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The Year of Our Lord 1843

Bishop Events

January to April

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknown25.8Ordained PriestGabino Catalina del Amo †PriestBishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
19.6ProfessedJames Joseph Carbery, O.P. †Member of Order of Friars PreachersBishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
26.8ProfessedJoseph-Marie Chauveau, M.E.P. †Priest of La Société des Missions EtrangèresVicar Apostolic of Thibet, China
BornJoseph Vartan Estegar, C.M.Vd. †Abbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Vienna
22.4Ordained PriestLudovico Marangoni, O.F.M. Conv. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor ConventualBishop of Chioggia, Italy
71.0ResignedGiovanni Stephano Masala †Bishop-Elect of Iglesias, ItalyFormer Bishop-Elect
31.6Ordained PriestBernardino Medina y Moreno †Priest of Santafé en Nueva Granada, ColombiaBishop of Cartagena, Colombia
21.0EnteredBasilio Oberholzer, O.S.B. †Member of Order of Saint BenedictAbbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
19.7ProfessedJoseph Paccolat, C.R.A. †Member of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of AgauneAbbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
21.2Ordained PriestLuigi (Josef) Puecher Passavalli, O.F.M. Cap. †PriestTitular Archbishop of Iconium
Jan47.5AppointedGiovanni Brunelli †Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the FaithCardinal, Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
2 JanBornMathieu Sislian †Bishop Emeritus of Cesarea di Cappadocia (Armenian), Turkey
3 Jan73.4DiedJózsef de Belánsky †Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
BornFilemón Cabanillas †Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
BornHenry O’Neill †Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
BornJulian Pełesz †Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland
5 Jan24.6Ordained PriestMichael Flannery †Priest of Dublin, IrelandBishop of Killaloe, Ireland
BornGallicano Mergè †Auxiliary Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
6 Jan66.8DiedGiulio de Tommasi †Bishop of San Severo, Italy
8 Jan59.4Ordained BishopGiacomo De’ Foretti †Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
50.3Ordained BishopFederico Manfredini †Titular Bishop of FamagustaBishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
10 JanBornAngus MacFarlane †Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
12 JanBornDomenico Darmanin †Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
13 Jan41.1ResignedGabriel della Genga Sermattei †Archbishop of Ferrara, ItalyCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
19 JanBornGiuseppe Salvatore Scatti †Bishop of Savona e Noli, Italy
63.7DiedBruno Maria Tedeschi †Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
20 JanBornFrederick (Fredrich Jacob) Eis †Bishop Emeritus of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA
21 JanBornJoaquín Pardo y Vergara †Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia
24 JanBornLorenzo Antonelli †Bishop of Venosa, Italy
BornJosip Stadler †Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
26 JanBornVáclav Antonín (Wenzel Anton) Frind †Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
27 Jan48.2Elevated to CardinalIgnazio Giovanni Cadolini †Cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
61.8AppointedKaspar de Carl ab Hohenbalken †Coadjutor Bishop of Chur-Sankt Gallen, SwitzerlandBishop of Chur, Switzerland
61.8AppointedKaspar de Carl ab Hohenbalken †Titular Bishop of HipposBishop of Chur, Switzerland
55.1AppointedGiovanni Battista Ciofi †Bishop of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy
40.7AppointedJosé de Viteri y Ungo †Bishop of San Salvador, El SalvadorBishop of Nicaragua
38.2ConfirmedPaul-Georges-Marie Dupont des Loges †Bishop of Metz, France
46.7ConfirmedDominique-Augustin Dufêtre †Bishop of Nevers, France
55.5ConfirmedJean-Jacques Fayet †Bishop of Orléans, France
54.8AppointedAdriano Fieschi †Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria ad MartyresCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria
57.8AppointedFrancisco de Paul García Peláez †Coadjutor Archbishop of GuatemalaArchbishop
57.8AppointedFrancisco de Paul García Peláez †Titular Archbishop of BostraArchbishop of Guatemala
33.3ConfirmedGiacomo Filippo Gentile †Bishop of Novara, Italy
48.3ConfirmedJean-Nicaise Gros †Bishop of Saint-Dié, FranceBishop of Versailles, France
46.8ConfirmedJean-Joseph-Marie-Eugène de Jerphanion †Archbishop of Albi, France
78.1ConfirmedJosef Knauer †Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
80.2AppointedPaolo Mangelli Orsi †Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della ScalaCardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
80.2Elevated to CardinalPaolo Mangelli Orsi †Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
47.0ConfirmedFrançois-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot †Archbishop of Tours, FranceCardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
62.6AppointedGiovanni Tommaso Neuschel †Bishop of Parma, ItalyBishop Emeritus
32.9AppointedVincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci †Titular Archbishop of TamiathisPope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
53.1ConfirmedLouis Rendu †Bishop of Annecy, France
52.4AppointedClaudio Samuelli †Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy
56.2AppointedGiovanni Serafini †Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e CrescenziaCardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
56.2Elevated to CardinalGiovanni Serafini †Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
76.5AppointedGiovanni Giacomo Sinibaldi †Titular Patriarch of ConstantinoplePresident of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
51.5AppointedPedro Antonio Torres †Bishop of Cuenca, EcuadorBishop of Popayán, Colombia
62.9Elevated to CardinalFrancesco di Paola Villadecani †Cardinal, Archbishop of Messina, Italy
28 Jan32.9AppointedVincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci †Apostolic Nuncio to BelgiumPope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
29 Jan40.7Ordained BishopJosé de Viteri y Ungo †Bishop of San Salvador, El SalvadorBishop of Nicaragua
30 Jan73.0AppointedSalvador de Apodaca y Loreto †Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
42.4ConfirmedPietro-Raffaele Arduini, O.F.M. Conv. †Bishop of Alghero, Italy
52.3ConfirmedManfredo Giovanni Battista Bellati †Bishop of Ceneda, Italy
72.6ConfirmedAnton Alois Buchmayer †Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
48.2AppointedIgnazio Giovanni Cadolini †Cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
48.2AppointedIgnazio Giovanni Cadolini †Cardinal-Priest of Santa SusannaCardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
48.4ConfirmedVasile Erdély †Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
64.7AppointedAttilio Fiascaini †Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
49.8ConfirmedJozef Gaganecz †Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), SlovakiaBishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia
44.3ConfirmedToma Jedrlinić †Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
54.0AppointedVincenzo Menchi †Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
63.4AppointedJosé Domingo Sánchez Reza †Titular Bishop of Macri
69.6ConfirmedHermann Anton Constantin Franz Sales Johann Nepomuk von Vicari †Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
51.5AppointedCarlo Vizzardelli †Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical AffairsCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
2 FebBornLuigi Maria Canestrari †Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
24.3Ordained PriestIgnace George Chelhot (Scelhot) †PriestPatriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
3 Feb20.6Solemn VowsGiovanni Battista Mantovano, O.M. †Member of Order of the MinimsCoadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Bova, Italy
5 Feb22.5Ordained PriestGiovanni Maria Berengo †PriestArchbishop of Udine, Italy
55.1Ordained BishopGiovanni Battista Ciofi †Bishop of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy
52.4Ordained BishopClaudio Samuelli †Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy
6 FebDiedJacob Petros VII Holassian †Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
7 FebBornThéodore Jean Nersciabuh †Archbishop Emeritus of Foreign Archdiocese
9 FebResignedJohn Evangelist Datodi †Archbishop-Elect of Naxos, GreeceFormer Archbishop-Elect
10 Feb54.8SelectedLászló Bémer de Bezdéd et Kisbáka †Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, RomaniaBishop Emeritus
BornJohn Conmy †Bishop of Killala, Ireland
30.5Solemn VowsJean-Baptiste-François (Odo) Pitra, O.S.B. †Priest of Order of Saint BenedictCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
13 FebBornGiovanni Antonio Zucchetti, O.F.M. Cap. †Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
15 FebBornPaolo Emilio Bergamaschi †Bishop Emeritus of Troia, Italy
16 Feb44.9SelectedGiovanni Battista Montixi †Bishop of Iglesias, Italy
19 Feb32.9Ordained BishopVincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci †Titular Archbishop of TamiathisPope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
20 Feb48.0AppointedPatrick Phelan, P.S.S. †Coadjutor Bishop of Kingston, Ontario, CanadaBishop
48.0AppointedPatrick Phelan, P.S.S. †Titular Bishop of CarrhaeBishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
21 Feb60.3DiedPedro Alcántara Jiménez, O. Praem. †Vicar Apostolic of Montevideo, Uruguay
24.6Ordained PriestPeter McIntyre †PriestBishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
23 FebBornLuigi Finoja †Bishop Emeritus of Catanzaro, Italy
85.0DiedFrancesco Maria Tola †Bishop of Bosa, Italy
24 Feb73.1DiedGiacomo Giustiniani †Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
26 Feb36.1Ordained BishopTomás Badía, O.P. †Titular Bishop of IsauropolisCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
55.5Ordained BishopJean-Jacques Fayet †Bishop of Orléans, France
54.4SelectedJosip Godeassi †Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
48.3Ordained BishopJean-Nicaise Gros †Bishop of Saint-Dié, FranceBishop of Versailles, France
27 FebBornGiovanni Gigante †Auxiliary Bishop of Lecce, Italy
5 Mar38.3Ordained BishopPaul-Georges-Marie Dupont des Loges †Bishop of Metz, France
6 MarBornBraulio Orúe y Vivanco †Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
9 Mar47.0InstalledJean-Joseph-Marie-Eugène de Jerphanion †Archbishop of Albi, France
11 Mar24.3Ordained DeaconGaetano Alimonda †Deacon of Genova, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
25.1Ordained DeaconAlbert (Franz de Paula) Eder, O.S.B. †Deacon of Order of Saint BenedictArchbishop of Salzburg, Austria
23.7Ordained PriestAlexis-Jean-Marie Guilloux (Guillons) †PriestArchbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
61.0AppointedAngelo Mai †Prefect of the Congregation of the IndexCardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
50.5AppointedMario Mattei †Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
50.5AppointedMario Mattei †Prefect of the Congregation of the Reverend Fabric of St. PeterCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
12 Mar46.9Ordained BishopDominique-Augustin Dufêtre †Bishop of Nevers, France
13 Mar44.0SelectedGiuseppe Maria d’Alessandro †Bishop of Capaccio, ItalyBishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
55.3SelectedLuigi Giamporcaro †Bishop of Lacedonia, ItalyBishop of Monopoli, Italy
39.2SelectedRocco de Gregorio †Bishop of San Severo, Italy
42.1SelectedGiuseppe Iannuzzi †Bishop of Lucera, Italy
68.7SelectedGiuseppe Pietro Antonio Palma, O. Carm. †Bishop of Avellino, Italy
53.2SelectedRaffaele Purpo †Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
45.0DiedJérôme (Étienne) Rouchouze, SS.CC. †Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Oceania, Pacific (Oceania)
57.8SelectedMichel’ Angelo Sorrentino †Bishop of Marsi, Italy
14 Mar48.1AppointedGabriele Ferretti †Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and RelicsCardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
15 MarBornGiovanni Maria Camilleri, O.E.S.A. †Bishop Emeritus of Gozo, Malta
20 MarBornFrancisco Jarrín y Moro †Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
21 Mar33.4AppointedGiuseppe Maria Alberti †Coadjutor Bishop of Syros (e Milos), GreeceBishop
33.4AppointedGiuseppe Maria Alberti †Titular Bishop of EumeniaBishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece
46.9InstalledDominique-Augustin Dufêtre †Bishop of Nevers, France
22 MarBornJosé Terrés, O.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
23 Mar48.4InstalledJean-Nicaise Gros †Bishop of Saint-Dié, FranceBishop of Versailles, France
24 MarBornGiovanni Battista Carnevalini †Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy
BornAlphonse-Gabriel-Pierre Foucault †Bishop of Saint-Dié, France
26 MarBornBonaventura Gargiulo, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of San Severo, Italy
69.8InstalledHermann Anton Constantin Franz Sales Johann Nepomuk von Vicari †Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
27 Mar58.5DiedAngel Mariano de Morales y Jasso †Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
50.0ConfirmedMichael Johann Rimely, O.S.B. †Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary
31 MarBornMarie-Simon-Henri Colomb †Bishop of Évreux, France
1 Apr22.7Ordained PriestAlexandre-Léopold Sebaux †PriestBishop of Angoulême, France
24.8Ordained PriestRaphael Valenza †Priest of Chieti, ItalyAuxiliary Bishop
24.5Ordained PriestDomenico Maria Villa †PriestBishop of Parma, Italy
3 Apr54.9ConfirmedLászló Bémer de Bezdéd et Kisbáka †Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, RomaniaBishop Emeritus
72.7ConfirmedPedro Paulo de Figuereido da Cunha e Melo †Cardinal, Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
50.1ConfirmedGuilherme Henriques de Carvalho †Bishop of Leiria, PortugalCardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
67.9AppointedPietro Ostini †Cardinal-Bishop of AlbanoCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
68.7ConfirmedGiuseppe Pietro Antonio Palma, O. Carm. †Bishop of Avellino, Italy
53.2ConfirmedRaffaele Purpo †Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
61.2AppointedTommaso Riario Sforza †Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic ChamberCardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
77.1ConfirmedFrancisco de São Luiz (Manoel Justiniano) Saraiva, O.S.B. †Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
33.7AppointedVincenzo Tizzani, C.R.L. †Bishop of Terni, ItalyBishop Emeritus
53.8AppointedLetterio Turchi †Bishop of Norcia, ItalyBishop of Città di Castello, Italy
5 Apr66.2SelectedNicolaus Rodrigues Pereira de Borja, C.M. †Bishop of Macau, ChinaBishop-Elect
6 AprBornRoger Ryan †Priest
7 AprBornMatthew Gaughren, O.M.I. †Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange, South Africa
46.2AppointedPaolo Sardi, O.F.M. Conv. †Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) of Moldavia
46.2AppointedPaolo Sardi, O.F.M. Conv. †Titular Bishop of VeraApostolic Visitor (Visitator) of Moldavia
9 Apr53.3Ordained BishopLouis Rendu †Bishop of Annecy, France
15 Apr24.9Ordained PriestPaul Hubert Perny, M.E.P. †PriestApostolic Administrator Emeritus of Kuiceu (Kweichow), China
23.7Ordained PriestWilliam Smith †Priest of Eastern District, Scotland, Great BritainArchbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
16 Apr33.5Ordained BishopGiuseppe Maria Alberti †Titular Bishop of EumeniaBishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece
BornManuel Baptista da Costa (da Cunha) †Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
BornJosephus Hubertus Drehmanns †Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
18 Apr33.8Ordained BishopVincenzo Tizzani, C.R.L. †Bishop of Terni, ItalyBishop Emeritus
53.8Ordained BishopLetterio Turchi †Bishop of Norcia, ItalyBishop of Città di Castello, Italy
19 Apr73.7DiedJohann Theodor van der Noot †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Luxembourg
22 AprBornFrançois-Xavier Schoepfer †Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
23 Apr78.3Ordained BishopJosef Knauer †Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
68.8Ordained BishopGiuseppe Pietro Antonio Palma, O. Carm. †Bishop of Avellino, Italy
26.0Ordained PriestPierre Rougeyron, S.M. †Priest of Society of MaryVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), Pacific (Oceania)
25 Apr42.5SelectedJosé Maria da Silva Torres, O.S.B. †Archbishop of Goa, IndiaCoadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
30 Apr72.8InstalledAnton Alois Buchmayer †Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
23.2Ordained DeaconSebastião Dias Laranjeira †DeaconBishop of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
46.3Ordained BishopPaolo Sardi, O.F.M. Conv. †Titular Bishop of VeraApostolic Visitor (Visitator) of Moldavia
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