The Year of Our Lord 1889

Bishop Events

October to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct 62.5 Appointed Henry O’Callaghan † Titular Archbishop of Nicosia Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

3 Oct 63.0 Appointed Gaetano Aloisi Masella † Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites Cardinal, Pro-Datary of the Apostolic Datary

68.7 Resigned Carlo Laurenzi † Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

42.6 Appointed John Joseph Frederick Otto Zardetti † Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA Official of the Roman Curia - Other

4 Oct 18.8 Professed Mathurin-Pie Le Ruyet, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer, India

Born Diego Venini † Secret Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities

6 Oct 22.4 Ordained Priest Georg Carić † Priest of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia

7 Oct Born John Joseph Boylan † Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA

8 Oct 23.4 Ordained Priest John Joseph O’Gorman, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sierra Leone

9 Oct 73.7 Died Anton von Steichele † Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

11 Oct Born Jean Duperray † Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

13 Oct 25.2 Ordained Priest Petro Gebey (Ghebi, Gebé) † Priest Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

20 Oct 44.8 Ordained Bishop Augustine Van de Vyver † Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA

42.7 Ordained Bishop John Joseph Frederick Otto Zardetti † Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA Official of the Roman Curia - Other

23 Oct 60.6 Selected Anton von Thoma † Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

24 Oct 25.4 Professed Eugenio Tosi, O.Ss.C.A. † Priest of Oblates of Saints Ambrose and Charles Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

25 Oct Born Patrick Maurice Connaughton, O.F.M. † Prefect Emeritus of Suixian [Suihsien], China

27 Oct Born Hector Catry, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Lahore, Pakistan

39.1 Ordained Bishop Mihael Napotnik † Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia

28 Oct 43.2 Appointed Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr. † Vicar General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Superior General

26.8 Ordained Priest Antônio Malan, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil

30 Oct Born Rosario L. Brodeur † Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada

31 Oct 47.4 Selected Alfonso María de la Cruz (Fernando) Sardinas y Zavala, O.F.M. Disc. † Bishop of Huánuco, Peru

1 Nov 22.6 Ordained Priest Giovanni Cazzani † Priest Bishop of Cremona, Italy

28.3 Ordained Priest James Morrison † Priest of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada Bishop

23.0 Ordained Priest Francis Joseph Wall † Priest of Dublin, Ireland Auxiliary Bishop

3 Nov Born Amerigo (Ambrogio) Galbiati, P.I.M.E. † Bishop Emeritus of Jalpaiguri, India

6 Nov 56.0 Installed Francisco de Paula Díaz y Montes † Bishop of Colima, México

9 Nov Born Umberto Malchiodi † Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy

10 Nov 53.8 Ordained Bishop John Coffey † Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland

50.8 Ordained Bishop Pietro Paolo de Marchi, O.F.M. Obs. † Titular Bishop of Sura Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}, China

12 Nov 59.5 Resigned Stefano Melchisedechian † Bishop of Erzerum (Garin) (Armenian) Bishop Emeritus

37.0 Resigned Joannes Obcalocesien (Ohannessian, Chanessian) † Bishop of Musc (Armenian), Armenia Bishop of Ancira (Angora) (Armenian), Turkey

14 Nov 83.1 Died Josef Freusberg † Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany

17 Nov 23.3 Professed Godefroy Frederix, C.I.C.M. † Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China

21.0 Professed Everard Ter Laak, C.I.C.M. † Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Vicar Apostolic of Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi], China

18 Nov Born Anselmo Ludovico Tranfaglia, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Montevergine, Italy

19 Nov 50.8 Appointed John Egan † Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland

Born Angelo Negri, F.S.C.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Nilo Equatoriale, Uganda

20 Nov 20.7 Solemn Vows Giuseppe Antonio Ferdinando Bussolari, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy

26 Nov 55.8 Appointed Martin Marty, O.S.B. † Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA

53.8 Appointed Rocco Tornatore, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Burma {Birmania Orientale}, Myanmar

53.8 Appointed Rocco Tornatore, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Castabala Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Burma {Birmania Orientale}, Myanmar

28 Nov 58.8 Resigned Zeferino González y Díaz Tuñón, O.P. † Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

29 Nov 45.0 Appointed Joseph Bernard Cotter † Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA

48.5 Appointed James McGolrick † Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA

Born Saturnino Rubio y Montiél † Bishop Emeritus of Osma-Soria, Spain

37.9 Appointed John Shanley † Bishop of Jamestown, North Dakota, USA Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA

1 Dec 62.7 Selected François Lagrange † Bishop of Chartres, France

3 Dec Born Jules Georges Kandela † Archbishop Emeritus of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq

4 Dec 35.7 Appointed Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Victoria-Nyanza, Uganda Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kivu, Burundi

35.7 Appointed Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Theveste Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kivu, Burundi

43.3 Resigned Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Victoria-Nyanza, Uganda Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

6 Dec 23.2 Ordained Priest Silvino Ramírez y Cueva † Priest Vicar Apostolic of California Inferiore, México

7 Dec 56.0 Selected François-Antoine Jauffret † Bishop of Bayonne, France

61.9 Succeeded Richard Phelan † Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

68.8 Died John Tuigg † Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

8 Dec 24.8 Ordained Priest Daniel Foley † Priest of Cloyne, Ireland Bishop of Ballarat, Australia

64.1 Selected Michael von Rampf † Bishop of Passau, Germany

10 Dec 26.8 Solemn Vows Ludovico Antomelli, O.F.M. Ref. † Member of Order of Reformed Friars Minor Bishop of Lodi, Italy

16.1 Professed Manuel Prat Pujoldevall, O.P. † Member of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China

13 Dec 45.5 Appointed Otto (Lorenz) Hopfenmüller, S.D.S. † Prefect of Assam, India

Born Nicola Margiotta † Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy

81.9 Died Filippo de Simone † Bishop of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy

37.6 Succeeded Domenico Taccone-Gallucci † Bishop of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy Bishop Emeritus

14 Dec 72.3 Died Cölestin (Josef) Ganglbauer, O.S.B. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

57.9 Appointed Alessandro Grossi † Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro

73.2 Appointed Youhanna Habib † Titular Bishop of Nazareth

73.2 Ordained Bishop Youhanna Habib † Titular Bishop of Nazareth

46.0 Ordained Bishop Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek) † Titular Archbishop of Arca in Armenia Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

30.9 Appointed Paolo Massad † Titular Bishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria

30.9 Ordained Bishop Paolo Massad † Titular Bishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria

51.4 Appointed Thomas J. McRedmond † Coadjutor Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland Bishop

51.4 Appointed Thomas J. McRedmond † Titular Bishop of Verinopolis Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland

Appointed Youssef Najm (Naim) † Patriarchal Vicar

Appointed Youssef Najm (Naim) † Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti Patriarchal Vicar

Ordained Bishop Youssef Najm (Naim) † Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti Patriarchal Vicar

15 Dec 50.5 Ordained Bishop Wilhelmus Antonius Ferdinand Wulfingh, C.SS.R. † Titular Bishop of Cambysopolis Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles

16 Dec 64.8 Died Luigi Martucci † Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy

20 Dec 23.9 Entered Joseph Oswald Timothée Waller, S.M.A. † Member of Society of African Missions Prefect Emeritus of Eastern Nigeria {Nigeria Orientale}

21 Dec 31.4 Ordained Priest Jean-Charles Arnal du Curel † Priest of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France Bishop of Monaco

22.5 Ordained Priest Pietro Benedetti † Priest Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba

22.3 Professed Angelo Maria Ettinger, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy

22.4 Ordained Priest Giovanni Andrea Masera † Priest Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy

23.6 Ordained Priest Angelus (Josef) Münzloher (Muenzloher), S.D.S. † Priest of Society of the Divine Savior Prefect Emeritus of Assam, India

61.0 Selected Etienne-Marie-Alphonse Sonnois † Bishop of Saint-Dié, France Archbishop of Cambrai, France

22 Dec Born Jean-Baptiste Janssens, S.J. † Superior General of Society of Jesus

26 Dec Born Robert Stephen Dehler, C. R. † Vicar Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, Antilles

27 Dec 45.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Bernard Cotter † Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA

48.6 Ordained Bishop James McGolrick † Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA

37.9 Ordained Bishop John Shanley † Bishop of Jamestown, North Dakota, USA Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA

28 Dec 47.3 Appointed André-Albert Blais † Coadjutor Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada Bishop

47.3 Appointed André-Albert Blais † Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada

61.2 Appointed James Vincent Cleary † Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada

39.3 Appointed Louis Couppé, M.S.C. † Vicar Apostolic of New Pomerania, Papua New Guinea Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

39.3 Appointed Louis Couppé, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Lerus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of New Pomerania, Papua New Guinea

58.2 Appointed William Gordon † Coadjutor Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain Bishop

58.2 Appointed William Gordon † Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis in Asia Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain

35.1 Appointed Laurent Guillon, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria, China Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria {Manciuria Meridionale}, China

35.1 Appointed Laurent Guillon, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Eumenia Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria {Manciuria Meridionale}, China

48.0 Resigned Karol Hryniewicki † Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania Bishop Emeritus

56.2 Appointed John Keys O’Doherty † Bishop of Derry, Ireland

29.5 Appointed Stanislas Henri Verjus, M.S.C. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of New Guinea

64.7 Appointed Thomas William Wilkinson † Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

63.5 Resigned Frantisek Alojzy Zottmann † Bishop of Tiraspol, Moldova Bishop Emeritus

29 Dec Born Jean Pierre Leonard, S.J. † Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India

30 Dec 55.2 Appointed Antoni Franciszek Audziewicz † Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

57.3 Appointed Giacomo Bellucci † Bishop of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy

62.2 Appointed Raffaele Bianchi † Titular Bishop of Lampsacus Bishop Emeritus of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy

62.2 Resigned Raffaele Bianchi † Bishop of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy Bishop Emeritus

63.7 Appointed Domenico Bucchi-Accica † Bishop of Orvieto, Italy

54.0 Confirmed Jules Cléret † Bishop of Laval, France

54.7 Appointed Pasquale Corrado † Coadjutor Bishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy Bishop

54.7 Appointed Pasquale Corrado † Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina Bishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy

54.8 Confirmed Hermann Jakob Dingelstad † Bishop of Münster, Germany

65.5 Confirmed Jean-Baptiste-Théodore Duval † Bishop of Soissons (-Laon), France

55.7 Confirmed Pierre-Marie-Frédéric Fallières † Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France

55.9 Appointed Manuel Fernández de Castro y Menéndez † Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain

66.6 Appointed Joseph-Alfred Foulon † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

75.9 Appointed Mariano Miguel Gómez Alguacil y Fernández † Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain

36.1 Appointed José Ramón Ibarra y González † Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México

57.6 Appointed Franciszek Jaczewski † Bishop of Lublin and Janów Podlaski (Podlaska o Janów), Poland

57.0 Appointed Giovanni Jannoni † Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy

57.0 Appointed Giovanni Jannoni † Titular Bishop of Carystus Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy

56.0 Confirmed François-Antoine Jauffret † Bishop of Bayonne, France

Born Francis Patrick Keough † Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

61.9 Resigned Henryk Piotr Kossowski † Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

62.7 Confirmed François Lagrange † Bishop of Chartres, France

46.1 Appointed José Meseguer y Costa † Bishop of Lérida, Spain Archbishop of Granada, Spain

52.2 Appointed Filip Franjo Nakić † Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia

58.4 Appointed Michał Nowodworski † Bishop of Płock, Poland

60.3 Appointed Ramón Fernández Piérola y Lopez de Luzuriaca † Bishop of Vitoria, Spain

50.2 Appointed Nicanor Priori † Bishop of Assisi, Italy

64.2 Confirmed Michael von Rampf † Bishop of Passau, Germany

41.0 Appointed Giuseppe Francesco Re † Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy

70.8 Appointed François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France

61.7 Appointed Benito Sanz y Forés † Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

45.9 Appointed Franziskus von Paula Schönborn † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

61.0 Confirmed Etienne-Marie-Alphonse Sonnois † Bishop of Saint-Dié, France Archbishop of Cambrai, France

57.0 Appointed Antoine Stillemans † Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

60.8 Confirmed Anton von Thoma † Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

50.5 Appointed Nicodario Vampa † Archbishop of Urbino, Italy

53.0 Elevated to Cardinal Vincenzo Vannutelli † In Pectore Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

75.6 Appointed Ludwik Feliks Zdanowicz † Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

75.6 Appointed Ludwik Feliks Zdanowicz † Titular Bishop of Dionysias Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

40.8 Appointed Anton Johann Zerr † Bishop of Tiraspol, Moldova Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	62.5	Appointed	Henry O’Callaghan †	Titular Archbishop of Nicosia	Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
3 Oct	63.0	Appointed	Gaetano Aloisi Masella †	Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites	Cardinal, Pro-Datary of the Apostolic Datary
68.7	Resigned	Carlo Laurenzi †	Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
42.6	Appointed	John Joseph Frederick Otto Zardetti †	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
4 Oct	18.8	Professed	Mathurin-Pie Le Ruyet, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer, India
	Born	Diego Venini †		Secret Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
6 Oct	22.4	Ordained Priest	Georg Carić †	Priest of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia	Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia
7 Oct		Born	John Joseph Boylan †		Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
8 Oct	23.4	Ordained Priest	John Joseph O’Gorman, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sierra Leone
9 Oct	73.7	Died	Anton von Steichele †	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
11 Oct		Born	Jean Duperray †		Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
13 Oct	25.2	Ordained Priest	Petro Gebey (Ghebi, Gebé) †	Priest	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
20 Oct	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Augustine Van de Vyver †	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
42.7	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Frederick Otto Zardetti †	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
23 Oct	60.6	Selected	Anton von Thoma †	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
24 Oct	25.4	Professed	Eugenio Tosi, O.Ss.C.A. †	Priest of Oblates of Saints Ambrose and Charles	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
25 Oct		Born	Patrick Maurice Connaughton, O.F.M. †		Prefect Emeritus of Suixian [Suihsien], China
27 Oct		Born	Hector Catry, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Lahore, Pakistan
39.1	Ordained Bishop	Mihael Napotnik †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
28 Oct	43.2	Appointed	Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr. †	Vicar General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Superior General
26.8	Ordained Priest	Antônio Malan, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
30 Oct		Born	Rosario L. Brodeur †		Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada
31 Oct	47.4	Selected	Alfonso María de la Cruz (Fernando) Sardinas y Zavala, O.F.M. Disc. †	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
1 Nov	22.6	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Cazzani †	Priest	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
28.3	Ordained Priest	James Morrison †	Priest of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada	Bishop
23.0	Ordained Priest	Francis Joseph Wall †	Priest of Dublin, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop
3 Nov		Born	Amerigo (Ambrogio) Galbiati, P.I.M.E. †		Bishop Emeritus of Jalpaiguri, India
6 Nov	56.0	Installed	Francisco de Paula Díaz y Montes †	Bishop of Colima, México
9 Nov		Born	Umberto Malchiodi †		Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy
10 Nov	53.8	Ordained Bishop	John Coffey †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Paolo de Marchi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Sura	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}, China
12 Nov	59.5	Resigned	Stefano Melchisedechian †	Bishop of Erzerum (Garin) (Armenian)	Bishop Emeritus
37.0	Resigned	Joannes Obcalocesien (Ohannessian, Chanessian) †	Bishop of Musc (Armenian), Armenia	Bishop of Ancira (Angora) (Armenian), Turkey
14 Nov	83.1	Died	Josef Freusberg †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
17 Nov	23.3	Professed	Godefroy Frederix, C.I.C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China
21.0	Professed	Everard Ter Laak, C.I.C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Vicar Apostolic of Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi], China
18 Nov		Born	Anselmo Ludovico Tranfaglia, O.S.B. †		Abbot Emeritus of Montevergine, Italy
19 Nov	50.8	Appointed	John Egan †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
	Born	Angelo Negri, F.S.C.J. †		Vicar Apostolic of Nilo Equatoriale, Uganda
20 Nov	20.7	Solemn Vows	Giuseppe Antonio Ferdinando Bussolari, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
26 Nov	55.8	Appointed	Martin Marty, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
53.8	Appointed	Rocco Tornatore, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Burma {Birmania Orientale}, Myanmar
53.8	Appointed	Rocco Tornatore, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Castabala	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Burma {Birmania Orientale}, Myanmar
28 Nov	58.8	Resigned	Zeferino González y Díaz Tuñón, O.P. †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
29 Nov	45.0	Appointed	Joseph Bernard Cotter †	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA
48.5	Appointed	James McGolrick †	Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
	Born	Saturnino Rubio y Montiél †		Bishop Emeritus of Osma-Soria, Spain
37.9	Appointed	John Shanley †	Bishop of Jamestown, North Dakota, USA	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
1 Dec	62.7	Selected	François Lagrange †	Bishop of Chartres, France
3 Dec		Born	Jules Georges Kandela †		Archbishop Emeritus of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
4 Dec	35.7	Appointed	Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Victoria-Nyanza, Uganda	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kivu, Burundi
35.7	Appointed	Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Theveste	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kivu, Burundi
43.3	Resigned	Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Victoria-Nyanza, Uganda	Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
6 Dec	23.2	Ordained Priest	Silvino Ramírez y Cueva †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of California Inferiore, México
7 Dec	56.0	Selected	François-Antoine Jauffret †	Bishop of Bayonne, France
61.9	Succeeded	Richard Phelan †	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
68.8	Died	John Tuigg †	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
8 Dec	24.8	Ordained Priest	Daniel Foley †	Priest of Cloyne, Ireland	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia
64.1	Selected	Michael von Rampf †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
10 Dec	26.8	Solemn Vows	Ludovico Antomelli, O.F.M. Ref. †	Member of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
16.1	Professed	Manuel Prat Pujoldevall, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China
13 Dec	45.5	Appointed	Otto (Lorenz) Hopfenmüller, S.D.S. †	Prefect of Assam, India
	Born	Nicola Margiotta †		Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy
81.9	Died	Filippo de Simone †	Bishop of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy
37.6	Succeeded	Domenico Taccone-Gallucci †	Bishop of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Dec	72.3	Died	Cölestin (Josef) Ganglbauer, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
57.9	Appointed	Alessandro Grossi †	Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro
73.2	Appointed	Youhanna Habib †	Titular Bishop of Nazareth
73.2	Ordained Bishop	Youhanna Habib †	Titular Bishop of Nazareth
46.0	Ordained Bishop	Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek) †	Titular Archbishop of Arca in Armenia	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
30.9	Appointed	Paolo Massad †	Titular Bishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
30.9	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Massad †	Titular Bishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
51.4	Appointed	Thomas J. McRedmond †	Coadjutor Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland	Bishop
51.4	Appointed	Thomas J. McRedmond †	Titular Bishop of Verinopolis	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
	Appointed	Youssef Najm (Naim) †	Patriarchal Vicar
	Appointed	Youssef Najm (Naim) †	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti	Patriarchal Vicar
	Ordained Bishop	Youssef Najm (Naim) †	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti	Patriarchal Vicar
15 Dec	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Wilhelmus Antonius Ferdinand Wulfingh, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Cambysopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles
16 Dec	64.8	Died	Luigi Martucci †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
20 Dec	23.9	Entered	Joseph Oswald Timothée Waller, S.M.A. †	Member of Society of African Missions	Prefect Emeritus of Eastern Nigeria {Nigeria Orientale}
21 Dec	31.4	Ordained Priest	Jean-Charles Arnal du Curel †	Priest of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France	Bishop of Monaco
22.5	Ordained Priest	Pietro Benedetti †	Priest	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba
22.3	Professed	Angelo Maria Ettinger, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
22.4	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Andrea Masera †	Priest	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
23.6	Ordained Priest	Angelus (Josef) Münzloher (Muenzloher), S.D.S. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Savior	Prefect Emeritus of Assam, India
61.0	Selected	Etienne-Marie-Alphonse Sonnois †	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
22 Dec		Born	Jean-Baptiste Janssens, S.J. †		Superior General of Society of Jesus
26 Dec		Born	Robert Stephen Dehler, C. R. †		Vicar Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, Antilles
27 Dec	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Bernard Cotter †	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA
48.6	Ordained Bishop	James McGolrick †	Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
37.9	Ordained Bishop	John Shanley †	Bishop of Jamestown, North Dakota, USA	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
28 Dec	47.3	Appointed	André-Albert Blais †	Coadjutor Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada	Bishop
47.3	Appointed	André-Albert Blais †	Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis	Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada
61.2	Appointed	James Vincent Cleary †	Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
39.3	Appointed	Louis Couppé, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of New Pomerania, Papua New Guinea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
39.3	Appointed	Louis Couppé, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Lerus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of New Pomerania, Papua New Guinea
58.2	Appointed	William Gordon †	Coadjutor Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain	Bishop
58.2	Appointed	William Gordon †	Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis in Asia	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain
35.1	Appointed	Laurent Guillon, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria, China	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria {Manciuria Meridionale}, China
35.1	Appointed	Laurent Guillon, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Eumenia	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria {Manciuria Meridionale}, China
48.0	Resigned	Karol Hryniewicki †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
56.2	Appointed	John Keys O’Doherty †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
29.5	Appointed	Stanislas Henri Verjus, M.S.C. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of New Guinea
64.7	Appointed	Thomas William Wilkinson †	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
63.5	Resigned	Frantisek Alojzy Zottmann †	Bishop of Tiraspol, Moldova	Bishop Emeritus
29 Dec		Born	Jean Pierre Leonard, S.J. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
30 Dec	55.2	Appointed	Antoni Franciszek Audziewicz †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
57.3	Appointed	Giacomo Bellucci †	Bishop of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy
62.2	Appointed	Raffaele Bianchi †	Titular Bishop of Lampsacus	Bishop Emeritus of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy
62.2	Resigned	Raffaele Bianchi †	Bishop of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
63.7	Appointed	Domenico Bucchi-Accica †	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
54.0	Confirmed	Jules Cléret †	Bishop of Laval, France
54.7	Appointed	Pasquale Corrado †	Coadjutor Bishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy	Bishop
54.7	Appointed	Pasquale Corrado †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina	Bishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy
54.8	Confirmed	Hermann Jakob Dingelstad †	Bishop of Münster, Germany
65.5	Confirmed	Jean-Baptiste-Théodore Duval †	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon), France
55.7	Confirmed	Pierre-Marie-Frédéric Fallières †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France
55.9	Appointed	Manuel Fernández de Castro y Menéndez †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
66.6	Appointed	Joseph-Alfred Foulon †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
75.9	Appointed	Mariano Miguel Gómez Alguacil y Fernández †	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
36.1	Appointed	José Ramón Ibarra y González †	Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
57.6	Appointed	Franciszek Jaczewski †	Bishop of Lublin and Janów Podlaski (Podlaska o Janów), Poland
57.0	Appointed	Giovanni Jannoni †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
57.0	Appointed	Giovanni Jannoni †	Titular Bishop of Carystus	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
56.0	Confirmed	François-Antoine Jauffret †	Bishop of Bayonne, France
	Born	Francis Patrick Keough †		Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
61.9	Resigned	Henryk Piotr Kossowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.7	Confirmed	François Lagrange †	Bishop of Chartres, France
46.1	Appointed	José Meseguer y Costa †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
52.2	Appointed	Filip Franjo Nakić †	Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia
58.4	Appointed	Michał Nowodworski †	Bishop of Płock, Poland
60.3	Appointed	Ramón Fernández Piérola y Lopez de Luzuriaca †	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain
50.2	Appointed	Nicanor Priori †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
64.2	Confirmed	Michael von Rampf †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
41.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Francesco Re †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
70.8	Appointed	François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
61.7	Appointed	Benito Sanz y Forés †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
45.9	Appointed	Franziskus von Paula Schönborn †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
61.0	Confirmed	Etienne-Marie-Alphonse Sonnois †	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
57.0	Appointed	Antoine Stillemans †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
60.8	Confirmed	Anton von Thoma †	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
50.5	Appointed	Nicodario Vampa †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
53.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Vincenzo Vannutelli †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
75.6	Appointed	Ludwik Feliks Zdanowicz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
75.6	Appointed	Ludwik Feliks Zdanowicz †	Titular Bishop of Dionysias	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
40.8	Appointed	Anton Johann Zerr †	Bishop of Tiraspol, Moldova	Bishop Emeritus

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