The Year of Our Lord 1840

Bishop Events

September to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 36.5 Appointed João de França Castro e Moura, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria Bishop of Porto, Portugal

3 Sep 69.0 Died José Uraga Pérez † Bishop of Guadix, Spain

5 Sep 71.4 Died Anselmo Basilici † Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy

6 Sep 68.4 Died Franz Ferdinand (Johann Franz) Fritz, O.S.B. † Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany

8 Sep Born Philip Joseph Garrigan † Whitegate, Ireland Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA

12 Sep Born Ramón Martínez y Vigil, O.P. † Santa María de Tiñana Bishop of Oviedo, Spain

19 Sep 23.4 Ordained Priest Charles-Jean Fillion † Priest Bishop of Le Mans, France

23.2 Ordained Priest Thomas-Casimir-François de Ladoue † Priest Bishop of Nevers, France

23.6 Ordained Priest Gaetano Lironi † Priest Bishop of Assisi, Italy

22.7 Ordained Priest Giovanni Monetti † Priest Bishop of Cervia, Italy

23.3 Ordained Priest Guido Rocca † Priest of Reggio Emilia, Italy Bishop

20 Sep Born Juan Buenaventura Ortiz † Bogota Bishop of Popayán, Colombia

21 Sep 45.2 Ordained Bishop Pierre Chatrousse † Bishop of Valence, France

49.6 Ordained Bishop William Wareing † Titular Bishop of Areopolis Bishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain

22 Sep Died Grégoire II Pierre VI Djeranian † Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

40.7 Appointed Francis George Mostyn † Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain

40.7 Appointed Francis George Mostyn † Titular Bishop of Abydus Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain

1 Oct Born Michael Logue † Duringings Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

Born Godfried Marschall † Neudorf Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

2 Oct Appointed Giorgio Labella, O.F.M. † Bishop of Sapë, Albania Archbishop Emeritus of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania

4 Oct 22.4 Professed Francesco Converti, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria, Italy

55.0 Ordained Bishop Francisco José Vicente Garcia Diego y Moreno, O.F.M. † Bishop of California (Two Californias, Both Californias), México

35.5 Ordained Bishop Georg Anton von Stahl † Bishop of Würzburg, Germany

42.5 Ordained Bishop Nicola Sterlini † Bishop of Calvi e Teano, Italy

9 Oct 44.9 Succeeded Luigi Maria (Ferdinando) Fortini, O.C.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Bombay, India

80.3 Died Pietro Ramazzini, O.C.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Bombay, India

10 Oct 53.2 Resigned Leopold Sedlnitzky Odrowąż von Choltitz † Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland Bishop Emeritus

11 Oct 23.6 Ordained Priest Pierre-Louis-Marie Cortet † Priest Bishop of Troyes, France

12 Oct Born Benedetto Bonazzi, O.S.B. † Napoli Archbishop of Benevento, Italy

13 Oct Born António Pedro da Costa † Santarém Bishop of Damão, India

18 Oct 22.5 Ordained Priest Michael Heiss † Priest of Louisville, Kentucky, USA Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

22.8 Ordained Priest John Loughlin † Priest of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA

21 Oct Born Marijan Marković, O.F.M. † Dolac Apostolic Administrator of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

23 Oct 77.0 Died Santos Gómez Marañón, O.S.A. † Bishop of Cebu, Philippines

Born Juan Martín Yáñez (Janiz) y Paz † Córdoba Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina

24 Oct 67.2 Died Giovanni Maria Bua † Archbishop of Oristano, Italy

26 Oct Born Pierre-Lucien Campistron † Mirande Bishop of Annecy, France

27 Oct 66.5 Appointed José Higinio Madalengoitia y Sanz de Zárate † Titular Bishop of Antiphellus Bishop of Trujillo, Peru

66.5 Confirmed José Higinio Madalengoitia y Sanz de Zárate † Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo, Peru Bishop

28 Oct 44.5 Ordained Bishop Thomas Joseph Brown, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Apollonia Bishop of Newport and Menevia, Wales, Great Britain

31 Oct 67.5 Died Ignacio Ribes Mayor † Archbishop of Burgos, Spain

1 Nov 79.5 Died José Antonio Azpeitia de y Sáenz de Santamaria † Bishop of Cartagena (en España)

17.0 Professed Eusebio Magner, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Orvieto, Italy

2 Nov Born Francesco Brusák † Vohaveè Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic

Born Michael Felix Korum † Wickerschweiler Bishop of Trier, Germany

8 Nov 25.5 Ordained Priest Charles Henry Davis, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop of Maitland, Australia

35.6 Ordained Bishop Emmanuel-Jean-François Verrolles, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Columbica Vicar Apostolic of Manchuria {Manciuria}, China

13 Nov 72.2 Died Dámaso Egidio Iglesias y Lago † Bishop of Orense, Spain

15 Nov 22.3 Ordained Deacon Bl. Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet, O.S.B. † Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict Cardinal, Archbishop of Catania, Italy

51.5 Ordained Bishop Juan Manuel de Irrizarri y Peralta † Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Palaestina Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District

23.9 Ordained Deacon Mato Vodopić † Deacon of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia Bishop

16 Nov 16.8 Professed Leonardo Giannotti, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Modigliana, Italy

18 Nov 73.6 Died Giovanni Francesco Falzacappa † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

Born Carlo Giuseppe Gentili, O.F.M. Cap. † Bertinoro Archbishop of Agra, India

21 Nov 21.2 Ordained Bishop Emmanuele Staravero † Archbishop Titular Archbishop of Dramas

22 Nov 55.6 Ordained Bishop Ioannes Berčić † Titular Bishop of Casius Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia

39.4 Resigned Samuel Eccleston, P.S.S. † Apostolic Administrator of Richmond, Virginia, USA Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

23.9 Ordained Priest Mato Vodopić † Priest of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia Bishop

49.7 Ordained Bishop Józef Grzegorz Wojtarowicz † Bishop of Tarnów, Poland Bishop Emeritus

23 Nov Born Juan Antonio Ruano Martín † Guijuelo del Barro Bishop of Lérida, Spain

24 Nov 45.2 Appointed Joannes Augustinus Paredis † Titular Bishop of Hirina Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands

28 Nov Born Cyrille VIII Geha † Alep Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

29 Nov 22.8 Ordained Priest Antonio Maria Pettinari, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy

49.7 Installed Józef Grzegorz Wojtarowicz † Bishop of Tarnów, Poland Bishop Emeritus

30 Nov 40.9 Appointed Patrick Joseph Carew † Vicar Apostolic of Bengal, India Vicar Apostolic of Western Bengal, India

2 Dec 68.3 Died Raffaello de Ghantuz Cubbe † Bishop of Livorno, Italy

3 Dec 76.2 Died Juan Antonio Lillo, O.F.M. † Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines

Born Joseph (James) Rademacher † Westphalia, MI Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

8 Dec 52.3 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Godeassi † Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

12 Dec 53.2 Resigned Francesco Pichi † Bishop of Tivoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus

13 Dec 59.4 Died Giuseppe-Maria Amorelli † Bishop of Siracusa, Italy

14 Dec 35.4 Elevated to Cardinal Lodovico Altieri † In Pectore Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other

42.8 Confirmed Filippo Artico † Bishop of Asti, Italy

59.0 Elevated to Cardinal Silvestro Belli † In Pectore Cardinal, Bishop of Jesi, Italy

59.5 Appointed Giovanni Giuseppe Canali † Bishop of Ferentino, Italy Bishop Emeritus

46.1 Died Agostino-Maria de Mari † Bishop of Savona e Noli, Italy

35.7 Confirmed Jean-Baptiste-Amédée Georges-Massonnais † Bishop of Périgueux, France Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France

38.6 Appointed Carlo Gigli † Bishop of Tivoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus

74.0 Appointed Andrzej Benedykt Kłagiewicz † Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

70.3 Appointed Vincenzo Macchi † Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy

70.3 Appointed Vincenzo Macchi † Bishop of Palestrina, Italy Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy

60.9 Appointed Antonio Majthényi † Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary

60.9 Appointed Antonio Majthényi † Titular Bishop of Centuria Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary

48.6 Appointed Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

48.6 Elevated to Cardinal Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

77.1 Confirmed Martinus Miskólczy † Bishop of Knin, Croatia

65.3 Confirmed Giovanni Pietro Aurelio Mutti, O.S.B. † Bishop of Verona, Italy Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

71.1 Appointed Carlo Maria Pedicini † Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy

71.1 Appointed Carlo Maria Pedicini † Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy

60.9 Appointed Gaspare Bernardo Pianetti † Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy

60.9 Elevated to Cardinal Gaspare Bernardo Pianetti † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy

46.7 Appointed Andreas (André) Räß (Raess) † Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis Bishop of Strasbourg, France

46.7 Confirmed Andreas (André) Räß (Raess) † Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg, France Bishop

51.0 Confirmed Louis Rossat † Bishop of Gap, France Bishop of Verdun, France

48.0 Appointed Francesco Spalletti † Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy

32.4 Confirmed Domonkos Zichy-Vásonkeö † Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia Bishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary

15 Dec 45.2 Appointed John Joseph Mary Benedict Chanche, P.S.S. † Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA

31.9 Appointed Richard Vincent Whelan † Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA

16 Dec Born John Frederick Ignatius Horstmann † Philadelphia Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

17 Dec 56.6 Appointed Giovanni Battista de Albertis † Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus Bishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia, Italy

42.3 Appointed Antonio Benedetto Antonucci † Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy

68.5 Appointed Jan Cywiński † Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

68.5 Appointed Jan Cywiński † Titular Bishop of Dercos (Dercus) Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

60.9 Appointed Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus

60.9 Appointed Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † Titular Bishop of Meloë in Lycia Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus

55.8 Confirmed Carlos Pereira Freire de Moura † Bishop of Mariana, Brazil Bishop-Elect

53.2 Appointed Francesco Pichi † Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Phoenicia Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy

18 Dec 26.8 Appointed Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Sinitis Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Orientale}, China

19 Dec 24.5 Ordained Priest Victor-Felix Bernadou † Priest of Alger, Algeria Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France

22.9 Ordained Priest Vincenzo Brancia † Priest Bishop of Ugento, Italy

23.2 Ordained Priest Alfonso Buglione di Monale † Priest Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy

25.0 Ordained Priest Djordje Marčić † Priest Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro

25.1 Ordained Priest Pierre-Adophe Pinsoneault † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Sandwich, Ontario, Canada

21 Dec 38.6 Ordained Bishop Carlo Gigli † Bishop of Tivoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus

41.0 Ordained Bishop Francis George Mostyn † Titular Bishop of Abydus Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain

23 Dec 66.3 Selected Santiago José O’ Phelan Recabarren † Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru

24 Dec Born Amilcare Malagola † Modena Cardinal, Archbishop of Fermo, Italy

25 Dec 71.5 Died Antonio Savorin † Bishop of Chioggia, Italy

27 Dec 42.9 Ordained Bishop Filippo Artico † Bishop of Asti, Italy

59.5 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Giuseppe Canali † Bishop of Ferentino, Italy Bishop Emeritus

48.1 Ordained Bishop Francesco Spalletti † Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy

29 Dec Born Pierre-Marie-Etienne-Gustave Ardin † Clairvaux-les-Lacs Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France

31 Dec 40.4 Selected François-Marie Vibert † Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	36.5	Appointed	João de França Castro e Moura, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
3 Sep	69.0	Died	José Uraga Pérez †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
5 Sep	71.4	Died	Anselmo Basilici †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
6 Sep	68.4	Died	Franz Ferdinand (Johann Franz) Fritz, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
8 Sep		Born	Philip Joseph Garrigan †	Whitegate, Ireland	Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
12 Sep		Born	Ramón Martínez y Vigil, O.P. †	Santa María de Tiñana	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
19 Sep	23.4	Ordained Priest	Charles-Jean Fillion †	Priest	Bishop of Le Mans, France
23.2	Ordained Priest	Thomas-Casimir-François de Ladoue †	Priest	Bishop of Nevers, France
23.6	Ordained Priest	Gaetano Lironi †	Priest	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
22.7	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Monetti †	Priest	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
23.3	Ordained Priest	Guido Rocca †	Priest of Reggio Emilia, Italy	Bishop
20 Sep		Born	Juan Buenaventura Ortiz †	Bogota	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
21 Sep	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Chatrousse †	Bishop of Valence, France
49.6	Ordained Bishop	William Wareing †	Titular Bishop of Areopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain
22 Sep		Died	Grégoire II Pierre VI Djeranian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
40.7	Appointed	Francis George Mostyn †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
40.7	Appointed	Francis George Mostyn †	Titular Bishop of Abydus	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
1 Oct		Born	Michael Logue †	Duringings	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	Born	Godfried Marschall †	Neudorf	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
2 Oct		Appointed	Giorgio Labella, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania	Archbishop Emeritus of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
4 Oct	22.4	Professed	Francesco Converti, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria, Italy
55.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco José Vicente Garcia Diego y Moreno, O.F.M. †	Bishop of California (Two Californias, Both Californias), México
35.5	Ordained Bishop	Georg Anton von Stahl †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
42.5	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Sterlini †	Bishop of Calvi e Teano, Italy
9 Oct	44.9	Succeeded	Luigi Maria (Ferdinando) Fortini, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bombay, India
80.3	Died	Pietro Ramazzini, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bombay, India
10 Oct	53.2	Resigned	Leopold Sedlnitzky Odrowąż von Choltitz †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Bishop Emeritus
11 Oct	23.6	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Louis-Marie Cortet †	Priest	Bishop of Troyes, France
12 Oct		Born	Benedetto Bonazzi, O.S.B. †	Napoli	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
13 Oct		Born	António Pedro da Costa †	Santarém	Bishop of Damão, India
18 Oct	22.5	Ordained Priest	Michael Heiss †	Priest of Louisville, Kentucky, USA	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
22.8	Ordained Priest	John Loughlin †	Priest of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
21 Oct		Born	Marijan Marković, O.F.M. †	Dolac	Apostolic Administrator of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
23 Oct	77.0	Died	Santos Gómez Marañón, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
	Born	Juan Martín Yáñez (Janiz) y Paz †	Córdoba	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
24 Oct	67.2	Died	Giovanni Maria Bua †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
26 Oct		Born	Pierre-Lucien Campistron †	Mirande	Bishop of Annecy, France
27 Oct	66.5	Appointed	José Higinio Madalengoitia y Sanz de Zárate †	Titular Bishop of Antiphellus	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
66.5	Confirmed	José Higinio Madalengoitia y Sanz de Zárate †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo, Peru	Bishop
28 Oct	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Joseph Brown, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Apollonia	Bishop of Newport and Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
31 Oct	67.5	Died	Ignacio Ribes Mayor †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
1 Nov	79.5	Died	José Antonio Azpeitia de y Sáenz de Santamaria †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
17.0	Professed	Eusebio Magner, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
2 Nov		Born	Francesco Brusák †	Vohaveè	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
	Born	Michael Felix Korum †	Wickerschweiler	Bishop of Trier, Germany
8 Nov	25.5	Ordained Priest	Charles Henry Davis, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Maitland, Australia
35.6	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuel-Jean-François Verrolles, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Columbica	Vicar Apostolic of Manchuria {Manciuria}, China
13 Nov	72.2	Died	Dámaso Egidio Iglesias y Lago †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
15 Nov	22.3	Ordained Deacon	Bl. Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet, O.S.B. †	Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict	Cardinal, Archbishop of Catania, Italy
51.5	Ordained Bishop	Juan Manuel de Irrizarri y Peralta †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
23.9	Ordained Deacon	Mato Vodopić †	Deacon of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Bishop
16 Nov	16.8	Professed	Leonardo Giannotti, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Modigliana, Italy
18 Nov	73.6	Died	Giovanni Francesco Falzacappa †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	Born	Carlo Giuseppe Gentili, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bertinoro	Archbishop of Agra, India
21 Nov	21.2	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuele Staravero †	Archbishop	Titular Archbishop of Dramas
22 Nov	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Ioannes Berčić †	Titular Bishop of Casius	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
39.4	Resigned	Samuel Eccleston, P.S.S. †	Apostolic Administrator of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
23.9	Ordained Priest	Mato Vodopić †	Priest of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Bishop
49.7	Ordained Bishop	Józef Grzegorz Wojtarowicz †	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
23 Nov		Born	Juan Antonio Ruano Martín †	Guijuelo del Barro	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
24 Nov	45.2	Appointed	Joannes Augustinus Paredis †	Titular Bishop of Hirina	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
28 Nov		Born	Cyrille VIII Geha †	Alep	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
29 Nov	22.8	Ordained Priest	Antonio Maria Pettinari, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
49.7	Installed	Józef Grzegorz Wojtarowicz †	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
30 Nov	40.9	Appointed	Patrick Joseph Carew †	Vicar Apostolic of Bengal, India	Vicar Apostolic of Western Bengal, India
2 Dec	68.3	Died	Raffaello de Ghantuz Cubbe †	Bishop of Livorno, Italy
3 Dec	76.2	Died	Juan Antonio Lillo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
	Born	Joseph (James) Rademacher †	Westphalia, MI	Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
8 Dec	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Godeassi †	Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
12 Dec	53.2	Resigned	Francesco Pichi †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
13 Dec	59.4	Died	Giuseppe-Maria Amorelli †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
14 Dec	35.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Lodovico Altieri †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
42.8	Confirmed	Filippo Artico †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
59.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Silvestro Belli †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Bishop of Jesi, Italy
59.5	Appointed	Giovanni Giuseppe Canali †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
46.1	Died	Agostino-Maria de Mari †	Bishop of Savona e Noli, Italy
35.7	Confirmed	Jean-Baptiste-Amédée Georges-Massonnais †	Bishop of Périgueux, France	Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
38.6	Appointed	Carlo Gigli †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
74.0	Appointed	Andrzej Benedykt Kłagiewicz †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
70.3	Appointed	Vincenzo Macchi †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
70.3	Appointed	Vincenzo Macchi †	Bishop of Palestrina, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
60.9	Appointed	Antonio Majthényi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
60.9	Appointed	Antonio Majthényi †	Titular Bishop of Centuria	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
48.6	Appointed	Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
48.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
77.1	Confirmed	Martinus Miskólczy †	Bishop of Knin, Croatia
65.3	Confirmed	Giovanni Pietro Aurelio Mutti, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Verona, Italy	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
71.1	Appointed	Carlo Maria Pedicini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
71.1	Appointed	Carlo Maria Pedicini †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
60.9	Appointed	Gaspare Bernardo Pianetti †	Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
60.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Gaspare Bernardo Pianetti †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
46.7	Appointed	Andreas (André) Räß (Raess) †	Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
46.7	Confirmed	Andreas (André) Räß (Raess) †	Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Bishop
51.0	Confirmed	Louis Rossat †	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop of Verdun, France
48.0	Appointed	Francesco Spalletti †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
32.4	Confirmed	Domonkos Zichy-Vásonkeö †	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary
15 Dec	45.2	Appointed	John Joseph Mary Benedict Chanche, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
31.9	Appointed	Richard Vincent Whelan †	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA
16 Dec		Born	John Frederick Ignatius Horstmann †	Philadelphia	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
17 Dec	56.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista de Albertis †	Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus	Bishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia, Italy
42.3	Appointed	Antonio Benedetto Antonucci †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
68.5	Appointed	Jan Cywiński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
68.5	Appointed	Jan Cywiński †	Titular Bishop of Dercos (Dercus)	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
60.9	Appointed	Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
60.9	Appointed	Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski †	Titular Bishop of Meloë in Lycia	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
55.8	Confirmed	Carlos Pereira Freire de Moura †	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
53.2	Appointed	Francesco Pichi †	Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Phoenicia	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
18 Dec	26.8	Appointed	Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Sinitis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Orientale}, China
19 Dec	24.5	Ordained Priest	Victor-Felix Bernadou †	Priest of Alger, Algeria	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
22.9	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Brancia †	Priest	Bishop of Ugento, Italy
23.2	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Buglione di Monale †	Priest	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
25.0	Ordained Priest	Djordje Marčić †	Priest	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
25.1	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Adophe Pinsoneault †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Sandwich, Ontario, Canada
21 Dec	38.6	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Gigli †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
41.0	Ordained Bishop	Francis George Mostyn †	Titular Bishop of Abydus	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
23 Dec	66.3	Selected	Santiago José O’ Phelan Recabarren †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
24 Dec		Born	Amilcare Malagola †	Modena	Cardinal, Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
25 Dec	71.5	Died	Antonio Savorin †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
27 Dec	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Artico †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
59.5	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Giuseppe Canali †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
48.1	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Spalletti †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
29 Dec		Born	Pierre-Marie-Etienne-Gustave Ardin †	Clairvaux-les-Lacs	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
31 Dec	40.4	Selected	François-Marie Vibert †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France