The Year of Our Lord 1853

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	32.0	Professed	Jean-Dominique Barbero, P.I.M.E. †	Member of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Vicar Apostolic of Hyderabad, India
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Tomás Barón y Morales †	Priest	Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México
	17.9	Professed	Pascal Bili, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Settentrionale}, China
	21.8	Ordained Priest	Gaudenzio Bonfigli, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arab Republic of
	58.1	Died	Francisco de Paula Campo y Pérez †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Pedro Casas y Souto †	Priest	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Rocco Cocchia, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Aloys Elloy, S.M. †	Priest of Society of Mary	Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga
	22.8	Professed	Vicente Ferrer Carreras, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
	16.1	Professed	Lorenzo Carlo Pampirio, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
		Born	Adolfo Perea †		Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Ramón Fernández Piérola y Lopez de Luzuriaca †	Priest	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Michael Warren †	Priest of Ferns, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
2 Jan	49.1	Ordained Bishop	José Ávila Lamas †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain	Bishop of Orense, Spain
3 Jan		Died	William O’Higgins †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
4 Jan	19.6	Professed	Thomas Galberry, O.S.A. †	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
4 Jan	72.1	Died	Francisco Javier Rodríguez y Obregón †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
7 Jan	59.0	Selected	Jacques-Louis Daniel †	Bishop of Coutances, France	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
	46.1	Selected	Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac †	Bishop of Grenoble, France	Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	73.2	Died	Giacomo Traversi †	Bishop Emeritus of Segni, Italy
8 Jan		Born	Joseph Lutz, C.S.Sp. †	Dauendorf, France	Prefect of Lower Niger {Niger Inferiore}, Nigeria
9 Jan	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Telmo Maceira †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain	Bishop of Tui, Spain
11 Jan	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Adamus Wojtkiewicz †	Bishop of Minsk, Belarus
13 Jan		Born	Jean-Ephrem Bertreux, S.M. †	Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau, France	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands
13 Jan		Born	Pasquale Morganti, O.Ss.C.A. †	Lesmo	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
14 Jan	66.0	Appointed	François Cuculla †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece
14 Jan	41.0	Appointed	Niccola Adolfo Marinelli †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
16 Jan	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Luigi Trevisanato †	Archbishop of Udine, Italy	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
17 Jan		Born	Giovanni Fossà †	Gambellara	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
20 Jan	55.0	Died	Melchior Ferdinand Joseph von Diepenbrock †	Cardinal, Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
22 Jan		Born	Vincenzo Pulisic †	Ulbo	Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
24 Jan		Born	Agostino Cattaneo †	Crema	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy
24 Jan		Born	John Francis Vaughan †	Courtfield	Auxiliary Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
25 Jan		Born	Ignacio Díaz y Macedo †	Guadalajara	Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México
25 Jan		Born	Alessandro Beniamino Zanecchia-Ginnetti, O.C.D. †	Montecompatri	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
28 Jan	48.1	Appointed	Lorenzo Biancheri, C.M. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic
	48.1	Appointed	Lorenzo Biancheri, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Lagania	Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia
	48.1	Appointed	Patrick Fallon †	Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
29 Jan	47.5	Died	Luigi Guglielmi †	Bishop of Verona, Italy
30 Jan	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Horcos y San Martín, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
30 Jan		Born	James William McCarthy †	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
1 Feb		Born	Patrick Delany †	Tonacor, Ireland	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
1 Feb	61.3	Resigned	Joseph William Hendren, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
2 Feb	43.0	Selected	Luigi Filippi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
3 Feb	44.1	Died	Jean-Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Ferréol, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Corea
6 Feb	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Silvestre Guevara y Lira †	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Feb	69.3	Died	Carlos Laborda Clau †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
13 Feb		Born	Albert Nègre †	St.-Bonnet-de-Chirac	Archbishop of Tours, France
19 Feb	28.1	Ordained Priest	François Laurencin †	Priest	Apostolic Administrator of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, Antilles
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Manuel Ignacio Riaño, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
	60.9	Selected	Giovanni Sabatini (Sabatino) †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
25 Feb	61.3	Appointed	Joseph William Hendren, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Martyropolis	Bishop Emeritus of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
27 Feb	62.6	Died	Stefano Pavlovic-Lucic †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
3 Mar		Born	Jacques-Jean Sahhar †	Mossul	Bishop of Aqra {Akra} (Chaldean), Iraq
4 Mar	49.5	Appointed	Johannes van Genk †	Coadjutor Bishop of Breda, Netherlands	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands
	70.6	Appointed	Johannes van Hooydonk †	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
	57.5	Appointed	Joannes Augustinus Paredis †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
	46.2	Appointed	Franciscus Jacobus van Vree †	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
	58.5	Appointed	Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) †	Apostolic Administrator of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop
	58.5	Appointed	Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) †	Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands	Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
6 Mar	62.6	Ordained Bishop	Anton Frenzel †	Titular Bishop of Areopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
6 Mar	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Niccola Adolfo Marinelli †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
7 Mar	47.2	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Arnaldi †	Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy
	57.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Brunelli †	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	57.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Prospero Caterini †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	59.1	Confirmed	Agustín Guillermo Charún Espinoza †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
	59.2	Confirmed	Jacques-Louis Daniel †	Bishop of Coutances, France	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
	44.0	Appointed	Domenico Giuseppe de Sousa Magelhaes †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	44.0	Appointed	Domenico Giuseppe de Sousa Magelhaes †	Titular Archbishop of Mitylene	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	46.3	Appointed	Mariano Falcinelli Antoniacci, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Forli, Italy	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	43.1	Appointed	Luigi Filippi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
	46.3	Confirmed	Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac †	Bishop of Grenoble, France	Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Augustinus Göckel †	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	57.2	Elevated to Cardinal	François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
	63.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Giusto Recanati, O.F.M. Cap. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
	57.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Vincenso Santucci †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
	60.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Dominco Savelli †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	67.3	Elevated to Cardinal	János Keresztély Scitovszky †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	54.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Michele Viale-Prelà †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
8 Mar	71.5	Died	Francesco Agnini †	Bishop of Luni, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy
9 Mar		Born	Heinrich Joeppen †	Hüls	Bishop Emeritus of Germany, Military
9 Mar	82.6	Died	Domingo de Silos Santiago Apollinario Moreno, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
10 Mar	49.7	Confirmed	José Caixal y Estradé †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	57.4	Appointed	Prospero Caterini †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	52.6	Appointed	Justo Donoso Vivanco †	Bishop of La Serena, Chile
	59.9	Confirmed	György Girk †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
	65.5	Confirmed	Joaquim Pereira Ferraz, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
	61.2	Appointed	Tomás Miguel Pineda y Saldaña †	Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
	63.6	Appointed	Giusto Recanati, O.F.M. Cap. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
	58.3	Appointed	José María Riofrío y Valdivieso †	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus
	58.3	Appointed	José María Riofrío y Valdivieso †	Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia	Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
	41.9	Confirmed	Franz Joseph Rudigier (Rudiger) †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
	57.1	Appointed	Vincenso Santucci †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
	60.5	Appointed	Dominco Savelli †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	52.5	Appointed	Ferenc Szenczy †	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
	30.2	Appointed	Vicente Gabriel Tocornal Velasco †	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile	Former Bishop-Elect
12 Mar	24.2	Ordained Priest	Angelo Balzano †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Termoli, Italy
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Annibale Barabesi †	Priest	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
		Born	Geraldo Van Caloen, O.S.B. †	Bruges	Abbot Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 Mar	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Filippi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
13 Mar	48.7	Died	Bernardo (Philip) Pontanova, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Tanis
14 Mar	75.8	Died	Vinzenz Eduard Milde †	Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
15 Mar	53.4	Appointed	Michel-Antoine Anfossi, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bangalore, India	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
15 Mar	53.4	Appointed	Michel-Antoine Anfossi, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Mennith	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bangalore, India
17 Mar		Born	Edward Patrick Allen †	Lowell	Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA
17 Mar	76.2	Died	Diego de Aranda y Carpinteiro †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
19 Mar	22.3	Ordained Priest	Patrick Francis Moran †	Priest of Dublin, Ireland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
19 Mar	25.2	Ordained Priest	John Claude Neraz †	Priest of Galveston, Texas, USA	Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
26 Mar	55.5	Selected	Joseph Othmar von Rauscher †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
31 Mar	83.3	Died	Maximilian Joseph Gottfried Sommerau Beeckh †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
Apr		Born	Germanos (Ignace) Mouakkad (Mouaqqad) †	Damas	Bishop Emeritus of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
1 Apr		Born	Joseph-Médard Émard †	Saint-Constant-de-la-Prairie	Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
4 Apr	61.5	Died	Jan Kanty Dąbrowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
4 Apr		Born	Isidoro Clemente Gutiérrez, O.P. †	Montehermoso, Spain	Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China
6 Apr	41.9	Selected	Luigi Sodo †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
8 Apr	37.1	Selected	Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, Antilles	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
10 Apr	26.5	Ordained Deacon	Salustiano Crespo †	Deacon	Bishop of Calabozo, Venezuela
15 Apr	32.0	Appointed	St. Melchor García Sanpedro, O.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic
15 Apr	32.0	Appointed	St. Melchor García Sanpedro, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Tricomia	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
17 Apr	52.5	Selected	Michael von Deinlein †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Archbishop
	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Mariano Falcinelli Antoniacci, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Forli, Italy	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	24.6	Ordained Priest	Leo Redner †	Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Bishop
19 Apr		Born	Amand-Théophile-Joseph Legrand, C.S.C. †	Laigle, France	Bishop Emeritus of Dacca, Bangladesh
19 Apr	81.0	Died	José Jorge de Torres y Estans †	Bishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
22 Apr	48.0	Died	Etienne-Raymond Albrand, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kuiceu, China
25 Apr	26.0	Ordained Priest	Thomas Francis Hendricken †	Priest of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
27 Apr		Born	Giovanni Battista Marenco, S.D.B. †	Ovada, Italy	Apostolic Internuncio to Central America
29 Apr	33.3	Appointed	John Kilduff †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland