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The Year of Our Lord 1853

Bishop Events

January to April


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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknown32.1ProfessedJean-Dominique Barbero, P.I.M.E. †Member of Pontifical Institute for Foreign MissionsVicar Apostolic of Hyderabad, India
24.0Ordained PriestTomás Barón y MoralesPriestBishop of León, Guanajuato, México
17.9ProfessedPascal Bili, O.F.M. Ref. †Member of Order of Reformed Friars MinorVicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Settentrionale}, China
21.8Ordained PriestGaudenzio Bonfigli, O.F.M. Obs. †Priest of Order of Observant Friars MinorApostolic Delegate to Egypt and Arabia
58.0DiedFrancisco de Paula Campo y PérezBishop of Comayagua, Honduras
26.2Ordained PriestPedro Casas y SoutoPriestBishop of Plasencia, Spain
Died CharlotPrefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
22.6Ordained PriestRocco Cocchia, O.F.M. Cap. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinArchbishop of Chieti, Italy
31.8Incardinated[Paul Marie Stefan de Djunkowsky]PriestPrefect Emeritus of Arctic Pole
23.8Ordained PriestAntonio Ibáñez y GalianoPriest of Valencia, SpainBishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain
AppointedJérémie de Paglietta, O.F.M. Cap. †Prefect of SeychellesPrefect Emeritus
16.0ProfessedLorenzo Carlo Pampirio, O.P. †Member of Order of Friars PreachersArchbishop of Vercelli, Italy
BornAdolfo PereaBishop of Pasto, Colombia
34.6AppointedPaul Hubert Perny, M.E.P. †Apostolic Administrator of Kuiceu (Kweichow), ChinaApostolic Administrator Emeritus
23.3Ordained PriestRamón Fernández Piérola y Lopez de LuzuriacaPriestBishop of Vitoria, Spain
54.2AppointedMichele Viale-PrelàApostolic Pro-Nuncio to AustriaCardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
28.0Ordained PriestMichael WarrenPriest of Ferns, IrelandBishop
34.7Ordained PriestJoseph Sidney Woollett, S.J. †Priest of Society of JesusVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles
1 Jan23.8Perpetual VowsVital-Justin Grandin, O.M.I. †Member of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateBishop of Saint-Albert, Alberta, Canada
2 Jan49.1Ordained BishopJosé Ávila LamasBishop of Plasencia, SpainBishop of Orense, Spain
3 Jan58.4DiedWilliam O’Higgins (O’h-Aodhagain)Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
4 Jan19.6ProfessedThomas Galberry, O.E.S.A. †Member of Order of Hermits of St. AugustineBishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
72.0DiedFrancisco Javier Rodríguez y ObregónBishop of Badajoz, Spain
7 Jan58.9SelectedJacques-Louis DanielBishop of Coutances, FranceBishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
46.0SelectedJacques-Marie-Achille GinoulhiacBishop of Grenoble, FranceArchbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
73.1DiedGiacomo TraversiBishop Emeritus of Segni, Italy
8 JanBornJoseph Émile Lutz, C.S.Sp. †Prefect of Lower Niger {Niger Inferiore}, Nigeria
9 Jan54.9Ordained BishopTelmo MaceiraBishop of Mondoñedo, SpainBishop of Tuy, Spain
13 JanBornJean-Ephrem Bertreux, S.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands
14 Jan66.0AppointedFrançois CucullaArchbishop of Naxos, Greece
41.0AppointedNiccola Adolfo MarinelliBishop of Santorini {Thira}, GreeceBishop Emeritus
16 Jan51.9Ordained BishopGiuseppe Luigi TrevisanatoArchbishop of Udine, ItalyCardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
17 JanBornGiovanni FossàBishop of Fiesole, Italy
20 Jan55.0DiedMelchior Ferdinand Joseph von DiepenbrockCardinal, Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
22 JanBornVincent (Vinko) PulišićArchbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
23 Jan56.9Ordained BishopAdam WojtkiewiczBishop of Minsk, Belarus
24 JanBornAgostino CattaneoBishop of Guastalla, Italy
BornJohn Stephen VaughanAuxiliary Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
25 JanBornIgnacio Díaz y MacedoBishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México
BornAlessandro Beniamino Zanecchia-Ginnetti, O.C.D. †Bishop of Teramo, Italy
28 Jan48.0AppointedLorenzo Biancheri, C.M. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, EthiopiaVicar Apostolic
48.0AppointedLorenzo Biancheri, C.M. †Titular Bishop of LaganiaVicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia
48.0AppointedPatrick FallonBishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
48.0AppointedPatrick FallonBishop of Kilfenora, IrelandBishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
29 Jan47.4DiedLuigi GuglielmiBishop of Verona, Italy
30 Jan45.8Ordained BishopVicente Horcos y San Martín, O.S.B. †Bishop of Osma, Spain
BornJames William McCarthyBishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
1 FebBornPatrick DelanyArchbishop of Hobart, Australia
61.2ResignedJoseph William (Francis) Hendren, O.F.M. Rec. †Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great BritainBishop Emeritus
2 Feb43.0SelectedLuigi Filippi, O.F.M. Ref. †Bishop of L’Aquila, ItalyArchbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
3 Feb44.1DiedJean-Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Ferréol, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Corea
6 Feb39.0Ordained BishopSilvestre Guevara y LiraArchbishop of Caracas, Santiago de VenezuelaArchbishop Emeritus
8 FebBornJohn ManganBishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
11 Feb69.2DiedCarlos Laborda ClauBishop of Palencia, Spain
13 FebBornAlbert NègreArchbishop of Tours, France
BornHeinrich Vieter, S.A.C. †Vicar Apostolic of Cameroun
19 Feb23.1Ordained PriestMariano Cuartero y Sierra, O.A.R. †Priest of Order of Augustinian RecollectsBishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
28.0Ordained PriestFrançois LaurencinPriestApostolic Administrator of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles
23.5Ordained PriestManuel Ignacio Riaño, O.P. †Priest of Order of Friars PreachersVicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
60.8SelectedGiovanni Sabatino (Sabatini)Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
25 Feb61.3AppointedJoseph William (Francis) Hendren, O.F.M. Rec. †Titular Bishop of MartyropolisBishop Emeritus of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
27 Feb62.5DiedStjepan Pavlović-LučićBishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
3 Mar54.1AppointedGiovanni Battista CannellaSecretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical AffairsSecretary Emeritus
BornJacques-Jean SahharBishop of Aqrā {Akra} (Chaldean), Iraq
4 Mar49.4AppointedJohannes van GenkCoadjutor Bishop of Breda, NetherlandsBishop of Breda, Netherlands
70.5AppointedJohannes van HooydonkBishop of Breda, NetherlandsBishop Emeritus
57.5AppointedJoannes Augustinus ParedisBishop of Roermond, Netherlands
46.1AppointedFranciscus Jacobus van VreeBishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
58.5AppointedJohannes Zwijsen (Zwysen)Apostolic Administrator of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), NetherlandsBishop
58.5AppointedJohannes Zwijsen (Zwysen)Archbishop of Utrecht, NetherlandsBishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
6 Mar62.5Ordained BishopAnton FrenzelTitular Bishop of AreopolisAuxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
41.1Ordained BishopNiccola Adolfo MarinelliBishop of Santorini {Thira}, GreeceBishop Emeritus
7 Mar47.1AppointedGiovanni Battista ArnaldiArchbishop of Spoleto, Italy
57.7Elevated to CardinalGiovanni BrunelliCardinal, Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
57.7ResignedGiovanni BrunelliApostolic Nuncio to SpainCardinal, Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
57.3Elevated to CardinalProspero CateriniCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
59.0ConfirmedAgustín Guillermo Charún EspinozaBishop of Trujillo, Peru
59.1ConfirmedJacques-Louis DanielBishop of Coutances, FranceBishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
44.0AppointedDomingos José de Sousa MagelhãesAuxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
44.0AppointedDomingos José de Sousa MagelhãesTitular Archbishop of MityleneAuxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
46.3AppointedMariano Falcinelli Antoniacci, O.S.B. †Bishop of Forli, ItalyCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
43.1AppointedLuigi Filippi, O.F.M. Ref. †Bishop of L’Aquila, ItalyArchbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
46.2ConfirmedJacques-Marie-Achille GinoulhiacBishop of Grenoble, FranceArchbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
23.0Ordained PriestAugustin GöckelPriest of Paderborn, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop
57.1Elevated to CardinalFrançois-Nicholas-Madeleine MorlotCardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
63.5Elevated to CardinalGiusto Recanati, O.F.M. Cap. †Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
57.0Elevated to CardinalVincenzo SantucciCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
60.4Elevated to CardinalDominco SavelliCardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
67.3Elevated to CardinalJános Keresztély ScitovszkyCardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
54.4Elevated to CardinalMichele Viale-PrelàCardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
8 Mar71.4DiedFrancesco AgniniBishop of Luni, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy
9 MarBornHeinrich JoeppenBishop Emeritus of Germany, Military
82.6DiedDomingo de Silos Santiago Apollinario Moreno, O.S.B. †Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
10 Mar49.6ConfirmedJosé Caixal y EstradéBishop of Urgell, Spain
57.4AppointedProspero CateriniCardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della ScalaCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
52.6AppointedJusto Donoso VivancoBishop of La Serena, Chile
59.8ConfirmedGyörgy GirkBishop of Pécs, Hungary
65.4ConfirmedJoaquim Pereira Ferraz, O.S.B. †Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
61.1AppointedTomás Miguel Pineda y SaldañaBishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
63.5AppointedGiusto Recanati, O.F.M. Cap. †Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
58.2AppointedJosé María Riofrío y ValdiviesoAuxiliary Bishop of Quito, EcuadorArchbishop Emeritus
58.2AppointedJosé María Riofrío y ValdiviesoTitular Bishop of Pompeiopolis in CiliciaArchbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
41.9ConfirmedFranz Joseph Rudigier (Rudiger)Bishop of Linz, Austria
57.0AppointedVincenzo SantucciCardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e CrescenziaCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
60.4AppointedDominco SavelliCardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in AquiroCardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
52.4AppointedFerenc SzenczyBishop of Szombathely, Hungary
30.1AppointedVicente Gabriel Tocornal VelascoBishop of San Carlos de Ancud, ChileFormer Bishop-Elect
12 Mar24.1Ordained PriestAngelo BalzanoPriestBishop Emeritus of Termoli, Italy
23.4Ordained PriestAnnibale BarabesiPriestBishop of San Miniato, Italy
BornGérard (Josef) Van Caloen, O.S.B. †Abbot Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 Mar43.1Ordained BishopLuigi Filippi, O.F.M. Ref. †Bishop of L’Aquila, ItalyArchbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
48.6DiedBernardo of St. Agnes (Philip) Pontanova, O.C.D. †Titular Bishop of Tanis
14 Mar75.8DiedVincenz Eduard MildeArchbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
15 Mar53.3AppointedMichel-Antoine Anfossi, O.C.D. †Vicar Apostolic of Bangalore, IndiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
53.3AppointedMichel-Antoine Anfossi, O.C.D. †Titular Bishop of MennithVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bangalore, India
AppointedLorenzo a Cento, O.F.M. Cap. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Patna, IndiaPriest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
AppointedLorenzo a Cento, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in PhrygiaPriest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
17 MarBornEdward Patrick AllenBishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA
76.2DiedDiego de Aranda y CarpinteiroBishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
19 Mar22.2Ordained PriestPatrick Francis MoranPriest of Dublin, IrelandCardinal, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
25.1Ordained PriestJohn Claude NerazPriest of Galveston, Texas, USABishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
21 Mar40.5AppointedCharles-René Renou, M.E.P. †Prefect of Lhassa, China
26 Mar55.4SelectedJoseph Othmar von RauscherCardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
31 Mar83.2DiedMaximilian Joseph Gottfried Sommerau BeeckhCardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
1 AprBornJoseph-Médard ÉmardArchbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
4 Apr61.5DiedJan Kanty DąbrowskiAuxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
BornIsidoro Clemente Gutiérrez, O.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China
6 Apr41.8SelectedLuigi SodoBishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
8 Apr37.0SelectedThéodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. †Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, AntillesArchbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
10 Apr26.4Ordained DeaconSalustiano CrespoDeaconBishop of Calabozo, Venezuela
15 Apr31.9AppointedSt. Melchor García Sanpedro, O.P. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet NamVicar Apostolic
31.9AppointedSt. Melchor García Sanpedro, O.P. †Titular Bishop of TricomiaVicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
17 Apr52.4SelectedMichael von DeinleinAuxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, GermanyArchbishop
46.4Ordained BishopMariano Falcinelli Antoniacci, O.S.B. †Bishop of Forli, ItalyCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
24.5Ordained PriestLeo RednerPriest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), PolandBishop
19 AprBornAmand-Théophile-Joseph Legrand, C.S.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Dacca, Bangladesh
80.9DiedJosé Jorge de Torres y EstansBishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
22 Apr47.9DiedEtienne-Raymond Albrand, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Kuiceu (Kweichow), China
25 Apr25.9Ordained PriestThomas Francis HendrickenPriest of Hartford, Connecticut, USABishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
27 AprBornGiovanni Battista Marenco, S.D.B. †Apostolic Internuncio to Central America
29 Apr32.4AppointedJohn KilduffBishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
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