The Year of Our Lord 1916

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	39.0	Resigned	Henri Bardou †	Prefect of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Algeria	Prefect Emeritus
		Born	Matthias A. Chimole †	Nakhwala	Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
		Died	Giacomo Cluts, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Sumatra, Indonesia
	20.0	Professed	Philip Côté, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Xuzhou [Süchow], China
		Appointed	Louis David †	Prefect of Ghardaïa, Algeria
		Appointed	Liberato da Exel, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Sumatra, Indonesia
	52.6	Appointed	Jules Girard, S.M.A. †	Apostolic Administrator of Delta del Nilo, Egypt	Vicar Apostolic
	14.6	Professed	Petronio Secundo Lacchio, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Changsha [Changsha], China
	39.6	Ordained Bishop	José Leite Lopes de Faria †	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
		Appointed	Giuseppe Oster, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
	19.2	Professed	Quintinus Pessers, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China
		Resigned	Luis Héctor Salaberry †	Apostolic Administrator of Magallanes, Chile	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
		Died	Rufino Santos †	Prefect of San León del Amazonas, Peru
	57.7	Appointed	Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
	79.1	Appointed	Vicenzo Vannutelli †	Datary of the Apostolic Datary	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
	68.5	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Vinati †	Titular Archbishop of Mocissus	Bishop Emeritus of Bosa, Italy
	68.5	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Vinati †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	17.5	Professed	Charles Joseph van Melckebeke, C.I.C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China
Jan	46.6	Appointed	Emilio Larquère, C.M. †	Prefect of Arauca, Colombia	Prefect of Tierradentro, Colombia
1 Jan	57.0	Appointed	Peregrin-François Stagni, S.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Ancyra	Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
1 Jan	57.0	Resigned	Peregrin-François Stagni, S.M. †	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
3 Jan	59.2	Died	Thomas Francis Doran †	Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
	45.4	Appointed	Thomas Dunn †	Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
	53.2	Appointed	Valentín (Manuel) Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D. †	Apostolic Administrator of Cienfuegos, Cuba	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
6 Jan	24.2	Ordained Priest	Job Chen Chi-ming (Ki-meng), C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Zhengding [Chengting], China
6 Jan	22.3	Ordained Priest	Francisco Panal Ramírez, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of La Vega, Dominican Republic
7 Jan		Born	Leo Joseph Brust †	St. Francis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
8 Jan	70.7	Died	Richard Scannell †	Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
9 Jan	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Placide Colliard †	Bishop of Lausanne et Genève, Switzerland
9 Jan		Born	Pietro Fiordelli †	Città di Castello	Bishop Emeritus of Prato, Italy
10 Jan	75.1	Died	Cyrille VIII Geha †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
11 Jan		Born	Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev, A.A. †	Srem-Jambol	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
12 Jan		Born	Christophe Adimou †	Cana	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
	75.7	Resigned	Nicolae Iosif Camilli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Iaşi, Romania
	41.1	Appointed	Ignace-Marie Le Ruzic †	Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
13 Jan	50.0	Died	Basilio Hosszu †	Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania
14 Jan		Born	Albino Mensa †	Villa Alicia	Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
15 Jan	23.9	Ordained Priest	Emmet Michael Walsh †	Priest of Savannah, Georgia, USA	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
16 Jan	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Manuel González y García †	Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Teodoro Gordaliza Sánchez, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Abdera	Vicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh, Viêt Nam
	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Tranquillo Guarneri †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy
	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
17 Jan	76.0	Died	Vito Antonio Fioni †	Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
17 Jan	83.1	Died	Domenico Maria Valensise †	Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy
18 Jan	80.6	Died	Giuseppe Camassa †	Bishop Emeritus of Melfi-Rapolla, Italy
18 Jan	52.6	Selected	Léon Skrbenský z Hřiště †	Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
19 Jan	65.8	Died	Pasquale Giamgian †	Bishop of Bursa (Bostra, Prusa) (Armenian), Turkey
		Born	Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux †	Servon-sur-Vilaine	Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France
	55.0	Appointed	Antonio Aurelio Torres y Sanz, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Augile	Bishop Emeritus of Cienfuegos, Cuba
	55.0	Resigned	Antonio Aurelio Torres y Sanz, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Cienfuegos, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jan	24.5	Ordained Priest	John Roderick MacDonald †	Priest of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada	Bishop
23 Jan	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Louis Van Dyck, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Suiyüan [Hohot], China
24 Jan	33.4	Appointed	José Tupinambá da Frota †	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
	35.4	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Pinardi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	35.4	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Pinardi †	Titular Bishop of Eudoxias	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
25 Jan	66.3	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinand Brossart †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	77.6	Died	Dionisio Nicolosi †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
	70.6	Died	Raniero Sarnari †	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino, Italy
		Born	Raymond James Vonesh †	Chicago	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
27 Jan	39.8	Appointed	Dionisio Avila †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
	42.3	Appointed	Manuel Prat Pujoldevall, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China	Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China
	42.3	Appointed	Manuel Prat Pujoldevall, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Mactaris	Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China
	63.5	Appointed	Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
28 Jan	45.6	Appointed	Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Settentrionale-Occidentale}, China	Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
28 Jan	45.6	Appointed	Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Aegeae	Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
29 Jan	52.7	Appointed	Bernard Hackett, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
29 Jan	53.5	Appointed	John Jeremiah Lawler †	Bishop of Lead, South Dakota, USA	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
31 Jan		Born	Enrique Alvear Urrutia †	Cauquenes	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
	51.7	Appointed	Emilio Bongiorni †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	51.7	Appointed	Emilio Bongiorni †	Titular Bishop of Sasima	Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy
		Born	José Miguel Medina †	Buenos Aires	Bishop Emeritus of Jujuy, Argentina
	53.0	Appointed	Edward Mulhern †	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
		Born	Leo Tigga, S.J. †	Paikpara	Bishop of Raiganj, India
1 Feb		Born	Benedict Varghese Gregorios Thangalathil, O.I.C. †	Kallooppara	Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankarese), India
2 Feb	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Landrieux †	Bishop of Dijon, France
2 Feb	73.2	Appointed	Santiago María Martínez y Cabañas †	Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
3 Feb		Born	Jules-Louis-Paul Harlé †	Wirvignes	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
		Born	Luis María Blas Maestu Ojanguren, O.F.M. †	Espronceda, Spain	Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru
		Born	Jean Margéot †	Quatre-Bornes	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
6 Feb	70.3	Died	Michele Cardella, C.P. †	Bishop of Sovana-Pitigliano, Italy
7 Feb	53.4	Appointed	James Romanus Bilsborrow, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
	52.2	Appointed	Antônio Augusto de Assis †	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
		Born	Everardo López Alcocer †	Tototlàn	Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México
	69.4	Died	José Torras y Bages †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
8 Feb	41.3	Appointed	Claudio María Volio y Jímenez †	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
10 Feb		Born	Walter Arthur Coggin, O.S.B. †	Richmond	Abbot Emeritus of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA
10 Feb		Born	Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty †	Pipriac	Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France
11 Feb		Born	Robert Ratna Bamrungtrakul †	Bangkok	Bishop Emeritus of Chiang Mai, Thailand
11 Feb	69.2	Died	Jean-Baptiste Desanti †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
12 Feb		Born	Damián Iguacén Borau	Fuencalderas	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
12 Feb	24.7	Ordained Priest	Bernard Francis Meyer (Mayer), M.M. †	Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Prefect Emeritus of Wuchow [Wuzhou], China
14 Feb	34.5	Appointed	Octávio Augusto Chagas de Miranda †	Bishop of Pouso Alegre, Brazil
14 Feb		Born	Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, M.X.Y. †	Santo Domingo (Antioquia)	Bishop of Arauca, Colombia
15 Feb	64.7	Died	Peter Göbl †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
19 Feb	70.1	Died	John Walter Shanahan †	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
20 Feb	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Martin Kheberich †	Titular Bishop of Sabrata	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Spiš, Slovakia
22 Feb	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Christophe-Louis Légasse †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria	Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
24 Feb		Born	Michael Joseph Dudick †	Saint Clair	Bishop Emeritus of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
25 Feb	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Dunn †	Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
25 Feb		Born	Manuel Lisboa de Oliveira †	Monte Alegre da Bahía	Bishop Emeritus of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil
26 Feb	73.4	Appointed	Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
26 Feb	63.6	Appointed	Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect
27 Feb	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Joseph Brodie †	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
28 Feb		Born	Eugène Klein, M.S.C. †	Avenheim, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
1 Mar		Born	Kazimierz Jan Majdański †	Malgów	Bishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
	51.9	Appointed	Reinaldo Muñoz Olave †	Apostolic Administrator of Chillán, Chile	Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
	51.9	Appointed	Reinaldo Muñoz Olave †	Titular Bishop of Pogla	Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
2 Mar		Born	Glennon Patrick Flavin †	St. Louis, MO	Bishop Emeritus of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
3 Mar	79.3	Died	Eduard Hermann (Herrmann) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
3 Mar	67.3	Died	Valeriano Menéndez y Conde †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
4 Mar		Born	José Fernandes Veloso †	São Manoel	Bishop Emeritus of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
5 Mar	27.1	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Beltrami †	Priest of Fossano, Italy	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
		Born	Gabriele (Ezio) Marinucci, O.A.D. †	Giulianova	Prior General Emeritus of Agostiniani Scalzi
	35.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Pinardi †	Titular Bishop of Eudoxias	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
9 Mar		Born	Henry Lancelot Paxton Hallett, C.SS.R. †	Pietermaritzburg	Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa
11 Mar		Born	Joseph Lloyd Hogan †	Lima, NY	Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
13 Mar	59.5	Appointed	Louis-Ernest Dubois †	Archbishop of Rouen, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
14 Mar	60.7	Died	Bernhard Joseph Doebbing, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Ramón Sanahuja y Marcé †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Cartagena (en España)
	35.3	Appointed	Pedro Segura y Sáenz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valladolid, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	35.3	Appointed	Pedro Segura y Sáenz †	Titular Bishop of Apollonia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
18 Mar	22.6	Ordained Priest	Carlo Confalonieri †	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Alfredo Ottaviani †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Pietro Parente †	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Gaétan Pasotti, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Vicar Apostolic of Rajaburi, Thailand
19 Mar	82.0	Died	Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
19 Mar	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Hackett, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
20 Mar	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Bongiorni †	Titular Bishop of Sasima	Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	62.5	Died	Thomas Francis Brennan †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
		Born	Rubén Isaza Restrepo †	Salamina	Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
22 Mar	81.6	Died	Giacomo Merizzi †	Bishop Emeritus of Vigevano, Italy
23 Mar	49.5	Died	Fernando de Souza Monteiro, C.M. †	Bishop of Espírito Santo, Brazil
24 Mar		Born	Eusebio Septimio Mari, O.F.M. Cap. †	Tresacco	Vicar Apostolic of Riohacha, Colombia
	50.2	Died	Soter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania
	63.6	Appointed	Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
25 Mar		Born	Eugène Moke Motsüri	Mongobele	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
		Born	Heinrich Pachowiak †	Wilhelmsburg	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany
	52.4	Installed	Quintino Rodrigo de Oliveira e Silva †	Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil
		Born	Josef Stimpfle †	Maihingen	Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
27 Mar	63.3	Died	Saturnino de La Torre Merino, O.S.A. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Hunan {Hu-Nan Settentrionale}, China
		Born	Izidor István Marosi †	Ujkécske	Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary
	61.8	Appointed	Leonida Medina †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
	61.8	Appointed	Leonida Medina †	Titular Bishop of Camachus	Bishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
28 Mar		Born	György Póka †	Kerkaszentmiklós	Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
28 Mar	47.1	Appointed	Niccolò Rotoli, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy
29 Mar		Born	Vito Nicola Cavanna †	Masio	Bishop of Asti, Italy
29 Mar	71.3	Died	Vincenzo Franceschini †	Bishop of Fano, Italy