The Year of Our Lord 1892

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	54.0	Resigned	François-Xavier Bossé †	Prefect of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada	Prefect Emeritus of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada
		Died	Salvador Donos Rodríguez †	Vicar General of Valparaíso, Chile
		Born	Mattias Eder, O.S.F.S. †	Pennewang, Austria	Prefect Emeritus of Great Namaqualand, Namibia
	14.8	Professed	Sylvester Joseph Espelage, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China
	26.9	Professed	Georg Froewis, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Prefect Emeritus of Sinyangchow, China
	72.0	Resigned	Cyriaque-Georges Goga †	Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop Emeritus
	53.9	Appointed	Augusto Guidi †	President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Roman Curia	President Emeritus
	12.9	Appointed	Charles Eugène Klaeyle, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Cimbebasia Inferiore, Namibia	Prefect Emeritus
	42.0	Appointed	Michel-Thomas Labrecque †	Prefect of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
	57.0	Resigned	M. Letournoux †	Prefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Prefect Emeritus
	52.4	Died	Román Lovera †	Bishop of Mérida, Venezuela
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Francisco Muñoz e Izquierdo †	Priest	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Josef Schinzel †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
	55.1	Appointed	Vincenzo Vannutelli †	Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
2 Jan		Born	Francis Augustin Henschke †	Hookina	Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia
		Born	James Mendonça †	Muchur	Bishop Emeritus of Tiruchirapalli, India
		Born	Bl. Zoltán Lajos Meszlényi †	Hatvan	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
4 Jan	72.4	Died	Adrianus Godschalk †	Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
8 Jan		Born	Isidoro Croce, O.S.B.I. †	Grottaferrata	Abbot of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
8 Jan	57.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Graniello, B. †	Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta
9 Jan	68.3	Died	Odon Thibaudier †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
10 Jan	22.5	Ordained Priest	Dionigio Casaroli †	Priest of Bologna, Italy	Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy
11 Jan		Born	Francis Xavier Ford, M.M. †	Brooklyn, NY, USA	Bishop of Meixian [Kaying], China
12 Jan	86.0	Died	Salvatore Magnasco †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
13 Jan		Born	Leoncio Fernández Galilea, C.M.F. †	Tosos, Spain	Vicar Apostolic of Fernando Poo, Equatorial Guinea
14 Jan	83.5	Died	Henry Edward Manning †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
14 Jan	75.5	Died	Giovanni Simeoni †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
15 Jan	53.3	Appointed	Henry Gabriels †	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
15 Jan	46.6	Appointed	Richard Alphonsus Sheehan †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
17 Jan		Born	Juan Manuel González Arbeláez †	Rionegro	Archbishop Emeritus of Popayán, Colombia
		Born	Ferdinand Loy, S.V.D. †	Hüls, Germany	Prefect of Xinjiang-Urumqi [Sinkiang], China
	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Florian Oksza von Stablewski †	Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
19 Jan	76.3	Died	Charles-Louis Gay †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Poitiers, France
19 Jan	82.6	Died	Vincenzo Tizzani, C.R.L. †	Bishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy
21 Jan	77.8	Died	Luigi Maria Aguilar, B. †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
23 Jan		Born	Joseph Chow Chi-shih (Ceuzisce, Zhou Ji-shi), C.M. †	Sialkwongyang	Archbishop of Nanchang [Nanchang], China
24 Jan	25.3	Ordained Priest	Francisco de Paula Silva, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
26 Jan		Born	Gerald Thomas Bergan †	Peoria	Archbishop Emeritus of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
26 Jan	70.3	Died	Jean-Pierre-François Laforce-Langevin †	Bishop Emeritus of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada
30 Jan		Born	Romuald Denis Hayes, S.S.C. †	Melbourne	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia
30 Jan	68.7	Appointed	Juan Nepomuceno Rueda Rueda †	Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
31 Jan	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Theodore Dalhoff, S.J. †	Archbishop of Bombay, India
31 Jan	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Richard Alphonsus Sheehan †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
Feb	58.1	Died	Carmelo Ciotola †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
Feb	50.9	Appointed	Félix-Jules-Xavier Jourdan de la Passardière, C.O. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rouen, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
1 Feb	41.2	Appointed	Manuel José Caicedo Martínez †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia
		Born	Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferroni, O.F.M. †	Rignano, Italy	Bishop of Laohekou [Laohokow], China
	69.3	Appointed	Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski †	Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
	49.0	Appointed	Joaquín Pardo y Vergara †	Bishop of Medellín, Colombia	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia
2 Feb	61.6	Died	Paolo Giuseppe Palma, C.P. †	Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania
7 Feb	64.5	Ordained Bishop	Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
	70.4	Died	Édouard-Joseph Bélin †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
9 Feb		Born	Eduard Nécsey †	Oslany	Apostolic Administrator of Nitra, Slovakia
10 Feb	79.1	Professed	Paul Ludolf Melchers, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
16 Feb		Born	Joaquín Anselmo María Albareda y Ramoneda, O.S.B. †	Barcelona, Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine
		Born	Bernard Theodore Espelage, O.F.M. †	Cincinnati, OH	Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
		Born	Irzio Luigi Magliacani, O.F.M. Cap. †	Castel del Piano, Italy	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Arabia, Yemen
17 Feb	56.4	Died	Heinrich Feiten †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
17 Feb		Born	Josyf Ivanovycè Slipyj (Slipiy) †	Zazdrist	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
20 Feb	68.3	Died	Joseph-Maxence Péronne †	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France
21 Feb	63.9	Died	Giustino Puletti †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
22 Feb	81.3	Died	Francesco Gandolfi †	Bishop Emeritus of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy
	64.1	Died	Bernard Hermann Koeckemann, SS.CC. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sandwich Islands, Hawaii, USA
	69.8	Died	Cassien-Léonard de Peretti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ajaccio, France
23 Feb	67.4	Died	Gaspard Mermillod †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne et Genève, Switzerland
24 Feb	84.2	Died	Ágoston Roskoványi †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
25 Feb	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Ignatius Frederick Horstmann †	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
	44.5	Ordained Bishop	James Schwebach †	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Hubert Theophil Simar †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
26 Feb	47.0	Appointed	Jules-Etienne Gazaniol †	Titular Bishop of Thuburbo Minus	Bishop Emeritus of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
	47.0	Confirmed	Jules-Etienne Gazaniol †	Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage, Tunisia	Bishop Emeritus of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
	47.9	Appointed	Spiridion Poloméni †	Titular Bishop of Ruspae	Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage, Tunisia
	49.2	Appointed	Jean-Joseph Tournier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage, Tunisia
	49.2	Appointed	Jean-Joseph Tournier †	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage, Tunisia
27 Feb	47.9	Appointed	Spiridion Poloméni †	Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage, Tunisia
29 Feb		Born	Bl. Vilmos Apor †	Segesvár, Romania	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
1 Mar	75.9	Died	Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Simon Jacquenet †	Bishop of Amiens, France
1 Mar		Born	Sylvester Philip Wang Tao-nan (Uamtaonan), O.F.M. †	Koleokow	Bishop of Fengxiang [Fengsiang], China
3 Mar		Born	Mathurin Blanchet, O.M.I. †	Gressan	Bishop Emeritus of Aosta, Italy
5 Mar	41.8	Appointed	Francisco José Ribeiro Vieira e Brito †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
6 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Thomas Mulvany †	Priest	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
		Born	Emmet Michael Walsh †	Beaufort	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
		Born	Matthias Wehr †	Faha	Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
11 Mar	38.1	Appointed	Charles Edward McDonnell †	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
13 Mar	68.2	Resigned	Eusebio Marie Semprini, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Hunan {Hu-Nan Meridionale}, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
15 Mar	80.6	Died	Francesco Benassi †	Bishop Emeritus of Guastalla, Italy
	47.3	Appointed	Johannes Olaf Fallize †	Vicar Apostolic of Norvegia (e Spitzbergen)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	47.3	Appointed	Johannes Olaf Fallize †	Titular Bishop of Elusa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Norvegia (e Spitzbergen)
		Born	Austin Quinn †	Derrynoose	Bishop Emeritus of Kilmore, Ireland
	58.2	Appointed	Johannes Von Euch †	Vicar Apostolic of Denmark
	58.2	Appointed	Johannes Von Euch †	Titular Bishop of Anastasiopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Denmark
	39.8	Appointed	Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski †	Titular Archbishop of Thebae	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
	39.8	Appointed	Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski †	Apostolic Delegate to India	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
16 Mar	72.7	Died	William Smith †	Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
17 Mar		Born	Francis Xavier Fenech, O.F.M. Cap. †	Floriana, Malta	Bishop Emeritus of Jhansi, India
18 Mar	19.8	Professed	Emilio Juan Francisco Lissón Chávez, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
19 Mar	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Olaf Fallize †	Titular Bishop of Elusa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Norvegia (e Spitzbergen)
21 Mar	62.5	Died	Giovanni Battista Antonio Bartolomeo Marcellino Berardi, O.C.D. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Verapoly, India
		Born	Felipe Antonio Gallego Gorgojo, S.J. †	Villaquejida, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	65.3	Appointed	Carlo Nocella †	Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
22 Mar	52.2	Appointed	Louis Nazaire Bégin †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop
	58.0	Appointed	Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. †	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
	57.0	Appointed	Antonio Sabatucci †	Titular Archbishop of Antinoë	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Argentina
24 Mar		Born	Gabriel Martelino Reyes †	Calivo Capiz	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
26 Mar		Born	Lucio Crescenzi †	Monteleone Sabino	Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
27 Mar	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. †	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Sebastian Gebhard Messmer †	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Francisco José Ribeiro Vieira e Brito †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Albino Symon †	Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria	Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland
	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Pavol Szmrecsányi †	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
29 Mar	58.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Graniello, B. †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea Ponti	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta
29 Mar		Born	József Mindszenty †	Csehimindszent	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Esztergom, Hungary
31 Mar		Born	James Patrick O’Collins †	Port Melbourne	Bishop Emeritus of Ballarat, Australia
1 Apr		Born	Maurizio Raspini †	Oleggio	Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
2 Apr	51.3	Selected	Pierre-Marie-Etienne-Gustave Ardin †	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
	61.7	Selected	Jean-Baptiste Frérot †	Bishop of Angoulême, France
	28.6	Ordained Priest	Graziano Génnaro, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Orientale}, China
	58.1	Selected	Jean-Marie-François Lamouroux †	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
	55.9	Selected	Alfred-Casimir-Alexis Williez †	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
3 Apr	25.7	Ordained Priest	Godefroy Frederix, C.I.C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China
	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Maria Graniello, B. †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea Ponti	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta
	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Pablo Padilla y Bárcena †	Titular Bishop of Pentacomia	Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina
		Born	Teodoro Schu, S.V.D. †	Tholey, Germany	Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Everard Ter Laak, C.I.C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Vicar Apostolic of Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi], China
5 Apr	39.0	Appointed	Joseph-Médard Émard †	Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada	Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
	49.5	Appointed	St. Antonio Fantosati, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Hunan {Hu-Nan Meridionale}, China
	49.5	Appointed	St. Antonio Fantosati, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Adraa	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Hunan {Hu-Nan Meridionale}, China
6 Apr	80.3	Died	Tomás Belestá y Cambeses †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
6 Apr		Born	José Weimann, C.SS.R. †	Hinojo	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
7 Apr	58.1	Installed	Antonio María Cascajares y Azara †	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
8 Apr	54.9	Appointed	Isaac Hagian †	Bishop of Sivas {Sebaste} (Armenian), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus of Sivas {Sebaste} (and Tokat {Toqat}) (Armenian), Turkey
	42.3	Appointed	Michel-Thomas Labrecque †	Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	36.6	Appointed	Boghos Bédros (Paul Peter) XIII Terzian †	Bishop of Adana (Armenian), Turkey	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	60.0	Appointed	Herbert Alfred Henry Vaughan †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
10 Apr	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Gyula Firczák †	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
11 Apr	80.6	Selected	Antolín Monescillo y Viso †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
14 Apr		Born	Zygmunt Choromański †	Varsavia	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
15 Apr		Born	Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre †	Tourcoing	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
15 Apr		Born	Cesare Zerba †	Castelnuovo Scrivia, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
16 Apr		Born	Thomas John Flynn †	Placentia Bay	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
	24.0	Ordained Priest	José Antônio de Oliveira Lopes †	Priest	Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Carmelo Patané †	Priest of Acireale, Italy	Archbishop of Catania, Italy
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Miguel de los Santos Serra y Sucarrats †	Priest	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
17 Apr	25.1	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Rosa †	Priest	Archbishop of Perugia, Italy
19 Apr	58.1	Appointed	Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. †	Apostolic Internuncio to Brazil	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
21 Apr	64.3	Died	Alessio Maria Biffoli, O.S.M. †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
22 Apr		Born	James Kalacherry (Kalassery) †	Kainakary	Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabarese), India
24 Apr	28.4	Ordained Priest	Antônio Augusto de Assis †	Priest	Bishop of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Prudencio Gomes da Silva †	Priest	Bishop of Goiás, Brazil
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Augustyn Łosiński †	Priest	Bishop of Kielce, Poland
	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Joaquín Pardo y Vergara †	Bishop of Medellín, Colombia	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia
25 Apr	41.4	Succeeded	Pierre-Jean-Marie Gendreau, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam
	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Charles Edward McDonnell †	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
		Born	Giuseppe Maria Palatucci, O.F.M. Conv. †	Montella	Bishop of Campagna, Italy
	56.8	Died	Paul-François Puginier, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
27 Apr	56.4	Appointed	José Pereira da Silva Barros †	Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Apr		Born	Fiorenzo Umberto Tessiatore, O.F.M. †	Pertusio, Italy	Vicar Apostolic of Sianfu, China
29 Apr	48.6	Appointed	Michael Francis Howley †	Vicar Apostolic of Western Newfoundland (St. George’s), Canada	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
	48.6	Appointed	Michael Francis Howley †	Titular Bishop of Amastris	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
	67.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Zaffino †	Archbishop of Athenai {Athens}, Greece
30 Apr		Born	Ernesto Sena de Oliveira †	Funchal	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal