The Year of Our Lord 1846

Bishop Events

September to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Sep 68.7 Died José María Mendizábal † Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia

1 Sep Born Jules Prosper París, S.J. † Nantes, France Vicar Apostolic of Nanking [Nanjing], China

5 Sep 58.5 Died Francesco de’ Marchesi Canali † Bishop of Pesaro, Italy

57.9 Selected Ferdinando Girardi, C.M. † Bishop of Nardò, Italy Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy

42.7 Selected Giuseppe Gennaro Romano † Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy Bishop of Acerra, Italy

40.4 Selected Domenico Ventura † Bishop of Termoli, Italy Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy

6 Sep 24.4 Ordained Priest Charles-Bonaventure-François Theuret † Priest Bishop of Monaco

11 Sep 42.0 Appointed Louis-Désiré Maigret, SS.CC. † Vicar Apostolic of Sandwich Islands, Hawaii, USA

42.0 Appointed Louis-Désiré Maigret, SS.CC. † Titular Bishop of Arad Vicar Apostolic of Sandwich Islands, Hawaii, USA

12 Sep 67.5 Resigned Vincenzo Annovazzi † Bishop of Anagni, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Born José Torras y Bages † Les Cabanyas Bishop of Vic, Spain

16 Sep Born Jean-Baptiste Biolley † Hauteville Bishop of Tarentaise, France

58.3 Selected Buenaventura Codina Augerolas, C.M. † Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain

19 Sep 22.7 Ordained Priest Augustinus Accoramboni † Priest Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis in Phoenicia

23.5 Ordained Priest Enrico Carfagnini, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Gallipoli, Italy

23.2 Ordained Priest Pietro Facciotti † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Ferentino, Italy

23.9 Ordained Priest Luigi Giordani † Priest of Ferrara, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop

23.2 Ordained Priest Giovanni Battista Alessio Tommasi † Priest Bishop of Massa Carrara, Italy

21 Sep 67.5 Appointed Vincenzo Annovazzi † Titular Archbishop of Iconium Bishop Emeritus of Anagni, Italy

58.5 Appointed Gaetano Baluffi † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Imola, Italy Cardinal, Bishop

52.5 Appointed Luigi Clementi † Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy Bishop of Rimini, Italy

47.7 Appointed John Thomas Hynes, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

54.4 Resigned Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † Bishop of Imola, Italy Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

39.5 Appointed Pietro Paolo Trucchi, C.M. † Bishop of Anagni, Italy Bishop of Forli, Italy

24 Sep 31.3 Appointed Charles Henry Davis, O.S.B. † Bishop of Maitland, Australia

25.4 Ordained Priest Daniel Wilhelm Sommerwerk (Jacobi) † Priest of Hildesheim, Germany Bishop

27 Sep 49.1 Ordained Bishop Augustin Magloire Alexandre Blanchet † Bishop of Walla Walla, Oregon, USA Bishop Emeritus of Nesqually, Washington, USA

26.3 Ordained Priest Emmanuele Kaubeck † Priest Bishop of Adria, Italy

1 Oct 85.7 Died Lothar Anselm von Gebsattel † Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

46.2 Succeeded Karl August von Reisach † Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

3 Oct 77.8 Died Bartholomew Crotty † Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland Bishop of Ross, Ireland

4 Oct 52.6 Ordained Bishop Luigi Clementi † Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy Bishop of Rimini, Italy

32.8 Ordained Bishop Melchior-Marie-Joseph de Marion-Brésillac, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Prusa Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone

33.6 Ordained Bishop François-Marie-Henri-Agathon Pellerin, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Byblus Vicar Apostolic of Northern Cochin {Cocincina Settentrionale}, Viet Nam

39.6 Ordained Bishop Pietro Paolo Trucchi, C.M. † Bishop of Anagni, Italy Bishop of Forli, Italy

42.8 Ordained Bishop Franciszek Ksawery Wierzchlejski † Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine

5 Oct 23.4 Ordained Deacon Miguel Moisés Aráoz † Deacon Auxiliary Bishop of Salta, Argentina

Born Francis Aidan Gasquet, O.S.B. † London, Great Britain Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives

52.7 Selected Georg von Oettl † Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany

6 Oct 23.4 Ordained Priest Miguel Moisés Aráoz † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Salta, Argentina

7 Oct 50.5 Selected Giovanni Corti † Bishop of Mantova, Italy

39.1 Selected Bartolomeo Legat † Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Koper), Italy

9 Oct Born Jean-Baptiste Chausse, S.M.A. † Marlhes, France Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria

11 Oct 31.3 Ordained Bishop Daniel Murphy † Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia Archbishop of Hobart, Australia

13 Oct Born Ioannis Privilegio † Syros Bishop Emeritus of Tinos, Greece

14 Oct 51.7 Died Mariano Marsico † Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy

15 Oct 17.0 Professed Giovanni Battista Antonio Bartolomeo Marcellino Berardi, O.C.D. † Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Verapoly, India

Born Antônio Joaquim de Medeiros † Villar de Nantes, Portugal Bishop of Macau, China

19 Oct 72.7 Died Luigi Canestrari, O.F.M. † Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy

Born Juan Bautista Castro † Caracas Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

26 Oct Born Paul-Stanislas La Rocque † Ste-Marie-de-Monnoir Bishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

28 Oct 67.6 Ordained Bishop Francisco de La Puente, O.P. † Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) Bishop of Segovia, Spain

29 Oct Born Gregorio Antonucci † Subiaco, Italy Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Shensi {Scen-Si Meridionale}, China

7 Nov 66.9 Died José António da Silva Rebelo, C.M. † Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal

9 Nov Born John O’Reilly † St. John's, Ireland Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia

11 Nov 27.1 Ordained Priest John Henry Luers † Priest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

13 Nov Born Benedetto Spila, O.F.M. † Subiaco Bishop Emeritus of Alatri, Italy

14 Nov 83.8 Died Cherubin Scali, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Dionysias

17 Nov 74.4 Died Jan Cywiński † Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

34.1 Appointed Jean-Benoît Truffet, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Two Guineas {Des Deux Guinées}, Gabon

18 Nov Born Máximo Fernández, O.P. † San Miguel de Zureda, Spain Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam

19 Nov Born Spiridion-Salvatore-Costantino Buhadgiar, O.F.M. Cap. † Céphalonie, Greece Apostolic Delegate to Haiti

77.3 Died Karl Kajetan von Gaisruck (Gaysruck) † Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

22 Nov 23.1 Ordained Priest Eusebio Magner, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Orvieto, Italy

24 Nov 67.8 Resigned Giovanni Ferrini, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy Bishop Emeritus

29 Nov 77.0 Died Carlo Domenico Ferrari † Bishop of Brescia, Italy

30 Nov Born Andrés Ferrero Malo, O.A.R. † Arnedo, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines

22.9 Ordained Priest Leonardo Giannotti, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Modigliana, Italy

Dec 24.3 Ordained Priest Edoardo Borromeo † Priest Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Adana

1 Dec 61.0 Resigned Filippo Saverio Grimaldi † Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy Bishop Emeritus

77.3 Died Antonio Larrazábal † Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae

4 Dec 50.2 Succeeded John Murdoch † Vicar Apostolic of Western District, Scotland, Great Britain

74.8 Died Andrew Scott † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Western District, Scotland, Great Britain

7 Dec Born Jean-Baptiste Desanti † Ajaccio Bishop of Ajaccio, France

10 Dec 70.2 Selected Bernard Georg Kellermann † Bishop of Münster, Germany Bishop-Elect

11 Dec 44.0 Selected Pierre-Marie-Joseph Darcimoles † Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France

47.0 Selected Joseph-Auguste-Victorin Morlhon † Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France

34.1 Appointed Jean-Benoît Truffet, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Callipolis Vicar Apostolic of Two Guineas {Des Deux Guinées}, Gabon

55.9 Appointed Antonio van Dyk † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Breda, Netherlands

55.9 Appointed Antonio van Dyk † Titular Bishop of Adrana Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Breda, Netherlands

13 Dec 44.8 Ordained Bishop Manuel Ángel del Prado Cárdenas † Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia

15 Dec 85.7 Died Emmanuel ab Incarnatione Sobrinho, O.S.P.P.E. † Titular Bishop of Nemesi

19 Dec 23.2 Ordained Priest Christophe-Etienne Bonjean, O.M.I. † Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka

23.1 Ordained Priest Gesualdo Nicola Loschirico, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy

22.7 Ordained Priest Bl. Louis-Zéphirin Moreau † Priest Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Born Thomas Nörber † Waldstetten Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

22.8 Ordained Priest Antonio Pistocchi † Priest Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy

20 Dec Born Jean-Baptiste Simon, S.J. † Issé, France Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan, China

21 Dec 43.8 Appointed Charles Januarius Acton † Cardinal-Priest of San Marco Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics

47.6 Appointed Eleonoro Aronne † Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy

58.7 Elevated to Cardinal Gaetano Baluffi † Cardinal, Bishop of Imola, Italy

51.2 Elevated to Cardinal Giuseppe Bofondi † In Pectore Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio

44.2 Confirmed Zaccaria Bricito † Bishop of Udine, Italy Archbishop of Udine, Italy

35.9 Appointed Felice Cantimorri, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy Bishop of Parma, Italy

42.0 Ordained Bishop Jerónimo José de Mata, C.M. † Bishop of Macau, China Bishop Emeritus

59.9 Elevated to Cardinal Raffaele Fornari † In Pectore Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies

58.2 Confirmed Ferdinando Girardi, C.M. † Bishop of Nardò, Italy Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy

39.3 Confirmed Bartolomeo Legat † Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Koper), Italy

50.0 Appointed Domenico Lucciardi † Titular Archbishop of Damascus Cardinal, Bishop of Senigallia, Italy

52.2 Elevated to Cardinal Pietro Marini † Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other

35.8 Appointed Francesco Mazzuoli † Apostolic Administrator of San Severino (Marche), Italy Bishop Emeritus

35.8 Appointed Francesco Mazzuoli † Titular Bishop of Antipatris Bishop Emeritus of San Severino (Marche), Italy

52.9 Confirmed Georg von Oettl † Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany

43.0 Confirmed Giuseppe Gennaro Romano † Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy Bishop of Acerra, Italy

40.7 Confirmed Domenico Ventura † Bishop of Termoli, Italy Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy

22 Dec 43.8 Appointed Charles Januarius Acton † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics

51.9 Appointed Gabriele Ferretti † Official of the Roman Curia - Other Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

23 Dec Born Ján Ivánkovits † Szeged, Hungary Bishop Emeritus of Rožňava, Slovakia

26 Dec 53.9 Resigned Giovanni Dominico Faustino Ceretti, O.M.V. † Vicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù, Myanmar Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

27 Dec 35.9 Ordained Bishop Felice Cantimorri, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy Bishop of Parma, Italy

50.0 Ordained Bishop Domenico Lucciardi † Titular Archbishop of Damascus Cardinal, Bishop of Senigallia, Italy

35.8 Ordained Bishop Francesco Mazzuoli † Titular Bishop of Antipatris Bishop Emeritus of San Severino (Marche), Italy

43.0 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Gennaro Romano † Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy Bishop of Acerra, Italy

40.7 Ordained Bishop Domenico Ventura † Bishop of Termoli, Italy Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	68.7	Died	José María Mendizábal †	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
1 Sep		Born	Jules Prosper París, S.J. †	Nantes, France	Vicar Apostolic of Nanking [Nanjing], China
5 Sep	58.5	Died	Francesco de’ Marchesi Canali †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
57.9	Selected	Ferdinando Girardi, C.M. †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
42.7	Selected	Giuseppe Gennaro Romano †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
40.4	Selected	Domenico Ventura †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
6 Sep	24.4	Ordained Priest	Charles-Bonaventure-François Theuret †	Priest	Bishop of Monaco
11 Sep	42.0	Appointed	Louis-Désiré Maigret, SS.CC. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sandwich Islands, Hawaii, USA
42.0	Appointed	Louis-Désiré Maigret, SS.CC. †	Titular Bishop of Arad	Vicar Apostolic of Sandwich Islands, Hawaii, USA
12 Sep	67.5	Resigned	Vincenzo Annovazzi †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	José Torras y Bages †	Les Cabanyas	Bishop of Vic, Spain
16 Sep		Born	Jean-Baptiste Biolley †	Hauteville	Bishop of Tarentaise, France
58.3	Selected	Buenaventura Codina Augerolas, C.M. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
19 Sep	22.7	Ordained Priest	Augustinus Accoramboni †	Priest	Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis in Phoenicia
23.5	Ordained Priest	Enrico Carfagnini, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Gallipoli, Italy
23.2	Ordained Priest	Pietro Facciotti †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ferentino, Italy
23.9	Ordained Priest	Luigi Giordani †	Priest of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop
23.2	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Alessio Tommasi †	Priest	Bishop of Massa Carrara, Italy
21 Sep	67.5	Appointed	Vincenzo Annovazzi †	Titular Archbishop of Iconium	Bishop Emeritus of Anagni, Italy
58.5	Appointed	Gaetano Baluffi †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Imola, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
52.5	Appointed	Luigi Clementi †	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
47.7	Appointed	John Thomas Hynes, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
54.4	Resigned	Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
39.5	Appointed	Pietro Paolo Trucchi, C.M. †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy	Bishop of Forli, Italy
24 Sep	31.3	Appointed	Charles Henry Davis, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Maitland, Australia
25.4	Ordained Priest	Daniel Wilhelm Sommerwerk (Jacobi) †	Priest of Hildesheim, Germany	Bishop
27 Sep	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Augustin Magloire Alexandre Blanchet †	Bishop of Walla Walla, Oregon, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Nesqually, Washington, USA
26.3	Ordained Priest	Emmanuele Kaubeck †	Priest	Bishop of Adria, Italy
1 Oct	85.7	Died	Lothar Anselm von Gebsattel †	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
46.2	Succeeded	Karl August von Reisach †	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
3 Oct	77.8	Died	Bartholomew Crotty †	Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
4 Oct	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Clementi †	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
32.8	Ordained Bishop	Melchior-Marie-Joseph de Marion-Brésillac, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Prusa	Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone
33.6	Ordained Bishop	François-Marie-Henri-Agathon Pellerin, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Byblus	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Cochin {Cocincina Settentrionale}, Viet Nam
39.6	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Paolo Trucchi, C.M. †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy	Bishop of Forli, Italy
42.8	Ordained Bishop	Franciszek Ksawery Wierzchlejski †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
5 Oct	23.4	Ordained Deacon	Miguel Moisés Aráoz †	Deacon	Auxiliary Bishop of Salta, Argentina
	Born	Francis Aidan Gasquet, O.S.B. †	London, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
52.7	Selected	Georg von Oettl †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
6 Oct	23.4	Ordained Priest	Miguel Moisés Aráoz †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Salta, Argentina
7 Oct	50.5	Selected	Giovanni Corti †	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
39.1	Selected	Bartolomeo Legat †	Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Koper), Italy
9 Oct		Born	Jean-Baptiste Chausse, S.M.A. †	Marlhes, France	Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria
11 Oct	31.3	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Murphy †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
13 Oct		Born	Ioannis Privilegio †	Syros	Bishop Emeritus of Tinos, Greece
14 Oct	51.7	Died	Mariano Marsico †	Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy
15 Oct	17.0	Professed	Giovanni Battista Antonio Bartolomeo Marcellino Berardi, O.C.D. †	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Verapoly, India
	Born	Antônio Joaquim de Medeiros †	Villar de Nantes, Portugal	Bishop of Macau, China
19 Oct	72.7	Died	Luigi Canestrari, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
	Born	Juan Bautista Castro †	Caracas	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
26 Oct		Born	Paul-Stanislas La Rocque †	Ste-Marie-de-Monnoir	Bishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
28 Oct	67.6	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de La Puente, O.P. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
29 Oct		Born	Gregorio Antonucci †	Subiaco, Italy	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Shensi {Scen-Si Meridionale}, China
7 Nov	66.9	Died	José António da Silva Rebelo, C.M. †	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
9 Nov		Born	John O’Reilly †	St. John's, Ireland	Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia
11 Nov	27.1	Ordained Priest	John Henry Luers †	Priest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
13 Nov		Born	Benedetto Spila, O.F.M. †	Subiaco	Bishop Emeritus of Alatri, Italy
14 Nov	83.8	Died	Cherubin Scali, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Dionysias
17 Nov	74.4	Died	Jan Cywiński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
34.1	Appointed	Jean-Benoît Truffet, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Two Guineas {Des Deux Guinées}, Gabon
18 Nov		Born	Máximo Fernández, O.P. †	San Miguel de Zureda, Spain	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
19 Nov		Born	Spiridion-Salvatore-Costantino Buhadgiar, O.F.M. Cap. †	Céphalonie, Greece	Apostolic Delegate to Haiti
77.3	Died	Karl Kajetan von Gaisruck (Gaysruck) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
22 Nov	23.1	Ordained Priest	Eusebio Magner, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
24 Nov	67.8	Resigned	Giovanni Ferrini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
29 Nov	77.0	Died	Carlo Domenico Ferrari †	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
30 Nov		Born	Andrés Ferrero Malo, O.A.R. †	Arnedo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines
22.9	Ordained Priest	Leonardo Giannotti, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Modigliana, Italy
Dec	24.3	Ordained Priest	Edoardo Borromeo †	Priest	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Adana
1 Dec	61.0	Resigned	Filippo Saverio Grimaldi †	Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
77.3	Died	Antonio Larrazábal †	Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae
4 Dec	50.2	Succeeded	John Murdoch †	Vicar Apostolic of Western District, Scotland, Great Britain
74.8	Died	Andrew Scott †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Western District, Scotland, Great Britain
7 Dec		Born	Jean-Baptiste Desanti †	Ajaccio	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
10 Dec	70.2	Selected	Bernard Georg Kellermann †	Bishop of Münster, Germany	Bishop-Elect
11 Dec	44.0	Selected	Pierre-Marie-Joseph Darcimoles †	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
47.0	Selected	Joseph-Auguste-Victorin Morlhon †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
34.1	Appointed	Jean-Benoît Truffet, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Callipolis	Vicar Apostolic of Two Guineas {Des Deux Guinées}, Gabon
55.9	Appointed	Antonio van Dyk †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Breda, Netherlands
55.9	Appointed	Antonio van Dyk †	Titular Bishop of Adrana	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Breda, Netherlands
13 Dec	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Ángel del Prado Cárdenas †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
15 Dec	85.7	Died	Emmanuel ab Incarnatione Sobrinho, O.S.P.P.E. †	Titular Bishop of Nemesi
19 Dec	23.2	Ordained Priest	Christophe-Etienne Bonjean, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
23.1	Ordained Priest	Gesualdo Nicola Loschirico, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
22.7	Ordained Priest	Bl. Louis-Zéphirin Moreau †	Priest	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
	Born	Thomas Nörber †	Waldstetten	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
22.8	Ordained Priest	Antonio Pistocchi †	Priest	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
20 Dec		Born	Jean-Baptiste Simon, S.J. †	Issé, France	Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan, China
21 Dec	43.8	Appointed	Charles Januarius Acton †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
47.6	Appointed	Eleonoro Aronne †	Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
58.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Gaetano Baluffi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Imola, Italy
51.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Bofondi †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
44.2	Confirmed	Zaccaria Bricito †	Bishop of Udine, Italy	Archbishop of Udine, Italy
35.9	Appointed	Felice Cantimorri, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Bishop of Parma, Italy
42.0	Ordained Bishop	Jerónimo José de Mata, C.M. †	Bishop of Macau, China	Bishop Emeritus
59.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Raffaele Fornari †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
58.2	Confirmed	Ferdinando Girardi, C.M. †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
39.3	Confirmed	Bartolomeo Legat †	Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Koper), Italy
50.0	Appointed	Domenico Lucciardi †	Titular Archbishop of Damascus	Cardinal, Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
52.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Marini †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
35.8	Appointed	Francesco Mazzuoli †	Apostolic Administrator of San Severino (Marche), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
35.8	Appointed	Francesco Mazzuoli †	Titular Bishop of Antipatris	Bishop Emeritus of San Severino (Marche), Italy
52.9	Confirmed	Georg von Oettl †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
43.0	Confirmed	Giuseppe Gennaro Romano †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
40.7	Confirmed	Domenico Ventura †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
22 Dec	43.8	Appointed	Charles Januarius Acton †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
51.9	Appointed	Gabriele Ferretti †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
23 Dec		Born	Ján Ivánkovits †	Szeged, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus of Rožňava, Slovakia
26 Dec	53.9	Resigned	Giovanni Dominico Faustino Ceretti, O.M.V. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù, Myanmar	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
27 Dec	35.9	Ordained Bishop	Felice Cantimorri, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Bishop of Parma, Italy
50.0	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Lucciardi †	Titular Archbishop of Damascus	Cardinal, Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
35.8	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Mazzuoli †	Titular Bishop of Antipatris	Bishop Emeritus of San Severino (Marche), Italy
43.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Gennaro Romano †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
40.7	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Ventura †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy