The Year of Our Lord 1875

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	23.6	Professed	Johann Baptist von Anzer, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shantung {Scian-Ton Meridionale}, China
		Died	Emmanuel Asmar †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
		Born	Maurice Boch, S.M. †		Prefect Emeritus of Northern Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Guidi †	Priest	Apostolic Delegate to Philippines
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Hugh McSherry †	Priest of Armagh, Ireland	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa
	22.1	Ordained Priest	Francisco de Paula Mendoza y Herrera †	Priest	Archbishop of Durango, México
	80.1	Resigned	José María Riofrío y Valdivieso †	Apostolic Administrator of Loja, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Ramón Ríu y Cabanas †	Priest	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
1 Jan		Born	Giovanni Jeremich †	Venezia	Auxiliary Bishop of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
3 Jan	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Eugenio Cecconi †	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	37.5	Ordained Bishop	Pio Alberto del Corona, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Draso	Bishop Emeritus of San Miniato, Italy
	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Raffaele Mezzetti †	Bishop of Livorno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Rossi †	Bishop of Poggio Mirteto, Italy	Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy
4 Jan	74.2	Died	Michael von Deinlein †	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
5 Jan		Born	Marien Libri, O.F.M. †	Napolano, Italy	Superior of Upper Egypt, Egypt
6 Jan		Born	Joseph-Conrad Chaumont †	Sainte-Anne des Plaines	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
6 Jan		Born	Paul-Louis Touzé †	Saint-Sauveur	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
7 Jan	67.0	Resigned	Nicolas-Edouard-François Gueullette †	Bishop of Valence, France	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jan	58.4	Died	Ludwig Forweck †	Prefect of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
10 Jan	68.3	Died	Giulio Arrigoni, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
	24.6	Ordained Priest	Hubert-Olivier Chalifoux †	Priest of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop
	33.1	Ordained Priest	Francisco Javier Junguito, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Panamá
	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Ludovico Marangoni, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Gortyna	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Vincenzo Testa, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Botrys	Bishop of Segni, Italy
13 Jan		Born	Ruggero Bovelli †	Pantalla	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
15 Jan	69.8	Died	William Keane †	Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland
15 Jan	53.3	Selected	Jules François Lecoq †	Bishop of Luçon, France	Bishop of Nantes, France
16 Jan		Born	Joseph Sak, S.D.B. †	Hechtel, Belgium	Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Jan	49.1	Selected	Charles-Pierre-François Cotton †	Bishop of Valence, France
19 Jan		Born	René-Pierre Mignen †	La Chapelle-Palluau	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
21 Jan	80.5	Died	Giovanni Battista Nehiba †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
22 Jan		Born	Aleksander Frison †	Baden	Titular Bishop of Limyra
24 Jan	65.4	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Fernández y Lafita †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Victoriano Guisasola y Rodríguez †	Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	61.5	Ordained Bishop	Juan Antonio Puig y Montserrat, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
25 Jan	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Emile Fonteneau †	Bishop of Agen, France	Archbishop of Albi, France
		Born	John Francis Noll †	Fort Wayne	Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
		Born	Sylvain van Hee, S.J. †	Mouscron, Belgium	Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Jan	68.7	Died	Patrick Leahy †	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
26 Jan	59.8	Selected	José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens †	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
28 Jan		Born	Jean Naslian †	Karput	Bishop Emeritus of Trabzon (Armenian), Turkey
31 Jan	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Narciso Martínez Izquierdo †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain	Bishop of Madrid, Spain
2 Feb	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Adam Charles Claessens †	Titular Bishop of Traianopolis in Phrygia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Batavia, Indonesia
2 Feb	78.7	Died	João d’Aguiar †	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
3 Feb	68.8	Installed	Charles-Théodore Colet †	Archbishop of Tours, France
7 Feb	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Luigi M. Cannavò (Canavo), O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Crete {Candia}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
8 Feb		Born	Joseph Arthur Papineau †	Saint-Jean-d'Iberville	Bishop Emeritus of Joliette, Québec, Canada
8 Feb	57.2	Died	Ambrosia María Serrano y Rodriguez †	Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México
10 Feb	86.2	Died	Camillo Monteforte †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
11 Feb	48.1	Succeeded	Antonio Maria Curcio †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
11 Feb	57.8	Died	Giuseppe Teta †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
12 Feb	41.7	Appointed	Thomas Galberry, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
	44.8	Appointed	James Augustine Healy †	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
	69.7	Appointed	John Martin Henni †	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
	36.4	Appointed	John Ireland †	Vicar Apostolic of Nebraska, USA	Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
	36.4	Appointed	John Ireland †	Titular Archbishop of Maronea	Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
	33.7	Appointed	John Joseph Kain †	Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
	51.1	Appointed	Francis Xavier Krautbauer †	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
	60.3	Appointed	John Baptist Lamy †	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	67.5	Died	Bartolomeo Legat †	Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Koper), Italy
	43.0	Appointed	John O’Brien †	Bishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
	44.3	Appointed	Rupert Seidenbusch, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Minnesota, USA	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
	44.3	Appointed	Rupert Seidenbusch, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Alia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
	52.8	Appointed	John Joseph Williams †	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	61.8	Appointed	James Frederick Bryan Wood †	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
13 Feb		Born	Girolamo Cardinale †	Genova	Bishop of Verona, Italy
14 Feb	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Taurin Cahagne, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Adramyttium	Vicar Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia
14 Feb	33.7	Ordained Bishop	Victor Mihályi de Apsia †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania	Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
15 Feb	57.3	Died	Edward John Horan †	Bishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
16 Feb	49.5	Installed	Jean-Emile Fonteneau †	Bishop of Agen, France	Archbishop of Albi, France
16 Feb	59.9	Confirmed	José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens †	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
20 Feb	22.8	Ordained Priest	Friedrich Philipp von Abert †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
24 Feb	61.4	Ordained Bishop	César-Victor-Ange-Jean-Baptiste Jourdan †	Bishop of Tarbes, France
24 Feb	75.7	Died	Luigi Natoli †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
26 Feb		Born	Wojciech Tomaka †	Trzebowisko	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Przemyśl, Poland
27 Feb		Born	Francisco Javier de Irastorza y Loinaz †	San Sebastián	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
28 Feb		Born	Domenico Della Vedova †	Spello	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
5 Mar	58.6	Appointed	Giovanni Simeoni †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
5 Mar	58.6	Appointed	Giovanni Simeoni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
6 Mar		Born	Bartolomé Pascual Marroig †	Palma de Mallorca	Bishop of Menorca, Spain
7 Mar	33.8	Installed	Victor Mihályi de Apsia †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania	Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
8 Mar	73.3	Died	Lorenzo Barili †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
9 Mar	68.0	Died	Clemente Pagliaro †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy
10 Mar	81.2	Died	Ignazio Giustiniani †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
11 Mar		Born	Louis-Augustin Marmottin †	La Neuville-au-Pont	Archbishop of Reims, France
12 Mar		Born	Sylvester Patrick Mulligan, O.F.M. Cap. †	Tasson, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus of Delhi and Simla, India
14 Mar	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Bongiorni †	Bishop of Trapani, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy
15 Mar	64.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Ruggero Luigi Emidio Antici Mattei †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch
	61.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Domenico Bartolini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
	49.3	Confirmed	Charles-Pierre-François Cotton †	Bishop of Valence, France
	64.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Victor-Auguste-Isidore Dechamps, C.SS.R. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	48.0	Appointed	Nicola Ghilardi †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
	67.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Gianelli †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	53.4	Confirmed	Jules François Lecoq †	Bishop of Luçon, France	Bishop of Nantes, France
	52.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
	66.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Henry Edward Manning †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	56.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Maragioglio, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
	65.0	Elevated to Cardinal	John McCloskey †	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
	56.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Salvatore Nobili Vitelleschi †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Secretary
		Appointed	Basilio Oberholzer, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
	58.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Bartolomeo Pacca, Jr. †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Priest
	48.9	Confirmed	Giovanni Pásztelyi †	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
	52.9	Selected	Cassien-Léonard de Peretti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	56.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Lorenzo Ilarione Randi †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Priest
	74.6	Appointed	Carmelo Scicluna †	Bishop of Malta
	74.6	Appointed	Carmelo Scicluna †	Titular Archbishop of Rhodus	Bishop of Malta
	58.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Simeoni †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
	51.5	Appointed	Odon Thibaudier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
	51.5	Appointed	Odon Thibaudier †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
17 Mar		Born	Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon, M.E.P. †	Vallore-Ville, France	Bishop Emeritus of Yokohama, Japan
19 Mar	22.4	Ordained Priest	Karel Wisnar †	Priest of Olomouc, Czech Republic	Auxiliary Bishop
20 Mar	57.2	Died	Indalecio Barreto †	Bishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
20 Mar		Born	Grégoire Haggiar †	Raim, Lebanon	Bishop of Akka (Melkite Greek), Israel
21 Mar		Born	Cesare Boccoleri †	Rapallo	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
21 Mar	77.6	Died	José López y Crespo †	Bishop of Santander, Spain
23 Mar		Born	Vittoriano Romàn Zárate di S. Giuseppe, O.A.R. †	Puebla de Arganzon, Spain	Prefect of Palawan, Philippines
27 Mar	24.8	Ordained Priest	Jean-Nicolas Lemmens †	Priest	Bishop of Vancouver Island, USA
27 Mar	23.6	Ordained Priest	John Aloysius Maguire †	Priest	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
31 Mar	61.9	Appointed	Domenico Bartolini †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
	39.9	Appointed	Angelo Bersani-Dossena †	Coadjutor Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	39.9	Appointed	Angelo Bersani-Dossena †	Titular Bishop of Patara	Coadjutor Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	47.5	Appointed	Giacomo Corna-Pellegrini †	Coadjutor Bishop of Brescia, Italy	Bishop
	47.5	Appointed	Giacomo Corna-Pellegrini †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	64.3	Appointed	Victor-Auguste-Isidore Dechamps, C.SS.R. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	64.5	Appointed	Innocenzo Ferrieri †	Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
	67.6	Appointed	Pietro Gianelli †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	66.7	Appointed	Henry Edward Manning †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	52.9	Appointed	Cassien-Léonard de Peretti †	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	52.9	Confirmed	Cassien-Léonard de Peretti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	54.8	Appointed	Domenico Pietromarchi †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy