The Year of Our Lord 1878

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	46.7	Resigned	Abraham Agabio (Agapios) Bsciai (Bishai) †	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	54.3	Resigned	Aniceto Ferrante, C.O. †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	46.8	Ordained Priest	Charles Menzies Gordon, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Jamaica, Antilles
	20.7	Professed	Athanasius Götte, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shensi {Scen-Si Settentrionale}, China
		Born	Charles Guérin †	France	Prefect of Ghardaïa, Algeria
	83.0	Resigned	Antonio Halagi †	Bishop of Artuin degli Armeni (Armenian), Turkey	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Peter Janser, S.V.D. †	Bexbach	Prefect Emeritus of Indore, India
	49.8	Appointed	Francesco Pozzi, P.I.M.E. †	Prefect of Central Bengal, India	Bishop of Krishnagar, India
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Esteban Sánchez de las Heras, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China
1 Jan	62.6	Died	Gabriele Capaccio, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
1 Jan	30.6	Ordained Bishop	Camillo Siciliano di Rende †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
2 Jan		Born	Gaetano Malchiodi †	Piacenza, Italy	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
5 Jan	61.0	Died	Michael (Miguel) Domenec, C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
6 Jan		Born	Rafael Edwards Salas †	Santiago	Bishop of Chile, Military
		Born	Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. †	Ploemeur-Morbihan, France	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
	49.5	Ordained Bishop	José Proceso Pozuelo y Herrero †	Titular Bishop of Antipatris	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
		Born	Antoni Jacek Zimniak †	Nieklan Maly	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
8 Jan	58.4	Appointed	Adrianus Godschalk †	Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
10 Jan	54.7	Died	Dominico de Angelis †	Titular Bishop of Hippos
11 Jan	59.7	Appointed	John MacEvilly †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland	Archbishop
15 Jan	52.7	Appointed	Fidelis Dehm, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Colophon
	45.2	Appointed	Paul François Marie Goethals, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Evaria	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
	71.4	Ordained Bishop	Claude-Thierry Obré †	Titular Bishop of Zoara	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France
17 Jan		Born	Antonio Vignato, M.C.C.I. †	Gambellara, Italy	Superior General Emeritus of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus
18 Jan	49.7	Appointed	Angelo Di Pietro †	Apostolic Delegate to Paraguay	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
19 Jan	57.2	Appointed	Anton Josef Gruscha †	Bishop of Austria, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
20 Jan	38.7	Ordained Bishop	Gustavo Leonardo de Battice †	Titular Bishop of Pella	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
20 Jan	59.6	Ordained Bishop	José Manuel Palacios y López †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
24 Jan		Born	Joseph Diss, S.M.A. †	Strasbourg, France	Prefect Emeritus of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
27 Jan		Born	Peter Tcheng Ngnou-tang (Cheng Yutang) †	Taki	Prefect of Hungtung [Hongdong], China
29 Jan	52.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Masi †	Titular Bishop of Tempe
31 Jan		Born	François-Marie Picaud †	Josselin	Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
2 Feb	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Maria Berengo †	Bishop of Adria, Italy	Archbishop of Udine, Italy
2 Feb		Born	José Candida Piñol y Batres †	Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus of Granada, Nicaragua
3 Feb		Born	Cyrill Rudolph Jarre, O.F.M. †	Ahrweiler, Germany	Archbishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China
5 Feb	45.2	Appointed	Paul François Marie Goethals, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
7 Feb		Born	Eugène Joseph Hubert Lebouille, C.M. †	Hoheonsbroek, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Yongping [Yüngping], China
7 Feb	85.7	Died	Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
15 Feb		Born	Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs †	Vall-Meer	Bishop Emeritus of Liège, Belgium
18 Feb	54.7	Died	James Whelan, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
19 Feb	50.9	Died	Dario Bucciarelli, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Skopje, Macedonia
20 Feb	68.0	Elected	Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
24 Feb	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Paul François Marie Goethals, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
24 Feb	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Edoardo Giuseppe Rosaz †	Bishop of Susa, Italy
25 Feb	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Matthieu-Victor-Félicien Balaïn, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Nice, France	Archbishop of Auch, France
26 Feb	75.1	Died	Geoffroy Brossais Saint-Marc †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rennes, France
26 Feb	55.5	Resigned	Paul-François-Marie de Forges †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
27 Feb	62.2	Died	Felicissimo Coccino (Cocchino), O.F.M. Cap. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Galla, Ethiopia
28 Feb	38.2	Selected	Pierre Elie XII Abboloyonan †	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
		Born	Alessandro Macchi †	Gallarate	Bishop of Como, Italy
	71.5	Resigned	Claude-Thierry Obré †	Auxiliary Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
1 Mar	78.7	Died	Joseph-Armand Gignoux †	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France
1 Mar	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Joaquín Larraín Gandarillas †	Titular Bishop of Martyropolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
2 Mar		Born	Pio Paschini †	Tolmezzo	Rector Emeritus of the Pontifical Lateran University
3 Mar	68.0	Installed	Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
4 Mar	24.6	Professed	Alfonso Bermyn, C.I.C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
5 Mar	58.7	Appointed	Alessandro Franchi †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
		Born	Tomás Gutiérrez Diez †	Vilinueva de la Peña	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
	61.6	Appointed	Giovanni Simeoni †	Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
9 Mar		Born	Francisco Antonio Granadillo †	Montalban	Bishop of Valencia en Venezuela
10 Mar	49.8	Installed	Matthieu-Victor-Félicien Balaïn, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Nice, France	Archbishop of Auch, France
14 Mar	88.2	Died	Joseph VI Audu †	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
14 Mar		Born	Joanny Thévenoud, M. Afr. †	Serrières-en-Chantagne, France	Vicar Apostolic of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
15 Mar	60.4	Appointed	Charles Petre Eyre †	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
	59.7	Appointed	John MacDonald †	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
	65.8	Appointed	Lorenzo Nina †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	67.3	Appointed	John Menzies Strain †	Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
16 Mar	28.9	Ordained Priest	Gustave Maria Blanche, C.I.M. †	Priest of Congregation of Jesus and Mary	Vicar Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada
16 Mar		Born	Bl. Clemens August von Galen †	Dinklage Castle	Cardinal, Bishop of Münster, Germany
17 Mar	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Fidelis Dehm, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Colophon
19 Mar	46.2	Resigned	Alessandro Grossi †	Coadjutor Bishop of Comacchio, Italy	Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum
22 Mar	58.7	Appointed	John Joseph Conroy †	Titular Bishop of Curium	Bishop Emeritus of Albany, New York, USA
	33.5	Appointed	Angus MacDonald †	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
	51.5	Appointed	John McLachlan †	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
	63.7	Appointed	George Rigg †	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
26 Mar	43.3	Appointed	Francis Silas Marean Chatard †	Bishop of Vincennes, Indiana, USA	Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
	38.5	Appointed	John Joseph Keane †	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
	50.0	Died	Ambrose Notyn Darauni †	Titular Archbishop of Adana
28 Mar	55.7	Appointed	Edoardo Borromeo †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Adana
	72.2	Appointed	Camillo Di Pietro †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	57.4	Appointed	Anton Josef Gruscha †	Titular Bishop of Carrhae	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	52.5	Appointed	Domenico Gaspare Lancia di Brolo, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
	52.5	Appointed	Domenico Gaspare Lancia di Brolo, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
30 Mar	81.8	Died	Luigi Amat di San Filipo e Sorso †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
31 Mar	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Cândido Alvarenga †	Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
5 Apr	42.4	Appointed	Jordan Ballsieper, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Bengal, India	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	42.4	Appointed	Jordan Ballsieper, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Thennesus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eastern Bengal, India
	44.9	Appointed	Edouard Gasnier, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Malacca-Singapore	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
	44.9	Appointed	Edouard Gasnier, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Eucarpia	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
	74.3	Died	Antonio Soggiu †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
6 Apr	67.5	Died	Giuseppe Berardi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro
10 Apr		Born	Maximos IV Saigh, S.M.S.P. †	Alep	Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
11 Apr		Born	Bernardo Dembek †	Bartodziege	Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
11 Apr		Born	Leopoldo Eijo y Garay †	Vigo	Bishop of Madrid, Spain
19 Apr	55.7	Appointed	Edoardo Borromeo †	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Adana
19 Apr		Born	Pedro Octavio Ortiz Arrieta, S.D.B. †	Lima	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru
23 Apr	75.5	Died	René-Marie-Charles Poirier, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles
26 Apr		Born	St. Raphael Guizar Valencia †	Cotija	Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México
27 Apr		Born	Luigi Drago †	Cologno al Serio	Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitaveccia, Italy
28 Apr	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Luiz d’Amour †	Bishop of Cuiabá, Brazil	Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Anton Josef Gruscha †	Titular Bishop of Carrhae	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Jeremiah James Harty †	Priest	Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Gaspare Lancia di Brolo, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
29 Apr	73.0	Died	Emmanuel-Jean-François Verrolles, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Manchuria {Manciuria}, China
30 Apr		Born	Juan José Maíztegui y Besoitaiturria, C.M.F. †	Yurreta, Spain	Archbishop of Panamá
30 Apr	62.3	Selected	Antonius von Steichele †	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany