The Year of Our Lord 1883

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	873.0	Canonized	St. Adalbero di Würzburg †	Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany
	70.2	Died	Luigi Biscioni Amadori †	Bishop Emeritus of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
		Born	Augustin Baumtrog †		Apostolic Administrator of Volga, Russian Federation
	47.6	Resigned	Étienne (Edmond Martin) Baur, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Zanguebar, Kenya	Prefect Emeritus
	15.6	Entered	Pietro Benedetti, M.S.C. †	Member of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba
	65.6	Resigned	Ildefonso Giovanni Battista Borgna, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Quilon, India	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	30.9	Appointed	Léonce Bridoux, M. Afr. †	Vicar General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania
	72.0	Resigned	Richard Placid Burchall, O.S.B. †	President of Order of Saint Benedict
	59.0	Died	Juan Francisco Bux y Loras †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Liberatus da Exel (Jacobus Josephus) Cluts, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Prefect of Sumatra, Indonesia
	22.3	Ordained Priest	Antonio di Tommaso †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Oria, Italy
	88.0	Died	Antonio Halagi †	Bishop Emeritus of Artvin degli Armeni (Armenian), Turkey
		Born	Hanna Hebbé †		Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	54.2	Died	Jean Placido Kasangian (Casangian) †	Titular Archbishop of Selymbria
	90.6	Died	Joannes Kraly †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
	23.6	First Vows	Eberhard Limbrock, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Prefect Emeritus of Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Flavien-Michel Malké †	Priest	Bishop of Gazireh (Gezira) (Syrian), Turkey
		Appointed	Youssef Sarkis Massad †	Patriarchal Vicar
		Appointed	Youssef Sarkis Massad †	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti	Patriarchal Vicar
	18.2	Entered	Friedrich Gustav Piffl, C.R.S.A. †	Member of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	44.8	Resigned	Cesare Sambucetti †	Apostolic Delegate to Ecuador	Apostolic Nuncio
	44.8	Resigned	Cesare Sambucetti †	Apostolic Delegate to Peru	Apostolic Nuncio
	44.8	Resigned	Cesare Sambucetti †	Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia	Apostolic Nuncio
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Carlo Sica †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
	37.5	Ordained Priest	Karol Slivovsky †	Priest	Bishop of Vladivostok, Russian Federation
	59.4	Appointed	Alfred Weld, S.J. †	Superior of Zambese, Zimbabwe	Superior Emeritus
	44.4	Appointed	Joseph Zoghbe †	Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)
4 Jan		Born	Jean-Baptiste Mégnin †		Bishop of Angoulême, France
6 Jan	22.5	Ordained Priest	Michel Miroff (Mirov) †	Priest	Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis
7 Jan		Born	Paul Akl †		Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Syria per i Maroniti
9 Jan	47.7	Appointed	Marie-Joseph (Maxime Justin Félix) Verdier, SS.CC. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti {Isole Tahiti}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
10 Jan	56.6	Died	Bl. Mamerto Esquiú y Medina, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
11 Jan	39.2	Appointed	Julien-Alexandre Mauger, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar	Prefect Emeritus
14 Jan	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Alojz Matija Zorn †	Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia	Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
16 Jan		Born	Emile Barthès †		Auxiliary Bishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
17 Jan		Born	Lucien-Louis-Claude Martin †		Bishop of Amiens, France
18 Jan	78.4	Died	Antonio Dalena †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
19 Jan	59.3	Died	Aniceto Ferrante, C.O. †	Bishop Emeritus of Gallipoli, Italy
21 Jan	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Cornelius O’Brien †	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
22 Jan		Born	Igino Michelangelo Nuti, O.F.M. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt
25 Jan	56.8	Appointed	Luigi Maria (Tommaso Francesco) Bilio, B. †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for Universal Inquisition
25 Jan	74.4	Resigned	Antonio Maria (Niccolò) Panebianco, O.F.M. Conv. †	Secretary of the Congregation for Universal Inquisition	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
26 Jan	54.0	Installed	Tomás Barón y Morales †	Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México
26 Jan	49.5	Appointed	Luigi Rotelli †	Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
27 Jan	40.7	Appointed	Henry Pinckney Northrop †	Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina, USA	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
	40.7	Appointed	Henry Pinckney Northrop †	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
	65.4	Died	Richard Butler Roskell †	Bishop Emeritus of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
29 Jan		Born	Gaudenzio Binaschi †		Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy
	53.4	Succeeded	Raffaele Capone, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
	83.3	Died	Francesco Saverio d’Ambrosio, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
30 Jan	35.0	Appointed	Antonio Tomas da Silva Leitão e Castro †	Prelate of Mozambico	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
	67.1	Died	Pierre-Adophe Pinsoneault, P.S.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sandwich, Ontario, Canada
	44.8	Appointed	Henry Joseph Richter †	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
31 Jan		Born	Antonio Cardona Riera †		Bishop Emeritus of Ibiza, Spain
		Born	Bl. Hryhory Lakota †		Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland
	62.9	Died	Peregrini Tofoni †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
1 Feb	58.2	Died	Niccola Sozzifanti †	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
2 Feb	37.0	Final Vows	Louis Billot, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus
4 Feb		Born	Adrien-Joseph Larribeau, M.E.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
5 Feb		Born	Giovanni C. Luigi Marinoni, O.F.M. Cap. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Asmara, Ethiopia
10 Feb	64.3	Died	Leopoldo Angelo Santanchè, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
11 Feb	68.9	Resigned	Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Orientale}, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
11 Feb	85.6	Died	Anton Fiałkowski †	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
14 Feb	79.1	Died	Miguel Calderón, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
	53.3	Died	Michael O’Connor †	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia
		Born	Heinrich Wienken †		Bishop Emeritus of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
16 Feb		Born	Josip Marija Carević †		Bishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
17 Feb	22.9	Ordained Priest	Jean-Claude Bouchut, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
17 Feb		Born	Kazimierz Tomczak †		Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
18 Feb	25.3	Ordained Priest	Damien Grangeon, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Quinhon, Viet Nam
19 Feb		Born	Johannes Hendrik Olav Smit †		Official of the Roman Curia - Other
20 Feb	40.6	Succeeded	Eugène-Paul Coupat, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Orientale}, China
20 Feb	69.0	Appointed	Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, M.E.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Orientale}, China
23 Feb	84.6	Died	Jan Valerián Jirsík †	Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
23 Feb	71.1	Died	Inácio do Nascimento Morais Cardoso †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
24 Feb		Born	Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †		Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
25 Feb	22.5	Ordained Deacon	Gregorio Ignacio Romero †	Deacon	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
25 Feb	60.4	Appointed	Pierre-Paul Stumpf †	Apostolic Administrator of Strasbourg, France	Bishop
27 Feb		Born	James Aloysius Griffin †		Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
28 Feb		Born	Guido Maria Mazzocco †		Bishop of Adria, Italy
4 Mar		Born	Étienne Katcho †		Auxiliary Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
4 Mar	22.5	Ordained Priest	Gregorio Ignacio Romero †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 Mar	45.4	Resigned	Celestino del Frate †	Apostolic Delegate to Chile	Archbishop of Camerino, Italy
7 Mar		Born	Luigi Rosa †		Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
8 Mar	47.9	Succeeded	Ferdinando Capponi †	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
8 Mar	64.8	Died	Paolo Antonio Micaleff (Micallef), O.E.S.A. †	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
9 Mar	56.3	Died	John Quinlan †	Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA
9 Mar		Born	Gregor Rožman †		Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
10 Mar	23.2	Ordained Priest	Albertus Odoricus Timmer, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Luanfu, China
11 Mar	24.8	Ordained Priest	José de Camargo Barros †	Priest of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop
11 Mar	22.4	Ordained Priest	José Marcondes Homem de Melo †	Priest of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of São Carlos do Pinhal, Brazil
14 Mar	73.4	Died	Gennaro Acciardi †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
14 Mar	52.1	Succeeded	Rocco Leonasi †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
15 Mar	59.7	Appointed	Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Bishop Emeritus
	65.3	Appointed	Angelo Bianchi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
	48.5	Appointed	Gaetano Blandini †	Coadjutor Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy	Bishop
	81.1	Appointed	Kaspar Jastrzębeic Borowski †	Bishop of Płock, Poland
	39.3	Appointed	Carlo Caputo †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
	60.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Cavaliere †	Coadjutor Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy	Bishop
	60.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Cavaliere †	Titular Bishop of Tanis	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
	48.9	Appointed	Włodzimierz Czacki †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	62.0	Appointed	Aleksander Kazimierz Gintowt-Dziewaltowski †	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
	62.0	Appointed	Aleksander Kazimierz Gintowt-Dziewaltowski †	Apostolic Administrator of Minsk, Belarus	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
	60.4	Appointed	St. Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus	Archbishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	60.4	Resigned	St. Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński †	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.0	Appointed	Saturnino Fernandez de Castro y de la Cotera †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	40.3	Appointed	Luciano Gentilucci †	Bishop of Montefiascone, Italy	Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
	63.0	Appointed	Eliseo Giordano, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
	52.1	Appointed	Zeferino González y Díaz Tuñón, O.P. †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	61.1	Appointed	Sebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros, C.O. †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	54.7	Appointed	Kornél Hidasy †	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
	71.1	Appointed	Józef Hollak †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland
	71.1	Appointed	Józef Hollak †	Titular Bishop of Arad	Auxiliary Bishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland
	41.2	Appointed	Karol Hryniewicki †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
	63.3	Appointed	Szymon Marcin Kozłowski †	Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec), Ukraine	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
	32.4	Confirmed	Ilija Hranilović †	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
	72.2	Appointed	Adam Stanisław Krasiński, Sch. P. †	Titular Bishop of Esbus	Bishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania
	72.2	Resigned	Adam Stanisław Krasiński, Sch. P. †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
	59.2	Appointed	Tomasz Teofil Kuliński †	Bishop of Kielce, Poland
	66.0	Appointed	Gaetano Lironi †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
	60.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Mantovano, O.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bova, Italy	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
	60.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Mantovano, O.M. †	Titular Bishop of Meloë in Lycia	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Bova, Italy
	61.0	Appointed	Francisco Melitón Vargas y Gutiérrez †	Bishop of Colima, México	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
	58.4	Appointed	Gaspard Mermillod †	Bishop of Lausanne et Genève, Switzerland	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	46.0	Appointed	Tommaso Montefusco †	Auxiliary Bishop of Oria, Italy	Bishop
	46.0	Appointed	Tommaso Montefusco †	Titular Bishop of Corycus	Bishop of Oria, Italy
	54.6	Resigned	Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
	48.3	Appointed	Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
	57.7	Appointed	Wincenty Teofil Chosciak-Popiel †	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	47.5	Appointed	Luigi (Domenico Daniele) Sepiacci, O.E.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Callinicum	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	48.9	Appointed	Macario Sorini †	Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Gubbio, Italy
	57.1	Appointed	Antoni Franciszek Ksawery Sotkiewicz †	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
	45.4	Appointed	Ján Vályi †	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia
	48.9	Appointed	Ignacio León Velasco, S.J. †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
	37.4	Appointed	Donato Velluti Zati di San Clemente †	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Pescia, Italy
	64.9	Appointed	Kazimierz Józef Wnorowski †	Bishop of Lublin, Poland
	34.0	Appointed	Anton Johann Zerr †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tiraspol, Moldova	Bishop Emeritus
	34.0	Appointed	Anton Johann Zerr †	Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palaestina	Bishop Emeritus of Tiraspol, Moldova
16 Mar	44.0	Appointed	Joseph-Adolphe Gandy, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Pondicherry, India	Archbishop of Pondicherry, India
16 Mar	44.0	Appointed	Joseph-Adolphe Gandy, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Tricca	Archbishop of Pondicherry, India
17 Mar	85.3	Died	Andreas Gollmayr †	Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
18 Mar	60.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Cavaliere †	Titular Bishop of Tanis	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Luciano Gentilucci †	Bishop of Montefiascone, Italy	Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
	66.0	Ordained Bishop	Gaetano Lironi †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Montefusco †	Titular Bishop of Corycus	Bishop of Oria, Italy
	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Luigi (Domenico Daniele) Sepiacci, O.E.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Callinicum	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
23 Mar		Born	Basile Khoury (Khouri) †		Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria
24 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	François Désiré Jean Drure, O.C.D. †	Priest	Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Esteban Rojas Tobar †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Garzón, Colombia
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Leon Wałęga †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland
25 Mar	68.0	Died	Lorenzo Gastaldi †	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
25 Mar	23.2	Ordained Priest	Giosuè Signori †	Priest of Bergamo, Italy	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
26 Mar	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Mantovano, O.M. †	Titular Bishop of Meloë in Lycia	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Bova, Italy
27 Mar	27.4	Ordained Priest	Cyril IX Mogabgab †	Priest	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
31 Mar		Born	Auguste François Louis Grimault, C.S.Sp. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal
	72.4	Died	Pier Francesco Meglia †	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	52.1	Died	Aloysius Pistocchi †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
	69.5	Died	José Maria de Urquinaona y Vidot †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

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