The Year of Our Lord 1898

Bishop Events

October to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Oct 62.7 Ordained Bishop François-Xavier Corbet (Corbey), C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Obba Vicar Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar

39.2 Ordained Bishop Paul-Léon Ferrant, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Barbalissus Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kiangsi {Kiam-Si Settentrionale}, China

3 Oct Born Jean Batiot, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Majunga, Madagascar

Born Hieroteo de la Santissima Virgen del Carmen Valbuena Alvarez, O.C.D. † Prefect Emeritus of Esmeraldas, Ecuador

4 Oct Born Raffaele Barbieri † Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy

23.9 Professed Salvator Peter Walleser, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vicar Apostolic of Tsinchow [Tianshui], China

9 Oct 50.0 Selected Ignace Denis Ephrem Rahmani (Rahamani) † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

50.0 Selected Ignace Denis Ephrem Rahmani (Rahamani) † Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

10 Oct Born Francisco do Borja Pereira do Amaral † Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil

11 Oct 56.1 Appointed Placide Louis Chapelle † Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

12 Oct Born Vincenzo Maria Jacono † Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy

16 Oct 51.9 Ordained Bishop Máximo Fernández, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Attuda Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam

17 Oct 43.7 Died Jean-Marie Dépierre, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam

18 Oct 52.4 Died Gonzalo Canilla † Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar

54.9 Ordained Bishop Charles Hugh Gauthier † Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

20 Oct 20.5 Entered Franciscus Lucas, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Prefect Emeritus of Djibouti (Gibuti)

21 Oct 77.2 Died Johann Bernard Höting † Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany

22 Oct Born Alfred-Jean-Félix Ancel, Ist. del Prado † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France

23 Oct 44.6 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Cigliano † Titular Bishop of Cyme Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

22.4 Ordained Priest Carlos de Sá Fragoso † Priest Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé of Meliapore, India

58.5 Ordained Bishop Pasquale de Siena † Titular Bishop of Callinicum Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

28 Oct 46.7 Died Alejandro Cañál, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers

27.2 Ordained Priest Matthias Ehrenfried † Priest of Eichstätt, Germany Bishop of Würzburg, Germany

47.8 Ordained Bishop Adalbert Endert † Bishop of Fulda, Germany

25.0 Ordained Priest Anton Hilfrich † Priest of Limburg, Germany Bishop

28.1 Ordained Priest Johannes Baptist Höcht † Priest of Regensburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

26.2 Ordained Priest Christian Schreiber † Priest of Fulda, Germany Bishop of Berlin, Germany

4 Nov Born Charles Quentin Bertram Olwell, C.P. † Prelate Emeritus of Marbel, Philippines

8 Nov 16.3 Professed Hipólito Martínez y Martínez, O.S.A. † Member of Order of St. Augustine Prefect of Lixian [Lichow], China

10 Nov 56.8 Appointed Evangelista (Michele Antonio) di Milia, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Lecce, Italy

11 Nov 46.1 Selected Paul Wilhelm Keppler † Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany

13 Nov 51.9 Ordained Bishop Andrés Ferrero Malo, O.A.R. † Bishop of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

43.4 Ordained Bishop Edmundus Sybrandus Luijpen (Luypen), S.J. † Titular Bishop of Oropus Vicar Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia

24.8 Professed Nicanor Mutiloa e Irurita, C.Ss.R. † Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain

14 Nov 61.4 Died William Hickley Gross, C.Ss.R. † Archbishop of Oregon City, Oregon, USA

15 Nov 86.8 Died Pedro José de Jesús Loza y Pardavé † Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

Born Giuseppe Ruotolo † Bishop Emeritus of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy

16 Nov Born José de Medeiros Leite † Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Born Anunciado Serafini † Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina

20 Nov 27.6 Ordained Priest Bl. Jerzy Bolesław Matulewicz-Matulaitis, M.I.C. † Priest of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary Bishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania

23 Nov 46.8 Appointed Alejandro Cañál, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China Priest of Order of Friars Preachers

46.8 Appointed Alejandro Cañál, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Ascalon Priest of Order of Friars Preachers

24 Nov 58.0 Appointed Juan Antonio Ruano Martín † Apostolic Administrator of Barbastro, Spain Bishop of Lérida, Spain

58.0 Appointed Juan Antonio Ruano Martín † Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria Bishop of Lérida, Spain

25 Nov Born Russell Joseph McVinney † Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA

27 Nov 22.5 Ordained Priest Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. † Priest of Novara, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

28 Nov 48.2 Confirmed Léon-Adolphe Amette † Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France

62.0 Appointed José Homobono Anaya y Gutiérrez † Bishop of Sinaloa, México Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México

65.7 Appointed Giacinto Arcangeli † Bishop of Asti, Italy

37.1 Appointed Nicola Maria Audino † Bishop of Lipari, Italy Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy

42.6 Appointed Giuseppe Batignani † Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy

58.2 Appointed Pietro Berruti † Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

48.0 Appointed Damaso Pio de Bono † Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy Bishop Emeritus

62.5 Appointed Antônio Cândido Alvarenga † Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil

62.4 Confirmed Edouard-Adolphe Cantel † Bishop of Oran, Algeria

70.7 Appointed Salvatore Gaffiero † Auxiliary Bishop of Malta

70.7 Appointed Salvatore Gaffiero † Titular Bishop of Selymbria Auxiliary Bishop of Malta

73.3 Appointed Felice Gialdini † Titular Archbishop of Cyrene Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy

73.3 Resigned Felice Gialdini † Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy Bishop Emeritus

52.8 Confirmed Joseph Guérard † Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France

49.4 Appointed Vilmos István † Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary Bishop

49.4 Appointed Vilmos István † Titular Bishop of Dometiopolis Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary

46.1 Confirmed Paul Wilhelm Keppler † Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany

48.3 Appointed Bartolomeo Maria Lagumina † Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy

54.6 Confirmed Albert-Léon-Marie Le Nordez † Bishop of Dijon, France Bishop Emeritus

63.2 Appointed Antonio Maria de Lorenzo † Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria Bishop Emeritus of Mileto, Italy

63.2 Resigned Antonio Maria de Lorenzo † Bishop of Mileto, Italy Bishop Emeritus

64.2 Appointed Giacomo Merizzi † Titular Archbishop of Ancyra Bishop Emeritus of Vigevano, Italy

64.2 Resigned Giacomo Merizzi † Bishop of Vigevano, Italy Bishop Emeritus

40.4 Appointed Giuseppe Moràbito † Titular Bishop of Dioclea Bishop Emeritus of Mileto, Italy

56.5 Confirmed Frédéric-Henri Oury † Archbishop of Alger, Algeria Archbishop Emeritus

61.3 Appointed Casimiro Piñera y Naredo † Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain

61.3 Appointed Casimiro Piñera y Naredo † Titular Bishop of Dora Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain

42.1 Appointed Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete † Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México

57.2 Appointed Federico Polloni † Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy

60.8 Appointed José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México Bishop of Aguascalientes, México

50.1 Confirmed Ignace Denis Ephrem Rahmani (Rahamani) † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

50.1 Confirmed Ignace Denis Ephrem Rahmani (Rahamani) † Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

56.6 Appointed José María Rancés y Villanueva † Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain

57.2 Appointed Maximiano Reynoso y del Corral † Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México Bishop Emeritus

49.8 Confirmed Joseph Rumeau † Bishop of Angers, France

57.1 Appointed Domenico Scopelliti † Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy Bishop Emeritus

29 Nov Born Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto † Bishop Emeritus of Zipaquirá, Colombia

30 Nov 37.7 Ordained Bishop Antoine Coudert, O.M.I. † Titular Archbishop of Balanea Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka

16.7 Professed Giuseppe Ramiro Marcone, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot of Montevergine, Italy

4 Dec 42.7 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Batignani † Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy

57.3 Ordained Bishop Federico Polloni † Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy

5 Dec 22.3 Ordained Priest Ivan Jožef Tomažič † Priest of Lavant, Slovenia Bishop

8 Dec 27.7 Ordained Priest Michel Akras † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria

65.8 Ordained Bishop Giacinto Arcangeli † Bishop of Asti, Italy

58.2 Ordained Bishop Pietro Berruti † Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

81.4 Died Francesco Giampaolo † Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy

54.5 Installed Manuel Tovar y Chamorro † Archbishop of Lima, Peru

10 Dec Born Oscar (Antonius Aloysius Gerardus) Cremers, O.F.M. † Prefect Emeritus of Hollandia, Indonesia

Born Emile-Charles-Raymond Pirolley † Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France

11 Dec 37.1 Ordained Bishop Nicola Maria Audino † Bishop of Lipari, Italy Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy

48.1 Ordained Bishop Damaso Pio de Bono † Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Born Augustine Danglmayr † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA

48.4 Ordained Bishop Bartolomeo Maria Lagumina † Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy

Born Joseph Marie Trịnh Như Khuê † Cardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam

12 Dec 35.3 Appointed Alexander Joseph McGavick † Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

35.3 Appointed Alexander Joseph McGavick † Titular Bishop of Marcopolis Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

14 Dec 74.7 Died Francesco Zunnui Casula † Archbishop of Oristano, Italy

15 Dec 61.8 Resigned Magloire-Désiré Barthet, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

40.5 Appointed Giuseppe Moràbito † Bishop of Mileto, Italy Bishop Emeritus

17 Dec 22.5 Ordained Priest Felice Agostino Addeo, O.S.A. † Priest of Order of St. Augustine Bishop Emeritus of Nicosia, Italy

24.5 Ordained Priest Manuel Fulcheri y Pietrasanta † Priest of México, Federal District Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México

24.5 Ordained Deacon Raoul-Octave-Marie-Jean Harscouët † Deacon of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France Bishop of Chartres, France

23.7 Ordained Priest Louis-Augustin Marmottin † Priest of Châlons, France Archbishop of Reims, France

28.0 Ordained Priest James Paul McCloskey † Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines

25.1 Ordained Deacon Franciscus Hubertus Schraven, C.M. † Deacon of Congregation of the Mission Vicar Apostolic of Chengtingfu [Zhengding], China

32.4 Ordained Priest Giacinto Tonizza, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of Tripolitana, Libya

24.1 Ordained Priest Claudio María Volio y Jiménez † Priest of San José de Costa Rica Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras

18 Dec 67.2 Died Francesco Giulianelli, P.I.M.E. † Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Southern Shensi {Scen-Si Meridionale}, China

22.5 Ordained Priest Giovanni Piccioni † Priest of Pistoia e Prato, Italy Bishop of Livorno, Italy

Born Thomas Reis † Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq

21 Dec 32.9 Appointed René-Alexis Pawlas, C.S.Sp. † Prefect of Lower Niger {Niger Inferiore}, Nigeria

22 Dec 54.9 Selected Augustinus Rosentreter † Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland

23 Dec 23.3 Ordained Priest Luigi Noviello † Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Bishop of Alife, Italy

27.1 Ordained Priest Severiano Sainz y Bencamo † Priest of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba

24 Dec 81.1 Died Yuhanna Boutros El-Hajj † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

80.4 Died Thomas Nulty (McNulty) † Bishop of Meath, Ireland

63.1 Died Henri-Victor Valleau † Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France

25 Dec 24.2 Ordained Deacon Dionisije Njaradi † Deacon of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia Bishop

Born Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad † Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador

27 Dec Born Paul Joseph Girouard, M.S. † Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar

28 Dec 57.2 Appointed José Guadalupe de Jesús Alva y Franco, O.F.M. † Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México Bishop of Zacatecas, México

78.1 Died António José de Freitas Honorato † Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

31 Dec 25.9 Ordained Priest Juozapas Kukta † Priest Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Oct	62.7	Ordained Bishop	François-Xavier Corbet (Corbey), C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Obba	Vicar Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar
39.2	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Léon Ferrant, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Barbalissus	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kiangsi {Kiam-Si Settentrionale}, China
3 Oct		Born	Jean Batiot, C.S.Sp. †		Vicar Apostolic of Majunga, Madagascar
	Born	Hieroteo de la Santissima Virgen del Carmen Valbuena Alvarez, O.C.D. †		Prefect Emeritus of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
4 Oct		Born	Raffaele Barbieri †		Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
23.9	Professed	Salvator Peter Walleser, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Tsinchow [Tianshui], China
9 Oct	50.0	Selected	Ignace Denis Ephrem Rahmani (Rahamani) †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
50.0	Selected	Ignace Denis Ephrem Rahmani (Rahamani) †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
10 Oct		Born	Francisco do Borja Pereira do Amaral †		Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
11 Oct	56.1	Appointed	Placide Louis Chapelle †	Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
12 Oct		Born	Vincenzo Maria Jacono †		Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy
16 Oct	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Máximo Fernández, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Attuda	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
17 Oct	43.7	Died	Jean-Marie Dépierre, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam
18 Oct	52.4	Died	Gonzalo Canilla †	Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar
54.9	Ordained Bishop	Charles Hugh Gauthier †	Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
20 Oct	20.5	Entered	Franciscus Lucas, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Prefect Emeritus of Djibouti (Gibuti)
21 Oct	77.2	Died	Johann Bernard Höting †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
22 Oct		Born	Alfred-Jean-Félix Ancel, Ist. del Prado †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France
23 Oct	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Cigliano †	Titular Bishop of Cyme	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
22.4	Ordained Priest	Carlos de Sá Fragoso †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
58.5	Ordained Bishop	Pasquale de Siena †	Titular Bishop of Callinicum	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
28 Oct	46.7	Died	Alejandro Cañál, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
27.2	Ordained Priest	Matthias Ehrenfried †	Priest of Eichstätt, Germany	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
47.8	Ordained Bishop	Adalbert Endert †	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
25.0	Ordained Priest	Anton Hilfrich †	Priest of Limburg, Germany	Bishop
28.1	Ordained Priest	Johannes Baptist Höcht †	Priest of Regensburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
26.2	Ordained Priest	Christian Schreiber †	Priest of Fulda, Germany	Bishop of Berlin, Germany
4 Nov		Born	Charles Quentin Bertram Olwell, C.P. †		Prelate Emeritus of Marbel, Philippines
8 Nov	16.3	Professed	Hipólito Martínez y Martínez, O.S.A. †	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Prefect of Lixian [Lichow], China
10 Nov	56.8	Appointed	Evangelista (Michele Antonio) di Milia, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
11 Nov	46.1	Selected	Paul Wilhelm Keppler †	Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany
13 Nov	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Andrés Ferrero Malo, O.A.R. †	Bishop of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
43.4	Ordained Bishop	Edmundus Sybrandus Luijpen (Luypen), S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Oropus	Vicar Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia
24.8	Professed	Nicanor Mutiloa e Irurita, C.Ss.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain
14 Nov	61.4	Died	William Hickley Gross, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop of Oregon City, Oregon, USA
15 Nov	86.8	Died	Pedro José de Jesús Loza y Pardavé †	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	Born	Giuseppe Ruotolo †		Bishop Emeritus of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
16 Nov		Born	José de Medeiros Leite †		Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	Born	Anunciado Serafini †		Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina
20 Nov	27.6	Ordained Priest	Bl. Jerzy Bolesław Matulewicz-Matulaitis, M.I.C. †	Priest of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania
23 Nov	46.8	Appointed	Alejandro Cañál, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
46.8	Appointed	Alejandro Cañál, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
24 Nov	58.0	Appointed	Juan Antonio Ruano Martín †	Apostolic Administrator of Barbastro, Spain	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
58.0	Appointed	Juan Antonio Ruano Martín †	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
25 Nov		Born	Russell Joseph McVinney †		Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
27 Nov	22.5	Ordained Priest	Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. †	Priest of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
28 Nov	48.2	Confirmed	Léon-Adolphe Amette †	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
62.0	Appointed	José Homobono Anaya y Gutiérrez †	Bishop of Sinaloa, México	Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México
65.7	Appointed	Giacinto Arcangeli †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
37.1	Appointed	Nicola Maria Audino †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
42.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Batignani †	Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy
58.2	Appointed	Pietro Berruti †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
48.0	Appointed	Damaso Pio de Bono †	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
62.5	Appointed	Antônio Cândido Alvarenga †	Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
62.4	Confirmed	Edouard-Adolphe Cantel †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
70.7	Appointed	Salvatore Gaffiero †	Auxiliary Bishop of Malta
70.7	Appointed	Salvatore Gaffiero †	Titular Bishop of Selymbria	Auxiliary Bishop of Malta
73.3	Appointed	Felice Gialdini †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrene	Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy
73.3	Resigned	Felice Gialdini †	Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
52.8	Confirmed	Joseph Guérard †	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
49.4	Appointed	Vilmos István †	Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary	Bishop
49.4	Appointed	Vilmos István †	Titular Bishop of Dometiopolis	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
46.1	Confirmed	Paul Wilhelm Keppler †	Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany
48.3	Appointed	Bartolomeo Maria Lagumina †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
54.6	Confirmed	Albert-Léon-Marie Le Nordez †	Bishop of Dijon, France	Bishop Emeritus
63.2	Appointed	Antonio Maria de Lorenzo †	Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria	Bishop Emeritus of Mileto, Italy
63.2	Resigned	Antonio Maria de Lorenzo †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
64.2	Appointed	Giacomo Merizzi †	Titular Archbishop of Ancyra	Bishop Emeritus of Vigevano, Italy
64.2	Resigned	Giacomo Merizzi †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
40.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Moràbito †	Titular Bishop of Dioclea	Bishop Emeritus of Mileto, Italy
56.5	Confirmed	Frédéric-Henri Oury †	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria	Archbishop Emeritus
61.3	Appointed	Casimiro Piñera y Naredo †	Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain
61.3	Appointed	Casimiro Piñera y Naredo †	Titular Bishop of Dora	Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain
42.1	Appointed	Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete †	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México	Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
57.2	Appointed	Federico Polloni †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
60.8	Appointed	José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
50.1	Confirmed	Ignace Denis Ephrem Rahmani (Rahamani) †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
50.1	Confirmed	Ignace Denis Ephrem Rahmani (Rahamani) †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
56.6	Appointed	José María Rancés y Villanueva †	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
57.2	Appointed	Maximiano Reynoso y del Corral †	Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México	Bishop Emeritus
49.8	Confirmed	Joseph Rumeau †	Bishop of Angers, France
57.1	Appointed	Domenico Scopelliti †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
29 Nov		Born	Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto †		Bishop Emeritus of Zipaquirá, Colombia
30 Nov	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Coudert, O.M.I. †	Titular Archbishop of Balanea	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
16.7	Professed	Giuseppe Ramiro Marcone, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Montevergine, Italy
4 Dec	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Batignani †	Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy
57.3	Ordained Bishop	Federico Polloni †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
5 Dec	22.3	Ordained Priest	Ivan Jožef Tomažič †	Priest of Lavant, Slovenia	Bishop
8 Dec	27.7	Ordained Priest	Michel Akras †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
65.8	Ordained Bishop	Giacinto Arcangeli †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
58.2	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Berruti †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
81.4	Died	Francesco Giampaolo †	Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
54.5	Installed	Manuel Tovar y Chamorro †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
10 Dec		Born	Oscar (Antonius Aloysius Gerardus) Cremers, O.F.M. †		Prefect Emeritus of Hollandia, Indonesia
	Born	Emile-Charles-Raymond Pirolley †		Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
11 Dec	37.1	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Maria Audino †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
48.1	Ordained Bishop	Damaso Pio de Bono †	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Augustine Danglmayr †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Bartolomeo Maria Lagumina †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
	Born	Joseph Marie Trịnh Như Khuê †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
12 Dec	35.3	Appointed	Alexander Joseph McGavick †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
35.3	Appointed	Alexander Joseph McGavick †	Titular Bishop of Marcopolis	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
14 Dec	74.7	Died	Francesco Zunnui Casula †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
15 Dec	61.8	Resigned	Magloire-Désiré Barthet, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
40.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Moràbito †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 Dec	22.5	Ordained Priest	Felice Agostino Addeo, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop Emeritus of Nicosia, Italy
24.5	Ordained Priest	Manuel Fulcheri y Pietrasanta †	Priest of México, Federal District	Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México
24.5	Ordained Deacon	Raoul-Octave-Marie-Jean Harscouët †	Deacon of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France	Bishop of Chartres, France
23.7	Ordained Priest	Louis-Augustin Marmottin †	Priest of Châlons, France	Archbishop of Reims, France
28.0	Ordained Priest	James Paul McCloskey †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines
25.1	Ordained Deacon	Franciscus Hubertus Schraven, C.M. †	Deacon of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic of Chengtingfu [Zhengding], China
32.4	Ordained Priest	Giacinto Tonizza, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Tripolitana, Libya
24.1	Ordained Priest	Claudio María Volio y Jiménez †	Priest of San José de Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
18 Dec	67.2	Died	Francesco Giulianelli, P.I.M.E. †	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Southern Shensi {Scen-Si Meridionale}, China
22.5	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Piccioni †	Priest of Pistoia e Prato, Italy	Bishop of Livorno, Italy
	Born	Thomas Reis †		Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
21 Dec	32.9	Appointed	René-Alexis Pawlas, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Lower Niger {Niger Inferiore}, Nigeria
22 Dec	54.9	Selected	Augustinus Rosentreter †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
23 Dec	23.3	Ordained Priest	Luigi Noviello †	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Bishop of Alife, Italy
27.1	Ordained Priest	Severiano Sainz y Bencamo †	Priest of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba
24 Dec	81.1	Died	Yuhanna Boutros El-Hajj †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
80.4	Died	Thomas Nulty (McNulty) †	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
63.1	Died	Henri-Victor Valleau †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
25 Dec	24.2	Ordained Deacon	Dionisije Njaradi †	Deacon of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia	Bishop
	Born	Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad †		Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
27 Dec		Born	Paul Joseph Girouard, M.S. †		Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar
28 Dec	57.2	Appointed	José Guadalupe de Jesús Alva y Franco, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México	Bishop of Zacatecas, México
78.1	Died	António José de Freitas Honorato †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
31 Dec	25.9	Ordained Priest	Juozapas Kukta †	Priest	Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania

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