The Year of Our Lord 1905

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	17.2	Professed	Assuero Teofano Bassi, S.X. †	Member of Xaverian Missionary Fathers	Bishop of Luoyang [Loyang], China
	77.2	Died	Raffaele Bianchi †	Bishop Emeritus of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Domenico del Buono †	Priest of Bari (-Canosa), Italy	Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Pjetër Dema †	Priest	Vicar Capitular of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
	27.8	Converted	Alexandre Evreinoff †	Titular Archbishop of Parium
		Born	Killian Flynn, O.F.M. Cap. †		Prefect Emeritus of Victoria Falls, Zambia
	17.3	Professed	Ivan Dimitrov Garufalov, C. R. †	Member of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ	Apostolic Exarch of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
	39.3	Incardinated	Arthur Hinsley †	Priest of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
		Born	[Paul Kong Ling-zhong], P.S.S. †		Archbishop of Kunming [Kunming], China
		Born	Viktor Novikov (Makovski), S.J. †		Bishop
	38.9	Appointed	Pietro de Maria, P.I.M.E. †	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Jean-Henri Mazoyer, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Prefect Emeritus of Vientiane e Luang-Prabang, Laos
	20.1	Professed	Luigi Nogara, P.I.M.E. †	Member of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Kaifeng [Kaifeng] (Kaifengfu), China
		Appointed	Alessandro dei Santi, O.SS.T. †	Prefect of Benadir, Somalia
		Appointed	Bruno Schinxe, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
	27.1	Final Vows	Wilhelm Maria Thiletzek (Tyleczek), S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Prelate of Foz do Iguaçu (Iguassú), Brazil
1 Jan	80.2	Died	Benoît-Marie Langénieux †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
2 Jan	37.4	Appointed	Giovanni Giuseppe Santini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Rhétie (Rezia, Rhaetia), Switzerland	Titular Bishop of Zama Major
	51.8	Appointed	Heinrich Vieter, S.A.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cameroun
	51.8	Appointed	Heinrich Vieter, S.A.C. †	Titular Bishop of Paraetonium	Vicar Apostolic of Cameroun
7 Jan	78.7	Died	Domenico Bucchi-Accica †	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
		Born	Jan Cieński †		Bishop
	52.1	Appointed	Francisco de Paula Mendoza y Herrera †	Bishop of Campeche, México	Archbishop of Durango, México
9 Jan	41.8	Appointed	Leonard Stefan Deda, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania	Bishop
	41.8	Appointed	Leonard Stefan Deda, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thagora	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
	59.0	Appointed	Modestus Johannes-Baptiste Everaerts, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
	59.0	Appointed	Modestus Johannes-Baptiste Everaerts, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tadamata	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Stefan Novák †	Priest of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia
10 Jan	35.8	Appointed	Lazër Mjeda (Miedia) †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania	Archbishop
10 Jan	35.8	Appointed	Lazër Mjeda (Miedia) †	Titular Archbishop of Areopolis	Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania
11 Jan		Born	Joseph Patrick Dougherty †		Bishop Emeritus of Yakima, Washington, USA
11 Jan		Born	David Maryanayagam Swamidoss Pillat, S.D.B. †		Bishop of Vellore, India
13 Jan	39.0	Appointed	Jules-Victor-Marie Pichon †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus of Les Cayes, Haïti
13 Jan	39.0	Appointed	Jules-Victor-Marie Pichon †	Titular Archbishop of Cabasa	Bishop Emeritus of Les Cayes, Haïti
14 Jan	59.2	Appointed	François-Théophile-Zotique Racicot †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
14 Jan	59.2	Appointed	François-Théophile-Zotique Racicot †	Titular Bishop of Pogla	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
15 Jan	25.9	Ordained Priest	Lucas Guillermo Castillo Hernández †	Priest	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Pedro Massa, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Prelate Emeritus of Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil
		Born	Paul Francis Tanner †		Bishop Emeritus of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
		Born	Cyril John Vogel †		Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA
17 Jan	51.4	Appointed	Antonio Bassani †	Coadjutor Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	51.4	Appointed	Antonio Bassani †	Titular Bishop of Delcus	Bishop Emeritus of Chioggia, Italy
	79.1	Died	José Moreno y Mazón †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
20 Jan	43.5	Appointed	Frediano Giannini, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber
	43.5	Appointed	Frediano Giannini, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Serrae	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber
	43.5	Appointed	Frediano Giannini, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Delegate to Syria	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber
	47.5	Appointed	Giacomo Maria Radini-Tedeschi †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
22 Jan	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Rivera y Muñoz †	Titular Bishop of Carpasia	Bishop of Querétaro, México
22 Jan	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Heinrich Vieter, S.A.C. †	Titular Bishop of Paraetonium	Vicar Apostolic of Cameroun
23 Jan	62.8	Died	Domenico Fegatelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
24 Jan		Born	Victor Léon Jean Pierre Marie Bazin, M.E.P. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Rangoon, Myanmar
	71.8	Died	Luigi Piavi (Biavi), O.F.M. Obs. †	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	77.9	Died	Giovanni Battista Ceschi a Santa Croce, S.M.O.M. †	Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
	49.2	Appointed	Salvatore Fratocchi †	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
		Born	Bernardino Maria Dino Piccinelli, O.S.M. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ancona e Numana, Italy
25 Jan		Born	Maurice Roy †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
25 Jan	75.1	Died	Joseph von Schork †	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
26 Jan		Born	John Carmel Heenan †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
27 Jan	64.6	Died	Johann Baptist Schneider †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
28 Jan	37.0	Appointed	Josep Pujol i Coll, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Caquetá, Colombia	Prefect Emeritus
	41.2	Appointed	Augustín Fischer-Colbrie †	Titular Bishop of Dometiopolis	Bishop of Košice, Slovakia
	41.2	Confirmed	Augustín Fischer-Colbrie †	Coadjutor Bishop of Košice, Slovakia	Bishop
29 Jan	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Maria Radini-Tedeschi †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
30 Jan		Born	John Thomas Toohey †		Bishop of Maitland, Australia
Feb	75.4	Resigned	Eugenio Cano †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
Feb	71.0	Resigned	Giuseppe Morticelli †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
2 Feb	35.9	Final Vows	Santiago López de Rego y Labarta, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Marianne, Caroline, and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Paula Mendoza y Herrera †	Bishop of Campeche, México	Archbishop of Durango, México
	36.4	Final Vows	Joaquín Vilallonga y Bernia, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Superior Emeritus of Ahmedabad, India
5 Feb	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Etienne-Marie Bonaventure, M.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Nagpur, India
	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Julián de Diego y García Alcolea †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
		Born	Petru Plesca †		Ordinary of Iaşi, Romania
	32.8	Ordained Bishop	Athanase Melèce Onésime Sawoya, B.C. †	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
7 Feb	52.7	Selected	Friedrich Philipp von Abert †	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
9 Feb		Born	Coleman Francis Carroll †		Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA
9 Feb	48.1	Died	Richard Preston †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
10 Feb	45.0	Installed	Luís Silva Lezaeta †	Vicar Apostolic of Antofagasta, Chile	Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile
11 Feb	76.2	Died	Giovanni Battista Bertagna †	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
12 Feb	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Jesús María Echavarría y Aguirre †	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
12 Feb	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Jules-Victor-Marie Pichon †	Titular Archbishop of Cabasa	Bishop Emeritus of Les Cayes, Haïti
14 Feb		Appointed	Agustín María Alemany, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Ucayali, Peru	Prefect Emeritus
	38.1	Appointed	William Timothy Cotter †	Auxiliary Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain	Bishop
	38.1	Appointed	William Timothy Cotter †	Titular Bishop of Clazomenae	Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
15 Feb	55.1	Installed	Henry K. Moeller †	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
17 Feb		Born	Cornelius Bronsveld, M. Afr. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Tabora, Tanzania
18 Feb	44.0	Appointed	Thomas Francis Hickey †	Coadjutor Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
18 Feb	44.0	Appointed	Thomas Francis Hickey †	Titular Bishop of Berenice	Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
20 Feb	52.2	Installed	Francisco de Paula Mendoza y Herrera †	Bishop of Campeche, México	Archbishop of Durango, México
20 Feb		Born	Plinio Pascoli †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
22 Feb		Born	Francis James Furey †		Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
23 Feb	66.5	Died	Charles-Evariste-Joseph Coeuret-Varin †	Bishop of Agen, France
24 Feb	26.6	Ordained Priest	Theodor Buddenbrock, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop of Lanzhou [Lanchow], China
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Anton Ceska, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Prefect Emeritus of Niigata, Japan
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Franz Hoowaarts, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Caozhou/Heze [Tsaochow], China
	42.3	Ordained Bishop	David Joseph Scollard †	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Félix Soto y Mancera †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
25 Feb		Born	Lucien Bernard Lacoste, S.C.I. di Béth. †		Bishop Emeritus of Dali [Tali], China
26 Feb	22.6	Ordained Deacon	Albert-Henri-Charles Breton, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan
27 Feb	63.9	Appointed	Ambrogio Onorato Luddi, O.P. †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
28 Feb	51.9	Appointed	Gérard (Josef) Van Caloen, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Abbot Emeritus
1 Mar	36.1	Resigned	Bonaventure Finbarr Francis Broderick †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
3 Mar	54.1	Appointed	Zenón Bustos y Ferreyra, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
3 Mar	67.1	Appointed	Joseph Higgins †	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia
5 Mar		Born	Adelmo Cavalcante Machado †		Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
5 Mar	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Frediano Giannini, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Serrae	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber
6 Mar	54.4	Elected	Galeas (Galeazzo) von Thun und Hohenstein, S.M.O.M. †	Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
10 Mar	61.1	Confirmed	José Correia Cardoso Monteiro †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
10 Mar	73.7	Died	Francesco Tavani †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (-Farfa), Italy
12 Mar	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Augustín Fischer-Colbrie †	Titular Bishop of Dometiopolis	Bishop of Košice, Slovakia
13 Mar	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Javier Baztán y Urniza †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Eustaquio Ilundáin y Esteban †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	81.3	Died	Nilo Isvoroff †	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Edouard Gabriel Quint, O.F.M. †		Prefect Emeritus of Weihai [Weihaiwei], China
14 Mar	73.1	Died	Gyula Meszlényi †	Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
14 Mar	38.6	Died	Cassian (Franz Anton) Spiess (Spieß), O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}, Tanzania
15 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	Albino González y Menédez Reigada, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
18 Mar	24.6	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Costantini †	Priest of Venezia {Venice}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Luni o La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Nicolás de Carlo †	Priest of Paraná, Argentina	Bishop of Resistencia, Argentina
	71.9	Died	Joseph Georg von Ehrler †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Antonín Eltschkner †	Priest of Hradec Králové, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Marcos Sergio Godoy †	Priest	Bishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela
		Born	Antonio Lanza †		Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Pie Eugène Joseph Neveu, A.A. †	Priest of Augustinians of the Assumption	Apostolic Administrator of Moscow, Russian Federation
	24.6	Ordained Priest	Jean Nissan †	Priest	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
19 Mar	25.6	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Cimatti, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Prefect Emeritus of Miyazaki, Japan
	38.2	Ordained Bishop	William Timothy Cotter †	Titular Bishop of Clazomenae	Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Gaetano Mignani, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Ji’an [Kian], China
20 Mar		Born	Pierre Louis Leclerc, M. Afr. †		Bishop Emeritus of Ségou, Mali
20 Mar		Born	Joseph Streidt †		Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
21 Mar	57.5	Selected	Konrad von Busch †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
22 Mar	46.9	Died	Odorico Giuseppe Rizzi, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shensi {Scen-Si Settentrionale}, China
26 Mar		Born	Štěpán Trochta, S.D.B. †		Cardinal, Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
27 Mar	52.9	Confirmed	Friedrich Philipp von Abert †	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
	63.6	Appointed	Francesco di Paola Cassetta †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	55.2	Appointed	Costanzo Castrale †	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	55.2	Appointed	Costanzo Castrale †	Titular Bishop of Gaza	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	46.7	Installed	Jesús María Echavarría y Aguirre †	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
	34.2	Appointed	Remigio Gandásegui y Gorrochátegui †	Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
	34.2	Appointed	Remigio Gandásegui y Gorrochátegui †	Titular Bishop of Dora	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
	66.3	Appointed	Emanuele Merra †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
	61.3	Appointed	José Meseguer y Costa †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	50.4	Appointed	Emilio Parodi, C.M. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sassari, Italy	Archbishop
	50.4	Appointed	Emilio Parodi, C.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Pessinus	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
	45.0	Appointed	Cyrillo de Paula Freitas †	Coadjutor Bishop of Cuiabá, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
	45.0	Appointed	Cyrillo de Paula Freitas †	Titular Bishop of Eucarpia	Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
	56.9	Appointed	Juan Manuel Sanz y Saravia †	Bishop of León, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
	51.5	Appointed	Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo †	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
30 Mar		Born	Thomas Joseph Brosnahan, C.S.Sp. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone
31 Mar		Born	Girolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Padova {Padua}, Italy
	47.9	Appointed	Richard Collins †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain	Bishop
	47.9	Appointed	Richard Collins †	Titular Bishop of Selinus	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

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