The Year of Our Lord 1840

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Pierre Elie XII Abboloyonan †	Mossul	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
	33.7	Ordained Deacon	Giacomo Antonelli †	Cardinal, Deacon of the Roman Curia - Other
	66.4	Died	Giovanni Maria Bua †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
		Succeeded	Patrick Joseph Carew †	Vicar Apostolic of Madras, India	Vicar Apostolic of Western Bengal, India
	64.2	Appointed	Girolamo Gavi †	Titular Bishop of Meloë in Lycia	Bishop of Livorno, Italy
	46.9	Selected	Guilherme Henriques de Carvalho †	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Florentin-Etienne Jaussen, SS.CC. †	Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tahiti {Isole Tahiti}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
		Died	Michele Amatore Lobetti †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
	64.4	Died	Vincenzo Macioti †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
		Died	Daniel O’Connell (O’Connor), O.S.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Madras, India
		Appointed	Carlos Pereira Freire de Moura †	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
		Died	Carlos Pereira Freire de Moura †	Bishop-Elect of Mariana, Brazil
	52.2	Died	Francesco Pichi †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Henryk Ludwik Plater †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	73.9	Selected	Francisco de São Luiz (Manoel Justiniano) Saraiva, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	83.0	Died	Isidoro Spano †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
	58.0	Died	Antonio Raimondo Tore †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	19.9	Professed	Giuseppe Antonio Virdia, O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop Emeritus of Cariati, Italy
Jan	45.3	Resigned	William Placid Morris, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
3 Jan	83.2	Died	Patrício da Silva, O.S.A. †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
4 Jan		Born	Richard Owens †	Brookeboro, Co Fermanagh	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
6 Jan		Born	Charles Lavigne, S.J. †	Marvejols, France	Bishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
6 Jan		Born	Jean-Louis Vey, M.E.P. †	Araules, France	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Siam {Siam Orientale}, Thailand
8 Jan		Born	Vito Antonio Fioni †	Bitritto	Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
10 Jan		Born	Louis Nazaire Bégin †	La Pointe-Lévis	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
10 Jan		Born	Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke †	Swinford, Ireland	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA
12 Jan		Born	Silvério Gomes Pimenta †	Congonhas do Campo	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
		Appointed	Ludovico Rizzuti †	Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy
	67.8	Died	Carlo Emmanuelle Sardagna de Hohenstein †	Bishop Emeritus of Cremona, Italy
13 Jan	70.1	Died	Kajetan von Kowalski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno-Poznań, Poland
14 Jan	52.5	Succeeded	Rémi Gaulin †	Bishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
14 Jan	77.5	Died	Alexander MacDonell †	Bishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
17 Jan		Born	Vincenzo Giuseppe Veneri †	Norcia	Bishop of Amelia, Italy
19 Jan	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Raffaelli †	Bishop of Carpi, Italy	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
20 Jan		Born	Giuseppe Staiti di Brancaleone †	Napoli	Bishop of Andria, Italy
24 Jan		Born	George John Smith †	Cuttlebrue	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
2 Feb		Born	Pierre-Emile-Jean-Baptiste-Marie Grouard, O.M.I. †	Brûlon, France	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Grouard, Alberta, Canada
	54.9	Professed	Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus
		Born	Gustave Augustin Rouxel †	Redon, France	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
13 Feb		Born	Jordan Zaninovic, O.P. †	Stari Grad	Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
14 Feb	38.1	Appointed	William Bernard Allen Collier, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope {Capo de Buona Speranza}, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
14 Feb	38.1	Appointed	William Bernard Allen Collier, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Milevum	Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
16 Feb	36.2	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Calderón, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Bodona	Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
22 Feb	65.1	Died	Felice Greco †	Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy
22 Feb	90.8	Died	Fortuné-Charles de Mazenod †	Bishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
25 Feb	35.0	Ordained Bishop	Heinrich von Hofstätter †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Robert Paysant †	Bishop of Angers, France
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour †	Bishop of Digne, France	Archbishop of Paris, France
28 Feb		Born	Thomas Joseph Dowling †	Limerick, Ireland	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
1 Mar	37.8	Ordained Bishop	François-Alexis Rameaux, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Myrina	Vicar Apostolic of Kiam-Si {Kiangsi}, China
2 Mar	23.6	Ordained Priest	Juan Francisco de Paula Solar Mery, O. de M. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
7 Mar	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Menchi †	Bishop of Pescia, Italy	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
8 Mar	82.1	Died	Giuseppe Segna †	Bishop of Marsi, Italy
9 Mar		Born	Francesco Saverio de Hornstein †	Villars-sur-Fontenais	Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania
14 Mar	47.9	Installed	Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour †	Bishop of Digne, France	Archbishop of Paris, France
15 Mar		Born	Paolo Carlo Francesco Origo †	Milano	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
16 Mar	69.3	Selected	Franciszek Ksawery Zachariasiewicz †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
17 Mar		Born	Jacques Roissant †	Bommiers, France	Auxiliary Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
18 Mar	57.1	Selected	Alexis Billiet †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chambéry, France
21 Mar	82.0	Died	Adam Friedrich von Groß zu Trockau †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
22 Mar	71.7	Died	Georg Mayer †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
25 Mar		Born	Pasquale de Siena †	Napoli	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
29 Mar	64.2	Ordained Bishop	José Manuel Eufrasio de Quiroga Sarmiento †	Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
1 Apr	16.2	Professed	Alfonso Capecelatro di Castelpagano, C.O. †	Member of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
1 Apr		Born	Antonio Dias Ferreira †	Pombeiro, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Angola e Congo, Angola
3 Apr	77.6	Died	Marie-Joseph-Antoine-Laurent de la Rivoire de La Tourette †	Bishop of Valence, France
4 Apr	23.2	Ordained Priest	Filippo Campus Chessa †	Priest	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
		Born	Johann Baptist von Neudecker †	Thalham	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Pierallini †	Priest	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
5 Apr	23.1	Ordained Priest	Patrick Neeson Lynch †	Priest of Charleston, South Carolina, USA	Bishop
6 Apr		Born	Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla †	Palermo	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
9 Apr	66.1	Died	Johann Wilhelm Bausch †	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
9 Apr		Born	Giuliano Cabras †	Bessude	Auxiliary Bishop of Sassari, Italy
11 Apr	77.5	Retired	José Ignacio Cienfuegos Arteaga †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
12 Apr	43.2	Appointed	John Timon, C.M. †	Prefect of Texas, USA	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
17 Apr	78.3	Appointed	Carlo Rajner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary
	78.3	Appointed	Carlo Rajner †	Titular Bishop of Amorium	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary
	35.1	Selected	Georg Anton von Stahl †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
18 Apr	26.5	Ordained Priest	César-Victor-Ange-Jean-Baptiste Jourdan †	Priest of Paris, France	Bishop of Tarbes, France
19 Apr	40.5	Succeeded	Ignace Bourget †	Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
19 Apr	62.8	Died	Jean-Jacques Lartigue, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
20 Apr	81.7	Died	Bartolomeo Goglia †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy
21 Apr		Born	Alphonse de Voss (Vos), C.I.C.M. †	Messines, Belgium	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
23 Apr		Born	Nicolae Iosif Camilli †	Monterubbiano, Italy	Bishop of Iaşi, Romania
24 Apr		Born	Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Sarthou, C.M. †	Doazit, France	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China
27 Apr	46.6	Appointed	Denis-Auguste Affre †	Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia	Archbishop of Paris, France
	46.6	Confirmed	Denis-Auguste Affre †	Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Archbishop of Paris, France
	53.6	Appointed	Raffaele Biale †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
	57.2	Confirmed	Alexis Billiet †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chambéry, France
	52.5	Confirmed	Louis-Jacques-Maurice de Bonald †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	60.8	Confirmed	Nicolas-Augustin de la Croix d’Azolette †	Archbishop of Auch, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.2	Appointed	Diego Antonio Elizondo y Prado †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
	54.6	Appointed	Francisco José Vicente Garcia Diego y Moreno, O.F.M. †	Bishop of California (Two Californias, Both Californias), México
	57.1	Appointed	Joseph Ambrosius Geritz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland	Bishop
	57.1	Appointed	Joseph Ambrosius Geritz †	Titular Bishop of Abdera	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
	51.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Godeassi †	Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
	64.3	Appointed	Juan Manuel de Irrizarri y Peralta †	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
	64.3	Appointed	Juan Manuel de Irrizarri y Peralta †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea Philippi	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
	51.2	Appointed	Mario Giuseppe Mirone †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy	Bishop of Noto, Italy
	39.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Agostino Salomoni, C.M. †	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	42.1	Appointed	Nicola Sterlini †	Bishop of Calvi e Teano, Italy
		Confirmed	Nicolas Zeia (Zaya) †	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq	Patriarch Emeritus
1 May	80.7	Died	Jean-Marie-Dominique de Poulpiquet de Brescanvel †	Bishop of Quimper, France
3 May	38.3	Ordained Bishop	William Bernard Allen Collier, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Milevum	Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
3 May	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Agostino Salomoni, C.M. †	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
7 May		Born	Félix-Nicolas-Joseph Midon, M.E.P. †	Bonviller, France	Bishop of Osaka, Japan
13 May	48.1	Died	Jose Epigmenio Villanueva y Gomez de Eguiarreta †	Bishop-Elect of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
14 May		Born	Gregorio Govrik, C.A.M. †	Vienna, Italy	Abbot of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia
21 May	62.1	Appointed	Manuel Vicuña Larraín †	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
22 May	37.8	Appointed	Nicholas Patrick Stephen (Nicolás Patricio Esteban) Wiseman †	Vicar Apostolic of Midland District, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
22 May	37.8	Appointed	Nicholas Patrick Stephen (Nicolás Patricio Esteban) Wiseman †	Titular Bishop of Milopotamos	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
23 May	54.3	Ordained Bishop	José María Arriaga †	Bishop of Maynas, Peru	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru
24 May	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Manoel de Monte Rodrigues de Araújo †	Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
26 May	46.7	Selected	Denis-Auguste Affre †	Archbishop of Paris, France
	44.9	Selected	Pierre Chatrousse †	Bishop of Valence, France
	37.5	Selected	Pierre-Marie-Joseph Darcimoles †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
	48.1	Selected	Thomas-Marie-Joseph Gousset †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
	47.2	Selected	Jean-Marie Graveran †	Bishop of Quimper, France	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
28 May		Born	Ferdinando Maria Cieri †	Castelfranci	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
28 May		Born	Johann Baptist Schneider †	Gaweinsthal	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
30 May		Born	Antonius Hubert Fischer †	Jülich	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
31 May	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Posada y Garduño †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
31 May	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-André Retord, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Achantus	Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viêt Nam
Jun	25.2	Ordained Priest	Gregorio Melitón Martínez Santa Cruz †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
2 Jun	26.4	Incardinated	Nikolaus Adames †	Priest of Luxembourg	Bishop Emeritus of Luxembourg
	70.8	Appointed	Johann Theodor van der Noot †	Vicar Apostolic of Luxembourg	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	44.8	Appointed	Joannes Augustinus Paredis †	Vicar Apostolic of Limburg, Germany	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
	44.8	Appointed	Joannes Augustinus Paredis †	Titular Bishop of Hirina	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
		Born	John Lancaster Spalding †	Lebanon, KY	Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA
		Born	Jakobus von Stammler †	Bremgarten	Bishop of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland
5 Jun	56.4	Appointed	George Hilary Brown †	Vicar Apostolic of Lancashire District, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
	56.4	Appointed	George Hilary Brown †	Titular Bishop of Bugia	Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
	44.1	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Brown, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Wales District, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop of Newport and Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
	44.1	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Brown, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Apollonia	Bishop of Newport and Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
	49.3	Appointed	William Wareing †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern District, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain
	49.3	Appointed	William Wareing †	Titular Bishop of Areopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain
6 Jun		Born	Gabriele Neviani, O.F.M. †	Modena	Bishop Emeritus of Sapë, Albania
8 Jun	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Nicholas Patrick Stephen (Nicolás Patricio Esteban) Wiseman †	Titular Bishop of Milopotamos	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
9 Jun	22.8	Ordained Priest	Richard Butler Roskell †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
11 Jun	80.0	Died	Antonio Begni †	Bishop of Monte Feltre, Italy
13 Jun	27.6	Ordained Priest	John Bernard Fitzpatrick †	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Francesco Giampaolo †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
	27.9	Ordained Priest	Francis Kelly †	Priest	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
	13.2	Ordained Priest	Guillaume-René Meignan †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tours, France
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Julien Pichon, M.E.P. †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Mariano Positano †	Priest	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
14 Jun		Born	James Charles McDonald †	Allisary	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
14 Jun		Born	Gustave-Adolphe de Pélacot †	Le Puy	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
24 Jun		Born	Cesare Boccanera †	Roma	Bishop Emeritus of Narni, Italy
25 Jun	50.5	Selected	Louis Rossat †	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop of Verdun, France
26 Jun		Born	Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón †	Guanajuato	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México