The Year of Our Lord 1888

Bishop Events

September to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Sep 66.5 Installed Francisco Melitón Vargas y Gutiérrez † Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México

3 Sep 75.9 Died José Raimundo Benito Villamitjana Vila † Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain

6 Sep Born Henry John Poskitt † Birkin Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain

8 Sep 48.1 Ordained Bishop Károly Hornig † Cardinal, Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary

60.2 Appointed William Benedict Scarisbrick, O.S.B. † Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius

9 Sep Born Miguel Angel Builes Gómez † Donmatías Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia

39.7 Ordained Bishop Louis-Hippolyte-Aristide Raguit, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Traianopolis in Phrygia Vicar Apostolic of Manchuria {Manciuria}, China

16 Sep 44.9 Installed Francis August Anthony Joseph Janssens † Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

17 Sep 24.2 Ordained Priest Adolfo Pérez y Muñoz † Priest Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

51.0 Died Franz Konstantin Rampa † Bishop of Chur, Switzerland

18 Sep 50.7 Appointed Joseph Higgins † Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia Bishop of Ballarat, Australia

50.7 Appointed Joseph Higgins † Titular Bishop of Antiphellus Bishop of Ballarat, Australia

21 Sep Born Enrico Montalbetti † Venezia Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy

Born Audino Rodríguez y Olmos † Villa Santa Rosa Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina

22 Sep 26.4 Ordained Priest Amando Agostino Bahlmann, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Prelate of Santarém, Para, Brazil

23.3 Ordained Priest Bl. Guido Maria Conforti † Priest of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy Bishop

22.7 Ordained Priest Alberto Vassallo-Torregrossa † Priest Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Germany

28 Sep 54.9 Confirmed Leonhard Haas † Bishop of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland

66.2 Died Ernest Maria Müller † Bishop of Linz, Austria

Born Juan Paulo Odendahl Metz, C.M. † Colonia Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica

29 Sep Died Thomas Porter, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Jamaica, Antilles

1 Oct 48.7 Appointed Louis Nazaire Bégin † Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada

Born Stanislaus Vincent Bona † Chicago Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

5 Oct 72.1 Resigned Anacleto Chicaro, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Egitto, Egypt Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

72.1 Resigned Anacleto Chicaro, O.F.M. † Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arab Republic of Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egitto, Egypt

6 Oct 24.7 Ordained Priest Jean Forbes, M. Afr. † Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Uganda

9 Oct 47.6 Appointed Guido Corbelli, O.F.M. † Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arab Republic of Bishop Emeritus of Cortona, Italy

47.6 Appointed Guido Corbelli, O.F.M. † Titular Archbishop of Pelusium Bishop Emeritus of Cortona, Italy

10 Oct Appointed Giacomo Matteo Ahmndahño † Bishop of Gazireh (Gezira) (Syrian), Turkey

14 Oct Born Ladislao Bánáss † Pozsony Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary

15 Oct 55.1 Ordained Bishop Johann Baptist Assmann † Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia Bishop of Germany, Military

18 Oct 55.0 Ordained Bishop Leonhard Haas † Bishop of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland

19 Oct 58.0 Resigned Rupert Seidenbusch, O.S.B. † Vicar Apostolic of Northern Minnesota, USA Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA

20 Oct Born Alphonse Bossart, O.M.I. † Bastogne, Belgium Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

24 Oct Born Firmin Lamy † Moulins Bishop of Langres, France

26 Oct Born Patrick Joseph Byrne, M.M. † Washington, USA Apostolic Delegate to Korea

28 Oct 48.8 Ordained Bishop Louis Nazaire Bégin † Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada

39.6 Ordained Bishop Jean-Jacques Crouzet, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Zephyrium Vicar Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar

50.8 Appointed José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. † Bishop of Sinaloa, Sinaloa, México Bishop of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, México

30 Oct 23.1 Ordained Priest Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta † Priest Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office

31 Oct 71.8 Died Ignazio Masotti † Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Consultations of Regulars

2 Nov 85.8 Died Etienne-Barthélemy Bagnoud, C.R.A. † Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland

Born Fermín Emilio Lafitte † Peyrun, France Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

4 Nov 55.0 Ordained Bishop John Samual Foley † Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA

Born Alain-Sébastien Le Breton, S.M.M. † Plobannalec, France Bishop Emeritus of Toamasina, Madagascar

5 Nov Born Joseph-Maria Trocellier, O.M.I. † Javols, France Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie, Northwest Territory, Canada

Born Jozef Vanderhoven, C.I.C.M. † Liegi, Belgium Vicar Apostolic of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

6 Nov 59.7 Appointed Johannes Fidelis Battaglia † Bishop of Chur, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

7 Nov 64.7 Died Louis-Victor-Emile Bougaud † Bishop of Laval, France

10 Nov 62.0 Died Albert-Marie-Camille de Briey † Bishop of Saint-Dié, France

11 Nov Born Tommaso Berutti, S.J. † Salussola Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pengpu [Bengbu], China

Born Theodore Labrador Fraile, O.P. † Buenavista de Valdivia, Spain Archbishop of Foochow [Fuzhou], China

Born Agostino Saba † Serdiana Archbishop of Sassari, Italy

12 Nov 56.5 Appointed Isidoro Verga † Prefect of the Congregation for Consultations of Regulars Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

18 Nov 67.1 Died François-Nicolas-Xavier-Louis Besson † Bishop of Nimes (-Uzès e Alès), France

19 Nov Born Giuseppe Ferruccio Maurizio Rosà, O.F.M. † Nago, Italy Archbishop of Hankow [Hankou], China

22 Nov 69.9 Died Alessio Maria Filippi, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China

29 Nov Born Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira † Lousado Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa, Portugal

30 Nov 23.7 Ordained Priest Jonas de Araújo Batinga † Priest Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil

41.4 Ordained Bishop John Joseph Hennessy † Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA

Dec 22.5 Ordained Priest Bl. Carlo Liviero † Priest Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy

29.7 Ordained Priest Jean-François-Etienne Marnas † Priest Bishop of Clermont, France

2 Dec 83.2 Died Alexis Canoz, S.J. † Bishop of Trichinopoly, India

Born Aurelio del Pino Gómez † Riaza Bishop Emeritus of Lérida, Spain

3 Dec Born Henri van Schingen, S.J. † Beauraing, Belgium Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

4 Dec 65.7 Appointed Joseph Paccolat, C.R.A. † Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland

8 Dec 22.4 Ordained Priest Octaviano Pereira de Albuquerque † Priest Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

50.9 Ordained Bishop José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. † Bishop of Sinaloa, Sinaloa, México Bishop of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, México

Born Antonio Tani † Savignano di Rigo Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy

10 Dec Born Luciano Marcante † Torrebelvicino Bishop Emeritus of Valva e Sulmona, Italy

14 Dec Born Alfredo Lanfranconi, P.I.M.E. † Mandello del Lario Bishop of Toungoo, Myanmar

16 Dec Born Irenaeus Hayasaka † Sendai Apostolic Administrator of Taiku, Korea (South)

17 Dec 43.9 Appointed Franz von Sales Maria Doppelbauer † Bishop of Linz, Austria

19 Dec Born Benigno Carrara † Serina Bishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy

20 Dec Born Julio Garret † Sucre Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia

22 Dec 78.2 Died João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa, O.F.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal

23.2 Ordained Priest Arthur Doubleday † Priest of Southwark, England, Great Britain Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain

23.8 Ordained Priest Antonio María Massanet y Verd † Priest Bishop of Segorbe, Spain

23.9 Ordained Priest Jaime Viladrich y Gaspar † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain

23 Dec 24.9 Ordained Priest Luis María (Alberic Ludwig) Benziger, O.C.D. † Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites Bishop Emeritus of Quilon, India

24 Dec Born Dionisio Habib Naassani † Alep Archbishop of Alep (Syrian), Syria

Born Joseph Walsh † Newport Archbishop Emeritus of Tuam, Ireland

28 Dec Born William MacNeely † Donegal Town Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland

29 Dec Born Josef Beran † Plzen Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic

42.9 Appointed Primo Dochi † Abbot of Shën Llezhri i Oroshit (Orosh), Albania

31 Dec Born Walenty Dymek † Polajewo Archbishop of Poznań, Poland

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Sep	66.5	Installed	Francisco Melitón Vargas y Gutiérrez †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México
3 Sep	75.9	Died	José Raimundo Benito Villamitjana Vila †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
6 Sep		Born	Henry John Poskitt †	Birkin	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain
8 Sep	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Károly Hornig †	Cardinal, Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
60.2	Appointed	William Benedict Scarisbrick, O.S.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus	Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
9 Sep		Born	Miguel Angel Builes Gómez †	Donmatías	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia
39.7	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Hippolyte-Aristide Raguit, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Traianopolis in Phrygia	Vicar Apostolic of Manchuria {Manciuria}, China
16 Sep	44.9	Installed	Francis August Anthony Joseph Janssens †	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
17 Sep	24.2	Ordained Priest	Adolfo Pérez y Muñoz †	Priest	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
51.0	Died	Franz Konstantin Rampa †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
18 Sep	50.7	Appointed	Joseph Higgins †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia
50.7	Appointed	Joseph Higgins †	Titular Bishop of Antiphellus	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia
21 Sep		Born	Enrico Montalbetti †	Venezia	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
	Born	Audino Rodríguez y Olmos †	Villa Santa Rosa	Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
22 Sep	26.4	Ordained Priest	Amando Agostino Bahlmann, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Prelate of Santarém, Para, Brazil
23.3	Ordained Priest	Bl. Guido Maria Conforti †	Priest of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy	Bishop
22.7	Ordained Priest	Alberto Vassallo-Torregrossa †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Germany
28 Sep	54.9	Confirmed	Leonhard Haas †	Bishop of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland
66.2	Died	Ernest Maria Müller †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
	Born	Juan Paulo Odendahl Metz, C.M. †	Colonia	Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica
29 Sep		Died	Thomas Porter, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Jamaica, Antilles
1 Oct	48.7	Appointed	Louis Nazaire Bégin †	Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada
	Born	Stanislaus Vincent Bona †	Chicago	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
5 Oct	72.1	Resigned	Anacleto Chicaro, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Egitto, Egypt	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
72.1	Resigned	Anacleto Chicaro, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arab Republic of	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egitto, Egypt
6 Oct	24.7	Ordained Priest	Jean Forbes, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Uganda
9 Oct	47.6	Appointed	Guido Corbelli, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arab Republic of	Bishop Emeritus of Cortona, Italy
47.6	Appointed	Guido Corbelli, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Pelusium	Bishop Emeritus of Cortona, Italy
10 Oct		Appointed	Giacomo Matteo Ahmndahño †	Bishop of Gazireh (Gezira) (Syrian), Turkey
14 Oct		Born	Ladislao Bánáss †	Pozsony	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
15 Oct	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Johann Baptist Assmann †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia	Bishop of Germany, Military
18 Oct	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Leonhard Haas †	Bishop of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland
19 Oct	58.0	Resigned	Rupert Seidenbusch, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Minnesota, USA	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
20 Oct		Born	Alphonse Bossart, O.M.I. †	Bastogne, Belgium	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Oct		Born	Firmin Lamy †	Moulins	Bishop of Langres, France
26 Oct		Born	Patrick Joseph Byrne, M.M. †	Washington, USA	Apostolic Delegate to Korea
28 Oct	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Louis Nazaire Bégin †	Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada
39.6	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Jacques Crouzet, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Zephyrium	Vicar Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar
50.8	Appointed	José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sinaloa, Sinaloa, México	Bishop of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, México
30 Oct	23.1	Ordained Priest	Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta †	Priest	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
31 Oct	71.8	Died	Ignazio Masotti †	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Consultations of Regulars
2 Nov	85.8	Died	Etienne-Barthélemy Bagnoud, C.R.A. †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
	Born	Fermín Emilio Lafitte †	Peyrun, France	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
4 Nov	55.0	Ordained Bishop	John Samual Foley †	Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	Born	Alain-Sébastien Le Breton, S.M.M. †	Plobannalec, France	Bishop Emeritus of Toamasina, Madagascar
5 Nov		Born	Joseph-Maria Trocellier, O.M.I. †	Javols, France	Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie, Northwest Territory, Canada
	Born	Jozef Vanderhoven, C.I.C.M. †	Liegi, Belgium	Vicar Apostolic of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
6 Nov	59.7	Appointed	Johannes Fidelis Battaglia †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
7 Nov	64.7	Died	Louis-Victor-Emile Bougaud †	Bishop of Laval, France
10 Nov	62.0	Died	Albert-Marie-Camille de Briey †	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France
11 Nov		Born	Tommaso Berutti, S.J. †	Salussola	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pengpu [Bengbu], China
	Born	Theodore Labrador Fraile, O.P. †	Buenavista de Valdivia, Spain	Archbishop of Foochow [Fuzhou], China
	Born	Agostino Saba †	Serdiana	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
12 Nov	56.5	Appointed	Isidoro Verga †	Prefect of the Congregation for Consultations of Regulars	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
18 Nov	67.1	Died	François-Nicolas-Xavier-Louis Besson †	Bishop of Nimes (-Uzès e Alès), France
19 Nov		Born	Giuseppe Ferruccio Maurizio Rosà, O.F.M. †	Nago, Italy	Archbishop of Hankow [Hankou], China
22 Nov	69.9	Died	Alessio Maria Filippi, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
29 Nov		Born	Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira †	Lousado	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa, Portugal
30 Nov	23.7	Ordained Priest	Jonas de Araújo Batinga †	Priest	Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
41.4	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Hennessy †	Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA
Dec	22.5	Ordained Priest	Bl. Carlo Liviero †	Priest	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
29.7	Ordained Priest	Jean-François-Etienne Marnas †	Priest	Bishop of Clermont, France
2 Dec	83.2	Died	Alexis Canoz, S.J. †	Bishop of Trichinopoly, India
	Born	Aurelio del Pino Gómez †	Riaza	Bishop Emeritus of Lérida, Spain
3 Dec		Born	Henri van Schingen, S.J. †	Beauraing, Belgium	Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
4 Dec	65.7	Appointed	Joseph Paccolat, C.R.A. †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
8 Dec	22.4	Ordained Priest	Octaviano Pereira de Albuquerque †	Priest	Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
50.9	Ordained Bishop	José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sinaloa, Sinaloa, México	Bishop of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, México
	Born	Antonio Tani †	Savignano di Rigo	Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
10 Dec		Born	Luciano Marcante †	Torrebelvicino	Bishop Emeritus of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
14 Dec		Born	Alfredo Lanfranconi, P.I.M.E. †	Mandello del Lario	Bishop of Toungoo, Myanmar
16 Dec		Born	Irenaeus Hayasaka †	Sendai	Apostolic Administrator of Taiku, Korea (South)
17 Dec	43.9	Appointed	Franz von Sales Maria Doppelbauer †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
19 Dec		Born	Benigno Carrara †	Serina	Bishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy
20 Dec		Born	Julio Garret †	Sucre	Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
22 Dec	78.2	Died	João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa, O.F.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
23.2	Ordained Priest	Arthur Doubleday †	Priest of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain
23.8	Ordained Priest	Antonio María Massanet y Verd †	Priest	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
23.9	Ordained Priest	Jaime Viladrich y Gaspar †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
23 Dec	24.9	Ordained Priest	Luis María (Alberic Ludwig) Benziger, O.C.D. †	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Bishop Emeritus of Quilon, India
24 Dec		Born	Dionisio Habib Naassani †	Alep	Archbishop of Alep (Syrian), Syria
	Born	Joseph Walsh †	Newport	Archbishop Emeritus of Tuam, Ireland
28 Dec		Born	William MacNeely †	Donegal Town	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
29 Dec		Born	Josef Beran †	Plzen	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
42.9	Appointed	Primo Dochi †	Abbot of Shën Llezhri i Oroshit (Orosh), Albania
31 Dec		Born	Walenty Dymek †	Polajewo	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland

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