The Year of Our Lord 1866

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	43.1	Ceased	Henri-Marie Amanton, O.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Baghdad, Iraq	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq
	52.3	Appointed	Paul-Ambroise Bigandet, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Siam {Siam Occidentale}, Thailand	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma {Birmania Meridionale}, Myanmar
	22.8	Ordained Priest	John Conmy †	Priest of Killala, Ireland	Bishop
	20.7	Professed	Louis-Marie Galibert, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam
	16.9	Professed	Anthony Gaughren, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange, South Africa
	51.0	Resigned	Joseph Gonnet, S.J. †	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan, China	Pro-Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Resigned	James Hanley †	Administrator of Goulburn, Australia	Priest of Sydney, Australia
		Died	Youssef Hayek †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon
		Resigned	James Bernard Hayes, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop-Elect of Armidale, Australia	Former Bishop-Elect
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Ivan Baptista Krapàc †	Priest of Zagreb, Croatia	Bishop of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia
	56.7	Resigned	Jean-Marie-Mathurin Le Helloco †	Prefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Prefect Emeritus
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Youssef Sarkis Massad †	Priest	Patriarchal Vicar
		Appointed	Joannice Massamiri †	Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)	Patriarchal Vicar of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria
	22.3	Ordained Priest	Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro †	Priest	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
		Died	Athanase Sabbagh †	Bishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Ramón Torrijos y Gómez †	Priest	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
	42.5	Appointed	Theophiel (Théophile) Verbist, C.I.C.M. †	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Mongolia, China
1 Jan		Born	Paul Justin Cawet †		Coadjutor Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
1 Jan	25.6	Ordained Priest	Hussig Gulian †	Priest of Mardin (Armenian), Turkey	Archbishop
2 Jan	62.1	Died	José Ávila Lamas †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
2 Jan		Born	Paolo Schirò †		Titular Bishop of Benda
4 Jan	23.2	Ordained Priest	Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. †	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
5 Jan	75.5	Died	Jozef Kunszt †	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
6 Jan	40.4	Selected	Jean-Marie Bécel †	Bishop of Vannes, France
6 Jan	51.2	Selected	Pierre-Alfred Grimardias †	Bishop of Cahors, France
7 Jan	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Fabián Sebastián Arenzana y Magdaleno †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
	77.4	Died	Imre Farkas †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
		Born	Pio Giuseppe Passerini, P.I.M.E. †		Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shensi {Scen-Si Meridionale}, China
8 Jan	54.7	Appointed	Ruggero Luigi Emidio Antici Mattei †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
	35.6	Appointed	José Ignacio Árciga Ruiz de Chávez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Michoacán, México	Archbishop
	35.6	Appointed	José Ignacio Árciga Ruiz de Chávez †	Titular Bishop of Lagania	Archbishop of Michoacán, México
	73.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Luca Barranco, O. de M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	73.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Luca Barranco, O. de M. †	Titular Bishop of Carpasia	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Arequipa, Peru
	61.4	Confirmed	Nicolò Frangipane †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
	43.5	Confirmed	Antonio Luis Jordá y Soler †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
	43.1	Appointed	Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	51.0	Confirmed	Juan Lozano Torreira †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
	53.0	Appointed	Paul Ludolf Melchers, S.J. †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	50.4	Confirmed	João Perairo (Pereira) Botelho do Amaral y Pimentel †	Bishop of Macau, China	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
	51.0	Appointed	José Romero †	Titular Bishop of Dibon (Dibona)	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
	63.9	Confirmed	Augustin Pavel Wahala †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
9 Jan		Died	Gregory Petros VIII (Michel) Der-Astvadzadourian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	43.7	Appointed	John Joseph Williams †	Coadjutor Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	43.7	Appointed	John Joseph Williams †	Titular Bishop of Tripolis in Phoenicia	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
13 Jan	51.9	Selected	Charles-Philippe Place †	Bishop of Marseille, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
14 Jan	32.7	Ordained Bishop	Ioannis Marangò (Marengo) †	Titular Bishop of Troas	Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
14 Jan	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Ulloa y Calvo †	Titular Bishop of Limyra	Bishop of Nicaragua
15 Jan	70.4	Died	József Viber †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
21 Jan	22.5	Ordained Priest	Domenico Cocchia, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy
	50.5	Succeeded	Daniel Murphy †	Bishop of Hobart, Australia	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
	71.1	Resigned	Robert William Willson (Wilson) †	Bishop of Hobart, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan		Born	Joseph Oswald Timothée Waller, S.M.A. †		Prefect Emeritus of Eastern Nigeria {Nigeria Orientale}
26 Jan		Born	René-Alexis Pawlas, C.S.Sp. †		Prefect of Lower Niger {Niger Inferiore}, Nigeria
28 Jan	45.6	Installed	Ioan Vancea (Vancsa) †	Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania	Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
29 Jan	79.8	Died	William Hogarth †	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
29 Jan		Born	Soter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz, O.S.B.M. †		Bishop of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania
30 Jan	35.8	Appointed	Vicente Ferrer Carreras, O.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
	35.8	Appointed	Vicente Ferrer Carreras, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Dionysias	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
		Born	Vasile Hossu †		Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania
		Born	Juan María Riera (Riesa), O.P. †		Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
31 Jan		Born	Jean-Louis-Joseph Derouet, C.S.Sp. †		Vicar Apostolic of Lower French Congo {Congo Francese Inferiore}
1 Feb	24.2	Ordained Priest	Heinrich Hubert Aloysius Voß (Voss) †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
4 Feb	27.2	Ordained Priest	Juan Estévanes y Seminario, O.F.M. Disc. †	Priest of Order of Discalced Friars Minor	Bishop of Puno, Peru
	57.4	Resigned	Joseph La Rocque †	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Ramírez y Vázquez †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
6 Feb	72.0	Died	Georg von Oettl †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
7 Feb		Born	Pietro de Maria, P.I.M.E. †		Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
11 Feb	61.5	Ordained Bishop	Nicolò Frangipane †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
13 Feb	53.2	Died	John Bernard Fitzpatrick †	Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
13 Feb	43.7	Succeeded	John Joseph Williams †	Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
15 Feb	66.2	Installed	Juan de la Cruz Calienes Olazabal, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
		Born	Victor-Valentin (Colomban-Marie) Dreyer, O.F.M. †		Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Indochina
		Born	Stefano P. Israelian †		Bishop of Karput (Kharput) (Armenian), Turkey
16 Feb	71.1	Appointed	Robert William Willson (Wilson) †	Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis	Bishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia
18 Feb	56.7	Died	Carlo Belgrado †	Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
24 Feb	22.4	Ordained Priest	Ferdinand Maria Ossi, O.C.D. †	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Bishop of Quilon, India
24 Feb	24.3	Ordained Priest	Florian Oksza von Stablewski †	Priest of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland	Archbishop
25 Feb	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Ruggero Luigi Emidio Antici Mattei †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
25 Feb	19.9	Ordained Priest	Boulos Abboud Basbous †	Priest	Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon
26 Feb		Born	Aurelio Galli †		Cardinal, Official of the Secretariat of State
27 Feb	34.8	Appointed	Abraham Agabio (Agapios) Bsciai (Bishai) †	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
27 Feb	34.8	Appointed	Abraham Agabio (Agapios) Bsciai (Bishai) †	Titular Bishop of Chariopolis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
Mar	24.4	Ordained Priest	Wenceslao Oñate, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
2 Mar	30.9	Appointed	Vincenzo Bracco †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Patriarch
2 Mar	30.9	Appointed	Vincenzo Bracco †	Titular Bishop of Magydus	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
4 Mar	66.5	Ordained Bishop	Esteban José Pérez Fernández †	Bishop of Coria, Spain	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
5 Mar	66.2	Appointed	Mariano José de Escalada Bustillo y Zeballos †	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
5 Mar	70.5	Died	Pierre-Louis Parisis †	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
7 Mar	76.5	Died	Ferdinando Baldanzi †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
8 Mar	51.8	Died	St. Siméon-François Berneux, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Corea
	47.9	Succeeded	St. Antoine-Marie-Nicolas Daveluy, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Corea	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic
		Born	Leopold Prečan †		Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
11 Mar	43.8	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Williams †	Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
12 Mar		Born	Franz Rudolf Bornewasser †		Bishop of Trier, Germany
	46.2	Selected	Marko Kalogjera (Calogerà) †	Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia
		Born	Eustaquio Nieto y Martín †		Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Born	Joseph Schrembs †		Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Longinus Żarnowiecki †	Priest of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop
14 Mar		Born	Celestino Endrici †		Archbishop of Trento, Italy
17 Mar	22.5	Ordained Priest	Luigi del Forno †	Priest	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Josephus Hubertus Drehmanns †	Priest of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop
	61.4	Died	Antonio Feliciani, O.F.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Bonaventura Gargiulo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Aristide Golfieri †	Priest	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
		Born	Alexandre-Philibert Poirier †		Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
19 Mar	52.3	Installed	Manuel Teodoro del Valle Seoane †	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
19 Mar	42.2	Installed	Juan María Ambrosio Huerta Galván †	Bishop of Puno, Peru	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
20 Mar	56.3	Appointed	Charles LaRocque †	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
20 Mar	89.4	Died	Antonio Tosti †	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
25 Mar	23.2	Ordained Priest	Jean-Joseph Tournier †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage, Tunisia
27 Mar		Born	Marian Leon Fulman †		Bishop of Lublin, Poland
27 Mar	55.9	Died	Mihály Haas †	Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
30 Mar	48.0	Died	St. Antoine-Marie-Nicolas Daveluy, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Corea	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic
31 Mar	22.5	Ordained Priest	Giosuè Bicchi †	Priest	Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Pietro Respighi †	Priest of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	22.4	Ordained Priest	Andrea Righetti †	Priest	Bishop of Carpi, Italy
3 Apr	23.0	Ordained Priest	Marie-Simon-Henri Colomb †	Priest	Bishop of Évreux, France
5 Apr	62.7	Selected	Johannes Heinrich Beckmann †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
6 Apr		Born	Pierre Aziz Ho †		Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
6 Apr		Born	Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, O.P. †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
7 Apr	24.8	Ordained Priest	Hermann Joseph Schmitz †	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
8 Apr	64.2	Ordained Bishop	Augustin Pavel Wahala †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
11 Apr		Born	Alfred Flocard †		Bishop of Limoges, France
11 Apr	54.8	Selected	Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Lequette †	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
12 Apr		Born	Ludovico Ferretti, O.P. †		Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
15 Apr		Died	Paul Acderian (Etarian) †	Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
	35.0	Ordained Bishop	Abraham Agabio (Agapios) Bsciai (Bishai) †	Titular Bishop of Chariopolis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Luis Jordá y Soler †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
	64.2	Installed	Augustin Pavel Wahala †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
18 Apr		Born	Joseph Francis Busch †		Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
22 Apr	73.5	Died	Giuseppe Luca Barranco, O. de M. †	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Arequipa, Peru
		Born	Juan José Laguarda y Fenollera †		Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Juan Lozano Torreira †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
24 Apr	32.5	Appointed	Edward Fitzgerald †	Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
	63.1	Died	Anastasius (Alois) Hartmann, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Patna, India	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bombay, India
	40.6	Appointed	John Hennessy †	Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
25 Apr	37.7	Appointed	Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
29 Apr	60.2	Died	Joseph Dixon †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

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