Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1907

Newly Elected Bishops (83)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Louis-Jean-Joseph Derouet, C.S.Sp.

former Vicar Apostolic of Loango (Congo-Brazzaville)

1907.01.021907.02.03
BulgariaArchbishop Michail Miroff (Bulgarian Rite)

former Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis ante Apri of the Bulgarians

1907.01.081907.02.19
BrazilBishop Amando Agostino Bahlmann, O.F.M.

former Bishop-Prelate of Santarém (Brazil)

1907.01.101908.07.19
EcuadorBishop Ulpiano Maria Perez y Quinones

former Bishop of Bolivar (Ecuador)

1907.01.111907.05.19
EcuadorArchbishop Emmanuele Maria Polit

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador)

1907.01.111907.11.01
Puerto RicoBishop William Ambrose Jones, O.E.S.A.

former Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)

1907.01.151907.02.24
ItalyCardinal Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy)

1907.01.251907.02.10
GermanyBishop Joseph Damian Schmitt

former Bishop of Fulda (Germany)

1907.02.231907.03.19
ChinaBishop François-Lazare Seguin (施恩), M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Guiyang 貴陽 (China)

1907.02.231907.10.06
EgyptArchbishop Pietro Kojunian (Armenian Rite)

former Bishop of Iskanderiya of the Armenians (Egypt)

1907.02.261907.07.20
USABishop Soter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite)

former Ordinary of United States of America of the Ukrainians (USA)

1907.02.281907.05.12
SurinameBishop Jacobus Cornelis Meeuwissen, C.SS.R.

former Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana–Suriname (Suriname)

1907.03.031907.03.03
ItalyCardinal Giulio Serafini

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva

former Bishop of Pescia (Italy)

former President of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law

former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council

1907.03.041907.05.26
PeruArchbishop Pedro Pascual Francesco Farfán

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru)

1907.03.051907.12.15
EcuadorBishop Juan José Antonio Eguiguren-Escudero

former Bishop of Loja (Ecuador)

1907.03.061907.07.28
CroatiaBishop Giovanni Borzatti de Löwenstern

former Auxiliary Bishop of Zadar (Croatia)

1907.03.111907.03.19
ItalyArchbishop Ernesto Maria Piovella

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy)

1907.04.151907.05.12
ItalyBishop Pacificio Fiorani

former Bishop of Osimo (Italy)

former Bishop of Cingoli (Italy)

1907.04.151907.05.12
HungaryBishop Jeno Kránitz

former Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary)

1907.04.151907.05.12
ItalyArchbishop Peregrin-François Stagni, O.S.M.

former Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy)

1907.04.151907.05.26
SpainBishop Luis José María Amigó y Ferrer, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Segorbe (Spain)

1907.04.181907.06.09
CubaArchbishop José Manuel Dámaso Rúiz y Rodríguez

former Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba)

1907.04.181907.06.11
ColombiaArchbishop Manuel Antonio Arboleda y Scarpetta, C.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia)

1907.04.181907.06.29
BrazilBishop Francisco de Paula Silva, C.M.

former Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

1907.04.181907.07.14
SpainBishop Valentín García y Barros

former Bishop of Palencia (Spain)

1907.04.181907.09.15
ChileArchbishop Juan Ignacio González Eyzaguirre

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile)

1907.04.181907.11.17
ChinaBishop Adéodat-Jean-Roch Wittner (羅漢光), O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Zhifou 芝罘 (China)

1907.04.281907.07.07
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Beda Cardinale, O.S.B.

former Archbishop of Perugia (Italy)

1907.05.011907.06.09
IrelandBishop Andrew Boylan, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Kilmore (Ireland)

1907.05.191907.05.19
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Augusto Intreccialagli, O.C.D.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Monreale (Italy)

1907.05.221907.07.28
IndiaArchbishop Ermanno Jürgens, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India)

1907.05.281907.07.14
FranceArchbishop Martin-Jérôme Izart

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France)

1907.05.311907.06.11
FranceBishop Thomas-François Boutry

former Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay (France)

1907.05.311907.06.24
MaltaBishop Paolo Rosario Farrugia

former Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (Malta)

1907.06.031907.07.07
JamaicaBishop John Joseph Collins, S.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Jamaica (Jamaica)

1907.06.121907.10.28
IndiaBishop François-Etienne Coppel, M.S.F.S.

former Bishop of Nagpur (India)

1907.06.221907.09.15
ItalyBishop Carlo Falcini

former Bishop of San Miniato (Italy)

1907.06.241907.08.04
GreeceBishop Michele Camilleri

former Bishop of Santorini (Greece)

1907.07.011907.09.29
Northern IrelandBishop Charles McHugh

former Bishop of Derry (Northern Ireland)

1907.07.011907.09.29
USABishop Daniel Francis Feehan

former Bishop of Fall River (USA)

1907.07.021907.09.19
ChinaBishop Nicola Ciceri (徐則麟), C.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Ji’anfu 吉安府 (China)

1907.07.031908.02.16
PolandBishop Jakob Klunder

former Auxiliary Bishop of Chełmno (Poland)

1907.07.061907.09.15
ItalyBishop Ulisse Bascherini

former Bishop of Grosseto (Italy)

1907.07.081907.09.29
BrazilArchbishop Antônio Augusto de Assis

former Bishop of Jaboticabal (Brazil)

1907.07.101907.11.17
ItalyBishop Gaetano Pizzi

former Bishop of San Severo (Italy)

1907.07.211907.09.15
FranceBishop Pierre-Eugène-Alexandre Marty

former Bishop of Montauban (France)

1907.08.041907.09.21
FranceBishop Henri-Marie Arlet

former Bishop of Angoulême (France)

1907.08.071907.09.01
ItalyBishop Domenico Mannaioli

former Bishop of Montefiascone (Italy)

1907.08.101907.11.10
VietnamBishop Pedro Muñagorri y Obineta, O.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu (Vietnam)

1907.08.141908.01.05
ItalyBishop Domenico Fanucchi

former Bishop of Città della Pieve (Italy)

1907.08.241907.09.08
ItalyBishop Francesco Maria Berti, O.F.M. Conv.

former Bishop of Amelia (Italy)

1907.08.311907.10.20
CroatiaBishop Rocco Francesco Vucic

former Bishop of Senj–Modruš (Croatia)

1907.09.051907.09.22
IndiaArchbishop Heinrich Döring (ハインリヒ・デーリング), S.J.

former Archbishop-Bishop of Poona (India)

1907.09.071907.12.08
MexicoArchbishop Ignacio Placencia y Moreira

former Archbishop-Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico)

1907.09.151908.02.16
MexicoArchbishop José Juan de Jésus Herrera y Piña

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

1907.09.231907.11.17
FranceBishop Laurent-Marie-Etienne Monnier

former Bishop of Troyes (France)

1907.10.061907.11.21
FranceArchbishop Alfred-Jules Mélisson

former Bishop of Blois (France)

1907.10.101907.11.30
ItalyBishop Leonida Mapelli

former Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy)

1907.10.141908.01.06
BelgiumBishop Ludovic Joseph Legraive

former Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen (Belgium)

1907.10.171907.11.17
ItalyBishop Anselmo Evangelista Sansoni, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Cefalù (Italy)

1907.10.261907.11.17
AustriaCardinal Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso

former Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery

1907.11.051907.11.30
EcuadorBishop Andrea Machado, S.J.

former Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

1907.11.161908.02.16
BrazilBishop Prudencio Gomes da Silva

former Bishop of Goiás (Brazil)

1907.11.171908.05.03
FranceBishop Jean-Baptiste Biolley

former Bishop of Tarentaise (France)

1907.11.281908.01.29
USABishop Joseph Maria Koudelka

former Bishop of Superior (USA)

1907.11.291908.02.25
ChinaBishop Charles-Marie-Félix de Gorostarzu (金夢旦), M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (China)

1907.12.101908.03.29
USAArchbishop Thomas Francis Kennedy

former Rector of Pontifical North American College

1907.12.151907.12.29
CzechiaBishop Giuseppe Antonio Hulka

former Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia)

1907.12.161908.01.06
ItalyBishop Luigi Maria Marelli

former Bishop of Bergamo (Italy)

1907.12.161908.01.06
ItalyBishop Angelo Simonetti

former Bishop of Pescia (Italy)

1907.12.161908.01.09
USAArchbishop Denis Joseph O’Connell

former Bishop of Richmond (USA)

1907.12.161908.05.03
EcuadorBishop Juan María Riesa, O.P.

former Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

1907.12.161908.05.03
ArgentinaBishop Barnabé Piedrabuena

former Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina)

1907.12.161908.05.31
ColombiaBishop Adolfo Perea

former Bishop of Pasto (Colombia)

1907.12.161908.06.29
ItalyPope Benedict XV

former Supreme Pontiff

former Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

former Prefect of Sacred Consistorial Congregation

former Prefect of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

former Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

1907.12.181907.12.22
PeruArchbishop Pietro Emmanuele García Naranjó

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru)

1907.12.191908.01.14
PortugalBishop António Alves Ferreira

former Bishop of Viseu (Portugal)

1907.12.191908.01.26
PortugalArchbishop Sebastião Leite de Vasconcellos

former Bishop of Beja (Portugal)

1907.12.191908.02.02
SpainCardinal Vicente Casanova y Marzol

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain)

1907.12.191908.03.25
SpainArchbishop Prudencio Melo y Alcalde

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain)

1907.12.191908.03.29
SpainBishop Ramón Barberá y Boada

former Bishop of Palencia (Spain)

1907.12.191908.04.26
SpainBishop Timoteo Hernández Mulas

former Bishop of Guadix (Spain)

1907.12.191908.04.26
SpainBishop Antonio María Massanet y Verd

former Bishop of Segorbe (Spain)

1907.12.191908.05.23

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