The Year of Our Lord 1866

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Paul Acderian (Etarian) †	Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
	43.2	Resigned	Henri-Marie Amanton, O.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Baghdad, Iraq	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Iraq
	52.4	Appointed	Paul Ambroise Bigandet, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Siam {Siam Occidentale}, Thailand	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma {Birmania Meridionale}, Myanmar
	22.9	Ordained Priest	John Conmy †	Priest of Killala, Ireland	Bishop
	20.7	Professed	Louis-Marie Galibert, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam
	16.9	Professed	Anthony Gaughren, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic of Orange River, South Africa
	52.4	Resigned	Johannes Fredericus Antonius Kistemaker †	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	57.0	Resigned	M. Le Helloco †	Prefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Prefect Emeritus
	19.3	Professed	Jules Prosper París, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic of Nanking [Nanjing], China
	22.4	Ordained Priest	Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro †	Priest	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Ramón Torrijos y Gómez †	Priest	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Longin Żarnowiecki †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec), Ukraine
1 Jan		Born	Paul Justin Cawet †	Houffalize	Coadjutor Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
1 Jan	25.7	Ordained Priest	Hussig Gulian †	Priest of Mardin (Armenian), Iraq	Archbishop
2 Jan	62.1	Died	José Ávila Lamas †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
2 Jan		Born	Paolo Schirò †	Monreale, Italy	Titular Bishop of Benda
4 Jan	23.3	Ordained Priest	Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
5 Jan	75.5	Died	Jozef Kunszt †	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
6 Jan	40.4	Selected	Jean-Marie Bécel †	Bishop of Vannes, France
	51.0	Appointed	Juan Manuel García Tejada †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
	51.3	Selected	Pierre-Alfred Grimardias †	Bishop of Cahors, France
7 Jan	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Fabián Sebastián Arenzana y Magdaleno †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
	77.4	Died	Emerico Farkas †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
		Born	Pio Giuseppe Passerini, P.I.M.E. †	Zinasco Vecchio, Italy	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shensi {Scen-Si Meridionale}, China
8 Jan	54.8	Appointed	Ruggero Luigi Emidio Antici Mattei †	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
	35.6	Appointed	José Ignacio Árciga Ruiz de Chávez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Michoacán, México	Archbishop
	35.6	Appointed	José Ignacio Árciga Ruiz de Chávez †	Titular Bishop of Lagania	Archbishop of Michoacán, México
	73.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Luca Barranco, O. de M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	73.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Luca Barranco, O. de M. †	Titular Bishop of Carpasia	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Arequipa, Peru
	61.5	Confirmed	Nicolò Frangipane †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
	43.5	Confirmed	Antonio Luis Jordá y Soler †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
	43.2	Appointed	Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	51.0	Confirmed	Juan Lozano Torreira †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
	53.0	Appointed	Paul Ludolf Melchers, S.J. †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	50.5	Confirmed	João Pereira Bothelho de Amaral y Pimentel †	Bishop of Macau, China	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
	51.0	Appointed	José Romero †	Titular Bishop of Dibon (Dibona)	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
	64.0	Confirmed	Augustin Pavel Wahala †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czech Republic
9 Jan		Died	Gregory Petros VIII (Michael) Der-Asduazadrian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	43.7	Appointed	John Joseph Williams †	Coadjutor Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	43.7	Appointed	John Joseph Williams †	Titular Bishop of Tripolis in Phoenicia	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
13 Jan	51.9	Selected	Charles-Philippe Place †	Bishop of Marseille, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
14 Jan	32.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Marangò †	Titular Bishop of Troas	Archbishop of Athenai {Athens}, Greece
14 Jan	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Ulloa y Calvo †	Titular Bishop of Limyra	Bishop of Nicaragua
15 Jan	70.5	Died	Jozef Viber †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
21 Jan	22.5	Ordained Priest	Domenico Cocchia, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy
	50.6	Succeeded	Daniel Murphy †	Bishop of Hobart, Australia	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
	71.9	Resigned	Robert William Willson (Wilson) †	Bishop of Hobart, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan		Born	Joseph Oswald Timothée Waller, S.M.A. †	Bennwihr	Prefect Emeritus of Eastern Nigeria {Nigeria Orientale}
28 Jan	45.7	Installed	Ioan Vancea (Vancsa) †	Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania	Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
29 Jan	79.8	Died	William Hogarth †	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
29 Jan		Born	Soter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz, O.S.B.M. †	Ortynychy, Ukraine	Bishop of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania
30 Jan	35.8	Appointed	Vicente Ferrer Carreras, O.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
	35.8	Appointed	Vicente Ferrer Carreras, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Dionysias	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
		Born	Vasile Hossu †	Maros-Vásárhely	Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania
31 Jan		Born	Louis-Jean-Joseph Derouet, C.S.Sp. †	Saint-Denis de Villenette, France	Vicar Apostolic of Lower French Congo {Congo Francese Inferiore}
1 Feb	24.3	Ordained Priest	Heinrich Hubert Aloysius Voß (Voss) †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
4 Feb	27.3	Ordained Priest	Juan Estévanes y Seminario, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Puno, Peru
	57.4	Resigned	Joseph La Rocque †	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Ramírez y Vázquez †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
6 Feb	72.0	Died	Georg von Oettl †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
11 Feb	61.6	Ordained Bishop	Nicolò Frangipane †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
13 Feb	53.2	Died	John Bernard Fitzpatrick †	Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
13 Feb	43.8	Succeeded	John Joseph Williams †	Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
15 Feb	66.2	Installed	Juan de la Cruz Calienes Olazabal, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
		Born	Victor Colomban Dreyer, O.F.M. †	Rosheim, France	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Indochina
		Born	Stefano P. Israelian †	Musc	Bishop of Karput (Armenian), Turkey
16 Feb	72.0	Appointed	Robert William Willson (Wilson) †	Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis	Bishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia
18 Feb	56.8	Died	Carlo Belgrado †	Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
24 Feb	22.5	Ordained Priest	Ferdinand Maria Ossi, O.C.D. †	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Bishop of Quilon, India
24 Feb	24.4	Ordained Priest	Florian Oksza von Stablewski †	Priest of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland	Archbishop
25 Feb	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Ruggero Luigi Emidio Antici Mattei †	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
26 Feb		Born	Aurelio Galli †	Frascati	Cardinal, Official of the Secretariat of State
27 Feb	34.9	Appointed	Abraham Agabio (Agapios) Bsciai (Bishai) †	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
27 Feb	34.9	Appointed	Abraham Agabio (Agapios) Bsciai (Bishai) †	Titular Bishop of Chariopolis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
Mar	24.4	Ordained Priest	Wenceslao Oñate, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
2 Mar	31.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Bracco †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Patriarch
2 Mar	31.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Bracco †	Titular Bishop of Magydus	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
4 Mar	66.5	Ordained Bishop	Esteban José Pérez Fernández †	Bishop of Coria, Spain	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
5 Mar	66.3	Appointed	Mariano José de Escalada Bustillo y Zeballos †	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
5 Mar	70.6	Died	Pierre-Louis Parisis †	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
7 Mar	76.6	Died	Ferdinando Baldanzi †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
8 Mar	51.8	Died	St. Siméon-François Berneux, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Corea
	48.0	Succeeded	St. Antoine-Marie-Nicolas Daveluy, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Corea	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic
		Born	Leopold Precan †	Tynec	Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
11 Mar	43.9	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Williams †	Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
12 Mar		Born	Franz Rudolf Bornewasser †	Radevormwald	Bishop of Trier, Germany
	46.3	Selected	Marco Calogerà (Calogjera) †	Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia
		Born	Eustaquio Nieto y Martín †	Zamora	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Born	Joseph Schrembs †	Wutzelhofen, Germany	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
14 Mar		Born	Celestino Endrici †	Don	Archbishop of Trento, Italy
17 Mar	22.6	Ordained Priest	Luigi del Forno †	Priest	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Josephus Hubertus Drehmanns †	Priest	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
	61.5	Died	Antonio Feliciani, O.F.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Bonaventura Gargiulo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Aristide Golfieri †	Priest	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
		Born	Alexandre-Philibert Poirier †	Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm	Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
19 Mar	52.4	Installed	Manuel Teodoro del Valle Seoane †	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
19 Mar	42.3	Installed	Juan María Ambrosio Huerta Galván †	Bishop of Puno, Peru	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
20 Mar	56.3	Appointed	Charles La Rocque †	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
20 Mar	89.5	Died	Antonio Tosti †	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
25 Mar	23.3	Ordained Priest	Jean-Joseph Tournier †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage, Tunisia
27 Mar		Born	Marian Leon Fulman †	Stare Miasto	Bishop of Lublin, Poland
27 Mar	56.0	Died	Mihály Haas †	Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
30 Mar	48.0	Died	St. Antoine-Marie-Nicolas Daveluy, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Corea	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic
31 Mar	22.5	Ordained Priest	Giosuè Bicchi †	Priest	Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Pietro Respighi †	Priest of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Andrea Righetti †	Priest	Bishop of Carpi, Italy
3 Apr	23.0	Ordained Priest	Marie-Simon-Henri Colomb †	Priest	Bishop of Evreux, France
5 Apr	62.7	Selected	Johannes Heinrich Beckmann †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
6 Apr		Born	Pierre Aziz Ho †	Mossul	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
6 Apr		Born	Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, O.P. †	Ile-Verte	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
7 Apr	24.9	Ordained Priest	Hermann Joseph Schmitz †	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
8 Apr	64.2	Ordained Bishop	Augustin Pavel Wahala †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czech Republic
10 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Stefano A. Israelian †	Bishop of Karput (Armenian), Turkey
11 Apr		Born	Alfred Flocard †	Jorquenay	Bishop of Limoges, France
11 Apr	54.8	Selected	Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Lequette †	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
12 Apr		Born	Ludovico Ferretti, O.P. †	Pietrasanta	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
15 Apr	35.0	Ordained Bishop	Abraham Agabio (Agapios) Bsciai (Bishai) †	Titular Bishop of Chariopolis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Luis Jordá y Soler †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
	64.2	Installed	Augustin Pavel Wahala †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czech Republic
18 Apr		Born	Joseph Francis Busch †	Red Wing, MN	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
22 Apr	73.5	Died	Giuseppe Luca Barranco, O. de M. †	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Arequipa, Peru
		Born	Juan José Laguarda y Fenollera †	Valencia	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Juan Lozano Torreira †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
24 Apr	32.5	Appointed	Edward Fitzgerald †	Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
24 Apr	40.7	Appointed	John Hennessy †	Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
29 Apr	60.2	Died	Joseph Dixon †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland