The Year of Our Lord 1855

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	27.4	Ordained Priest	Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera †	Priest of México, Federal District	Archbishop
		Appointed	Luigi Ambrosi †	Prefect of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
	42.3	Resigned	François Baudichon †	Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands {Isole Marchesi}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	86.3	Died	Pietro di Benedetto †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
	21.8	Ordained Priest	Luigi Biavi (Piavi), O.F.M. †	Priest	Patriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
	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
		Died	Nicholas Foran †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
		Appointed	Carlos Cristóvão Genuês Pereira †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
	17.7	Professed	John Cuthbert Hedley, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Newport, Wales, Great Britain
	40.5	Incardinated	Léopold-René Leséleuc de Kerouara †	Priest of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Jacinto López y Romo †	Priest	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	37.8	Appointed	Pierre Rougeyron, S. M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Died	Pedro Antonio Torres †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
1 Jan		Born	John McIntyre †	Birmingham	Archbishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
1 Jan	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Franciszek Stefanowicz †	Titular Bishop of Samosata	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno-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	Guillaume-Lucien-Léon Lacroix †	Reilhaguet	Bishop of Tarentaise, France
9 Jan	65.6	Died	Lorenzo Simonetti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna
11 Jan	76.0	Died	Judas José Romo y Gamboa †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
14 Jan	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Léon-François Sibour †	Titular Bishop of Tripolis in Phoenicia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
18 Jan		Born	Jean-Marie Dépierre, M.E.P. †	Thoiry, France	Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viêt Nam
21 Jan	57.9	Appointed	Antonio Herrán y Zaldúa †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
21 Jan	78.8	Died	Giuseppe Pecci †	Cardinal, Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
23 Jan	41.4	Appointed	David William Bacon †	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
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
3 Feb	75.3	Died	Mariano Martínez Robledo y Robledo †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
4 Feb		Died	Francisco Luna Pizzarro †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
6 Feb	44.9	Appointed	François-Alexandre Roullet de la Bouillerie †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
6 Feb	52.7	Appointed	Nicolas-Marie Sergent †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
9 Feb		Born	Paolo Auad †	Hasrun	Archbishop of Cipro (Maronite), Cyprus
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
24 Feb		Born	Isaias Papadopoulos †	Pyrgo	Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis
2 Mar		Born	Pierre-Ferdinand-Adrien Simon, M.E.P. †	Chaillé-les-Marais, France	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar
6 Mar		Born	José Alves de Mattos †	Santo da Carpalhoza	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal
6 Mar	56.5	Died	Ignatius Aloysius Reynolds †	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
7 Mar	67.4	Resigned	Clément Villecourt †	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
10 Mar		Born	José Marcos Semeria †	Teucuarembo	Bishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay
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, San Luís 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, Viêt Nam
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	Appointed	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
	62.2	Appointed	Juan Francisco Escalante y Moreno †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sonora, Sonora, México
	62.2	Appointed	Juan Francisco Escalante y Moreno †	Titular Bishop of Anastasiopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Sonora, Sonora, México
	45.1	Appointed	Francesco Gallo †	Bishop of Avellino, Italy
	37.7	Appointed	Francesco Giampaolo †	Bishop of Capaccio-Vallo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
	57.3	Appointed	Andreas Gollmayr †	Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
	39.0	Appointed	Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México	Archbishop of México, Federal District
	46.4	Appointed	Francesco Paolo Lettieri †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
	43.6	Appointed	Lorenzo Moffa, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
	42.2	Appointed	Francesco Pedicini †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	47.5	Appointed	Gaetano Rodilossi †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
	51.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Gennaro Romano †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
	56.1	Appointed	Giovanni Rosati †	Bishop of Todi, Italy
	59.0	Appointed	Gaetano Rossini †	Archbishop of Acerenza-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	Appointed	Filippo de Simone †	Bishop of Nicotera-Tropea, Italy
	48.6	Appointed	Jovan Josip Vitezic †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
	52.2	Appointed	Domenico Zelo †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
24 Mar	24.4	Ordained Priest	Constant-Mathurin Hillion †	Priest	Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
25 Mar	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Juan Alfonso Albuquerque Berión †	Bishop of Avila, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
25 Mar		Born	François Bonne, M.E.P. †	Saint-Christophe, France	Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan
26 Mar	45.7	Appointed	Vincenzo Tizzani, C.R.L. †	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis	Bishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy
	45.7	Resigned	Vincenzo Tizzani, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Terni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	40.1	Appointed	Pietro de Villanova Castellacci †	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Aegypto	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}, Syria
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
Apr	16.7	Professed	Domenico (Daniele) Tempesta, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Troia, Italy
2 Apr	67.4	Died	Jean-François Crozier †	Bishop of Rodez, France
8 Apr	79.7	Died	Karl Anton Joseph Lüpke †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
8 Apr		Born	Giacomo Topuzian †	Bahcegich	Bishop of Mush degli Armeni
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, Québec, Canada	Archbishop
13 Apr	86.0	Died	Carlo Oppizoni (Opizzoni) †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, 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
18 Apr	53.5	Appointed	Vincent Spaccapietra, C.M. †	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
22 Apr	41.6	Ordained Bishop	David William Bacon †	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
24 Apr	59.5	Installed	Pedro Barajas y Moreno †	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, San Luís Potosí, México
30 Apr	51.4	Died	Francis Joseph Nicholson, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Corfù, Greece
10 May		Born	Giovanni Rossi †	Milano	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
20 May	45.2	Ordained Bishop	François-Alexandre Roullet de la Bouillerie †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
		Born	Giuseppe Lagumina †	Palermo	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Nicolas-Marie Sergent †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
		Born	Santino Taveggia, P.I.M.E. †	Cologno Monzese, Italy	Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh
26 May	26.5	Ordained Priest	Symphorien Charles-Jacques Mouard (Monard), O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan
29 May		Died	Francesco Brigante Colonna †	Bishop of Recanati-Loreto, Italy
2 Jun	26.3	Ordained Priest	Johannes Fidelis Battaglia †	Priest of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Geremia Bonomelli †	Priest	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
	28.2	Ordained Priest	François Lagrange †	Priest	Bishop of Chartres, France
	29.6	Ordained Priest	Jean-Marcel Touvier, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia
3 Jun		Born	Edmondo Luypen, S.J. †	Hoofdplaat, Netherlands	Vicar Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia
11 Jun		Born	Leonardo Baumbach, C.P. †		Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
11 Jun		Born	John Joseph O’Connor †	Newark	Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
22 Jun		Born	Ismaele Puirredon †	Lima	Bishop Emeritus of Puno, Peru
24 Jun	24.5	Ordained Priest	Victor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
25 Jun		Born	Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta, C.M. †	Cartago, Costa Rica	Archbishop of Panamá

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