The Year of Our Lord 1838

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	25.3	Ordained Priest	François Baudichon, SS.CC. †	Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Marquesas Islands {Isole Marchesi}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
		Born	François-Xavier Bossé †		Prefect Emeritus of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste-Irénée Callot †	Priest	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Luigi Corsani †	Priest	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
		Born	John Egan †		Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
		Appointed	Mélèce Fendé †	Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine	Bishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	57.5	Appointed	Giacomo Luigi Fontana, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang, China
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Jean-Pierre-Ignace Galfione, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Seychelles
	24.6	Ordained Priest	Ildefonso Joaquín Infante y Macías, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
	21.9	Ordained Priest	Joaquín Lluch y Garriga, O.C.D. †	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Anastasio Rodrigo Yusto †	Priest	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	65.2	Died	Gelasio Serao †	Bishop of Cariati, Italy
	43.5	Appointed	Jean-Louis Taberd, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bengal, India	Vicar Apostolic of Cochin {Cocincina}, Viêt Nam
	60.0	Died	Josafat Zarskyj †	Bishop of Pińsk-Turow (Ukrainian), Belarus
1 Jan		Born	Jean-Natalis-François Gonindard †	Perreux	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
2 Jan	69.7	Selected	Pierre-Marie Cottret †	Bishop of Beauvais, France
2 Jan		Born	Nicola Lorusso †	Baren	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy
7 Jan	40.5	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Hughes †	Titular Bishop of Basilinopolis	Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
10 Jan	51.0	Appointed	Francis Haly †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
11 Jan		Born	Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. †	Castelnuovo d'Asti, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
12 Jan	74.6	Died	Pietro-Paolo Presicce, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
13 Jan		Born	Joseph Higgins †	Moyvore, Ireland	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia
13 Jan		Born	Richard Alphonsus O’Connor †	Listowell, Ireland	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
20 Jan	23.2	Ordained Deacon	Giovanni Giacomo della Bona †	Deacon of Trento, Italy	Bishop
23 Jan	23.1	Ordained Deacon	Ivan Pavlešić †	Deacon	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
24 Jan		Born	José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. †	México	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
25 Jan	23.2	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Giacomo della Bona †	Priest of Trento, Italy	Bishop
25 Jan	23.1	Ordained Priest	Ivan Pavlešić †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
28 Jan		Died	Abraham Candil †	Archbishop of Mardin (Armenian), Iraq
		Died	Giovanni Portelli †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Leone Sallua, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
30 Jan		Born	Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago †	Roma	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
Feb	23.0	Ordained Priest	Josip Juraj Strossmayer †	Priest	Bishop of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia
1 Feb		Born	Pierre-Marie Belmont †	Lyon	Bishop of Clermont, France
2 Feb	72.6	Died	José Casquete Prado, O.S. †	Titular Bishop of Cisamus
2 Feb		Born	Charles-François Turinaz †	Chambéry	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
3 Feb	70.2	Selected	Giorgio Manurrita †	Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy
4 Feb		Born	Andrés Chinchón, O.P. †	Ocaña, Spain	Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China
4 Feb		Died	Antonius Nurigian †	Archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul) (Armenian), Turkey
5 Feb	59.2	Resigned	Giuseppe Maria Mazzetti, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
5 Feb		Born	Francesco Maria Traina †	Castronuovo di Sicilia	Bishop of Patti, Italy
8 Feb	39.4	Selected	Camillo Letizia, C.M. †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
	39.2	Selected	Giuseppe Montieri †	Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Daniel Murphy †	Priest of Dublin, Ireland	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
	37.7	Selected	Giosuè Maria Saggese, C.SS.R. †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
11 Feb		Born	Constant Dubail, M.E.P. †	Dorans, France	Vicar Apostolic of Manchuria {Manciuria}, China
12 Feb	58.7	Appointed	Gaetano Balletti †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
	57.1	Appointed	Innocenzo Castracane degli Antelminelli †	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
	43.3	Appointed	Ignazio Giovanni Cadolini †	Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
	43.3	Appointed	Ignazio Giovanni Cadolini †	Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
	66.6	Appointed	Antonio Maria Cadolini, B. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	38.4	Confirmed	Jean-François-Marie Cart †	Bishop of Nîmes, France
	72.5	Appointed	Luigi Ciacchi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	72.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi Ciacchi †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	69.8	Confirmed	Pierre-Marie Cottret †	Bishop of Beauvais, France
	43.4	Appointed	Chiarissimo Falconieri Mellini †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	43.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Chiarissimo Falconieri Mellini †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	48.8	Confirmed	St. Antonio Maria Gianelli †	Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
	42.2	Confirmed	François Lacroix †	Bishop of Bayonne, France
	51.1	Appointed	Daniel Latussek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
	51.1	Appointed	Daniel Latussek †	Titular Bishop of Diana	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
	55.9	Appointed	Angelo Mai †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
	55.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Angelo Mai †	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
	32.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Saverio Massimo †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Priest
	63.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Gasparo Mezzofanti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
	63.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Gasparo Mezzofanti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
	49.3	Confirmed	Jean-Marie Mioland †	Bishop of Amiens, France	Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France
	59.2	Appointed	Antonio Francesco Orioli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
	59.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Francesco Orioli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
	38.8	Confirmed	Michelangelo Pieramico †	Bishop of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy
	62.6	Appointed	Luigi Reggianini †	Bishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
	58.7	Appointed	Giovanni de’ Conti Sabbioni †	Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy
	35.9	Appointed	Alois Josef Schrenk †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
	35.9	Appointed	Alois Josef Schrenk †	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
	58.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Soglia Ceroni †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
	61.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Tosti †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
	51.8	Confirmed	Jean-François-Marcellin Turinaz †	Bishop of Tarentaise, France	Bishop Emeritus
	55.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Ugolini †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	55.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Ugolini †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
14 Feb		Born	Augusto Guidi †	Roma	President Emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Roman Curia
15 Feb	58.9	Appointed	Vincenzo Annovazzi †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	38.1	Appointed	Vincenzo Bufi Bocci †	Auxiliary Bishop of Civitavecchia, Italy
	38.1	Appointed	Vincenzo Bufi Bocci †	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Auxiliary Bishop of Civitavecchia, Italy
	48.4	Confirmed	Francesco Capezzuti †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
	45.8	Succeeded	Filippo de Angelis †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
	62.2	Appointed	Francisco Xavier de Garaycoa Llaguno †	Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
	46.2	Confirmed	Niccola Marone †	Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	59.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Mazzetti, O. Carm. †	Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria	Bishop Emeritus of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
	55.6	Confirmed	Pietro Naselli, C.O. †	Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Cesare Sambucetti †	Roma	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus
17 Feb		Born	Prosper-Amable Berthet †	La Grave	Bishop of Gap, France
18 Feb	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Gaetano Balletti †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Matteo Eustachio Gonella †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	38.8	Ordained Bishop	Michelangelo Pieramico †	Bishop of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy
	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni de’ Conti Sabbioni †	Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy
19 Feb		Born	Augustin Chausse, M.E.P. †	Saint-Didier-la-Séauve, France	Prefect of Kouangtong, China
21 Feb	68.3	Died	Stanisław Kostka Choromański †	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
23 Feb	79.9	Died	Jozafat Bulhak, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ruthenian), Ukraine
24 Feb		Born	Filippo Bacciu †	Buddusò	Bishop of Bisarchio o Bisarcio (Ozieri), Italy
	79.5	Died	Wawrzyniec Gutowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
	70.9	Died	Konstanty Wincenty Plejewski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
25 Feb	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Bufi Bocci †	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Auxiliary Bishop of Civitavecchia, Italy
26 Feb		Born	Jaime Cardona y Tur †	Ibiza, Spain	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	William Vaughan †	Priest	Bishop of Plymouth, England, Great Britain
2 Mar		Born	Giulio Boschi †	Perugia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy
6 Mar	38.2	Appointed	Patrick Joseph Carew †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Madras, India	Vicar Apostolic of Western Bengal, India
	38.2	Appointed	Patrick Joseph Carew †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Vicar Apostolic of Western Bengal, India
	32.7	Appointed	Antonio Mussabini †	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
10 Mar	22.5	Ordained Priest	Michele Milella, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
14 Mar		Born	Giuseppe Maria Aldanesi †	Corneto Tarquinia	Bishop Emeritus of Cagli e Pergola, Italy
16 Mar		Born	John Carroll †	Castleblaney	Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
18 Mar		Born	Giuseppe Capecci, O.S.A. †	Castelfidardo	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
18 Mar	41.5	Ordained Bishop	Vasyl Popovics †	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
19 Mar		Born	Isidore-François-Joseph Colombert, M.E.P. †	Sainte-Marie-du-Bois, France	Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viêt Nam
19 Mar	26.2	Ordained Priest	Pedro José de Jesús Loza y Pardavé †	Priest	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
25 Mar	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Francis Haly †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
	62.7	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Reggianini †	Bishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
	36.0	Ordained Bishop	Alois Josef Schrenk †	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
26 Mar	60.8	Died	Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz †	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
29 Mar	56.8	Selected	János Sztankovits †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
31 Mar	22.7	Ordained Priest	Pietro Maria Ferrè †	Priest of Crema, Italy	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
		Born	Giocondo (Matthaeus) de Nittis, O.F.M. †	San Giovanni Rotondo	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Gaetano Ratta †	Priest of Bologna, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
1 Apr	29.4	Ordained Priest	Joshua Maria (Moody) Young †	Priest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Apr	75.2	Died	Pietro Antonio Cirio †	Bishop of Susa, Italy
3 Apr		Appointed	Paolo Marusci †	Archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul) (Armenian), Turkey
8 Apr	74.7	Died	Bernardo Antônio de Figueiredo †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
9 Apr		Born	Henry Joseph Richter †	Neuenkirchen, Germany	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
14 Apr	22.0	Ordained Deacon	Antonio Centore †	Deacon	Auxiliary Bishop of Capua, Italy
14 Apr	24.2	Ordained Priest	Raffaele Gagliardi †	Priest	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
19 Apr	70.5	Died	Leonardo Brandão de Sousa, C.O. †	Bishop of Pinhel, Portugal
19 Apr		Born	Emidio Taliani †	Montegallo, Italy	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
20 Apr	22.2	Ordained Deacon	Antonius von Steichele †	Deacon of Augsburg, Germany	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
21 Apr	40.0	Selected	Alessandro Domenico Varesino †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
22 Apr	38.6	Ordained Bishop	Jean-François-Marie Cart †	Bishop of Nîmes, France
	42.4	Ordained Bishop	François Lacroix †	Bishop of Bayonne, France
	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie Mioland †	Bishop of Amiens, France	Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France
	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Schrott †	Bishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
29 Apr		Born	Pedro Manuel García Naranjó †	Lima	Archbishop of Lima, Peru