The Year of Our Lord 1868

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	20.2	Professed	Joseph-Emile Abbet, C.R.A. †	Member of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
	33.1	Appointed	Francis Silas Marean Chatard †	Rector of the Pontifical North American College	Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
	29.7	Ordained Priest	Pedro Manuel García Naranjó †	Priest of Lima, Peru	Archbishop
	39.9	Appointed	Thomas-Marie Gentili, O.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	39.9	Appointed	Thomas-Marie Gentili, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Dionysias	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Fo-Kien, China
		Appointed	Pavao Gugler †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
	40.5	Appointed	Antoine Horner †	Prefect of Zanguebar, Kenya	Prefect Emeritus
	21.4	Professed	François Lesné, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Apostolic Delegate to Persia
	27.5	Ordained Priest	James Maher †	Priest	Bishop of Port Augusta, Australia
		Born	Matthijs Nijens, M.S.C. †	Heel, Netherlands	Prefect Emeritus of Nuova Guinea Olandese, Indonesia
	17.3	Professed	Hubert Otto, C.I.C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Kansu {Kansu Settentrionale}, China
	19.0	Professed	Louis-Hippolyte-Aristide Raguit, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Manchuria {Manciuria}, China
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Juan Antonio Ruano Martín †	Priest	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
	16.4	Professed	Esteban Sánchez de las Heras, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Richard Alphonsus Sheehan †	Priest	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
	21.0	Professed	Jean-Baptiste Simon, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan, China
	59.8	Appointed	Pavol Vagyon †	Bishop of the Titular See
	27.7	Professed	Alphonse de Voss (Vos), C.I.C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
1 Jan	38.4	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Ignacio Riaño, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Thaumacus	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
3 Jan		Born	Marcial López y Criado †	Córdoba	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
6 Jan		Born	Miklós Széchenyi de Salvar-Felsovidék †	Sopron	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
10 Jan		Born	François Steinmetz, S.M.A. †	Morschwiler, France	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dahomey, Benin
11 Jan		Born	Miguel de los Santos Serra y Sucarrats †	Olot	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
12 Jan	63.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Canzi †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene
15 Jan		Born	Giovanni Pellegrino Luigi Mondaini, O.F.M. †	Verucchio, Italy	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Changsha [Changsha], China
15 Jan	74.6	Died	Piotr Pawel Beniamin Szymański, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Janów Podlaski (Podlaska o Janów), Poland
18 Jan		Born	Juan Antonio Dueñas y Argumedo †	Opico	Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador
19 Jan	70.6	Died	Ireneus Frederic Baraga †	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA
19 Jan	71.0	Died	Józef Twarowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Janów Podlaski (Podlaska o Janów), Poland
23 Jan		Born	Francesco Maria Berti, O.F.M. Conv. †	Popiglio	Bishop Emeritus of Amelia, Italy
		Born	Ernest Costa de Beauregard †	Paris	Former Bishop-Elect of Dijon, France
		Died	John Fennelly †	Vicar Apostolic of Madras, India
	52.1	Selected	Djordje Marčić †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
	55.0	Died	Jean-Etienne Sémeria, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
26 Jan		Born	Josef Hammels †	Aachen	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
26 Jan	32.6	Ordained Bishop	Paul-François Puginier, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Mauricastro	Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
28 Jan		Born	Giorgio Koletsi †	Kalmeti	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
2 Feb	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Théodore-Joseph Gravez †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
		Born	Charles-François Lasne, C.M. †	Neuville-en-Avesnois, France	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Neale MacCabe, C.M. †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Johann Gabriel Léon Louis Meurin, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius
		Born	Valentin Wojciech †	Grzawa	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
4 Feb		Born	Edmond Heelan †	Knockaney, Ireland	Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
	52.4	Appointed	Andreas Ignatius Schaepman †	Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
	73.4	Appointed	Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) †	Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
	73.4	Resigned	Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) †	Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands	Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
5 Feb		Born	Dudley Charles Cary-Elwes †	Nice	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain
6 Feb		Succeeded	Vicente Arbeláez Gómez †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
6 Feb	71.0	Died	Antonio Herrán y Zaldúa †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
10 Feb		Born	Bernard Cornelius O’Riley †	Cape Town	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa
10 Feb	24.6	Solemn Professed	Pedro Armengol Valenzuela Poblete, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
11 Feb		Born	Jean Ogé, S.M.A. †	Ettendorf	Prefect of Liberia, Liberia
12 Feb		Born	Antonio Senso Lázaro †	Montáchez	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
13 Feb		Born	Serge Der Abrahamian †	Alexandropolis, Armenia	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
15 Feb		Born	Gilberto Fuenzalida Guzmán †	Talca	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
16 Feb		Born	Tomás Gregorio Camacho †	San José de Mayo, Uruguay	Bishop of Salto, Uruguay
	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Raffaele Corradi, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
		Born	François-Lazare Seguin, M.E.P. †	Menessaire, France	Vicar Apostolic of Kweyang [Guiyang], China
17 Feb		Born	Pavel Huyn †	Brno	Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
19 Feb	60.1	Died	Joaquín Hernández y Herrero †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
21 Feb		Born	Louis Petit, A.A. †	Viuz-la-Chiésaz, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Athenai {Athens}, Greece
22 Feb	67.6	Died	Justo Donoso Vivanco †	Bishop of La Serena, Chile
23 Feb		Born	Eugène Curien †	Senones	Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
25 Feb		Born	Remig Bárdos, O.S.B. †	Ipolysag	Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary
26 Feb	82.6	Died	Juan Nepomuceno Cascallana y Ordóñez †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
1 Mar	44.4	Died	Louis Bel, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia
1 Mar		Born	Thomas Mulvany †	Moynalty	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
3 Mar	35.2	Appointed	Thomas Albert Andrew Becker †	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA
	33.6	Appointed	James Gibbons †	Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	33.6	Appointed	James Gibbons †	Titular Bishop of Adramyttium	Cardinal, Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
		Born	Guglielmo Grassi †	Genzano	Titular Bishop of Tamiathis
	49.9	Appointed	Michael Heiss †	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
	38.8	Appointed	John Joseph Hogan †	Bishop of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA	Bishop of Kansas City, Missouri, USA
	55.2	Appointed	Michael Angelus Jacobi (Jacopi), O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Agra, India	Archbishop of Agra, India
	55.2	Appointed	Michael Angelus Jacobi (Jacopi), O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Pentacomia	Archbishop of Agra, India
	41.0	Appointed	Louis Aloysius Lootens †	Vicar Apostolic of Idaho and Montana, USA	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Idaho, USA
	41.0	Appointed	Louis Aloysius Lootens †	Titular Bishop of Castabala	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Idaho, USA
	55.6	Appointed	Joseph Projectus Machebeuf (Macheboeuf) †	Vicar Apostolic of Colorado and Utah, USA	Bishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
	55.6	Appointed	Joseph Projectus Machebeuf (Macheboeuf) †	Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia	Bishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
	44.3	Appointed	William George McCloskey †	Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
	44.2	Appointed	Bernard Joseph John McQuaid †	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA
	62.0	Appointed	Joseph Melcher †	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
	50.0	Appointed	Tobias Mullen †	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	52.7	Appointed	Eugene O’Connell †	Bishop of Grass Valley, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	51.9	Appointed	William O’Hara †	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
	41.1	Appointed	Sylvester Horton Rosecrans †	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
	42.2	Appointed	Stephen Michael Vincent Ryan, C.M. †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
	33.6	Appointed	Jeremiah Francis Shanahan †	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
	41.9	Appointed	Paul Tosi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Patna, India	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Punjab, India
	41.9	Appointed	Paul Tosi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Punjab, India
8 Mar	24.7	Ordained Priest	Pedro Armengol Valenzuela Poblete, O. de M. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
9 Mar		Born	Francisco Ruiz de Azúa Ortiz de Zárate, O.P. †	Ullibari Gamboa, Spain	Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng, Viet Nam
13 Mar	61.9	Appointed	Giacomo Antonelli †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Deacon of the Roman Curia - Other
	66.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Lorenzo Barili †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	67.0	Appointed	Alessando Barnabó †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	57.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Berardi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro
	38.2	Appointed	Carlos Bermúdez †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
	39.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Lucien-Louis-Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
	45.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Edoardo Borromeo †	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Adana
	57.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Annibale Capalti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
	57.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Innocenzo Ferrieri †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
	48.7	Appointed	Alessandro Franchi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
	56.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Matteo Eustachio Gonella †	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	52.1	Appointed	Joaquín Lluch y Garriga, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	41.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Raffaele Monaco La Valletta †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
	50.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Juan de la Cruz Ignacio Moreno y Maisanove †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	49.0	Appointed	Ján Perger †	Bishop of Košice, Slovakia
	59.2	Appointed	Valerio Antonio Jiménez (Ximenes) †	Bishop of Medellín, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
14 Mar	60.6	Appointed	Pietro Gianelli †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
14 Mar		Born	Florentino Simón y Garriga, C.M.F. †	Murchante, Spain	Prelate of São José de Alto Tocantins, Brazil
15 Mar	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Cardoso Aires †	Bishop of Olinda, Brazil
16 Mar	45.2	Appointed	Carlo Andrea Anthonis †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	45.2	Appointed	Carlo Andrea Anthonis †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	57.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Berardi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro
	39.3	Appointed	Lucien-Louis-Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
	45.6	Appointed	Edoardo Borromeo †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Adana
	57.2	Appointed	Annibale Capalti †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
	45.2	Appointed	Giacomo Cattani †	Titular Archbishop of Ancyra	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	38.6	Appointed	José Ignacio Checa y Barba †	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Kasper Felicjan Cyrtowt †	Priest	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
	56.5	Appointed	Matteo Eustachio Gonella †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	41.1	Appointed	Raffaele Monaco La Valletta †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
19 Mar		Born	Ramón Pérez y Rodríguez †	Mecina Fondalez	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
20 Mar		Born	Auguste-Joseph-Marie Cogneau †	Quimper	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
22 Mar	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Lothar von Kübel †	Titular Bishop of Leuce	Apostolic Administrator of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
22 Mar	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Domenico Reynaudi (Raynaud), O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Aegae	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
28 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	José Alves de Mariz †	Priest	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
6 Apr		Born	Austin Dowling †	New York, NY	Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
7 Apr		Born	Burkhard Huwiler, M. Afr. †	Buttwil-Argau, Switzerland	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania
7 Apr	25.2	Ordained Bishop	Théodore Jean Nersciabuh †	Archbishop	Archbishop Emeritus of Foreign Archdiocese
9 Apr	54.1	Selected	José Benedicto Torres Romero †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
11 Apr	23.8	Ordained Priest	Mariano Antonio Espinosa †	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop
	29.6	Ordained Priest	Ludovic-Henri-Marie-Ixile Julien-Laferrière †	Priest	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
	22.8	Ordained Priest	José Macchi †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
		Born	José Antônio de Oliveira Lopes †	Recife	Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil
14 Apr	94.9	Died	Hermann von Vicari †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
25 Apr	55.1	Installed	Mariano Cuartero y Medina, O.P. †	Bishop of Jaro, Philippines
	64.6	Succeeded	Johannes van Genk †	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands
		Born	Théophile Joseph Georgi †	Bagdad	Titular Bishop of Arethusa dei Siri
	85.7	Died	Johannes van Hooydonk †	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
26 Apr	25.3	Ordained Priest	Angus MacFarlane †	Priest	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
	20.7	Professed	Jacobus Cornelis Meeuwissen, C.SS.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Suriname, Antilles
	23.4	Ordained Priest	William Turner †	Priest	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
28 Apr		Born	Francisco Muñoz e Izquierdo †	Burjasot	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
29 Apr		Born	Giuseppe Angelucci †	Genazzano	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
30 Apr		Born	Bernardo Martínez y Noval, O.S.A. †	Valdesoto	Bishop of Almería, Spain
30 Apr	66.0	Died	Sebastião Pinto do Rêgo †	Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil