The Year of Our Lord 1831

Bishop Events

May to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

May 24.0 Ordained Priest Vicente Horcos y San Martín, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop of Osma, Spain

1 May 82.9 Died Antonius van Alphen † Vicar Apostolic of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

22.2 Ordained Priest Richard Vincent Whelan † Priest of Richmond, Virginia, USA Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA

2 May Born François Hautin † Archbishop of Chambéry, France

87.1 Died Miguel Joaquín Matías Suárez, O.F.M. Cap. † Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain

7 May 15.3 Professed José Ramón Silvestre Masiá y Vidiella, O.F.M. Obs. † Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor Bishop of Loja, Ecuador

12 May Born Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli, O.F.M. Ref. † Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Orientale}, China

13 May Appointed Naamat Augustinus Falguières, C.M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq Priest of Congregation of the Mission

Appointed Naamat Augustinus Falguières, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Satala in Armenia Priest of Congregation of the Mission

14 May 22.8 Ordained Deacon Domonkos Zichy-Vásonkeö † Deacon Bishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary

15 May 46.9 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Battista de Albertis † Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Born Augusto Bonetti, C.M. † Apostolic Delegate to Turkey

71.8 Ordained Bishop Francesco Saverio Caruana † Bishop of Malta

57.0 Ordained Bishop Juan Antonio Rivadeneyra † Bishop of Valladolid, Spain

67.6 Died Jan Jerzy Wilkxycki † Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland

19 May Born José Ramón Astorga Salinas † Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

Born José Benigo Perilla y Martínez † Bishop of Tunja, Colombia

20 May 22.6 Ordained Priest Francesco Saverio Basile † Priest Archbishop-Elect of Reggio Calabria, Italy

23 May 85.5 Died Teodoro Loredano Balbi † Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia

24 May 66.6 Died Wenceslas Urban von Stuffler † Bishop of Brno, Czechia

25 May Born Fernando Blaitt Mariño † Bishop of Concepción, Chile

49.9 Selected Alessandro d’Angennes † Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy

28 May 23.6 Ordained Priest Bonaventura Attanasio, C.Ss.R. † Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Lipari, Italy

80.4 Died [Henri Grégoire] † Bishop of [Loir-et-Cher (Constitutional), France]

24.0 Ordained Priest Karl Johann Greith † Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Bishop

27.4 Ordained Deacon Michael Kieran † Deacon Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

25.1 Ordained Deacon Johann Jakob Kraft † Deacon of Trier, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

26.6 Ordained Priest Étienne Marilley † Priest of Lausanne et Genève, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

24.7 Ordained Priest Claude-Thierry Obré † Priest Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France

22.5 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Maria Sciandra † Priest Bishop of Acqui, Italy

29 May 22.8 Ordained Priest Luigi Giuseppe Nazari di Calabiana † Priest Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

31 May 62.1 Resigned Carlo Oppizzoni (Opizoni) † Archbishop of Bologna, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

4 Jun 69.0 Died Stefan (István) Csech (Cech) † Bishop of Košice, Slovakia

5 Jun 61.4 Appointed Henricus den Dubbelden † Vicar Apostolic of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

6 Jun Born Simeone Volonteri, P.I.M.E. † Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan {Ho-Nan Meridionale}, China

7 Jun Born Tomás Costa y Fornaguera † Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain

12 Jun 20.3 Professed Jean-Henri Baldus, C.M. † Member of Congregation of the Mission Vicar Apostolic of Kiam-Si {Kiangsi}, China

49.2 Ordained Bishop Juan José Bonel y Orbe † Bishop of Málaga, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

15 Jun 90.8 Died Francesco Saverio Gualtieri † Bishop of Caserta, Italy

17 Jun 64.6 Died Andrés Esteban y Gómez † Bishop of Jaén, Spain

19 Jun 58.5 Ordained Bishop Clemente Maria Bassetti † Bishop of Carpi, Italy

Born Francesco Tavani † Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (-Farfa), Italy

21 Jun Died Ambrogio Bruci † Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania

71.9 Installed Francesco Saverio Caruana † Bishop of Malta

28.0 Professed Pierre-André Retord, M.E.P. † Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam

26 Jun Born Salvatore Depau-Puddu † Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy

1 Jul Born Alberto Cracchi, O.F.M. Ref. † Bishop of Pult (Pulati), Albania

62.3 Installed Francisco Pablo Vásquez Bizcaíno (y Sánchez) † Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México

4 Jul Born Alessandro Chiaruzzi † Bishop of Rimini, Italy

Born Alfred Allen Paul Curtis † Bishop Emeritus of Wilmington, Delaware, USA

10 Jul 50.0 Selected Cirilo de Alameda y Brea, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Santiago de Cuba Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

56.6 Ordained Bishop Marcin von Dunin Sulgostowski † Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland

Born Janos Majorosy † Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

11 Jul 77.3 Died Alexis Pótsy † Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

15 Jul 62.2 Died Manuel Santo Galdino, O.F.M. Disc. † Archbishop of Goa, India

16 Jul Born Kilian Casper Flasch † Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

55.4 Died Filippo Martuscelli † Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy

17 Jul 59.4 Ordained Bishop José María de Jesús Belaunzarán y Ureña, O.F.M. Ref. † Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México Bishop Emeritus

23.3 Ordained Priest Alexandre-Théodore Gérin † Priest of Grenoble, France

18 Jul 69.5 Died Augustin Milletich (Miletic), O.F.M. Obs. † Vicar Apostolic of Bosnia (Ottoman), Croatia

22 Jul 23.0 Ordained Priest Domonkos Zichy-Vásonkeö † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary

24 Jul 43.5 Died Rudolf Johannes Joseph Rainier von Habsburg-Lotharingen † Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia

27 Jul Born Michał Nowodworski † Bishop of Płock, Poland

30 Jul 59.3 Succeeded Thomas Penswick † Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain

78.0 Died Johann Adam Rieger † Bishop of Fulda, Germany

68.3 Died Thomas Smith † Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain

1 Aug 22.5 Ordained Priest Bonifacio (Sebastian) Wimmer, O.S.B. † Priest of Regensburg, Germany Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict

4 Aug Born Domenico Marinangeli † Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}

6 Aug 77.5 Died Columbano Giovanni Battista Carlo Gaspare Chiaverotti, O.S.B. † Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

7 Aug Born Jan Nepomuk Weinlich † Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia

8 Aug 63.6 Selected Giovanni Portelli † Bishop of Lipari, Italy

9 Aug 51.6 Succeeded Michael Collins † Bishop of Cloyne and Ross, Ireland

78.2 Died William Coppinger † Bishop of Cloyne and Ross, Ireland

23.4 Ordained Priest Franz Kaspar Drobe † Priest of Paderborn, Germany Bishop

36.8 Appointed William Placid Morris, O.S.B. † Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) of Mauritius Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus

36.8 Appointed William Placid Morris, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Troas Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus of Mauritius

57.6 Resigned Edward Bede Slater, O.S.B. † Vicar Apostolic of Mauritius Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

10 Aug 51.6 Appointed Tommaso Bernetti † Secretary of State Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus

21.8 Ordained Deacon Franciszek Śniegoń † Deacon of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland Auxiliary Bishop

14 Aug Born Cirillo Benham Benni † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

19 Aug 35.2 Appointed Clément Bonnand, M.E.P. † Coadjutor Superior of Karnatic Mission / Pondicherry, India Vicar Apostolic of Pondicherry, India

35.2 Appointed Clément Bonnand, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Druzipara Vicar Apostolic of Pondicherry, India

21 Aug 48.1 Ordained Bishop Juan Cayetano José María Gómez de Portugal y Solis † Bishop of Michoacán, México

54.4 Ordained Bishop José Miguel Gordoa y Barrios † Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

84.5 Died Pablo Sitjar Ruata † Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

26 Aug 36.6 Appointed George Joseph Plunkett Browne † Bishop of Galway, Ireland Bishop of Elphin, Ireland

28 Aug 67.3 Died Pedro Rodriguez de Miranda, O. de M. † Bishop of Jaca, Spain

40.1 Ordained Bishop José Antonio Laureano de Zubiría y Escalante † Bishop of Durango, México

30 Aug 53.4 Died Maximos Givaid (Jouwed) † Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
May	24.0	Ordained Priest	Vicente Horcos y San Martín, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Osma, Spain
1 May	82.9	Died	Antonius van Alphen †	Vicar Apostolic of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
22.2	Ordained Priest	Richard Vincent Whelan †	Priest of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA
2 May		Born	François Hautin †		Archbishop of Chambéry, France
87.1	Died	Miguel Joaquín Matías Suárez, O.F.M. Cap. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain
7 May	15.3	Professed	José Ramón Silvestre Masiá y Vidiella, O.F.M. Obs. †	Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
12 May		Born	Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli, O.F.M. Ref. †		Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Orientale}, China
13 May		Appointed	Naamat Augustinus Falguières, C.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
	Appointed	Naamat Augustinus Falguières, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Satala in Armenia	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
14 May	22.8	Ordained Deacon	Domonkos Zichy-Vásonkeö †	Deacon	Bishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary
15 May	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista de Albertis †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Augusto Bonetti, C.M. †		Apostolic Delegate to Turkey
71.8	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Saverio Caruana †	Bishop of Malta
57.0	Ordained Bishop	Juan Antonio Rivadeneyra †	Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
67.6	Died	Jan Jerzy Wilkxycki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
19 May		Born	José Ramón Astorga Salinas †		Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
	Born	José Benigo Perilla y Martínez †		Bishop of Tunja, Colombia
20 May	22.6	Ordained Priest	Francesco Saverio Basile †	Priest	Archbishop-Elect of Reggio Calabria, Italy
23 May	85.5	Died	Teodoro Loredano Balbi †	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
24 May	66.6	Died	Wenceslas Urban von Stuffler †	Bishop of Brno, Czechia
25 May		Born	Fernando Blaitt Mariño †		Bishop of Concepción, Chile
49.9	Selected	Alessandro d’Angennes †	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
28 May	23.6	Ordained Priest	Bonaventura Attanasio, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Lipari, Italy
80.4	Died	[Henri Grégoire] †	Bishop of [Loir-et-Cher (Constitutional), France]
24.0	Ordained Priest	Karl Johann Greith †	Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop
27.4	Ordained Deacon	Michael Kieran †	Deacon	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
25.1	Ordained Deacon	Johann Jakob Kraft †	Deacon of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
26.6	Ordained Priest	Étienne Marilley †	Priest of Lausanne et Genève, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
24.7	Ordained Priest	Claude-Thierry Obré †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France
22.5	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Maria Sciandra †	Priest	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
29 May	22.8	Ordained Priest	Luigi Giuseppe Nazari di Calabiana †	Priest	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
31 May	62.1	Resigned	Carlo Oppizzoni (Opizoni) †	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
4 Jun	69.0	Died	Stefan (István) Csech (Cech) †	Bishop of Košice, Slovakia
5 Jun	61.4	Appointed	Henricus den Dubbelden †	Vicar Apostolic of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
6 Jun		Born	Simeone Volonteri, P.I.M.E. †		Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan {Ho-Nan Meridionale}, China
7 Jun		Born	Tomás Costa y Fornaguera †		Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
12 Jun	20.3	Professed	Jean-Henri Baldus, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic of Kiam-Si {Kiangsi}, China
49.2	Ordained Bishop	Juan José Bonel y Orbe †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
15 Jun	90.8	Died	Francesco Saverio Gualtieri †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
17 Jun	64.6	Died	Andrés Esteban y Gómez †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
19 Jun	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Clemente Maria Bassetti †	Bishop of Carpi, Italy
	Born	Francesco Tavani †		Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (-Farfa), Italy
21 Jun		Died	Ambrogio Bruci †	Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania
71.9	Installed	Francesco Saverio Caruana †	Bishop of Malta
28.0	Professed	Pierre-André Retord, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
26 Jun		Born	Salvatore Depau-Puddu †		Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy
1 Jul		Born	Alberto Cracchi, O.F.M. Ref. †		Bishop of Pult (Pulati), Albania
62.3	Installed	Francisco Pablo Vásquez Bizcaíno (y Sánchez) †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
4 Jul		Born	Alessandro Chiaruzzi †		Bishop of Rimini, Italy
	Born	Alfred Allen Paul Curtis †		Bishop Emeritus of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
10 Jul	50.0	Selected	Cirilo de Alameda y Brea, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
56.6	Ordained Bishop	Marcin von Dunin Sulgostowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
	Born	Janos Majorosy †		Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
11 Jul	77.3	Died	Alexis Pótsy †	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
15 Jul	62.2	Died	Manuel Santo Galdino, O.F.M. Disc. †	Archbishop of Goa, India
16 Jul		Born	Kilian Casper Flasch †		Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
55.4	Died	Filippo Martuscelli †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
17 Jul	59.4	Ordained Bishop	José María de Jesús Belaunzarán y Ureña, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México	Bishop Emeritus
23.3	Ordained Priest	Alexandre-Théodore Gérin †	Priest of Grenoble, France
18 Jul	69.5	Died	Augustin Milletich (Miletic), O.F.M. Obs. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bosnia (Ottoman), Croatia
22 Jul	23.0	Ordained Priest	Domonkos Zichy-Vásonkeö †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary
24 Jul	43.5	Died	Rudolf Johannes Joseph Rainier von Habsburg-Lotharingen †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
27 Jul		Born	Michał Nowodworski †		Bishop of Płock, Poland
30 Jul	59.3	Succeeded	Thomas Penswick †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
78.0	Died	Johann Adam Rieger †	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
68.3	Died	Thomas Smith †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
1 Aug	22.5	Ordained Priest	Bonifacio (Sebastian) Wimmer, O.S.B. †	Priest of Regensburg, Germany	Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict
4 Aug		Born	Domenico Marinangeli †		Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
6 Aug	77.5	Died	Columbano Giovanni Battista Carlo Gaspare Chiaverotti, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
7 Aug		Born	Jan Nepomuk Weinlich †		Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia
8 Aug	63.6	Selected	Giovanni Portelli †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
9 Aug	51.6	Succeeded	Michael Collins †	Bishop of Cloyne and Ross, Ireland
78.2	Died	William Coppinger †	Bishop of Cloyne and Ross, Ireland
23.4	Ordained Priest	Franz Kaspar Drobe †	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop
36.8	Appointed	William Placid Morris, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) of Mauritius	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus
36.8	Appointed	William Placid Morris, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Troas	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus of Mauritius
57.6	Resigned	Edward Bede Slater, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Mauritius	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
10 Aug	51.6	Appointed	Tommaso Bernetti †	Secretary of State	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
21.8	Ordained Deacon	Franciszek Śniegoń †	Deacon of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
14 Aug		Born	Cirillo Benham Benni †		Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
19 Aug	35.2	Appointed	Clément Bonnand, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Superior of Karnatic Mission / Pondicherry, India	Vicar Apostolic of Pondicherry, India
35.2	Appointed	Clément Bonnand, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Druzipara	Vicar Apostolic of Pondicherry, India
21 Aug	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Juan Cayetano José María Gómez de Portugal y Solis †	Bishop of Michoacán, México
54.4	Ordained Bishop	José Miguel Gordoa y Barrios †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
84.5	Died	Pablo Sitjar Ruata †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
26 Aug	36.6	Appointed	George Joseph Plunkett Browne †	Bishop of Galway, Ireland	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
28 Aug	67.3	Died	Pedro Rodriguez de Miranda, O. de M. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
40.1	Ordained Bishop	José Antonio Laureano de Zubiría y Escalante †	Bishop of Durango, México
30 Aug	53.4	Died	Maximos Givaid (Jouwed) †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt

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