The Year of Our Lord 1877

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	69.2	Died	Bonaventura Atanasio, C.SS.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lipari, Italy
		Born	Henri Bardou †	France	Prefect Emeritus of Ghardaïa nel Sahara, Algeria
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Ioan Boroş (Borosiu) †	Priest	Bishop-Elect of Thespiae
	40.0	Appointed	John Cani †	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Queensland, Australia	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia
	22.1	Professed	Marie-Félix Choulet, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Manchuria {Manciuria Meridionale}, China
	31.2	Ordained Priest	Charles du Pont de Ligonnès †	Priest	Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
		Died	Agostino Franco †	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior
	23.7	Professed	Isidoro Clemente Gutiérrez, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China
	49.5	Resigned	Antoine Horner †	Prefect of Zanguebar, Kenya	Prefect Emeritus
	22.5	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Tuohill Murphy, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius
	27.1	Ordained Priest	José de Jesús Ortíz y Rodríguez †	Priest	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	21.8	Professed	Pierre-Ferdinand-Adrien Simon, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar
		Died	Joseph Sidney Woollett, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Jamaica, Antilles
1 Jan	76.1	Died	Gerardus Petrus Wilmer †	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
2 Jan	69.6	Died	Paolo Brunoni †	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
4 Jan		Born	José de Haas, O.F.M. †	Eersel, Netherlands	Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
6 Jan		Born	William Henry Mellon †	Edinburgh	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
6 Jan		Born	Giuseppe Placido Maria Nicolini, O.S.B. †	Villazzano	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
7 Jan		Born	Jean-Baptiste Castanier, M.E.P. †	Lacapelle-de-Fraisse, France	Bishop Emeritus of Osaka, Japan
7 Jan		Born	Émile-Alexandre-Joseph Devred, M.E.P. †	Raucourt-au-Bois, France	Vicar Apostolic of Seoul, Korea (South)
9 Jan	63.0	Appointed	Silvestre Guevara y Lira †	Titular Archbishop of Amasea	Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
10 Jan		Born	Boniface (Josef) Sauer, O.S.B. †	Oberuffhausen, Germany	Abbot of Tokugen o Tokwon, Korea (North)
10 Jan	53.9	Selected	Kaspar (Balthasar) Willi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
11 Jan		Born	Antonio Maria Capettini, P.I.M.E. †	Valle Lomellina, Italy	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hanchung [Hanzhong], China
16 Jan		Born	Rafael Otón Castro y Jiménez †	San José	Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
22 Jan	47.3	Died	Luigi Paggi (Poggi) †	Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
28 Jan		Born	Eugenio Raffaele Faggiano, C.P. †	Salice Salentino	Bishop Emeritus of Cariati, Italy
29 Jan	44.8	Appointed	Isidoro Verga †	Pro-Secretary of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
4 Feb	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Agostinho Barreto †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
6 Feb	65.0	Died	Francisco de Sales Crespo y Bautista †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
7 Feb		Born	Camillo Caccia Dominioni †	Milan	Cardinal, Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy
7 Feb		Born	Pietro Pomares y Morant †	Camerata Picena	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
11 Feb	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Marie Osouf, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Arcadia	Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
15 Feb	59.1	Died	Giovanni Monetti †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
16 Feb	55.6	Appointed	Michael Hannan †	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
16 Feb	41.6	Appointed	John Moore †	Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
17 Feb		Born	Michael Fintan Power †	St. John's, Newfoundland	Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada
20 Feb	54.1	Appointed	Giacomo Cattani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
22 Feb		Born	Arthur Alfred Sinnott †	Crapaud	Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
23 Feb		Born	Pie Eugène Joseph Neveu, A.A. †	Gien, France	Titular Bishop of Citrus
24 Feb	23.0	Ordained Priest	Gustave-Charles-Marie Mutel, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Seoul, Korea (South)
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Pablo Singzon de la Anunciacion †	Priest	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines
	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Dominique-Clément-Marie Soulé †	Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion	Bishop Emeritus
25 Feb		Born	Bl. Manuel González y García †	Sevilla	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
26 Feb		Born	John Gregory Murray †	Waterbury, CT	Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
27 Feb	82.5	Retired	Nikolaus Franz Florentini †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
2 Mar		Born	Luigi Maglione †	Casoria	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
4 Mar	63.8	Selected	Ildefonso Joaquín Infante y Macías, O.S.B. †	Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
4 Mar	51.3	Selected	José Moreno y Mazón †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
7 Mar		Born	Agostinho de Jesus e Souza †	Pensalves	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
7 Mar		Born	Ivan Starčević †	Urkopali	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
8 Mar		Born	Alexandre Evreinoff †	Petrograd	Titular Archbishop of Parium
8 Mar	65.5	Resigned	Domenico Guadalupi †	Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Mar	80.7	Appointed	Luigi Amat di San Filipo e Sorso †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	69.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Saverio Apuzzo †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
	66.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Francisco de Paula Benavides y Navarrete, O.S. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	67.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi di Canossa †	Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
	70.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Louis-Marie-Joseph-Eusèbe Caverot †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	71.2	Appointed	Camillo Di Pietro †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	61.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Frédéric de Falloux du Coudray †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	54.3	Appointed	Francesco Folicaldi †	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
	75.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Manuel Garcia Gil, O.P. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	48.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Edward Henry Howard †	Cardinal, Bishop of Frascati, Italy
	60.1	Appointed	Francesco Macarone †	Coadjutor Bishop of Termoli, Italy	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
	60.1	Appointed	Francesco Macarone †	Titular Bishop of Thermae Basilicae	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
	71.3	Appointed	Carlo Luigi Morichini †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	64.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Lorenzo Nina †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	45.9	Appointed	Pietro Pace †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta	Bishop of Malta
	43.6	Appointed	Lucido Maria Parocchi †	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
	65.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Miguel Payá y Rico †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	38.1	Appointed	Agostino Gaetano Riboldi †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	56.1	Appointed	Leopoldo Ruggiero †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
	61.6	Appointed	Vincenzo Leone Sallua, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
	69.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Enea Sbarretti †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	68.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi Serafini †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	57.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Antonio Virdia, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Cariati, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	54.1	Confirmed	Kaspar (Balthasar) Willi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
15 Mar		Born	Béchara Richard Chémali †	Suhaileh	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
16 Mar	82.4	Died	John Bede Polding, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
16 Mar	43.2	Succeeded	Roger William Bede Vaughan, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
17 Mar		Born	Joseph Kallas †	Fakihat	Bishop of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite Greek)
17 Mar	24.9	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Maria Mistrangelo, Sch. P. †	Priest of Order of the Pious Schools	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
18 Mar	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Macarone †	Titular Bishop of Thermae Basilicae	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Leopoldo Ruggiero †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Antonio Virdia, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Cariati, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
19 Mar	83.2	Died	Jean-Jacques-Marie-Antoine Guerrin †	Bishop of Langres, France
20 Mar	70.0	Appointed	Francesco Saverio Apuzzo †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
	67.9	Appointed	Luigi di Canossa †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello	Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
	61.6	Appointed	Frédéric de Falloux du Coudray †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	38.7	Appointed	Federico Foschi †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
	48.1	Appointed	Edward Henry Howard †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Bishop of Frascati, Italy
	63.8	Confirmed	Ildefonso Joaquín Infante y Macías, O.S.B. †	Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	49.7	Appointed	Valerio Laspro †	Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
	61.1	Resigned	Joaquín Lluch y Garriga, O.C.D. †	Apostolic Administrator of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	51.3	Confirmed	José Moreno y Mazón †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	64.9	Appointed	Lorenzo Nina †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	53.8	Appointed	Antonio Piterà †	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Bishop Emeritus of Bova, Italy
	59.2	Appointed	Tommaso Reggio †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
	59.2	Appointed	Tommaso Reggio †	Titular Bishop of Tanis	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
	69.1	Appointed	Enea Sbarretti †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria ad Martyres	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	68.8	Appointed	Luigi Serafini †	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	56.9	Appointed	Nicola de Simone †	Bishop of Bova, Italy
		Born	Thomas Leighton Williams †	Birmingham	Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
24 Mar		Born	Sylvester Joseph Espelage, O.F.M. †	Cincinnati, OH, USA	Vicar Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China
26 Mar		Born	Hermann Wilhelm Berning †	Lingen	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
26 Mar		Died	Bernardino Medina y Moreno †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
28 Mar		Born	Francisco de Campos Barreto †	Campinas	Bishop of Campinas, Brazil
30 Mar	47.7	Died	José Ignacio Checa y Barba †	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
30 Mar		Born	Giacomo Montanelli †	Lecco	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
31 Mar	24.9	Ordained Priest	Pietro Gasparri †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
31 Mar	72.6	Died	Louis-Théophile Palluc du Parc †	Bishop of Blois, France