The Year of Our Lord 1837

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	40.5	Appointed	Luigi Amat di San Filipo e Sorso †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	45.2	Died	Giovanni Battista Bagnasco †	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy
	24.3	Professed	François Baudichon, SS.CC. †	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Marquesas Islands {Isole Marchesi}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Thomas Louis Connolly, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
	22.0	Professed	Florent Daguin, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic of Mongolia, China
	22.9	Professed	Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Orientale}, China
	28.2	Professed	Ildefonse-René Dordillon, SS.CC. †	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands {Isole Marchesi}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
		Appointed	Cirillo Fasfus †	Bishop of Bosra (Melkite Greek), Syria
		Born	Bernard Finnegan †		Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
		Born	Thomas Raymond Hyland, O.P. †	Dublin, Ireland	Coadjutor Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
	70.1	Died	Pietro India †	Titular Bishop of Myrina
		Appointed	Ignazio Karut †	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	43.0	Appointed	Basile Kfoury †	Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
	17.2	Professed	Eugène Amable Jean Claude Lachat, C.Pp.S. †	Member of Society of Precious Blood	Bishop Emeritus of Basel, Switzerland
	68.1	Died	Geraldo Maciotti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
		Born	Théodore Messaieh †	Baghdad	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Alexandre-Hippolyte-Xavier Monnet, C.S.Sp. †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Madagascar, Madagascar
	63.1	Died	Gregorio Muccioli †	Titular Bishop of Agathopolis
	23.0	Ordained Deacon	Julián Ochoa Campos †	Deacon of Arequipa, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Julián Ochoa Campos †	Priest of Arequipa, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
	29.1	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Pecci, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Studies
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Leandro Rodríguez de la Gala y Enríquez †	Priest	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
	64.8	Resigned	Carlo Emmanuelle Sardagna de Hohenstein †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	59.1	Resigned	Maurelio Stabellini, O.C.D. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Verapoly, India	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Jan	73.7	Died	Manuel Fraile García †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Born	Jean Hazera †	Podensac	Bishop of Digne, France
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Colin Francis MacKinnon †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Arichat, Nova Scotia, Canada
	66.7	Selected	Pietro Ignazio Marolda, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
	59.1	Selected	Angelo Maria Scanzano †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
2 Jan		Born	John Hutchinson, O.S.A. †	Clodiagh, Ireland	Vicar Apostolic of Cooktown, Australia
8 Jan	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Pawel Straszyński †	Bishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland
10 Jan		Appointed	Benito Fernández, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Jamaica, Antilles
12 Jan	45.0	Selected	László Barkóczy †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
15 Jan	67.2	Installed	Stanisław Kostka Choromański †	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
15 Jan	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Walenty Maciej Tomaszewski †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
18 Jan	23.3	Ordained Priest	Tommaso Gallucci †	Priest	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
18 Jan	23.5	Ordained Deacon	Pedro José Tordoya Montoya †	Deacon	Bishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
20 Jan		Born	Hugues-Madelain Bottero, M.E.P. †	Chambéry, France	Bishop of Kumbakonam, India
23 Jan		Died	William Abraham †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
	58.2	Died	Joaquín Briz, O.P. †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
	58.1	Resigned	Etienne-Bruno-Marie d’Arbou †	Bishop of Bayonne, France	Bishop Emeritus
26 Jan		Born	Magloire-Désiré Barthet, C.S.Sp. †	Picarreau, France	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Senegambia, Senegal
29 Jan	63.5	Ordained Bishop	Ignatz Anton Demeter †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
6 Feb	84.3	Died	Domenico Russo †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
10 Feb		Born	Eugenio Carlo Valussi †	Talmassons	Bishop of Trento, Italy
12 Feb	70.8	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Giovanni Zanardi †	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy
14 Feb		Born	Tommaso Montefusco †	Napoli	Bishop of Oria, Italy
17 Feb	23.1	Ordained Deacon	Zigmund Szuppán †	Deacon	Former Bishop-Elect of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
18 Feb	52.1	Selected	Lorenzo Giovanni Battista Biale †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Paul Ambroise Bigandet, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma {Birmania Meridionale}, Myanmar
	25.1	Ordained Priest	James Brown †	Priest	Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
21 Feb	39.2	Appointed	Bernard Donald McDonald †	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
		Appointed	John McLaughlin †	Coadjutor Bishop of Derry, Ireland
		Appointed	John McLaughlin †	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Coadjutor Bishop of Derry, Ireland
	34.9	Appointed	Richard Patrick Smith †	Titular Bishop of Agnus	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
22 Feb	53.7	Installed	Johann Peter von Richarz †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
22 Feb	23.1	Ordained Priest	Zigmund Szuppán †	Priest	Former Bishop-Elect of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
28 Feb		Appointed	Niccola Candoni †	Titular Archbishop of Iconium	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece
	30.8	Appointed	Stefano Missir †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia
	34.9	Appointed	Richard Patrick Smith †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
5 Mar		Born	Jean-Benoît Chouzy, M.E.P. †	Panissières, France	Prefect of Kuamsi, China
5 Mar	56.8	Installed	Giovanni Tommaso Neuschel †	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Parma, Italy
10 Mar	37.4	Appointed	Ignace Bourget †	Coadjutor Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
10 Mar	37.4	Appointed	Ignace Bourget †	Titular Bishop of Telmissus	Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
11 Mar	22.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Sadoc Alemany y Conill, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Luigi Biscioni (Bisconi) Amadori †	Priest of Pisa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Camillo de’ Marchesi Bisleti †	Priest	Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy
		Born	Enrico Grazioli †	Minerbio	Bishop Emeritus of Guastalla, Italy
12 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Niccola Candoni †	Titular Archbishop of Iconium	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece
	23.4	Ordained Deacon	Carlos María Colina y Rubio †	Deacon	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
	23.2	Ordained Deacon	Francisco de Paula Verea y González †	Deacon	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
	30.8	Ordained Bishop	Stefano Missir †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia
13 Mar		Born	Leandro Arrúe Agudo, O.A.R. †	Calatayud, Spain	Bishop of Jaro, Philippines
	90.1	Died	Jean-Baptiste Marie Scipion Ruffo (Roux) de Bonneval †	Bishop Emeritus of Senez, France
	36.7	Installed	Karl August von Reisach †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
14 Mar	35.2	Appointed	Iacobus Eliani †	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria
14 Mar	36.0	Appointed	Marie-Laurent Trioche †	Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq	Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq
18 Mar	76.2	Died	Aleksandar Alagović †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
18 Mar	77.9	Died	Dominique-Georges-Frédéric Dufour de Pradt †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen, Belgium
21 Mar		Born	Roberto Papiri (Pageri) †	Montefortino	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
21 Mar	40.5	Selected	Vasyl Popovics †	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
25 Mar		Born	Francesco Bacchini †	San Giovanni in Marignano	Bishop of Terni, Italy
27 Mar	23.4	Ordained Priest	Carlos María Colina y Rubio †	Priest	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Francisco de Paula Verea y González †	Priest	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
	86.6	Died	Giovanni Giacomo Antonio Gaetano Fraschina, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus
	86.9	Died	Manuel Pacheco de Rèsende †	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal
29 Mar	34.7	Selected	Francesco Bruni, C.M. †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy
29 Mar	42.7	Selected	Giovanni Constantini †	Bishop of Molfetta-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy
30 Mar	69.7	Selected	Antonio Cinque †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
	54.7	Died	Luigi Paolo Pochettini di Serravalle †	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
	51.2	Selected	Benedetto Terenzio †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
1 Apr	53.2	Resigned	Giovanni Antonio Gianotti (Giannotti) †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
		Born	Angelo Maria Meraviglia Mantegazza †	Milano	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	75.7	Died	Julián Sanz Palanco †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
2 Apr	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Modesto (Luigi Eugenio) Contratto, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
2 Apr	72.5	Resigned	Placide-Bruno Valayer †	Bishop of Verdun, France	Bishop Emeritus
3 Apr		Born	Benedetto Maria della Camera †	Morcone, Italy	Titular Bishop of Thermopylae
3 Apr	84.4	Died	Ivan Skakoc (Scacoz) †	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
7 Apr		Born	Joseph Gregory Dwenger, C.Pp.S. †	Saint John's, OH	Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
8 Apr	23.1	Ordained Priest	Joaquim Gonçalves de Azevedo †	Priest	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
10 Apr	64.2	Died	Thomas Weld †	Cardinal, Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
11 Apr		Appointed	Niccola Candoni †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Naxos, Greece	Archbishop
12 Apr	35.2	Appointed	William Clancy †	Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
15 Apr		Born	John Cuthbert Hedley, O.S.B. †	Morpeth	Bishop of Newport, Wales, Great Britain
16 Apr		Born	George Vincent King, O.P. †	Becca	Coadjutor Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
17 Apr	22.9	Ordained Deacon	Ludovicus Felix Zdanowicz †	Deacon	Titular Bishop of Dionysias
19 Apr		Born	Crescencio Carrillo y Ancona †	Izamal	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
20 Apr		Born	Theodore Dalhoff, S.J. †	Paderborn, Germany	Archbishop of Bombay, India
		Born	Giovanni Maria Diamare †	Napoli	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
	35.1	Selected	Frédéric-Gabriel-Marie-François de Marguerye †	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France	Bishop Emeritus of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France
	54.7	Selected	St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Marseille, France
25 Apr		Born	Paschal Tosi, S.J. †	Italy	Prefect Emeritus of Alaska, USA
26 Apr	53.3	Selected	Giovanni Antonio Gianotti (Giannotti) †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Saluzzo, Italy	Bishop
	73.7	Selected	Andreas Stanislaus von Hattynski (Hatten) †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
	65.3	Died	Gabriele Papa †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
27 Apr	22.5	Ordained Priest	Imre Szabó †	Priest	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
29 Apr		Born	Wilhelm Blazek †	Olomouc	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
29 Apr	88.0	Retired	Fortuné-Charles de Mazenod †	Bishop of Marseille, France	Bishop Emeritus