Year 1908, January-March, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title unknown64.0DiedEtienne Apikian †Bishop of Trabzon (Trebisonda) (Armenian), Turkey 44.2AppointedJoão Batista Corrêa Nery (Neri) †Apostolic Administrator of Campanha, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop of Campinas, Brazil 49.0AppointedJules Abraham David †Archbishop 16.8ProfessedAlexandre Digard, O.F.M. †Member of Order of Friars MinorPrefect Emeritus of Yiduxian [Iduhsien], China 73.0DiedSilvano de Stefano, O.S.B. †Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy 25.0First VowsWilhelm Finnemann, S.V.D. †Member of Society of the Divine WordPrefect of Mindoro, Philippines 33.9IncardinatedAdalbero Joseph (Michael) Fleischer, C.M.M. †Priest of Congregation of Mariannhill MissionariesVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mariannhill, South Africa 35.3AppointedGiovanni Garigliano †Vicar General of L’Aquila, ItalyBishop of Biella, Italy 17.2ProfessedValeriano Guemes Rodriguez, C.M. †Member of Congregation of the MissionSuperior Emeritus of Cuttack, India 55.1ResignedIgnazio Homsi †Patriarchal Vicar of Damas (Melkite Greek), SyriaPatriarchal Vicar Emeritus 66.7ResignedFélix-Jules-Xavier Jourdan de la Passardière, C.O. †Auxiliary Bishop of Rouen, FranceAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 29.7IncardinatedDionizy (Roman) Kajetanowicz †Priest of Lviv (Armenian), UkraineApostolic Administrator 48.2ResignedIsaac-Jesu-Yab Khoudabache (Koudabache) †Bishop of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean), IranArchbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran 59.0AppointedSevère-Samuel Lahdo †Archbishop Born[Stephen Li Side] †Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China BornJérôme (Joseph Emil) Malenfant, O.F.M. Cap. †Prefect Emeritus of Gorakhpur, India 38.9ResignedAugustinus Nachtwey, O.M.I. †Prefect of Cimbebasia Inferiore, NamibiaPrefect Emeritus 67.5DiedGabriele Neviani, O.F.M. Ref. †Bishop Emeritus of Sapë, Albania 50.0AppointedAthanase Ignace Nuri †Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria dei SiriArchbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq 50.0ResignedAthanase Ignace Nuri †Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), IraqArchbishop Emeritus 33.7First VowsJoseph Reiners, S.V.D. †Priest of Society of the Divine WordPrefect Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan 28.4ProfessedVincent-François-Joseph Sage, M.E.P. †Priest of La Société des Missions EtrangèresCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria {Manciuria Meridionale}, China 49.7AppointedRicardo Sepúlveda Hermosilla †Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) of Temuco, ChileEcclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) Emeritus 24.7ProfessedGiovanni Soggiu, O.F.M. Conv. †Member of Order of Friars Minor ConventualPrefect of Ankang [Hinganfu], China 49.8ResignedPietro Andrea (Pierre-André) Viganò, S.J. †Bishop of Hyderabad, IndiaBishop Emeritus 21.7Perpetual VowsGérard Wantenaar, M.H.M. †Member of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill HillVicar Apostolic of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) BornJohn Baptist Ye Yishi (Ye Ershi) †Bishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China JanDiedStefano Auad (Evodio) †Bishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite) 67.9DiedRuggero Augusto Catizone †Auxiliary Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy 37.0SucceededAlain Guynot de Boismenu, M.S.C. †Vicar Apostolic of New GuineaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Papua, Papua New Guinea 71.9ResignedLouis-André Navarre, M.S.C. †Vicar Apostolic of New GuineaVicar Apostolic Emeritus 4 JanBornThomas Joseph Drury †Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA 65.0DiedStefan Aleksander Zwierowicz †Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland 5 Jan38.4InstalledBeda Giovanni Cardinale, O.S.B. †Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, ItalyApostolic Nuncio to Portugal 42.5Ordained BishopPedro Muñagorri y Obineta, O.P. †Titular Bishop of PityusVicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam 6 Jan56.9Ordained BishopJosef Antonin Hůlka †Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia 45.9Ordained BishopLeonida Mapelli †Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy 49.7Ordained BishopLuigi Maria Marelli †Bishop of Bobbio, ItalyBishop of Bergamo, Italy 7 JanBornAlois Bürke, S.M.B. †Prefect Emeritus of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China BornVictor Van Beurden, SS.CC. †Bishop Emeritus of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 8 Jan84.7DiedSigismondo Brandolini Rota †Bishop of Ceneda, Italy 59.5SucceededAndrea Caron †Bishop of Ceneda, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Genova, Italy 9 JanBornFrancisco Javier Gillmore Stock †Bishop Emeritus of Chile, Military 84.0DiedGábor Szele †Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary 46.9Ordained BishopAngelo Simonetti †Bishop of Pescia, Italy 10 Jan86.0DiedAdolphe-Josué-Frédéric Fiard †Bishop of Montauban, France BornJaime Garcia Goulart †Bishop Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste 57.1SucceededPierre-Eugène-Alexandre Marty †Bishop of Montauban, France 13 Jan70.8DiedFrancesco Bacchini †Bishop Emeritus of Terni, ItalyBishop 71.3AppointedFrancesco Segna †Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index 14 Jan69.7Ordained BishopPedro Manuel García Naranjó †Archbishop of Lima, Peru BornPeter Kelleter, C.S.Sp. †Bishop Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa 15 JanBornGilbert Hess, O.S.B. †President Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict 17 JanBornPierre François Lehaen, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 19 JanBornPompeu de Sá Leão y Seabra, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Malanje, Angola 20 JanBornLéonce Tchantayan †Bishop Emeritus of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran 22 JanBornJosip Salač †Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia 23 Jan37.2InstalledPedro Pascuál Francesco Farfán de los Godos †Bishop of Huaraz, PeruArchbishop of Lima, Peru 25 Jan62.0DiedAntonio Sebastião Valente †Patriarch of East Indies, India 26 Jan43.6Ordained BishopAntónio Alves Ferreira †Titular Bishop of MartyropolisBishop of Viseu, Portugal 72.0DiedRocco Tornatore, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Burma {Birmania Orientale}, Myanmar 28 Jan57.3SucceededLéon-Adolphe Amette †Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France BornFrançois-Odon De Wilde, O.P. †Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.) BornDragutin Nežić †Bishop Emeritus of Poreč i Pula, Croatia 88.9DiedFrançois-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne †Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France 29 Jan61.3Ordained BishopJean-Baptiste Biolley †Bishop of Tarentaise, France BornJosé Agustín Marozzi †Bishop Emeritus of Resistencia, Argentina 30 Jan55.9AppointedEugène-Marie-Joseph Allys, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Northern Cochin {Cocincina Settentrionale}, Viet NamVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Huê, Viet Nam 55.9AppointedEugène-Marie-Joseph Allys, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of PhacusaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Huê, Viet Nam 31 Jan49.7AppointedBasilio Pompilj †Secretary of the Congregation of the CouncilCardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy 1 FebBornPaolo Bertoli †Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber 48.6AppointedFrederick William Keating †Bishop of Northampton, England, Great BritainArchbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain 16.7ProfessedBernardo Merizalde Morales, O.A.R. †Member of Order of Augustinian RecollectsPrefect Emeritus of Tumaco, Colombia 2 Feb55.7Ordained BishopSebastião Leite de Vasconcellos †Bishop of Beja, PortugalBishop Emeritus 37.7Final VowsLouis Van Hoeck, S.J. †Priest of Society of JesusBishop of Ranchi, India 3 FebBornLadislav Hlad †Titular Bishop of Cediae 63.5InstalledGaspard-Marie-Michel-André Latty †Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France 4 Feb59.4DiedSerafino Angelini †Bishop of Avellino, Italy 8 Feb56.4DiedAntun Maurović †Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia BornJoseph Wang Cizhang (Wan Tsu-chang) †Bishop of Hengyang [Hengchow], China 9 Feb27.7Final VowsJoseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp. †Priest of Congregation of the Holy SpiritBishop Emeritus of Moshi, Tanzania 10 FebBornJosephus Johannes Maria Blomjous, M. Afr. †Bishop Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania 72.8DiedAlfonso Maria Giordano, C.Ss.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Calvi e Teano, Italy 62.1AppointedIldefonso Vincenzo Pisani, C.R.L. †Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, ItalyBishop Emeritus 12 Feb78.9RetiredJohannes Fidelis Battaglia †Bishop of Chur, SwitzerlandBishop Emeritus 14 FebBornLaurent Morin †Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada 37.1AppointedPierre Chébli (Scebli) †Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon 15 Feb51.0AppointedAdolphe-Yves-Marie Duparc †Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France 37.1Ordained BishopPierre Chébli (Scebli) †Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon 16 Feb53.7Ordained BishopNicola Cicero (Ciceri), C.M. †Titular Bishop of DausaraVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kianfu, China BornZoltan Lengyel †Apostolic Administrator of Romania (Armenian) 57.5Ordained BishopAndrés Machado, S.J. †Bishop of Bolivar, EcuadorBishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador 76.4DiedJean-Élie Mellus, O.S.H. †Bishop of Mardin (Chaldean), Turkey 40.5Ordained BishopIgnacio Placencia y Moreira †Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, MéxicoBishop of Zacatecas, México 17 Feb39.4InstalledJoão Francisco Braga †Bishop of Curitiba, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil 19 Feb55.6AppointedJános Csernoch †Bishop of Csanád, HungaryCardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary 79.0DiedJohn Leonard †Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa 64.0SucceededJohn Rooney †Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South AfricaVicar Apostolic Emeritus 21 Feb84.1DiedIgnacio Antonio Parra †Bishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia 22 FebBornPolicarpo da Costa Vaz †Bishop Emeritus of Guarda, Portugal BornAbilio del Campo y de la Bárcena †Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain BornFrancis Han Tingbi (Ting-pi) †Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung], China BornMatthias Duan Yinmin (Duan In-min) †Bishop of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China 23 FebBornPietro Sigismondi †Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith 25 Feb51.0Ordained BishopAdolphe-Yves-Marie Duparc †Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France 48.6Ordained BishopFrederick William Keating †Bishop of Northampton, England, Great BritainArchbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain 55.2Ordained BishopJoseph Maria Koudelka †Titular Bishop of GermanicopolisBishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA BornAnton Reiterer, M.C.C.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Lydenburg-Witbank, South Africa 26 FebBornRomán Acevedo Rojas †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México 34.8SucceededAndré-Etienne-Athanase Hermel, SS.CC. †Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti {Isole Tahiti}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania) BornJoseph Landreau, C.S.Sp. †Prefect of Saint-Louis du Sénégal 72.9ResignedMarie-Joseph (Maxime Justin Félix) Verdier, SS.CC. †Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti {Isole Tahiti}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)Vicar Apostolic Emeritus 28 Feb69.9DiedGiocondo (Matthaeus) de Nittis, O.F.M. Ref. †Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy 1 Mar62.1Ordained BishopIldefonso Vincenzo Pisani, C.R.L. †Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, ItalyBishop Emeritus 5 MarBornJohn Kwao Amuzu Aggey †Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria 6 Mar44.0AppointedÉmile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I. †Prefect of Yukon, CanadaVicar Apostolic of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada 39.5AppointedPrudencio Gomes da Silva †Bishop of Goiás, Brazil 40.6InstalledIgnacio Placencia y Moreira †Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, MéxicoBishop of Zacatecas, México 8 Mar49.1Ordained BishopJules Abraham David †Archbishop 61.7DiedHenry Henry †Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland 9 Mar55.9AppointedHector-Irénée Sévin †Bishop of Châlons, FranceCardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France 10 Mar51.0InstalledAdolphe-Yves-Marie Duparc †Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France BornDelfín Quesada Castro †Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica 12 Mar47.2AppointedGabriel Émile Grison, S.C.I. †Vicar Apostolic of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Vicar Apostolic Emeritus 47.2AppointedGabriel Émile Grison, S.C.I. †Titular Bishop of SagalassusVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 14 Mar23.3Ordained PriestCostanzo Bergna, O.F.M. †Priest of Order of Friars MinorPrefect of Dessié, Ethiopia BornAntoni Léon Louis Caillot †Bishop Emeritus of Évreux, France 16 Mar68.1DiedGustave Augustin Rouxel †Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 17 Mar70.1DiedGiovanni Battista Casali del Drago †Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople 18 MarBornThomas Edward Gill †Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA 49.8AppointedRaffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno †Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical AffairsCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious 19 MarBornLeo Christopher Byrne †Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 22.5Ordained PriestBl. Nikollë Vinçenc Prennushi, O.F.M. †Priest of Order of Friars MinorArchbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania 20 Mar39.3AppointedAgostinho Francisco Benassi †Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil 51.8DiedFrançois-Nicolas-Alphonse Kunemann, C.S.Sp. †Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal 21 Mar33.7AppointedNicola Canali †Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of StateCardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary BornNeemeh Simaan †Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine 22 Mar78.5DiedRaffaele Capone, C.Ss.R. †Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy 23 MarBornCharles Herman Helmsing †Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA 24 Mar34.3ProfessedStefano Aurelio Bacciarini, S.d.C. †Priest of Congregation of Servants of CharityApostolic Administrator of Lugano, Switzerland 25 Mar53.9Ordained BishopVicente Casanova y Marzol †Bishop of Almería, SpainCardinal, Archbishop of Granada, Spain 38.5Final VowsAnthony Joseph Schuler, S.J. †Priest of Society of JesusBishop Emeritus of El Paso, Texas, USA 29 Mar47.4Ordained BishopCharles-Marie-Félix de Gorostarzu, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of AelaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yünnanfu, China 50.9DiedAthanasius Klemens Götte, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shensi {Scen-Si Settentrionale}, China 47.9Ordained BishopPrudencio Melo y Alcalde †Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)Archbishop of Valencia, Spain 30 Mar80.6DiedPróspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera †Archbishop of México, Federal District BornPaul-Louis Carrière †Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France BornDaniel Eugene Ivancho † 57.6AppointedGiovanni Vincenzo Tasso, C.M. †Bishop of Aosta, Italy 31 MarBornBernard Joseph Flanagan †Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA BornJosé de Jesús Tirado Pedraza †Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México