †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Bishop of Evreux, France
	57.5	Appointed	Louis-Jean Dechelette †	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria	Bishop of Evreux, France
	60.4	Appointed	Charles du Pont de Ligonnès †	Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
	66.7	Appointed	Emile-Christophe Enard †	Archbishop of Auch, France
	67.4	Appointed	Adrien-Alexis Fodéré †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
	58.0	Appointed	François-Léon Gauthey †	Bishop of Nevers, France	Archbishop of Besançon, France
	57.0	Appointed	Jacques-Jean Gely †	Bishop of Mende, France
	56.2	Appointed	Charles-Henri-Célestin Gibier †	Bishop of Versailles, France
	54.8	Appointed	François-Xavier-Marie-Jules Gieure †	Bishop of Bayonne, France	Bishop Emeritus of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France
	49.9	Appointed	Alcime-Armand-Pierre-Henri Gouraud †	Bishop of Vannes, France
	56.1	Appointed	Eugène-Jacques Grellier †	Bishop of Laval, France
	63.3	Appointed	Félix-Adolphe-Camille-Jean-Baptiste Guillibert †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
	63.3	Appointed	Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
	46.2	Appointed	William Henry O’Connell †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop
	46.2	Appointed	William Henry O’Connell †	Titular Archbishop of Constantina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	62.3	Appointed	Marie-Joseph Ollivier †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	46.2	Appointed	João Antônio Pimenta †	Coadjutor Bishop of São Pedro do Rio Grande, Brazil	Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil
	46.2	Appointed	João Antônio Pimenta †	Titular Bishop of Pentacomia	Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil
	45.9	Appointed	Rinaldo Camillo Rousset, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
	48.9	Appointed	Charles-Paul Sagot du Vauroux †	Bishop of Agen, France
	51.4	Confirmed	Franz Borgia Sedej †	Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	64.1	Appointed	François-Eugène Touzet †	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France
22 Feb		Born	Egano Righi-Lambertini †	Casalecchio di Reno, Italy	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
23 Feb		Born	Joseph Delphis Des Rosiers, O.M.I. †	St-Jacques d'Embrun, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho
23 Feb		Born	Eduard Schick †	Mardorf	Bishop Emeritus of Fulda, Germany
24 Feb		Born	Vasile Cristea, A.A. †	Somostelnic Tarnava Mica	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
25 Feb	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Victor-Emile Chesnelong †	Bishop of Valence, France	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Dadolle †	Bishop of Dijon, France
	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Charles du Pont de Ligonnès †	Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
	67.4	Ordained Bishop	Adrien-Alexis Fodéré †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	François-Léon Gauthey †	Bishop of Nevers, France	Archbishop of Besançon, France
	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Jacques-Jean Gely †	Bishop of Mende, France
	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Henri-Célestin Gibier †	Bishop of Versailles, France
	54.8	Ordained Bishop	François-Xavier-Marie-Jules Gieure †	Bishop of Bayonne, France	Bishop Emeritus of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France
	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Alcime-Armand-Pierre-Henri Gouraud †	Bishop of Vannes, France
	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Eugène-Jacques Grellier †	Bishop of Laval, France
	63.3	Ordained Bishop	Félix-Adolphe-Camille-Jean-Baptiste Guillibert †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
	62.3	Ordained Bishop	Marie-Joseph Ollivier †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Paul Sagot du Vauroux †	Bishop of Agen, France
	64.1	Ordained Bishop	François-Eugène Touzet †	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France
26 Feb		Born	Egidio Vagnozzi †	Roma, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
5 Mar		Born	Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp. †	St. Nicolaasga, Netherlands	Prelate Emeritus of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil
5 Mar	56.9	Died	Mattia Vicario †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
6 Mar	36.1	Appointed	François-Ignace Hummel, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
6 Mar	36.1	Appointed	François-Ignace Hummel, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
8 Mar	44.2	Appointed	Antal Fetser †	Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania	Bishop of Győr, Hungary
	44.2	Appointed	Antal Fetser †	Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Asia	Bishop of Győr, Hungary
		Born	Vincent Joseph McCauley, C.S.C. †	Council Bluffs, IA, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda
		Born	Pierre-Marie-Joseph Puech †	Mazamet	Bishop Emeritus of Carcassonne, France
9 Mar	49.3	Appointed	John Joseph Collins, S.J. †	Apostolic Administrator of Giamaica o Jamaica, Jamaica, Antilles	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Born	Josef Köstner †	Klangefurt	Bishop Emeritus of Gurk, Austria
	62.8	Died	Cornelius O’Brien †	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
10 Mar	39.0	Appointed	Eduardo Gimpert Paut †	Apostolic Administrator of Valparaíso, Chile	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
10 Mar	29.1	Ordained Priest	Michael Fintan Power †	Priest	Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada
12 Mar		Born	John William Comber, M.M. †	Lawrence, MA	Official Emeritus of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
	37.6	Installed	Joaquim Antônio d'Almeida †	Bishop of Piaui, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Natal, Brazil
	72.6	Died	Augustin Egger †	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
	53.0	Appointed	Geraldo Van Caloen, O.S.B. †	Prelate of Acre e Purus, Brazil	Abbot Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	53.0	Appointed	Geraldo Van Caloen, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Phocaea	Abbot Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 Mar	78.7	Died	Francisco Gómez-Salazar y Lucio-Villegas †	Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain
		Born	Antoine Nguyên Van Thien	Cai Côn	Bishop Emeritus of Vinh Long, Viêt Nam
	40.2	Appointed	Thomas (Franz Xaver) Spreiter, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}, Tanzania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eshowe, South Africa
	40.2	Appointed	Thomas (Franz Xaver) Spreiter, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Thenae	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eshowe, South Africa
16 Mar	23.4	Ordained Priest	Friedrich Osterrath, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa
20 Mar		Born	José del Perpetuo Socorro Alvarez Mácua, O.A.R. †	Dicastilho, Spain	Prelate Emeritus of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
	60.5	Installed	Charles du Pont de Ligonnès †	Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
	54.9	Installed	François-Xavier-Marie-Jules Gieure †	Bishop of Bayonne, France	Bishop Emeritus of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France
21 Mar	52.3	Appointed	William Andrew Macdonell †	Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada
21 Mar	62.4	Died	Marie-Joseph Ollivier †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
23 Mar		Born	Simon Hoa Nguyên-van Hien †	Nhu Ly, Quangtri	Bishop of Ðà Lat, Viêt Nam
24 Mar		Born	Gabriel Batta †	Mardin	Archbishop Emeritus of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
25 Mar	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Claude-Marie Chanrion, S. M. †	Titular Bishop of Chariopolis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nouvelle-Calédonie, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Jean Dechelette †	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria	Bishop of Evreux, France
	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Antal Fetser †	Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Asia	Bishop of Győr, Hungary
	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Luis Enrique Izquierdo Vargas †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Desiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Mercier †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Franz Borgia Sedej †	Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Fortunato Antonio Spruit, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Luanfu, China
		Born	Michel-Louis Vial †	Lyon	Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France
27 Mar	58.9	Appointed	Ferdinand Rüegg †	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
28 Mar		Born	Francis Xavier Thomas †	Bendigo	Bishop Emeritus of Geraldton, Australia
29 Mar	24.2	Ordained Priest	Raymundo Julian Martín (Manguan), O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala
31 Mar	24.5	Ordained Priest	José María Eguino Trecu †	Priest of Santander, Spain	Bishop
	31.8	Ordained Priest	Domenico Fiori †	Priest of Poggio Mirteto, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Zacarías de Vizcarra y Arana †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain

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