The Year of Our Lord 1853

Bishop Events

September to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

4 Sep 39.9 Ordained Bishop Friedrich Egon von Fürstenberg † Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia

7 Sep 55.6 Appointed Jerome-Simon Sindjari (Kacha, Tiktik) † Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran Archbishop Emeritus

55.6 Ordained Bishop Jerome-Simon Sindjari (Kacha, Tiktik) † Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran Archbishop Emeritus

55.0 Ordained Bishop Jacobus Gerardus Schepers, C.Ss.R. † Titular Bishop of Milopotamos Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles

9 Sep Born Hilarion (Johannes Baptist) Valentin, O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect Emeritus of Bettiah, India

10 Sep 57.8 Selected Juan José Arbolí y Acaso † Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain

38.5 Selected Ottokar Maria von Attems † Bishop of Seckau, Austria

12 Sep 60.2 Appointed Pedro Espinosa y Dávalos † Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

58.6 Appointed Gabriele Ferretti † Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary

37.5 Confirmed Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. † Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France

53.8 Confirmed Heinrich Ernst Karl Förster † Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland

49.6 Appointed Emidio Foschini † Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy

42.6 Confirmed Vincenzo Materozzi † Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy

40.5 Confirmed Pedro Ruiz Zumaeta † Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru

60.7 Appointed Giuseppe Maria Severa † Bishop of Terni, Italy

13 Sep Born Pietro Monti † Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy

16 Sep Born Thomas-Paul-Henri Lemonnier † Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France

18 Sep 49.6 Ordained Bishop Emidio Foschini † Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy

42.6 Ordained Bishop Vincenzo Materozzi † Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy

21 Sep 36.0 Ordained Bishop Richard Butler Roskell † Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

25.8 Ordained Deacon Andrija Marija Sterk † Deacon Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy

22 Sep 81.7 Died José Manuel Plaza de la Tejera, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador

24 Sep 23.5 Ordained Priest Vincenzo Addessi † Priest of Gaeta, Italy Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy

23.0 Ordained Priest François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières † Priest of Nîmes, France Cardinal, Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

24.7 Ordained Priest Egidio (Giovanni) Mauri, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy

25.6 Ordained Priest Dominique Racine † Priest Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

25.8 Ordained Priest Andrija Marija Sterk † Priest Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy

24.1 Ordained Priest Francesco Vitagliano † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy

25 Sep 39.2 Ordained Bishop Alexander Goss † Titular Bishop of Geras Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

27 Sep 34.8 Appointed Ljudevit Ćurčija, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt

47.1 Selected Antonio Palau y Térmens † Bishop of Vic, Spain Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

63.7 Appointed Giovanni Giorgio Topich, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania Bishop Emeritus

28 Sep 45.3 Appointed Carlo Sacconi † Apostolic Nuncio to France Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

Oct 47.7 Resigned Napoléon François Libois, M.E.P. † Prefect of Kouangtong (Kwangtung, Guangdong), China Prefect Emeritus

2 Oct 48.7 Ordained Bishop Lorenzo Biancheri, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Lagania Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia

25.0 Professed Adrien-François Rouger, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Vicar Apostolic of Southern Kiangsi {Kiam-Si Meridionale}, China

5 Oct 59.4 Died Josef Dittrich † Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany

9 Oct 52.7 Died Joseph Gregory Hagi (Hadjian) † Bishop of Erzerum (Garin) (Armenian)

25.2 Ordained Priest Jean-François Jamot † Priest Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

22.6 Ordained Priest Aloysius Pistocchi † Priest Bishop of Comacchio, Italy

14 Oct Born William John Kenny † Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA

16 Oct Born Karl Heinrich Johannes Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France

18 Oct 53.9 Ordained Bishop Heinrich Ernst Karl Förster † Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland

20 Oct 25.8 Professed Bonaventura Maria Soldatich, O.F.M. Conv. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Titular Archbishop of Serdica

22 Oct Born José Ramón Ibarra y González † Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México

23 Oct 52.4 Installed Vincenzo Ciccolo Rinaldi † Bishop of Trapani, Italy

30 Oct 39.1 Ordained Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley † Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

37.2 Ordained Bishop Louis Joseph Mary Theodore de Goesbriand † Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA

35.8 Ordained Bishop John Loughlin † Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA

1 Nov 56.3 Ordained Bishop Irenaeus Fridericus Baraga † Titular Bishop of Amyzon Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA

39.1 Installed James Roosevelt Bayley † Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

50.3 Ordained Bishop George Aloysius Carrell, S.J. † Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA

Born Jeremiah James Harty † Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA

2 Nov 66.2 Died Costanzo-Michele Fea † Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy

5 Nov 38.7 Confirmed Ottokar Maria von Attems † Bishop of Seckau, Austria

Born Julije Drohobeczky † Bishop Emeritus of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia

6 Nov 38.7 Ordained Bishop Ottokar Maria von Attems † Bishop of Seckau, Austria

Born Angelo Struffolini, D.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy

13 Nov 39.9 Ordained Bishop Francisco de Paula Verea y González † Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México

15 Nov 45.5 Appointed Joannes Philibertus Deppen † Auxiliary Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

45.5 Appointed Joannes Philibertus Deppen † Titular Bishop of Samos Auxiliary Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

Born Hippolyte Teissier, M.E.P. † Bishop of Mysore, India

16 Nov 39.6 Appointed Philippe François Zéphirin Guillemin, M.E.P. † Prefect of Kouangtong (Kwangtung, Guangdong), China

Born Augustin Marre, O.C.S.O. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France

20 Nov 53.0 Ordained Bishop Michael von Deinlein † Titular Bishop of Adramyttium Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany

28 Nov 70.4 Selected Giuseppe Maria Maniscalco, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy

29 Nov Born Andrea Fiore † Bishop of Cuneo, Italy

30 Nov Born William Andrew Macdonell † Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada

50.8 Ordained Bishop Auguste Marie Martin † Bishop of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA

Born Julián Miranda y Ristuer † Bishop of Segovia, Spain

52.0 Appointed Ignace Antoine (Jules) Samhiri † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

52.0 Appointed Ignace Antoine (Jules) Samhiri † Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

Dec 23.3 Ordained Priest Giovanni Battista Bongiorni † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy

45.3 Resigned Henry Benedict Coskery † Bishop-Elect of Portland, Maine, USA Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

3 Dec 58.5 Died Giovanni Niccolò Tanari (Tanara) † Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}

4 Dec 67.2 Resigned Guglielmo Aretini-Sillani † Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy Bishop Emeritus

7 Dec 21.8 Entered Isidore Clut, O.M.I. † Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Athabaska Mackenzie, Alberta, Canada

8 Dec Born Antonio Macrioniti † Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece

52.0 Installed Ignace Antoine (Jules) Samhiri † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

9 Dec 44.3 Appointed Anthony O’Regan † Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

88.9 Died Jean-François de Saunhac-Belcastel † Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France

10 Dec 53.6 Died Manuel José Mosquera y Arboleda † Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia

Born Marian Józef Ryx † Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland

11 Dec 26.7 Ordained Priest Manoel dos Santos Pereira † Priest Bishop of Olinda, Brazil

12 Dec 17.8 Professed Luigi Canali, O.F.M. Obs. † Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide

13 Dec Born Carlo Giuseppe Cecchini, O.P. † Archbishop of Taranto, Italy

14 Dec 51.8 Selected Vinko Zubranić † Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia

16 Dec 44.3 Appointed Anthony O’Regan † Apostolic Administrator of Quincy, Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

17 Dec 29.4 Ordained Priest Jaak Bax, C.I.C.M. † Priest Vicar Apostolic of Central Mongolia {Mongolia Centrale}, China

22.5 Ordained Priest José Benigo Perilla y Martínez † Priest Bishop of Tunja, Colombia

24.1 Ordained Priest Paul-Félix-Arséne Billard † Priest of Rouen, France Bishop of Carcassonne, France

24.0 Ordained Priest Francesco Paolo Cardona Albini † Priest Titular Bishop of Nemesi

43.5 Ordained Priest Flavio Chigi † Priest Cardinal, Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}

24.4 Ordained Priest Yves-Marie Croc, M.E.P. † Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking {Tonkino Meridionale}, Viet Nam

24.0 Ordained Deacon Stanislao Maria de Luca † Deacon Bishop of San Severo, Italy

25.1 Ordained Priest François Grolleau † Priest Bishop of Évreux, France

33.4 Ordained Priest Louis-Romain-Ernest Isoard † Priest Bishop of Annecy, France

26.1 Ordained Priest César-Joseph Marpot (Marport) † Priest Bishop of Saint-Claude, France

22.6 Ordained Priest Pietro Pace † Priest Bishop of Malta

19 Dec 52.6 Appointed Nicola Bedini † Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy

55.5 Appointed Cosimo Barnaba Corsi † Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy

48.1 Appointed Antonio Saverio De Luca † Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies

47.9 Elevated to Cardinal Camillo Di Pietro † In Pectore Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

65.7 Appointed Adriano Fieschi † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria

55.0 Appointed Mario Melini † Bishop of Modigliana, Italy

43.7 Elevated to Cardinal Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

52.0 Confirmed Pietro Luigi Speranza † Bishop of Bergamo, Italy

20 Dec 43.2 Appointed Michael J. O’Connor, S.J. † Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

62.4 Appointed Pedro Antonio Torres † Bishop of Popayán, Colombia

49.9 Appointed Eduardo Vásquez, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Panamá Bishop

49.9 Appointed Eduardo Vásquez, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Lambaesis Bishop of Panamá

45.1 Appointed Joshua Maria (Moody) Young † Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

22 Dec 58.1 Confirmed Juan José Arbolí y Acaso † Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain

58.4 Appointed Giovanni Brunelli † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy

48.1 Appointed Antonio Saverio De Luca † Titular Archbishop of Tarsus Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies

54.4 Confirmed Jerónimo Fernández y Andrés † Bishop of Palencia, Spain

51.7 Confirmed Manuel Garcia Gil, O.P. † Bishop of Badajoz, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain

47.4 Confirmed Antonio Palau y Térmens † Bishop of Vic, Spain Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

43.8 Appointed Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci † Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

24 Dec Born Olivier Elzéar Mathieu † Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

26 Dec 40.0 Installed Francisco de Paula Verea y González † Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México

55.1 Ordained Bishop Mario Melini † Bishop of Modigliana, Italy

27 Dec 26.5 Professed Antoine Horner, C.S.Sp. † Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Prefect Emeritus of Zanguebar, Kenya

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
4 Sep	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Friedrich Egon von Fürstenberg †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
7 Sep	55.6	Appointed	Jerome-Simon Sindjari (Kacha, Tiktik) †	Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran	Archbishop Emeritus
55.6	Ordained Bishop	Jerome-Simon Sindjari (Kacha, Tiktik) †	Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran	Archbishop Emeritus
55.0	Ordained Bishop	Jacobus Gerardus Schepers, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Milopotamos	Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles
9 Sep		Born	Hilarion (Johannes Baptist) Valentin, O.F.M. Cap. †		Prefect Emeritus of Bettiah, India
10 Sep	57.8	Selected	Juan José Arbolí y Acaso †	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
38.5	Selected	Ottokar Maria von Attems †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
12 Sep	60.2	Appointed	Pedro Espinosa y Dávalos †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
58.6	Appointed	Gabriele Ferretti †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
37.5	Confirmed	Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
53.8	Confirmed	Heinrich Ernst Karl Förster †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
49.6	Appointed	Emidio Foschini †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
42.6	Confirmed	Vincenzo Materozzi †	Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy
40.5	Confirmed	Pedro Ruiz Zumaeta †	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru
60.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Severa †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
13 Sep		Born	Pietro Monti †		Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
16 Sep		Born	Thomas-Paul-Henri Lemonnier †		Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
18 Sep	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Emidio Foschini †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
42.6	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Materozzi †	Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy
21 Sep	36.0	Ordained Bishop	Richard Butler Roskell †	Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
25.8	Ordained Deacon	Andrija Marija Sterk †	Deacon	Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy
22 Sep	81.7	Died	José Manuel Plaza de la Tejera, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
24 Sep	23.5	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Addessi †	Priest of Gaeta, Italy	Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy
23.0	Ordained Priest	François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières †	Priest of Nîmes, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
24.7	Ordained Priest	Egidio (Giovanni) Mauri, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
25.6	Ordained Priest	Dominique Racine †	Priest	Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
25.8	Ordained Priest	Andrija Marija Sterk †	Priest	Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy
24.1	Ordained Priest	Francesco Vitagliano †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
25 Sep	39.2	Ordained Bishop	Alexander Goss †	Titular Bishop of Geras	Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
27 Sep	34.8	Appointed	Ljudevit Ćurčija, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt
47.1	Selected	Antonio Palau y Térmens †	Bishop of Vic, Spain	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
63.7	Appointed	Giovanni Giorgio Topich, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania	Bishop Emeritus
28 Sep	45.3	Appointed	Carlo Sacconi †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
Oct	47.7	Resigned	Napoléon François Libois, M.E.P. †	Prefect of Kouangtong (Kwangtung, Guangdong), China	Prefect Emeritus
2 Oct	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Biancheri, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Lagania	Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia
25.0	Professed	Adrien-François Rouger, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Kiangsi {Kiam-Si Meridionale}, China
5 Oct	59.4	Died	Josef Dittrich †	Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany
9 Oct	52.7	Died	Joseph Gregory Hagi (Hadjian) †	Bishop of Erzerum (Garin) (Armenian)
25.2	Ordained Priest	Jean-François Jamot †	Priest	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
22.6	Ordained Priest	Aloysius Pistocchi †	Priest	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
14 Oct		Born	William John Kenny †		Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
16 Oct		Born	Karl Heinrich Johannes Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France
18 Oct	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Heinrich Ernst Karl Förster †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
20 Oct	25.8	Professed	Bonaventura Maria Soldatich, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Titular Archbishop of Serdica
22 Oct		Born	José Ramón Ibarra y González †		Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
23 Oct	52.4	Installed	Vincenzo Ciccolo Rinaldi †	Bishop of Trapani, Italy
30 Oct	39.1	Ordained Bishop	James Roosevelt Bayley †	Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
37.2	Ordained Bishop	Louis Joseph Mary Theodore de Goesbriand †	Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA
35.8	Ordained Bishop	John Loughlin †	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
1 Nov	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Irenaeus Fridericus Baraga †	Titular Bishop of Amyzon	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA
39.1	Installed	James Roosevelt Bayley †	Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
50.3	Ordained Bishop	George Aloysius Carrell, S.J. †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
	Born	Jeremiah James Harty †		Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
2 Nov	66.2	Died	Costanzo-Michele Fea †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
5 Nov	38.7	Confirmed	Ottokar Maria von Attems †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
	Born	Julije Drohobeczky †		Bishop Emeritus of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
6 Nov	38.7	Ordained Bishop	Ottokar Maria von Attems †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
	Born	Angelo Struffolini, D.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy
13 Nov	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Paula Verea y González †	Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
15 Nov	45.5	Appointed	Joannes Philibertus Deppen †	Auxiliary Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
45.5	Appointed	Joannes Philibertus Deppen †	Titular Bishop of Samos	Auxiliary Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
	Born	Hippolyte Teissier, M.E.P. †		Bishop of Mysore, India
16 Nov	39.6	Appointed	Philippe François Zéphirin Guillemin, M.E.P. †	Prefect of Kouangtong (Kwangtung, Guangdong), China
	Born	Augustin Marre, O.C.S.O. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
20 Nov	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Michael von Deinlein †	Titular Bishop of Adramyttium	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
28 Nov	70.4	Selected	Giuseppe Maria Maniscalco, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
29 Nov		Born	Andrea Fiore †		Bishop of Cuneo, Italy
30 Nov		Born	William Andrew Macdonell †		Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Auguste Marie Martin †	Bishop of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA
	Born	Julián Miranda y Ristuer †		Bishop of Segovia, Spain
52.0	Appointed	Ignace Antoine (Jules) Samhiri †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
52.0	Appointed	Ignace Antoine (Jules) Samhiri †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
Dec	23.3	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Bongiorni †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy
45.3	Resigned	Henry Benedict Coskery †	Bishop-Elect of Portland, Maine, USA	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
3 Dec	58.5	Died	Giovanni Niccolò Tanari (Tanara) †	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
4 Dec	67.2	Resigned	Guglielmo Aretini-Sillani †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
7 Dec	21.8	Entered	Isidore Clut, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Athabaska Mackenzie, Alberta, Canada
8 Dec		Born	Antonio Macrioniti †		Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece
52.0	Installed	Ignace Antoine (Jules) Samhiri †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
9 Dec	44.3	Appointed	Anthony O’Regan †	Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
88.9	Died	Jean-François de Saunhac-Belcastel †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
10 Dec	53.6	Died	Manuel José Mosquera y Arboleda †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
	Born	Marian Józef Ryx †		Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
11 Dec	26.7	Ordained Priest	Manoel dos Santos Pereira †	Priest	Bishop of Olinda, Brazil
12 Dec	17.8	Professed	Luigi Canali, O.F.M. Obs. †	Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide
13 Dec		Born	Carlo Giuseppe Cecchini, O.P. †		Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
14 Dec	51.8	Selected	Vinko Zubranić †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
16 Dec	44.3	Appointed	Anthony O’Regan †	Apostolic Administrator of Quincy, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
17 Dec	29.4	Ordained Priest	Jaak Bax, C.I.C.M. †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Central Mongolia {Mongolia Centrale}, China
22.5	Ordained Priest	José Benigo Perilla y Martínez †	Priest	Bishop of Tunja, Colombia
24.1	Ordained Priest	Paul-Félix-Arséne Billard †	Priest of Rouen, France	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
24.0	Ordained Priest	Francesco Paolo Cardona Albini †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Nemesi
43.5	Ordained Priest	Flavio Chigi †	Priest	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}
24.4	Ordained Priest	Yves-Marie Croc, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking {Tonkino Meridionale}, Viet Nam
24.0	Ordained Deacon	Stanislao Maria de Luca †	Deacon	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
25.1	Ordained Priest	François Grolleau †	Priest	Bishop of Évreux, France
33.4	Ordained Priest	Louis-Romain-Ernest Isoard †	Priest	Bishop of Annecy, France
26.1	Ordained Priest	César-Joseph Marpot (Marport) †	Priest	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France
22.6	Ordained Priest	Pietro Pace †	Priest	Bishop of Malta
19 Dec	52.6	Appointed	Nicola Bedini †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
55.5	Appointed	Cosimo Barnaba Corsi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
48.1	Appointed	Antonio Saverio De Luca †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
47.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Camillo Di Pietro †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
65.7	Appointed	Adriano Fieschi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria
55.0	Appointed	Mario Melini †	Bishop of Modigliana, Italy
43.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
52.0	Confirmed	Pietro Luigi Speranza †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
20 Dec	43.2	Appointed	Michael J. O’Connor, S.J. †	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
62.4	Appointed	Pedro Antonio Torres †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
49.9	Appointed	Eduardo Vásquez, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Panamá	Bishop
49.9	Appointed	Eduardo Vásquez, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Lambaesis	Bishop of Panamá
45.1	Appointed	Joshua Maria (Moody) Young †	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
22 Dec	58.1	Confirmed	Juan José Arbolí y Acaso †	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
58.4	Appointed	Giovanni Brunelli †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
48.1	Appointed	Antonio Saverio De Luca †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
54.4	Confirmed	Jerónimo Fernández y Andrés †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
51.7	Confirmed	Manuel Garcia Gil, O.P. †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
47.4	Confirmed	Antonio Palau y Térmens †	Bishop of Vic, Spain	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
43.8	Appointed	Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci †	Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
24 Dec		Born	Olivier Elzéar Mathieu †		Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
26 Dec	40.0	Installed	Francisco de Paula Verea y González †	Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
55.1	Ordained Bishop	Mario Melini †	Bishop of Modigliana, Italy
27 Dec	26.5	Professed	Antoine Horner, C.S.Sp. †	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Prefect Emeritus of Zanguebar, Kenya

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