The Year of Our Lord 1842

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	75.3	Died	Antonio Allué y Sesse †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
	53.0	Appointed	Basile Mansur Asmar †	Archbishop of Gazireh (Gezira) (Chaldean), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
	15.7	Professed	Luigi Maria (Tommaso Francesco) Bilio, B. †	Member of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for Universal Inquisition
	38.9	Succeeded	Giuseppe Antonio Giacomo Borghi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tibet-Hindustan, India	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
		Appointed	Charlot †	Prefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Hugh Conway †	Priest	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
	20.8	Converted	[Paul Marie Stefan de Djunkowsky] †	Prefect Emeritus of Arctic Pole
	20.8	Entered	[Paul Marie Stefan de Djunkowsky] †	Member of Society of Jesus	Prefect Emeritus of Arctic Pole
	22.7	Ordained Deacon	William Henry Elder †	Deacon of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
	44.8	Resigned	Pietro Antonio Garibaldi †	Apostolic Internuncio to France	Apostolic Nuncio
	31.1	Appointed	Jean-Denis Gauthier, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Emmaüs	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking {Tonkino Meridionale}, Viet Nam
	14.9	Entered	Tommaso Maria Martinelli, O.E.S.A. †	Member of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
	22.2	Ordained Priest	Teofilo Massucci, O.F.M. Ref. †	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece
		Died	Jesu-Yab Melchisedech †	Bishop of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean), Iran
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Milesi Pironi Ferretti †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Michele Morcaldi, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
		Appointed	Giwargis Peter (Georges-Pierre) Mawlada (de Natali) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
	64.1	Resigned	Antonino Pezzoni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tibet-Hindustan, India	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	40.0	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-François Pompallier †	Vicar Apostolic of New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand
		Born	Gregorio Giorgio Sciahin †		Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
	64.2	Resigned	Mariano Talavera y Garcés †	Vicar Apostolic of Guayana, Venezuela	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Born	Pedro María Vivanco Ortiz †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tarapacá, Chile
Jan	57.3	Appointed	Francesco Capaccini †	Apostolic Internuncio to Portugal	Cardinal, Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State
2 Jan	81.0	Died	Clément Bąkiewicz †	Priest of Kraków, Poland
	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Juan Antonio Ignacio Fernández Peña y Angulo †	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	57.3	Installed	Angel Mariano de Morales y Jasso †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
		Born	Jean Muradian †		Bishop of Cisamus
3 Jan		Born	Vince Palunko †		Auxiliary Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia
3 Jan		Born	Francisco Sáenz de Urturi y Crespo, O.F.M. Obs. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
5 Jan		Born	Evangelista (Michele Antonio) di Milia, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop of Lecce, Italy
7 Jan	78.0	Died	Carlo Monti †	Bishop of Cagli e Pergola, Italy
12 Jan	46.9	Resigned	Gabriele Ferretti †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	52.0	Appointed	Giovanni Giorgio Topich, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania	Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania
	52.0	Appointed	Giovanni Giorgio Topich, O.F.M. Obs. †	Apostolic Administrator of Skopje, North Macedonia	Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania
13 Jan	76.2	Died	Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
14 Jan	82.5	Died	Jean-Baptiste de Bouillé †	Bishop of Poitiers, France
	72.0	Appointed	Henricus den Dubbelden †	Titular Bishop of Emmaüs	Vicar Apostolic of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
	59.4	Appointed	Johannes van Hooydonk †	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Bishop Emeritus of Breda, Netherlands
	47.3	Appointed	Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
	47.3	Appointed	Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) †	Titular Bishop of Geras	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
15 Jan	29.4	Entered	Jean-Baptiste-François (Odo) Pitra, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
16 Jan	30.8	Professed	St. John Nepomucene Neumann, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
17 Jan	73.2	Died	Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk von Fraunberg †	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
17 Jan		Born	St. Józef Sebastian Pelczar †		Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
19 Jan	35.0	Appointed	Tomás Badía, O.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
19 Jan	35.0	Appointed	Tomás Badía, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Isauropolis	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
20 Jan	65.7	Appointed	Matthäus Kutschank †	Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany
20 Jan		Born	Eugène-François Touzet †		Bishop of Aire et Dax, France
22 Jan	40.5	Appointed	Edward Barron †	Prefect of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone}, Gabon	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
22 Jan		Born	Edward Thomas O’Dwyer †		Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
24 Jan	38.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Charles Januarius Acton †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	81.1	Confirmed	Clément Bąkiewicz †	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland	Priest of Kraków, Poland
	60.0	Appointed	Silvestro Belli †	Cardinal, Bishop of Jesi, Italy
	60.5	Appointed	Giovanni Giuseppe Canali †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	60.5	Appointed	Giovanni Giuseppe Canali †	Titular Archbishop of Colossae	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	43.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Cosimo Barnaba Corsi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
	43.2	Appointed	Niccola Crispigni (Grispigni) †	Bishop of Poggio Mirteto, Italy	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
	58.5	Confirmed	Giacomo De’ Foretti †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
	49.9	Confirmed	Jacques-Marie-Antoine-Célestin du Pont †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bourges, France
	55.0	Appointed	Raffaele Fornari †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
	56.2	Appointed	Adriano Giampedi †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
	42.5	Confirmed	Joseph-Armand Gignoux †	Bishop of Beauvais, France	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France
	50.4	Confirmed	Pierre Giraud †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cambrai, France
	39.1	Confirmed	Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Viviers, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
	65.6	Appointed	Luigi Emmanuele Nicolo Lambruschini, B. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
	49.4	Appointed	Federico Manfredini †	Titular Bishop of Famagusta	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
	35.9	Appointed	Francesco Saverio Massimo †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	35.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Saverio Massimo †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	33.6	Confirmed	Alessandro Ottaviano Riccardi di Netro †	Bishop of Savona e Noli, Italy	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	39.9	Confirmed	Valentin von Riedel †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
	32.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin zu von Schwarzenberg †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	40.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi Vannicelli Casoni †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
	41.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Vespignani †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Orvieto, Italy	Bishop
25 Jan	55.0	Appointed	Raffaele Fornari †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
	66.7	Appointed	Pietro Ostini †	Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	54.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Antonio Zacchia Rondinini †	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus
26 Jan	33.7	Selected	Peter Josef Blum †	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
27 Jan	43.9	Appointed	Nicola Abrate †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (-Farfa), Italy	Apostolic Administrator of Terni, Italy
	43.9	Appointed	Nicola Abrate †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Apostolic Administrator of Terni, Italy
	38.8	Appointed	Charles Januarius Acton †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	53.8	Appointed	Gaetano Baluffi †	Archbishop of Camerino, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Imola, Italy
	53.8	Appointed	Gaetano Baluffi †	Apostolic Administrator of Treia, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Imola, Italy
	43.0	Appointed	Juan Hilario Bosset (Boset) †	Bishop of Mérida, Venezuela
	54.8	Appointed	Martino Caliendi †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
	59.1	Appointed	Domenico Maria Cilluffo e Costa †	Titular Archbishop of Adana
	43.6	Appointed	Cosimo Barnaba Corsi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
	49.7	Appointed	Filippo de Angelis †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
	62.9	Appointed	Giovanni Ferrini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	64.0	Appointed	Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	64.0	Appointed	Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski †	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	52.9	Confirmed	Angelo Filipponi †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	58.8	Confirmed	Józef Ambroży Geritz †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
		Confirmed	Jacob Petros VII Holassian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	65.0	Appointed	José Hurtado de Mendoza †	Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	65.0	Appointed	José Hurtado de Mendoza †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
	61.3	Appointed	Nicola Mattei Baldini †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy	Bishop
	37.9	Confirmed	Antonín Arnošt Schaaffgotsche †	Bishop of Brno, Czechia
	32.8	Appointed	Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin zu von Schwarzenberg †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agostino	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	61.5	Appointed	Bernardo Antonino Squarcina, O.P. †	Bishop of Adria, Italy
	40.7	Appointed	Luigi Vannicelli Casoni †	Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
30 Jan	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Adriano Giampedi †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
30 Jan		Born	Dario Mattei-Gentili †		Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia, Italy
31 Jan	71.7	Died	Pierre-Joseph Rey †	Bishop of Annecy, France
6 Feb	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Abrate †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Apostolic Administrator of Terni, Italy
	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Niccola Crispigni (Grispigni) †	Bishop of Poggio Mirteto, Italy	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
	23.2	Ordained Deacon	Victor José Díez Navarrete †	Deacon	Bishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela
	31.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Denis Gauthier, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Emmaüs	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking {Tonkino Meridionale}, Viet Nam
		Born	Jeremiah O’Sullivan †		Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA
10 Feb	74.5	Died	Francesco Gaetano Buglioni (Bullione di Monale) †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
10 Feb		Born	Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie, C.S.Sp. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lower French Congo {Congo Francese Inferiore}
11 Feb		Born	John Brady †		Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
		Born	John Joseph Grimes, S.M. †		Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
		Born	Francesco Niola †		Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy
13 Feb	23.3	Ordained Priest	Victor José Díez Navarrete †	Priest	Bishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela
14 Feb		Born	Luciano Bucci, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
15 Feb	63.1	Appointed	William Fraser (Frazer) †	Bishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Bishop of Arichat, Nova Scotia, Canada
		Born	Teodoro Antonio Polito †		Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
	37.2	Appointed	William Walsh †	Coadjutor Bishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
	37.2	Appointed	William Walsh †	Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Palaestina	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
	50.2	Appointed	Francesco Zaloni †	Coadjutor Bishop of Tinos and Mykonos, Greece	Bishop
	50.2	Appointed	Francesco Zaloni †	Titular Bishop of Byblus	Bishop of Tinos and Mykonos, Greece
18 Feb	27.6	Ordained Deacon	Manuel Antonio Bandini Mazuelos †	Deacon of Lima, Peru	Archbishop
19 Feb	27.6	Ordained Priest	Manuel Antonio Bandini Mazuelos †	Priest of Lima, Peru	Archbishop
20 Feb	62.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Ferrini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	33.7	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Ottaviano Riccardi di Netro †	Bishop of Savona e Noli, Italy	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Giorgio Topich, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania	Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania
22 Feb	83.5	Died	Luidj Škakoc (Scacoz), O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
23 Feb		Born	Jean-Baptiste Brondel †		Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA
	47.9	Selected	Emanuele Marongiu Nurra †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
		Appointed	Raimondo Orrù †	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
	49.3	Selected	Pietro Vargiù †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
24 Feb	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Silvestro Belli †	Cardinal, Bishop of Jesi, Italy
	69.1	Selected	Bonifaz Kaspar von Urban †	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
	33.5	Selected	Domonkos Zichy-Vásonkeö †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
25 Feb	37.6	Appointed	Johann Theodor Laurent †	Vicar Apostolic of Luxembourg	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
Mar		Resigned	Raimondo Orrù †	Bishop-Elect of Iglesias, Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
1 Mar	82.1	Died	Abdullah Blibl †	Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)
5 Mar	45.9	Selected	Nikolaus von Weis †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
6 Mar	62.1	Ordained Bishop	Franz Laurenz (Johannes Franz Ignatius) Mauermann, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)	Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany
6 Mar	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie (John Mary) Odin, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
8 Mar		Born	Maximilian von Lingg †		Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
11 Mar	39.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Viviers, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
12 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Acquaviva, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Francesco Converti, O.F.M. Obs. †	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria, Italy
	76.3	Died	Felipe González Abarca, O. de M. †	Bishop of Santander, Spain
13 Mar	67.5	Ordained Bishop	Santiago José O’ Phelan Recabarren †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Valentin von Riedel †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
		Born	Federico Domenico Sala †		Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
14 Mar	41.4	Selected	Giovanni Tommaso Ghilardi, O.P. †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
15 Mar	77.6	Retired	Paul Louis Joseph D’Hautpoul †	Bishop of Cahors, France	Bishop Emeritus
	50.1	Installed	Jacques-Marie-Antoine-Célestin du Pont †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bourges, France
		Born	Domenico Fegatelli †		Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
		Born	Joseph Hoare †		Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
	71.9	Died	Pietro Ignazio Marolda, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
		Born	Longinus Żarnowiecki †		Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec), Ukraine
16 Mar	22.7	Ordained Priest	Alessandro Franchi †	Priest	Cardinal, Secretary of State
16 Mar		Born	José María Rancés y Villanueva †		Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
17 Mar	51.7	Selected	Guillaume-Laurent-Louis Angebault †	Bishop of Angers, France
	54.3	Selected	Jean-François Croizier †	Bishop of Rodez, France
	44.4	Selected	André-Joseph Guitton †	Bishop of Poitiers, France
19 Mar	24.3	Ordained Priest	Charles Petre Eyre †	Priest of Northern District, England, Great Britain	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
19 Mar	23.6	Ordained Priest	Ignaz von Senestréy †	Priest of Regensburg, Germany	Bishop
20 Mar	74.5	Resigned	Giuseppe Novak †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Mar	68.6	Died	Ignaz Anton Demeter †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
22 Mar	84.0	Died	Giuseppe Morozzo Della Rocca †	Cardinal, Bishop of Novara, Italy
22 Mar		Born	Giuseppe Padula †		Bishop of Avellino, Italy
24 Mar		Born	Adolphe-Casimir David †		Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
25 Mar	63.8	Died	Antun Giuriceo †	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
26 Mar	23.2	Ordained Priest	Tommaso Mesmer †	Priest	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
28 Mar		Born	Bartolomeo Bacilieri †		Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
28 Mar	24.0	Ordained Deacon	Juraj Schopper †	Deacon	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia
29 Mar	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Armand Gignoux †	Bishop of Beauvais, France	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France
	87.2	Died	Giovanni Philip Paroni, O.F.M. Conv. †	Vicar Apostolic of Moldavia
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Juraj Schopper †	Priest	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia

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