The Year of Our Lord 1855

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	42.3	Resigned	François Baudichon, SS.CC. †	Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands {Isole Marchesi}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	21.8	Ordained Priest	Luigi Piavi (Biavi), O.F.M. †	Priest	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	22.0	Ordained Priest	Thaddeus J. Butler †	Priest	Bishop-Elect of Concordia, Kansas, USA
	63.0	Died	Michel Cattoula (Kattula) †	Archbishop of Seert (Chaldean), Turkey
	16.9	Professed	Andrés Chinchón, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China
	23.8	Ordained Priest	José Benito Salvador de la Reta, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
	40.5	Incardinated	Léopold-René Leséleuc de Kerouara †	Priest of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Audishu V (Georges Ebed-Iesu) Khayyath †	Priest	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
	65.3	Died	Joseph Krautmann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	37.8	Appointed	Pierre Rougeyron, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Francesco Solano del Risco, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Simeone Volonteri, P.I.M.E. †	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan {Ho-Nan Meridionale}, China
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Santos Zárate y Martínez †	Priest	Bishop of Almería, Spain
		Died	Nicolas Zeia (Zaya) †	Patriarch Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
1 Jan		Born	John McIntyre †	Birmingham	Archbishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
1 Jan	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Franciszek Stefanowicz †	Titular Bishop of Samosata	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
5 Jan	26.0	Ordained Priest	John Leonard †	Priest of Dublin, Ireland	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa
7 Jan		Born	William Bernard Kelly †	York, Western-Colony	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia
8 Jan		Born	Guillaume-Lucien-Léon Lacroix †	Reilhaguet	Bishop of Tarentaise, France
9 Jan	65.6	Died	Lorenzo Simonetti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
11 Jan	76.0	Died	Judas José Romo y Gamboa †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
14 Jan	29.3	Ordained Deacon	Arsenio Andrade y Landázuri †	Deacon	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
		Ordained Bishop	Bernabé Rojas, O.P. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Léon-François Sibour †	Titular Bishop of Tripolis in Phoenicia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
18 Jan	47.8	Selected	Francesco Saverio Apuzzo †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
18 Jan		Born	Jean-Marie Dépierre, M.E.P. †	Thoiry, France	Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam
21 Jan	29.4	Ordained Priest	Arsenio Andrade y Landázuri †	Priest	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
21 Jan	78.8	Died	Giuseppe Pecci †	Cardinal, Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
22 Jan	65.4	Died	Francesco Capezzuti †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
23 Jan	39.4	Appointed	David William Bacon †	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
27 Jan	56.5	Died	Raffaele Bocci †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
28 Jan	31.1	Ordained Priest	Aquilino Ferreyra y Alvarez †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
28 Jan	71.3	Died	Francisco Javier García Casarrubios y Melgar, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Tui, Spain
1 Feb	61.9	Died	Jean-Marie Graveran †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
1 Feb	68.3	Died	Giovanni Serafini †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
2 Feb	45.0	Selected	Francesco Gallo †	Bishop of Avellino, Italy
	58.9	Selected	Gaetano Rossini †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Bishop of Molfetta-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy
	52.0	Selected	Domenico Zelo †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
3 Feb	75.3	Died	Mariano Martínez Robledo y Robledo †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
9 Feb		Born	Paul Aouad (Awad, Auad) †	Hesrouan	Archbishop Emeritus of Cipro (Maronite), Cyprus
	74.3	Died	Francisco Javier Luna-Pizarro y Pacheco de Chávez †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	77.0	Resigned	Gennaro Pasca †	Bishop of Nola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
13 Feb	32.3	Ordained Deacon	St. Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński †	Deacon of Zytomir, Ukraine	Archbishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
13 Feb		Born	Heinrich Vieter, S.A.C. †	Kappenberg, Germany	Vicar Apostolic of Cameroun
15 Feb	77.4	Died	Giuseppe Mancini †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
15 Feb		Born	Gaetano Pizzi †	Miranda	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
18 Feb	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Mariano Šunjić, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Paneade	Vicar Apostolic of Bosnia, Croatia
20 Feb	45.0	Selected	François-Alexandre Roullet de la Bouillerie †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
20 Feb	52.8	Selected	Nicolas-Marie Sergent †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
24 Feb		Born	Isaias Papadopoulos †	Pyrgos	Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis
25 Feb	86.4	Died	Pietro di Benedetto †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
27 Feb	43.6	Selected	Lorenzo Moffa, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
28 Feb	58.7	Died	Julianus Maria Hillereau †	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina
28 Feb	75.3	Died	Gregorio Zelli, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
2 Mar		Born	Pierre-Ferdinand-Adrien Simon, M.E.P. †	Chaillé-les-Marais, France	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar
3 Mar	27.6	Ordained Priest	Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera †	Priest of México, Federal District	Archbishop
3 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	Raffaele di Nonno, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
5 Mar	24.9	Ordained Priest	Aurelio Zonghi †	Priest of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
6 Mar		Born	José Alves de Matos †	Souto da Carpalhosa	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	37.7	Selected	Francesco Giampaolo †	Bishop of Capaccio e Vallo della Lucania, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
	46.3	Selected	Francesco Paolo Lettieri †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
	56.5	Died	Ignatius Aloysius Reynolds †	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
	51.2	Selected	Giuseppe Gennaro Romano †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
11 Mar	25.6	Ordained Priest	José Ignacio Checa y Barba †	Priest of Quito, Ecuador	Archbishop
17 Mar	74.1	Died	Tommaso Bellacosa †	Bishop Emeritus of Cava e Sarno, Italy
18 Mar	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Karl Arnold-Obrist †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
	59.4	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Barajas y Moreno †	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México
	41.3	Resigned	Melchior-Marie-Joseph de Marion-Brésillac, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Coimbatore, India	Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone
		Born	Paul-Marie Ramond, M.E.P. †	Montlaur, France	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam
19 Mar		Born	José Marcos Semeria †	Tacuarembo	Bishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay
20 Mar		Born	José Cadena y Eleta †	Pitillas	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
22 Mar		Born	Jean-Marie Bourchany †	Saint Genest-Malifaux	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France
23 Mar	48.0	Confirmed	Francesco Saverio Apuzzo †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
	54.8	Confirmed	Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose †	Bishop of Evreux, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	45.1	Confirmed	François-Alexandre Roullet de la Bouillerie †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
	62.8	Appointed	Juan Francisco Escalante y Moreno †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sonora, México
	62.8	Appointed	Juan Francisco Escalante y Moreno †	Titular Bishop of Anastasiopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Sonora, México
	45.1	Confirmed	Francesco Gallo †	Bishop of Avellino, Italy
	37.7	Confirmed	Francesco Giampaolo †	Bishop of Capaccio e Vallo della Lucania, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
	57.3	Confirmed	Andreas Gollmayr †	Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
	39.0	Appointed	Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México	Archbishop of México, Federal District
	46.4	Confirmed	Francesco Paolo Lettieri †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
	49.1	Confirmed	Boulos Boutros Mass’ad (Massaad) †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	43.6	Confirmed	Lorenzo Moffa, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
	42.2	Confirmed	Francesco Pedicini †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	54.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Palermo, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
	47.5	Appointed	Gaetano Rodilossi †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
	51.3	Confirmed	Giuseppe Gennaro Romano †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
	56.1	Appointed	Giovanni Rosati †	Bishop of Todi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	59.0	Confirmed	Gaetano Rossini †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Bishop of Molfetta-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy
	50.1	Appointed	Pietro Rota †	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy
	43.7	Appointed	Innocenzo Sannibale †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
	52.9	Confirmed	Nicolas-Marie Sergent †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
	47.3	Confirmed	Filippo de Simone †	Bishop of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy
	48.6	Confirmed	Ivan Josip Vitezić †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
	52.1	Confirmed	Domenico Zelo †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
24 Mar	23.0	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Blandini †	Priest	Bishop of Noto, Italy
	44.1	Died	Mario De Luca †	Bishop of Gravina e Irsina, Italy
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Constant-Mathurin Hillion †	Priest	Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Rocco Leonasi †	Priest	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
	28.2	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Palmieri, C.Pp.S. †	Priest of Society of Precious Blood	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
25 Mar	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Juan Alfonso Albuquerque Berión †	Bishop of Avila, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
		Born	François Bonne, M.E.P. †	Saint-Christophe, France	Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Gallo †	Bishop of Avellino, Italy
	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Pedicini †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Palermo, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
	69.3	Ordained Bishop	Domingo Antonio Riaño Martínez †	Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia
	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Gaetano Rodilossi †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Rosati †	Bishop of Todi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Gaetano Rossini †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Bishop of Molfetta-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy
	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Rota †	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy
	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Innocenzo Sannibale †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Filippo de Simone †	Bishop of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy
	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Zelo †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
29 Mar		Born	Francesco Giacci †	Rocca Priora	Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy
30 Mar	23.4	Ordained Priest	Heinrich Brück (Brueck) †	Priest	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
	50.5	Appointed	George Errington †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus
	50.5	Appointed	George Errington †	Titular Archbishop of Trapezus	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	45.8	Appointed	Vincenzo Tizzani, C.R.L. †	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis	Bishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy
	40.1	Appointed	Pietro de Villanova Castellacci †	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
Apr	16.6	Professed	Domenico (Daniele) Tempesta, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Troia, Italy
1 Apr	23.6	Ordained Priest	Jacinto López y Romo †	Priest	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
1 Apr	23.9	Ordained Deacon	Giuseppe Morteo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
2 Apr	67.4	Died	Jean-François Crozier †	Bishop of Rodez, France
3 Apr	40.7	Selected	Mariano Ricciardi †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
8 Apr	79.7	Died	Karl Anton Joseph Lüpke †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
8 Apr		Born	Giacomo Topuzian †	Bahcegich	Bishop of Musc (Armenian), Armenia
9 Apr	24.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Morteo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
10 Apr	71.9	Died	Giuseppe Maria Maniscalco, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
10 Apr		Born	Antoine Alphonse de Wachter †	Puers	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
12 Apr	57.0	Appointed	Charles-François Baillargeon †	Apostolic Administrator of Québec, Canada	Archbishop
13 Apr	86.0	Died	Carlo Oppizzoni (Opizoni) †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
15 Apr	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Giampaolo †	Bishop of Capaccio e Vallo della Lucania, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
15 Apr	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Herrán y Zaldúa †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
17 Apr		Born	Colombano Brügger, O.S.B. †	Basilea	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
17 Apr	53.5	Appointed	Vincent Spaccapietra, C.M. †	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
22 Apr	39.6	Ordained Bishop	David William Bacon †	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
24 Apr	59.5	Installed	Pedro Barajas y Moreno †	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México
30 Apr	57.2	Selected	Telmo Maceira †	Bishop of Tui, Spain
30 Apr	51.4	Died	Francis Joseph Nicholson, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece