The Year of Our Lord 1856

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Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Jul 74.5 Died Ferdinando Minucci † Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy

Born Mauro M. Parodi, O.S.B. † Begato Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy

5 Jul 37.0 Ordained Bishop Alessandro Franchi † Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State

6 Jul 46.1 Ordained Bishop Flavio Chigi † Titular Archbishop of Myra Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}

38.0 Ordained Bishop Salvatore Nobili Vitelleschi † Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Pieria Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars

10 Jul 52.0 Resigned Johann Theodor Laurent † Vicar Apostolic of Luxembourg Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

11 Jul 56.1 Died Antoine-Louis-Adolphe Dupuch † Bishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria

13 Jul 62.7 Died Juan José Biec Belio † Bishop of Jaca, Spain

55.7 Confirmed Michael von Deinlein † Bishop of Augsburg, Germany Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany

16 Jul 39.0 Appointed Tommaso Passero, O.P. † Bishop of Troia, Italy

20 Jul 58.1 Ordained Bishop Jean-Honoré Bara † Titular Bishop of Medea Bishop of Châlons, France

49.9 Ordained Bishop Jacques-Antoine-Claude-Marie Boudinet † Bishop of Amiens, France

55.9 Ordained Bishop François-Augustin Delamare † Bishop of Luçon, France Archbishop of Auch, France

48.3 Ordained Bishop Jerzy Jeschke † Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in Palaestina Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland

40.5 Ordained Bishop Jean-Baptiste-François-Anne-Thomas Landriot † Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France Archbishop of Reims, France

22 Jul Died Cornelius Egan † Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland

44.6 Succeeded David Moriarty † Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland

26 Jul 23.8 Ordained Priest Maximilian Gereon Graf von Galen † Priest of Mainz, Germany Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

28 Jul Born James Herbert Blenk, S.M. † Neustadt, Germany Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

29 Jul Appointed Lorenzo Bergeretti † Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece Archbishop of Naxos, Greece

49.9 Installed Jacques-Antoine-Claude-Marie Boudinet † Bishop of Amiens, France

3 Aug 59.1 Ordained Bishop Charles-Nicolas-Pierre Didiot † Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France

52.1 Ordained Bishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

4 Aug Born Dominique Castellan † Roquevaire Archbishop of Chambéry, France

8 Aug 42.4 Appointed Philippe François Zéphirin Guillemin, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Cybistra Prefect of Kouangtong, China

9 Aug 24.9 Ordained Priest Ludwig Wahl † Priest of Rottenburg, Germany Prefect Emeritus of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany

10 Aug 23.3 Ordained Priest Joseph Georg von Ehrler † Priest of Würzburg, Germany Bishop of Speyer, Germany

57.0 Ordained Bishop Jean-François-Augustin Galtier † Bishop of Pamiers, France

58.0 Installed Louis-Antoine de Salinis † Archbishop of Auch, France

12 Aug 76.8 Died Giovanni Soglia Ceroni † Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State

13 Aug Died Myles Murphy † Bishop of Ferns, Ireland

Born Tomasso Trussoni † Campodolcino Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza, Italy

17 Aug 22.7 Ordained Priest St. Grégoire Grassi, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shansi {Scian-Si Settentrionale}, China

44.2 Ordained Bishop Martin Konrad † Bishop of Paderborn, Germany

43.5 Ordained Bishop Jean-Etienne Sémeria, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Olympus Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

22 Aug Born Timoteo Hernández Mulas † Morales del Vino Bishop of Guadix, Spain

28 Aug 52.2 Installed Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

1 Sep Born Louis-Ernest Dubois † Saint-Calais Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France

3 Sep 55.9 Installed Michael von Deinlein † Bishop of Augsburg, Germany Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany

7 Sep 22.4 Ordained Priest Pierre-Marie-Frédéric Fallières † Priest of Amiens, France Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France

37.3 Ordained Bishop Laurence Gillooly, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Phoenice Bishop of Elphin, Ireland

9 Sep 50.9 Appointed Antonio Saverio De Luca † Apostolic Nuncio to Austria Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies

14 Sep 22.7 Ordained Priest Martin Marty, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA

16 Sep Appointed Bernardino Medina y Moreno † Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia

18 Sep 61.2 Appointed Giovanni Brunelli † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy Cardinal, Bishop

56.4 Appointed Dalmazio d’Andrea, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Bova, Italy

78.7 Appointed Antonio Melchiorre Fiiatkowski † Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

65.3 Appointed José Manuel de Lemos † Bishop of Viseu, Portugal Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

61.5 Appointed Wincenty Lipski † Auxiliary Bishop of Tiraspol, Moldova

61.5 Appointed Wincenty Lipski † Titular Bishop of Ionopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Tiraspol, Moldova

47.0 Appointed Luigi Maria de Marinis † Archbishop of Chieti, Italy

Appointed John Michael Marzewski † Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

63.7 Appointed Piotr Pawel Beniamin Szymański, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Podlachia o Janów, Poland Bishop Emeritus

Born Gennaro Trama † Napoli Bishop of Lecce, Italy

57.0 Appointed Michele Viale-Prelà † Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy

20 Sep 23.2 Ordained Priest Mariano Jaime Casanova y Casanova † Priest of Santiago de Chile Archbishop

22 Sep 51.0 Appointed Prosper-Michel-Arnaud Hiraboure † Bishop of Aire, France Bishop of Aire et Dax, France

23 Sep 69.4 Died Anastasius Johannes Sedlag † Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland

28 Sep Succeeded Pietro Bostani † Archbishop of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon

29 Sep 23.0 Ordained Priest Pasquale (Amato) Pagnucci, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of Scen-Si (Chen-si, Shensi), China

Oct Ordained Bishop José Luis Niño † Vicar Apostolic of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia

4 Oct Born Thomas Francis Doran † Barrington, RI Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA

8 Oct 46.9 Appointed Vinzenz Gasser † Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

11 Oct Born Giacomo Sinibaldi † Civitella San Paolo Secretary of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

14 Oct 38.9 Appointed Michel-Désiré Vesque † Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles

20 Oct Born Francisco Plancarte y Navarrette † Zamora Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México

49.9 Died Pasquale Taccone † Bishop of Teramo, Italy

26 Oct 38.9 Ordained Bishop Michel-Désiré Vesque † Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles

27 Oct 53.8 Appointed Wacław Żyliński † Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus

28 Oct 23.8 Ordained Priest Anthony Durier † Priest Bishop of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA

1 Nov Born Augustinus Kilian † Eltville Bishop of Limburg, Germany

12 Nov 39.8 Resigned Giovanni Antonio Balma, O.M.V. † Vicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù, Myanmar Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy

Born Donato Raffaele Sbarretti Tazza † Montefranco Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office

14 Nov 60.7 Appointed Vincenso Santucci † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies

15 Nov Born John Joseph Collins, S.J. † Marysville, KY, USA Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Giamaica o Jamaica, Jamaica, Antilles

20 Nov 77.3 Died Ignacio Díaz Caneja † Bishop of Oviedo, Spain

Born Nicolás Pérez Gavilán y Echeverría † Durango Bishop of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México

23 Nov Born Edward John O’Dea † Dorchester, MA Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

26 Nov Born Bernard Thomas Edward Clark, O.F.M. Cap. † London, Great Britain Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles

28 Nov Born Patrick Joseph O'Donnell † Rilzain-Glenties Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

3 Dec Born Grégoire Pierre Habra † Damasco Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria

4 Dec Died Timothy Murphy † Bishop of Ross, Ireland

25.5 Appointed Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Magydus Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Orientale}, China

7 Dec 42.7 Ordained Bishop José Manuel Arroyo Niño † Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana, Venezuela

47.5 Ordained Bishop Miguel Navarro, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Cucusus Vicar Apostolic of Honan {Ho-Nan}, China

8 Dec Born Jean-Claude Combaz, M.E.P. † Saint-Béron, France Bishop of Nagasaki, Japan

11 Dec Born Luigi Ermini † Roma Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy

12 Dec Born Richard Preston † Liverpool Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

Appointed Eduardo Vásquez, O.P. † Bishop of Panamá

15 Dec 47.0 Appointed Clemente Fares † Bishop of Pesaro, Italy

47.1 Confirmed Vinzenz Gasser † Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

51.2 Confirmed Prosper-Michel-Arnaud Hiraboure † Bishop of Aire, France Bishop of Aire et Dax, France

49.9 Appointed François Marinelli, O.S.A. † Titular Archbishop of Porphyreon

44.4 Appointed Filippo Vespasiani † Bishop of Fano, Italy

19 Dec 33.9 Appointed Ignatius Camillus William Mary Peter Persico, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Thibet, China Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics

20 Dec 24.0 Ordained Priest Henri-Charles-Dominique Denéchau † Priest Bishop of Tulle, France

23.1 Ordained Priest John Samual Foley † Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA

23.6 Ordained Priest Thomas Galberry, O.S.A. † Priest of Hartford, Connecticut, USA Bishop

22.7 Ordained Priest Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. † Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other

24.0 Ordained Priest Jules-Denis-Marie-Dieudonné Le Hardy du Marais † Priest Bishop of Laval, France

23.4 Ordained Priest Luigi Rotelli † Priest Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to France

21 Dec 42.0 Appointed Fortunato Maurizi † Bishop of Veroli, Italy

23 Dec Born John Joseph Clancy † Sooey Bishop of Elphin, Ireland

14.2 Ordained Priest Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon † Priest of Angers, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France

24 Dec 60.1 Died Bernard Buissas † Bishop of Limoges, France

Born Joseph Aloysius Murphy, S.J. † Dunkalk in Louth, Ireland Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Honduras, Belize

25 Dec Born Natale Bruni † Nociveglia Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Jul	74.5	Died	Ferdinando Minucci †	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	Born	Mauro M. Parodi, O.S.B. †	Begato	Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
5 Jul	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Franchi †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
6 Jul	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Flavio Chigi †	Titular Archbishop of Myra	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}
38.0	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Nobili Vitelleschi †	Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Pieria	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
10 Jul	52.0	Resigned	Johann Theodor Laurent †	Vicar Apostolic of Luxembourg	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
11 Jul	56.1	Died	Antoine-Louis-Adolphe Dupuch †	Bishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria
13 Jul	62.7	Died	Juan José Biec Belio †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
55.7	Confirmed	Michael von Deinlein †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
16 Jul	39.0	Appointed	Tommaso Passero, O.P. †	Bishop of Troia, Italy
20 Jul	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Honoré Bara †	Titular Bishop of Medea	Bishop of Châlons, France
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Jacques-Antoine-Claude-Marie Boudinet †	Bishop of Amiens, France
55.9	Ordained Bishop	François-Augustin Delamare †	Bishop of Luçon, France	Archbishop of Auch, France
48.3	Ordained Bishop	Jerzy Jeschke †	Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland
40.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste-François-Anne-Thomas Landriot †	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France	Archbishop of Reims, France
22 Jul		Died	Cornelius Egan †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
44.6	Succeeded	David Moriarty †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
26 Jul	23.8	Ordained Priest	Maximilian Gereon Graf von Galen †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
28 Jul		Born	James Herbert Blenk, S.M. †	Neustadt, Germany	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
29 Jul		Appointed	Lorenzo Bergeretti †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece
49.9	Installed	Jacques-Antoine-Claude-Marie Boudinet †	Bishop of Amiens, France
3 Aug	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Nicolas-Pierre Didiot †	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
4 Aug		Born	Dominique Castellan †	Roquevaire	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
8 Aug	42.4	Appointed	Philippe François Zéphirin Guillemin, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Cybistra	Prefect of Kouangtong, China
9 Aug	24.9	Ordained Priest	Ludwig Wahl †	Priest of Rottenburg, Germany	Prefect Emeritus of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
10 Aug	23.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Georg von Ehrler †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
57.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean-François-Augustin Galtier †	Bishop of Pamiers, France
58.0	Installed	Louis-Antoine de Salinis †	Archbishop of Auch, France
12 Aug	76.8	Died	Giovanni Soglia Ceroni †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
13 Aug		Died	Myles Murphy †	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
	Born	Tomasso Trussoni †	Campodolcino	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza, Italy
17 Aug	22.7	Ordained Priest	St. Grégoire Grassi, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shansi {Scian-Si Settentrionale}, China
44.2	Ordained Bishop	Martin Konrad †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
43.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Etienne Sémeria, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Olympus	Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
22 Aug		Born	Timoteo Hernández Mulas †	Morales del Vino	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
28 Aug	52.2	Installed	Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
1 Sep		Born	Louis-Ernest Dubois †	Saint-Calais	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
3 Sep	55.9	Installed	Michael von Deinlein †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
7 Sep	22.4	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Marie-Frédéric Fallières †	Priest of Amiens, France	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France
37.3	Ordained Bishop	Laurence Gillooly, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Phoenice	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
9 Sep	50.9	Appointed	Antonio Saverio De Luca †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
14 Sep	22.7	Ordained Priest	Martin Marty, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
16 Sep		Appointed	Bernardino Medina y Moreno †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
18 Sep	61.2	Appointed	Giovanni Brunelli †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
56.4	Appointed	Dalmazio d’Andrea, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Bova, Italy
78.7	Appointed	Antonio Melchiorre Fiiatkowski †	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
65.3	Appointed	José Manuel de Lemos †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
61.5	Appointed	Wincenty Lipski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tiraspol, Moldova
61.5	Appointed	Wincenty Lipski †	Titular Bishop of Ionopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Tiraspol, Moldova
47.0	Appointed	Luigi Maria de Marinis †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
	Appointed	John Michael Marzewski †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
63.7	Appointed	Piotr Pawel Beniamin Szymański, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Podlachia o Janów, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Gennaro Trama †	Napoli	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
57.0	Appointed	Michele Viale-Prelà †	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
20 Sep	23.2	Ordained Priest	Mariano Jaime Casanova y Casanova †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Archbishop
22 Sep	51.0	Appointed	Prosper-Michel-Arnaud Hiraboure †	Bishop of Aire, France	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France
23 Sep	69.4	Died	Anastasius Johannes Sedlag †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland
28 Sep		Succeeded	Pietro Bostani †	Archbishop of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon
29 Sep	23.0	Ordained Priest	Pasquale (Amato) Pagnucci, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Scen-Si (Chen-si, Shensi), China
Oct		Ordained Bishop	José Luis Niño †	Vicar Apostolic of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
4 Oct		Born	Thomas Francis Doran †	Barrington, RI	Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
8 Oct	46.9	Appointed	Vinzenz Gasser †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
11 Oct		Born	Giacomo Sinibaldi †	Civitella San Paolo	Secretary of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
14 Oct	38.9	Appointed	Michel-Désiré Vesque †	Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles
20 Oct		Born	Francisco Plancarte y Navarrette †	Zamora	Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
49.9	Died	Pasquale Taccone †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
26 Oct	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Michel-Désiré Vesque †	Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles
27 Oct	53.8	Appointed	Wacław Żyliński †	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
28 Oct	23.8	Ordained Priest	Anthony Durier †	Priest	Bishop of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA
1 Nov		Born	Augustinus Kilian †	Eltville	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
12 Nov	39.8	Resigned	Giovanni Antonio Balma, O.M.V. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù, Myanmar	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	Born	Donato Raffaele Sbarretti Tazza †	Montefranco	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
14 Nov	60.7	Appointed	Vincenso Santucci †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
15 Nov		Born	John Joseph Collins, S.J. †	Marysville, KY, USA	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Giamaica o Jamaica, Jamaica, Antilles
20 Nov	77.3	Died	Ignacio Díaz Caneja †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
	Born	Nicolás Pérez Gavilán y Echeverría †	Durango	Bishop of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México
23 Nov		Born	Edward John O’Dea †	Dorchester, MA	Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
26 Nov		Born	Bernard Thomas Edward Clark, O.F.M. Cap. †	London, Great Britain	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles
28 Nov		Born	Patrick Joseph O'Donnell †	Rilzain-Glenties	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
3 Dec		Born	Grégoire Pierre Habra †	Damasco	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria
4 Dec		Died	Timothy Murphy †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
25.5	Appointed	Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Magydus	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Orientale}, China
7 Dec	42.7	Ordained Bishop	José Manuel Arroyo Niño †	Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana, Venezuela
47.5	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Navarro, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Cucusus	Vicar Apostolic of Honan {Ho-Nan}, China
8 Dec		Born	Jean-Claude Combaz, M.E.P. †	Saint-Béron, France	Bishop of Nagasaki, Japan
11 Dec		Born	Luigi Ermini †	Roma	Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
12 Dec		Born	Richard Preston †	Liverpool	Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
	Appointed	Eduardo Vásquez, O.P. †	Bishop of Panamá
15 Dec	47.0	Appointed	Clemente Fares †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
47.1	Confirmed	Vinzenz Gasser †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
51.2	Confirmed	Prosper-Michel-Arnaud Hiraboure †	Bishop of Aire, France	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France
49.9	Appointed	François Marinelli, O.S.A. †	Titular Archbishop of Porphyreon
44.4	Appointed	Filippo Vespasiani †	Bishop of Fano, Italy
19 Dec	33.9	Appointed	Ignatius Camillus William Mary Peter Persico, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Thibet, China	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
20 Dec	24.0	Ordained Priest	Henri-Charles-Dominique Denéchau †	Priest	Bishop of Tulle, France
23.1	Ordained Priest	John Samual Foley †	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
23.6	Ordained Priest	Thomas Galberry, O.S.A. †	Priest of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Bishop
22.7	Ordained Priest	Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. †	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
24.0	Ordained Priest	Jules-Denis-Marie-Dieudonné Le Hardy du Marais †	Priest	Bishop of Laval, France
23.4	Ordained Priest	Luigi Rotelli †	Priest	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to France
21 Dec	42.0	Appointed	Fortunato Maurizi †	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
23 Dec		Born	John Joseph Clancy †	Sooey	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
14.2	Ordained Priest	Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon †	Priest of Angers, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
24 Dec	60.1	Died	Bernard Buissas †	Bishop of Limoges, France
	Born	Joseph Aloysius Murphy, S.J. †	Dunkalk in Louth, Ireland	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Honduras, Belize
25 Dec		Born	Natale Bruni †	Nociveglia	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy

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