The Year of Our Lord 1869

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	23.7	Ordained Priest	José María Blanco Barón †	Priest	Bishop of Avila, Spain
	47.4	Appointed	Bernard Bernard, M.S. †	Prefect of Norvegia	Prefect Emeritus
	16.9	Professed	Alejandro Cañál, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China
	24.3	Professed	Angelo Cattaneo, P.I.M.E. †	Member of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan {Ho-Nan Meridionale}, China
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Francesco di Mento †	Priest	Bishop of Tinos, Greece
		Died	Mélèce Fendé †	Bishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	49.5	Resigned	Alessandro Franchi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Mosé Higuera †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia
	63.4	Resigned	Jean-Claude Miche, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cambogia, Cambodia	Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Martin Poell, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shansi {Scian-Si Meridionale}, China
	37.6	Appointed	Simeone Volonteri, P.I.M.E. †	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Honan {Ho-Nan}, China	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan {Ho-Nan Meridionale}, China
1 Jan		Born	Jean-Baptiste-Auguste Gonon †	Tournus, France	Bishop of Moulins, France
1 Jan		Born	Joseph Marušić †	Praputnjak	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
2 Jan	23.0	Ordained Priest	John Walter Shanahan †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Jan	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Angelini †	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
3 Jan	54.8	Ordained Bishop	José Benedicto Torres Romero †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
4 Jan	76.4	Resigned	Ferenc Szaniszlò de Torda †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
5 Jan	45.7	Appointed	Lothar von Kübel †	Apostolic Administrator of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
8 Jan	43.4	Resigned	Gil Alamán y García Castrillo †	Bishop-Elect of Sonora, México	Former Bishop-Elect
	93.3	Died	Enrico Osegovich Barlabassevecz †	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
	54.3	Succeeded	Venceslao Soić †	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Maria de Lacerda †	Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	55.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Maneschi †	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Djordje Marčić †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
		Born	José Luis Montenegro y Flores †	Guatemala	Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala
15 Jan		Born	Edmund John Aloysius Gleeson, C.SS.R. †	Rathelong, Ireland	Bishop of Maitland, Australia
19 Jan	56.5	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-François Pitra, O.S.B. †	Librarian of the Vatican Library	Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
19 Jan	56.5	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-François Pitra, O.S.B. †	Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives	Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
22 Jan		Born	Carlos Echenique Altamira †	Córdoba	Auxiliary Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina
23 Jan	22.7	Ordained Priest	Karol Antoni Niedziałkowski †	Priest	Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec), Ukraine
24 Jan	45.9	Installed	Antonius Grech-Delicata-Testaferrata †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta
25 Jan	64.9	Died	Jacques-Léon Thomine-Desmazures, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Thibet, China
26 Jan	45.4	Died	Francisco de Paula Suárez Peredo y Bezares †	Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México
28 Jan		Born	Amédée Marie Léon Crooy (Crooij) †	Ixelles-Bruxelles	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
30 Jan	74.9	Died	Luigi Clementi †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
31 Jan		Born	Bernardin Castanié, C.I.M. †	Bozouls, France	Prefect of Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Charles Petre Eyre †	Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
	49.8	Ordained Bishop	José Vicente Salinas e Infanzón †	Bishop of Durango, México	Archbishop of Durango, México
Feb	67.1	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste-François Pompallier, S.M. †	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus
1 Feb		Born	Emilio Cottafavi †	Gazzata	Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy
3 Feb		Born	Nicolás González y Pérez, C.M.F. †	La Nuez de Arriba, Spain	Vicar Apostolic of Fernando Poo, Equatorial Guinea
3 Feb	48.3	Selected	Zsigmond Kovács †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
7 Feb	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Ignatius Mrak †	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
10 Feb		Born	Giuseppe Antonio Ferdinando Bussolari, O.F.M. Cap. †	Lorenzatico San Giovanni in Persiceto	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
14 Feb		Born	Valentín Ampuero Núñez, C.M. †	Puquina	Bishop of Puno, Peru
14 Feb	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Leandro Rodríguez de la Gala y Enríquez †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
16 Feb		Born	Patrick Morrisroe †	Charlestown	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
17 Feb		Born	George Albert Guertin †	Nashua, NH	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
18 Feb	49.3	Died	Jean-Baptiste Anouilh, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Occidentale}, China
19 Feb	68.4	Died	Ferenc Szenczy †	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
20 Feb		Born	Nicola Rotoli, O.F.M. †	Pignataro Maggiore	Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy
23 Feb	80.4	Died	James Kyle †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, Scotland, Great Britain
23 Feb	50.6	Succeeded	John MacDonald †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
24 Feb	50.6	Ordained Bishop	John MacDonald †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis ad Iaterum	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
28 Feb	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Núñez y Pernía, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
3 Mar		Born	Santiago López de Rego y Labarta, S.J. †	Santiago de Compostela, Spain	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Marianne, Caroline, and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
4 Mar	38.8	Installed	José Ignacio Árciga Ruiz de Chávez †	Archbishop of Michoacán, México
	51.7	Resigned	John Gray †	Vicar Apostolic of Western District, Scotland, Great Britain	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	64.8	Died	Peter Paul Lefevère (Lefebre) †	Coadjutor Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	55.0	Installed	Leandro Rodríguez de la Gala y Enríquez †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
5 Mar		Born	Josef Schinzel †	Kronsdorf	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
5 Mar		Born	Michael von Faulhaber †	Heidenfeld	Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
6 Mar		Born	Lazare Mjeda (Miedia) †	Shkodrë	Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania
7 Mar		Born	François-Xavier Ross †	Sainte-Felicité des Groses Roches	Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
	55.5	Ordained Bishop	José Maria de Urquinaona y Vidot †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Kaspar (Balthasar) Willi, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Antipatris	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
13 Mar	24.9	Ordained Priest	Francisco Javier Baztán y Urniza †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Oviedo, Spain
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Guérard †	Priest	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Müller †	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
22 Mar	37.1	Appointed	Pierre-Timothee Attar (Hattar) †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey	Bishop Emeritus of Mardin (Chaldean), Iraq
22 Mar		Appointed	Gabriel Farso †	Bishop of Mardin (Chaldean), Iraq
23 Mar	57.2	Installed	Pedro José de Jesús Loza y Pardavé †	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
27 Mar		Born	Joseph Butt †	London	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
		Born	Emilio Ferrais †	Verona	Archbishop of Catania, Italy
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Pancrazio Giorgi †	Priest	Bishop of Segni, Italy
28 Mar		Born	Giovanni Tirinnanzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Firenze, Italy	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Arabia, Yemen
29 Mar	61.5	Died	John Thomas Mullock, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
30 Mar	70.2	Died	John Thomas Hynes, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles
Apr		Born	Bl. Ignatius (Shoukrallah) Maloyan †	Mardin	Archbishop of Mardin (Armenian), Iraq
4 Apr	93.4	Died	Girolamo Gavi †	Apostolic Administrator of Livorno, Italy
6 Apr		Born	Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, M.E.P. †	Halluin, France	Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam
8 Apr		Born	Charles-Henri-Joseph Binet †	Juvigny	Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
8 Apr		Born	Francisco Cristóbal Toro †	Antioquia	Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia
11 Apr	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Calisto Clavio †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
11 Apr	48.9	Installed	Ioan Vancea (Vancsa) †	Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
13 Apr	62.3	Appointed	James Lynch, C.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland	Bishop
13 Apr		Born	Jan Stavel †	Bilovice	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
14 Apr		Born	Alban Goodier, S.J. †	Great Harwood, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
16 Apr	51.4	Appointed	Charles Petre Eyre †	Apostolic Administrator of Western District, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
18 Apr		Born	Moric Picha †	Sebetov	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
19 Apr	67.4	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-François Pompallier, S.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Amasea	Bishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand
20 Apr		Born	Marie-Auguste Chapuis, M.E.P. †	Saint-Hostien, France	Bishop Emeritus of Kumbakonam, India
20 Apr	54.7	Confirmed	Štefan Lipovniczky †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
22 Apr		Born	Carlo Gregorio Maria Grasso, O.S.B. †	Genova	Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
24 Apr		Born	Rafael Canale Oberti †	Buenos Aires	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina
24 Apr		Born	Fidel María Cosío y Medina †	Anansaya	Bishop of Puno, Peru
27 Apr	38.7	Appointed	Félix-Clair Ridel, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Corea
27 Apr	38.7	Appointed	Félix-Clair Ridel, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Philippopolis in Thracia	Vicar Apostolic of Corea
28 Apr	23.4	Ordained Priest	Nicolás Armentia Ugarte, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia