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The Year of Our Lord 1859

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknown53.7AppointedEmmanuel AsmarBishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
23.9Ordained PriestPascal Bili, O.F.M. Ref. †Priest of Order of Reformed Friars MinorVicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Settentrionale}, China
27.6Ordained PriestAugusto Bonetti, C.M. †Priest of Congregation of the MissionApostolic Delegate to Turkey
22.2Ordained PriestMichele (Giuseppe) Carbone, O.F.M. Cap. †PriestPrefect of Eritrea
19.8ProfessedMarc Chatagnon, M.E.P. †Member of La Société des Missions EtrangèresVicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China
20.8ProfessedAugustin Chausse, M.E.P. †Member of La Société des Missions EtrangèresPrefect of Kouangtong (Kwangtung, Guangdong), China
21.8ProfessedJean-Benoît Chouzy, M.E.P. †Member of La Société des Missions EtrangèresPrefect of Kuamsi (Kwangsi, Guangxi), China
45.9ElectedFrancesco Maria Cirino, C.R. †Vicar General of Congregation of Clerics RegularVicar General Emeritus
BornJules Abraham David
DiedEbed-Jesu-Thomas (Atanasio Tommaso) Dircho (Dosciù)Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq
28.0ProfessedPierre-Noël-Joseph Foucard, M.E.P. †Priest of La Société des Missions EtrangèresPrefect of Kuamsi (Kwangsi, Guangxi), China
24.6Ordained PriestAntonio García y FernándezPriestBishop of Segovia, Spain
ElectedBasilio Grifoni, O.S.B. †Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict
BornFlavien Cyrille Kfoury (Khoury)Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria
BornIldephonse Lanslots, O.S.B. †Prefect Emeritus of Northern Transvaal {Transvaal Settentrionale}, South Africa
20.6ProfessedJoseph-Marie Laucaigne, M.E.P. †Member of La Société des Missions EtrangèresApostolic Administrator of Southern Japan
26.8Ordained PriestLuigi MacchiPriestCardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
32.4AppointedAugustin Planque, S.M.A. †Superior General of Society of African Missions
23.4Ordained PriestManuel Santander y FrutosPriestBishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
ElectedNicolas da San Giovanni en Marignano, O.F.M. Cap. †Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
29.1AppointedJoseph-Simon Theurel, M.E.P. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet NamVicar Apostolic
29.1AppointedJoseph-Simon Theurel, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of AchantusVicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
26.6Ordained PriestIsidoro VergaPriestCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
1 Jan23.0Ordained DeaconJules CléretDeacon of Coutances (-Avranches), FranceBishop of Laval, France
19.4EnteredÁngel José Toro, O.P. †Member of Order of Friars PreachersBishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
2 Jan68.9Ordained BishopBenedetto D’Acquisto, O.F.M. Ref. †Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
47.8Ordained BishopAntonio Maria ValenzianiBishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
3 Jan55.9AppointedGodefroy Brossais Saint-MarcCardinal, Archbishop of Rennes, France
6 JanBornAlfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart, C.O. †Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme
BornPaolo MassadArchbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
9 Jan44.3Ordained BishopGiovanni Battista Guttadauro di ReburdoneBishop of Caltanissetta, Italy
42.5Ordained BishopMelchiorre Lo PiccoloBishop of Nicosia, Italy
11 JanBornArmengol Coll y Armengol, C.M.F. †Vicar Apostolic of Fernando Poo, Equatorial Guinea
14 JanBornPedro Juan Campins y BarcelóBishop of Mallorca y Ibiza, Spain
15 JanBornHenry William ClearyBishop of Auckland, New Zealand
BornEsteban Rojas TobarBishop Emeritus of Garzón, Colombia
16 Jan72.1Ordained BishopJan DekertTitular Bishop of HalicarnassusAuxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
80.0DiedBasilio LópezBishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)
17 Jan60.0ResignedGiovanni Battista CannellaSecretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical AffairsSecretary Emeritus
40.1SucceededLjudevit Ćurčija, O.F.M. Obs. †Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), AlbaniaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt
69.0ResignedGiovanni Giorgio Topich, O.F.M. Obs. †Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), AlbaniaBishop Emeritus
18 Jan48.3AppointedGiuseppe BerardiSecretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical AffairsCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro
60.3DiedAlessandro MaciotiOfficial of the Congregation of the Holy Office
BornErnest Auguste NeveuxAuxiliary Bishop of Reims, France
20 JanBornAlberto José GonçalvesBishop of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
BornEnrique Reig y CasanovaCardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
83.0DiedStefano ScerraTitular Archbishop of Ancyra
21 Jan33.6AppointedJames DugganBishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
44.1AppointedThomas Langdon Grace, O.P. †Bishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USABishop Emeritus
23 Jan41.8Ordained BishopHenryk Ludwik PlaterTitular Bishop of MosynopolisAuxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
28 Jan54.3AppointedJames Michael Myles O’Gorman, O.C.S.O. †Vicar Apostolic of Nebraska, USA
54.3AppointedJames Michael Myles O’Gorman, O.C.S.O. †Titular Bishop of RaphaneaVicar Apostolic of Nebraska, USA
35.6AppointedJames Whelan, O.P. †Coadjutor Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USABishop Emeritus
35.6AppointedJames Whelan, O.P. †Titular Bishop of MarcopolisBishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
30 JanBornFrançois Désiré Jean Drure, O.C.D. †Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq
2 Feb43.1AppointedPierre-Adophe Pinsoneault, P.S.S. †Bishop of Sandwich, Ontario, CanadaBishop Emeritus
7 Feb76.6DiedAnton Alojzij WolfBishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
10 Feb27.3Ordained PriestWilliam GordonPriest of Beverley, England, Great BritainBishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain
50.8SelectedAntal Jószef PeitlerBishop of Vác, Hungary
51.1SelectedÁgoston RoskoványiBishop of Nitra, Slovakia
11 Feb80.1DiedJosé Eusebio ColombresBishop-Elect of Salta, Argentina
13 Feb48.8Ordained BishopMihály HaasBishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
48.1Ordained BishopAdam Stanisław Krasiński, Sch. P. †Bishop of Vilnius, LithuaniaBishop Emeritus
24.5Ordained PriestPetrus LeytenPriestBishop of Breda, Netherlands
56.3Ordained BishopRené-Marie-Charles Poirier, C.I.M. †Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles
15 FebBornLouis-Joseph MaurinCardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
16 FebBornJulián de Diego y García AlcoleaArchbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
18 FebBornStanislas-Marie-Liévin de Vos, S.J. †Prefect Emeritus of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
20 FebBornGiuseppe RidolfiArchbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
63.7Ordained BishopJózef Maksymilian Staniewski, O.P. †Titular Bishop of PlataeaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mohilev, Belarus
21 FebBornGiuseppe d’AlessioAuxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
24 Feb41.4Ordained BishopCamillo BenzonBishop of Adria, Italy
44.4Ordained BishopVjenceslav ŠoićBishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), SerbiaBishop Emeritus of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
27 Feb35.7Ordained BishopAleksander Kazimierz BereśniewiczTitular Bishop of Maximianopolis in PalaestinaBishop Emeritus of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
48.3Ordained BishopPedro María Cubero López de PadillaBishop of Orihuela, Spain
3 Mar61.2SelectedJosé Xavier de Cerveira e SousaBishop of Viseu, Portugal
6 Mar29.3Ordained BishopJoseph-Simon Theurel, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of AchantusVicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
11 MarBornFrancisque- Jean-Etienne MarnasBishop of Clermont, France
BornHéctor Raphaël QuillietBishop Emeritus of Lille, France
14 MarBornAdolf BertramCardinal, Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
20 Mar53.9Ordained BishopDiego Mariano Alguacil y RodríguezBishop of Badajoz, SpainBishop of Cartagena (en España)
25 Mar24.9Ordained PriestGiuseppe Consenti, C.SS.R. †Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerBishop of Lucera, Italy
25.3Ordained PriestAntonio Maria Saeli, C.SS.R. †Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerBishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
BornLeon WałęgaBishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland
26 MarBornManuel Luís Coelho da SilvaBishop of Coimbra, Portugal
27 Mar61.0Ordained BishopFernando Argüelles MirandaBishop of Astorga, Spain
60.2DiedGiovanni Battista CannellaSecretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs
45.2Ordained BishopGiacinto LuziBishop of Narni, Italy
2 AprBornPellegrino Francesco Stagni, O.S.M. †Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
5 Apr65.2DiedBasile KfouryPatriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
51.2AppointedJoannes ZadighianBishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), IranFormer Bishop-Elect
6 AprBornPaul-Albert Faveau, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hangchow [Hangzhou], China
8 Apr45.2AppointedThomas Louis Connolly, O.F.M. Cap. †Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
9 Apr23.6Ordained PriestAngelo Maria AloisioPriest of L’Aquila, ItalyPriest of L’Aquila, Italy
22.5Ordained DeaconFrancesco BaldassarriDeaconBishop of Imola, Italy
25.6Ordained PriestEmiliano ManacordaPriestBishop of Fossano, Italy
25.2Ordained PriestRoger William Bede Vaughan, O.S.B. †Priest of Order of Saint BenedictArchbishop of Sydney, Australia
11 Apr24.5Ordained PriestAntoni Franciszek AudziewiczPriestBishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
12 AprBornMatteo Angelo FilipelloBishop of Ivrea, Italy
54.0AppointedPatrick Bonaventure Geoghegan, O.F.M. Ref. †Bishop of Adelaide, AustraliaBishop of Goulburn, Australia
40.0AppointedJames QuinnBishop of Brisbane, Australia
14 Apr21.9ProfessedTheodore Dalhoff, S.J. †Member of Society of JesusArchbishop of Bombay, India
15 Apr66.6AppointedJuan José de Aycinena y PiñolAuxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
66.6AppointedJuan José de Aycinena y PiñolTitular Bishop of Traianopolis in PhrygiaAuxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
62.6AppointedJosé María Barrutia y CroquerAuxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
62.6AppointedJosé María Barrutia y CroquerTitular Bishop of CamachusAuxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
61.3ConfirmedJosé Xavier de Cerveira e SousaBishop of Viseu, Portugal
53.2AppointedCamillo Di PietroCardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta LatinaCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
65.5AppointedJózef Michal JuszyńskiBishop of Sandomierz, Poland
58.6ConfirmedPatrício Xavier de Moura, O.S.A. †Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
51.0ConfirmedAntal Jószef PeitlerBishop of Vác, Hungary
70.7AppointedJosé Elías PuyanaBishop of Pasto, Colombia
51.3ConfirmedÁgoston RoskoványiBishop of Nitra, Slovakia
50.4AppointedJuan Félix de Jesús Zepeda, O.F.M. Obs. †Auxiliary Bishop of GuatemalaBishop of Comayagua, Honduras
50.4AppointedJuan Félix de Jesús Zepeda, O.F.M. Obs. †Titular Bishop of ArindelaBishop of Comayagua, Honduras
17 Apr75.8DiedManuel López SantistebanBishop Emeritus of Ávila, Spain
18 Apr55.0SelectedAlfonso Maria Cappetta (Cappelta)Bishop of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), Italy
43.6SelectedMichele Milella, O.P. †Bishop of Teramo, Italy
41.4SelectedLuigi RiccioBishop of Monopoli, ItalyBishop of Caiazzo, Italy
19 Apr78.0DiedKaspar de Carl ab HohenbalkenBishop of Chur, Switzerland
22 Apr64.3DiedGiovanni Carlo GentiliBishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy
23 AprBornJosé Clos y Pagés, S.J. †Bishop of Zamboanga, Philippines
22.6Ordained PriestBernardo Cozzucli (Cozzuoli)PriestBishop of Nicosia, Italy
22.7Ordained PriestAntonio Maria De PolPriestBishop of Vicenza, Italy
45.2AppointedAnnet-Théophile Pinchon, M.E.P. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Settentrionale-Occidentale}, ChinaVicar Apostolic
45.2AppointedAnnet-Théophile Pinchon, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of PolemoniumVicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Settentrionale-Occidentale}, China
36.8Ordained BishopEfrem Estateos TocmagiBishopBishop Emeritus
29 AprBornAntonio LambertiBishop of Conversano, Italy
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