The Year of Our Lord 1854

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	22.8	Ordained Priest	Juan José Baldivia Morales †	Priest	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
	20.9	Professed	Ezechias Banci, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Settentrionale}, China
	29.5	Professed	Joseph-André Boyer, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Manchuria {Manciuria}, China
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Henri-Joseph Bulté, S.J. †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Orientale}, China
		Born	Bernard Coyne †	Sandfield	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Francisco Gómez-Salazar y Lucio-Villegas †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain
	70.4	Died	Francesco Lewiński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Janów Podlaski (Podlaska o Janów), Poland
	19.0	Professed	François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp. †	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
	47.0	Appointed	Gabriele Sciasciatian †	Bishop of Mardin (Armenian), Iraq
		Appointed	Jean Tamres (Tamraz) †	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
Jan	22.9	Ordained Priest	Zeferino González y Díaz Tuñón, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
2 Jan	66.2	Died	Luigi Giamporcaro †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
2 Jan		Born	Theophilus Mayer, M.H.M. †	Montreal, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop of Madras, India
4 Jan	63.5	Selected	Vincent Scarpa †	Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy	Bishop-Elect
6 Jan	19.5	Professed	Louis Mary (Michael) Fink, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
8 Jan	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Bedini †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
	60.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Espinosa y Dávalos †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Luigi Speranza †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
11 Jan	53.5	Died	Giuseppe Autelitano †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
12 Jan		Born	François-Alexandre Maillet †	Bourges	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France
13 Jan	56.9	Appointed	Antonio Herrán y Zaldúa †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
	68.1	Appointed	Domingo Antonio Riaño Martínez †	Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia
		Appointed	Bernabé Rojas, O.P. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
16 Jan	74.3	Selected	Mariano Martínez Robledo y Robledo †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
19 Jan	46.8	Appointed	Francesco Saverio Apuzzo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Capua, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop
	46.8	Appointed	Francesco Saverio Apuzzo †	Titular Bishop of Anastasiopolis	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
		Born	Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy, C.S.Sp. †	Saint-Sénier-de-Beuvron, France	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
		Born	Henrique José Reed da Silva †	Lisboa, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
	46.7	Appointed	Tommaso Michele Salzano, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Tanis	Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne
21 Jan		Born	Godefroid Pelckmans, O.F.M. Cap. †	Turnhout, Belgium	Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan
25 Jan		Born	Joseph-Marie Leray, M.S.C. †	Montoir, France	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
26 Jan	70.1	Died	Luigi Maria Parisio (Canisio) †	Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy
27 Jan	68.0	Died	Benedetto Terenzio †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
29 Jan		Born	Hilarion Joseph Montéty Pailhas, C.M. †	Compeyre, France	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Persia
1 Feb	62.9	Selected	José Manuel de Lemos †	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
		Born	Charles Edward McDonnell †	New York	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
		Born	Giovanni Murad †	Dlebta	Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon
	46.9	Selected	Benedetto Riccabona de Reinchenfels †	Bishop of Verona, Italy	Bishop of Trento, Italy
2 Feb	56.0	Selected	Philippe-Olympe Gerbet †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
6 Feb	63.0	Resigned	Mariano Fernández Fortique †	Bishop of Guayana, Venezuela
9 Feb		Born	Jean Chrysostome Bigel, O.F.M. Cap. †	Saint-Etienne, France	Former Bishop-Elect of Eumenia
10 Feb	65.9	Died	Giuseppe Sanguettola †	Bishop of Crema, Italy
11 Feb	53.1	Died	Aidan Devereaux †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa
13 Feb	71.8	Died	Antonio Monforte †	Bishop of Troia, Italy
15 Feb		Born	José de Calasanz Félix Santiago Vives y Tutó, O.F.M. Cap. †	San Andrés de Llevaneras, Spain	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
15 Feb		Born	Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki †	Barczkowicze	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
17 Feb		Born	Julián Raymundo Riveiro y Jacinto, O.P. †	Cobán	Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala
17 Feb	72.4	Died	Gregorio Sánchez y Jiménez (Rubio), O.S.H. †	Bishop of Avila, Spain
19 Feb	22.8	Ordained Priest	Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Orientale}, China
22 Feb		Born	Florencio Eduardo Fontecilla Sánchez †	Santiago	Bishop of La Serena, Chile
23 Feb	79.4	Died	Niccola Berlingeri †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
24 Feb		Born	José Mora y del Rio †	Pajacuarán	Archbishop of México, Federal District
25 Feb		Born	Giuseppe Cigliano †	Napoli	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
27 Feb	70.4	Died	Jerónimo José da Costa Rebêlo †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
28 Feb		Born	Honoré-Paul-Émile Halle †	Sête	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
Mar	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Michele Salzano, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Tanis	Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne
1 Mar		Born	Giovanni Mauri †	Milano	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
8 Mar	39.6	Appointed	David Moriarty †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland	Bishop
	39.6	Appointed	David Moriarty †	Titular Bishop of Antigonea	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
		Born	Gustave-Charles-Marie Mutel, M.E.P. †	Blumeray, France	Vicar Apostolic of Seoul, Korea (South)
	31.1	Appointed	Ignazio Camillo Guglielmo Maria Pietro Persico, O.F.M. Cap. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Bombay, India	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	31.1	Appointed	Ignazio Camillo Guglielmo Maria Pietro Persico, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	29.8	Appointed	Atanasio Zuber, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Patna, India	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	29.8	Appointed	Atanasio Zuber, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Patna, India
10 Mar	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Gyula Meszlényi †	Deacon	Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
11 Mar	26.6	Ordained Deacon	Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera †	Deacon of México, Federal District	Archbishop
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Alessandro Chiaruzzi †	Priest	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Paul Durieu, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Francesco Tavani †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (-Farfa), Italy
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Augusto Antonio Vicentini †	Priest	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
12 Mar	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Thaddeus Amat y Brusi, C.M. †	Bishop of Monterey, California, USA	Bishop of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA
16 Mar		Born	Angelo Raffaele Bernacchioni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Figline Valdarno	Archbishop of Agra, India
17 Mar	53.7	Selected	Ioan Alexi †	Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania
17 Mar	60.1	Selected	Alexandru Dobra †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
19 Mar	35.3	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Ciurcia, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egitto, Egypt
21 Mar		Born	Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr. †	Spechbach-le-Bas, France	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kivu, Burundi
25 Mar		Born	Isidorus Barriga †	Jipijapa	Titular Bishop of Myrina
30 Mar	65.1	Selected	António Bernardo da Fonseca Monís †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
31 Mar	55.4	Died	Joaquín Fernández Cortina †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
1 Apr	23.5	Ordained Priest	Ernesto Fontana †	Priest	Bishop of Crema, Italy
	27.9	Ordained Priest	Julian Kuiłovskyi †	Priest	Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	23.2	Ordained Deacon	Jesús María Rico y Santoyo, O.F.M. †	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Sonora, México
	24.1	Ordained Deacon	Bl. Edoardo Giuseppe Rosaz †	Deacon of Susa, Italy	Bishop
		Born	Henri-Caprais Vasselon, M.E.P. †	Craponne-sur-Arzon, France	Bishop of Osaka, Japan
2 Apr	57.2	Selected	Juan Alfonso Albuquerque Berión †	Bishop of Avila, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
2 Apr	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Filiberto Deppen †	Titular Bishop of Samos	Auxiliary Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
4 Apr	50.5	Appointed	Hipólito Casiano Flórez †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
6 Apr		Born	Ambrosius Jacobus J. van Baars, O.P. †	Tiel	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
7 Apr	40.4	Appointed	Carlos María Colina y Rubio †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
	63.9	Appointed	José Agustín Domínguez y Díaz †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
	47.5	Appointed	Joseph Freusberg †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
	47.5	Appointed	Joseph Freusberg †	Titular Bishop of Sidyma	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
	56.2	Confirmed	Philippe-Olympe Gerbet †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
	63.1	Confirmed	José Manuel de Lemos †	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
	70.8	Confirmed	Giuseppe Maria Maniscalco, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
	74.5	Confirmed	Mariano Martínez Robledo y Robledo †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
	47.0	Confirmed	Benedetto Riccabona de Reinchenfels †	Bishop of Verona, Italy	Bishop of Trento, Italy
	52.4	Confirmed	Ignace Antony Samhiri †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	52.4	Confirmed	Ignace Antony Samhiri †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	63.8	Confirmed	Vincent Scarpa †	Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy	Bishop-Elect
	52.2	Confirmed	Vincenzo Zubranić †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
9 Apr		Born	Jan Nepomuk Sedlák †	Tajanov	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
12 Apr		Born	Paul-Marie Reynaud, C.M. †	Saint-Croix-en-Jarez, France	Vicar Apostolic of Ningpo [Ningbo], China
13 Apr	54.3	Died	Pietro Niccolò Forti †	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
15 Apr	25.5	Ordained Priest	Edmond-Joseph Dumont †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
	55.3	Selected	Gil Estévez y Tomás †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Antoine Horner †	Priest	Prefect Emeritus of Zanguebar, Kenya
16 Apr		Born	Vicente Casanova y Marzol †	Borja	Cardinal, Archbishop of Granada, Spain
16 Apr		Born	Michael Joseph Spratt †	Ops	Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
21 Apr		Born	William Stang †	Langenbrucken, Germany	Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
22 Apr	25.1	Ordained Deacon	Juan de Dios Bosque †	Deacon	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
22 Apr		Born	Agostino Dionisio Schuler, O.F.M. †	Schlatt, Germany	Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
23 Apr	25.1	Ordained Priest	Juan de Dios Bosque †	Priest	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Garcia Gil, O.P. †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Vital-Justin Grandin, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Saint Albert, Alberta, Canada
	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Palau y Termes †	Bishop of Vic, Spain	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	74.0	Died	Josef Anton Salzmann †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Joshua Maria (Moody) Young †	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
24 Apr		Born	Luis María Niella †	Corrientes	Bishop of Corrientes, Argentina
25 Apr	39.7	Ordained Bishop	David Moriarty †	Titular Bishop of Antigonea	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
27 Apr	68.4	Died	Stanislaw Dekowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
30 Apr	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Jerónimo Fernández y Andrés †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain