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The Year of Our Lord 1872

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknownBornLuigi Bumei †ScutariBishop of Alessio (Alise), Albania
AppointedGiuseppe Caiazzo †Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
22.4Ordained PriestEmmanuel-François Canappe †PriestBishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, Antilles
27.7ProfessedJules-Auguste Chatron, M.E.P. †Priest of La Société des Missions EtrangèresBishop of Osaka, Japan
DiedFrancesco Emilio Cugini †Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
53.0Ordained BishopFrancesco di Nicola †Titular Bishop of AliaBishop of Ischia, Italy
42.1SucceededAloys Elloy, S. M. †Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga
48.0DiedLeonardo Giannotti, O.F.M. †Bishop of Modigliana, Italy
23.8Ordained PriestBoleslaw Hieronim Klopotowski †PriestArchbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
79.6DiedGaspard-Joseph Labis †Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
70.3DiedMattei Augusto Mengacci †Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy
DiedAntonio Salomone †Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
BornAttanasio Melegro Savoya, B.S. †Qu'AbrimArchbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite), Lebanon
23.8Ordained PriestJuan Manuel Sanz y Saravia †PriestBishop of Jaén, Spain
26.6Ordained PriestCríspulo Uzcátegui †PriestArchbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
58.7DiedGiuseppe Valerga †Patriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
22.7Ordained PriestMattia Vicario †Priest of Vercelli, ItalyBishop of Novara, Italy
69.4ResignedBartholomaeus Widmer †Bishop of Ljubljana, SloveniaBishop Emeritus
64.6AppointedJovan Zaffron (Zoffran) †Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
JanAppointedNiccola d'Orgemont, O.S.B. †Abbot of Montecassino, Italy
1 JanBornWilliam Barry †Middleton, IrelandArchbishop of Hobart, Australia
5 JanBornLuigi Mazzini †CogornoBishop Emeritus of Anagni, Italy
6 Jan57.9InstalledSalvatore Giovanni Battista Bolognesi †Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy
BornPatrick Joseph James Keane †Ballybunnion, IrelandBishop of Sacramento, California, USA
8 JanBornHormisdas Etienne Djibri †MossulArchbishop of Kerkuk (Chaldean), Iraq
9 Jan60.7DiedJean-Baptiste Charles Gazailhan †Bishop Emeritus of Vannes, France
14 Jan58.2Ordained BishopPatrick Duggan †Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
54.6DiedJohn Gray †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Western District, Scotland, Great Britain
43.1Ordained BishopEgidio Mauri, O.P. †Bishop of Rieti, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
62.2DiedJohn McGill †Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
15 JanBornGiuseppe Alves Correia da Silva †São Pedro de FinsBishop of Leiria, Portugal
BornGabriel-Roch de Llobet †PerpignanArchbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
BornFrancesco Salis-Seewis †KarlovacAuxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
17 Jan75.2DiedLouis-Charles Buquet †Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
18 JanBornEdward Komar †KoprzywnicaAuxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
21 Jan36.0Ordained BishopTommaso Gomes de Almeida †Bishop of Angola e Congo, AngolaBishop of Guarda, Portugal
22 JanBornRocco Caliandro †Ceglie MessapicaBishop of Termoli, Italy
23 JanBornNicola Dobrecic †AntivariArchbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
26 JanBornLuigi Bondini, O.F.M. Conv. †Roma, ItalyTitular Archbishop of Perge
28 Jan52.8Ordained BishopGiuseppe Buscarini †Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
31 JanBornJoseph Signore †MonteroniBishop Emeritus of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
4 Feb22.3Ordained PriestFrancisco do Rego Maia †Priest of Olinda, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil
63.1Ordained BishopGiovanni Maria Filia †Bishop of Alghero, Italy
38.8Ordained BishopFrancis McCormack †Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in IsauriaBishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
57.1Ordained BishopCharles-Marie-Denis-Anselme Nouvel de La Flèche †Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
66.1Ordained BishopJames Ryan †Titular Bishop of EchinusCoadjutor Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
45.0Ordained BishopPaolo Giuseppe Maria Serci Serra †Bishop of Ogliastra, ItalyArchbishop of Cagliari, Italy
44.0Ordained BishopPierre-Jean-Joseph Soubiranne †Titular Bishop of Sebaste in CiliciaBishop Emeritus of Belley, France
6 Feb33.9AppointedIsidore-François-Joseph Colombert, M.E.P. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viêt NamVicar Apostolic
33.9AppointedIsidore-François-Joseph Colombert, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of SamosataVicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viêt Nam
7 Feb61.7DiedMartin John Spalding †Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
10 Feb47.6AppointedVictor-Jean-François-Paulin Delannoy †Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La RéunionBishop of Aire et Dax, France
57.4Ordained BishopAlfred Duquesnay †Bishop of Limoges, FranceArchbishop of Cambrai, France
34.8AppointedJoseph Gregory Dwenger, C.Pp.S. †Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
BornAngel María Pérez y Cecilia, O.C.D. †Burgos, SpainArchbishop Emeritus of Verapoly, India
11 FebOrdained BishopNomatalla Dahdah †Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
38.3AppointedGiuseppe Debs †Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
BornManoel Raymundo de Mello †CapelinhaBishop Emeritus of Caetité, Baia, Brazil
Ordained BishopGiuseppe Foraifer †Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
52.9Ordained BishopFrançois-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne †Bishop of Belley, FranceCardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
43.6Ordained BishopWilliam Benedict Scarisbrick, O.S.B. †Bishop of Port-Louis, MauritiusBishop Emeritus
12 FebBornThomas Shine †Tipperary, IrelandBishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
13 Feb47.7AppointedFederico Mascaretti, O. Carm. †Bishop of Susa, ItalyBishop Emeritus
15 Feb47.4AppointedRichard Gilmour †Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
53.0InstalledFrançois-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne †Bishop of Belley, FranceCardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
41.0AppointedPatrick John Ryan †Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USAArchbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
41.0AppointedPatrick John Ryan †Titular Archbishop of TricomiaArchbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
54.7AppointedEdgar Philip Prindle Wadhams †Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
16 FebBornFrancis Gilfillan †Aughavas, IrelandBishop of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
44.8AppointedThomas Francis Hendricken †Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
17 FebBornJoseph Shiel †Swainston, IrelandBishop of Rockhampton, Australia
18 Feb77.4DiedWilliam Placid Morris, O.S.B. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa
19 Feb88.0DiedJosé Sebastian Goyeneche Barreda †Archbishop of Lima, Peru
22 Feb51.3AppointedGiuseppe Maria Cotellessa †Bishop of Lucera, Italy
BornIsmael Perdomo Borrero †El-GiganteArchbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
23 Feb59.4AppointedLuigi Biscioni (Bisconi) Amadori †Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), ItalyBishop Emeritus
66.5AppointedLodovico Bartolomeo Brynk †Titular Bishop of Hamatha
46.1AppointedGiuseppe Maria Cione †Bishop of Policastro, Italy
64.1AppointedGeremia Cosenza, O.F.M. †Bishop of Foggia, Italy
51.0AppointedAlessandro Casimiro de Dziewaltowo Gintowt †Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in BithyniaArchbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
55.6AppointedPaolo dei Conti Fabiani †Bishop of Assisi, Italy
74.7AppointedAntoni Fijalkowski †Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
58.0AppointedRaffaele Gagliardi †Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
49.1AppointedFederico Maria Galdi †Bishop of Andria, Italy
58.0AppointedSaverio Gerbino †Bishop of Piazza Armerina, ItalyBishop of Caltagirone, Italy
45.0AppointedGiuseppe Guarino †Archbishop of Siracusa, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop of Messina, Italy
58.6AppointedBenedetto Lavecchia Cuarnieri, O.F.M. †Bishop of Noto, ItalyArchbishop of Siracusa, Italy
69.4AppointedAntonio Izzo †Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy
48.2AppointedTomasz Teofil Kulinski †Titular Bishop of Satala in ArmeniaBishop of Kielce, Poland
48.3AppointedGiovanni Battista Laparelli Pitti †Bishop of Cortona, Italy
43.1AppointedGiacinto Magliuolo †Bishop of Accra, Ghana
68.2AppointedTobia Masacci †Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
52.1AppointedHenri Monnier †Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France
52.1AppointedHenri Monnier †Titular Bishop of LyddaAuxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France
47.7AppointedAntonio Morana †Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
49.4AppointedFrancesco Petrarca †Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy
60.1AppointedRaffaele Pucci-Sisti †Bishop of Montalcino, Italy
56.2AppointedSalvatore Silvestris, C.SS.R. †Bishop of Conversano, Italy
57.9AppointedDomenico Turano †Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
53.6AppointedPietro Wierzhowski †Bishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland
45.7AppointedFrancesco Saverio Zottman †Bishop of Tiraspol, MoldovaBishop Emeritus
27 Feb61.7AppointedFrançois-André-Xavier de Gaffory †Bishop of Ajaccio, France
52.9AppointedJoseph-Jean-Louis Robert †Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), AlgeriaBishop of Marseille, France
28 Feb53.4AppointedDomenico Maria Villa †Bishop of Parma, Italy
1 Mar57.2DiedLaurence Bonaventure Sheil, O.F.M. †Bishop of Adelaide, Australia
3 Mar64.2Ordained BishopGeremia Cosenza, O.F.M. †Bishop of Foggia, Italy
5 MarBornAnthony Thomas Daeger, O.F.M. †Saint Ann, INArchbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
41.2Ordained BishopFrancis Patrick Moran †Titular Bishop of OlbaCardinal, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
6 MarBornAntoine-Pierre-Jean Fourquet, M.E.P. †Eus, FranceArchbishop Emeritus of Canton [Guangzhou], China
8 MarBornJuan Villar y Sanz †SisamónBishop of Lérida, Spain
10 Mar59.4Ordained BishopLuigi Biscioni (Bisconi) Amadori †Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), ItalyBishop Emeritus
BornFabiano Landi, O.F.M. †Radda, ItalyVicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Settentrionale}, China
11 Mar23.0Ordained PriestAnton Johann Zerr †PriestBishop Emeritus of Tiraspol, Moldova
13 Mar26.8Ordained PriestMathurin Picarda, C.S.Sp. †Priest of Congregation of the Holy SpiritVicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
16 Mar23.1Ordained PriestAnthony Gaughren, O.M.I. †Priest of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateVicar Apostolic of Orange River, South Africa
17 Mar46.8InstalledDomenico Agostini †Bishop of Chioggia, ItalyCardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
27.3Ordained BishopVital Maria Gonçalves de Oliveira, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Olinda, Brazil
45.0Ordained BishopGiuseppe Guarino †Archbishop of Siracusa, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop of Messina, Italy
64.1DiedRomualdo Jimeno Ballesteros, O.P. †Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
19 MarBornElia Scedid †Adeh al-BatrunTitular Archbishop of Cyrrhus per i Maroniti
21 MarBornCharles Challiol †AlbiBishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
26 MarBornJoseph-Felix Blanc, S. M. †Toulon, FranceVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tonga Islands {Isole Tonga}, Pacific (Oceania)
Apr23.5Ordained PriestFilippo Camassei †PriestCardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
1 AprBornConrad Gröber †BreisgauArchbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
2 Apr79.3DiedJuan Francisco Escalante y Moreno †Auxiliary Bishop of Sonora, Sonora, México
BornAdolfo Pagani †MonzaBishop of Como, Italy
4 AprBornAlois Scheiwiler †GossauBishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
7 Apr23.8Ordained PriestIgnacio Ibáñez, O.P. †Priest of Order of Friars PreachersVicar Apostolic of Amoy, China
14 Apr35.0Ordained BishopJoseph Gregory Dwenger, C.Pp.S. †Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
47.5Ordained BishopRichard Gilmour †Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
47.8Ordained BishopFederico Mascaretti, O. Carm. †Bishop of Susa, ItalyBishop Emeritus
BornLouis-Nestor Renault, M.E.P. †Tramont-Emy, FranceVicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China
41.2Ordained BishopPatrick John Ryan †Titular Archbishop of TricomiaArchbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
15 AprBornJoseph-Fructueux Bourgain, M.E.P. †Le Portel, FranceVicar Apostolic of Ningyüanfu, China
21 Apr44.0Ordained BishopFrancis McNeirny †Titular Bishop of RhesainaBishop of Albany, New York, USA
22 Apr76.9DiedMellon de Jolly †Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
23 Apr58.4DiedJoseph Feßler †Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
25 AprBornFrancesco Canessa †Teglia, ItalyTitular Bishop of Sarepta
28 Apr45.0Ordained BishopThomas Francis Hendricken †Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
56.7Ordained BishopJoão Pereira Bothelho de Amaral y Pimentel †Bishop of Angra, Portugal
30 AprBornLuigi Barlassina †TorinoPatriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
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