The Year of Our Lord 1923

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar Born Karl (Charles) Reiterer, M.H.M. † Meltina Vicar Apostolic of Kuching, Malaysia

2 Mar Born George Basil Hume, O.S.B. † Newcastle-on-Tyne Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

61.4 Appointed Antonio Tommaso Videmari † Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy Bishop Emeritus

3 Mar 55.2 Appointed Giuseppe Hoogers, C.I.C.M. † Superior of Tatungfu, China

52.7 Installed Angelo Paino † Archbishop of Messina, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

38.3 Appointed Andrea Taccone † Bishop of Bova, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy

4 Mar 46.9 Ordained Bishop Francisco Rubén Berroa y Bernedo † Bishop of Huánuco, Peru Bishop of Ica, Peru

38.0 Ordained Bishop José Pereira Alves † Bishop of Natal, Brazil Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy; Petrópolis), Brazil

6 Mar Born Eurico Dias Nogueira Dornelas do Zêzere Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal

7 Mar 78.3 Died Jean-Auguste-François-Eutrope Eyssautier † Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France

68.7 Appointed Leonida Medina † Bishop of Socorro, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia

9 Mar 25.0 Ordained Priest Joachim (Alois) Ammann, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania

Born Ignacio Prieto Vega, I.E.M.E. † Besande, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Hwange, Zimbabwe

56.9 Appointed Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, O.P. † Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada

11 Mar 30.3 Ordained Priest Vito Bouma, SS.CC. † Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Prefect of Bangka e Biliton, Indonesia

12 Mar 73.4 Appointed Ferdinand Brossart † Titular Bishop of Vallis Bishop Emeritus of Covington, Kentucky, USA

73.4 Resigned Ferdinand Brossart † Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA Bishop Emeritus

25.7 Ordained Priest Bertrand Lacaste † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Oran, Algeria

15 Mar 39.2 Appointed Pellegrino Bellezze, O.S.M. † Prefect of Swaziland

Born Joseph Théophile Louis Marie Madec Ploërmel Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus-Toulon, France

16 Mar Appointed Mattia Eder, O.S.F.S. † Prefect of Great Namaqualand, Namibia

56.2 Appointed Jenaro Méndez del Río † Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México

48.7 Appointed Paul-Auguste-Marie Pichot, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Majunga, Madagascar Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

48.7 Appointed Paul-Auguste-Marie Pichot, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Raphanea Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Majunga, Madagascar

56.1 Appointed Martín Rucker Sotomayor † Apostolic Administrator of Chillán, Chile Bishop of Chillán, Chile

56.1 Appointed Martín Rucker Sotomayor † Titular Bishop of Mariamme Bishop of Chillán, Chile

17 Mar 77.9 Died Maurice Francis Burke † Bishop of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

51.1 Succeeded Francis Gilfillan † Bishop of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

25.6 Ordained Priest Henryk Grzondziel † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland

62.5 Died Jean-Joseph-Benoît-Marie Martel † Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France

26.0 Ordained Priest Ferdinando Fulgenzio Pasini, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Sanyüan [Sanyuan], China

27.7 Ordained Priest Paul Tkotsch † Priest of Wrocław, Poland Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany

18 Mar 22.4 Ordained Priest Florentino Armas Lerena, O.A.R. † Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects Prelate Emeritus of Chota, Peru

27.5 Ordained Priest Stephen Ferrando, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Shillong, India

19 Mar 24.0 Ordained Priest Agostino D'Arco † Priest Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

20 Mar 62.9 Died St. Józef Bilczewski † Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine

38.3 Appointed Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Verinopolis Vicar Apostolic of Lomé, Togo

21 Mar 72.4 Appointed Giovanni Boros (Borosiu) † Titular Bishop of Thespiae

22 Mar Born Claude Germain Berthold, M.E.P. † Ocourt Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand

38.3 Appointed Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Togo Vicar Apostolic of Lomé, Togo

67.2 Died John Henry Norton † Bishop of Port Augusta, Australia

24 Mar 63.1 Appointed Luigi Pellizzo † Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis Bishop Emeritus of Padova {Padua}, Italy

63.1 Resigned Luigi Pellizzo † Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy Bishop Emeritus

25 Mar Born Ireneo García Alonso Quintanilla Vivar Bishop Emeritus of Albacete, Spain

46.7 Died Enrique Sánchez y Paredes † Archbishop of Puebla de los Angeles, Puebla, México

26 Mar 43.3 Appointed Augustin Hermann, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Volta Inferiore, Ghana

43.3 Appointed Augustin Hermann, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Bubastis Vicar Apostolic of Volta Inferiore, Ghana

55.8 Appointed Francis William Howard † Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA

27 Mar Born José Arana Berruete, O.A.R. † Barbarin, Spain Prelate of Chota, Peru

52.7 Appointed Cornelio Sebastiano Cuccarollo, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Bovino, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy

31 Mar 23.1 Ordained Priest Francesco Bertoglio † Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop

23.8 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Carraro † Priest of Venezia {Venice}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy

44.0 Appointed Ernesto Eugenio Filippi † Apostolic Delegate to Turkey Archbishop of Monreale, Italy

24.0 Ordained Priest Alfred Joseph Gummer † Priest of Bathurst, Australia Bishop of Geraldton, Australia

23.2 Ordained Priest Atanasio Paolo Hindo † Priest Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq

22.6 Ordained Priest Grégoire Ephrem Jarjour † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

Born William Thomas Larkin † Mount Morris Bishop Emeritus of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA

24.0 Ordained Priest Giovanni Battista Parodi † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Savona e Noli, Italy

24.1 Ordained Priest René-Joseph Piérard † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Châlons, France

22.6 Ordained Priest Alberto Scola † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Norcia, Italy

22.8 Ordained Priest Pedro Pablo Tenreiro Francia † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela

2 Apr Born Jean Cuminal † Amiens Bishop of Blois, France

Born Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva, S.J. Ribordões Bishop Emeritus of Lichinga, Mozambique

4 Apr Born Maximiano Tuazon Cruz Catbalogan Bishop Emeritus of Calbayog, Philippines

46.0 Appointed Joseph Kallas † Bishop of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite), Lebanon

Born Jean-Marie Lafontaine † Montréal Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada

5 Apr 54.4 Appointed Edward Doorly † Auxiliary Bishop of Elphin, Ireland Bishop

54.4 Appointed Edward Doorly † Titular Bishop of Sarepta Bishop of Elphin, Ireland

51.5 Appointed George Gauthier † Coadjutor Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Archbishop

51.5 Appointed George Gauthier † Titular Archbishop of Tharona Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada

6 Apr 40.6 Appointed José Tupinambá da Frota † Bishop of Uberaba, Brazil Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil

8 Apr 78.8 Died Mariano Antonio Espinosa † Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

36.5 Ordained Bishop John Alexander Floersh † Titular Bishop of Lycopolis Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

9 Apr Born Albert Florent Augustin Decourtray † Wattignies Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

Born Laszlo Anthony Iranyi, Sch. P. † Szeged, Hungary Titular Bishop of Castellum Medianum

11 Apr Born Roger-Émile Aubry, C.SS.R. Mont Faucon, Switzerland Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia

12 Apr Born Blas Victorio Conrero † Silvio Pellico Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina

14 Apr 22.4 Ordained Priest Filippo Aglialoro † Priest of Palermo, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

15 Apr 45.3 Ordained Bishop Andrew James Louis Brennan † Titular Bishop of Thapsus Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA

41.1 Ordained Bishop Ático Eusébio da Rocha † Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

49.3 Ordained Bishop Emanuel (Manoel) Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. † Bishop of Goiás, Brazil Archbishop of Goiás, Brazil

50.2 Ordained Bishop Antonio Scarante † Bishop of Sarsina, Italy Bishop of Faenza, Italy

17 Apr Born José Joaquín Matte Varas Santiago de Chile Bishop Emeritus of Chile, Military

18 Apr Born Ivan Ljavinec Volovec Bishop Emeritus of Czech Republic, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Byzantine)

Born Joseph Mees † Bornem, Belgium Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa

19 Apr 79.1 Died Frederick Charles Hopkins, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of British Honduras, Belize

20 Apr Born Eugène Georges Joseph Lecrosnier Maupertuis Bishop Emeritus of Belfort-Montbéliard, France

21 Apr 34.3 Appointed William MacNeely † Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland

23 Apr 61.5 Ordained Bishop Antonio Tommaso Videmari † Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy Bishop Emeritus

25 Apr Born Pietro Rossano † Vezza d'Alba Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy

28 Apr Born Dino Trabalzini † Montepulciano Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy

30 Apr Born Ramón Torrella Cascante † Olesa de Montserrat Archbishop Emeritus of Tarragona, Spain

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar		Born	Karl (Charles) Reiterer, M.H.M. †	Meltina	Vicar Apostolic of Kuching, Malaysia
2 Mar		Born	George Basil Hume, O.S.B. †	Newcastle-on-Tyne	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
61.4	Appointed	Antonio Tommaso Videmari †	Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
3 Mar	55.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Hoogers, C.I.C.M. †	Superior of Tatungfu, China
52.7	Installed	Angelo Paino †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
38.3	Appointed	Andrea Taccone †	Bishop of Bova, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy
4 Mar	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Rubén Berroa y Bernedo †	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru	Bishop of Ica, Peru
38.0	Ordained Bishop	José Pereira Alves †	Bishop of Natal, Brazil	Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy; Petrópolis), Brazil
6 Mar		Born	Eurico Dias Nogueira	Dornelas do Zêzere	Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
7 Mar	78.3	Died	Jean-Auguste-François-Eutrope Eyssautier †	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
68.7	Appointed	Leonida Medina †	Bishop of Socorro, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
9 Mar	25.0	Ordained Priest	Joachim (Alois) Ammann, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania
	Born	Ignacio Prieto Vega, I.E.M.E. †	Besande, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Hwange, Zimbabwe
56.9	Appointed	Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, O.P. †	Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada
11 Mar	30.3	Ordained Priest	Vito Bouma, SS.CC. †	Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Prefect of Bangka e Biliton, Indonesia
12 Mar	73.4	Appointed	Ferdinand Brossart †	Titular Bishop of Vallis	Bishop Emeritus of Covington, Kentucky, USA
73.4	Resigned	Ferdinand Brossart †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus
25.7	Ordained Priest	Bertrand Lacaste †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Oran, Algeria
15 Mar	39.2	Appointed	Pellegrino Bellezze, O.S.M. †	Prefect of Swaziland
	Born	Joseph Théophile Louis Marie Madec	Ploërmel	Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus-Toulon, France
16 Mar		Appointed	Mattia Eder, O.S.F.S. †	Prefect of Great Namaqualand, Namibia
56.2	Appointed	Jenaro Méndez del Río †	Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México	Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México
48.7	Appointed	Paul-Auguste-Marie Pichot, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Majunga, Madagascar	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
48.7	Appointed	Paul-Auguste-Marie Pichot, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Raphanea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Majunga, Madagascar
56.1	Appointed	Martín Rucker Sotomayor †	Apostolic Administrator of Chillán, Chile	Bishop of Chillán, Chile
56.1	Appointed	Martín Rucker Sotomayor †	Titular Bishop of Mariamme	Bishop of Chillán, Chile
17 Mar	77.9	Died	Maurice Francis Burke †	Bishop of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
51.1	Succeeded	Francis Gilfillan †	Bishop of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
25.6	Ordained Priest	Henryk Grzondziel †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
62.5	Died	Jean-Joseph-Benoît-Marie Martel †	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
26.0	Ordained Priest	Ferdinando Fulgenzio Pasini, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Sanyüan [Sanyuan], China
27.7	Ordained Priest	Paul Tkotsch †	Priest of Wrocław, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany
18 Mar	22.4	Ordained Priest	Florentino Armas Lerena, O.A.R. †	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Prelate Emeritus of Chota, Peru
27.5	Ordained Priest	Stephen Ferrando, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Shillong, India
19 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Agostino D'Arco †	Priest	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
20 Mar	62.9	Died	St. Józef Bilczewski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
38.3	Appointed	Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Verinopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Lomé, Togo
21 Mar	72.4	Appointed	Giovanni Boros (Borosiu) †	Titular Bishop of Thespiae
22 Mar		Born	Claude Germain Berthold, M.E.P. †	Ocourt	Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
38.3	Appointed	Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Togo	Vicar Apostolic of Lomé, Togo
67.2	Died	John Henry Norton †	Bishop of Port Augusta, Australia
24 Mar	63.1	Appointed	Luigi Pellizzo †	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis	Bishop Emeritus of Padova {Padua}, Italy
63.1	Resigned	Luigi Pellizzo †	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
25 Mar		Born	Ireneo García Alonso	Quintanilla Vivar	Bishop Emeritus of Albacete, Spain
46.7	Died	Enrique Sánchez y Paredes †	Archbishop of Puebla de los Angeles, Puebla, México
26 Mar	43.3	Appointed	Augustin Hermann, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Volta Inferiore, Ghana
43.3	Appointed	Augustin Hermann, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Bubastis	Vicar Apostolic of Volta Inferiore, Ghana
55.8	Appointed	Francis William Howard †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
27 Mar		Born	José Arana Berruete, O.A.R. †	Barbarin, Spain	Prelate of Chota, Peru
52.7	Appointed	Cornelio Sebastiano Cuccarollo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
31 Mar	23.1	Ordained Priest	Francesco Bertoglio †	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
23.8	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Carraro †	Priest of Venezia {Venice}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
44.0	Appointed	Ernesto Eugenio Filippi †	Apostolic Delegate to Turkey	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
24.0	Ordained Priest	Alfred Joseph Gummer †	Priest of Bathurst, Australia	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia
23.2	Ordained Priest	Atanasio Paolo Hindo †	Priest	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
22.6	Ordained Priest	Grégoire Ephrem Jarjour †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	Born	William Thomas Larkin †	Mount Morris	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
24.0	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Parodi †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Savona e Noli, Italy
24.1	Ordained Priest	René-Joseph Piérard †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Châlons, France
22.6	Ordained Priest	Alberto Scola †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Norcia, Italy
22.8	Ordained Priest	Pedro Pablo Tenreiro Francia †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela
2 Apr		Born	Jean Cuminal †	Amiens	Bishop of Blois, France
	Born	Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva, S.J.	Ribordões	Bishop Emeritus of Lichinga, Mozambique
4 Apr		Born	Maximiano Tuazon Cruz	Catbalogan	Bishop Emeritus of Calbayog, Philippines
46.0	Appointed	Joseph Kallas †	Bishop of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite), Lebanon
	Born	Jean-Marie Lafontaine †	Montréal	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
5 Apr	54.4	Appointed	Edward Doorly †	Auxiliary Bishop of Elphin, Ireland	Bishop
54.4	Appointed	Edward Doorly †	Titular Bishop of Sarepta	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
51.5	Appointed	George Gauthier †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Archbishop
51.5	Appointed	George Gauthier †	Titular Archbishop of Tharona	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
6 Apr	40.6	Appointed	José Tupinambá da Frota †	Bishop of Uberaba, Brazil	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
8 Apr	78.8	Died	Mariano Antonio Espinosa †	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
36.5	Ordained Bishop	John Alexander Floersh †	Titular Bishop of Lycopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
9 Apr		Born	Albert Florent Augustin Decourtray †	Wattignies	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	Born	Laszlo Anthony Iranyi, Sch. P. †	Szeged, Hungary	Titular Bishop of Castellum Medianum
11 Apr		Born	Roger-Émile Aubry, C.SS.R.	Mont Faucon, Switzerland	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia
12 Apr		Born	Blas Victorio Conrero †	Silvio Pellico	Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina
14 Apr	22.4	Ordained Priest	Filippo Aglialoro †	Priest of Palermo, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
15 Apr	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Andrew James Louis Brennan †	Titular Bishop of Thapsus	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
41.1	Ordained Bishop	Ático Eusébio da Rocha †	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
49.3	Ordained Bishop	Emanuel (Manoel) Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Goiás, Brazil	Archbishop of Goiás, Brazil
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Scarante †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy	Bishop of Faenza, Italy
17 Apr		Born	José Joaquín Matte Varas	Santiago de Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Chile, Military
18 Apr		Born	Ivan Ljavinec	Volovec	Bishop Emeritus of Czech Republic, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Byzantine)
	Born	Joseph Mees †	Bornem, Belgium	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa
19 Apr	79.1	Died	Frederick Charles Hopkins, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of British Honduras, Belize
20 Apr		Born	Eugène Georges Joseph Lecrosnier	Maupertuis	Bishop Emeritus of Belfort-Montbéliard, France
21 Apr	34.3	Appointed	William MacNeely †	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
23 Apr	61.5	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Tommaso Videmari †	Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
25 Apr		Born	Pietro Rossano †	Vezza d'Alba	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
28 Apr		Born	Dino Trabalzini †	Montepulciano	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
30 Apr		Born	Ramón Torrella Cascante †	Olesa de Montserrat	Archbishop Emeritus of Tarragona, Spain

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