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The Year of Our Lord 1855

Bishop Events

January to April


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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknownAppointedMichel AlexandrianBishop of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine
30.0AppointedLéon (Michel Rey-Golliet) des Avanchers, O.F.M. Cap. †Prefect of SeychellesPrefect Emeritus
63.0DiedMichel Cattoula (Kattula)Archbishop of Seert (Chaldean), Turkey
23.7Ordained PriestJosé Benito Salvador de la RetaPriestAuxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
82.9DiedAntonio de FranciAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
34.9Ordained PriestCyriaque-Georges GogaPriestBishop Emeritus of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq
91.8DiedPietro Gravina LuzzenaAuxiliary Bishop of Catania, Italy
25.8IncardinatedAntonio Ibáñez y GalianoPriest of Cartagena (en España)Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain
40.5IncardinatedLéopold-René Leséleuc de KerouaraPriest of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), FranceBishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France
27.2Ordained PriestAudishu V (Georges Ebed-Iesu) KhayyathPriestPatriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
AppointedGiuseppe MaridTitular Archbishop of Arca in Phoenicia dei Maroniti
ResignedJérémie de Paglietta, O.F.M. Cap. †Prefect of SeychellesPrefect Emeritus
32.1Ordained PriestJames Laird PattersonPriest of Westminster, England, Great BritainAuxiliary Bishop
28.0Ordained PriestPierse PowerPriestBishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
37.7AppointedPierre Rougeyron, S.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), Pacific (Oceania)Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
AppointedAthanase SabbaghBishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
25.9Ordained PriestFrancesco Solano del Risco, O.F.M. Obs. †Priest of Order of Observant Friars MinorBishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
23.5Ordained PriestSimeone Volonteri, P.I.M.E. †Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign MissionsVicar Apostolic of Southern Honan {Ho-Nan Meridionale}, China
45.9ElectedBonifacio (Sebastian) Wimmer, O.S.B. †Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict
24.1Ordained PriestSantos Zárate y MartínezPriestBishop of Almería, Spain
DiedNicholas Zeia (Zaya)Patriarch Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
1 JanBornJohn McIntyreArchbishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
53.2Ordained BishopFranciszek StefanowiczTitular Bishop of SamosataAuxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
5 Jan25.9Ordained PriestJohn LeonardPriest of Dublin, IrelandVicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa
7 JanBornWilliam Bernard KellyBishop of Geraldton, Australia
8 JanBornGuillaume-Lucien-Léon LacroixBishop of Tarentaise, France
9 Jan65.6DiedLorenzo SimonettiCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
11 Jan76.0DiedJudas José Romo y GamboaCardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
14 Jan29.3Ordained DeaconArsenio Andrade y LandázuriDeaconBishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
Ordained BishopBernabé Rojas, O.P. †Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
47.9Ordained BishopLéon-François SibourTitular Bishop of Tripolis in PhoeniciaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
17 Jan42.3ResignedJoseph (François-de-Paul) Baudichon, SS.CC. †Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands {Isole Marchesi}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
18 Jan47.7SelectedFrancesco Saverio Maria ApuzzoArchbishop of Sorrento, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
BornJean-Marie Dépierre, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam
21 Jan29.3Ordained PriestArsenio Andrade y LandázuriPriestBishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
78.7DiedGiuseppe PecciCardinal, Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
22 Jan65.3DiedFrancesco CapezzutiBishop of Ariano, Italy
23 Jan41.3AppointedDavid William BaconBishop of Portland, Maine, USA
26 Jan38.4AppointedLudwig ForwerkAdministrator of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, GermanyVicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany
27 Jan56.5DiedRaffaele BocciBishop of Alatri, Italy
28 Jan31.0Ordained PriestAquilino Ferreyra y ÁlvarezPriestAuxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
71.3DiedFrancisco Javier García Casarrubios y Melgar, O. Cist. †Bishop of Tuy, Spain
30 Jan38.9AppointedEdward MacCabeVicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South AfricaCardinal, Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
38.9AppointedEdward MacCabeTitular Bishop of DardanusCardinal, Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
1 Feb61.8DiedJean-Marie GraveranBishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
68.2DiedGiovanni SerafiniCardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
2 Feb45.0SelectedFrancesco GalloBishop of Avellino, Italy
58.9SelectedGaetano RossiniArchbishop of Acerenza e Matera, ItalyBishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy
52.0SelectedDomenico ZeloBishop of Aversa, Italy
3 Feb75.2DiedMariano Martínez Robledo y RobledoBishop of Guadix, Spain
9 FebBornPaul Aouad (Awad, Auad)Archbishop Emeritus of Cipro (Maronite)
74.2DiedFrancisco Javier Luna-Pizarro y Pacheco de ChávezArchbishop of Lima, Peru
77.0ResignedGennaro PascaBishop of Nola, ItalyBishop Emeritus
13 Feb32.3Ordained DeaconSt. Zygmunt Szczęsny FelińskiDeacon of Zytomir, UkraineArchbishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
15 Feb77.4DiedGiuseppe ManciniArchbishop of Siena, Italy
BornGaetano PizziBishop of San Severo, Italy
18 Feb57.1Ordained BishopMarijan Šunjić, O.F.M. Obs. †Titular Bishop of PaneadeVicar Apostolic of Bosnia (Bosna, Diacovar, Diakovar), Croatia
20 Feb44.9SelectedFrançois-Alexandre Roullet de la BouillerieBishop of Carcassonne, FranceCoadjutor Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
52.7SelectedNicolas-Marie SergentBishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
24 FebBornIsaias PapadopoulosTitular Bishop of Gratianopolis
25 Feb86.4DiedPietro di BenedettoArchbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
27 Feb43.5SelectedLorenzo Donato Antonio Moffa, O.F.M. Obs. †Bishop of Boiano, Italy
28 Feb75.2DiedGregorio Zelli, O.S.B. †Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
1 Mar58.6DiedJulien-Marie-François-Xavier HillereauVicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey
2 MarBornJean-Ferdinand-Adrien (Pierre) Simon, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar
3 Mar27.5Ordained PriestPróspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la BarqueraPriest of México, Federal DistrictArchbishop
24.0Ordained PriestRaffaele di Nonno, C.SS.R. †Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerArchbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
5 Mar24.9Ordained PriestAurelio ZonghiPriest of Fabriano e Matelica, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
6 MarBornJosé Alves de MatosAuxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
37.7SelectedFrancesco GiampaoloBishop of Capaccio e Vallo della Lucania, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
46.3SelectedFrancesco Paolo LettieriBishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
56.5DiedIgnatius Aloysius ReynoldsBishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
51.2SelectedGiuseppe Gennaro RomanoBishop of Acerra, Italy
11 Mar25.6Ordained PriestJosé Ignacio Checa y BarbaPriest of Quito, EcuadorArchbishop
17 Mar74.1DiedTommaso BellacosaBishop Emeritus of Cava e Sarno, Italy
18 Mar58.3Ordained BishopKarl Arnold-ObristBishop of Basel, Switzerland
59.3Ordained BishopPedro Barajas y MorenoBishop of San Luis Potosí, México
41.2ResignedMelchior-Marie-Joseph de Marion-Brésillac, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Coimbatore, IndiaVicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone
BornPaul-Marie Ramond, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam
19 MarBornJosé Marcos SemeriaBishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay
20 MarBornJosé Cadena y EletaArchbishop of Burgos, Spain
22 MarBornJean-Marie BourchanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France
23 Mar47.9ConfirmedFrancesco Saverio Maria ApuzzoArchbishop of Sorrento, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
54.8ConfirmedHenri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de BonnechoseBishop of Évreux, FranceCardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
45.0ConfirmedFrançois-Alexandre Roullet de la BouillerieBishop of Carcassonne, FranceCoadjutor Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
62.7AppointedJuan Francisco Escalante y MorenoAuxiliary Bishop of Sonora, México
62.7AppointedJuan Francisco Escalante y MorenoTitular Bishop of AnastasiopolisAuxiliary Bishop of Sonora, México
45.1ConfirmedFrancesco GalloBishop of Avellino, Italy
37.7ConfirmedFrancesco GiampaoloBishop of Capaccio e Vallo della Lucania, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
57.3ConfirmedAndreas GollmayrArchbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
39.0AppointedPelagio Antonio de Labastida y DávalosBishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), MéxicoArchbishop of México, Federal District
46.3ConfirmedFrancesco Paolo LettieriBishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
49.1ConfirmedBoulos Boutros Mass’ad (Massaad)Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
43.6ConfirmedLorenzo Donato Antonio Moffa, O.F.M. Obs. †Bishop of Boiano, Italy
42.1ConfirmedFrancesco PediciniBishop of Monopoli, ItalyArchbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
54.1AppointedGiuseppe Palermo, O.E.S.A. †Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
47.5AppointedGaetano RodilossiBishop of Alatri, Italy
51.2ConfirmedGiuseppe Gennaro RomanoBishop of Acerra, Italy
56.0AppointedGiovanni RosatiBishop of Todi, ItalyBishop Emeritus
59.0ConfirmedGaetano RossiniArchbishop of Acerenza e Matera, ItalyBishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy
50.1AppointedPietro RotaBishop of Guastalla, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy
43.6AppointedInnocenzo SannibaleBishop of Gubbio, Italy
52.8ConfirmedNicolas-Marie SergentBishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
47.2ConfirmedFilippo de SimoneBishop of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy
48.5ConfirmedIvan Josip VitezićBishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
52.1ConfirmedDomenico ZeloBishop of Aversa, Italy
24 Mar23.0Ordained PriestGiovanni BlandiniPriestBishop of Noto, Italy
44.1DiedMario De LucaBishop of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), Italy
24.4Ordained PriestConstant-Mathurin HillionPriestArchbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
24.1Ordained PriestRocco LeonasiPriestBishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
28.1Ordained PriestSalvatore Palmieri, C.Pp.S. †Priest of Society of Precious BloodArchbishop of Brindisi, Italy
25 Mar58.1Ordained BishopJuan Alfonso Albuquerque BeriónBishop of Ávila, SpainBishop of Córdoba, Spain
BornFrançois Bonne, M.E.P. †Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
45.1Ordained BishopFrancesco GalloBishop of Avellino, Italy
42.1Ordained BishopFrancesco PediciniBishop of Monopoli, ItalyArchbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
54.1Ordained BishopGiuseppe Palermo, O.E.S.A. †Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
69.2Ordained BishopDomingo Antonio Riaño MartínezBishop of Antioquía, Colombia
47.5Ordained BishopGaetano RodilossiBishop of Alatri, Italy
56.0Ordained BishopGiovanni RosatiBishop of Todi, ItalyBishop Emeritus
59.0Ordained BishopGaetano RossiniArchbishop of Acerenza e Matera, ItalyBishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy
50.1Ordained BishopPietro RotaBishop of Guastalla, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy
43.6Ordained BishopInnocenzo SannibaleBishop of Gubbio, Italy
47.2Ordained BishopFilippo de SimoneBishop of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy
52.1Ordained BishopDomenico ZeloBishop of Aversa, Italy
29 MarBornFrancesco GiacciBishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy
30 Mar23.4Ordained PriestHeinrich Brück (Brueck)PriestBishop of Mainz, Germany
50.5AppointedGeorge ErringtonCoadjutor Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great BritainCoadjutor Archbishop Emeritus
50.5AppointedGeorge ErringtonTitular Archbishop of TrapezusCoadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
45.7AppointedVincenzo Tizzani, C.R.L. †Titular Archbishop of NisibisBishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy
40.1AppointedPietro de Villanova CastellacciTitular Archbishop of Petra in PalaestinaTitular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
Apr16.5ProfessedDaniele Tempesta, O.F.M. Ref. †Member of Order of Reformed Friars MinorBishop of Troia, Italy
1 Apr23.5Ordained PriestJacinto López y RomoPriestArchbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
23.9Ordained DeaconGiuseppe Morteo, O.F.M. Cap. †Deacon of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
2 Apr67.4DiedJean-François CroizierBishop of Rodez, France
3 Apr40.7SelectedMariano RicciardiArchbishop of Reggio Calabria, ItalyArchbishop of Sorrento, Italy
8 Apr79.7DiedKarl Anton Joseph LüpkeAuxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
BornJacques TopuzianBishop of Musc (Armenian), Armenia
9 Apr23.9Ordained PriestGiuseppe Morteo, O.F.M. Cap. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
10 Apr71.8DiedGiuseppe Maria Maniscalco, O.F.M. Obs. †Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
BornAntoine Alphonse de WachterAuxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
12 Apr56.9AppointedCharles-François BaillargeonApostolic Administrator of Québec, CanadaArchbishop
13 Apr85.9DiedCarlo Oppizzoni (Opizoni)Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
15 Apr37.8Ordained BishopFrancesco GiampaoloBishop of Capaccio e Vallo della Lucania, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
58.1Ordained BishopAntonio Herrán y ZaldúaArchbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
43.6Ordained BishopLorenzo Donato Antonio Moffa, O.F.M. Obs. †Bishop of Boiano, Italy
17 AprBornKolumban (Johann Baptist) Brügger, O.S.B. †Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
53.5AppointedVincenzo Spaccapietra, C.M. †Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, AntillesArchbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
22 Apr41.6Ordained BishopDavid William BaconBishop of Portland, Maine, USA
24 Apr59.4InstalledPedro Barajas y MorenoBishop of San Luis Potosí, México
30 Apr57.2SelectedTelmo MaceiraBishop of Tuy, Spain
51.4DiedFrancis Joseph Nicholson, O.C.D. †Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
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