Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1900

Newly Elected Bishops (56)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
CubaCardinal Donato Sbarretti

former Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto

former Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

1900.01.091900.02.04
USABishop Denis O’Donaghue

former Bishop of Louisville (USA)

1900.02.101900.04.25
ChinaBishop Clemente Coltelli (郭德禮), O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shaanxi 陝西北境 (China)

1900.02.151900.06.17
LebanonBishop Paul Basbous (Maronite Rite)

former Bishop of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon)

1900.02.181900.02.18
ItalyArchbishop Paul Rubian

former Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

1900.02.241900.03.18
PolandBishop Heinrich Marx

former Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland)

1900.03.111900.06.24
ItalyBishop Raniero Sarnari

former Bishop of Macerata (Italy)

former Bishop of Tolentino (Italy)

1900.03.151900.05.20
EnglandBishop John Baptist Cahill

former Bishop of Portsmouth (England)

1900.03.211900.05.01
EnglandBishop Richard Preston

former Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

1900.03.211900.07.25
CanadaArchbishop Bertram Orth

former Bishop of Victoria (Canada)

1900.03.241900.06.10
GermanyBishop Heinrich Brück

former Bishop of Mainz (Germany)

1900.03.301900.05.20
ItalyBishop Bernhard Joseph Doebbing, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Sutri (Italy)

former Bishop of Nepi (Italy)

1900.04.011900.04.22
USABishop Benjamin Joseph Keiley

former Bishop of Savannah (USA)

1900.04.021900.06.03
USAArchbishop Henry Moeller

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA)

1900.04.061900.08.25
EthiopiaBishop André-Marie-Elie Jarosseau, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Harar (Ethiopia)

1900.04.061900.09.16
ChinaBishop Próspero París (姚宗李), S.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Nanjing 南京 (China)

1900.04.061900.11.11
SpainCardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede

former President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter

former Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter

former Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

1900.04.091900.05.06
ItalyBishop Ignacio Monterisi

former Bishop of Potenza (Italy)

former Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (Italy)

1900.04.191900.04.29
ItalyArchbishop Diomede Panici

former Secretary of Congregation for Sacred Rites

1900.04.191900.05.01
ItalyCardinal Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. Subl.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia

former Archbishop of Spoleto (Italy)

former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith

1900.04.191900.05.06
ItalyCardinal Angelo Maria Dolci

former Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

former Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

1900.04.191900.05.13
ItalyBishop Tito Maria Cucchi

former Bishop of Senigallia (Italy)

1900.04.191900.05.13
ItalyBishop Domenico Pugliatti

former Bishop of Bova (Italy)

1900.04.191900.05.13
HungaryBishop Károly Emmánuel de Csáky

former Bishop of Vác (Hungary)

1900.04.191900.06.17
USABishop Henry Regis Granjon

former Bishop of Tucson (USA)

1900.04.191900.06.17
SpainBishop Manuel María Cerero y Soler

former Bishop of Segorbe (Spain)

1900.04.191900.06.29
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Paderi

former Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy)

1900.04.191900.07.29
SpainBishop Wenceslao Sangüesa y Guía

former Bishop of Cuenca (Spain)

1900.04.191900.08.05
PeruBishop Fidel Olivas Escudero

former Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru)

1900.04.191900.08.15
ChinaBishop Joseph-Marie Lavest (羅惠良), M.E.P.

former Prefect Apostolic of Guangxi 廣西 (China)

1900.04.261900.08.24
ChinaBishop Théotime Matthieu Verhaehen (德希聖), O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh 湖北南境 (China)

1900.04.271900.11.11
USABishop Peter Joseph O’Reilly

former Auxiliary Bishop of Peoria (USA)

1900.06.201900.09.21
GermanyBishop Wilhelm Schneider

former Bishop of Paderborn (Germany)

1900.06.251900.08.15
LebanonBishop Paul-Raphaël Abi-Mourad (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Titular Bishop of Damiata of the Greek-Melkites

1900.07.021900.09.02
IndiaBishop Luis María Benziger, O.C.D.

former Bishop of Quilon (India)

1900.07.171900.11.18
MexicoArchbishop Martín Tritschler y Córdoba

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Yucatán (Mexico)

1900.07.281900.11.18
FranceArchbishop Augustin Marre, O.C.S.O.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France)

1900.08.111900.08.19
USABishop Herman Joseph Alerding

former Bishop of Fort Wayne (USA)

1900.08.301900.11.30
MexicoBishop Rómulo Betancourt y Torres

former Bishop of Campeche (Mexico)

1900.08.311900.11.30
SyriaArchbishop Clément Michel Bakhache (Syriac Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria)

1900.09.241900.09.24
ColombiaBishop José María Villalba

former Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia)

1900.09.25?
ItalyBishop Francesco Giacci

former Bishop of Marsi (Italy)

1900.09.261900.10.07
IndiaBishop Jean-Marie Crochet

former Bishop of Nagpur (India)

1900.10.251901.02.10
AlbaniaArchbishop Lazare Miedia

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Shkodrë (Albania)

1900.11.101901.01.20
MexicoArchbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico)

1900.11.121900.12.27
ItalyArchbishop Paolo Jacuzio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy)

1900.12.171900.12.21
ItalyBishop Sabbatino Giani

former Bishop of Livorno (Italy)

1900.12.171900.12.21
ItalyBishop Antonio Maria Jannotta

former Bishop of Sora (Italy)

former Bishop of Pontecorvo (Italy)

former Bishop of Aquino (Italy)

1900.12.171900.12.23
ItalyArchbishop Natale Bruni

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Modena (Italy)

former Abbot nullius of Nonantola (Italy)

1900.12.171900.12.27
HungaryBishop Josef Medard Kohl, O.S.B.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary)

1900.12.171900.12.27
PolandBishop Anatol Novak

former Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland)

1900.12.171900.12.30
ItalyBishop Vincenzo Scozzoli

former Bishop of Rimini (Italy)

1900.12.171900.12.31
ItalyBishop Filippo Genovese

former Titular Bishop of Sarepta

1900.12.171901.01.03
UkraineSaint Archbishop Józef Bilczewski

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine)

1900.12.171901.01.20
AngolaBishop Antonio José Gomes Cardoso

former Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola)

1900.12.171901.03.25
ItalyBishop Giuliano Cabras

former Auxiliary Bishop of Sassari (Italy)

1900.12.171901.06.09

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