The Year of Our Lord 1853

Bishop Events

September to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

4 Sep 39.9 Ordained Bishop Friedrich Egon von Fürstenberg † Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic

7 Sep Ordained Bishop Jerome-Simon Sindjari (Kacha, Tiktik) † Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran Archbishop Emeritus

55.1 Ordained Bishop Jacobus Gerardus Schepers † Titular Bishop of Milopotamos Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Suriname, Antilles

10 Sep 57.9 Selected Juan José Arbolí y Acaso † Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain

38.6 Selected Ottokar Maria von Attems † Bishop of Seckau, Austria

12 Sep 60.2 Appointed Pedro Espinosa y Dávalos † Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

58.6 Appointed Gabriele Ferretti † Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

37.5 Confirmed Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. † Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, Antilles Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France

53.8 Confirmed Heinrich Ernst Karl Förster † Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland

49.7 Appointed Emidio Foschini † Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy

42.6 Confirmed Vincenzo Materozzi † Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy

40.6 Confirmed Pedro Ruiz Zumaeta † Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru

60.7 Appointed Giuseppe Maria Severa † Bishop of Terni, Italy

13 Sep Born Pietro Monti † Genzano Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy

16 Sep Born Thomas-Paul-Henri Lemonnier † Etretat Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France

18 Sep 49.7 Ordained Bishop Emidio Foschini † Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy

42.7 Ordained Bishop Vincenzo Materozzi † Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy

21 Sep 36.1 Ordained Bishop Richard Butler Roskell † Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

25.8 Ordained Deacon Andrija Marija Sterk † Deacon Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Koper), Italy

22 Sep 81.7 Died José Manuel Plaza de la Tejera, O.F.M. † Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador

24 Sep 23.6 Ordained Priest Vincenzo Addessi † Priest of Gaeta, Italy Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy

23.1 Ordained Priest François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières † Priest of Nîmes, France Cardinal, Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

24.8 Ordained Priest Egidio Mauri, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy

25.7 Ordained Priest Dominique Racine † Priest Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

25.8 Ordained Priest Andrija Marija Sterk † Priest Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Koper), Italy

24.1 Ordained Priest Francesco Vitagliano † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy

25 Sep 39.2 Ordained Bishop Alexander Goss † Titular Bishop of Geras Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

27 Sep 34.8 Appointed Luigi Ciurcia, O.F.M. † Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egitto, Egypt

47.2 Selected Antonio Palau y Termes † Bishop of Vic, Spain Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

63.7 Appointed Giovanni Topich, O.F.M. † Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania Bishop Emeritus

Oct 47.8 Resigned François-Napoleon Libois, M.E.P. † Prefect of Kouangtong, China Prefect Emeritus

2 Oct 48.8 Ordained Bishop Lorenzo Biancheri, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Lagania Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia

4 Oct 45.4 Appointed Carlo Sacconi † Apostolic Nuncio to France Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

5 Oct 59.4 Died Joseph Dittrich † Prefect of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany

6 Oct Born Thomas Francis Brennan † Ballycullen, Ireland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

9 Oct 52.8 Died Josephus Gregorius Hagi † Bishop of Garin (Erzerum) (Armenian)

25.3 Ordained Priest Jean-François Jamot † Priest Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

22.7 Ordained Priest Aloysius Pistocchi † Priest Bishop of Comacchio, Italy

14 Oct Born William John Kenny † Delhi, NY Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA

16 Oct Born Karl Heinrich Johannes Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. † Niederhemer, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France

18 Oct 53.9 Ordained Bishop Heinrich Ernst Karl Förster † Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland

20 Oct 25.9 Professed Bonaventura Maria Soldatich, O.F.M. Conv. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Titular Archbishop of Serdica

22 Oct Born José Ramón Ibarra y González † Olinalá Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, Puebla, México

23 Oct 52.5 Installed Vincenzo Ciccolo Rinaldi † Bishop of Trapani, Italy

30 Oct 39.2 Ordained Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley † Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

37.2 Ordained Bishop Louis Joseph Mary Theodore De Goesbriand † Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA

35.9 Ordained Bishop John Loughlin † Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA

1 Nov 56.3 Ordained Bishop Ireneus Frederic Baraga † Titular Bishop of Amyzon Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA

39.2 Installed James Roosevelt Bayley † Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

50.4 Ordained Bishop George Aloysius Carrell, S.J. † Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA

Born Jeremiah James Harty † Saint Louis, MO Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA

2 Nov 66.3 Died Costanzo-Michele Fea † Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy

5 Nov 38.7 Confirmed Ottokar Maria von Attems † Bishop of Seckau, Austria

Born Julius Drohobeczky † Karácsonfalva Bishop Emeritus of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia

6 Nov 38.7 Ordained Bishop Ottokar Maria von Attems † Bishop of Seckau, Austria

Born Angelo Struffolini † Roccarainola Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy

13 Nov 39.9 Ordained Bishop Francisco de Paula Verea y González † Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México Bishop of Tlaxcala, México

15 Nov 45.5 Appointed Giovanni Filiberto Deppen † Auxiliary Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

45.5 Appointed Giovanni Filiberto Deppen † Titular Bishop of Samos Auxiliary Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

Born Hippolyte Teissier, M.E.P. † Saint Ferréol d’Auroure, France Bishop of Mysore, India

16 Nov 39.7 Appointed Philippe François Zéphirin Guillemin, M.E.P. † Prefect of Kouangtong, China

Born Augustin Marre, O.C.S.O. † Goutrens, France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France

20 Nov 53.1 Ordained Bishop Michael von Deinlein † Titular Bishop of Adramyttium Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany

28 Nov 70.5 Selected Giuseppe Maria Maniscalco, O.F.M. † Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy

29 Nov Born Andrea Fiore † Carmagnola Bishop of Cuneo, Italy

30 Nov Born William Andrew Macdonell † Rivière-aux-Raisins Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada

50.8 Ordained Bishop Augustus Marie Martin † Bishop of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA

Born Julián Miranda y Ristuer † Segovia Bishop of Segovia, Spain

52.1 Appointed Ignace Antony Samhiri † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

52.1 Appointed Ignace Antony Samhiri † Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

Dec 23.3 Ordained Priest Giovanni Battista Bongiorni † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy

3 Dec 58.6 Died Giovanni Niccolò Tanari (Tanara) † Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}

4 Dec 67.3 Resigned Guglielmo Aretini-Sillani † Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy Bishop Emeritus

8 Dec Born Antonio Macrioniti † Izmir Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece

52.1 Installed Ignace Antony Samhiri † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

9 Dec 44.4 Appointed Anthony O’Regan † Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

88.9 Died Jean-François de Saunhac-Belcastel † Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France

10 Dec 53.7 Died Manuel José Mosquera y Arboleda † Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia

Born Marian Józef Ryx † Varsavia Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland

11 Dec 26.7 Ordained Priest Manoel dos Santos Pereira † Priest Bishop of Olinda, Brazil

12 Dec 17.8 Professed Luigi Canali, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide

13 Dec Born Carlo Giuseppe Cecchini, O.P. † Bagni di Lucca Archbishop of Taranto, Italy

14 Dec 51.9 Selected Vincenzo Zubranić † Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia

16 Dec 44.4 Appointed Anthony O’Regan † Apostolic Administrator of Quincy, Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

17 Dec 29.5 Ordained Priest Jacques Bax, C.I.C.M. † Priest Vicar Apostolic of Central Mongolia {Mongolia Centrale}, China

22.6 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Benigno Perilla † Priest Bishop of Tunja, Colombia

24.2 Ordained Priest Paul-Félix-Arséne Billard † Priest of Rouen, France Bishop of Carcassonne, France

24.1 Ordained Priest Francesco Paolo Cardona Albini † Priest Titular Bishop of Nemesi

43.5 Ordained Priest Flavio Chigi † Priest Cardinal, Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}

24.5 Ordained Priest Yves-Marie Croc, M.E.P. † Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking {Tonkino Meridionale}, Viet Nam

24.0 Ordained Deacon Stanislao Maria de Luca † Deacon Bishop of San Severo, Italy

25.1 Ordained Priest François Grolleau † Priest Bishop of Evreux, France

33.4 Ordained Priest Louis-Romain-Ernest Isoard † Priest Bishop of Annecy, France

26.1 Ordained Priest César-Joseph Marpot (Marport) † Priest Bishop of Saint-Claude, France

22.7 Ordained Priest Pietro Pace † Priest Bishop of Malta

19 Dec 52.7 Appointed Nicola Bedini † Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy

55.5 Appointed Cosimo Corsi † Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy

47.9 Elevated to Cardinal Camillo Di Pietro † In Pectore Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other

65.8 Appointed Adriano Fieschi † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria

55.1 Appointed Mario Melini † Bishop of Modigliana, Italy

43.8 Elevated to Cardinal Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

52.0 Confirmed Pietro Luigi Speranza † Bishop of Bergamo, Italy

20 Dec 43.2 Appointed Michael O’Connor, S.J. † Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

62.5 Appointed Pedro Antonio Torres † Bishop of Popayán, Colombia

50.0 Appointed Eduardo Vásquez, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Panamá Bishop

50.0 Appointed Eduardo Vásquez, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Lambaesis Bishop of Panamá

45.1 Appointed Joshua Maria (Moody) Young † Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

22 Dec 58.1 Confirmed Juan José Arbolí y Acaso † Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain

58.5 Appointed Giovanni Brunelli † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy

48.2 Appointed Antonio Saverio De Luca † Titular Archbishop of Tarsus Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies

54.4 Confirmed Jerónimo Fernández y Andrés † Bishop of Palencia, Spain

51.8 Confirmed Manuel Garcia Gil, O.P. † Bishop of Badajoz, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain

47.4 Confirmed Antonio Palau y Termes † Bishop of Vic, Spain Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

43.8 Appointed Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci † Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

24 Dec 48.2 Appointed Antonio Saverio De Luca † Apostolic Nuncio to Germany Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies

Born Olivier Elzéar Mathieu † St.-Roch de Québec Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

26 Dec 40.0 Installed Francisco de Paula Verea y González † Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México Bishop of Tlaxcala, México

55.1 Ordained Bishop Mario Melini † Bishop of Modigliana, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
4 Sep	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Friedrich Egon von Fürstenberg †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
7 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Jerome-Simon Sindjari (Kacha, Tiktik) †	Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran	Archbishop Emeritus
55.1	Ordained Bishop	Jacobus Gerardus Schepers †	Titular Bishop of Milopotamos	Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Suriname, Antilles
10 Sep	57.9	Selected	Juan José Arbolí y Acaso †	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
38.6	Selected	Ottokar Maria von Attems †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
12 Sep	60.2	Appointed	Pedro Espinosa y Dávalos †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
58.6	Appointed	Gabriele Ferretti †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
37.5	Confirmed	Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, Antilles	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
53.8	Confirmed	Heinrich Ernst Karl Förster †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
49.7	Appointed	Emidio Foschini †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
42.6	Confirmed	Vincenzo Materozzi †	Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy
40.6	Confirmed	Pedro Ruiz Zumaeta †	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru
60.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Severa †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
13 Sep		Born	Pietro Monti †	Genzano	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
16 Sep		Born	Thomas-Paul-Henri Lemonnier †	Etretat	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
18 Sep	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Emidio Foschini †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
42.7	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Materozzi †	Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy
21 Sep	36.1	Ordained Bishop	Richard Butler Roskell †	Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
25.8	Ordained Deacon	Andrija Marija Sterk †	Deacon	Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Koper), Italy
22 Sep	81.7	Died	José Manuel Plaza de la Tejera, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
24 Sep	23.6	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Addessi †	Priest of Gaeta, Italy	Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy
23.1	Ordained Priest	François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières †	Priest of Nîmes, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
24.8	Ordained Priest	Egidio Mauri, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
25.7	Ordained Priest	Dominique Racine †	Priest	Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
25.8	Ordained Priest	Andrija Marija Sterk †	Priest	Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Koper), Italy
24.1	Ordained Priest	Francesco Vitagliano †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
25 Sep	39.2	Ordained Bishop	Alexander Goss †	Titular Bishop of Geras	Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
27 Sep	34.8	Appointed	Luigi Ciurcia, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egitto, Egypt
47.2	Selected	Antonio Palau y Termes †	Bishop of Vic, Spain	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
63.7	Appointed	Giovanni Topich, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania	Bishop Emeritus
Oct	47.8	Resigned	François-Napoleon Libois, M.E.P. †	Prefect of Kouangtong, China	Prefect Emeritus
2 Oct	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Biancheri, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Lagania	Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia
4 Oct	45.4	Appointed	Carlo Sacconi †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
5 Oct	59.4	Died	Joseph Dittrich †	Prefect of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
6 Oct		Born	Thomas Francis Brennan †	Ballycullen, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
9 Oct	52.8	Died	Josephus Gregorius Hagi †	Bishop of Garin (Erzerum) (Armenian)
25.3	Ordained Priest	Jean-François Jamot †	Priest	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
22.7	Ordained Priest	Aloysius Pistocchi †	Priest	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
14 Oct		Born	William John Kenny †	Delhi, NY	Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
16 Oct		Born	Karl Heinrich Johannes Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. †	Niederhemer, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France
18 Oct	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Heinrich Ernst Karl Förster †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
20 Oct	25.9	Professed	Bonaventura Maria Soldatich, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Titular Archbishop of Serdica
22 Oct		Born	José Ramón Ibarra y González †	Olinalá	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, Puebla, México
23 Oct	52.5	Installed	Vincenzo Ciccolo Rinaldi †	Bishop of Trapani, Italy
30 Oct	39.2	Ordained Bishop	James Roosevelt Bayley †	Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
37.2	Ordained Bishop	Louis Joseph Mary Theodore De Goesbriand †	Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA
35.9	Ordained Bishop	John Loughlin †	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
1 Nov	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Ireneus Frederic Baraga †	Titular Bishop of Amyzon	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA
39.2	Installed	James Roosevelt Bayley †	Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
50.4	Ordained Bishop	George Aloysius Carrell, S.J. †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
	Born	Jeremiah James Harty †	Saint Louis, MO	Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
2 Nov	66.3	Died	Costanzo-Michele Fea †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
5 Nov	38.7	Confirmed	Ottokar Maria von Attems †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
	Born	Julius Drohobeczky †	Karácsonfalva	Bishop Emeritus of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
6 Nov	38.7	Ordained Bishop	Ottokar Maria von Attems †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
	Born	Angelo Struffolini †	Roccarainola	Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy
13 Nov	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Paula Verea y González †	Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
15 Nov	45.5	Appointed	Giovanni Filiberto Deppen †	Auxiliary Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
45.5	Appointed	Giovanni Filiberto Deppen †	Titular Bishop of Samos	Auxiliary Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
	Born	Hippolyte Teissier, M.E.P. †	Saint Ferréol d’Auroure, France	Bishop of Mysore, India
16 Nov	39.7	Appointed	Philippe François Zéphirin Guillemin, M.E.P. †	Prefect of Kouangtong, China
	Born	Augustin Marre, O.C.S.O. †	Goutrens, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
20 Nov	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Michael von Deinlein †	Titular Bishop of Adramyttium	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
28 Nov	70.5	Selected	Giuseppe Maria Maniscalco, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
29 Nov		Born	Andrea Fiore †	Carmagnola	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy
30 Nov		Born	William Andrew Macdonell †	Rivière-aux-Raisins	Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Augustus Marie Martin †	Bishop of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA
	Born	Julián Miranda y Ristuer †	Segovia	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
52.1	Appointed	Ignace Antony Samhiri †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
52.1	Appointed	Ignace Antony Samhiri †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
Dec	23.3	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Bongiorni †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy
3 Dec	58.6	Died	Giovanni Niccolò Tanari (Tanara) †	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
4 Dec	67.3	Resigned	Guglielmo Aretini-Sillani †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
8 Dec		Born	Antonio Macrioniti †	Izmir	Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece
52.1	Installed	Ignace Antony Samhiri †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
9 Dec	44.4	Appointed	Anthony O’Regan †	Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
88.9	Died	Jean-François de Saunhac-Belcastel †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
10 Dec	53.7	Died	Manuel José Mosquera y Arboleda †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
	Born	Marian Józef Ryx †	Varsavia	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
11 Dec	26.7	Ordained Priest	Manoel dos Santos Pereira †	Priest	Bishop of Olinda, Brazil
12 Dec	17.8	Professed	Luigi Canali, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide
13 Dec		Born	Carlo Giuseppe Cecchini, O.P. †	Bagni di Lucca	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
14 Dec	51.9	Selected	Vincenzo Zubranić †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
16 Dec	44.4	Appointed	Anthony O’Regan †	Apostolic Administrator of Quincy, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
17 Dec	29.5	Ordained Priest	Jacques Bax, C.I.C.M. †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Central Mongolia {Mongolia Centrale}, China
22.6	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Benigno Perilla †	Priest	Bishop of Tunja, Colombia
24.2	Ordained Priest	Paul-Félix-Arséne Billard †	Priest of Rouen, France	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
24.1	Ordained Priest	Francesco Paolo Cardona Albini †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Nemesi
43.5	Ordained Priest	Flavio Chigi †	Priest	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}
24.5	Ordained Priest	Yves-Marie Croc, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking {Tonkino Meridionale}, Viet Nam
24.0	Ordained Deacon	Stanislao Maria de Luca †	Deacon	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
25.1	Ordained Priest	François Grolleau †	Priest	Bishop of Evreux, France
33.4	Ordained Priest	Louis-Romain-Ernest Isoard †	Priest	Bishop of Annecy, France
26.1	Ordained Priest	César-Joseph Marpot (Marport) †	Priest	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France
22.7	Ordained Priest	Pietro Pace †	Priest	Bishop of Malta
19 Dec	52.7	Appointed	Nicola Bedini †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
55.5	Appointed	Cosimo Corsi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
47.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Camillo Di Pietro †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
65.8	Appointed	Adriano Fieschi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria
55.1	Appointed	Mario Melini †	Bishop of Modigliana, Italy
43.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
52.0	Confirmed	Pietro Luigi Speranza †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
20 Dec	43.2	Appointed	Michael O’Connor, S.J. †	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
62.5	Appointed	Pedro Antonio Torres †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
50.0	Appointed	Eduardo Vásquez, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Panamá	Bishop
50.0	Appointed	Eduardo Vásquez, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Lambaesis	Bishop of Panamá
45.1	Appointed	Joshua Maria (Moody) Young †	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
22 Dec	58.1	Confirmed	Juan José Arbolí y Acaso †	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
58.5	Appointed	Giovanni Brunelli †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
48.2	Appointed	Antonio Saverio De Luca †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
54.4	Confirmed	Jerónimo Fernández y Andrés †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
51.8	Confirmed	Manuel Garcia Gil, O.P. †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
47.4	Confirmed	Antonio Palau y Termes †	Bishop of Vic, Spain	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
43.8	Appointed	Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci †	Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
24 Dec	48.2	Appointed	Antonio Saverio De Luca †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
	Born	Olivier Elzéar Mathieu †	St.-Roch de Québec	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
26 Dec	40.0	Installed	Francisco de Paula Verea y González †	Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
55.1	Ordained Bishop	Mario Melini †	Bishop of Modigliana, Italy