The Year of Our Lord 1827

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	23.8	Ordained Priest	Charles Januarius Acton †	Priest	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	16.2	Professed	João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa, O.F.M. Ref. †	Member of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
	52.7	Incardinated	Johann Wilhelm Bausch †	Priest of Limburg, Germany	Bishop
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Antonio Giacomo Borghi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
	78.5	Died	Francesco Saverino Buonomo †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
	67.2	Died	Nicola Caldora †	Bishop Emeritus of Venosa, Italy
	33.0	Appointed	Ignace Dachto (Destu, Sciattù) †	Bishop of Mardin (Chaldean), Turkey
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Aidan Devereux †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa
	21.3	Ordained Deacon	Joseph-Eugène-Bruno Guigues, O.M.I. †	Deacon of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
	44.0	Died	Denys Michel Hardaya †	Bishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
	26.2	Ordained Priest	St. Jerónimo Hermosilla, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
		Born	Antonio Marietti, P.I.M.E. †		Prefect Emeritus of Central Bengal, India
	67.8	Died	Diego Antonio Navarro Martín de Villodras †	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
		Ordained Bishop	Giorgio Papas (Papasian) †	Titular Bishop of Titiopolis	Vicar General of Constantinople (Istanbul) (Armenian), Turkey
		Born	Pierse Power †		Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
	58.2	Appointed	Juan José Tejada Sáenz, O. de M. †	Master General of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
	77.8	Died	Michele de Vincenti †	Titular Bishop of Erythrum
		Died	Friedrich von York und Albany †	Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany
2 Jan	60.0	Selected	Jakob Frint †	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
2 Jan	54.7	Died	Ignazio Ranaldi, C.O. †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
3 Jan		Born	Antonio Maria Curcio †		Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
4 Jan	69.1	Died	Pellegrino Maria Carletti †	Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy
5 Jan		Born	Antonio Maria Grasselli, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
5 Jan	69.6	Died	Jakob Peregrin Paulitsch †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
7 Jan	44.4	Appointed	Johannes van Hooydonk †	Vicar Apostolic of Breda, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus of Breda, Netherlands
9 Jan	54.0	Appointed	Francesco Tiberi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
10 Jan		Born	Dominique-Clément-Marie Soulé †		Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
11 Jan	43.0	Succeeded	Robert Logan †	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
11 Jan	88.0	Died	Patrick Joseph Plunkett †	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
14 Jan	24.0	Ordained Priest	St. Giovanni Antonio Farina †	Priest of Vicenza, Italy	Bishop
14 Jan		Born	Antoon-Everhard Smorenburg, C.I.C.M. †		Pro-Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mongolia, China
17 Jan		Born	Francisco Maria Souza Prado de Lacerda †		Bishop of Angra, Portugal
20 Jan	73.0	Died	Isidoro Pérez de Celis, M.I. †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
22 Jan	71.4	Died	Bartolomé Cienfuegos †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
23 Jan	44.4	Appointed	Aristaces Azarian, C.M.Vd. †	Abbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Vienna
	44.4	Appointed	Aristaces Azarian, C.M.Vd. †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia	Abbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Vienna
	34.0	Appointed	Giovanni Pietro Losana †	Titular Bishop of Abydus	Bishop of Biella, Italy
26 Jan		Born	Paolo Giuseppe Maria Serci Serra †		Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
29 Jan		Born	Salvatore Palmieri, C.Pp.S. †		Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
30 Jan	51.7	Appointed	Pietro Ostini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
31 Jan	51.3	Selected	Mariano Bianco †	Bishop of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Amalfi, Italy
	63.1	Selected	Michele Arcangelo Del Forno †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	57.8	Selected	Salvatore de Luca †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
	53.5	Selected	Pietro Lepore †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
	50.9	Selected	Filippo Martuscelli †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
	43.1	Selected	Luigi Maria Parisio (Canisio) †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy
	55.2	Selected	Gennaro de Rubertis †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
4 Feb		Born	Tommaso Maria Martinelli, O.E.S.A. †		Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
5 Feb		Born	Sylvester Horton Rosecrans †		Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
11 Feb		Born	Saturnino Fernandez de Castro y de la Cotera †		Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
13 Feb	38.3	Appointed	James Kyle †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, Scotland, Great Britain
	38.3	Appointed	James Kyle †	Titular Bishop of Germanicia	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, Scotland, Great Britain
	71.1	Appointed	Ranald MacDonald †	Vicar Apostolic of Western District, Scotland, Great Britain
	60.9	Appointed	Alexander Paterson †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern District, Scotland, Great Britain
	54.9	Appointed	Andrew Scott †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western District, Scotland, Great Britain	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	54.9	Appointed	Andrew Scott †	Titular Bishop of Erythrae	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Western District, Scotland, Great Britain
14 Feb		Born	St. Valentín Faustino Berrio Ochoa, O.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
16 Feb		Born	John Cameron †		Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
19 Feb	75.1	Died	François-Marie Bigex †	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
20 Feb	23.4	Ordained Priest	Johannes van Genk †	Priest of Breda, Netherlands	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands
22 Feb		Born	Giovanni Battista Ceschi a Santa Croce, S.M.O.M. †		Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
23 Feb		Born	Raffaele Monaco La Valletta †		Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
24 Feb	53.6	Died	Mario Ancaiani †	Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy
25 Feb		Born	Louis-Joseph-Jean-Baptiste-Léon Gouzot †		Archbishop of Auch, France
27 Feb	60.3	Died	Giovanni Sergio †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
28 Feb		Born	Édouard-Charles Fabre †		Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
6 Mar		Born	Giuseppe Guarino †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Messina, Italy
7 Mar		Born	Nicola Ghilardi †		Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
8 Mar	74.5	Died	Francesco Maria Giampè †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
10 Mar	24.9	Ordained Priest	Manuel Garcia Gil, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
10 Mar	21.9	Ordained Deacon	Georg Anton von Stahl †	Deacon of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop
12 Mar		Born	Manoel dos Santos Pereira †		Bishop of Olinda, Brazil
13 Mar	48.2	Resigned	Etienne-Bruno-Marie d’Arbou †	Bishop of Verdun, France	Bishop Emeritus of Bayonne, France
13 Mar		Born	Pierre-Antoine-Paul Goux †		Bishop of Versailles, France
15 Mar		Born	François Lagrange †		Bishop of Chartres, France
15 Mar		Born	Jacques-Théodore Lamarche †		Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
17 Mar	88.8	Died	Louis Charrier de La Roche †	Bishop of Versailles, France
17 Mar		Born	Louis Aloysius Lootens †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Idaho, USA
20 Mar	41.2	Appointed	James Browne †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland	Bishop
	41.2	Appointed	James Browne †	Titular Bishop of Magydus	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
	38.1	Appointed	Joseph Rosati, C.M. †	Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
21 Mar	47.3	Appointed	Gregorio Paolo Zelli, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
25 Mar		Born	Luigi M. Cannavò (Canavo), O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Crete {Candia}, Greece
29 Mar		Born	Henry O’Callaghan †		Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
31 Mar	22.5	Ordained Priest	Giacinto Maria Giuseppe de Ferrari, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Titular Archbishop of Naupactus
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Filippo Fratellini †	Priest	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Mattia Agostino Mengacci †	Priest of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Antonio Salomone †	Priest	Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Bernardo-Maria Tirabassi †	Priest	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
3 Apr	63.0	Died	Juan José Cordón Leyva †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
3 Apr	39.4	Resigned	Claude-Marie-Paul Tharin †	Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Bishop Emeritus
5 Apr		Born	Paolo Schinosi †		Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis
7 Apr		Born	Peter Joseph Baltes †		Bishop of Alton, Illinois, USA
7 Apr		Born	Dario Bucciarelli, O.F.M. Obs. †		Archbishop of Skopje, North Macedonia
8 Apr	56.5	Selected	Joseph Bernet †	Bishop of La Rochelle, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
8 Apr	63.2	Selected	Jean-François-Étienne Borderies †	Bishop of Versailles, France
9 Apr	30.8	Appointed	Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	51.5	Confirmed	Mariano Bianco †	Bishop of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Amalfi, Italy
	55.5	Appointed	Antônio da Arrábida, O.F.M. Ref. †	Titular Bishop of Anemurium
	63.3	Confirmed	Michele Arcangelo Del Forno †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	58.0	Confirmed	Salvatore de Luca †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
	54.2	Appointed	Klemens August Droste zu Vischering †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	54.2	Appointed	Klemens August Droste zu Vischering †	Titular Bishop of Calama	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	60.7	Confirmed	Carlo Fontanini, C.M. †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
	60.3	Confirmed	Jakob Frint †	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
	53.7	Confirmed	Pietro Lepore †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
	72.4	Confirmed	Jean-François-Marie Le Pappe de Trévern †	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
	64.6	Appointed	Sebastiano Maggi †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
	61.2	Confirmed	Johann Martin Manl †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
	51.1	Confirmed	Filippo Martuscelli †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
	50.7	Confirmed	Jacopo Monico †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
	51.9	Appointed	Pietro Ostini †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	43.3	Confirmed	Luigi Maria Parisio (Canisio) †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy
	52.0	Appointed	Franciszek di Paolo Pawłowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Bishop of Płock, Poland
	52.0	Appointed	Franciszek di Paolo Pawłowski †	Titular Bishop of Dulma	Bishop of Płock, Poland
	37.6	Confirmed	Antonio Peteani (Petrani) †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia	Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia
	54.4	Confirmed	Ján Krstitel Ladislav Pyrker (Pryker), O. Cist. †	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
	65.6	Confirmed	Karl Joseph von Riccabona (Reichenfels) †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
	59.9	Appointed	Camillo Giovanni Rossi †	Titular Archbishop of Damascus	Bishop Emeritus of San Severo, Italy
	59.9	Resigned	Camillo Giovanni Rossi †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	55.4	Confirmed	Gennaro de Rubertis †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
	69.8	Confirmed	François-Joseph de Villeneuve-Esclapon †	Bishop of Verdun, France
14 Apr	23.8	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Bisceglia †	Priest	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
14 Apr	22.8	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Giuseppe Longobardi †	Priest	Bishop of Andria, Italy
16 Apr	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Mariano Bianco †	Bishop of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Amalfi, Italy
	63.4	Ordained Bishop	Michele Arcangelo Del Forno †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore de Luca †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
	82.7	Died	François Antoine Lejéas †	Former Bishop-Elect of Liège, Belgium
	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Lepore †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Sebastiano Maggi †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Martuscelli †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Maria Parisio (Canisio) †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy
	57.1	Selected	Grzegorz Tomasz Ziegler, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
17 Apr	80.5	Died	Charles-François Duperrier-Dumourier †	Bishop of Bayeux, France
17 Apr	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Gennaro de Rubertis †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
22 Apr	30.8	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
22 Apr	34.2	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Pietro Losana †	Titular Bishop of Abydus	Bishop of Biella, Italy
24 Apr	30.8	Appointed	Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso †	Apostolic Nuncio to Sicily, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	77.0	Resigned	Timoteo Maria (Antonio) Ascensi, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	51.3	Appointed	Lazzaro Vladagni Bianchi †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
	62.5	Resigned	Francesco Canali †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	47.3	Appointed	Michael Collins †	Coadjutor Bishop of Cloyne and Ross, Ireland	Bishop
	47.3	Appointed	Michael Collins †	Titular Bishop of Spiga(z) (or Pegae)	Bishop of Cloyne and Ross, Ireland
	49.2	Appointed	Alessandro Giustiniani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
25 Apr	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Johann Martin Manl †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
25 Apr	65.7	Ordained Bishop	Karl Joseph von Riccabona (Reichenfels) †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
26 Apr	23.1	Ordained Priest	Johann Anton Friedrich Baudri †	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
27 Apr	62.3	Died	George Thomas Plunkett †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
28 Apr	64.5	Resigned	Antonio Sánchez Matas, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
30 Apr		Converted	Grégoire Issa Mahfouz †	Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
30 Apr	25.4	Converted	Ignace Antoine (Jules) Samhiri †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

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