The Year of Our Lord 1907

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	49.2	Appointed	François Marie-Dominique Berré, O.P. †	Superior of Mossul, Iraq	Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq
	23.4	Entered	Patrick Albert Bray, C.I.M. †	Member of Congregation of Jesus and Mary	Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
	43.1	Resigned	Hermann Bücking, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Togo	Prefect Emeritus
	35.6	Incardinated	Bernard Alexis Burquier, C.R.A. †	Priest of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
	82.3	Died	Osvaldo Casali †	Auxiliary Bishop of Camerino, Italy
	67.1	Resigned	Antonio Maria Contini †	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Luis Alfonso Crespo Chiriboga †		Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
	62.7	Resigned	Federico de Martino †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Bl. Narciso de Esténaga y Echevarría †	Priest of Toledo, Spain	Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain
	29.0	Professed	Bl. Salvio Huix Miralpéix, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
	21.3	First Vows	Manuel Könner, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Prelate Emeritus of Foz do Iguaçu (Iguassú), Brazil
	18.9	Professed	Jean Larregain, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Yünnanfu, China
	22.6	Professed	Ambroise Leblanc, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect Emeritus of Urawa, Japan
	23.5	First Vows	Heinrich Leven, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Isole della Piccola Sonda, Indonesia
	17.4	Professed	Federico Melendro y Gutiérrez, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Archbishop of Anqing [Anking, Huai-ning], China
		Born	Marko Mihayo †		Archbishop Emeritus of Tabora, Tanzania
	39.7	Appointed	Nikolaus Schönig, S.V.D. †	Pro-Prefect of Togo	Prefect Emeritus
	14.6	Professed	Fiorenzo Umberto Tessiatore, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Sianfu, China
	23.6	Professed	Enrico Pascal Valtorta, P.I.M.E. †	Member of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
	35.5	Ordained Priest	Antonio Rafael Villanueva, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru
	20.5	First Vows	Charles (Karl) Weber, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Linyi [Ichow], China
Jan	45.0	Resigned	Joseph-Claude Excoffier, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yünnan, China	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
2 Jan	40.9	Appointed	Jean-Louis-Joseph Derouet, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Lower French Congo {Congo Francese Inferiore}
	40.9	Appointed	Jean-Louis-Joseph Derouet, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Camachus	Vicar Apostolic of Lower French Congo {Congo Francese Inferiore}
	37.8	Appointed	George Albert Guertin †	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
	39.9	Resigned	Víctor Manuel Montero Carvallo, SS.CC. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá, Chile	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	39.9	Appointed	Martín Rucker Sotomayor †	Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá, Chile	Bishop of Chillán, Chile
3 Jan	22.4	Ordained Priest	István Madarász †	Priest	Bishop of Košice, Slovakia
4 Jan		Born	Salvatore Baldassarri †		Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna e Cervia, Italy
4 Jan		Born	Joseph Peter Michael Denning †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
6 Jan	69.6	Ordained Bishop	Wilhelm Blazek †	Titular Bishop of Modra	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia
7 Jan	59.3	Appointed	Jacobus Cornelis Meeuwissen, C.Ss.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	59.3	Appointed	Jacobus Cornelis Meeuwissen, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Prusa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Kazimierz Tomczak †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
8 Jan	83.0	Died	Tomasz Teofil Kuliński †	Bishop of Kielce, Poland
	46.6	Confirmed	Michel Miroff (Mirov) †	Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis
	31.2	Appointed	Frederico Benício de Souza e Costa, E.C.M.C. †	Bishop of Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan	44.6	Appointed	Amando Agosto Bahlmann, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Santarém, Para, Brazil
	85.1	Died	Jean-Joseph Fenouil, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Yünnan, China
	59.0	Died	George Thomas Montgomery †	Coadjutor Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA
11 Jan		Born	Giuseppe Perniciaro †		Bishop Emeritus of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
	43.4	Appointed	Ulpiano María Pérez y Quiñones †	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
	43.4	Appointed	Ulpiano María Pérez y Quiñones †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
12 Jan	41.4	Appointed	William Ambrose Jones, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
12 Jan	44.7	Appointed	Manuel María Pólit y Laso †	Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
13 Jan	64.1	Appointed	Pierre-Louis Péchenard †	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France
13 Jan	60.5	Ordained Bishop	Agostino Silj †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea Ponti	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
14 Jan		Born	Antonio Ravagli †		Bishop Emeritus of Modigliana, Italy
17 Jan	55.7	Resigned	Severinus Noti, S.J. †	Archbishop-Elect of Bombay, India	Priest of Society of Jesus
18 Jan		Born	Thomas Bernard Pearson †		Auxiliary Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
18 Jan		Born	Leonardo Viera Contreras †		Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
20 Jan	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Raffaele Piras †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
23 Jan	55.0	Died	Anatole-Joseph Toulotte, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sahara and Sudan
25 Jan	34.4	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
26 Jan		Born	William J. Philbin †		Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland
27 Jan	22.5	Ordained Priest	Berardo Barracciu, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Prefect of Ankang [Hinganfu], China
27 Jan	28.7	Ordained Priest	Pedro Octavio Ortiz Arrieta, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru
28 Jan		Born	André-Jean-Marie Charles de la Brousse †		Bishop Emeritus of Dijon, France
31 Jan	25.8	Ordained Priest	Inocêncio Engelke, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
31 Jan	64.1	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Louis Péchenard †	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France
2 Feb		Born	Juan José Bernal Ortiz †		Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela
2 Feb	52.7	Died	William Stang †	Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
3 Feb	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Louis-Joseph Derouet, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Camachus	Vicar Apostolic of Lower French Congo {Congo Francese Inferiore}
5 Feb		Born	Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie, S.J. †		Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
5 Feb		Born	Edmondo Quaglia Martínez †		Bishop of Minas, Uruguay
6 Feb	75.7	Died	François Hautin †	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
6 Feb	55.7	Installed	Franz Anton von Henle †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
7 Feb		Born	Paternus Nicholas Joannes Cornelius Geise, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Bogor, Indonesia
7 Feb	67.2	Died	Martin Josef Říha †	Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
8 Feb		Born	Bruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Oudtshoorn, South Africa
10 Feb	34.4	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
10 Feb	23.1	Ordained Priest	Georg Weig, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China
12 Feb		Born	Volodymyr Sterniuk, C.Ss.R. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
14 Feb		Born	François Xavier Arthur Florent Morilleau †		Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
14 Feb	71.6	Died	Manuel Santander y Frutos †	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
15 Feb		Born	Alfonso Maria Montà, O.S.M. †		Prior General Emeritus of Order of Friar Servants of Mary
19 Feb	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Michel Miroff (Mirov) †	Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis
20 Feb	81.0	Died	Antonio Maria Cesareo †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia
20 Feb	75.0	Died	Pierre-Eugène Rougerie †	Bishop of Pamiers, France
21 Feb	73.3	Died	Edward Fitzgerald †	Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
	40.6	Succeeded	John Baptist Morris †	Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
		Born	Artemio Prati †		Bishop Emeritus of Carpi, Italy
22 Feb	73.2	Died	Amerigo Cialente †	Auxiliary Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
22 Feb		Born	Joseph Mark McShea †		Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
23 Feb	23.7	Ordained Priest	Camillo Vittorino Facchinetti, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Agustín Hombach, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Jacobus Jacobs, O. Praem. †	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	Prefect Emeritus of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	48.8	Confirmed	Josef Damian Schmitt †	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	39.0	Appointed	François-Lazare Seguin, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kuiceu (Kweichow), China	Vicar Apostolic of Kweyang [Guiyang] (Kweiyang), China
	39.0	Appointed	François-Lazare Seguin, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Pinara	Vicar Apostolic of Kweyang [Guiyang] (Kweiyang), China
24 Feb	41.5	Ordained Bishop	Giorgio Francesco Delrio †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
	41.5	Ordained Bishop	William Ambrose Jones, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Arnold Verstraelen, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic of Isole della Piccola Sonda, Indonesia
25 Feb	73.4	Died	John Keys O’Doherty †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
		Born	Giuseppe Paupini †		Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	69.3	Died	Santiago de los Santos Garza Zambrano †	Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
27 Feb	59.8	Died	Bernardino Caldajoli †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
2 Mar	88.8	Died	Paul Hubert Perny, M.E.P. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Kuiceu (Kweichow), China
3 Mar	59.5	Ordained Bishop	Jacobus Cornelis Meeuwissen, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Prusa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles
4 Mar	41.0	Appointed	Soter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania
4 Mar	41.0	Appointed	Soter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz, O.S.B.M. †	Titular Bishop of Daulia	Bishop of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania
5 Mar		Born	Manuel Tato †		Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
6 Mar	51.3	Installed	Sigismund Felix von Ow-Felldorf †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
7 Mar		Born	Luís Eduardo García Rodríguez, M.X.Y. †		Prefect of Arauca, Colombia
8 Mar	39.8	Appointed	José Antonio Eguiguren y Escudero †	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
8 Mar	49.5	Appointed	Pierre Kojunian (Koyounian) †	Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus
9 Mar		Born	André Creemers, O.S.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
10 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Adrien-Joseph Larribeau, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
10 Mar		Born	Robert Marie-Joseph François de Provenchères †		Bishop Emeritus of Créteil, France
11 Mar	84.0	Died	José Tomás Mazarrasa y Rivas †	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
12 Mar	55.8	Died	Etienne-Marie Bonaventure, M.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Nagpur, India
13 Mar	64.6	Appointed	Andrew Boylan, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
13 Mar	67.7	Died	Emile-Christophe Enard †	Archbishop of Auch, France
15 Mar	56.1	Appointed	Ivan Borzatti de Löwenstern †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	56.1	Appointed	Ivan Borzatti de Löwenstern †	Titular Bishop of Milevum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
	44.2	Installed	Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Bobadilla †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
16 Mar	25.7	Ordained Priest	Pietro Dib †	Priest	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Achille Salvucci †	Priest of Camerino, Italy	Bishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy
		Born	Antoine Henri van den Hurk, O.F.M. Cap. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Medan, Indonesia
19 Mar	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Ivan Borzatti de Löwenstern †	Titular Bishop of Milevum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
	38.0	Ordained Bishop	George Albert Guertin †	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Josef Damian Schmitt †	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho †	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
	31.4	Ordained Bishop	Frederico Benício de Souza e Costa, E.C.M.C. †	Bishop of Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
22 Mar	24.4	Ordained Priest	Petrus Legge †	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
22 Mar	71.1	Died	Manuel Santiago Medina y Bañon †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
25 Mar	19.7	Solemn Vows	Ramón Harrison Abello, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Prelate Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil
27 Mar		Born	Raymond D’Mello †		Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India
29 Mar	75.0	Died	Luigi Macchi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
30 Mar	26.3	Ordained Priest	Federico Lunardi †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
	22.7	Ordained Priest	István Uzdóczy-Zadravecz, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Hungary, Military
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Enrico Pascal Valtorta, P.I.M.E. †	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
31 Mar		Born	Marino Bergonzini †		Bishop Emeritus of Faenza, Italy

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