The Year of Our Lord 1861

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	30.1	Professed	Henri-Joseph Bulté, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Orientale}, China
	66.8	Resigned	Luigi Clementi †	Apostolic Delegate to Central America	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
	66.8	Resigned	Luigi Clementi †	Apostolic Delegate to México	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
	20.6	Ordained Priest	Krikor Govrik, C.A.M. †	Priest of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia	Abbot
	43.0	Resigned	Giovanni Monetti †	Apostolic Delegate to Haiti	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
	27.3	Ordained Priest	John Keys O’Doherty †	Priest	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Nicolaus Maria Pagani, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Mangalore, India
	15.8	Professed	Martin Poell, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shansi {Scian-Si Meridionale}, China
	20.7	Professed	Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Sarthou, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Paschal Tosi, S.J. †	Priest of Rimini, Italy	Prefect Emeritus of Alaska, USA
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Michael Verdon †	Priest	Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand
	51.7	Died	Luigi Zannini †	Bishop Emeritus of Veroli, Italy
1 Jan		Born	Antonin Guillermain, M. Afr. †	Lyon, France	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Victoria Nyanza {Victoria-Nyanza Settentrionale}, Uganda
1 Jan	52.6	Died	Miguel José Pratmans Llambés †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
4 Jan	71.6	Died	John Briggs †	Bishop Emeritus of Beverley, England, Great Britain
6 Jan	52.4	Installed	Bartolomé Manuel Herrera Vélez †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
9 Jan		Born	Bonifatius (Magnus) Fleschutz, O.S.B. †	Reicholzried, Germany	Prefect of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}, Tanzania
13 Jan	53.8	Died	Vicente Horcos y San Martín, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
15 Jan	46.3	Appointed	Venceslao Soić †	Coadjutor Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jan		Born	Angelo Antonio Fiorini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Campiglia Marittima	Bishop of Pontremoli, Italy
17 Jan		Born	Natale Serafino †	Genova	Bishop Emeritus of Chiavari, Italy
18 Jan		Born	Dimitrios I (Joseph) Cadi (Kadi) †	Damas	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
21 Jan		Born	Luis Enrique Izquierdo Vargas †	Santiago	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
23 Jan		Born	Angelo Simonetti †	Cornacchiaia	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
25 Jan	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Grimley †	Titular Bishop of Antigonea	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa
26 Jan		Born	Uberto Maria Fiodo †	Napoli	Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
27 Jan	25.0	Ordained Priest	Manuel Santiago Medina y Bañon †	Priest of Lima, Peru	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
28 Jan	75.2	Died	Filippo Saverio Grimaldi †	Bishop Emeritus of San Severino (Marche), Italy
30 Jan	62.5	Died	Louis-Antoine de Salinis †	Archbishop of Auch, France
31 Jan	54.1	Died	Franciscus Jacobus van Vree †	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
31 Jan	48.4	Selected	Antonio da Trindade de Vasconcellos Pereira de Melo †	Bishop of Beja, Portugal	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
2 Feb	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Grégoire (Krikor) Balitian †	Bishop of Alep (Armenian), Syria
3 Feb	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Eugene O’Connell †	Titular Bishop of Flaviopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Grass Valley, California, USA
4 Feb	53.7	Died	Francesco Agostini †	Bishop of Nocera Umbra, Italy
4 Feb		Born	Thomas Francis Hickey †	Rochester	Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
5 Feb	53.8	Selected	Manoel Joaquim da Silveira †	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
5 Feb	53.9	Selected	Benedetto Riccabona de Reinchenfels †	Bishop of Trento, Italy
6 Feb	43.3	Selected	Charles-Théodore Baudry †	Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
9 Feb	50.3	Selected	João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Goa, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
10 Feb	59.2	Died	Gabriel della Genga Sermattei †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
13 Feb		Born	Miguel Claro Vásquez †	Santiago	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
15 Feb	61.0	Appointed	Jean Marie (John Mary) Odin, C.M. †	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
16 Feb	69.4	Died	Antônio Joaquim de Mello †	Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
19 Feb		Born	Heinrich Hähling von Lanzenauer †	Koblenz	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
20 Feb		Born	Felipe Rincón González †	Chiquinquirá	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
21 Feb	65.7	Died	Giovanni Brunelli †	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
21 Feb	36.4	Selected	Luiz da Conceição Saraiva, O.S.B. †	Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
23 Feb	27.0	Ordained Priest	Antonio María Cascajares y Azara †	Priest of Zaragoza, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Victor-Joseph Doutreloux †	Priest	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Celestino del Frate †	Priest	Archbishop of Camerino, Italy
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Giocondo (Matthaeus) de Nittis, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
3 Mar		Born	Thomas Francis Lillis †	Lexington, MO	Bishop of Kansas City, Missouri, USA
4 Mar		Born	Silviano Carrillo y Cárdenas †	Pátzcuaro	Bishop of Sinaloa, México
4 Mar	81.1	Retired	Gaspare Bernardo Pianetti †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
8 Mar	60.5	Selected	François-Augustin Delamare †	Archbishop of Auch, France
9 Mar	75.7	Installed	Nicolás Aldazor, O.F.M. †	Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
10 Mar	33.9	Ordained Bishop	Dario Bucciarelli, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Pult, Albania	Archbishop of Skopje, Macedonia
10 Mar	68.9	Died	Giovanni Sabatini (Sabatino) †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
16 Mar	22.7	Ordained Priest	Francesco Maria Imparati, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
17 Mar		Born	Antoine Coudert, O.M.I. †	Manglieu, France	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
17 Mar	22.8	Ordained Priest	Adolphus Edwin Medlycott †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India
18 Mar	55.3	Confirmed	Mariano Benito Barrio y Fernández †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	43.4	Confirmed	Charles-Théodore Baudry †	Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
	54.8	Appointed	Gaetano Bedini †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
	57.9	Confirmed	Jean-Joseph Christophe †	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon), France
	53.9	Confirmed	Manoel Joaquim da Silveira †	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	60.5	Confirmed	François-Augustin Delamare †	Archbishop of Auch, France
	45.0	Confirmed	Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Nevers, France	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
	58.3	Confirmed	Charles-Marie Magnin †	Bishop of Annecy, France
	47.5	Confirmed	Domingos Quirino de Souza †	Bishop of Goiás, Brazil
	59.9	Confirmed	Emmanuel-Jules Ravinet †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Bishop Emeritus
	48.6	Confirmed	Antonio da Trindade de Vasconcellos Pereira de Melo †	Bishop of Beja, Portugal	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
	54.0	Appointed	Adrian Wlodarski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
	54.0	Appointed	Adrian Wlodarski †	Titular Bishop of Ibora	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
19 Mar		Born	Joseph MacRory †	Ballygawley	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
21 Mar	64.8	Died	Clément Bonnand, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Pondicherry, India
	55.0	Succeeded	Joseph-Isidore Godelle, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Pondicherry, India
		Born	Eduardo Solar Vicuña †	La Serena	Auxiliary Bishop of La Serena, Chile
		Born	Manuel Vieira de Matos †	Peso da Regoa	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
22 Mar	50.4	Confirmed	João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Goa, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
		Born	Charles Joseph Heitz †	Mulhouse, France	Prefect Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
	54.0	Confirmed	Benedetto Riccabona de Reinchenfels †	Bishop of Trento, Italy
23 Mar		Born	Francis Alphonsus Bourne †	Clapham	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
24 Mar	24.5	Ordained Priest	Remigio Guido Barbieri, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar
24 Mar	78.0	Died	Pedro José Zarandia y Endara †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
29 Mar	80.9	Died	Ioan Lemeni †	Bishop Emeritus of Făgăraş (Romanian), Romania
29 Mar	68.2	Appointed	József Lonovics †	Titular Archbishop of Amasea	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
30 Mar	23.9	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Maria Diamare †	Priest	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Augusto Guidi †	Priest	President Emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Roman Curia
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Bartolomeo Mirra †	Priest	Bishop of Poggio Mirteto, Italy
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Tommaso Montefusco †	Priest	Bishop of Oria, Italy
	74.8	Died	Felice Regano (Regnano) †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
6 Apr	34.3	Selected	Charles-Amable de la Tour d’Auvergne Lauraguais †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bourges, France	Archbishop
7 Apr	38.8	Ordained Bishop	Leone Korkoruni †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Melitene (Malatia) (Armenian), Syria	Bishop
	67.8	Died	Emanuele Marongiu Maccioni †	Bishop Emeritus of Galtelli-Nuoro (Galtelly Nori), Italy
	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Buenaventura Rizo Patrón, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Salta, Argentina
12 Apr		Born	Daniel Mary Gorman †	Wyoming, IA	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA
14 Apr	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Luiz Antônio dos Santos †	Bishop of Fortaleza (Ceará), Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
16 Apr		Appointed	Sebastianus Francovich, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bosnia, Croatia
16 Apr		Appointed	Sebastianus Francovich, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sion	Vicar Apostolic of Bosnia, Croatia
17 Apr	78.4	Died	Josip Kuković †	Bishop Emeritus of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia	Bishop
17 Apr		Born	Anton Malecki †	St. Petersburg	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Foreign Diocese
18 Apr	60.2	Died	José Aranguren, O.A.R. †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
20 Apr	56.9	Selected	Francisco Landeira y Sevilla †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
21 Apr	24.4	Ordained Priest	Abraham Brownrigg, S.S.S. †	Priest of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
		Ordained Bishop	Sebastianus Francovich, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sion	Vicar Apostolic of Bosnia, Croatia
	30.7	Ordained Bishop	Antônio de Macedo Costa †	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
22 Apr	26.3	Ordained Deacon	Antonio Baranowski †	Deacon	Bishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland
26 Apr	53.3	Appointed	Gregoriius Dabanly (Dabanlian) †	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran
27 Apr	77.3	Died	Gennaro Saladino †	Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy
30 Apr		Born	Pasquale Ragosta †	Napoli	Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy