The Year of Our Lord 1848

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	49.9	Appointed	Nicola Abrate †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
	32.7	Appointed	Gregorio Atta †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria
	64.0	Died	José Miguel Carrión y Valdivieso †	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Nicholas Conaty †	Priest	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
	23.0	Ordained Priest	José Nicanor Corona e Izarraraz †	Priest	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Valentin Garnier, S.J. †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan, China
	43.0	Appointed	Estefan El-Khazen (Gazeno) †	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
	61.4	Resigned	Sebastião da Anunciação Gomes de Lemos, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
	22.5	Professed	Edmond-François Guierry, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Chekiang {Ce-Kiam Orientale}, China
	33.8	Professed	Philippe François Zéphirin Guillemin, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Prefect of Kouangtong, China
	22.0	Professed	Charles-Constant Jolivet, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic of Natal, South Africa
		Born	Jules-Basile Kandelaft †		Vicar Apostolic of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt
	65.8	Resigned	Angelo Mai †	Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
		Born	Giuseppe Melchisedechian †	Erzerum	Bishop of Garin (Erzerum) (Armenian)
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Francisco de Paula Suárez Peredo y Bezares †	Priest	Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México
	38.0	Ordained Priest	Bonifacio Antonio Toscano †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
Jan		Born	Eusthate-Moïse Sarkis †	Damas, Syria	Titular Bishop of Arethusa dei Siri
2 Jan	67.7	Selected	Manuel Ramón Arias Teijeiro de Castro †	Bishop of Santander, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	55.4	Selected	Joaquín Barbarejo y Villar †	Bishop of León, Spain
	68.4	Selected	Ignacio Díaz de la Caneja y Sosa †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
	78.1	Selected	Luis Antonio Folgueras y Sión †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	71.8	Selected	Pablo García Abella, C.O. †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	63.7	Selected	Manuel Anselmo Nafría †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
	65.7	Selected	Vicente Ortiz y Labastida, O.P. †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
	67.7	Selected	Salvador José Reyes y García de Lara †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	65.8	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Joaquín Tarancón y Morón †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Born	Eutimio Zulhof, B.S. †	Damasco	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
3 Jan		Born	Philippe-Jacques Abraham, O.A.O.C. †	Telkef	Bishop of Gazireh (Gezira) (Chaldean), Turkey
	72.4	Died	Johann Leonard Pfaff †	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
		Born	Giovanni Vescia †	Trani	Bishop Emeritus of Policastro, Italy
5 Jan	52.1	Died	Luigi Maria (Ferdinando) Fortini, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bombay, India
	21.0	Professed	Antonio Maria Grasselli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	49.5	Succeeded	John Francis (William) Whelan, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bombay, India	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
8 Jan	58.0	Selected	Michele Todde Valeri, Sch. P. †	Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy
10 Jan		Born	Antonio Tomas da Silva Leitão e Castro †	Lisboa	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
11 Jan	58.0	Appointed	Tommaso Feeny †	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
11 Jan	41.9	Died	Francesco Saverio Massimo †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
13 Jan	77.0	Appointed	Nicolás Joaquín de Arteta y Calisto †	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
15 Jan	81.6	Died	Francesco Luigi Piervisani †	Bishop of Nocera Umbra, Italy
16 Jan	24.1	Ordained Priest	Bernard Joseph John McQuaid †	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA
17 Jan	67.7	Confirmed	Manuel Ramón Arias Teijeiro de Castro †	Bishop of Santander, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	55.4	Confirmed	Joaquín Barbarejo y Villar †	Bishop of León, Spain
	47.6	Confirmed	Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	45.0	Confirmed	Paul-Armand-Ignace-Anaclet Cardon de Garsignies †	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon), France
	68.5	Confirmed	Ignacio Díaz de la Caneja y Sosa †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
	78.1	Confirmed	Luis Antonio Folgueras y Sión †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	71.9	Confirmed	Pablo García Abella, C.O. †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	63.7	Confirmed	Manuel Anselmo Nafría †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
20 Jan	74.3	Appointed	Michael Orozco †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Bishop-Elect
	65.8	Confirmed	Vicente Ortiz y Labastida, O.P. †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
	54.8	Appointed	José Manuel Pasquel Losada †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru	Archbishop
	54.8	Appointed	José Manuel Pasquel Losada †	Titular Bishop of Erythrae	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	70.1	Appointed	Tomás de Portes e Infante †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	67.8	Confirmed	Salvador José Reyes y García de Lara †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	56.5	Appointed	Carlo Vizzardelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
	56.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Vizzardelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
23 Jan	22.8	Ordained Priest	Luigi Tesorieri †	Priest	Bishop of Imola, Italy
25 Jan		Born	Pablo Padilla y Bárcena †	Jujuy	Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina
26 Jan	84.9	Died	Francesco Maria Gazzoli †	Bishop of Todi, Italy
26 Jan		Born	Hendrik-Karel Lambrecht †	Welden	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
28 Jan	48.1	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Dalmond, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Madagascar, Madagascar	Prefect of Madagascar, Madagascar
28 Jan	48.1	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Dalmond, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Pella	Prefect of Madagascar, Madagascar
30 Jan	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
1 Feb	53.0	Resigned	Gabriele Ferretti †	Secretary of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
4 Feb		Born	François-Marie-Joseph Delamaire †	Paris	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
4 Feb		Born	José López Mendoza y García, O.S.A. †	Frías	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
14 Feb	68.9	Selected	Francisco de La Puente, O.P. †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
20 Feb	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Buenaventura Codina Augerolas, C.M. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
20 Feb	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Joaquín Fernández Cortina †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
25 Feb	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Armand-Ignace-Anaclet Cardon de Garsignies †	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon), France
	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Raffaele d’Ambrosio, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania	Archbishop Emeritus
	32.8	Ordained Bishop	Charles Henry Davis, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Maitland, Australia
27 Feb	66.5	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Sánchez y Jiménez (Rubio), O.S.H. †	Bishop of Osma, Spain	Bishop of Avila, Spain
1 Mar		Born	François-Léon Gauthey †	Chalon-sur-Saône	Archbishop of Besançon, France
2 Mar	36.2	Appointed	Alexandre-Hippolyte-Xavier Monnet, C.S.Sp. †	Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic of Madagascar, Madagascar
5 Mar	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Mariano Benito Barrio y Fernández †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	74.2	Died	Taddeo Garzilli (Garzillo) †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Florencio Llorente y Montón †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Manso †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
7 Mar	66.8	Died	János Sztankovits †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
10 Mar	66.6	Installed	Juan Francisco del Rosario Manfredo y Ballestas †	Bishop of Panamá
12 Mar	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Josef von Lipp †	Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany
13 Mar		Born	Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski †	Szarogrodzie	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
		Born	Paul-Augustin Lecoeur †	Rouen	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
	71.5	Died	Cipriano Sánchez Varela †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
14 Mar	84.8	Died	Carlo Puoti †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
15 Mar	49.0	Died	Giuseppe Maria d’Alessandro †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
16 Mar	62.3	Selected	Luciano Gasadevall y Durán †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
	71.2	Selected	Gaspar Cos y Soberón †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
	49.3	Selected	Gil Estévez y Tomás †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
	52.2	Selected	Damián Gordo Sáez †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
17 Mar	23.8	Ordained Priest	Antonio Morana †	Priest	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
18 Mar		Born	John Edmund Luck, O.S.B. †	Peckham, Great Britain	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
18 Mar	22.9	Ordained Priest	Angelo Rossi †	Priest	Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy
19 Mar	43.2	Ordained Bishop	José Domingo Costa y Borrás †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
	62.9	Ordained Bishop	Miguel José Irigoyen †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
	68.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Lao y Cuevas †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
	53.0	Installed	Josef von Lipp †	Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany
	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Manuel López Santisteban †	Bishop of Avila, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	65.0	Ordained Bishop	Pedro José Zarandia y Endara †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
20 Mar	22.9	Ordained Priest	Fidelis Johann Georg Dehm, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Titular Bishop of Colophon
20 Mar		Born	Giuseppe Izzo †	Boscotrecase	Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy
22 Mar		Born	Marie-Jean-Célestin Douais †	Boujan-sur-Libron	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France
23 Mar		Born	Carlo Falcini †	Prato	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
25 Mar		Born	François-Marie Kersuzan †	Grand-Champ, France	Bishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
	24.5	Ordained Priest	James O’Connor †	Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
		Born	Wolfgang Radnai †	Kisjenö, Romania	Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
26 Mar	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Canova, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Croae	Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
28 Mar	28.4	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Anouilh, C.M. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Peking [Beijing], China	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Occidentale}, China
	28.4	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Anouilh, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Abydus	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Occidentale}, China
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Hergenröther †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Cardinal, Prefect of the Vatican Secret Archives
29 Mar	46.4	Selected	Christoph Florentius Kött †	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
30 Mar	70.6	Died	Ramón Montero †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
30 Mar		Born	Juan Manuel Sanz y Saravia †	Puebla de los Infantes	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
31 Mar	45.6	Appointed	Sébastin-Théophille Neyret, M.S.F.S. †	Vicar Apostolic of Vizagapatam, India
31 Mar	45.6	Appointed	Sébastin-Théophille Neyret, M.S.F.S. †	Titular Bishop of Olena	Vicar Apostolic of Vizagapatam, India
3 Apr	88.1	Died	Lodovico de Gallo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
6 Apr	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Estefan El-Khazen (Gazeno) †	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
8 Apr	22.2	Ordained Deacon	Leopoldo Franchi †	Deacon	Bishop Emeritus of Livorno, Italy
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Raimondo Ingheo †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Iglesias, Italy
	27.9	Ordained Priest	William Lanigan †	Priest of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland	Bishop of Goulburn, Australia
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Maria Nisio, Sch. P. †	Priest of Order of the Pious Schools	Bishop Emeritus of Ariano, Italy
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Girolamo Volpe †	Priest	Bishop of Alife, Italy
9 Apr	69.7	Ordained Bishop	Anacleto Meoro Sánchez †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
		Born	St. Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz, O.A.R. †	Alfaro, Spain	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
	67.7	Ordained Bishop	Juan Gilberto Ruiz Capucín y Feijó †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
10 Apr	42.2	Died	William J. Quarter †	Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
14 Apr	40.9	Appointed	Francesco Agostini †	Bishop of Nocera Umbra, Italy
	58.0	Confirmed	Vicente Barreiro y Pérez, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
	37.4	Appointed	Francesco Gandolfi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (-Farfa), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy
	37.4	Appointed	Francesco Gandolfi †	Titular Bishop of Antipatris	Bishop Emeritus of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy
	44.5	Confirmed	Miguel García Cuesta †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	61.2	Confirmed	Manuel Grijalvo y Mínguez, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
	49.7	Appointed	Nicola Rossi †	Bishop of Todi, Italy
	58.3	Confirmed	Michele Todde Valeri, Sch. P. †	Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy
	56.4	Appointed	José María Yáñez de Montenegro †	Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
	41.9	Appointed	Amadio Zangari †	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
15 Apr	74.4	Died	Giuseppe Gaetano Incontri †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
16 Apr	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Domingo Canubio Alberto, O.P. †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
17 Apr	76.1	Died	Domenico Narni Mancinelli †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
22 Apr	27.6	Ordained Priest	Martial-Guillaume-Marie Testard du Cosquer †	Priest	Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Felice Gialdini †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Pietro Saulini †	Priest	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
23 Apr	51.5	Died	John Stephen (Jean Etienne) Bazin †	Bishop of Vincennes, Indiana, USA
		Born	Edward Joseph Dunne †	Gortnahoe, Ireland	Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA
	43.2	Ordained Bishop	José Escolano y Fenoi †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
	53.5	Died	Paul Naudo †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
24 Apr	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Agostini †	Bishop of Nocera Umbra, Italy
	67.7	Died	Johann Aloys Hoffmann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Rossi †	Bishop of Todi, Italy
	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Amadio Zangari †	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
27 Apr	77.3	Died	Roman Sebastian (Franz Xaver) Zängerle, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
28 Apr	22.1	Ordained Priest	William Dominic O’Carroll, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Coadjutor Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles