Nominations and Resignations

in a.d. 1907

DateAscendingEvent
1907

Syria Titular Archiepiscopal See of Laodicea (Greek-Melkite Rite) was renamed as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Laodicea (Syria)

Austria Abbot Joseph Sailer, C.R.L.A., was appointed as Abbot General of Canons Regular of the Lateran Congregation of Austria

France Br. Louis-Adrien Durand resigned as Superior General of Marist Brothers

France Br. Antoine Usclard was appointed as Superior General of Marist Brothers

France Mr. Paul Berthier was appointed as Founder of International Federation of Pueri Cantores

France Mr. Pierre Martin was appointed as Founder of International Federation of Pueri Cantores

Italy Saint Pope Pius X, Supreme Pontiff, Prefect of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, Prefect of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Commendatory Abbot of Subiaco (Italy), was appointed as Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

Italy Cardinal Pietro Respighi resigned as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Italy Archbishop Aristide Rinaldini, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, was created

Italy Bishop Osvaldo Casali, Titular Bishop of Miletus, passed away at 83

Italy Bishop Federico de Martino resigned as Bishop of Caiazzo (Italy)

Italy Fr. Felice Fioretti, B., resigned as Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites)

Italy Fr. Giuseppe Gualandi, P.M.S., resigned as Superior General of Little Mission for the Deaf and Dumb

Italy Fr. Giuseppe M. Lucchesi, O.S.M., was appointed as Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites)

Italy Fr. Ignacio Pica, B., was appointed as Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites)

Italy Blessed Fr. Bernardo Maria di Gesù Silvestrelli (Cesare), C.P., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists)

Nigeria Bishop Paul Pellet, S.M.A., was appointed as Superior General of Society of African Missions

Nigeria Fr. Augustin Planque, S.M.A., resigned as Superior General of Society of African Missions

Peru Bishop Manuel Medina y Bañon resigned as Bishop of Trujillo (Peru)

Poland Bishop Tommaso Teofilo Kulinski resigned as Bishop of Kielce (Poland)

Togo Fr. Hermann Bücking, S.V.D., resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Togo (Togo)

Togo Fr. Nicolaus Schoenig, S.V.D., was appointed as Pro-Prefect Apostolic of Togo (Togo)

Archimandrite Gabriel Nabaa, B.S., was appointed as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

Archimandrite Étienne Sakr, B.S., resigned as Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers)

Fr. Ferdinando Buoni, P.M.S., was appointed as Superior General of Little Mission for the Deaf and Dumb

Sr. Paula Emunds, C.P.S., was appointed as Superior General of Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood

1907.01

China Bishop Joseph-Claude Excoffier (田), M.E.P., resigned as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yunnan 雲南 (China)

1907.01.02

Congo-Brazzaville Fr. Louis-Jean-Joseph Derouet, C.S.Sp., was elected Titular Bishop of Camachus and Vicar Apostolic of Loango (Congo-Brazzaville)

1907.01.08

Brazil Bishop-elect Frederico Benício de Souza e Costa, E.C.M.C., Bishop-Prelate of Santarém (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil)

Bulgaria Archbishop-elect Michail Miroff was confirmed as Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis ante Apri of the Bulgarians

Poland Bishop Tommaso Teofilo Kulinski, Bishop emeritus of Kielce (Poland), passed away at 83

1907.01.10

Brazil Fr. Amando Agostino Bahlmann, O.F.M., was elected Bishop-Prelate of Santarém (Brazil)

China Bishop Jean-Joseph Fenouil (古若望), M.E.P., Vicar Apostolic of Yunnan 雲南 (China), passed away at 85

USA Archbishop George Thomas Montgomery, Bishop emeritus of Monterey–Los Angeles (USA) and Coadjutor Archbishop of San Francisco (USA), passed away at 59

1907.01.11

Ecuador Fr. Emmanuele Maria Polit was elected Bishop of Cuenca (Ecuador)

Ecuador Fr. Ulpiano Maria Perez y Quinones was elected Titular Bishop of Arethusus

1907.01.15

Puerto Rico Fr. William Ambrose Jones, O.E.S.A., was elected Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)

1907.01.23

Mali Bishop Anatole-Joseph Toulotte, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Sahara and Sudan (Mali), passed away at 55

1907.01.25

Italy Fr. Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano was elected Bishop of Gubbio (Italy)

1907.02.02

USA Bishop William Stang, Bishop of Fall River (USA), passed away at 52

1907.02.06

Czechia Bishop Martin Joseph Ríha, Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia), passed away at 67

France Archbishop François Hautin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France), passed away at 75

1907.02.14

Cuba Bishop Manuel Santander y Frutos, Bishop emeritus of La Habana (Cuba), passed away at 71

1907.02.20

Italy Bishop Antonio Maria Cesareo, Titular Bishop of Helenopolis, passed away at 81

1907.02.21

USA Bishop Edward Fitzgerald, Bishop of Little Rock (USA), passed away at 73

USA Bishop John Baptist Morris succeeded as Bishop of Little Rock (USA)

1907.02.22

Italy Bishop Amerigo Cialente, Auxiliary Bishop of L’Aquila (Italy), passed away at 73

1907.02.23

China Fr. François-Lazare Seguin (施恩), M.E.P., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Guizhou 貴州 (China) and Titular Bishop of Pinara

Germany Bishop-elect Joseph Damian Schmitt was confirmed as Bishop of Fulda (Germany)

1907.02.25

Northern Ireland Bishop John Keys O’Doherty, Bishop of Derry (Northern Ireland), passed away at 73

1907.02.26

Egypt Fr. Pietro Kojunian was elected Bishop of Iskanderiya of the Armenians (Egypt)

Mexico Archbishop Santiago de los Santos Garza Zambrano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Linares (Mexico), passed away at 69

1907.02.27

Italy Bishop Bernardino Caldajoli, Bishop of Grosseto (Italy), passed away at 59

1907.02.28

France Bishop Pierre-Eugène Rougerie, Bishop of Pamiers (France), passed away at 75

USA Fr. Soter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz, O.S.B.M., was elected Titular Bishop of Daulis and Ordinary of United States of America of the Ukrainians (USA)

1907.03.03

Suriname Fr. Jacobus Cornelis Meeuwissen, C.SS.R., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana–Suriname (Suriname) and Titular Bishop of Prusa

1907.03.04

Italy Fr. Giulio Serafini was elected Bishop of Pescia (Italy)

Italy Bishop Donato Velluti Zati di S. Clemente resigned as Bishop of Pescia (Italy)

1907.03.05

Peru Fr. Pedro Pascual Francesco Farfán was elected Bishop of Huaraz (Peru)

1907.03.06

Ecuador Fr. Juan José Antonio Eguiguren-Escudero was elected Bishop of Loja (Ecuador)

Italy Fr. Achille Ratti, Priest of Milano (Italy), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

1907.03.11

Croatia Fr. Giovanni Borzatti de Löwenstern was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Zadar (Croatia) and Titular Bishop of Milevum

Spain Bishop José Tomás Mazarrasa y Rivas, Titular Bishop of Philippopolis and Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain), passed away at 84

1907.03.12

India Bishop Étienne-Marie Bonaventure, M.S.F.S., Bishop of Nagpur (India), passed away at 55

1907.03.13

France Archbishop Emile-Christophe Enard, Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France), passed away at 67

1907.03.16

Italy Blessed Fr. Francesco Pianzola was appointed as Priest of Vigevano (Italy)

1907.03.22

Peru Bishop Manuel Medina y Bañon, Bishop emeritus of Trujillo (Peru), passed away at 71

1907.03.25

Argentina Diocese of Santiago del Estero was restored (from Diocese of Tucumán and became suffragan of Buenos Aires) (Argentina)

1907.03.29

Germany Cardinal Andreas Steinhuber, S.J., Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Index, was appointed as Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals

Italy Cardinal Luigi Macchi, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata and Prefect emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces, passed away at 75

1907.04.12

Italy Bishop Francesco Moretti, Bishop of Narni (Italy) and Bishop of Terni (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Narni (Italy)

1907.04.15

Belgium Archbishop Désiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Mercier, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

France Bishop Constant-Ludovic-Marie Guillois, Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay (France), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Pessinus

France Bishop Joseph-François-Ernest Ricard, Bishop of Angoulême (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France)

Hungary Fr. Jeno Kránitz was elected Titular Bishop of Cyme and Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary)

Italy Patriarch Aristide Cavallari, Patriarch of Venezia (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Italy Archbishop Benedetto Lorenzelli, Archbishop of Lucca (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Italy Archbishop Alessandro Lualdi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Italy Archbishop Pietro Maffi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of San Miniato (Italy), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Italy Cardinal Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A., was appointed as Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Italy Archbishop Aristide Rinaldini, Titular Archbishop of Heraclea, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Italy Bishop Bartolomeo Mirra, Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palæstina, was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Auxume

Italy Fr. Ernesto Maria Piovella was elected Bishop of Alghero (Italy)

Italy Fr. Peregrin-François Stagni, O.S.M., Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites), was elected Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy)

Italy Bishop Donato Velluti Zati di S. Clemente was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Patræ

Italy Bishop Eugenio Cano was appointed as Titular Bishop of Tenedus

Italy Fr. Pacificio Fiorani was elected Titular Bishop of Carystus and Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (Italy)

Spain Archbishop Gregorio María Aguirre y García, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada (Spain), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

1907.04.17

France Fr. Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart, C.O., was appointed as Domestic Prelate

1907.04.18

Belgium Cardinal Désiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Mercier, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli

Brazil Fr. Francisco de Paula Silva, C.M., was elected Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

Chile Fr. Juan Ignacio González Eyzaguirre was elected Titular Bishop of Flavias and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

Colombia Fr. Manuel Antonio Arboleda y Scarpetta, C.M., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia)

Cuba Fr. José Manuel Dámaso Rúiz y Rodríguez was elected Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba)

Italy Cardinal Aristide Cavallari, Patriarch of Venezia (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Cosmedin pro hac vice Title

Italy Cardinal Benedetto Lorenzelli, Archbishop of Lucca (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme

Italy Cardinal Alessandro Lualdi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio

Italy Cardinal Pietro Maffi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of San Miniato (Italy), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono

Spain Bishop Enrique Almaraz y Santos, Bishop of Palencia (Spain), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain)

Spain Fr. Luis José María Amigó y Ferrer, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Thagaste and Apostolic Administrator of Solsona (Spain)

Spain Fr. Valentín García y Barros was elected Bishop of Palencia (Spain)

1907.04.21

Italy Bishop Domenico Rinaldi, Bishop of Montefiascone (Italy), passed away at 66

1907.04.22

Congo-Brazzaville Apostolic Vicariate of Bas-Congo français was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Loango (Congo-Brazzaville)

1907.04.24

Belgium Sr. Alice de Schaerbeek, O. Cist., was canonised by equipollence

1907.04.28

China Fr. Adéodat-Jean-Roch Wittner (羅漢光), O.F.M., was elected Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Shandong 山東東境 (China) and Titular Bishop of Miletus

1907.05

Italy Abbot Gustavo Provveduti was appointed as Abbot nullius of San Martino al Monte Cimino (Italy)

1907.05.01

Italy Fr. Giovanni Beda Cardinale, O.S.B., was elected Bishop of Civitavecchia (Italy) and Bishop of Tarquinia (Italy)

1907.05.03

China Bishop Jules-Auguste Coqset (順其衡), C.M., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Kiangsi 江西南境 (China), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li 直隸西南 (China)

1907.05.07

India Bishop Bernhard Beiderlinden, S.J., Bishop of Poona (India), passed away at 64

1907.05.08

Ecuador Bishop-elect Ulpiano Maria Perez y Quinones, Titular Bishop of Arethusus, was appointed as Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador)

1907.05.09

Italy Archbishop Paolo de Sanctis, Bishop emeritus of Poggio Mirteto (Italy), passed away at 91

1907.05.17

Trinidad and Tobago Archbishop Patrick Vincent Flood, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), passed away at 62

1907.05.18

France Bishop Charles-Honoré Laborde, Bishop of Blois (France), passed away at 80

1907.05.19

Ireland Fr. Andrew Boylan, C.SS.R., Priest of Kilmore (Ireland), was elected Bishop of Kilmore (Ireland)

1907.05.22

Italy Fr. Antonio Augusto Intreccialagli, O.C.D., was elected Bishop of Caltanissetta (Italy)

Slovakia Bishop Zigmund Bubics, Bishop emeritus of Košice (Slovakia), passed away at 86

1907.05.25

Peru Archbishop Manuel Tovar y Chamorro, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru), passed away at 63

1907.05.28

India Fr. Ermanno Jürgens, S.J., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India)

1907.05.29

Italy Br. Benedetto Ricasoli, O.S.B. Vall., was beatified by equipollence

1907.05.31

France Archbishop Constant-Ludovic-Marie Guillois resigned as Titular Archbishop of Pessinus

France Fr. Martin-Jérôme Izart was elected Bishop of Pamiers (France)

France Fr. Thomas-François Boutry was elected Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay (France)

1907.06.03

Italy Msgr. Oreste Giorgi was appointed as Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation of Religious

Malta Fr. Paolo Rosario Farrugia was elected Titular Bishop of Hamatha and Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (Malta)

1907.06.12

Jamaica Fr. John Joseph Collins, S.J., Apostolic Administrator of Jamaica (Jamaica), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Jamaica (Jamaica) and Titular Bishop of Antiphellus

1907.06.15

France Bishop Gustave-Adolphe de Pélacot, Bishop of Troyes (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France)

1907.06.20

Turkiye Fr. Leone Kecegian was elected Archbishop of Sebaste of the Armenians (Turkiye)

1907.06.22

India Fr. François-Etienne Coppel, M.S.F.S., was elected Bishop of Nagpur (India)

1907.06.24

Italy Fr. Carlo Falcini was elected Titular Bishop of Arethusus

1907.06.29

Italy Blessed Fr. Otto Neururer was appointed as Priest of Brixen (Italy)

1907.07.01

Greece Fr. Michele Camilleri was elected Bishop of Santorini (Greece)

Northern Ireland Fr. Charles McHugh was elected Bishop of Derry (Northern Ireland)

1907.07.02

USA Fr. Daniel Francis Feehan was elected Bishop of Fall River (USA)

1907.07.03

China Fr. Nicola Ciceri (徐則麟), C.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Ji’anfu 吉安府 (China) and Titular Bishop of Dausara

Spain Bishop Isidoro Badía y Sarradel, Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Barbastro (Spain)

1907.07.04

Italy Bishop Gerlando Maria Genuardi, Bishop of Acireale (Italy), passed away at 67

1907.07.06

Poland Fr. Jakob Klunder was elected Titular Bishop of Selymbria and Auxiliary Bishop of Chełmno (Poland)

1907.07.08

Italy Fr. Ulisse Bascherini was elected Bishop of Grosseto (Italy)

1907.07.10

Brazil Fr. Antônio Augusto de Assis was elected Titular Bishop of Sura and Coadjutor Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil)

1907.07.15

Italy Bishop Felice Del Sordo, Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis, was appointed as Bishop of Venosa (Italy)

1907.07.18

Vietnam Bishop Louis-Marie-Antoine Caspar, M.E.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Northern Cochin (Vietnam)

1907.07.21

Italy Fr. Gaetano Pizzi was elected Bishop of Lacedonia (Italy)

1907.07.24

Italy Br. Romedius was canonised by equipollence

Spain Bishop Maximiliano Fernández del Rincón y Soto Dávila, Bishop of Guadix (Spain), passed away at 71

1907.07.27

Czechia Bishop Frantisek Borgia Krásl, Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia), passed away at 62

1907.08

Greece Fr. Bonaventura Rossetti, O.F.M., was appointed as Prefect Apostolic of Tripoli (Libya)

Italy Archbishop Carlo Caputo resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria

1907.08.04

France Fr. Pierre-Eugène-Alexandre Marty was elected Titular Bishop of Acmonia and Coadjutor Bishop of Montauban (France)

1907.08.05

France Archbishop Gustave-Adolphe de Pélacot, Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France), passed away at 67

1907.08.07

France Fr. Henri-Marie Arlet was elected Bishop of Angoulême (France)

1907.08.10

Italy Cardinal Domenico Svampa, Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy), passed away at 56

Italy Fr. Domenico Mannaioli was elected Bishop of Montefiascone (Italy)

1907.08.14

Vietnam Bishop Máximo Fernández, O.P., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking (Vietnam)

Vietnam Fr. Pedro Muñagorri y Obineta, O.P., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking (Vietnam) and Titular Bishop of Pityus

1907.08.15

Brazil Abbacy nullius of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro and Diocese of Amazonas and without ecclesiastical province) (Brazil)

1907.08.18

Italy Archbishop Raffaele Rossi, Archbishop of Matera (Italy) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Acerenza (Italy), passed away at 56

1907.08.21

Nigeria Fr. Augustin Planque, S.M.A., Pro-Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bight of Benin (Nigeria) and Superior General emeritus of Society of African Missions, passed away at 81

1907.08.24

Italy Cardinal Emidio Taliani, Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme, passed away at 69

Italy Fr. Domenico Fanucchi was elected Bishop of Città della Pieve (Italy)

1907.08.27

Greece Bishop Luigi Canavo, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Crete (Greece), passed away at 80

1907.08.28

Czechia Ms. Zdislava Berka was beatified by equipollence

Italy Bishop Pietro Terroni, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy), passed away at 59

Peru Bishop Ismael Puyrredón resigned as Bishop of Puno (Peru)

1907.08.30

Italy Bishop Pio Alberto del Corona, O.P., Bishop of San Miniato (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Sardica

Italy Bishop Carlo Falcini, Titular Bishop of Arethusus, was appointed as Bishop of San Miniato (Italy)

USA Archbishop John Joseph Williams, Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA), passed away at 85

1907.08.31

Italy Fr. Francesco Maria Berti, O.F.M. Conv., was elected Bishop of Amelia (Italy)

USA Archbishop William Henry O’Connell succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA)

1907.09.02

Mexico Bishop Carlos de Jesús Mejía y Laguana, C.M., Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Cinna

1907.09.05

Croatia Fr. Rocco Francesco Vucic was elected Titular Bishop of Helenopolis

1907.09.06

Italy Bishop Anselmo Filippo Pecci, O.S.B., Bishop of Tricarico (Italy), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Acerenza (Italy) and Archbishop of Matera (Italy)

1907.09.07

India Fr. Heinrich Döring (ハインリヒ・デーリング), S.J., was elected Bishop of Poona (India)

1907.09.08

Brazil Diocese of Campanha was established (from Diocese of Pouso Alegre and Diocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of Mariana) (Brazil)

1907.09.11

USA Diocese of Nesqually was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Seattle) (USA)

USA Diocese of Seattle was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Nesqually and became suffragan of Oregon City) (USA)

USA Bishop Edward John O’Dea, Bishop of Nesqually (USA), was appointed as Bishop of Seattle (USA)

1907.09.12

France Archbishop Louis-François Sueur resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Avignon (France)

1907.09.13

Italy Bishop Johann Zobl, Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen (Italy), passed away at 85

1907.09.14

Mexico Bishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres, Bishop of León (Mexico), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Linares (Mexico)

1907.09.15

England Bishop Arthur George Riddell, Bishop of Northampton (England), passed away at 71

Mexico Bishop José Mora y del Rio, Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of León (Mexico)

Mexico Fr. Ignacio Placencia y Moreira was elected Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico)

Poland Bishop Antoni Andrzejewicz, Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland), passed away at 70

1907.09.19

Czechia Bishop Ferdinand Jan Nepomucenus Kalous, C.SS.R., Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia), passed away at 71

Guadeloupe Bishop Emmanuel-François Canappe, Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe), passed away at 58

1907.09.20

Philippines Bishop Frederick Zadok Rooker, Bishop of Jaro (Philippines), passed away at 46

1907.09.23

Mexico Fr. José Juan de Jésus Herrera y Piña was elected Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico)

1907.09.27

Spain Bishop Manuel María Cerero y Soler, Bishop of Segorbe (Spain), passed away at 60

1907.09.29

Brazil Diocese of Uberaba was established (from Diocese of Diamantina and Diocese of Goiás and became suffragan of Mariana) (Brazil)

1907.10

Italy Archbishop Pietro Gasparri was appointed as President of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Canon Law

1907.10.02

Mexico Bishop Francisco Maria Campos y Angeles, Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico)

1907.10.04

Lebanon Archbishop Giuseppe Debs, Archbishop of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon), passed away at 73

1907.10.06

France Fr. Laurent-Marie-Etienne Monnier was elected Bishop of Troyes (France)

1907.10.10

France Fr. Alfred-Jules Mélisson was elected Bishop of Blois (France)

1907.10.14

Italy Fr. Leonida Mapelli was elected Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy)

1907.10.15

France Bishop Gaspard-Marie-Michel-André Latty, Bishop of Châlons (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Avignon (France)

Germany Cardinal Andreas Steinhuber, S.J., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata alla Suburra and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Index, passed away at 82

Italy Cardinal Francesco Segna, Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives, was appointed as Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals

USA Fr. Patrick Joseph Hayes, Priest of New York (USA), was appointed as Domestic Prelate

1907.10.17

Belgium Fr. Ludovic Joseph Legraive was elected Titular Bishop of Parnassus and Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen (Belgium)

France Bishop Guillaume-Lucien-Léon Lacroix resigned as Bishop of Tarentaise (France)

1907.10.21

France Fr. Jules Chevalier, M.S.C., Superior General emeritus of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacred Heart Missionaries), passed away at 83

Italy Archbishop Antonio Vico, Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Spain

1907.10.26

Austria Fr. Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P., was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria

Italy Fr. Anselmo Evangelista Sansoni, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Cefalù (Italy)

1907.10.27

Brazil Bishop João Francisco Braga, Bishop of Niterói (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil)

1907.11

Portugal Cardinal José Sebastião Neto, O.F.M. Disc., resigned as Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal)

1907.11.04

Italy Bishop Giovanni Battista Arista, C.O., Titular Bishop of Nyssa and Auxiliary Bishop of Acireale (Italy), was appointed as Bishop of Acireale (Italy)

1907.11.05

Austria Msgr. Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P., Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria, was elected Titular Archbishop of Heraclea

1907.11.06

Brazil Bishop Eduardo Duarte e Silva, Bishop of Goiás (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil)

1907.11.16

Ecuador Fr. Andrea Machado, S.J., was elected Bishop of Bolivar (Ecuador)

1907.11.17

Brazil Fr. Prudencio Gomes da Silva was elected Bishop of Goiás (Brazil)

1907.11.18

Italy Bishop Giuseppe Consenti, C.SS.R., Bishop of Lucera (Italy), passed away at 73

1907.11.26

Italy Saint Fr. Giovanni Calabria (John Calabria), P.S.D.P., was appointed as Founder of Poor Servants of Divine Providence and Superior General of Poor Servants of Divine Providence

1907.11.28

France Fr. Jean-Baptiste Biolley was elected Bishop of Tarentaise (France)

1907.11.29

USA Fr. Joseph Maria Koudelka was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA) and Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis

1907.12

Spain Blessed Fr. Florencio López Egea was appointed as Priest of Almería (Spain)

1907.12.02

Canada Apostolic Vicariate of Saskatchewan was promoted as Diocese of Prince Albert (Canada)

Canada Bishop Albert Pascal, O.M.I., Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis and Vicar Apostolic of Saskatchewan (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada)

1907.12.07

Hungary Bishop Alexander Dessewffy, Bishop of Csanád (Hungary), passed away at 73

1907.12.10

China Fr. Charles-Marie-Félix de Gorostarzu (金夢旦), M.E.P., was elected Titular Bishop of Æla and Vicar Apostolic of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (China)

1907.12.11

Italy Abbess Maddalena Albrici, O.E.S.A., was beatified by equipollence

1907.12.12

Italy Saint Archbishop Guido Maria Conforti succeeded as Archbishop-Bishop of Parma (Italy)

Italy Bishop Francesco Magani, Bishop of Parma (Italy), passed away at 78

1907.12.13

Brazil Bishop Geraldo Van Caloen, O.S.B., Bishop-Prelate of Acre e Purus (Brazil), was appointed as Abbot nullius of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

1907.12.15

Algeria Archbishop Fédéric-Henri Oury resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria)

USA Fr. Thomas Francis Kennedy, Rector of Pontifical North American College, was elected Titular Bishop of Adrianopolis

1907.12.16

Argentina Fr. Barnabé Piedrabuena was elected Titular Bishop of Cestrus and Auxiliary Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina)

Colombia Fr. Adolfo Perea was elected Bishop of Pasto (Colombia)

Czechia Fr. Giuseppe Antonio Hulka was elected Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia)

Ecuador Fr. Juan María Riesa, O.P., was elected Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador)

France Bishop Pierre-Paulin Andrieu, Bishop of Marseille (France), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

France Bishop François-Virgile Dubillard, Bishop of Quimper (France), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France)

France Archbishop Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon, Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France), was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Italy Msgr. Gaetano De Lai, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council, was created Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned

Italy Archbishop Pietro Gasparri, Titular Archbishop of Cæsarea and President of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Canon Law, was created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned

Italy Bishop Giulio Serafini, Bishop of Pescia (Italy), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Lampsacus

Italy Bishop Alfonso Maria Giordano, C.SS.R., Bishop of Calvi (Italy) and Bishop of Teano (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Proconnesus

Italy Bishop Raimondo Ingheo, Bishop of Iglesias (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus

Italy Fr. Luigi Maria Marelli was elected Bishop of Bobbio (Italy)

Italy Fr. Angelo Simonetti was elected Bishop of Pescia (Italy)

USA Fr. Denis Joseph O’Connell, Priest of Richmond (USA), was elected Titular Bishop of Sebaste and Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA)

1907.12.18

Italy Msgr. Giacomo della Chiesa, Priest of Genova (Italy), Domestic Prelate and Substitute for General Affairs of Apostolic Secretariat, was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy)

1907.12.19

France Cardinal Pierre-Paulin Andrieu, Bishop of Marseille (France), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio

France Cardinal Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon, Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova

Italy Cardinal Gaetano De Lai was appointed as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere

Italy Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, President of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Canon Law, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme

Italy Cardinal Aristide Rinaldini was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio

Italy Bishop Augusto Giuseppe Duc, Bishop of Aosta (Italy), was promoted as Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis

Peru Fr. Pietro Emmanuele García Naranjó was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru)

Portugal Archbishop António Mendes Bello, Archbishop-Bishop of Faro (Portugal), was promoted as Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal)

Portugal Fr. Sebastião Leite de Vasconcellos was elected Bishop of Beja (Portugal)

Portugal Fr. António Alves Ferreira was elected Titular Bishop of Martyropolis and Coadjutor Bishop of Viseu (Portugal)

Portugal Bishop António Barbosa Leão, Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola), was appointed as Bishop of Faro (Portugal)

Spain Cardinal Gregorio María Aguirre y García, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada (Spain), was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina

Spain Fr. Vicente Casanova y Marzol was elected Bishop of Almería (Spain)

Spain Fr. Prudencio Melo y Alcalde was elected Titular Bishop of Olimpus and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain)

Spain Fr. Ramón Barberá y Boada was elected Titular Bishop of Anthedon and Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain)

Spain Fr. Timoteo Hernández Mulas was elected Bishop of Guadix (Spain)

Spain Fr. Antonio María Massanet y Verd was elected Bishop of Segorbe (Spain)

1907.12.21

Malta Bishop Paolo Rosario Farrugia, Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (Malta), passed away at 71

1907.12.29

Australia Archbishop Patrick Delany succeeded as Archbishop of Hobart (Australia)

Australia Archbishop Daniel Murphy, Metropolitan Archbishop of Hobart (Australia), passed away at 92

1907.12.31

Italy Archbishop Giovanni Tacci Porcelli was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium

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