The Year of Our Lord 1888

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Gaudenzio Barlassina, I.M.C. †		Prefect Emeritus of Kaffa, Ethiopia
	72.0	Died	Luigi Carvelli †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
	19.2	Professed	Simon Zhu Kai-min (Chu or Tsu Kai-min), S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China
	69.6	Died	Francesco Converti, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
	58.1	Succeeded	Stanislao Maria de Luca †	Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
		Appointed	Antonio Maria De Pol †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
		Appointed	Federico Federici †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Francesco Fellinger †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	30.2	Ordained Priest	Carlo Garcia Irigoyen †	Priest	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
	76.7	Died	Antonio Gałecki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
	60.1	Appointed	José Maríe del Refugio Guerra y Alva †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
	23.0	Ordained Priest	José de Jesús Guzmán y Sánchez †	Priest	Bishop of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México
	58.0	Died	Andrija Illich (Ilic) †	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
	51.0	Appointed	Alphonsus M. H. Joosten, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
	51.0	Appointed	Alphonsus M. H. Joosten, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Marciana	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
	39.9	Appointed	Hendrik-Karel Lambrecht †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
		Appointed	Andrea Logorezzi †	Archbishop of Skopje, Macedonia
		Born	Athanasius (Ludwig) Merkle, O.C.S.O. †		Abbot Emeritus
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Edward Mulhern †	Priest	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
	60.4	Died	José Oliver y Hurtado †	Bishop Emeritus of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain
		Appointed	Juan Buenaventura Ortiz †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Pierre Patau †	Priest of Perpignan-Elne, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	70.6	Died	Giovanni Pierallini †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
	66.1	Resigned	Luciano Saracani, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Poggio Mirteto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	60.5	Died	Vincenzo Serarcangeli †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Auguste-Joseph-Marie Simeone †	Priest	Bishop of Fréjus, France
	61.7	Died	Paul Tosi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan
	14.6	Professed	St. Luigi Versiglia, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Vicar Apostolic of Shiuchow [Shaoguan], China
	80.6	Died	Antonio Tomás Iturralde (Yturralde) †	Bishop Emeritus of Ibarra, Ecuador
	59.2	Died	Giovanni Battista Zaccharian †	Bishop of Artuin degli Armeni (Armenian), Turkey
Jan	80.0	Died	Domenico Maria Gelmini †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
Jan	81.7	Retired	William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
1 Jan		Born	Jacques Leen, C.S.Sp. †	Abbeyfeale, Ireland	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius
4 Jan	66.0	Died	Joaquín Guillermo González †	Bishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia
4 Jan	68.6	Died	Francesco Grassi Fonseca †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fermo, Italy
6 Jan		Born	Jean Larregain, M.E.P. †	Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, France	Vicar Apostolic of Yünnanfu, China
		Born	Eugene O’Callaghan †	Lisseraw, Camlough	Bishop Emeritus of Clogher, Ireland
	52.5	Installed	Manuel Santander y Frutos †	Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jan	23.2	Ordained Priest	Friedrich (Gustav) Piffl †	Priest of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Cardinal, Archbishop
10 Jan		Born	Oreste Rauzi †	Brez	Auxiliary Bishop of Trento, Italy
11 Jan	79.2	Died	Ildefonse-René Dordillon, SS.CC. †	Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands {Isole Marchesi}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
13 Jan	48.8	Appointed	Antonio Adolfo Pérez y Aguilar †	Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
18 Jan	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Henry O’Callaghan †	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
19 Jan		Born	Ernesto Ruffini †	San Benedetto Po	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
20 Jan	66.4	Died	Victoriano Guisasola y Rodríguez †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
20 Jan	69.8	Died	Giuseppe Maria Maragioglio, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
22 Jan		Born	Marcolino Esmeraldo de Souza Dantas †	Inhambupe	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
25 Jan	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Emmanuel-Dieudonné Bouvier †	Bishop of Tarentaise, France
25 Jan	61.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Weyland †	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
26 Jan		Born	Johannes Bydolek †	Hannover-Linden	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
27 Jan		Born	Johannes Baptist Neuhäusler †	Eisenhofen	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
28 Jan	60.0	Died	Dominique Racine †	Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
29 Jan	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Edmond-Frédéric Fuzet †	Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion	Archbishop of Rouen, France
29 Jan	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Jacques-Théodore Lamarche †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
Feb	22.6	Ordained Priest	Albino Pella †	Priest	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
2 Feb	22.1	Professed	Thomas (Franz Xaver) Spreiter, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eshowe, South Africa
3 Feb	40.7	Appointed	Camillo Siciliano di Rende †	Apostolic Administrator of Lucera, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
4 Feb	80.1	Appointed	Severo Garcia †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcis in Syria	Bishop Emeritus of Tunja, Colombia
	80.1	Resigned	Severo Garcia †	Bishop of Tunja, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	38.6	Appointed	Leo Michael Haid, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina, USA
	38.6	Appointed	Leo Michael Haid, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Messene	Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina, USA
		Born	Demetrio Moscato †	Gallina	Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
	45.7	Resigned	Henry Pinckney Northrop †	Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina, USA	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
5 Feb	63.9	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Victor-Emile Bougaud †	Bishop of Laval, France
8 Feb	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon †	Bishop of Belley, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
10 Feb		Born	Alfredo Pacini †	Campannori	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
10 Feb		Born	Pietro Sfair †	Klaihat	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Maroniti
11 Feb	74.2	Died	Luigi Corsani †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
11 Feb	40.6	Appointed	John Joseph Hennessy †	Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA
13 Feb	73.3	Died	John Baptist Lamy †	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
	85.4	Died	Cosme Marrodán Rubio †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
	53.2	Appointed	Serafino Vannutelli †	Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
		Born	Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. †	Lutterbach	Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
15 Feb	49.8	Appointed	Edward Illsley †	Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
17 Feb		Born	Eli-Antoine Durand †	Revel	Bishop of Montauban, France
17 Feb	71.7	Died	Michele Mautone †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
18 Feb		Born	Bernard James Sheil †	Chicago	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
20 Feb		Born	Antonio Rocca †	Buenos Aires	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
21 Feb	37.4	Appointed	John Lyster †	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
	33.0	Appointed	Pierre-Ferdinand-Adrien Simon, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar
	33.0	Appointed	Pierre-Ferdinand-Adrien Simon, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Dometiopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar
24 Feb	45.3	Installed	Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon †	Bishop of Belley, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
25 Feb	23.7	Ordained Priest	Peter Emmanuel Amigo †	Priest	Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó †	Priest of Valencia, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	41.1	Appointed	Edward MacGennis †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Oberti, S.P. †	Priest	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
26 Feb	31.2	Appointed	Patrick Joseph O’Donnell †	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
28 Feb	53.0	Appointed	John Janssen †	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA
	57.0	Selected	Firmin-Léon-Joseph Renouard †	Bishop of Limoges, France
	39.7	Appointed	James Ryan †	Bishop of Alton, Illinois, USA
29 Feb		Born	Domenico Tardini †	Roma	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
4 Mar	85.1	Died	Bl. Giovanni Antonio Farina †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
5 Mar		Born	Sebastian Großrubatscher (Grossrubatscher), O.F.M. †	Pufels	Prefect of Lingling [Yungchow], China
	81.1	Succeeded	James Lynch, C.M. †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
	84.7	Died	James Walshe †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
7 Mar		Born	John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S. †	Ensheim, Germany	Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia
8 Mar	53.9	Died	Wlodzimierz Czacki †	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to France
11 Mar	26.8	Ordained Priest	Antonio Laubitz †	Priest of Gniezno-Poznań, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
11 Mar	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Thomas McGovern †	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
15 Mar	65.3	Died	Jacques-Edne-Henri-Philadelphe Bellot des Minières †	Bishop of Poitiers, France
16 Mar	45.8	Died	Jean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonnier, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tanganika, Tanzania
		Born	Marco II Khouzam †	Akhim	Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
	42.4	Appointed	Gennaro Portanova †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
17 Mar	25.0	Ordained Priest	Robert Bürkler †	Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Miguel Claro Vásquez †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Auxiliary Bishop
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes †	Priest of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
	22.3	Ordained Priest	Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres †	Priest	Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
	62.0	Died	Pasquale Vuičić (Vujcic), O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bosnia, Croatia
18 Mar	86.8	Died	Ruggero Blundo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
18 Mar	53.5	Succeeded	Gaetano d’Alessandro †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
19 Mar		Born	William Joseph Hafey †	Chicopec, MA	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
19 Mar		Born	Joseph Basil Roper †	Varrnambool	Bishop Emeritus of Toowoomba, Australia
22 Mar		Born	John Joseph Lonergan †	South Melbourne	Bishop-Elect of Port Augusta, Australia
23 Mar	47.9	Appointed	Félix-Nicolas-Joseph Midon, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Central Japan	Bishop of Osaka, Japan
	47.9	Appointed	Félix-Nicolas-Joseph Midon, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis	Bishop of Osaka, Japan
	39.3	Appointed	Louis-Hippolyte-Aristide Raguit, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Manchuria {Manciuria}, China
	39.3	Appointed	Louis-Hippolyte-Aristide Raguit, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Traianopolis in Phrygia	Vicar Apostolic of Manchuria {Manciuria}, China
25 Mar	31.3	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Joseph O’Donnell †	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
26 Mar		Born	Pavao Butorac †	Perast	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
31 Mar	23.0	Ordained Priest	Alessandro Verde †	Priest of Aversa, Italy	Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
Apr	24.9	Ordained Priest	Giosuè Cattarossi †	Priest	Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy
2 Apr	72.6	Died	Michele Milella, O.P. †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
6 Apr	58.6	Appointed	Placido Maria Schiaffino, O.S.B. †	Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Official
8 Apr	37.5	Ordained Bishop	John Lyster †	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
8 Apr	23.0	Ordained Priest	Souleyman Moussa Sabbagh †	Priest	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
9 Apr		Born	Joseph Ferche †	Pschow	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
9 Apr	70.8	Resigned	Francesco Giampaolo †	Bishop of Larino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
13 Apr		Born	Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. †	Civitella, Italy	Official of the Secretariat of State
13 Apr	59.6	Died	Michele Seri-Molini †	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
14 Apr	73.8	Died	Joseph Sadoc Alemany y Conill, O.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
15 Apr	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Arsenio del Campo y Monasterio, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	23.0	Ordained Priest	José Antonio Lezcano y Ortega †	Priest	Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Edward MacGennis †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
16 Apr	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Valeriano Menéndez y Conde †	Titular Bishop of Tamasus	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
22 Apr		Born	Carlo Agostini †	S. Martino di Lupari	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
25 Apr	53.1	Ordained Bishop	John Janssen †	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA
	49.1	Appointed	Louis-Callixte Lasserre, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Aden, Yemen	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Arabia, Yemen
		Born	Hugo Edward Ryan †	Kyabram	Bishop Emeritus of Townsville, Australia
26 Apr		Born	Cleto Loayza Gumiel †	Sucre	Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia
27 Apr	63.3	Appointed	Jan Ignacy Korytkowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno-Poznań, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	63.3	Appointed	Jan Ignacy Korytkowski †	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Gniezno-Poznań, Poland
		Appointed	Jacques-Michel Naamo †	Titular Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus of Seert (Chaldean), Turkey
		Resigned	Jacques-Michel Naamo †	Archbishop of Seert (Chaldean), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
	82.0	Appointed	William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Cabasa	Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
28 Apr	60.4	Died	José Maríe del Refugio Guerra y Alva †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
	60.2	Died	Antonio Sbrolli †	Bishop Emeritus of Sovana-Pitigliano, Italy
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Tommaso Valeri, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy
29 Apr		Born	Pierre-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Douillard †	Puiset-Doré	Bishop Emeritus of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France