The Year of Our Lord 1885

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	28.9	Ordained Priest	Rafael Amador y Hernández †	Priest	Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México
		Converted	Moise Amberbojan, C.A.M. †	Titular Bishop of Croae
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Aversa †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Manuel Azpeitia Palomar †	Priest	Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México
	63.4	Professed	Bernard Bernard, M.S. †	Priest of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette	Prefect Emeritus of Norvegia
	21.9	Ordained Priest	Luigi Capotosti †	Priest of Fermo, Italy	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
	51.4	Resigned	Mariano Jaime Casanova y Casanova †	Apostolic Administrator of Valparaíso, Chile	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
		Resigned	Matthieu-Paul Chammina †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran
	17.4	Professed	Angel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A. †	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Changteh [Changde], China
		Appointed	Salvador Donos Rodríguez †	Apostolic Administrator of Valparaíso, Chile
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Fabbrucci †	Priest	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
	29.0	Professed	Louis-Elisée Fatiguet, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic of Nanchang [Nanchang], China
		Died	Paolo Hatem †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
		Resigned	Jerome-Simon Sindjari (Kacha, Tiktik) †	Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran	Archbishop Emeritus
	80.8	Died	Marino Marini †	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto, Italy
	45.4	Died	Basilio Nasser †	Bishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	35.9	Appointed	Denis Joseph O’Connell †	Rector of the Pontifical North American College	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
		Appointed	Julian Peleš †	Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	66.9	Appointed	Antonio Maria Pettinari, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Palmyra	Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
	66.9	Resigned	Antonio Maria Pettinari, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Dominik Premus †	Priest of Zagreb, Croatia	Auxiliary Bishop
	71.9	Died	Pedro Jose Puch y Solona †	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
	76.3	Resigned	Francesco Domenico Reynaudi (Raynaud), O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Died	Thomas Rokuss †	Titular Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
	77.8	Died	Giuseppe Rotondo (Rotundo) †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Ignacio Valdespino y Díaz †	Priest	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
	55.4	Died	Francesco Vitagliano †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
1 Jan	68.5	Appointed	Giovanni Simeoni †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
2 Jan		Born	Salvatore Russo †	Catania	Bishop of Acireale, Italy
4 Jan	35.8	Ordained Bishop	Augusto Eduardo Nunes †	Titular Archbishop of Perge	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
5 Jan	72.2	Died	Andrea Formica †	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy
6 Jan	86.8	Died	Józef Alojzy Pukalski †	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
7 Jan		Born	Roberto Benardino Berríos Gaínza, O.F.M. †	Navidad	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
9 Jan		Born	Henri-Marius Bernard †	Beurières	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
10 Jan		Born	Jean El-Hage †	Gedaidat-Gazir	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
11 Jan	26.0	Ordained Priest	Henry William Cleary †	Priest of Ferns, Ireland	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
11 Jan	55.0	Died	Blasius Enciso, O.S.A. †	Bishop-Elect of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
12 Jan	41.6	Succeeded	Benjamino Geremia, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}, China
15 Jan	83.0	Died	Kaspar Borowski †	Bishop of Płock, Poland
16 Jan		Born	Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. †	Beaulandais, France	Vicar Apostolic of Bangui, Central African Republic
	64.8	Died	Matthew Quinn †	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
	44.7	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Sarthou, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Occidentale}, China	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China
	44.7	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Sarthou, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Myriophytos	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China
18 Jan	46.7	Died	Joseph-Marie Laucaigne, M.E.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Southern Japan
19 Jan		Born	Louis-François Gayet, M.S.F.S. †	La Chapelle-Blanche, France	Bishop of Nagpur, India
23 Jan	64.8	Appointed	Fedele Abbati (Abati), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jan	55.4	Appointed	Evangelista Boni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
24 Jan	65.7	Died	Eligio Pietro Cosi, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Shantung {Scian-Ton} (Chan-tong), China
25 Jan	59.4	Ordained Bishop	Arsenio Andrade Landázuri †	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
	60.2	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Bryan y Livermore †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Miguel León Garrido †	Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Camillus Paul Maes †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
26 Jan		Born	Cesare Marie Guerrero †	Ermita	Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando, Philippines
		Born	François-Xavier Lacoursière, M. Afr. †	Batiscan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Mbarara, Uganda
		Born	Enrico Petrilli †	Siena	Auxiliary Bishop of Siena, Italy
27 Jan	40.7	Appointed	Stephen Reville, O.S.A. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia	Bishop
27 Jan	40.7	Appointed	Stephen Reville, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
28 Jan	23.0	Ordained Priest	Antal Fetser †	Priest of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
29 Jan	58.8	Ordained Bishop	John Baptist Butt †	Titular Bishop of Milo	Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
30 Jan		Born	Juliu Hossu †	Milasul Mare	Cardinal, Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Romanian), Romania
31 Jan	59.7	Selected	François-Edouard Hasley †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
31 Jan	43.3	Selected	Guillaume-Marie-Joseph Labouré †	Bishop of Le Mans, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
1 Feb	66.1	Died	Francesco di Nicola †	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
	47.6	Appointed	William Hickley Gross, C.SS.R. †	Archbishop of Oregon City, Oregon, USA
	39.3	Succeeded	Gennaro Portanova †	Bishop of Ischia, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
2 Feb		Succeeded	Gaetano Blandini †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
2 Feb	70.8	Died	Domenico Turano †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
5 Feb	56.6	Selected	Jean-Pierre-Bernard Castillon †	Bishop of Dijon, France
	46.5	Selected	Charles-Evariste-Joseph Coeuret-Varin †	Bishop of Agen, France
	53.3	Selected	Alfred-François Fleury-Hottot †	Bishop of Digne, France	Bishop of Bayonne, France
	58.1	Selected	Louis-Joseph-Marie-Ange Vigne †	Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
7 Feb	39.3	Appointed	Peter Bourgade (Bougarde) †	Vicar Apostolic of Arizona, USA	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
	39.3	Appointed	Peter Bourgade (Bougarde) †	Titular Bishop of Thaumacus	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
	61.1	Appointed	Dominic Manucy †	Vicar Apostolic of Brownsville, Texas, USA
	61.1	Appointed	Dominic Manucy †	Titular Bishop of Maronea	Vicar Apostolic of Brownsville, Texas, USA
11 Feb	74.9	Resigned	Corradino Cavriani †	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
11 Feb	69.0	Died	Edward MacCabe †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
12 Feb	58.4	Confirmed	Andreas Thiel †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
14 Feb	44.6	Installed	Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón †	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México
15 Feb	74.7	Died	Flavio Chigi †	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}
	64.8	Installed	José María Mora y Daza †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
	66.1	Appointed	Seweryn Morawski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
17 Feb	62.6	Selected	Ernest Maria Müller †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
18 Feb	80.3	Died	Domenico Cavallini Spadoni †	Archbishop Emeritus of Spoleto, Italy
19 Feb		Born	Gregorio Falconieri †	Nardò	Bishop Emeritus of Conversano, Italy
19 Feb	58.8	Selected	Johannes Christian Roos †	Bishop of Limburg, Germany	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
21 Feb	62.0	Appointed	José Tomás Mazarrasa y Rivas †	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
21 Feb	62.0	Appointed	José Tomás Mazarrasa y Rivas †	Titular Bishop of Philippopolis in Arabia	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
22 Feb		Born	George Joseph Finnigan, C.S.C. †	Potsdam, NY	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA
		Born	Ambrogio Squintani †	Pizzighettone	Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Críspulo Uzcátegui †	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
25 Feb		Born	Gustavo Bianchi †	Montepulciano	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
27 Feb		Appointed	Moise Amberbojan, C.A.M. †	Titular Bishop of Croae
	41.1	Appointed	Alphonse Joseph Glorieux †	Vicar Apostolic of Idaho, USA	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA
	66.6	Died	Ignazio Paoli, C.P. †	Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania
28 Feb	27.3	Ordained Priest	Florencio Cerviño y González †	Priest	Bishop of Orense, Spain
28 Feb	23.7	Ordained Priest	Valentín Comellas y Santamaría †	Priest	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
1 Mar	23.2	Ordained Priest	Domenico Pozzoni, P.I.M.E. †	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
3 Mar	41.1	Appointed	Alphonse Joseph Glorieux †	Titular Bishop of Apollonia	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA
4 Mar	58.0	Appointed	Raffaele Monaco La Valletta †	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
5 Mar		Born	José Pereira Alves †	Palmares	Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy; Petrópolis), Brazil
10 Mar	52.8	Appointed	Francesco Giordani †	Auxiliary Bishop of Albano, Italy	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
12 Mar		Born	Alfonso Camillo de Romanis, O.S.A. †	Genazzano, Italy	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
13 Mar	23.2	Ordained Priest	Nicasio Arellano, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viêt Nam
19 Mar	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Durier †	Bishop of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA
20 Mar		Born	Teodoro Pallaroni †	Castelsangiovanni	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
21 Mar		Born	Louis Chiron †	Angles	Bishop of Langres, France
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Laurentius Josephus Antonius Hubertus Schrijnen †	Priest	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Angelo Simonetti †	Priest	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Eduardo Solar Vicuña †	Priest of La Serena, Chile	Auxiliary Bishop
23 Mar	65.4	Appointed	Eugène Amable Jean Claude Lachat, C.Pp.S. †	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis	Bishop Emeritus of Basel, Switzerland
23 Mar	65.4	Appointed	Eugène Amable Jean Claude Lachat, C.Pp.S. †	Apostolic Administrator of Lugano, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus of Basel, Switzerland
27 Mar	50.0	Appointed	Gregorio María Aguirre y García, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	48.0	Appointed	Leandro Arrúe Agudo, O.A.R. †	Bishop of Jaro, Philippines
	62.0	Succeeded	Sigismondo Brandolini Rota †	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy
	37.5	Appointed	Tomás Jenaro de Cámara y Castro, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
	58.3	Appointed	Rafael Sabás Camacho y García †	Bishop of Querétaro, México
	59.6	Installed	Gioachino Cantagalli †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy
	56.7	Confirmed	Jean-Pierre-Bernard Castillon †	Bishop of Dijon, France
	75.0	Appointed	Corradino Cavriani †	Titular Archbishop of Adana	Bishop Emeritus of Ceneda, Italy
	46.6	Confirmed	Charles-Evariste-Joseph Coeuret-Varin †	Bishop of Agen, France
	47.9	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Diamare †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
	53.4	Confirmed	Alfred-François Fleury-Hottot †	Bishop of Digne, France	Bishop of Bayonne, France
	47.5	Appointed	Celestino del Frate †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Archbishop of Camerino, Italy
	47.2	Confirmed	Jean-Natalis-François Gonindard †	Bishop of Verdun, France	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
	64.2	Appointed	Zeferino González y Díaz Tuñón, O.P. †	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	59.9	Confirmed	François-Edouard Hasley †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
	40.5	Appointed	Bernardo Herrera Restrepo †	Bishop of Medellín, Colombia	Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
	43.9	Appointed	Pietro Alfonso Iorio (Jorio) †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.4	Confirmed	Guillaume-Marie-Joseph Labouré †	Bishop of Le Mans, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
	54.1	Appointed	Marcello Mazzanti †	Bishop of Pistoia-Prato, Italy
	62.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Tomaso de Mazzarasa †	Titular Bishop of Philippopolis in Arabia
	64.3	Appointed	Bienvenido Monzón y Martín †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	59.3	Appointed	José Moreno y Mazón †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	62.7	Confirmed	Ernest Maria Müller †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
	56.7	Appointed	Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
	42.9	Confirmed	Fédéric-Henri Oury †	Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria
	60.3	Appointed	Placido Petacci †	Titular Archbishop of Achrida	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
	60.3	Resigned	Placido Petacci †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Antonio Picconi †	Verona	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
	58.9	Confirmed	Johannes Christian Roos †	Bishop of Limburg, Germany	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
	46.2	Appointed	Pedro Schumacher, C.M. †	Bishop of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador
	76.0	Died	Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin zu von Schwarzenberg †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
	48.6	Appointed	Sylwester Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	59.4	Appointed	Aloysius Traversi †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
	31.6	Appointed	Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo †	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
	58.3	Confirmed	Louis-Joseph-Marie-Ange Vigne †	Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
	39.5	Appointed	Donato Velluti Zati di S. Clemente †	Titular Bishop of Oropus	Bishop Emeritus of Pescia, Italy
	63.2	Appointed	Johann Nepomucenus Zobl †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
	63.2	Appointed	Johann Nepomucenus Zobl †	Titular Bishop of Evaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
29 Mar	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Reville, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
31 Mar	47.8	Installed	William Hickley Gross, C.SS.R. †	Archbishop of Oregon City, Oregon, USA
1 Apr		Born	Ignatius Arnoz, M.H.M. †	Bodenbach, Czech Republic	Vicar Apostolic of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
2 Apr		Born	Francisco de Aquino Correa, S.D.B. †	Cuiabá	Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
2 Apr	38.1	Appointed	Domenico Ferrata †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
4 Apr		Born	Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé, SS.CC. †	Pleyben, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
5 Apr	21.0	Professed	Paul-Marie Dumond, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic of Nanchang [Nanchang], China
6 Apr		Born	Aimable Chassaigne †	Thiers	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
6 Apr	65.7	Died	Robert Aston Coffin, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
7 Apr		Born	Emilio Giorgi †	Lucignano d'Arbia	Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy
7 Apr	59.5	Ordained Bishop	Aloysius Traversi †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
8 Apr	61.2	Died	Joseph-Sébastien-Ferdinand Terris †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
13 Apr	49.6	Appointed	Luigi Sepiacci, O.S.A. †	President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Roman Curia	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
14 Apr	38.1	Appointed	Domenico Ferrata †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
16 Apr	63.2	Ordained Bishop	Johann Nepomucenus Zobl †	Titular Bishop of Evaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
17 Apr	43.4	Ordained Bishop	François-Mathurin Guichard, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Torone	Vicar Apostolic of Kuiceu, China
19 Apr	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Ferrata †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse Joseph Glorieux †	Titular Bishop of Apollonia	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA
	70.8	Died	Pietro Lasagni †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	62.1	Ordained Bishop	José Tomás Mazarrasa y Rivas †	Titular Bishop of Philippopolis in Arabia	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
20 Apr	76.4	Died	Juan Félix de Jesús Zepeda, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
22 Apr	60.3	Died	Michael Warren †	Bishop Emeritus of Ferns, Ireland
23 Apr	38.4	Appointed	Spiridion-Salvatore-Costantino Buhadgiar †	Apostolic Administrator of Malta	Apostolic Delegate to Haiti
25 Apr	25.9	Ordained Priest	Pio Marcello Bagnoli, O.C.D. †	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Bishop of Marsi, Italy
25 Apr	64.3	Appointed	Carlo Laurenzi †	Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Rites
26 Apr	62.8	Ordained Bishop	Ernest Maria Müller †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
26 Apr	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Sarthou, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Myriophytos	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China
29 Apr		Born	Pio de Freitas Silveira, C.M. †	Campo Bello do Prato	Bishop Emeritus of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil