The Year of Our Lord 1879

Bishop Events

April to June

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Apr 55.5 Resigned Aniceto Ferrante, C.O. † Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus

1 Apr 46.2 Ordained Bishop Henri-Charles-Dominique Denéchau † Bishop of Tulle, France

Born Umberto Rossi † Bishop of Asti, Italy

4 Apr 63.1 Appointed Edward MacCabe † Cardinal, Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland

60.0 Appointed Bartholomew Woodlock † Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland Bishop Emeritus

6 Apr 69.4 Died Vinzenz Gasser † Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

8 Apr 80.0 Died Casimir-Alexis-Joseph Wicart † Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France

10 Apr Born Mateo Colom y Canals, O.S.A. † Bishop of Huesca, Spain

12 Apr 22.2 Ordained Deacon Natale Bruni † Deacon of Piacenza, Italy Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy

27.3 Ordained Priest Neil McNeil † Priest of Arichat, Nova Scotia, Canada Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

22.4 Ordained Priest Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) † Priest of Spoleto, Italy Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office

13 Apr 43.4 Ordained Bishop Jaime Catalá y Albosa † Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

24.4 Ordained Priest James Edward Quigley † Priest of Buffalo, New York, USA Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

14 Apr Born Francis Tiburtius Roche, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Tuticorin, India

17 Apr 56.2 Died Kaspar (Balthasar) Willi, O.S.B. † Bishop of Chur, Switzerland

18 Apr Born Teodorico de Angelis † Bishop Emeritus of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy

20 Apr 49.4 Appointed Clement Joseph David † Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria

49.4 Ordained Bishop Clement Joseph David † Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria

Born Gerhard (Thomas) Lennartz, S.C.I. † Prefect Emeritus of Adamaua, Cameroon

68.7 Ordained Bishop Bonfiglio Mura, O.S.M. † Archbishop of Oristano, Italy

42.6 Ordained Bishop Sylwester Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) † Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis Cardinal, Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

21 Apr 62.1 Selected Albin Dunajewski † Cardinal, Bishop of Kraków, Poland

23 Apr Born Jorge García Caballeros † Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala

68.8 Appointed Walter Herman Jacobus Steins, S.J. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Auckland, New Zealand Bishop

25 Apr 55.5 Selected Antonín Ludvík Frind † Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia

26 Apr 73.4 Died Carlo Luigi Morichini † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

27 Apr 53.0 Ordained Bishop Fulgencije Czarev, O.F.M. Obs. † Archbishop of Skopje, North Macedonia Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia

53.9 Ordained Bishop Valentin Garnier, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Titiopolis Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan, China

28 Apr 68.5 Resigned Ignatius Mrak † Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus

29 Apr 66.2 Resigned Giuseppe Aggarbati, O.S.A. † Bishop of Senigallia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

75.1 Died Teobaldo (Vincentius Joseph Cirillus) Cesari, O. Cist. † Abbot General Emeritus of Order of Cistercians

2 May 80.4 Died Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Léonard Berteaud † Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France

3 May 74.2 Retired Pietro Rota † Bishop of Mantova, Italy Bishop Emeritus

4 May 26.2 Ordained Priest James William McCarthy † Priest of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain

Born Jan (Johannes) Nepomuk Remiger † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

6 May 57.9 Appointed Pasquale Guerini † Auxiliary Bishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro Archbishop Emeritus of Shkodrë, Albania

57.9 Appointed Pasquale Guerini † Titular Bishop of Paphus Archbishop Emeritus of Shkodrë, Albania

51.6 Appointed Edmund James Knight † Auxiliary Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

51.6 Appointed Edmund James Knight † Titular Bishop of Corycus Bishop Emeritus of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain

Born Heinrich Ritter, C.S.Sp. † Prelate of Juruá, Acre, Brazil

69.4 Died Alessandro Valsecchi † Coadjutor Bishop of Bergamo, Italy

8 May 49.9 Died Germán de Ascensión Villalvazo y Rodríguez † Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México

9 May 58.8 Selected Louis-Romain-Ernest Isoard † Bishop of Annecy, France

11 May Born Gabriele Perlo, I.M.C. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mogadiscio, Somalia

12 May 66.2 Appointed Giuseppe Aggarbati, O.S.A. † Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy

60.5 Elevated to Cardinal Gaetano Alimonda † Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

60.5 Resigned Gaetano Alimonda † Bishop of Albenga, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

49.8 Appointed Filippo Allegro † Bishop of Albenga, Italy

50.1 Appointed Giuseppe Apollonio † Bishop of Adria, Italy Bishop of Treviso, Italy

58.8 Appointed Giovanni Maria Berengo † Bishop of Mantova, Italy Archbishop of Udine, Italy

58.5 Appointed Elia Bianchi † Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy

58.5 Appointed Elia Bianchi † Titular Bishop of Tanis Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy

58.7 Appointed Giuseppe Boraggini † Bishop of Savona e Noli, Italy

73.8 Appointed Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto † Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy

72.0 Elevated to Cardinal Florian-Jules-Félix Desprez † Cardinal, Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France

63.7 Appointed Frédéric de Falloux du Coudray † Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other

55.6 Appointed Aniceto Ferrante, C.O. † Titular Bishop of Callinicum Bishop Emeritus of Gallipoli, Italy

45.1 Appointed Casimiro Forlani † Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro

53.8 Appointed Felice Gialdini † Coadjutor Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy Bishop Emeritus

53.8 Appointed Felice Gialdini † Titular Bishop of Dioclea Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy

62.6 Elevated to Cardinal Lajos Haynald † Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

54.6 Elevated to Cardinal Joseph Hergenröther † Cardinal, Prefect of the Vatican Secret Archive

56.2 Appointed Gustav Adolf von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

58.0 Appointed Francesco Latoni † Bishop of Senigallia, Italy

55.5 Appointed Gesualdo Nicola Loschirico, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy

51.4 Appointed Achille Manara † Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy

78.2 Elevated to Cardinal St. John Henry Newman, C.O. † Cardinal, Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri

71.4 Elevated to Cardinal Giuseppe Pecci, S.J. † Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Studies

54.3 Appointed Placido Petacci † Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (-Farfa), Italy Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy

54.3 Appointed Placido Petacci † Titular Bishop of Troas Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy

63.6 Elevated to Cardinal Louis-Édouard-François-Désiré Pie † Cardinal, Bishop of Poitiers, France

66.7 Appointed Jean-Baptiste-François (Odo) Pitra, O.S.B. † Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

74.2 Appointed Pietro Rota † Titular Archbishop of Cartagine Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy

31.9 Appointed Camillo Siciliano di Rende † Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy

50.3 Elevated to Cardinal Américo Ferreira dos Santos Silva † Cardinal, Bishop of Porto, Portugal

65.5 Elevated to Cardinal Friedrich Egon von Fürstenberg † Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia

49.4 Appointed Augusto Antonio Vicentini † Bishop of Conversano, Italy Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy

45.5 Elevated to Cardinal Tommaso Maria Zigliara, O.P. † Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Frascati

13 May 55.1 Appointed Michele Castelli † Bishop of Tinos and Mykonos, Greece

74.3 Died Patrick Fallon † Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland

59.8 Appointed Ignazio Nicolaus Giustiniani † Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece

38.6 Appointed Michael Logue † Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

46.1 Appointed Andrea Policarpo Timoni † Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

15 May 64.9 Appointed Manuel Antonio Bandini Mazuelos † Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru Archbishop

64.9 Appointed Manuel Antonio Bandini Mazuelos † Titular Bishop of Antipatris Archbishop of Lima, Peru

62.2 Confirmed Albin Dunajewski † Cardinal, Bishop of Kraków, Poland

55.5 Confirmed Antonín Ludvík Frind † Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia

54.6 Appointed Joseph Hergenröther † Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere Cardinal, Prefect of the Vatican Secret Archive

58.8 Confirmed Louis-Romain-Ernest Isoard † Bishop of Annecy, France

78.2 Appointed St. John Henry Newman, C.O. † Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro Cardinal, Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri

51.6 Confirmed Mihály Pável † Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania

71.4 Appointed Giuseppe Pecci, S.J. † Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Studies

64.2 Appointed Gaetano Ratta † Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy

64.2 Appointed Gaetano Ratta † Titular Bishop of Thermae Basilicae Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy

42.7 Confirmed Ioan Szabó † Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania

45.5 Appointed Tommaso Maria Zigliara, O.P. † Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Frascati

16 May 43.3 Appointed Lawrence Stephen McMahon † Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

34.8 Appointed John Vertin † Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA

17 May Born Ernesto Eugenio Filippi † Archbishop of Monreale, Italy

Born Emilio Ippolito Ulivelli, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Chaco, Bolivia

18 May Born Joseph Moran Corrigan † Titular Bishop of Bilta

47.1 Ordained Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † Bishop of Würzburg, Germany Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

22 May 49.8 Ordained Bishop Filippo Allegro † Bishop of Albenga, Italy

50.1 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Apollonio † Bishop of Adria, Italy Bishop of Treviso, Italy

58.7 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Boraggini † Bishop of Savona e Noli, Italy

Born Aston Ignatius (Sebastian Joseph) Chichester, S.J. † Archbishop Emeritus of Salisbury, Zimbabwe

53.8 Ordained Bishop Felice Gialdini † Titular Bishop of Dioclea Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy

55.5 Ordained Bishop Gesualdo Nicola Loschirico, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy

51.5 Ordained Bishop Achille Manara † Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy

25.5 Solemn Vows Augustin Marre, O.C.S.O. † Priest of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France

49.4 Ordained Bishop Augusto Antonio Vicentini † Bishop of Conversano, Italy Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy

23 May 41.2 Appointed Constant Dubail, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria, China

41.2 Appointed Constant Dubail, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Bolina Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria, China

34.1 Appointed Louis-Marie Galibert, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam

34.1 Appointed Louis-Marie Galibert, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Aenus Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam

46.1 Appointed Jean-Amand Lamaze, S.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga

46.1 Appointed Jean-Amand Lamaze, S.M. † Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus) Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga

46.1 Appointed Jean-Amand Lamaze, S.M. † Apostolic Administrator of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania) Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga

25 May 58.5 Ordained Bishop Elia Bianchi † Titular Bishop of Tanis Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy

54.4 Ordained Bishop Placido Petacci † Titular Bishop of Troas Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy

28 May 41.7 Selected Franz Konstantin Rampa † Bishop of Chur, Switzerland

30 May 67.3 Died Raffaele Pucci-Sisti † Bishop of Montalcino, Italy

1 Jun 58.0 Ordained Bishop Francesco Latoni † Bishop of Senigallia, Italy

32.3 Ordained Priest Jérémie-Timothée Makdassi † Priest Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq

45.3 Ordained Bishop Antonio Ochoa y Arenas † Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain

66.8 Ordained Bishop Jean-Baptiste-François (Odo) Pitra, O.S.B. † Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

64.2 Ordained Bishop Gaetano Ratta † Titular Bishop of Thermae Basilicae Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy

60.1 Ordained Bishop Bartholomew Woodlock † Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland Bishop Emeritus

3 Jun Born Giorgio Rossi, C.S.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador

4 Jun 25.9 Ordained Priest John Francis Regis Canevin † Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

77.5 Died Pietro Luigi Speranza † Bishop of Bergamo, Italy

7 Jun 23.8 Ordained Priest Joseph John Fox † Priest of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Bishop Emeritus

28.1 Ordained Priest Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte † Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

23.6 Ordained Priest Sébastien Herscher † Priest of Paris, France Bishop Emeritus of Langres, France

24.0 Ordained Priest Edmundus Sybrandus Luijpen (Luypen), S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Vicar Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia

Born Roberto Nogara † Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy

25.1 Ordained Priest Paul-Marie Reynaud, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Vicar Apostolic of Ningpo [Ningbo], China

8 Jun 55.6 Ordained Bishop Antonín Ludvík Frind † Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia

51.7 Installed Mihály Pável † Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania

9 Jun 58.7 Died Louis-Désiré-César Bataille † Bishop of Amiens, France

54.7 Appointed Joseph Hergenröther † Cardinal, Prefect of the Vatican Secret Archive

10 Jun 58.3 Died Giovanni Felix Jacovacci † Auxiliary Bishop of Palestrina, Italy

16 Jun 64.5 Selected Giovanni Giacomo della Bona † Bishop of Trento, Italy

Born Marcelino Lardizábal Aguirrebengoa, I.E.M.E. † Prefect Emeritus of San Jorge, Colombia

57.9 Selected Johannes von Leiß (Leiss) † Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

17 Jun 73.9 Died Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto † Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy

18 Jun 62.2 Ordained Bishop Albin Dunajewski † Cardinal, Bishop of Kraków, Poland

22 Jun 23.9 Ordained Priest Bernardo Giuseppe Doebbing, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy

24 Jun Born Giovanni Capobianco † Bishop of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy

29 Jun Born Benedetto Aloisi Masella † Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

55.3 Ordained Bishop Michele Castelli † Bishop of Tinos and Mykonos, Greece

58.9 Ordained Bishop Louis-Romain-Ernest Isoard † Bishop of Annecy, France

24.7 Ordained Priest Jean-Marie Mérel, M.E.P. † Priest Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Canton [Guangzhou], China

Born Gabriel Naamo † Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean), Lebanon

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Apr	55.5	Resigned	Aniceto Ferrante, C.O. †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
1 Apr	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Henri-Charles-Dominique Denéchau †	Bishop of Tulle, France
	Born	Umberto Rossi †		Bishop of Asti, Italy
4 Apr	63.1	Appointed	Edward MacCabe †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
60.0	Appointed	Bartholomew Woodlock †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
6 Apr	69.4	Died	Vinzenz Gasser †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
8 Apr	80.0	Died	Casimir-Alexis-Joseph Wicart †	Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France
10 Apr		Born	Mateo Colom y Canals, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Huesca, Spain
12 Apr	22.2	Ordained Deacon	Natale Bruni †	Deacon of Piacenza, Italy	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
27.3	Ordained Priest	Neil McNeil †	Priest of Arichat, Nova Scotia, Canada	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
22.4	Ordained Priest	Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) †	Priest of Spoleto, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
13 Apr	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Jaime Catalá y Albosa †	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
24.4	Ordained Priest	James Edward Quigley †	Priest of Buffalo, New York, USA	Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
14 Apr		Born	Francis Tiburtius Roche, S.J. †		Bishop Emeritus of Tuticorin, India
17 Apr	56.2	Died	Kaspar (Balthasar) Willi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
18 Apr		Born	Teodorico de Angelis †		Bishop Emeritus of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
20 Apr	49.4	Appointed	Clement Joseph David †	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria
49.4	Ordained Bishop	Clement Joseph David †	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria
	Born	Gerhard (Thomas) Lennartz, S.C.I. †		Prefect Emeritus of Adamaua, Cameroon
68.7	Ordained Bishop	Bonfiglio Mura, O.S.M. †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
42.6	Ordained Bishop	Sylwester Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) †	Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
21 Apr	62.1	Selected	Albin Dunajewski †	Cardinal, Bishop of Kraków, Poland
23 Apr		Born	Jorge García Caballeros †		Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala
68.8	Appointed	Walter Herman Jacobus Steins, S.J. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Auckland, New Zealand	Bishop
25 Apr	55.5	Selected	Antonín Ludvík Frind †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
26 Apr	73.4	Died	Carlo Luigi Morichini †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
27 Apr	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Fulgencije Czarev, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Skopje, North Macedonia	Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Valentin Garnier, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Titiopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan, China
28 Apr	68.5	Resigned	Ignatius Mrak †	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
29 Apr	66.2	Resigned	Giuseppe Aggarbati, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
75.1	Died	Teobaldo (Vincentius Joseph Cirillus) Cesari, O. Cist. †	Abbot General Emeritus of Order of Cistercians
2 May	80.4	Died	Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Léonard Berteaud †	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
3 May	74.2	Retired	Pietro Rota †	Bishop of Mantova, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
4 May	26.2	Ordained Priest	James William McCarthy †	Priest of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
	Born	Jan (Johannes) Nepomuk Remiger †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
6 May	57.9	Appointed	Pasquale Guerini †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro	Archbishop Emeritus of Shkodrë, Albania
57.9	Appointed	Pasquale Guerini †	Titular Bishop of Paphus	Archbishop Emeritus of Shkodrë, Albania
51.6	Appointed	Edmund James Knight †	Auxiliary Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
51.6	Appointed	Edmund James Knight †	Titular Bishop of Corycus	Bishop Emeritus of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
	Born	Heinrich Ritter, C.S.Sp. †		Prelate of Juruá, Acre, Brazil
69.4	Died	Alessandro Valsecchi †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
8 May	49.9	Died	Germán de Ascensión Villalvazo y Rodríguez †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
9 May	58.8	Selected	Louis-Romain-Ernest Isoard †	Bishop of Annecy, France
11 May		Born	Gabriele Perlo, I.M.C. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mogadiscio, Somalia
12 May	66.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Aggarbati, O.S.A. †	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina	Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy
60.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Gaetano Alimonda †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
60.5	Resigned	Gaetano Alimonda †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
49.8	Appointed	Filippo Allegro †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
50.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Apollonio †	Bishop of Adria, Italy	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
58.8	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Berengo †	Bishop of Mantova, Italy	Archbishop of Udine, Italy
58.5	Appointed	Elia Bianchi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
58.5	Appointed	Elia Bianchi †	Titular Bishop of Tanis	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
58.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Boraggini †	Bishop of Savona e Noli, Italy
73.8	Appointed	Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
72.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Florian-Jules-Félix Desprez †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France
63.7	Appointed	Frédéric de Falloux du Coudray †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
55.6	Appointed	Aniceto Ferrante, C.O. †	Titular Bishop of Callinicum	Bishop Emeritus of Gallipoli, Italy
45.1	Appointed	Casimiro Forlani †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
53.8	Appointed	Felice Gialdini †	Coadjutor Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
53.8	Appointed	Felice Gialdini †	Titular Bishop of Dioclea	Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy
62.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Lajos Haynald †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
54.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Joseph Hergenröther †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Vatican Secret Archive
56.2	Appointed	Gustav Adolf von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
58.0	Appointed	Francesco Latoni †	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
55.5	Appointed	Gesualdo Nicola Loschirico, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
51.4	Appointed	Achille Manara †	Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
78.2	Elevated to Cardinal	St. John Henry Newman, C.O. †	Cardinal, Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri
71.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Pecci, S.J. †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Studies
54.3	Appointed	Placido Petacci †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (-Farfa), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
54.3	Appointed	Placido Petacci †	Titular Bishop of Troas	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
63.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Louis-Édouard-François-Désiré Pie †	Cardinal, Bishop of Poitiers, France
66.7	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-François (Odo) Pitra, O.S.B. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
74.2	Appointed	Pietro Rota †	Titular Archbishop of Cartagine	Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy
31.9	Appointed	Camillo Siciliano di Rende †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
50.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Américo Ferreira dos Santos Silva †	Cardinal, Bishop of Porto, Portugal
65.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Friedrich Egon von Fürstenberg †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
49.4	Appointed	Augusto Antonio Vicentini †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
45.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Tommaso Maria Zigliara, O.P. †	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Frascati
13 May	55.1	Appointed	Michele Castelli †	Bishop of Tinos and Mykonos, Greece
74.3	Died	Patrick Fallon †	Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
59.8	Appointed	Ignazio Nicolaus Giustiniani †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
38.6	Appointed	Michael Logue †	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
46.1	Appointed	Andrea Policarpo Timoni †	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
15 May	64.9	Appointed	Manuel Antonio Bandini Mazuelos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru	Archbishop
64.9	Appointed	Manuel Antonio Bandini Mazuelos †	Titular Bishop of Antipatris	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
62.2	Confirmed	Albin Dunajewski †	Cardinal, Bishop of Kraków, Poland
55.5	Confirmed	Antonín Ludvík Frind †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
54.6	Appointed	Joseph Hergenröther †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Prefect of the Vatican Secret Archive
58.8	Confirmed	Louis-Romain-Ernest Isoard †	Bishop of Annecy, France
78.2	Appointed	St. John Henry Newman, C.O. †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri
51.6	Confirmed	Mihály Pável †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
71.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Pecci, S.J. †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Studies
64.2	Appointed	Gaetano Ratta †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy
64.2	Appointed	Gaetano Ratta †	Titular Bishop of Thermae Basilicae	Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy
42.7	Confirmed	Ioan Szabó †	Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania
45.5	Appointed	Tommaso Maria Zigliara, O.P. †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Frascati
16 May	43.3	Appointed	Lawrence Stephen McMahon †	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
34.8	Appointed	John Vertin †	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA
17 May		Born	Ernesto Eugenio Filippi †		Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
	Born	Emilio Ippolito Ulivelli, O.F.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of Chaco, Bolivia
18 May		Born	Joseph Moran Corrigan †		Titular Bishop of Bilta
47.1	Ordained Bishop	Franz Joseph von Stein †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
22 May	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Allegro †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Apollonio †	Bishop of Adria, Italy	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
58.7	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Boraggini †	Bishop of Savona e Noli, Italy
	Born	Aston Ignatius (Sebastian Joseph) Chichester, S.J. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Salisbury, Zimbabwe
53.8	Ordained Bishop	Felice Gialdini †	Titular Bishop of Dioclea	Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy
55.5	Ordained Bishop	Gesualdo Nicola Loschirico, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
51.5	Ordained Bishop	Achille Manara †	Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
25.5	Solemn Vows	Augustin Marre, O.C.S.O. †	Priest of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
49.4	Ordained Bishop	Augusto Antonio Vicentini †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
23 May	41.2	Appointed	Constant Dubail, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria, China
41.2	Appointed	Constant Dubail, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Bolina	Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria, China
34.1	Appointed	Louis-Marie Galibert, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam
34.1	Appointed	Louis-Marie Galibert, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Aenus	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam
46.1	Appointed	Jean-Amand Lamaze, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga
46.1	Appointed	Jean-Amand Lamaze, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)	Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga
46.1	Appointed	Jean-Amand Lamaze, S.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga
25 May	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Elia Bianchi †	Titular Bishop of Tanis	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
54.4	Ordained Bishop	Placido Petacci †	Titular Bishop of Troas	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
28 May	41.7	Selected	Franz Konstantin Rampa †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
30 May	67.3	Died	Raffaele Pucci-Sisti †	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy
1 Jun	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Latoni †	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
32.3	Ordained Priest	Jérémie-Timothée Makdassi †	Priest	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
45.3	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Ochoa y Arenas †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
66.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste-François (Odo) Pitra, O.S.B. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
64.2	Ordained Bishop	Gaetano Ratta †	Titular Bishop of Thermae Basilicae	Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy
60.1	Ordained Bishop	Bartholomew Woodlock †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
3 Jun		Born	Giorgio Rossi, C.S.I. †		Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador
4 Jun	25.9	Ordained Priest	John Francis Regis Canevin †	Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
77.5	Died	Pietro Luigi Speranza †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
7 Jun	23.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph John Fox †	Priest of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus
28.1	Ordained Priest	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte †	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
23.6	Ordained Priest	Sébastien Herscher †	Priest of Paris, France	Bishop Emeritus of Langres, France
24.0	Ordained Priest	Edmundus Sybrandus Luijpen (Luypen), S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia
	Born	Roberto Nogara †		Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
25.1	Ordained Priest	Paul-Marie Reynaud, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic of Ningpo [Ningbo], China
8 Jun	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Antonín Ludvík Frind †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
51.7	Installed	Mihály Pável †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
9 Jun	58.7	Died	Louis-Désiré-César Bataille †	Bishop of Amiens, France
54.7	Appointed	Joseph Hergenröther †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Vatican Secret Archive
10 Jun	58.3	Died	Giovanni Felix Jacovacci †	Auxiliary Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
16 Jun	64.5	Selected	Giovanni Giacomo della Bona †	Bishop of Trento, Italy
	Born	Marcelino Lardizábal Aguirrebengoa, I.E.M.E. †		Prefect Emeritus of San Jorge, Colombia
57.9	Selected	Johannes von Leiß (Leiss) †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
17 Jun	73.9	Died	Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
18 Jun	62.2	Ordained Bishop	Albin Dunajewski †	Cardinal, Bishop of Kraków, Poland
22 Jun	23.9	Ordained Priest	Bernardo Giuseppe Doebbing, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
24 Jun		Born	Giovanni Capobianco †		Bishop of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
29 Jun		Born	Benedetto Aloisi Masella †		Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
55.3	Ordained Bishop	Michele Castelli †	Bishop of Tinos and Mykonos, Greece
58.9	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Romain-Ernest Isoard †	Bishop of Annecy, France
24.7	Ordained Priest	Jean-Marie Mérel, M.E.P. †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Canton [Guangzhou], China
	Born	Gabriel Naamo †		Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean), Lebanon

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