The Year of Our Lord 1901

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Sep 59.7 Resigned Charles Marbach † Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

1 Sep Born Bolesław Filipiak † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana

4 Sep 73.2 Appointed Francesco d’Albore † Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia Bishop Emeritus of Monopoli, Italy

73.2 Resigned Francesco d’Albore † Bishop of Monopoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus

54.4 Appointed Mattias Dvornik † Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia Archbishop Emeritus

6 Sep Born Giuseppe Dell’Omo † Bishop Emeritus of Acqui, Italy

7 Sep 17.9 Entered George Weld, S.J. † Member of Society of Jesus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles

8 Sep 45.3 Ordained Bishop Alessandro Bavona (Bavaona) † Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

44.6 Ordained Bishop Hippolyte Louis Bazin, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Tacia Montana Vicar Apostolic of Sahara of French Sudan {Sahara nel Sudan Francese}, Mali

47.8 Selected Karl Heinrich Johannes Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. † Bishop of Metz, France Bishop Emeritus

58.6 Ordained Bishop Domenico Darmanin † Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece Archbishop of Corfù, Greece

56.2 Ordained Bishop John Mary Dunne † Bishop of Bathurst, Australia

Born Jerome M. Fernandez † Bishop Emeritus of Quilon, India

58.6 Ordained Bishop Václav Antonín (Wenzel Anton) Frind † Titular Bishop of Gadara Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

55.9 Ordained Bishop Eugene Augustine Garvey † Bishop of Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA

56.7 Ordained Bishop Frantisek Borgia Krásl † Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Macedonia Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

Born Corrado Mingo † Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy

58.6 Confirmed Mathieu Sislian † Bishop of Cesarea di Cappadocia (Armenian), Turkey Bishop Emeritus

9 Sep 62.8 Died Félix Biet, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Thibet, China

Born Henri-Alexandre Chappoulie † Bishop of Angers, France

71.6 Confirmed Clément Ghazarossian † Bishop of Ancira (Angora) (Armenian), Turkey

51.4 Succeeded Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Thibet, China Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tatsienlu, China

59.6 Confirmed Jean Muradian † Bishop of Marasc (Armenian), Turkey Bishop of Cisamus

51.4 Died Bernardo Agusto Thiel Hoffman, C.M. † Bishop of San José de Costa Rica

10 Sep Born Domenico Vendola † Bishop Emeritus of Lucera, Italy

11 Sep 58.6 Died Luigi Maria Canestrari † Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy

Born Matteo Aloisio Niedhammer y Yaeckle, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields, Nicaragua

Born Imre Szabó † Apostolic Administrator of Esztergom, Hungary

13 Sep Born Claude Marie Joseph Dupuy † Archbishop Emeritus of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France

15 Sep 61.4 Ordained Bishop Jacques Roissant † Titular Bishop of Usula Auxiliary Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

Born Francis Raymond Walsh, M. Afr. † Bishop Emeritus of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain

16 Sep 51.8 Appointed José de Jesús Ortíz y Rodríguez † Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

44.8 Appointed Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) † Titular Archbishop of Gortyna Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office

44.8 Appointed Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) † Apostolic Delegate to Philippines Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office

17 Sep 59.6 Died Evangelista (Michele Antonio) di Milia, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Lecce, Italy

76.3 Died Francesco Lichtensteiger † Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

73.8 Died Andrija Marija Sterk † Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy

20 Sep 25.4 Ordained Priest Félix Couturier, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada

23.8 Ordained Priest Beniamino Nardone † Priest Secretary of the Congregation of Ceremonies

21 Sep 23.0 Ordained Priest Maurice Jean Baptiste Félix Marie Amoudru, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Apostolic Administrator of Leningrad, Russian Federation

47.9 Confirmed Karl Heinrich Johannes Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. † Bishop of Metz, France Bishop Emeritus

22.3 Ordained Priest Ernesto Eugenio Filippi † Priest Archbishop of Monreale, Italy

23.8 Ordained Deacon James Fitzpatrick † Deacon of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill Superior Emeritus of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia

27.5 Ordained Priest Ramón Font y Farrés, C.M.F. † Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia

24.5 Ordained Priest St. Manuel González y García † Priest Bishop of Palencia, Spain

23.7 Ordained Priest Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Superior General Emeritus

26.5 Ordained Priest Sylvester Patrick Mulligan, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Archbishop Emeritus of Delhi and Simla, India

22.5 Ordained Priest Henry Joseph O’Leary † Priest of Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

23.0 Ordained Priest Ivan Romanov (Romanoff) † Priest of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria Vicar Apostolic

22.5 Ordained Priest Basile Octave Tanghe, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vicar Apostolic of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

24 Sep 22.5 Ordained Priest Antonio Melomo † Priest Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy

37.1 Selected Józef Teofil Teodorowicz † Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine

25 Sep 22.4 Professed Gerhard (Thomas) Lennartz, S.C.I. † Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart Prefect Emeritus of Adamaua, Cameroon

29 Sep Born Miguel Acebedo y Flores † Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines

54.4 Ordained Bishop Mattias Dvornik † Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia Archbishop Emeritus

4 Oct Born Francisco José Castro y Ramírez † Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador

5 Oct 54.1 Appointed Thomas James Conaty † Titular Bishop of Samos Bishop of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA

Born Malcolm Angus MacEachern † Bishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

6 Oct 24.9 Ordained Deacon Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC. † Deacon of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands, USA

Born Francis Edward Joseph Grimshaw † Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain

47.0 Ordained Bishop Jean-Marie Mérel, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Orcistus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Canton [Guangzhou], China

8 Oct 26.1 Ordained Priest Theodorus Antonius Leonardus Maria van Roosmalen, C.Ss.R. † Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles

9 Oct Born Francis Edward Hyland † Bishop Emeritus of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

10 Oct 23.8 Ordained Priest John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

11 Oct Born Jan Herrijgers, C.M. † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Yongping [Yüngping], China

12 Oct Born Gabriel-Marie Garrone † Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture

13 Oct Born Michael William Hyle † Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA

24.3 Ordained Priest Miguel Antonio Mejía † Priest Bishop of Guayana, Venezuela

Born Giuseppe Melas † Bishop of Nuoro, Italy

22.6 Ordained Priest Antônio Manoel Pereira Ribeiro † Priest Bishop of Funchal, Portugal

35.0 Ordained Bishop Fernando de Souza Monteiro, C.M. † Bishop of Espírito Santo, Brazil

14 Oct Born John Joseph U Win † Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar

15 Oct 63.6 Resigned Cesare Sambucetti † Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria Apostolic Nuncio

19 Oct Born Wunibald (Godehard) Talleur, O.F.M. † Prelate Emeritus of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil

20 Oct 76.6 Died Vincenzo Manicardi † Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy

21 Oct 43.6 Died Rómulo Betancourt y Torres † Bishop of Campeche, México

83.0 Died Martin Crane, O.E.S.A. † Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia

57.4 Succeeded Stephen Reville, O.E.S.A. † Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia

22 Oct Born Rubén Odio Herrera † Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica

24 Oct 42.9 Appointed Franz Zorn von Bulach † Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

42.9 Appointed Franz Zorn von Bulach † Titular Bishop of Erythrum Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France

25 Oct 71.1 Died Anthony Butler, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles

27 Oct Born Danio Bolognini † Bishop of Cremona, Italy

22.9 Ordained Priest Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Vicar Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon

25.3 Ordained Priest Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Vicar Apostolic of Conakry, Guinea

28 Oct 48.0 Ordained Bishop Karl Heinrich Johannes Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. † Bishop of Metz, France Bishop Emeritus

41.8 Ordained Bishop Albertus Odoricus Timmer, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Druzipara Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Luanfu, China

29 Oct Born René-Désiré-Romain Boisguérin, M.E.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Yibin [Suifu], China

30 Oct Born Gustave-André-Ferdinand Raballand, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	59.7	Resigned	Charles Marbach †	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
1 Sep		Born	Bolesław Filipiak †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana
4 Sep	73.2	Appointed	Francesco d’Albore †	Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia	Bishop Emeritus of Monopoli, Italy
73.2	Resigned	Francesco d’Albore †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
54.4	Appointed	Mattias Dvornik †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
6 Sep		Born	Giuseppe Dell’Omo †		Bishop Emeritus of Acqui, Italy
7 Sep	17.9	Entered	George Weld, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles
8 Sep	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Bavona (Bavaona) †	Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
44.6	Ordained Bishop	Hippolyte Louis Bazin, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Tacia Montana	Vicar Apostolic of Sahara of French Sudan {Sahara nel Sudan Francese}, Mali
47.8	Selected	Karl Heinrich Johannes Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Metz, France	Bishop Emeritus
58.6	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Darmanin †	Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
56.2	Ordained Bishop	John Mary Dunne †	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
	Born	Jerome M. Fernandez †		Bishop Emeritus of Quilon, India
58.6	Ordained Bishop	Václav Antonín (Wenzel Anton) Frind †	Titular Bishop of Gadara	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
55.9	Ordained Bishop	Eugene Augustine Garvey †	Bishop of Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA
56.7	Ordained Bishop	Frantisek Borgia Krásl †	Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Macedonia	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	Born	Corrado Mingo †		Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy
58.6	Confirmed	Mathieu Sislian †	Bishop of Cesarea di Cappadocia (Armenian), Turkey	Bishop Emeritus
9 Sep	62.8	Died	Félix Biet, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Thibet, China
	Born	Henri-Alexandre Chappoulie †		Bishop of Angers, France
71.6	Confirmed	Clément Ghazarossian †	Bishop of Ancira (Angora) (Armenian), Turkey
51.4	Succeeded	Pierre-Philippe Giraudeau, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Thibet, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tatsienlu, China
59.6	Confirmed	Jean Muradian †	Bishop of Marasc (Armenian), Turkey	Bishop of Cisamus
51.4	Died	Bernardo Agusto Thiel Hoffman, C.M. †	Bishop of San José de Costa Rica
10 Sep		Born	Domenico Vendola †		Bishop Emeritus of Lucera, Italy
11 Sep	58.6	Died	Luigi Maria Canestrari †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
	Born	Matteo Aloisio Niedhammer y Yaeckle, O.F.M. Cap. †		Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields, Nicaragua
	Born	Imre Szabó †		Apostolic Administrator of Esztergom, Hungary
13 Sep		Born	Claude Marie Joseph Dupuy †		Archbishop Emeritus of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
15 Sep	61.4	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Roissant †	Titular Bishop of Usula	Auxiliary Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
	Born	Francis Raymond Walsh, M. Afr. †		Bishop Emeritus of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
16 Sep	51.8	Appointed	José de Jesús Ortíz y Rodríguez †	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
44.8	Appointed	Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) †	Titular Archbishop of Gortyna	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
44.8	Appointed	Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) †	Apostolic Delegate to Philippines	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
17 Sep	59.6	Died	Evangelista (Michele Antonio) di Milia, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
76.3	Died	Francesco Lichtensteiger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
73.8	Died	Andrija Marija Sterk †	Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy
20 Sep	25.4	Ordained Priest	Félix Couturier, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada
23.8	Ordained Priest	Beniamino Nardone †	Priest	Secretary of the Congregation of Ceremonies
21 Sep	23.0	Ordained Priest	Maurice Jean Baptiste Félix Marie Amoudru, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Apostolic Administrator of Leningrad, Russian Federation
47.9	Confirmed	Karl Heinrich Johannes Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Metz, France	Bishop Emeritus
22.3	Ordained Priest	Ernesto Eugenio Filippi †	Priest	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
23.8	Ordained Deacon	James Fitzpatrick †	Deacon of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill	Superior Emeritus of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia
27.5	Ordained Priest	Ramón Font y Farrés, C.M.F. †	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia
24.5	Ordained Priest	St. Manuel González y García †	Priest	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
23.7	Ordained Priest	Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Superior General Emeritus
26.5	Ordained Priest	Sylvester Patrick Mulligan, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Delhi and Simla, India
22.5	Ordained Priest	Henry Joseph O’Leary †	Priest of Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada	Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
23.0	Ordained Priest	Ivan Romanov (Romanoff) †	Priest of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Vicar Apostolic
22.5	Ordained Priest	Basile Octave Tanghe, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Sep	22.5	Ordained Priest	Antonio Melomo †	Priest	Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy
37.1	Selected	Józef Teofil Teodorowicz †	Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
25 Sep	22.4	Professed	Gerhard (Thomas) Lennartz, S.C.I. †	Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Prefect Emeritus of Adamaua, Cameroon
29 Sep		Born	Miguel Acebedo y Flores †		Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines
54.4	Ordained Bishop	Mattias Dvornik †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Oct		Born	Francisco José Castro y Ramírez †		Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador
5 Oct	54.1	Appointed	Thomas James Conaty †	Titular Bishop of Samos	Bishop of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA
	Born	Malcolm Angus MacEachern †		Bishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
6 Oct	24.9	Ordained Deacon	Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC. †	Deacon of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands, USA
	Born	Francis Edward Joseph Grimshaw †		Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
47.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie Mérel, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Orcistus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Canton [Guangzhou], China
8 Oct	26.1	Ordained Priest	Theodorus Antonius Leonardus Maria van Roosmalen, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles
9 Oct		Born	Francis Edward Hyland †		Bishop Emeritus of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
10 Oct	23.8	Ordained Priest	John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
11 Oct		Born	Jan Herrijgers, C.M. †		Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Yongping [Yüngping], China
12 Oct		Born	Gabriel-Marie Garrone †		Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
13 Oct		Born	Michael William Hyle †		Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
24.3	Ordained Priest	Miguel Antonio Mejía †	Priest	Bishop of Guayana, Venezuela
	Born	Giuseppe Melas †		Bishop of Nuoro, Italy
22.6	Ordained Priest	Antônio Manoel Pereira Ribeiro †	Priest	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
35.0	Ordained Bishop	Fernando de Souza Monteiro, C.M. †	Bishop of Espírito Santo, Brazil
14 Oct		Born	John Joseph U Win †		Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar
15 Oct	63.6	Resigned	Cesare Sambucetti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria	Apostolic Nuncio
19 Oct		Born	Wunibald (Godehard) Talleur, O.F.M. †		Prelate Emeritus of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil
20 Oct	76.6	Died	Vincenzo Manicardi †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
21 Oct	43.6	Died	Rómulo Betancourt y Torres †	Bishop of Campeche, México
83.0	Died	Martin Crane, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
57.4	Succeeded	Stephen Reville, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
22 Oct		Born	Rubén Odio Herrera †		Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
24 Oct	42.9	Appointed	Franz Zorn von Bulach †	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
42.9	Appointed	Franz Zorn von Bulach †	Titular Bishop of Erythrum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
25 Oct	71.1	Died	Anthony Butler, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles
27 Oct		Born	Danio Bolognini †		Bishop of Cremona, Italy
22.9	Ordained Priest	Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon
25.3	Ordained Priest	Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic of Conakry, Guinea
28 Oct	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Karl Heinrich Johannes Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Metz, France	Bishop Emeritus
41.8	Ordained Bishop	Albertus Odoricus Timmer, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Druzipara	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Luanfu, China
29 Oct		Born	René-Désiré-Romain Boisguérin, M.E.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Yibin [Suifu], China
30 Oct		Born	Gustave-André-Ferdinand Raballand, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

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