Year 1899, March-April, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title 1 Mar63.3DiedJaime Catalá y Albosa †Bishop of Barcelona, Spain 3 Mar33.9AppointedFrancisco Alberti †Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, ArgentinaArchbishop of La Plata, Argentina 33.9AppointedFrancisco Alberti †Titular Bishop of SiuniaArchbishop of La Plata, Argentina 4 Mar50.7AppointedAlexander Christie †Archbishop of Oregon City, Oregon, USA 5 MarBornAgostino D’Arco †Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy 22.9Ordained PriestAugusto Álvaro da Silva †Priest of Olinda, BrazilCardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil 6 MarBornRené-Joseph Piérard †Bishop Emeritus of Châlons, France 8 MarBornLéo Deschâtelets, O.M.I. †Superior General Emeritus of Oblates of Mary Immaculate 57.5InstalledMaximiano Reynoso y del Corral †Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, MéxicoBishop Emeritus 9 MarBornDomenico Luca Capozi, O.F.M. †Archbishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China 62.5DiedEugenio Clari †Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy BornGiuseppe Antonio Ferretto †Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary 76.1DiedFederico Maria Galdi †Bishop of Andria, Italy 10 MarBornMarcel-Pierre-Armand Riopel †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France 11 MarBornJosé Castelltort Subeyre †Bishop of Astorga, Spain BornIgnatius Mummadi †Bishop Emeritus of Guntur, India 12 Mar61.3Ordained BishopRobert Brindle †Titular Bishop of Hermopolis MaiorBishop Emeritus of Nottingham, England, Great Britain 53.5Ordained BishopMarcolino (del Carmelo) Benavente, O.P. †Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina 62.9AppointedTommaso Cirielli †Prelate of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy 13 MarBornGiovanni Battista Parodi †Bishop Emeritus of Savona e Noli, Italy 16 MarBornJosip Lach †Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia 35.6Ordained PriestJohn March †PriestBishop of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada 18 MarBornAlfred Joseph Gummer †Bishop of Geraldton, Australia BornMartin Michael Johnson †Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 19 Mar62.7InstalledEdouard-Adolphe Cantel †Bishop of Oran, Algeria 53.5InstalledMarcolino (del Carmelo) Benavente, O.P. †Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina 57.1Ordained BishopSt. Józef Sebastian Pelczar †Titular Bishop of MiletopolisBishop of Przemyśl, Poland 20 Mar62.3InstalledJosé Homobono Anaya y Gutiérrez †Bishop of Sinaloa, MéxicoBishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México 23 Mar73.6DiedJean-Émile Fonteneau †Archbishop of Albi, France 25 Mar26.5Ordained PriestPetras Pranciskus Bučys, M.I.C. †Priest of Mohilev, BelarusSuperior General Emeritus of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary 62.9InstalledAntônio Cândido Alvarenga †Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil 24.9Ordained PriestIgnacy Maria Dubowski †Priest of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec), UkraineBishop Emeritus of Luceoria o Łuck e Zytomir o Zytomierz, Ukraine 23.4Ordained PriestOdilon Fages, O.S.F.S. †Priest of Oblates of St. Francis de SalesVicar Apostolic of Orange River, South Africa 26 MarBornTomás Juan Carlos Solari †Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina 27 Mar24.0Ordained PriestFrancesco Alessandro Cagliero, I.M.C. †Priest of Torino {Turin}, ItalyPrefect of Iringa, Tanzania BornAlberto Carinci †Archbishop Emeritus of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy 73.8DiedJames Duggan †Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USABishop Apr53.4InstalledPeter Bourgade (Bougarde) †Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA 46.4DiedJoannes Obcalocesien (Ohannessian, Chanessian) †Bishop of Ancira (Angora) (Armenian), Turkey 1 AprBornLorenzo Bianchi, P.I.M.E. †Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China 23.2Ordained PriestGiuseppe Marazzi †Priest of Albano, ItalyAuxiliary Bishop 24.9Ordained PriestJoseph Schemmer, O.M.I. †Priest of Oblates of Mary ImmaculatePrefect Emeritus of Cimbebasia Inferiore, Namibia 23.4Ordained PriestFrederico Benício de Souza e Costa, E.C.M.C. †PriestBishop Emeritus of Amazonas, Brazil 25.7Ordained PriestLaurentius Zeller, O.S.B. †Priest of Order of Saint BenedictApostolic Administrator of Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil 2 Apr23.0Ordained PriestEugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †Priest of Roma {Rome}, ItalyPope 3 AprBornPierre-Marie Gustave Lacointe †Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France 4 Apr61.1InstalledJosé María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. Obs. †Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, MéxicoBishop of Aguascalientes, México 5 AprBornJoseph Zhang Runbo (Ciamgioenpuo, Chang Yuin-po) †Bishop Emeritus of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China 6 Apr48.0ResignedFrancisco Javier Valdés y Noriega, O.E.S.A. †Bishop-Elect of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)Bishop of Salamanca, Spain 9 Apr34.0Ordained BishopFrancisco Alberti †Titular Bishop of SiuniaArchbishop of La Plata, Argentina 59.1Ordained BishopGustave Augustin Rouxel †Titular Bishop of CuriumAuxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 12 AprBornThomas M. Megan, S.V.D. †Prefect Emeritus of Xinxiang [Sinsiang], China 57.4SelectedHeinrich Hubert Aloysius Voß (Voss) †Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany 13 Apr61.5SucceededPierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China 58.9DiedJean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Sarthou, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China 15 Apr78.1DiedAgostino Bausa, O.P. †Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy 33.8AppointedJosé de Jesús Fernández y Barragán †Coadjutor Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, MéxicoBishop Emeritus 33.8AppointedJosé de Jesús Fernández y Barragán †Titular Bishop of TlosBishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México 16 Apr58.3Ordained BishopJuan Antonio Ruano Martín †Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in IsauriaBishop of Lérida, Spain 17 Apr54.8DiedJohn Ambrose Watterson †Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA 18 AprBornJohannes Pohlschneider †Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany 51.2AppointedGiovanni Vescia †Bishop of Policastro, ItalyBishop Emeritus 16.5EnteredBruno Wolnik, S.J. †Member of Society of JesusPrefect Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia 19 Apr23.0Ordained PriestLuca Piergiovanni †Priest of Pesaro, ItalyBishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy 20 Apr22.3Ordained PriestAugustin Bostani †PriestBishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon 22 AprBornVincent Hanly †Bishop of Elphin, Ireland 23 Apr43.4SelectedCyril IX Mogabgab †Bishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), LebanonPatriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria 60.6DiedDaniele Tempesta, O.F.M. Ref. †Bishop of Troia, Italy 26 Apr71.8DiedNicola (Francisco Saverio) Contieri, O.Bas. †Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy 91.7DiedIgnazio Maria Selitti †Bishop Emeritus of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy 27 Apr57.3ResignedFrancisco Sáenz de Urturi y Crespo, O.F.M. Obs. †Archbishop of Santiago de CubaArchbishop Emeritus 28 Apr60.3AppointedMatthew Gaffney †Bishop of Meath, IrelandBishop Emeritus 30 Apr57.5InstalledJosé Guadalupe de Jesús Alva y Franco, O.F.M. †Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), MéxicoBishop of Zacatecas, México BornPeregrin de la Fuente Néstar, O.P. †Prelate of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines 51.3Ordained BishopGiovanni Vescia †Bishop of Policastro, ItalyBishop Emeritus