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The Year of Our Lord 1866

Bishop Events

January to April


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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknown43.1CeasedHenri-Marie Amanton, O.P. †Apostolic Administrator of Baghdad, IraqApostolic Delegate Emeritus to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq
52.3AppointedPaul Ambroise Bigandet, M.E.P. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Siam {Siam Occidentale}, ThailandVicar Apostolic of Southern Burma {Birmania Meridionale}, Myanmar
22.8Ordained PriestJohn ConmyPriest of Killala, IrelandBishop
20.7ProfessedLouis-Marie Galibert, M.E.P. †Member of La Société des Missions EtrangčresVicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam
16.9ProfessedAnthony Gaughren, O.M.I. †Member of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateVicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange, South Africa
51.0ResignedJoseph Gonnet, S.J. †Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan, ChinaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
ResignedJames HanleyAdministrator of Goulburn, AustraliaPriest of Sydney, Australia
DiedYoussef HayekBishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon
ResignedJames Bernard Hayes, O.E.S.A. †Bishop-Elect of Armidale, AustraliaFormer Bishop-Elect
22.5Ordained PriestIvan Baptista KrapŕcPriest of Zagreb, CroatiaBishop of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia
56.7ResignedJean-Marie-Mathurin Le HellocoPrefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et MiquelonPrefect Emeritus
AppointedJoannice MassamiriPatriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)Patriarchal Vicar of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria
22.3Ordained PriestMariano Rampolla del TindaroPriestCardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
DiedAthanase SabbaghBishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
24.3Ordained PriestRamón Torrijos y GómezPriestBishop of Badajoz, Spain
42.5AppointedTheophiel (Théophile) Verbist, C.I.C.M. †Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Mongolia, China
1 JanBornPaul Justin CawetCoadjutor Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
25.6Ordained PriestHussig GulianPriest of Mardin (Armenian), TurkeyArchbishop
2 Jan62.1DiedJosé Ávila LamasBishop of Orense, Spain
BornPaolo SchirňTitular Bishop of Benda
4 Jan23.2Ordained PriestDiomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. †Priest of Order of Reformed Friars MinorCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
5 Jan75.5DiedJozef KunsztArchbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
6 Jan40.4SelectedJean-Marie BécelBishop of Vannes, France
51.2SelectedPierre-Alfred GrimardiasBishop of Cahors, France
7 Jan52.9Ordained BishopFabián Sebastián Arenzana y MagdalenoBishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
77.4DiedImre FarkasBishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
BornPio Giuseppe Passerini, P.I.M.E. †Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shensi {Scen-Si Meridionale}, China
8 Jan54.7AppointedRuggero Luigi Emidio Antici MatteiTitular Patriarch of ConstantinopleCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
35.6AppointedJosé Ignacio Árciga Ruiz de ChávezAuxiliary Bishop of Michoacán, MéxicoArchbishop
35.6AppointedJosé Ignacio Árciga Ruiz de ChávezTitular Bishop of LaganiaArchbishop of Michoacán, México
73.2AppointedGiuseppe Luca Barranco, O. de M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa, PeruAuxiliary Bishop-Elect
73.2AppointedGiuseppe Luca Barranco, O. de M. †Titular Bishop of CarpasiaAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Arequipa, Peru
61.4ConfirmedNicolň FrangipaneBishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
43.5ConfirmedAntonio Luis Jordá y SolerBishop of Vic, Spain
43.1AppointedMieczyslaw Halka LedóchowskiArchbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, PolandCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
51.0ConfirmedJuan Lozano TorreiraBishop of Palencia, Spain
53.0AppointedPaul Ludolf Melchers, S.J. †Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, GermanyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
50.4ConfirmedJoăo Perairo (Pereira) Botelho do Amaral y PimentelBishop of Macau, ChinaBishop of Angra, Portugal
51.0AppointedJosé RomeroTitular Bishop of Dibon (Dibona)Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
63.9ConfirmedAugustin Pavel WahalaBishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
9 JanDiedGregory Petros VIII (Michel) Der-AstvadzadourianPatriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
43.7AppointedJohn Joseph WilliamsCoadjutor Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USAArchbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
43.7AppointedJohn Joseph WilliamsTitular Bishop of Tripolis in PhoeniciaArchbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
13 Jan51.9SelectedCharles-Philippe PlaceBishop of Marseille, FranceCardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
14 Jan32.7Ordained BishopIoannis Marangň (Marengo)Titular Bishop of TroasArchbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
45.0Ordained BishopManuel Ulloa y CalvoTitular Bishop of LimyraBishop of Nicaragua
15 Jan70.4DiedJózsef ViberAuxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
21 Jan22.5Ordained PriestDomenico Cocchia, O.F.M. Cap. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy
50.5SucceededDaniel MurphyBishop of Hobart, AustraliaArchbishop of Hobart, Australia
71.1ResignedRobert William Willson (Wilson)Bishop of Hobart, AustraliaBishop Emeritus
24 JanBornJoseph Oswald Timothée Waller, S.M.A. †Prefect Emeritus of Eastern Nigeria {Nigeria Orientale}
26 JanBornRené-Alexis Pawlas, C.S.Sp. †Prefect of Lower Niger {Niger Inferiore}, Nigeria
28 Jan45.6InstalledIoan Vancea (Vancsa)Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), RomaniaArchbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
29 Jan79.8DiedWilliam HogarthBishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
BornSoter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz, O.S.B.M. †Bishop of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania
30 Jan35.8AppointedVicente Ferrer Carreras, O.P. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
35.8AppointedVicente Ferrer Carreras, O.P. †Titular Bishop of DionysiasCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
BornVasile HossuBishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania
BornJuan María Riera (Riesa), O.P. †Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
31 JanBorn Jean-Louis-Joseph Derouet, C.S.Sp. †Vicar Apostolic of Lower French Congo {Congo Francese Inferiore}
1 Feb24.2Ordained PriestHeinrich Hubert Aloysius Voß (Voss)Priest of Münster, GermanyBishop of Osnabrück, Germany
4 Feb27.2Ordained PriestJuan Estévanes y Seminario, O.F.M. Disc. †Priest of Order of Discalced Friars MinorBishop of Puno, Peru
57.4ResignedJoseph La RocqueBishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, CanadaBishop Emeritus
58.1Ordained BishopFernando Ramírez y VázquezBishop of Badajoz, Spain
6 Feb72.0DiedGeorg von OettlBishop of Eichstätt, Germany
7 FebBornPietro de Maria, P.I.M.E. †Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
11 Feb61.5Ordained BishopNicolň FrangipaneBishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
13 Feb53.2DiedJohn Bernard FitzpatrickBishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
43.7SucceededJohn Joseph WilliamsBishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USAArchbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
15 Feb66.2InstalledJuan de la Cruz Calienes Olazabal, O.F.M. Obs. †Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
BornVictor-Valentin (Colomban-Marie) Dreyer, O.F.M. †Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Indochina
BornStefano P. IsraelianBishop of Karput (Armenian), Turkey
16 Feb71.1AppointedRobert William Willson (Wilson)Titular Bishop of RhodiapolisBishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia
18 Feb56.7DiedCarlo BelgradoBishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
24 Feb22.4Ordained PriestFerdinand Maria Ossi, O.C.D. †Priest of Order of Discalced CarmelitesBishop of Quilon, India
24.3Ordained PriestFlorian Oksza von StablewskiPriest of Gniezno e Poznań, PolandArchbishop
25 Feb54.9Ordained BishopRuggero Luigi Emidio Antici MatteiTitular Patriarch of ConstantinopleCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
26 FebBornAurelio GalliCardinal, Official of the Secretariat of State
27 Feb34.8AppointedAbraham Agabio (Agapios) Bsciai (Bishai)Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), EgyptVicar Apostolic Emeritus
34.8AppointedAbraham Agabio (Agapios) Bsciai (Bishai)Titular Bishop of ChariopolisVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
Mar24.4Ordained PriestWenceslao Ońate, O.P. †Priest of Order of Friars PreachersVicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
2 Mar30.9AppointedVincenzo BraccoAuxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, PalestinePatriarch
30.9AppointedVincenzo BraccoTitular Bishop of MagydusPatriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
4 Mar66.5Ordained BishopEsteban José Pérez FernándezBishop of Coria, SpainBishop of Málaga, Spain
5 Mar66.2AppointedMariano José de Escalada Bustillo y ZeballosArchbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
70.5DiedPierre-Louis ParisisBishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
7 Mar76.5DiedFerdinando BaldanziArchbishop of Siena, Italy
8 Mar51.8DiedSt. Siméon-François Berneux, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Corea
47.9SucceededSt. Antoine-Marie-Nicolas Daveluy, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of CoreaCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic
BornLeopold PrečanArchbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
11 Mar43.8Ordained BishopJohn Joseph WilliamsBishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USAArchbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
12 MarBornFranz Rudolf BornewasserBishop of Trier, Germany
46.2SelectedMarko Kalogjera (Calogerŕ)Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia
BornEustaquio Nieto y MartínBishop of Sigüenza, Spain
BornJoseph SchrembsBishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
23.9Ordained PriestLonginus ŻarnowieckiPriest of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec), UkraineAuxiliary Bishop
14 MarBornCelestino EndriciArchbishop of Trento, Italy
17 Mar22.5Ordained PriestLuigi del FornoPriestBishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
22.9Ordained PriestJosephus Hubertus DrehmannsPriest of Roermond, NetherlandsBishop
61.4DiedAntonio Feliciani, O.F.M. †Prefect Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
22.9Ordained PriestBonaventura Gargiulo, O.F.M. Cap. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBishop of San Severo, Italy
22.5Ordained PriestAristide GolfieriPriestBishop of Cittŕ di Castello, Italy
BornAlexandre-Philibert PoirierBishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
19 Mar52.3InstalledManuel Teodoro del Valle SeoaneBishop of Huánuco, PeruArchbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
42.2InstalledJuan María Ambrosio Huerta GalvánBishop of Puno, PeruBishop of Arequipa, Peru
20 Mar56.3AppointedCharles LaRocqueBishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
89.4DiedAntonio TostiCardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
25 Mar23.2Ordained PriestJean-Joseph TournierPriestAuxiliary Bishop of Carthage, Tunisia
27 MarBornMarian Leon FulmanBishop of Lublin, Poland
55.9DiedMihály HaasBishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
30 Mar48.0DiedSt. Antoine-Marie-Nicolas Daveluy, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of CoreaCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic
31 Mar22.5Ordained PriestGiosuč BicchiPriestBishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy
22.5Ordained PriestPietro RespighiPriest of Bologna, ItalyCardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
22.4Ordained PriestAndrea RighettiPriestBishop of Carpi, Italy
3 Apr23.0Ordained PriestMarie-Simon-Henri ColombPriestBishop of Évreux, France
5 Apr62.7SelectedJohannes Heinrich BeckmannBishop of Osnabrück, Germany
6 AprBornPierre Aziz HoBishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
BornFelix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, O.P. †Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
7 Apr24.8Ordained PriestHermann Joseph SchmitzPriest of Köln {Cologne}, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop
8 Apr64.2Ordained BishopAugustin Pavel WahalaBishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
11 AprBornAlfred FlocardBishop of Limoges, France
54.8SelectedJean-Baptiste-Joseph LequetteBishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
12 AprBornLudovico Ferretti, O.P. †Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
15 AprDiedPaul Acderian (Etarian)Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
35.0Ordained BishopAbraham Agabio (Agapios) Bsciai (Bishai)Titular Bishop of ChariopolisVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
43.8Ordained BishopAntonio Luis Jordá y SolerBishop of Vic, Spain
64.2InstalledAugustin Pavel WahalaBishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
18 AprBornJoseph Francis BuschBishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
22 Apr73.5DiedGiuseppe Luca Barranco, O. de M. †Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Arequipa, Peru
BornJuan José Laguarda y FenolleraBishop of Barcelona, Spain
51.3Ordained BishopJuan Lozano TorreiraBishop of Palencia, Spain
24 Apr32.5AppointedEdward FitzgeraldBishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
63.1DiedAnastasius (Alois) Hartmann, O.F.M. Cap. †Vicar Apostolic of Patna, IndiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bombay, India
40.6AppointedJohn HennessyBishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USAArchbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
25 Apr37.7AppointedLuigi Oreglia di Santo StefanoApostolic Nuncio to BelgiumCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
29 Apr60.2DiedJoseph DixonArchbishop of Armagh, Ireland
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