The Year of Our Lord 1848

Bishop Events

October to December

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	73.8	Died	François-René Boussen †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
3 Oct	36.7	Appointed	Alexandre-Hippolyte-Xavier Monnet, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Pella	Vicar Apostolic of Madagascar, Madagascar
36.8	Appointed	Jacques-Maurice des Landes d’Aussac de Saint Palais †	Bishop of Vincennes, Indiana, USA
53.5	Appointed	James Oliver Van de Velde, S.J. †	Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
7 Oct	22.2	Ordained Priest	Federico León Aneiros (Aneyros) †	Priest	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
66.4	Selected	Leone Ciampa, O.F.M. Disc. †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
52.0	Selected	Gennaro di Giacomo †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
46.9	Selected	Leonardo Moccia †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
51.5	Selected	Annibale-Raffaele Montalcini, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
41.6	Selected	Giuseppe-Maria Mucedola †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
47.8	Selected	Giuseppe Pappalardo †	Archbishop of Conza e Campagna, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
65.6	Selected	Antonio Michele Vaglio †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
73.0	Selected	Giacomo de Vincentiis †	Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy
8 Oct	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Gil Estéve y Tomás †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
35.9	Installed	James Alipius Goold, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Melbourne, Australia	Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia
9 Oct		Born	Ignace Denis Ephrem Rahmani (Rahamani) †		Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
68.2	Died	Juan Gilberto Ruiz Capucín y Feijó †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
10 Oct	47.8	Selected	Marie-Julien Meirieu †	Bishop of Digne, France	Bishop Emeritus
15 Oct	62.8	Ordained Bishop	Llucià Casadevall i Duran †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
	Born	Charles Henry Colton †		Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
18 Oct	71.7	Ordained Bishop	Gaspar Cos y Soberón †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
22.4	Ordained Priest	Bl. Mamerto Esquiú y Medina, O.F.M. Obs. †	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
19 Oct	53.2	Resigned	Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
43.5	Selected	Pierre-Louis Coeur †	Bishop of Troyes, France
48.6	Selected	Jean-Marie-Mathias Debelay †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
22 Oct	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Damián Gordo Sáez †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
25 Oct		Born	Gaetano Maria de Angelis, O.F.M. Conv. †		Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
75.8	Died	Aloisio San Vitale †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
28 Oct	29.6	Professed	Nicolas-Michel Krick, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Prefect of Lhassa, China
29 Oct	22.5	Ordained Priest	Domenico Bucchi-Accica †	Priest of Norcia, Italy	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
76.8	Ordained Bishop	José Manuel Plaza de la Tejera, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
31 Oct	17.9	Entered	Pierre-Paul Durieu, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
1 Nov	82.2	Died	Carlo Fontanini, C.M. †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
2 Nov		Born	François-Xavier Cloutier †		Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
4 Nov	74.4	Died	José Higinio Madalengoitia y Sanz de Zárate †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
	Born	Sebastiano Francisco Pifferi, O.F.M. †		Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
5 Nov	36.8	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre-Hippolyte-Xavier Monnet, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Pella	Vicar Apostolic of Madagascar, Madagascar
9 Nov	51.8	Died	Paolo Sardi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) of Moldavia
12 Nov	73.0	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Gavi †	Titular Bishop of Meloë in Lycia	Apostolic Administrator of Livorno, Italy
70.8	Ordained Bishop	Tomás de Portes e Infante †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	Born	Stanislas-Arthur-Xavier Touchet †		Cardinal, Bishop of Orléans, France
14 Nov	39.3	Resigned	Vincenzo Tizzani, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Terni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
15 Nov	39.7	Selected	Giuseppe de’ Bianchi Dottula †	Archbishop of Trani e Nazareth e Bisceglie, Italy	Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy
38.1	Appointed	Innocenzo Ferrieri †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
42.6	Selected	Domenico Ventura †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
21 Nov	26.8	Perpetual Vows	Louis-Joseph D’Herbomez, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic of British Columbia, Canada
22 Nov	73.1	Retired	Mariano Bianco †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
24 Nov		Born	Valeriano Menéndez y Conde †		Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
29 Nov	72.7	Resigned	Jean-François de Hercé †	Bishop of Nantes, France	Bishop Emeritus
69.1	Resigned	Giovanni Soglia Ceroni †	Secretary of State	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
30 Nov	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Ignacy Hołowiński †	Titular Bishop of Carystus	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
45.2	Selected	Antoine-Matthias-Alexandre Jacquemet †	Bishop of Nantes, France
28.6	Ordained Bishop	Aloys Kobès, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Methone	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
	Born	Denis O’Donaghue †		Bishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Dec	23.0	Ordained Deacon	Charles-Martial-Allemand Lavigerie †	Deacon of Paris, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Alger, Algeria
2 Dec		Born	Giuseppe Francesco Re †		Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
3 Dec	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Guillaume-Clément Masson, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Laranda	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking {Tonkino Meridionale}, Viet Nam
5 Dec	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Kaspar Jastrzębeic Borowski †	Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz), Ukraine	Bishop of Płock, Poland
6 Dec	42.6	Appointed	Giacomo Antonelli †	Pro-Secretary of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Secretary
8 Dec	24.3	Ordained Priest	Caspar Henry Borgess †	Priest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	Born	Ignatius Gartlan, S.J. †		Superior Emeritus of Zambese, Zimbabwe
47.0	Professed	Ephrem (August) Van der Meulen, O.C.S.O. †	Priest of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance	Vicar General
10 Dec	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Alerano Pallavicino †	Titular Archbishop of Perge	Auxiliary Bishop of Genova, Italy
11 Dec	43.7	Confirmed	Pierre-Louis Coeur †	Bishop of Troyes, France
48.8	Confirmed	Jean-Marie-Mathias Debelay †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
47.0	Confirmed	Christoph Florentius Kött †	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
39.4	Appointed	Antonio Magrini †	Bishop of Terni, Italy	Bishop of Forli, Italy
39.4	Appointed	Jean-Baptist Malou †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
55.4	Confirmed	Emanuele Marongiu Maccioni †	Bishop of Galtelli-Nuoro (Galtelly Nori), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
48.0	Confirmed	Marie-Julien Meirieu †	Bishop of Digne, France	Bishop Emeritus
37.7	Appointed	Antonino Merciai, O.P. †	Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq
37.7	Appointed	Antonino Merciai, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis	Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq
47.0	Confirmed	Leonardo Moccia †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
51.7	Confirmed	Annibale-Raffaele Montalcini, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
48.3	Confirmed	Patrício Xavier de Moura, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
41.8	Confirmed	Giuseppe-Maria Mucedola †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
	Born	Bertram Orth †		Archbishop Emeritus of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
39.9	Confirmed	Lorenzo Guglielmo Maria Renaldi †	Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy
15 Dec	71.9	Died	Gaspar Cos y Soberón †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
16 Dec	98.8	Died	Claude-Jean-Joseph Brulley de La Brunière †	Bishop of Mende, France
71.3	Died	Giovanni Domenico di Guido †	Bishop of Oria, Italy
	Born	Louis-Hippolyte-Aristide Raguit, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria, China
17 Dec	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Wacław Żyliński †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
18 Dec		Born	Pierre-Marie Gentet †		Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
20 Dec	60.6	Selected	Francesco Iavarone †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
59.0	Selected	Leonardo Todisco Grande †	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy
60.6	Selected	Gabriele Ventriglia †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
43.6	Selected	Luigi Vetta †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
22 Dec	66.6	Confirmed	Leone Ciampa, O.F.M. Disc. †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
48.1	Appointed	José Maria da Silva Torres, O.S.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Palmyra	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
48.1	Resigned	José Maria da Silva Torres, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Goa, India	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
52.2	Appointed	Gennaro di Giacomo †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy	Bishop of Alife, Italy
52.2	Confirmed	Gennaro di Giacomo †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
39.8	Confirmed	Giuseppe de’ Bianchi Dottula †	Archbishop of Trani e Nazareth e Bisceglie, Italy	Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy
48.0	Confirmed	Giuseppe Pappalardo †	Archbishop of Conza e Campagna, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
65.9	Confirmed	Antonio Michele Vaglio †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
73.2	Confirmed	Giacomo de Vincentiis †	Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy
23 Dec	22.8	Ordained Priest	Luis Bruschetti †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Abydus
22.5	Ordained Priest	Niccolò d’Orgemont de la Fontaine, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy
23.3	Ordained Priest	Jean-Émile Fonteneau †	Priest of Bordeaux, France	Archbishop of Albi, France
25.9	Ordained Priest	René-Jean-François Guilmin, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Coutances, France	Prefect of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar
25.0	Ordained Priest	François-Albert Leuillieux †	Priest	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
23.3	Ordained Priest	Henri-Abel Mortier †	Priest	Bishop of Digne, France
22.8	Ordained Priest	Giacinto Rossi, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Luni, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy
24.0	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Salvatore †	Priest	Bishop of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), Italy
23.7	Ordained Priest	Thomas William Wilkinson †	Priest of Northern District, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
24 Dec	19.3	Professed	Raffaele Capone, C.Ss.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
69.9	Died	Lorenzo Parigini †	Bishop of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
25 Dec	23.9	Ordained Priest	José Nicanor Corona e Izarraraz †	Priest	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México
	Born	Patrick Joseph O’Connor †		Bishop of Armidale, Australia
27 Dec	64.0	Ordained Bishop	José María Luciano Becerra y Jiménez †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
29 Dec	69.5	Died	Johann Stanislaus Kutowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
30 Dec	60.1	Died	Peter Leopold Kaiser †	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
31 Dec	65.0	Appointed	Luigi Maria Parisio (Canisio) †	Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy

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