The Year of Our Lord 1870

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	70.2	Resigned	Michel-Antoine Anfossi, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bangalore, India	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	22.3	Ordained Priest	Ramón Barberá y Boada †	Priest	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
	22.3	Ordained Priest	Tomás Jenaro de Cámara y Castro, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
	40.1	Appointed	Aloys Elloy, S.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga
	22.2	Ordained Priest	Giacinto Gaggia †	Priest	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek) †	Priest	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
		Died	Luigi Lastaria †	Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Edward MacGennis †	Priest	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
		Born	Hendrik Nollen, M.S.C. †	's-Hertogenbosch	Prefect Emeritus of Nuova Guinea Olandese, Indonesia
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Charles-Félix Pelvat, M.S.F.S. †	Priest of Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales	Bishop of Nagpur, India
	27.4	Professed	Stefano Scarella, P.I.M.E. †	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan {Ho-Nan Meridionale}, China
	17.2	Professed	Elías Suárez, O.S.A. †	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Hunan {Hu-Nan Settentrionale}, China
1 Jan		Born	Ferenc Gossman †	Soroksar	Auxiliary Bishop of Vác, Hungary
3 Jan	59.0	Appointed	Annibale Capalti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
3 Jan	66.0	Died	Eduardo Vásquez, O.P. †	Bishop of Panamá
4 Jan		Born	Thomas Wulstan Pearson, O.S.B. †	Preston	Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
8 Jan	42.6	Selected	Charles-Emile Freppel †	Bishop of Angers, France
8 Jan	46.0	Selected	Joseph-Clair Reyne †	Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, Antilles
9 Jan	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Augustus Maria Bernard Anthony John Gebhard Toebbe †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
19 Jan	71.3	Died	Johann Georg Müller †	Bishop of Münster, Germany
21 Jan	49.1	Appointed	Jean-Dominique Barbero, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hyderabad, India
	49.1	Appointed	Jean-Dominique Barbero, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Doliche	Vicar Apostolic of Hyderabad, India
	50.0	Appointed	Louis-Gabriel Delaplace, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China
	44.5	Appointed	Edmond-François Guierry, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Chekiang {Ce-Kiam Orientale}, China
23 Jan	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Peter Joseph Baltes †	Bishop of Alton, Illinois, USA
23 Jan		Born	William Francis O’Hare, S.J. †	South Boston, MA, USA	Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Jamaica, Antilles
27 Jan		Born	Atanasio María Vicente Soler y Royo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Manises, Spain	Vicar Apostolic of Goajira, Colombia
30 Jan	38.0	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Timothee Attar (Hattar) †	Bishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey	Bishop Emeritus of Mardin (Chaldean), Iraq
		Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Farso †	Bishop of Mardin (Chaldean), Iraq
	79.4	Died	Bertrand-Sévère Mascarou-Laurence †	Bishop of Tarbes, France
1 Feb		Born	Luis Durou y Sure, C.M. †	Sainte-Sabine, France	Archbishop of Guatemala
2 Feb	65.4	Died	Mariano Puigllat y Amigó †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
2 Feb		Born	Feliciano Rocha Pizarro †	Hinojal	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
4 Feb		Born	Juvencio Juan Hospital de la Puebla, O. Cart. †	Villaeles de Valdavia, Spain	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Hunan {Hu-Nan Settentrionale}, China
6 Feb		Born	Ernesto Coppo, S.D.B. †	Rosignano Monferrato, Italy	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kimberley in Western Australia
8 Feb	45.5	Appointed	Caspar Henry Borgess †	Titular Bishop of Calydon	Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	65.1	Appointed	Napoleon Joseph Perché †	Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Archbishop
	65.1	Appointed	Napoleon Joseph Perché †	Titular Archbishop of Abdera	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
9 Feb	25.1	Ordained Priest	Nematalla Seluan †	Priest	Archbishop of Cipro (Maronite), Cyprus
11 Feb	45.5	Appointed	Caspar Henry Borgess †	Coadjutor Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	37.1	Appointed	Antonio Colomer, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viêt Nam	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Tonking {Tonkino Settentrionale}, Viêt Nam
	37.1	Appointed	Antonio Colomer, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Themiscyra	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Tonking {Tonkino Settentrionale}, Viêt Nam
12 Feb	58.7	Died	Basilio Gil y Bueno †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
12 Feb	23.2	Ordained Priest	Benedetto Spila, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Alatri, Italy
13 Feb	62.7	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Tomás Iturralde (Yturralde) †	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
14 Feb		Born	François-Ignace Hummel, S.M.A. †	Soufflenheim, France	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
15 Feb		Born	Noël de Cleene, C.I.M. †	Nieuwkerken-Waas, Belgium	Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
15 Feb		Born	Jean-Justin-Michel Girbeau †	Baixas	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
21 Feb		Born	Roberto Julio Colombo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Castellanza, Italy	Prelate of São José do Grajaú, Brazil
23 Feb		Born	Vincenzo Celli †	Roma, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop of Beatissima Vergine Maria del SS.mo Rosario, Italy
		Born	François-Joseph Dantin, M.S. †	Meyrieux-Trouet, France	Vicar Apostolic of Antsirabé, Madagascar
	62.1	Appointed	Antonio Giuseppe Pluym, C.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Tyana	Bishop Emeritus of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
	62.1	Resigned	Antonio Giuseppe Pluym, C.P. †	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria	Bishop Emeritus
24 Feb		Born	João Batista Becker †	St. Wendel, Germany	Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
24 Feb		Born	Jules-Géraud Saliège †	Crouzy-Haut	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
25 Feb	82.3	Died	Louis-Jacques-Maurice de Bonald †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
27 Feb		Born	Emanuele Antonio Arboleda, C.M. †	Cartago	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
27 Feb	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Patrick Roger Foley †	Titular Bishop of Pergamum	Coadjutor Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 Mar		Born	Arthur Béliveau †	Mont Carmel de Champlain	Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
3 Mar		Born	Augusto Klinke Leier †	Braddorf, Austria	Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia, Chile
9 Mar	63.3	Selected	Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac †	Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
9 Mar	55.1	Selected	Pierre-Antoine-Justin Paulinier †	Bishop of Grenoble, France	Archbishop of Besançon, France
10 Mar	48.0	Installed	Thomas Patrick Roger Foley †	Coadjutor Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
10 Mar	560.2	Beatified	Bl. Guillaume Grimoard, O.S.B. †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
11 Mar	42.9	Appointed	John Cameron †	Coadjutor Bishop of Arichat, Nova Scotia, Canada	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
	42.9	Appointed	John Cameron †	Titular Bishop of Titiopolis	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
	54.4	Appointed	Daniel McGettigan †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	47.1	Appointed	Ignazio Camillo Guglielmo Maria Pietro Persico, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	64.8	Appointed	John Marcellus Peter Augustine Verot, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
12 Mar	41.5	Ordained Deacon	António Aires de Gouveia (Ayres de Gouvea) †	Deacon	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
		Born	René-Marie-Joseph Perros, M.E.P. †	Guewenheim, France	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bangkok, Thailand
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Augustinus Rosentreter †	Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Bishop
13 Mar		Born	Thomas O’Shea, S.M. †	San Francisco, CA, USA	Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
13 Mar	45.3	Ordained Bishop	José de Jesús María Uriarte y Pérez †	Bishop of Sonora, México	Bishop of Sinaloa, México
15 Mar		Born	Vilmos Batthyány †	Zaloszentgroth	Bishop Emeritus of Nitra, Slovakia
	44.3	Appointed	Géraud Bray, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kiam-Si {Kiangsi}, China	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kiangsi {Kiam-Si Settentrionale}, China
	44.3	Appointed	Géraud Bray, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Lagania	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kiangsi {Kiam-Si Settentrionale}, China
16 Mar	53.4	Selected	Pierre-Anastase Pichenot †	Bishop of Tarbes, France	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
18 Mar	54.1	Appointed	John Joseph Lynch, C.M. †	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
19 Mar	24.5	Ordained Priest	Luigi Piccardo †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
21 Mar	43.7	Appointed	Federico León Aneiros (Aneyros) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop
	43.7	Appointed	Federico León Aneiros (Aneyros) †	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	45.2	Appointed	Manuel Canuto Restrepo †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	43.9	Confirmed	Pierre-Paul de Cuttoli †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	42.8	Confirmed	Charles-Emile Freppel †	Bishop of Angers, France
	34.6	Appointed	Francesco Maria Granado †	Coadjutor Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Bishop
	53.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Milesi Pironi Ferretti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
	53.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Milesi Pironi Ferretti †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
	49.9	Appointed	José María Mora y Daza †	Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
	46.2	Appointed	Ignacio Antonio Parra †	Bishop of Panamá	Bishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
	46.2	Confirmed	Joseph-Clair Reyne †	Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, Antilles
25 Mar	82.3	Died	Giovanni Battista Ciofi †	Bishop of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy
26 Mar	79.0	Died	José Manuel de Lemos †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
26 Mar		Born	Luigi Sincero †	Trino Vercellese	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
27 Mar	41.5	Ordained Priest	António Aires de Gouveia (Ayres de Gouvea) †	Priest	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
31 Mar	66.1	Died	Antonín Arnošt Schaaffgotsche †	Bishop of Brno, Czech Republic
3 Apr	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Dominique Barbero, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Doliche	Vicar Apostolic of Hyderabad, India
	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Canuto Restrepo †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Milesi Pironi Ferretti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
6 Apr	57.2	Selected	Johannes Bernard Brinkmann †	Bishop of Münster, Germany
7 Apr		Born	Giuseppe Romeo †	Catona	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
8 Apr		Born	Arturo Celestino Álvarez †	Clarines	Bishop of Calabozo, Venezuela
10 Apr	45.3	Installed	José de Jesús María Uriarte y Pérez †	Bishop of Sonora, México	Bishop of Sinaloa, México
12 Apr	82.6	Died	Raffaele Biale †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
13 Apr	76.2	Died	Alexandru Dobra †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
15 Apr	58.6	Died	Matteo Eustachio Gonella †	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
16 Apr	24.1	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Ceppetelli (Cepetelli) †	Priest	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
16 Apr	24.0	Ordained Priest	Jean-Marie-Léon Dizien †	Priest	Bishop of Amiens, France
17 Apr		Born	Louis Van Hoeck, S.J. †	Antwerpen, Belgium	Bishop of Ranchi, India
18 Apr	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Paul de Cuttoli †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Emile Freppel †	Bishop of Angers, France
	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Clair Reyne †	Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, Antilles
19 Apr	49.3	Ordained Bishop	José Joaquín Isaza Ruiz †	Titular Bishop of Evaria	Bishop of Medellín, Colombia
21 Apr		Born	Stanislaw Wojciech Okoniewski †	Popowo	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
24 Apr	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Caspar Henry Borgess †	Titular Bishop of Calydon	Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Javier Rodríguez †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
	62.1	Died	Gaetano Stiscia †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
26 Apr		Born	Paschal Charles David Robinson, O.F.M. †	Dublin, Ireland	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
30 Apr	78.2	Died	Thomas Cooke †	Bishop of Trois Rivières, Québec, Canada
		Born	Auguste De Clercq, C.I.C.M. †	Avecapelle-lez-Furnes, Belgium	Vicar Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	51.7	Succeeded	Louis-François Richer dit Laflèche †	Bishop of Trois Rivières, Québec, Canada
		Born	Juan Perelló y Pou, M.S.C. †	Santa María del Camí	Bishop of Vic, Spain