The Year of Our Lord 1883

Bishop Events

October to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct 75.0 Died Jakub (Iacobus) Bosagi, C.A.M. † Abbot Primate of Congregazione Mechitarista

Born Joseph-Marie Le Gouaze † Saint-Thuriau, France Archbishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti

3 Oct 45.9 Appointed Nicolas Donnelly † Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland

45.9 Appointed Nicolas Donnelly † Titular Bishop of Canea Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland

4 Oct 46.8 Appointed Vincenzo Vannutelli † Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

7 Oct Born Karol Mieczysław Radoński † Kocialkowa Górka Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

8 Oct Born Amedeo Polidori † Maenza Bishop Emeritus of Fossombrone, Italy

14 Oct 23.7 Ordained Priest John Joseph McCort † Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop of Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA

17 Oct Born Vicente Bartolomeu Maria Priante, S.D.B. † Barra Mansa Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

21 Oct 37.2 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè † Titular Bishop of Alabanda Cardinal, Archbishop of Catania, Italy

42.1 Ordained Bishop Wenceslao Oñate, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Hypsus Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam

52.7 Ordained Bishop Jesús María Rico y Santoyo, O.F.M. † Bishop of Sonora, México

47.8 Ordained Bishop Jesús María Rodríguez Balbín † Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia

23 Oct 65.1 Died Karol Franz Prucha † Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic

Born Bernardino Salvatore Re, O.F.M. Cap. † Favara Bishop of Lipari, Italy

28 Oct Born Antonino Arata † Piacenza, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia

83.4 Died Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose † Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France

36.1 Ordained Bishop Tomás Jenaro de Cámara y Castro, O.S.A. † Titular Bishop of Traianopolis in Phrygia Bishop of Salamanca, Spain

Born Karol Niemira † Warszawa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pinsk, Belarus

30 Oct 60.9 Died Francesco Folicaldi † Titular Archbishop of Ephesus

31 Oct Born Michael Rackl † Rittersdorf Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany

Nov 57.1 Appointed Gaetano Aloisi Masella † Official of the Roman Curia - Other Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Rites

23.9 Ordained Priest Ettore Lodi † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy

1 Nov 23.4 Ordained Priest Stanislas Henri Verjus, M.S.C. † Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of New Guinea

2 Nov 69.8 Appointed Nikolaus Adames † Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus Bishop Emeritus of Luxembourg

Born Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I. † Montréal Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada

4 Nov 45.9 Ordained Bishop Nicolas Donnelly † Titular Bishop of Canea Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland

40.1 Ordained Bishop Johannes Joseph Koppes † Bishop of Luxembourg

6 Nov Born Giuseppe Fietta † Ivrea Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy

51.4 Died José Antonio Ponte † Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

7 Nov Born Valerio Valeri † Santa Fiora, Italy Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

11 Nov 60.5 Ordained Bishop James Joseph Carbery, O.P. † Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

14 Nov Born Alphonse John Smith † Madison, IN Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA

59.5 Died Giuseppe Spinelli † Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy

17 Nov Born Walter James Fitzgerald, S.J. † Peola, WA Vicar Apostolic of Alaska, USA

18 Nov 39.8 Ordained Bishop Franziskus von Paula Schönborn † Bishop of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic

20 Nov 45.9 Appointed Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. † Vicar Apostolic of Northern Patagonia {Patagonia Settentrionale}, Argentina Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

21 Nov Born Charles Hubert Le Blond † Celina, OH Bishop Emeritus of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

23 Nov 42.6 Appointed Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Zanguebar, Kenya Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

42.6 Appointed Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Bodona Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zanguebar, Kenya

48.9 Appointed François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal

48.9 Appointed François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Colophon Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal

48.9 Appointed François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp. † Prefect of Sénégal Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal

25 Nov 70.3 Died Johannes Fredericus Antonius Kistemaker † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles

39.8 Installed Franziskus von Paula Schönborn † Bishop of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic

27 Nov Born Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. † Bernex, France Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

28 Nov 56.8 Selected Louis-Joseph-Jean-Baptiste-Léon Gouzot † Bishop of Gap, France Archbishop of Auch, France

67.7 Selected Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Simon Jacquenet † Bishop of Amiens, France

Born Guillaume-Marius Sembel † Clermont-Ferrand Bishop of Dijon, France

57.5 Selected Léon-Benoit-Charles Thomas † Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France

29 Nov Born Enrique Pérez Serantes † Tuy, Spain Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba

30 Nov 77.6 Died Charles-Théodore Colet † Archbishop of Tours, France

22.9 Ordained Priest Émile-Gabriel Grison, S.C.I. † Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Dec 60.8 Resigned Gustav Adolf von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

1 Dec 56.2 Succeeded Giacomo Corna-Pellegrini † Bishop of Brescia, Italy

79.1 Died Girolamo dei Conti Verzeri † Bishop of Brescia, Italy

2 Dec 39.7 Appointed José (Giuseppe) Fagnano, S.D.B. † Prefect of Magallanes, Chile Prelate

3 Dec 55.8 Resigned Thomas-Marie Gentili, O.P. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

8 Dec 35.9 Ordained Bishop Antonio Tomas da Silva Leitão e Castro † Titular Bishop of Lycopolis Bishop of Lamego, Portugal

82.8 Died François Gros † Bishop Emeritus of Tarentaise, France

Born Athanase Jules Benham Kalian † Mossul Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq

59.0 Installed José de Jesús María Uriarte y Pérez † Bishop of Sinaloa, México

9 Dec Born Leandro Bautista Astelarra † Campana Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

47.9 Ordained Bishop Joaquim José Vieira † Bishop of Fortaleza (Ceará), Brazil Bishop Emeritus

59.1 Died Pierre-Ferdinand Vitte, S.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nouvelle-Calédonie, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)

11 Dec 45.9 Appointed Andrés Chinchón, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China

45.9 Appointed Andrés Chinchón, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Rosalia Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China

Born José Ignacio López Umaña † Alpujarra Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia

39.7 Appointed Théodore-Herman Rutjes, C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Mongolia {Mongolia Orientale}, China

39.7 Appointed Théodore-Herman Rutjes, C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Macedonia Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Mongolia {Mongolia Orientale}, China

43.6 Appointed Alphonse de Voss (Vos), C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China

43.6 Appointed Alphonse de Voss (Vos), C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Abdera Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China

12 Dec Born Bartolomeo Mangino † Pagani Bishop of Caserta, Italy

14 Dec Born Pierre Erdozainey-Etchart, S.C.I. † Larceveau, France Superior of Tali [Dali], China

Born Georg Weig, S.V.D. † Beratzhausen Vicar Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China

15 Dec 55.3 Died Hermann Grüder † Prefect of Denmark

16 Dec 42.7 Ordained Bishop Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Bodona Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zanguebar, Kenya

48.9 Ordained Bishop François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Colophon Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal

19 Dec 20.8 Ordained Priest José Américo Orzali † Priest Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina

21 Dec 59.5 Appointed Jacques Bax, C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Central Mongolia {Mongolia Centrale}, China

22.5 Ordained Priest Frediano Giannini, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria

22 Dec 33.1 Ordained Priest Manuel José Caicedo Martínez † Priest Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia

23.2 Ordained Priest Prudencio Contardo Ibarra, C.SS.R. † Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile

24.0 Ordained Priest Pasquale Gagliardi † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia (e Vieste), Italy

22.9 Ordained Priest Luis Enrique Izquierdo Vargas † Priest of Santiago de Chile Bishop of Concepción, Chile

23.1 Ordained Priest Pietro La Fontaine † Priest of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

23 Dec 23.8 Ordained Priest Tito Maria Cucchi † Priest Bishop of Senigallia, Italy

27 Dec Born Eugene Venance Guichard, O.F.M. † La Rouxiere, France Prefect of Yiduxian [Iduhsien], China

58.7 Succeeded Francis Xavier Leray † Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

79.0 Died Napoleon Joseph Perché † Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

28 Dec 78.2 Died Antonio Saverio De Luca † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	75.0	Died	Jakub (Iacobus) Bosagi, C.A.M. †	Abbot Primate of Congregazione Mechitarista
	Born	Joseph-Marie Le Gouaze †	Saint-Thuriau, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
3 Oct	45.9	Appointed	Nicolas Donnelly †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
45.9	Appointed	Nicolas Donnelly †	Titular Bishop of Canea	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
4 Oct	46.8	Appointed	Vincenzo Vannutelli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
7 Oct		Born	Karol Mieczysław Radoński †	Kocialkowa Górka	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
8 Oct		Born	Amedeo Polidori †	Maenza	Bishop Emeritus of Fossombrone, Italy
14 Oct	23.7	Ordained Priest	John Joseph McCort †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA
17 Oct		Born	Vicente Bartolomeu Maria Priante, S.D.B. †	Barra Mansa	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
21 Oct	37.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè †	Titular Bishop of Alabanda	Cardinal, Archbishop of Catania, Italy
42.1	Ordained Bishop	Wenceslao Oñate, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Hypsus	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
52.7	Ordained Bishop	Jesús María Rico y Santoyo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sonora, México
47.8	Ordained Bishop	Jesús María Rodríguez Balbín †	Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia
23 Oct	65.1	Died	Karol Franz Prucha †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
	Born	Bernardino Salvatore Re, O.F.M. Cap. †	Favara	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
28 Oct		Born	Antonino Arata †	Piacenza, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia
83.4	Died	Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
36.1	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Jenaro de Cámara y Castro, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Traianopolis in Phrygia	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
	Born	Karol Niemira †	Warszawa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pinsk, Belarus
30 Oct	60.9	Died	Francesco Folicaldi †	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
31 Oct		Born	Michael Rackl †	Rittersdorf	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
Nov	57.1	Appointed	Gaetano Aloisi Masella †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Rites
23.9	Ordained Priest	Ettore Lodi †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy
1 Nov	23.4	Ordained Priest	Stanislas Henri Verjus, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of New Guinea
2 Nov	69.8	Appointed	Nikolaus Adames †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus	Bishop Emeritus of Luxembourg
	Born	Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I. †	Montréal	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
4 Nov	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Nicolas Donnelly †	Titular Bishop of Canea	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
40.1	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Joseph Koppes †	Bishop of Luxembourg
6 Nov		Born	Giuseppe Fietta †	Ivrea	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy
51.4	Died	José Antonio Ponte †	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
7 Nov		Born	Valerio Valeri †	Santa Fiora, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
11 Nov	60.5	Ordained Bishop	James Joseph Carbery, O.P. †	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
14 Nov		Born	Alphonse John Smith †	Madison, IN	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
59.5	Died	Giuseppe Spinelli †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
17 Nov		Born	Walter James Fitzgerald, S.J. †	Peola, WA	Vicar Apostolic of Alaska, USA
18 Nov	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Franziskus von Paula Schönborn †	Bishop of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
20 Nov	45.9	Appointed	Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Patagonia {Patagonia Settentrionale}, Argentina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
21 Nov		Born	Charles Hubert Le Blond †	Celina, OH	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
23 Nov	42.6	Appointed	Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Zanguebar, Kenya	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
42.6	Appointed	Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Bodona	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zanguebar, Kenya
48.9	Appointed	François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
48.9	Appointed	François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Colophon	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
48.9	Appointed	François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Sénégal	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
25 Nov	70.3	Died	Johannes Fredericus Antonius Kistemaker †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
39.8	Installed	Franziskus von Paula Schönborn †	Bishop of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
27 Nov		Born	Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. †	Bernex, France	Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
28 Nov	56.8	Selected	Louis-Joseph-Jean-Baptiste-Léon Gouzot †	Bishop of Gap, France	Archbishop of Auch, France
67.7	Selected	Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Simon Jacquenet †	Bishop of Amiens, France
	Born	Guillaume-Marius Sembel †	Clermont-Ferrand	Bishop of Dijon, France
57.5	Selected	Léon-Benoit-Charles Thomas †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
29 Nov		Born	Enrique Pérez Serantes †	Tuy, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
30 Nov	77.6	Died	Charles-Théodore Colet †	Archbishop of Tours, France
22.9	Ordained Priest	Émile-Gabriel Grison, S.C.I. †	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Dec	60.8	Resigned	Gustav Adolf von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
1 Dec	56.2	Succeeded	Giacomo Corna-Pellegrini †	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
79.1	Died	Girolamo dei Conti Verzeri †	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
2 Dec	39.7	Appointed	José (Giuseppe) Fagnano, S.D.B. †	Prefect of Magallanes, Chile	Prelate
3 Dec	55.8	Resigned	Thomas-Marie Gentili, O.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
8 Dec	35.9	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Tomas da Silva Leitão e Castro †	Titular Bishop of Lycopolis	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
82.8	Died	François Gros †	Bishop Emeritus of Tarentaise, France
	Born	Athanase Jules Benham Kalian †	Mossul	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
59.0	Installed	José de Jesús María Uriarte y Pérez †	Bishop of Sinaloa, México
9 Dec		Born	Leandro Bautista Astelarra †	Campana	Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Joaquim José Vieira †	Bishop of Fortaleza (Ceará), Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
59.1	Died	Pierre-Ferdinand Vitte, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nouvelle-Calédonie, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
11 Dec	45.9	Appointed	Andrés Chinchón, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China
45.9	Appointed	Andrés Chinchón, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Rosalia	Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China
	Born	José Ignacio López Umaña †	Alpujarra	Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia
39.7	Appointed	Théodore-Herman Rutjes, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Mongolia {Mongolia Orientale}, China
39.7	Appointed	Théodore-Herman Rutjes, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Macedonia	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Mongolia {Mongolia Orientale}, China
43.6	Appointed	Alphonse de Voss (Vos), C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
43.6	Appointed	Alphonse de Voss (Vos), C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Abdera	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
12 Dec		Born	Bartolomeo Mangino †	Pagani	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
14 Dec		Born	Pierre Erdozainey-Etchart, S.C.I. †	Larceveau, France	Superior of Tali [Dali], China
	Born	Georg Weig, S.V.D. †	Beratzhausen	Vicar Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China
15 Dec	55.3	Died	Hermann Grüder †	Prefect of Denmark
16 Dec	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Bodona	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zanguebar, Kenya
48.9	Ordained Bishop	François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Colophon	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
19 Dec	20.8	Ordained Priest	José Américo Orzali †	Priest	Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
21 Dec	59.5	Appointed	Jacques Bax, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Central Mongolia {Mongolia Centrale}, China
22.5	Ordained Priest	Frediano Giannini, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
22 Dec	33.1	Ordained Priest	Manuel José Caicedo Martínez †	Priest	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia
23.2	Ordained Priest	Prudencio Contardo Ibarra, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
24.0	Ordained Priest	Pasquale Gagliardi †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia (e Vieste), Italy
22.9	Ordained Priest	Luis Enrique Izquierdo Vargas †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
23.1	Ordained Priest	Pietro La Fontaine †	Priest of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
23 Dec	23.8	Ordained Priest	Tito Maria Cucchi †	Priest	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
27 Dec		Born	Eugene Venance Guichard, O.F.M. †	La Rouxiere, France	Prefect of Yiduxian [Iduhsien], China
58.7	Succeeded	Francis Xavier Leray †	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
79.0	Died	Napoleon Joseph Perché †	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
28 Dec	78.2	Died	Antonio Saverio De Luca †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies