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The Year of Our Lord 1887

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknown65.4ResignedGiovanni Battista AgnozziApostolic Delegate to ColombiaApostolic Delegate Emeritus
DiedGiovanni Belluomini, O.E.S.A. †Prior General of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine
ResignedJean-Baptiste Breheret, S.M. †Prefect of Fiji Island, Pacific (Oceania)Prefect Emeritus
65.4ResignedBernard Bernard, M.S. †Prefect of Norvegia (Norway)Prefect Emeritus
36.4AppointedIgnatius Brouwer, M.H.M. †Prefect of Kafiristan e Kashmir, PakistanPrefect Emeritus
36.9AppointedAlphonse Daignault, S.J. †Superior of Zambese, ZimbabweSuperior Emeritus
55.3AppointedFrancesco Giulianelli, P.I.M.E. †Apostolic Administrator of Southern Shensi {Scen-Si Meridionale}, ChinaApostolic Administrator Emeritus
36.0Ordained BishopJean-Elie HallouliBishopPatriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian), Palestine
45.7AppointedFélix-Jules-Xavier Jourdan de la Passardière, C.O. †Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage, TunisiaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
22.1Ordained PriestAnselm Edward John Kenealy, O.F.M. Cap. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinArchbishop Emeritus of Simla, India
14.8ProfessedFabiano Francesco Landi, O.F.M. †Member of Order of Friars MinorVicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Settentrionale}, China
48.0AppointedPlácido Labarca OlivaresVicar Apostolic of Tarapacá, ChileBishop of Concepción, Chile
DiedGiuseppe MaridTitular Archbishop of Arca in Phoenicia dei Maroniti
74.6DiedJoaquim Moreira Reis, O.S.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Angola e Congo
58.9AppointedJohn Claude NerazApostolic Administrator of Brownsville, Texas, USABishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
19.0ProfessedMatthijs Nijens, M.S.C. †Member of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of JesusPrefect Emeritus of Nuova Guinea Olandese, Indonesia
38.4ResignedCamilo Ortúzar Montt, S.D.B. †Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá, ChileVicar Apostolic Emeritus
62.1DiedGiovanni Maria StrocchiBishop of Cesena, Italy
33.8Ordained PriestHeinrich Vieter, S.A.C. †Priest of Society of the Catholic ApostolateVicar Apostolic of Cameroun
57.4DiedFrancesco VitaglianoBishop Emeritus of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
63.4ResignedAlfred Weld, S.J. †Superior of Zambese, ZimbabweSuperior Emeritus
Jan69.9AppointedIgnazio MasottiCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
1 Jan75.4DiedVicente Fermín Márquez y CarrizosaBishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
2 JanBornJohn David Hubaldus Lehman, SS.CC. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
3 JanBornNicolás FasolinoCardinal, Archbishop of Santa Fe, Argentina
7 Jan56.2AppointedAndrea LogorezziAuxiliary Bishop of Shkodrë, AlbaniaArchbishop of Skopje, North Macedonia
56.2AppointedAndrea LogorezziTitular Bishop of IuliopolisArchbishop of Skopje, North Macedonia
9 Jan58.3Ordained BishopLeo RednerBishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
22.4Ordained PriestJózef Teofil TeodorowiczPriest of Lviv (Armenian), UkraineArchbishop
44.6Ordained BishopPius Vidi, O.F.M. Obs. †Titular Bishop of CestrusCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Scen-Si (Chen-si, Shensi), China
10 JanBornNicanor Roberto Aguirre BausBishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador
17.1EnteredJohn Bernard Kevenhoerster, O.S.B. †Member of Order of Saint BenedictVicar Apostolic of Bahama Islands, Bahamas, Antilles
12 JanBornFrancesco LardoneApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Turkey
13 Jan76.3DiedInnocenzo FerrieriCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
14 JanBornEzio BarbieriBishop Emeritus of Città della Pieve, Italy
44.6AppointedJean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonnier, M. Afr. †Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania
44.6AppointedJean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonnier, M. Afr. †Titular Bishop of UticaVicar Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania
18 Jan60.1DiedJoseph ColdefyBishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
57.0AppointedThomas McGivernCoadjutor Bishop of Dromore, IrelandBishop
57.0AppointedThomas McGivernTitular Bishop of HipposBishop of Dromore, Ireland
72.4DiedGeorge RiggBishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
21 Jan79.8DiedPietro Paolo Trucchi, C.M. †Bishop of Forli, Italy
23 Jan80.6DiedLouis-Marie-Joseph-Eusèbe CaverotCardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
49.2Ordained BishopMatthew GibneyBishop of Perth, AustraliaBishop Emeritus
24 JanBornUbald Langlois, O.M.I. †Vicar Apostolic of Grouard, Alberta, Canada
25 Jan47.9AppointedMarc Chatagnon, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China
47.9AppointedMarc Chatagnon, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in CretaVicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China
43.3AppointedLawrence ScanlanVicar Apostolic of Utah, USABishop of Salt Lake, Utah, USA
43.3AppointedLawrence ScanlanTitular Bishop of LarandaBishop of Salt Lake, Utah, USA
27 Jan79.5DiedFrancesco Marinelli, O.E.S.A. †Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
28 JanBornAmedeo da Gangi Marcantonio Speciale, O.F.M. Cap. †Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Crete {Candia}, Greece
29 JanBornGiacinto Giovanni Ambrosi, O.F.M. Cap. †Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
40.7InstalledJose Alejandro PeraltaBishop of Panamá
30 Jan53.5Ordained BishopMariano Jaime Casanova CasanovaArchbishop of Santiago de Chile
62.1InstalledGiovanni Battista TescariBishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
1 Feb79.3DiedLuigi Agazio, O.F.M. Ref. †Bishop of Trivento, Italy
6 FebBornJosef FringsCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
56.4Ordained BishopAgustín Lucero Lazcano, O.P. †Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
10 Feb47.8SelectedJosephus Markus (Josef) KahnBishop of Gurk, AustriaBishop Emeritus
11 Feb41.2AppointedMatthew A. HarkinsBishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
13 Feb73.1DiedNikolaus AdamesBishop Emeritus of Luxembourg
58.9Ordained BishopFrancesco Pozzi, P.I.M.E. †Bishop of Krishnagar, India
71.0DiedAlessandro Paolo SpogliaBishop Emeritus of Comacchio, Italy
14 Feb64.0DiedGiacomo CattaniCardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
15 Feb49.8SucceededCrescencio Carrillo y AnconaBishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
49.5DiedIsidore Robot, O.S.B. †Prefect Emeritus of Indian Territory, Oklahoma, USA
72.9DiedLeandro Rodríguez de la Gala y EnríquezBishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
17 FebBornHenricus Leo Smeets, S.C.I. †Prefect Emeritus of Benkoelen, Indonesia
20 Feb55.8DiedAbraham Agabio (Agapios) Bsciai (Bishai)Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
24 FebBornGabriel-Emmanuel-Joseph PiguetBishop of Clermont, France
25 Feb89.5DiedAugustin-Magloire-Alexandre BlanchetBishop Emeritus of Nesqually, Washington, USA
27 Feb44.5Ordained BishopBernhard Beiderlinden, S.J. †Bishop of Poona, India
55.1DiedLodovico JacobiniCardinal, Secretary of State
61.5Ordained BishopGeorge Porter, S.J. †Archbishop of Bombay, India
28 Feb27.3Ordained PriestIsaac-Jesu-Yab Khoudabache (Koudabache)PriestArchbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
Mar56.5ResignedGiovanni Battista BongiorniBishop of Caltagirone, ItalyBishop Emeritus
1 MarBornIlario AlciniTitular Archbishop of Nicaea
3 Mar22.9ProfessedMichael O’Farrell, C.M. †Member of Congregation of the MissionBishop of Bathurst, Australia
4 Mar92.0CeasedPieter Jan Beckx, S.J. †Superior General of Society of Jesus
5 Mar24.1Ordained DeaconÉlie-Jean-Joseph Morel, M.E.P. †Deacon of La Société des Missions EtrangèresArchbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry, India
64.0ResignedIgnazio Camillo Guglielmo Maria Pietro Persico, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, ItalyCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
23.0Ordained PriestEmeterio Valverde y TéllezPriestBishop of León, Guanajuato, México
6 Mar58.9DiedJózef CybichowskiAuxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
54.3InstalledPaul François Marie Goethals, S.J. †Archbishop of Calcutta, India
57.2Ordained BishopThomas McGivernTitular Bishop of HipposBishop of Dromore, Ireland
7 MarBornRudolph Aloysius GerkenArchbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
BornLuigi Maria Grassi, B. †Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
BornTomás Antonio Sanmiguel DíazBishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
8 Mar62.7DiedJoseph-André Boyer, M.E.P. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria, China
9 Mar61.7DiedKarol Ludwik PollnerAuxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
12 Mar22.5Ordained PriestAngelico Antonio Zannetti, O.F.M. †Priest of Order of Friars MinorBishop of Bosa, Italy
13 Mar25.0Ordained PriestAugustinus BludauPriest of Warmia (Ermland), PolandBishop
14 Mar60.4Elevated to CardinalGaetano Aloisi MasellaCardinal, Pro-Datary of the Apostolic Datary
56.6AppointedGiovanni Battista BongiorniTitular Bishop of FlaviopolisBishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy
46.4AppointedAntónio Pedro da CostaBishop of Damão, India
46.4AppointedAntónio Pedro da CostaTitular Archbishop of CranganoreBishop of Damão, India
46.9AppointedAntonio Dias FerreiraPrelate of MozambicoBishop Emeritus of Angola e Congo
46.9AppointedAntonio Dias FerreiraTitular Bishop of ThermopylaeBishop Emeritus of Angola e Congo
73.0AppointedSaverio GerbinoBishop of Caltagirone, Italy
64.4Elevated to CardinalLuigi GiordaniCardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
35.7AppointedJoão Gomes FerreiraBishop of Cochin, India
54.0AppointedEnrico (Ernesto) MazzellaArchbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
61.2AppointedMariano PalermoBishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy
56.4AppointedGaudêncio José PereiraAuxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, PortugalBishop of Portalegre, Portugal
56.4AppointedGaudêncio José PereiraTitular Archbishop of MityleneBishop of Portalegre, Portugal
64.1AppointedIgnazio Camillo Guglielmo Maria Pietro Persico, O.F.M. Cap. †Official of the Roman Curia - OtherCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
64.1AppointedIgnazio Camillo Guglielmo Maria Pietro Persico, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Archbishop of TamiathisCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
67.8AppointedGuglielmo Giosafat Giuseppe Pifferi, O.E.S.A. †Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
34.3AppointedEdoardo PulcianoBishop of Casale Monferrato, ItalyArchbishop of Genova, Italy
43.5Elevated to CardinalMariano Rampolla del TindaroCardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
43.5ResignedMariano Rampolla del TindaroApostolic Nuncio to SpainCardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
54.3AppointedGiovanni Rebello Cardoso de MenezesCoadjutor Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
54.3AppointedGiovanni Rebello Cardoso de MenezesTitular Archbishop of Larissa in ThessaliaCoadjutor Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
33.1AppointedHenrique José Reed da SilvaBishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, IndiaBishop Emeritus
39.7Elevated to CardinalCamillo Siciliano di RendeCardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
39.7ResignedCamillo Siciliano di RendeApostolic Nuncio to FranceCardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
45.9AppointedRaffaele SirolliBishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, ItalySecretary of the Congregation of Apostolic Visitation
48.5AppointedDaniele Tempesta, O.F.M. Ref. †Bishop of Trivento, ItalyBishop of Troia, Italy
52.3Elevated to CardinalSerafino VannutelliCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
52.3ResignedSerafino VannutelliApostolic Nuncio to AustriaCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
15 Mar62.1AppointedArsène Aïdynian, C.M.Vd. †Abbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Vienna
62.1AppointedArsène Aïdynian, C.M.Vd. †Titular Bishop of SalamisAbbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Vienna
BornEvarist Zhang (Chang) ZhiliangVicar Apostolic of Tsining [Jining], China
17 Mar60.4AppointedGaetano Aloisi MasellaCardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in ParioneCardinal, Pro-Datary of the Apostolic Datary
62.5ConfirmedImrich BendeBishop of Banská Bystrica, SlovakiaBishop of Nitra, Slovakia
55.8AppointedJosé Benigo Perilla y MartínezBishop of Tunja, Colombia
70.7AppointedVictor-Felix BernadouCardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte PincioCardinal, Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
52.6AppointedJames GibbonsCardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in TrastevereCardinal, Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
64.4AppointedLuigi GiordaniCardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai MontiCardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
56.1AppointedZeferino González y Díaz Tuñón, O.P. †Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra MinervaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
62.4AppointedBenoît-Marie LangénieuxCardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta LatinaCardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
50.4AppointedEdward LikowskiAuxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, PolandArchbishop
50.4AppointedEdward LikowskiTitular Bishop of Aureliopolis in LydiaArchbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
57.5AppointedRamón Fernández Piérola y Lopez de LuzuriacaBishop of Ávila, SpainBishop of Vitoria, Spain
73.0AppointedCharles-Philippe PlaceCardinal-Priest of Santa Maria NuovaCardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
51.7AppointedManuel Santander y FrutosBishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, CubaBishop Emeritus
69.6ConfirmedKonštantín SchusterBishop of Vác, Hungary
53.1AppointedJosé Ignacio Suárez Peredo y BezaresBishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México
67.0AppointedElzéar-Alexandre TaschereauCardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della VittoriaCardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
64.9AppointedCharles-Bonaventure-François TheuretBishop of Monaco
56.3AppointedSantos Zárate y MartínezBishop of Almería, Spain
18 MarBornFrancis Joseph MagnerBishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA
19 Mar47.9Ordained BishopJosephus Markus (Josef) KahnBishop of Gurk, AustriaBishop Emeritus
45.9Ordained BishopRaffaele SirolliBishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, ItalySecretary of the Congregation of Apostolic Visitation
20 Mar54.1Ordained BishopEnrico (Ernesto) MazzellaArchbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
72.9DiedAntonio SenaBishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy
21 Mar70.1DiedFilippo Campus ChessaBishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
BornPeter Magoshiro MatsuokaBishop Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan
24 MarBornAlcide Giuseppe Marina, C.M. †Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon
25 Mar22.6Ordained PriestAntonio Anastasio RossiPriestTitular Patriarch of Constantinople
26 Mar22.8Ordained PriestEmilio BongiorniPriestAuxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy
27.3Ordained DeaconPedro Pablo Drinot y Piérola, SS.CC. †Deacon of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and MaryBishop Emeritus of Huánuco, Peru
27 Mar47.9InstalledJosephus Markus (Josef) KahnBishop of Gurk, AustriaBishop Emeritus
67.8Ordained BishopGuglielmo Giosafat Giuseppe Pifferi, O.E.S.A. †Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
BornBalbino Santos y OlveraArchbishop of Granada, Spain
31 Mar37.7AppointedAndrea AiutiTitular Archbishop of AchridaCardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
37.7AppointedAndrea AiutiApostolic Delegate to IndiaCardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
58.5DiedAdrien-François Rouger, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Southern Kiangsi {Kiam-Si Meridionale}, China
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