DOCUMENTED CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF
FÉLIX DE JESÚS ROUGIER
1859 December 17th, the Servant of God was born in Meilhaud, Auvergne,
France; Diocese of Clermont-Ferrand (Summ 1. p. 21, par. 46)
1859 December 18th, baptized in the parish of Meilhaud. Received the
names Benedict-Félix (Positio 1, p. 265, doc. 2)
1861 until 1865 lived with his parents in Rafayet, south of Meilhaud,
Auvergne, France (Proc. Ap. Vol. 1, pp. 115)
1864 August 26th, his brother Manuel was born (Biography of Father
Félix
by P. Padilla, [henceforth Biography] Vol. I, p. 68).
1868 July 30th, his I brother Stanislaus was born (Biography Vol. I, p.
98).
1868 to 1872, the Servant of God boarded at the School of the Brothers of
the Sacred Heart, at Saint-Germain-Lembron, Auvergne (Proc. Ap.
Vol.I,p.116).
1869 May 10th, First Communion of the Servant of God, at the Parish of Meilhaud (Positio super scriptis, Conspectus, p. 2).
1870 to 1872, lived with his parents in Breuil, Auvergne, France
(Biography, Vol. I, p. 61).
1872 Went with his family to live in Les Iles, Auvergne, France
(Biography, Vol. I, p.131).
1874 to 1878 studied high school at the Seminary-School of Le Puy, which
he entered on April 10th (Summ I. p. 21, par. 47).
1878 September 24th, entered the novitiate of the Marist Fathers at
Sainte-Foi-les-Lyons (Summ 1, p. 4, par. 5).
1879 September 24th, made his first profession in the Society of Mary (Summ
1. p. 23, par. 51.).
1879 to 1880, studied Philosophy in the Marist Scholasticate of Belley,
France, near the Swiss border (Biography, Vol. I, p. 155).
1880 to 1882, taught at St. Joseph School, Toulon, France (Biography,
Vol. I, p. 164).
1880 September 5th, received the clerical tonsure (Positio 1. p. 285,
Doc. 5).
1882 March 17th, the Servant of God met Don Bosco (Summ. 1, p. 101, par.
258).
1882 December 17th, received Minor Orders (Positio 1. p. 285, Doc. 5).
1882 to 1884, Prefect of Discipline at the Marist Boarding School of La
Seyne (Biography, Vol. I, p.175).
1883 February 2nd, Perpetual vows in the Society of Mary (Positio 1. p.
284, Doc. 4,b).
1883 February 17th, received the Subdiaconate at Toulon (Positio 1. p.
285, Doc. 5).
1884 October, begins theological studies at the Marist Scholasticate in
Barcelona, Spain (Biography, Vol. I, p. 194).
1886 April 10th, was ordained a Deacon in Barcelona, Spain (Positio. 1,p.
285, Doc. 5).
1887 September 24th, was ordained a Priest in the city of Lyon, France (Positio
1. p. 285, Doc. 5).
1887 September, was named Professor of Sacred Scripture at the Marist
Scholasticate in Barcelona, Spain (Summ 1. p. 24, par. 55).
1891 was appointed Director of the Marist Apostolic School in Barcelona,
Spain (Biography, Vol. J, p. 216).
1892 from October 18th to 21st, participated in the National Catholic
Congress of Seville, Spain. Presented a paper on Egyptology as it relates to
Sacred Scripture (Biography, Vol. 1, p. 211).
1895 July 12th, was sent to Colombia (Summ 1, p. 24, par. 55).
1895 November 17th, settled with his community in Neiva, Colombia (Positio
super scriptis, Conspectus, p. 3).
1897 January, was named Superior of the Community of Ibague and
Superintendent of the Community in La Neiva, Colombia (Biography, Vol. II,
p. 63).
1899 April 12th, saintly death of the mother of the Servant of God in Les
lIes, France (Biography, Vol. II, p. 131).
1899 October 18th, the revolution known as the "Three Years War" broke
out in Colombia (Summ. 1, p. 24, par. 56).
1899 April 28th, Bishop Esteban Rojas, Ordinary of the place, named the
Servant of God Assistant Vicar General (Positio 1. p. 286, Doc. 7).
1900 February 16th, the Servant of God named Administrator and Chaplain
of the Military Hospital (Biography, Vol. II, p. 143).
1900 from the 16th to the 23th of April preached Spiritual Exercises to
the Clergy (Biography, Vol. II, p. 146).
1900 June 19th, the Commander General of thc First Division of Tolima
named the Servant of God military Chaplain (Biography, Vol. II, p. 141).
1900 the Servant of God promoted the work of charity "Bread of St.-
Anthony", which he had founded (Biography, Vol. II, p. 146).
1900 November 30th, ordered by the Superior General of the Marists to
leave Colombia (Biography, Vol. II, p.158).
1901 December 9th, the Marists left Colombia for good and go to Mexico
(Biography, Vol.
II, p. 169).
1902 February 10th, the Servant of God and his fellow Marists arrived in
Mexico. He was appointed Marist Viceprovincial in Mexico and Pastor of the
French Parish in Mexico City (Summ 1, p. 24, par. 56).
1903 February 4th, meeting of Father Félix with the Venerable Servant of God,
Concepción Cabrera de Armida (Summ 1. p. 25, par. 57).
1903 April 9th, calling of the Servant of God to found the Congregation
of the Religious of the Cross (Biography, Vol. III, p. 23).
1903 June 13th, the Servant of God, Mrs. Armida asked Father Félix to be
her Spiritual Director (Biography, Vol.JlI, p. 42).
1903 Father Félix participated in the resurgence of the Sisters of the
Cross of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Biography, Vol. III, p. 41).
1904 July 15th, the Servant of God traveled to France to speak with his
General Superior about the Religious of the Cross (Summ. 1, p. 24, p.56).
1904 August to September 1909, time of waiting and trial for the Servant
of God in Barcelona, Spain (Summ. 1, 24, par. 56).
1905 March 25th, death of Father Antonio Martin, General Superior of the
Society of Mary (Biography, Vol. III, p. 139).
1905 August 13th, election of new General of the Society of Mary, Father
Juan Raffin (Biography, Vol. III, p. 143).
1908 because he had been sick since February, during the months of July
and August, I the Servant of God was sent to recuperate to La Bourboule,
Auvergne, France. There he held several interviews with Father Juan Raffin,
new General Superior of the Marists (Biography, Vol. III, p. 182-4).
1909 September, the Servant of God at Saint-Chamond, France (Summ 1, p.
24, par. 56).
1911 April 11th, the Servant of God went to Rome with the permission of
his Superiors. He met with Cardinal Vives, Prefect of the Congregation of
Religious (Biography, Vol. III, pp. 221 and following).
1911 Several Mexican Bishops wrote to the Pope asking his permission to
establish the Congregation of the Religious of the Cross and for the return
of Father F6lix (Biography, Vol. III, p. 246).
1913 The Servant of God, Bishop Ramon Ibarra y Gonzalez, in his own name
and that of several other Bishops, requested from the Holy See permission to
establish the Religious of the Cross. Pope Pius X granted the request on
December 16 changing the name to missionaires of the Holy Spirit. (Positio
1. p. 287, Doc. 8).
1914 January 17th, Father Juan Raffin, General Superior of the Society of
Mary, lent Father Félix for two years to be in charge of the foundation of
the missionaries of the Holy Spirit (Biography, Vol. III, p.265).
1914 August 14th, the Servant of God arrives at Veracruz, Mexico
(Biography, Vol. III, p. 273).
1914 December 25th, founding of the missionaries of the Holy Spirit (Summ
1. p. 80, par. 195).
1916 March 7th, the permission was renewed for two more years (Positio 1.
p. 288, Doc. 9).
1917 February 1st, death of Msgr. Ramon Ibarra, Archbishop of Puebla,
Mexico, Protector of the Works of the Cross and first missionary of the Holy
Spirit (Biography, Vol. III, p. 308).
1917 February 4th, first Profession of the first two religious of the
Congregation (Biography, Vol. III, p. 314).
1918 March 20th, the permission was renewed for two more years
(Positio 1. p. 289, Doc. 9c) .
1918 August 18th, the missionaries of the Holy Spirit took charge of the
Church of the Holy Spirit in Tacubaya, D.F. (Proc. Ap., Vol. 1, p. 186).
1919 December 8th, establishment of the first Apostolic School in Tlalpan,
D.F. (Proc. Ap., Vol. I, p. 156).
1919 Establishment of the Scholasticate of Philosophy and Theology in
Tlalpan, D.F. (Summ 1. p. 82, par. 201).
1919 December 13th, arduous trip of the Servant of God to France and
Belgium in response to an urgent request of the Greville family (Biography,
Vol. III, pp. 348 and ff).
1920 May 6th, religious profession of the principal collaborators of the
Servant of God (Biography, Vol. III, p. 372).
1920 month of June, Pope Benedict XV granted a new permission to the
Servant of God, "ad quinquennium sed non ultra" (Summ 1. p. 32, par. 74).
1920 October 29th, establishment of a Residence in Morelia (Summ 1. p.
32, par. 74).
1921 August to October, another trip of the Servant of God to Europe due
to urgent problems of the Greville family. Visit to his General Superior
(Biography, Vol. IV, pp. 41 and ff).
1922 1st of August, death of John Ruffin, Superior General of the Society
of Mary (Biography, Vol. IV, p. 65).
1923 August 11th, Father Ernesto Rieu was elected new General Superior of
the Society of Mary (Biography, Vol. IV, p. 65).
1924 January 12th, founding of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit in San
Luis Potosi, Mexico (Proc. Ap. Vol. 1, p. 178).
1924 October 12th, the Servant of God succeeded in having Mexico
consecrated to the Holy Spirit (Biography, Vol. IV, pp. 28 and ff)
1925 January 9th, Father Ernest Rieu granted the Servant of God permission
to change from the Society of Mary to that of the missionaries of the Holy
Spirit (Positio 1. p. 280, Doc. 10a).
1925 June 11th, trip of the Servant of God to France, Belgium, England and
Italy to deal with important matters (Biography, Vol. IV, p. 76 and ff).
1925 September 11th, saintly death of the father of the Servant of God
(Biography, Vol. IV, p. 82 and ff).
1925 December 16th, the Servant of God agreed to take charge of the
Church of Santa Clara, in Mexico City (Biography, Vol. IV, p. 115.)
1925 December 28th, the Servant of God agreed to take charge of the
Santuario de los Remedios in the Archdiocese of Mexico (now Tlalnepantla)
Proc. Ap., Vol. I, p. 256).
1926 February 9th, the Holy See issued an indult for the change of the
Servant of God from the Society of Mary to the Congregation of the
missionaries of the Holy Spirit (Positio 1. p. 291, Doc. 10b).
1926 March 28th, the Servant of God made perpetual vows as a missionary
of the Holy Spirit (Positio 1. p. 293, Doc 10d).
1926 The Servant of God established a House of Studies in Rome (Summ
1..p.32, par. 74).
1926 Founding of a community in Havana, Cuba (Summ 1. p. 32, par. 34).
1929 May, the Servant of God agreed to take charge of the lnterdiocesan
Seminary, Castroville, Texas, USA. (Proc. Ap., Vol. 11, p. 156).
1929 June 29th, establishment of a Home for Priests (Biography, Vol. IV
p. 295).
1930 September 15th, founding of the Guadalupana missionaries of the Holy
Spirit (Biography; Vol. lV, p. 433).
1931 December 7th, the missionaries of the Holy Spirit take charge of the
National Expiatory Church of San Felipe de Jesús, in Mexico City (Biography,
Vol. IV, pp. 325 and ff).
1931 December 12th, Decretum Laudis and temporal approval of the
Constitutions (Proc. Ap., Vol. 1, p. 151).
1932 from May 15th to 23rd, first General Chapter of the Congregation.
The Servant of God was unanimously elected General Superior (Summ 1, p. 81,
par. .198).
1936 May 28th, establishment of a Residence in Celaya, Gto. (Summ 1. p.
65, par. 156).
1936 October 25th establishment of a Residence in San Luis Potosi, SLP (Summ
1. p. 32, par. 74).
1937 March 3rd, saintly death of the Servant of God Concepción Cabrera de
Armida in Mexico City (Biography, Vol. IV, p. 479).
1937 September 24th, Golden Jubilee of the ordination of the Servant of
God (Proc. Ap., Vol. I, p. 255).
1937 from the 17th to the 23rd of October, Second General Chapter. The
Servant of God unanimously reelected General Superior (Summ. p. 81, par.
198).
1937 December 11th, establishment of a Residence in Saltillo, Coahuila,
(Biography, Vol. IV, p. 345).
1937 December 12th, foundation of the Oblate Sisters of Jesus Priest
(Proc. Ap., Vol. I, p. 315).
1938 January 10th, holy death of the Servant of God in Mexico City (Positio
1. Doc 11).
1938 February 8th, solemn funeral service at the Basilica of Our Lady of
Guadalupe, on the hill of Tepeyac (Biography, Vol. IV, p. 493).
1955 to 1958, Introduction to the Process of Beatification of the Servant
of God in the Archbishopric of Mexico (Decretum Introductionis Causae, p.
4).
1974 February 15th, Decretum super revisione scriptorum Servi Dei.
1981 December 15th, Decretum super Introductione Causae.
1982 June 21st to August 11th, 1984, initiation of the Apostolic Process
in the Archbishopric of Mexico.
1986 February 27th, Decretum de validitate processuum.
