The Year of Our Lord 1885

Bishop Events

October to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Oct Born Carlo de Ferrari, C.S.S. † Archbishop of Trento, Italy

62.0 Appointed James O’Connor † Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA

66.2 Appointed William Smith † Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain

3 Oct 21.6 Entered Émile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I. † Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Vicar Apostolic of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada

4 Oct Born Berthold Bühl, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Oruro, Bolivia

7 Oct 73.5 Died Benito Romero, O.F.M. Disc. † Bishop of Cebu, Philippines

9 Oct Born Tomás Aspe, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia

10 Oct 46.1 Succeeded Michael Augustine Corrigan † Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

70.5 Died Gregorio Melitón Martínez Santa Cruz † Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines

75.5 Died John McCloskey † Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

11 Oct 58.1 Ordained Bishop Jean-Baptiste Cazet, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palaestina Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Central Madagascar {Madagascar Centrale}, Madagascar

56.2 Died Yves-Marie Croc, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking {Tonkino Meridionale}, Viet Nam

54.2 Ordained Bishop Janos Majorosy † Titular Bishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

82.6 Died Domenico Zelo † Bishop of Aversa, Italy

14 Oct Born Giuseppe Cognata, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Bova, Italy

19 Oct Born Luigi Cammarata † Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy

22.0 Ordained Deacon Augustín Fischer-Colbrie † Deacon of Esztergom, Hungary Bishop of Košice, Slovakia

Born Giovanni Mele † Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy

24 Oct 66.3 Died Alexis-Jean-Marie Guilloux (Guillons) † Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti

25 Oct 50.2 Ordained Bishop Nicolaus Maria Pagani, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Tricomia Bishop of Mangalore, India

28 Oct Born Antônio Reis † Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

66.3 Ordained Bishop William Smith † Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain

29 Oct Born Césaire-Jean-Hippolyte Esquerre, M. Afr. † Prefect Emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

31 Oct 22.1 Professed Graziano Génnaro, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Orientale}, China

1 Nov 25.5 Ordained Priest Pierre-Louis Genoud, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles

42.4 Ordained Bishop Beniamino Geremia, O.F.M. Obs. † Titular Bishop of Usula Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}, China

27.0 Ordained Priest John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zanzibar, Kenya

42.8 Ordained Bishop Julian Pełesz † Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland

3 Nov 71.5 Died Patrick Dorrian † Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland

7 Nov 61.8 Died Thomas Sears † Prefect of Western Newfoundland (St. George’s), Canada

9 Nov 57.3 Died Jean-Pierre-Bernard Castillon † Bishop of Dijon, France

11 Nov Born Attilio Adinolfi † Bishop of Anagni, Italy

80.1 Died Mariano Brezmes y Arredondo † Bishop of Astorga, Spain

17.9 Professed Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop of Malta

13 Nov Born Louis-Prosper Durand, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Yantai [Yentai], China

44.6 Appointed Félix-Jules-Xavier Jourdan de la Passardière, C.O. † Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rouen, France

33.0 Died Elías Suárez, O.E.S.A. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Hunan {Hu-Nan Settentrionale}, China

15 Nov 41.7 Ordained Bishop José Alves de Mariz † Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal

17 Nov 70.9 Died Giovanni Giacomo della Bona † Bishop of Trento, Italy

19 Nov Born Fausto Maria Mezza, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy

20 Nov Born William Aloysius Griffin † Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

21 Nov 77.2 Died Antonio Maria (Niccolò) Panebianco, O.F.M. Conv. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli

23 Nov 46.5 Resigned Gustavo Leonardo de Battice † Coadjutor Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus

Born Kazimierz Bukraba † Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus

24 Nov Born Henri-Marie-Joseph Pinson † Bishop of Saint-Flour, France

25 Nov 72.8 Died Pedro Jose Puch y Solona † Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia

26 Nov 36.3 Installed Leo Michael Haid (Hite), O.S.B. † Abbot of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina, USA

Born León Villuendas Polo, O.F.M. † Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain

28 Nov Born Lino Rodrigo Ruesca † Bishop of Huesca, Spain

2 Dec Born Pietro Ciriaci † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council

67.4 Died José Manuel Palacios y López † Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain

4 Dec 42.1 Appointed Michael Francis Howley † Prefect of Western Newfoundland (St. George’s), Canada Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

61.9 Died Dominic Manucy † Vicar Apostolic of Brownsville, Texas, USA

5 Dec 27.6 Ordained Priest Basilio Pompilj † Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Cardinal, Vicar General

6 Dec Born Michele Raffaele Camerlengo, O.F.M. † Bishop of Nola, Italy

72.9 Ordained Deacon Carlo Cristofori † Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics

48.6 Ordained Bishop George Vincent King, O.P. † Titular Archbishop of Iuliopolis Coadjutor Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles

9 Dec Born Guido Benedito Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile

10 Dec 39.9 Appointed Auguste Duret, S.M.A. † Prefect of Delta of the Nile, Egypt Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Delta of the Nile, Egypt

11 Dec Born Antonio Eustaquio Aguirrebeitia y Arriaga, O.C.D. † Prefect Emeritus of Urabá, Colombia

13 Dec 16.1 Professed Santos Ballesteros y López, O.A.R. † Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Casanare, Colombia

37.5 Ordained Bishop Manuel Felipe Rodríguez Delgado † Bishop of Guayana, Venezuela

14 Dec 82.2 Died José Lino de Oliveira † Bishop Emeritus of Angola e Congo

15 Dec 66.0 Installed Philipp Krementz † Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

58.3 Selected Ignacy Łobos † Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

59.2 Selected Andreas Thiel † Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland

17 Dec Born Giuseppe Cogoni † Archbishop of Oristano, Italy

61.9 Died Francis Xavier Krautbauer † Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

19 Dec 23.1 Ordained Priest Alfonso Carinci † Priest Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

24.0 Ordained Deacon Eugène Jacques Philippe Crépin † Deacon of Paris, France Auxiliary Bishop

36.6 Ordained Priest Patrick James Donahue † Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA

23.3 Ordained Priest John Jeremiah Lawler † Priest of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA

66.2 Resigned Basilio Leto † Bishop of Biella, Italy Bishop Emeritus

25.2 Ordained Priest Eduardo Maldonado Calvo † Priest of Bogotá, Colombia Bishop of Tunja, Colombia

22.5 Ordained Priest Carlo Montagnini † Priest Apostolic Delegate to Colombia

23.0 Ordained Priest Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Bobadilla † Priest of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Archbishop

23.9 Ordained Priest Manuel María Vidal y Boullon † Priest Bishop of Tuy, Spain

20 Dec Born Paolo Galeazzi † Bishop of Grosseto, Italy

26 Dec Born Gerald C. Murray, C.SS.R. † Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

27 Dec 21.7 Ordained Priest Manuel de Castro y Alonso † Priest Archbishop of Burgos, Spain

41.2 Ordained Bishop Bernardo Herrera Restrepo † Bishop of Medellín, Colombia Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia

28 Dec Born Antonio Farage (Faraj) † Patriarchal Vicar Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)

29 Dec 16.1 Simple Vows Isidoro (Mihovil) Sain, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop of Rijeka (-Opatija), Croatia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Oct		Born	Carlo de Ferrari, C.S.S. †		Archbishop of Trento, Italy
62.0	Appointed	James O’Connor †	Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
66.2	Appointed	William Smith †	Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
3 Oct	21.6	Entered	Émile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
4 Oct		Born	Berthold Bühl, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Oruro, Bolivia
7 Oct	73.5	Died	Benito Romero, O.F.M. Disc. †	Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
9 Oct		Born	Tomás Aspe, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
10 Oct	46.1	Succeeded	Michael Augustine Corrigan †	Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
70.5	Died	Gregorio Melitón Martínez Santa Cruz †	Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
75.5	Died	John McCloskey †	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
11 Oct	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste Cazet, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palaestina	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Central Madagascar {Madagascar Centrale}, Madagascar
56.2	Died	Yves-Marie Croc, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking {Tonkino Meridionale}, Viet Nam
54.2	Ordained Bishop	Janos Majorosy †	Titular Bishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
82.6	Died	Domenico Zelo †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
14 Oct		Born	Giuseppe Cognata, S.D.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Bova, Italy
19 Oct		Born	Luigi Cammarata †		Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
22.0	Ordained Deacon	Augustín Fischer-Colbrie †	Deacon of Esztergom, Hungary	Bishop of Košice, Slovakia
	Born	Giovanni Mele †		Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
24 Oct	66.3	Died	Alexis-Jean-Marie Guilloux (Guillons) †	Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
25 Oct	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Nicolaus Maria Pagani, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Tricomia	Bishop of Mangalore, India
28 Oct		Born	Antônio Reis †		Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
66.3	Ordained Bishop	William Smith †	Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
29 Oct		Born	Césaire-Jean-Hippolyte Esquerre, M. Afr. †		Prefect Emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
31 Oct	22.1	Professed	Graziano Génnaro, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Orientale}, China
1 Nov	25.5	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Louis Genoud, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles
42.4	Ordained Bishop	Beniamino Geremia, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Usula	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}, China
27.0	Ordained Priest	John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zanzibar, Kenya
42.8	Ordained Bishop	Julian Pełesz †	Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland
3 Nov	71.5	Died	Patrick Dorrian †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
7 Nov	61.8	Died	Thomas Sears †	Prefect of Western Newfoundland (St. George’s), Canada
9 Nov	57.3	Died	Jean-Pierre-Bernard Castillon †	Bishop of Dijon, France
11 Nov		Born	Attilio Adinolfi †		Bishop of Anagni, Italy
80.1	Died	Mariano Brezmes y Arredondo †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
17.9	Professed	Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Malta
13 Nov		Born	Louis-Prosper Durand, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Yantai [Yentai], China
44.6	Appointed	Félix-Jules-Xavier Jourdan de la Passardière, C.O. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
33.0	Died	Elías Suárez, O.E.S.A. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Hunan {Hu-Nan Settentrionale}, China
15 Nov	41.7	Ordained Bishop	José Alves de Mariz †	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
17 Nov	70.9	Died	Giovanni Giacomo della Bona †	Bishop of Trento, Italy
19 Nov		Born	Fausto Maria Mezza, O.S.B. †		Abbot Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
20 Nov		Born	William Aloysius Griffin †		Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
21 Nov	77.2	Died	Antonio Maria (Niccolò) Panebianco, O.F.M. Conv. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
23 Nov	46.5	Resigned	Gustavo Leonardo de Battice †	Coadjutor Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Kazimierz Bukraba †		Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus
24 Nov		Born	Henri-Marie-Joseph Pinson †		Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
25 Nov	72.8	Died	Pedro Jose Puch y Solona †	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
26 Nov	36.3	Installed	Leo Michael Haid (Hite), O.S.B. †	Abbot of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA	Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina, USA
	Born	León Villuendas Polo, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain
28 Nov		Born	Lino Rodrigo Ruesca †		Bishop of Huesca, Spain
2 Dec		Born	Pietro Ciriaci †		Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
67.4	Died	José Manuel Palacios y López †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
4 Dec	42.1	Appointed	Michael Francis Howley †	Prefect of Western Newfoundland (St. George’s), Canada	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
61.9	Died	Dominic Manucy †	Vicar Apostolic of Brownsville, Texas, USA
5 Dec	27.6	Ordained Priest	Basilio Pompilj †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General
6 Dec		Born	Michele Raffaele Camerlengo, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Nola, Italy
72.9	Ordained Deacon	Carlo Cristofori †	Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
48.6	Ordained Bishop	George Vincent King, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Iuliopolis	Coadjutor Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
9 Dec		Born	Guido Benedito Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. †		Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile
10 Dec	39.9	Appointed	Auguste Duret, S.M.A. †	Prefect of Delta of the Nile, Egypt	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Delta of the Nile, Egypt
11 Dec		Born	Antonio Eustaquio Aguirrebeitia y Arriaga, O.C.D. †		Prefect Emeritus of Urabá, Colombia
13 Dec	16.1	Professed	Santos Ballesteros y López, O.A.R. †	Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Casanare, Colombia
37.5	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Felipe Rodríguez Delgado †	Bishop of Guayana, Venezuela
14 Dec	82.2	Died	José Lino de Oliveira †	Bishop Emeritus of Angola e Congo
15 Dec	66.0	Installed	Philipp Krementz †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
58.3	Selected	Ignacy Łobos †	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
59.2	Selected	Andreas Thiel †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
17 Dec		Born	Giuseppe Cogoni †		Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
61.9	Died	Francis Xavier Krautbauer †	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
19 Dec	23.1	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Carinci †	Priest	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
24.0	Ordained Deacon	Eugène Jacques Philippe Crépin †	Deacon of Paris, France	Auxiliary Bishop
36.6	Ordained Priest	Patrick James Donahue †	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA
23.3	Ordained Priest	John Jeremiah Lawler †	Priest of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
66.2	Resigned	Basilio Leto †	Bishop of Biella, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
25.2	Ordained Priest	Eduardo Maldonado Calvo †	Priest of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop of Tunja, Colombia
22.5	Ordained Priest	Carlo Montagnini †	Priest	Apostolic Delegate to Colombia
23.0	Ordained Priest	Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Bobadilla †	Priest of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Archbishop
23.9	Ordained Priest	Manuel María Vidal y Boullon †	Priest	Bishop of Tuy, Spain
20 Dec		Born	Paolo Galeazzi †		Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
26 Dec		Born	Gerald C. Murray, C.SS.R. †		Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
27 Dec	21.7	Ordained Priest	Manuel de Castro y Alonso †	Priest	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
41.2	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo Herrera Restrepo †	Bishop of Medellín, Colombia	Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
28 Dec		Born	Antonio Farage (Faraj) †		Patriarchal Vicar Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
29 Dec	16.1	Simple Vows	Isidoro (Mihovil) Sain, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Rijeka (-Opatija), Croatia

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

✠