The Year of Our Lord 1908

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	64.0	Died	Etienne Apikian †	Bishop of Trabzon (Trebisonda) (Armenian), Turkey
	44.2	Appointed	João Batista Corrêa Nery (Neri) †	Apostolic Administrator of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Campinas, Brazil
	49.0	Appointed	Jules Abraham David †	Archbishop
	16.8	Professed	Alexandre Digard, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect Emeritus of Yiduxian [Iduhsien], China
	73.0	Died	Silvano de Stefano, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
	25.0	First Vows	Wilhelm Finnemann, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Prefect of Mindoro, Philippines
	33.9	Incardinated	Adalbero Joseph (Michael) Fleischer, C.M.M. †	Priest of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mariannhill, South Africa
	35.3	Appointed	Giovanni Garigliano †	Vicar General of L’Aquila, Italy	Bishop of Biella, Italy
	17.2	Professed	Valeriano Guemes Rodriguez, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Superior Emeritus of Cuttack, India
	55.1	Resigned	Ignazio Homsi †	Patriarchal Vicar of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria	Patriarchal Vicar Emeritus
	66.7	Resigned	Félix-Jules-Xavier Jourdan de la Passardière, C.O. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rouen, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	29.7	Incardinated	Dionizy (Roman) Kajetanowicz †	Priest of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine	Apostolic Administrator
	48.2	Resigned	Isaac-Jesu-Yab Khoudabache (Koudabache) †	Bishop of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean), Iran	Archbishop of Urmyā {Urmia, Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
	59.0	Appointed	Sevère-Samuel Lahdo †	Archbishop
		Born	[Stephen Li Side] †		Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
		Born	Jérôme (Joseph Emil) Malenfant, O.F.M. Cap. †		Prefect Emeritus of Gorakhpur, India
	38.9	Resigned	Augustinus Nachtwey, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Cimbebasia Inferiore, Namibia	Prefect Emeritus
	67.5	Died	Gabriele Neviani, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sapë, Albania
	50.0	Appointed	Athanase Ignace Nuri †	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria dei Siri	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
	50.0	Resigned	Athanase Ignace Nuri †	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus
	33.7	First Vows	Joseph Reiners, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Prefect Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan
	28.4	Professed	Vincent-François-Joseph Sage, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria {Manciuria Meridionale}, China
	49.7	Appointed	Ricardo Sepúlveda Hermosilla †	Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) of Temuco, Chile	Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) Emeritus
	24.7	Professed	Giovanni Soggiu, O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Prefect of Ankang [Hinganfu], China
	49.8	Resigned	Pietro Andrea (Pierre-André) Viganò, S.J. †	Bishop of Hyderabad, India	Bishop Emeritus
	21.7	Perpetual Vows	Gérard Wantenaar, M.H.M. †	Member of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill	Vicar Apostolic of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
		Born	John Baptist Ye Yishi (Ye Ershi) †		Bishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China
Jan	74.0	Died	Stefanos Awad (Evodio) †	Bishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
	67.9	Died	Ruggero Augusto Catizone †	Auxiliary Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
	37.0	Succeeded	Alain Guynot de Boismenu, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of New Guinea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Papua, Papua New Guinea
	71.9	Resigned	Louis-André Navarre, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of New Guinea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
4 Jan		Born	Thomas Joseph Drury †		Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
4 Jan	65.0	Died	Stefan Aleksander Zwierowicz †	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
5 Jan	38.4	Installed	Beda Giovanni Cardinale, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
5 Jan	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Muñagorri y Obineta, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Pityus	Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
6 Jan	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Josef Antonin Hůlka †	Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Leonida Mapelli †	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Maria Marelli †	Bishop of Bobbio, Italy	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
7 Jan		Born	Alois Bürke, S.M.B. †		Prefect Emeritus of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China
7 Jan		Born	Victor Van Beurden, SS.CC. †		Bishop Emeritus of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
8 Jan	84.7	Died	Sigismondo Brandolini Rota †	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy
8 Jan	59.5	Succeeded	Andrea Caron †	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Genova, Italy
9 Jan		Born	Francisco Javier Gillmore Stock †		Bishop Emeritus of Chile, Military
	84.0	Died	Gábor Szele †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary
	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Simonetti †	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
10 Jan	86.0	Died	Adolphe-Josué-Frédéric Fiard †	Bishop of Montauban, France
		Born	Jaime Garcia Goulart †		Bishop Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste
	57.1	Succeeded	Pierre-Eugène-Alexandre Marty †	Bishop of Montauban, France
13 Jan	70.8	Died	Francesco Bacchini †	Bishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy	Bishop
13 Jan	71.3	Appointed	Francesco Segna †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
14 Jan	69.7	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Manuel García Naranjó †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
14 Jan		Born	Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp. †		Bishop Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa
15 Jan		Born	Gilbert Hess, O.S.B. †		President Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict
17 Jan		Born	Pierre François Lehaen, S.D.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Jan		Born	Pompeu de Sá Leão y Seabra, C.S.Sp. †		Bishop of Malanje, Angola
20 Jan		Born	Léonce Tchantayan †		Bishop Emeritus of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran
22 Jan		Born	Josip Salač †		Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
23 Jan	37.2	Installed	Pedro Pascuál Francesco Farfán de los Godos †	Bishop of Huaraz, Peru	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
25 Jan	62.0	Died	Antonio Sebastião Valente †	Patriarch of East Indies, India
26 Jan	43.6	Ordained Bishop	António Alves Ferreira †	Titular Bishop of Martyropolis	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
26 Jan	72.0	Died	Rocco Tornatore, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Burma {Birmania Orientale}, Myanmar
28 Jan	57.3	Succeeded	Léon-Adolphe Amette †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
		Born	François-Odon De Wilde, O.P. †		Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
		Born	Dragutin Nežić †		Bishop Emeritus of Poreč i Pula, Croatia
	88.9	Died	François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
29 Jan	61.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste Biolley †	Bishop of Tarentaise, France
29 Jan		Born	José Agustín Marozzi †		Bishop Emeritus of Resistencia, Argentina
30 Jan	55.9	Appointed	Eugène-Marie-Joseph Allys, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Cochin {Cocincina Settentrionale}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Huê, Viet Nam
30 Jan	55.9	Appointed	Eugène-Marie-Joseph Allys, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Phacusa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Huê, Viet Nam
31 Jan	49.7	Appointed	Basilio Pompilj †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
1 Feb		Born	Paolo Bertoli †		Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
	48.6	Appointed	Frederick William Keating †	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
	16.7	Professed	Bernardo Merizalde Morales, O.A.R. †	Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Prefect Emeritus of Tumaco, Colombia
2 Feb	55.7	Ordained Bishop	Sebastião Leite de Vasconcellos †	Bishop of Beja, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
2 Feb	37.7	Final Vows	Louis Van Hoeck, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Ranchi, India
3 Feb		Born	Ladislav Hlad †		Titular Bishop of Cediae
3 Feb	63.5	Installed	Gaspard-Marie-Michel-André Latty †	Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
4 Feb	59.4	Died	Serafino Angelini †	Bishop of Avellino, Italy
8 Feb	56.4	Died	Antun Maurović †	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
8 Feb		Born	Joseph Wang Cizhang (Wan Tsu-chang) †		Bishop of Hengyang [Hengchow], China
9 Feb	27.7	Final Vows	Joseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Moshi, Tanzania
10 Feb		Born	Josephus Johannes Maria Blomjous, M. Afr. †		Bishop Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania
	72.8	Died	Alfonso Maria Giordano, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Calvi e Teano, Italy
	62.1	Appointed	Ildefonso Vincenzo Pisani, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
12 Feb	78.9	Retired	Johannes Fidelis Battaglia †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
14 Feb		Born	Laurent Morin †		Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
14 Feb	37.1	Appointed	Pierre Chébli (Scebli) †	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
15 Feb	51.0	Appointed	Adolphe-Yves-Marie Duparc †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
15 Feb	37.1	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Chébli (Scebli) †	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
16 Feb	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Cicero (Ciceri), C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Dausara	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kianfu, China
		Born	Zoltan Lengyel †		Apostolic Administrator of Romania (Armenian)
	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Andrés Machado, S.J. †	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador	Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
	76.4	Died	Jean-Élie Mellus, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Mardin (Chaldean), Turkey
	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Ignacio Placencia y Moreira †	Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México	Bishop of Zacatecas, México
17 Feb	39.4	Installed	João Francisco Braga †	Bishop of Curitiba, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
19 Feb	55.6	Appointed	János Csernoch †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	79.0	Died	John Leonard †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa
	64.0	Succeeded	John Rooney †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
21 Feb	84.1	Died	Ignacio Antonio Parra †	Bishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
22 Feb		Born	Policarpo da Costa Vaz †		Bishop Emeritus of Guarda, Portugal
		Born	Abilio del Campo y de la Bárcena †		Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain
		Born	Francis Han Tingbi (Ting-pi) †		Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung], China
		Born	Matthias Duan Yinmin (Duan In-min) †		Bishop of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China
23 Feb		Born	Pietro Sigismondi †		Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
25 Feb	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Adolphe-Yves-Marie Duparc †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Frederick William Keating †	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Maria Koudelka †	Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
		Born	Anton Reiterer, M.C.C.I. †		Bishop Emeritus of Lydenburg-Witbank, South Africa
26 Feb		Born	Román Acevedo Rojas †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México
	34.8	Succeeded	André-Etienne-Athanase Hermel, SS.CC. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti {Isole Tahiti}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
		Born	Joseph Landreau, C.S.Sp. †		Prefect of Saint-Louis du Sénégal
	72.9	Resigned	Marie-Joseph (Maxime Justin Félix) Verdier, SS.CC. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti {Isole Tahiti}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
28 Feb	69.9	Died	Giocondo (Matthaeus) de Nittis, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
1 Mar	62.1	Ordained Bishop	Ildefonso Vincenzo Pisani, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
5 Mar		Born	John Kwao Amuzu Aggey †		Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
6 Mar	44.0	Appointed	Émile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Yukon, Canada	Vicar Apostolic of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
	39.5	Appointed	Prudencio Gomes da Silva †	Bishop of Goiás, Brazil
	40.6	Installed	Ignacio Placencia y Moreira †	Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México	Bishop of Zacatecas, México
8 Mar	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Jules Abraham David †	Archbishop
8 Mar	61.7	Died	Henry Henry †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
9 Mar	55.9	Appointed	Hector-Irénée Sévin †	Bishop of Châlons, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
10 Mar	51.0	Installed	Adolphe-Yves-Marie Duparc †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
10 Mar		Born	Delfín Quesada Castro †		Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
12 Mar	47.2	Appointed	Gabriel Émile Grison, S.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
12 Mar	47.2	Appointed	Gabriel Émile Grison, S.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Sagalassus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
14 Mar	23.3	Ordained Priest	Costanzo Bergna, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect of Dessié, Ethiopia
14 Mar		Born	Antoni Léon Louis Caillot †		Bishop Emeritus of Évreux, France
16 Mar	68.1	Died	Gustave Augustin Rouxel †	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
17 Mar	70.1	Died	Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago †	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
18 Mar		Born	Thomas Edward Gill †		Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
18 Mar	49.8	Appointed	Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno †	Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
19 Mar		Born	Leo Christopher Byrne †		Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
19 Mar	22.5	Ordained Priest	Bl. Nikollë Vinçenc Prennushi, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
20 Mar	39.3	Appointed	Agostinho Francisco Benassi †	Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil
20 Mar	51.8	Died	François-Nicolas-Alphonse Kunemann, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
21 Mar	33.7	Appointed	Nicola Canali †	Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
21 Mar		Born	Neemeh Simaan †		Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
22 Mar	78.5	Died	Raffaele Capone, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
23 Mar		Born	Charles Herman Helmsing †		Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
24 Mar	34.3	Professed	Stefano Aurelio Bacciarini, S.d.C. †	Priest of Congregation of Servants of Charity	Apostolic Administrator of Lugano, Switzerland
25 Mar	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Casanova y Marzol †	Bishop of Almería, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Granada, Spain
25 Mar	38.5	Final Vows	Anthony Joseph Schuler, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of El Paso, Texas, USA
29 Mar	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Marie-Félix de Gorostarzu, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Aela	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yünnanfu, China
	50.9	Died	Athanasius Klemens Götte, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shensi {Scen-Si Settentrionale}, China
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Prudencio Melo y Alcalde †	Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
30 Mar	80.6	Died	Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
		Born	Paul-Louis Carrière †		Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France
		Born	Daniel Eugene Ivancho †
	57.6	Appointed	Giovanni Vincenzo Tasso, C.M. †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
31 Mar		Born	Bernard Joseph Flanagan †		Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
31 Mar		Born	José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza †		Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

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