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The Year of Our Lord 1847

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May to August


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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
MayResignedNicholas Zeia (Zaya)Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), IraqPatriarch Emeritus
2 May44.7AppointedFabio Maria AsquiniPrefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and RelicsCardinal, Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other
31.7ResignedAnnetto CasolaniVicar Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale}, Sudan
68.3AppointedAntonio Francesco Orioli, O.F.M. Conv. †Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
72.0AppointedPietro OstiniCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
31.8Ordained BishopDavid WalshBishop of Cloyne and Ross, Ireland
4 MayBornAgapitos Malouf, B.C. †Bishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
8 May24.1Ordained PriestHenri Joseph Faraud, O.M.I. †Priest of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateVicar Apostolic of Athabaska Mackenzie, Alberta, Canada
9 May22.9Ordained PriestBernard O’ReillyPriest of Northern District, England, Great BritainBishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
16 May56.3Ordained BishopAntonius van DyckTitular Bishop of AdranaCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Breda, Netherlands
18 May35.7AppointedDomingo Martí, O.P. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet NamVicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
35.7AppointedDomingo Martí, O.P. †Titular Bishop of TricomiaVicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
19 MayBornJacques Reelick, S.C.I. †Prefect Emeritus of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 May37.1AppointedJohn McCloskeyBishop of Albany, New York, USACardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
47.2AppointedJean Marie (John Mary) Odin, C.M. †Bishop of Galveston, Texas, USAArchbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
23 May40.1Ordained BishopBernardo of St. Theresa (Giuseppe) Baccinelli, O.C.D. †Titular Bishop of Heraclea PonticaVicar Apostolic of Verapoly, India
23.2Ordained PriestAlfonso Capecelatro (di Castelpagano), C.O. †Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip NeriCardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
31.0Ordained BishopJean Georges Collomb, S.M. †Titular Bishop of AntiphellusVicar Apostolic of Melanesia, Pacific (Oceania)
42.3Ordained BishopFrancesco Xavier Maresca, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of SoliCoadjutor Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China
42.2Ordained BishopGiuseppe Giacomo Novella, O.F.M. Ref. †Titular Bishop of PataraCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Houkouang, China
24 May71.6DiedLudovico Micara, O.F.M. Cap. †Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
25 May23.6Ordained DeaconFrancisco de Paula Suárez Peredo y BezaresDeacon of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), MéxicoBishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México
26 May24.3Ordained PriestThomas William CrokePriest of Cloyne and Ross, IrelandArchbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
72.1DiedManoel Joaquim Gonçalves de AndradeBishop of São Paulo, Brazil
29 May22.0Ordained PriestJames DugganPriest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USABishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
25.5Ordained PriestJean-Joseph Fenouil, M.E.P. †Priest of La Société des Missions EtrangèresVicar Apostolic of Yünnan, China
23.6Ordained PriestAniceto Ferrante, C.O. †Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip NeriBishop Emeritus of Gallipoli, Italy
26.0Ordained PriestSt. Melchor García Sanpedro, O.P. †Priest of Order of Friars PreachersVicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
27.7Ordained PriestFrançois Xavier Gouthe-SoulardPriestArchbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
23.3Ordained DeaconEugenio LuzziDeaconBishop of Todi, Italy
23.0Ordained PriestJoseph-Sébastien-Ferdinand TerrisPriest of Paris, FranceBishop of Fréjus, France
30 May47.4Ordained BishopJoseph-Auguste-Victorin MorlhonBishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
46.2Ordained PriestSt. John Henry Newman, C.O. †Cardinal, Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri
23.6ProfessedAlessandro de Risio, C.SS.R. †Deacon of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerArchbishop Emeritus of Santa Severina, Italy
31 May76.8RetiredJules-François de SimonyBishop of Soissons (-Laon), FranceBishop Emeritus
4 Jun55.4AppointedMichael Anthony Fleming, O.F.M. Ref. †Bishop of Newfoundland, Canada
AppointedGiorgio Labella, O.F.M. Ref. †Titular Archbishop of AnazarbusArchbishop Emeritus of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
ResignedGiorgio Labella, O.F.M. Ref. †Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), AlbaniaArchbishop Emeritus
60.3AppointedJoseph Norbert ProvencherBishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
40.5AppointedPetrus Maria VranckenCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Batavia, IndonesiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
40.5AppointedPetrus Maria VranckenTitular Bishop of ColophonVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Batavia, Indonesia
6 Jun38.8Ordained BishopLuigi Giuseppe Nazari di CalabianaBishop of Casale Monferrato, ItalyArchbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
8 Jun71.0AppointedLuigi Emmanuele Nicolo Lambruschini, B. †Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
9 JunBornCamillo Siciliano di RendeCardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
10 Jun43.5AppointedTobia AunArchbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
11 Jun41.1Elevated to CardinalGiacomo AntonelliCardinal, Secretary of State
51.6Elevated to CardinalGiuseppe BofondiCardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
50.0AppointedGiacomo Luigi BrignoleCardinal-Bishop of SabinaCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
55.3Elevated to CardinalJacques-Marie-Antoine-Célestin du PontCardinal, Archbishop of Bourges, France
55.8Elevated to CardinalPierre GiraudCardinal, Archbishop of Cambrai, France
71.0AppointedLuigi Emmanuele Nicolo Lambruschini, B. †Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa RufinaCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
76.7AppointedVincenzo MacchiCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
13 Jun41.8Ordained BishopJean-Claude Miche, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of DausaraVicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam
BornEduard Karl Gaston Pöttickh de Pettenegg, O.T. †Titular Archbishop-Elect of Tamiathis
14 Jun41.1AppointedGiacomo AntonelliCardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ GotiCardinal, Secretary of State
59.2AppointedGaetano BaluffiCardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e PietroCardinal, Bishop of Imola, Italy
51.6AppointedGiuseppe BofondiCardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
52.2SelectedJosef von LippBishop of Rottenburg, Germany
50.7AppointedGiovanni Battista PelleiBishop of Acquapendente, Italy
55.9AppointedLuigi RicciBishop of Segni, Italy
52.2ConfirmedBartolomeo Carlo RomilliArchbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
19 Jun45.3DiedWilliam ClancyVicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles
20 Jun26.1Ordained PriestMarie-Laurent-François-Xavier Cordier, M.E.P. †Priest of La Société des Missions EtrangèresVicar Apostolic of Cambogia
56.0Ordained BishopLuigi RicciBishop of Segni, Italy
63.4DiedPawel StraszyńskiBishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland
21 Jun81.2DiedFrancisco Javier de Cienfuegos y JovellanosCardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
22 JunBornGiovanni Battista VinatiBishop Emeritus of Bosa, Italy
23 Jun44.2DiedCharles Januarius ActonCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
24 Jun22.7Ordained PriestGaspard MermillodPriest of Lausanne et Genève, SwitzerlandCardinal, Bishop Emeritus
BornAmilcare ToniettiBishop Emeritus of Montalcino, Italy
26 Jun84.3DiedGaetano Maria de Franci, C.R.M. †Archbishop of Trani e Nazareth e Bisceglie, Italy
28 JunBornJules-Auguste Coqset, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Occidentale}, China
29 Jun41.8Ordained BishopAlexis Canoz, S.J. †Titular Bishop of TamasusBishop of Trichinopoly, India
35.8Ordained BishopDomingo Martí, O.P. †Titular Bishop of TricomiaVicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
68.7Ordained BishopJohann Peter MirerBishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
1 Jul56.9DiedJoão Henriques MonisBishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
48.7SelectedJohann Georg MüllerBishop of Münster, Germany
4 Jul22.1Ordained DeaconJohann Evangelist HallerDeacon of Trento, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
5 Jul59.7ResignedTommaso Pasquale GizziSecretary of StateCardinal, Secretary Emeritus
6 Jul46.7AppointedSt. Giustino Sebastiano Pasquale de Jacobis, C.M. †Titular Bishop of NilopolisVicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia
46.7AppointedSt. Giustino Sebastiano Pasquale de Jacobis, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia
34.4AppointedAlexander SmithCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western District, Scotland, Great Britain
34.4AppointedAlexander SmithTitular Bishop of ParosCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western District, Scotland, Great Britain
9 Jul36.5AppointedRichard Placid Burchall, O.S.B. †Bishop of Maitland, AustraliaPresident of Order of Saint Benedict
36.5AppointedRichard Placid Burchall, O.S.B. †Coadjutor Bishop of Sydney, AustraliaPresident of Order of Saint Benedict
42.5AppointedWilliam DelanyBishop of Cork, Ireland
36.0AppointedJohn DerryBishop of Clonfert, Ireland
34.6AppointedJames Alipius Goold, O.E.S.A. †Bishop of Melbourne, AustraliaArchbishop of Melbourne, Australia
41.8AppointedJoseph-Eugène-Bruno Guigues, O.M.I. †Bishop of Bytown, Ontario, CanadaBishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
77.4DiedTomas Manoel de Noronha e Brito, O.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Olinda, Brazil
36.3AppointedJoseph (José María Benito) Serra y Juliá, O.S.B. †Bishop of Victoria, AustraliaCoadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia
11 Jul26.6Ordained PriestJohn KilduffPriest of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), IrelandBishop
12 Jul46.3AppointedAlessandro BarnabóPro-Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the FaithCardinal, Prefect
67.2ResignedGiuseppe-Maria Molajoni, C.P. †Bishop of Nicopoli, BulgariaBishop Emeritus
13 Jul36.5AppointedGuillaume Marie Douarre, S.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), Pacific (Oceania)Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
14 JulBornAntonio Maria JannottaBishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
17 Jul52.4AppointedGabriele FerrettiSecretary of StateCardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
19 JulBornJohn Joseph HennessyBishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA
20 Jul40.9AppointedPeter Richard KenrickArchbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USAArchbishop Emeritus
22 Jul21.0ProfessedNiccolò d’Orgemont de la Fontaine, O.S.B. †Member of Order of Saint BenedictAbbot of Montecassino, Italy
BornGarabed (Carlo) Kiciurian (Ketchourian)Bishop Emeritus of Erzerum (Garin) (Armenian)
24 Jul33.8AppointedGiovanni Corboli BussiSecretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs
51.4AppointedVincenzo SantucciSubstitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of StateCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
56.0ResignedCarlo VizzardelliSecretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical AffairsCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
26 Jul23.7Ordained PriestAntonín Ludvík FrindPriestBishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
30 Jul46.5AppointedAidan DevereuxVicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa
33.1AppointedPaolo DodmasseiBishop of Pult (Pulati), AlbaniaBishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
48.7AppointedPatrick Raymond Griffith, O.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa
47.2AppointedAngelo Parsi, C.P. †Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
31 Jul22.9Ordained DeaconImrich BendeDeaconBishop of Nitra, Slovakia
22.2Ordained DeaconFrancesco LichtensteigerDeacon of Kalocsa, HungaryAuxiliary Bishop
1 AugBornThomas James ConatyBishop of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA
23.7Ordained DeaconArnold Ipolyi-StummerDeaconBishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
2 Aug41.6AppointedCarlo Luigi MorichiniOfficial of the Roman Curia - OtherCardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
BornFranjo Uccelini-TiceBishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
3 Aug46.5AppointedAidan DevereuxTitular Bishop of PaneadeVicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa
BornGiovanni Maria ZonghiPresident of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
4 Aug23.7Ordained PriestArnold Ipolyi-StummerPriestBishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
8 Aug22.7Ordained PriestGiovanni Battista TescariPriest of Vicenza, ItalyBishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
9 AugBornJosé Lourenço da Costa AguiarBishop of Amazonas, Brazil
11 Aug47.6DiedFrancis George MostynVicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
40.5SucceededWilliam RiddellVicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
12 Aug56.1DiedThomas GriffithsVicar Apostolic of London District, England, Great Britain
13 Aug85.8DiedGiovanni De Simone, C.M. †Bishop of Conversano, Italy
15 Aug42.6Ordained BishopWilliam DelanyBishop of Cork, Ireland
BornJacobus Cornelis Meeuwissen, C.SS.R. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles
BornJames SchwebachBishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
40.7Ordained BishopPetrus Maria VranckenTitular Bishop of ColophonVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Batavia, Indonesia
16 Aug41.2ResignedGaetano BediniApostolic Internuncio to BrazilCardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
19 Aug24.3Ordained PriestLothar von KübelPriest of Freiburg im Breisgau, GermanyApostolic Administrator
20 Aug22.2Ordained DeaconFidelis Johann Georg Dehm, O.F.M. Conv. †Deacon of Order of Friars Minor ConventualApostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus of Moldavia
88.2DiedJean-Armand Chaudru de TrélissacBishop Emeritus of Montauban, France
24 AugBornTheophile MeerschaertBishop of Oklahoma, USA
63.2DiedIvan (Jan) Snihurskyj (Snigurski)Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland
27 AugBornGustave-Joseph WaffelaertBishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
28 Aug24.2Ordained PriestAleksander Kazimierz BereśniewiczPriestBishop Emeritus of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
29 Aug23.0Ordained PriestImrich BendePriestBishop of Nitra, Slovakia
BornSebastian Gebhard MessmerArchbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
45.0AppointedNicholas Patrick Stephen (Nicolás Patricio Esteban) WisemanCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic of London District, England, Great BritainCardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
30 AugBornRamón Barberá y BoadaBishop of Palencia, Spain
BornKonrad von BuschBishop of Speyer, Germany
31 Aug24.1Ordained PriestCyril LubowidzkiPriest of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec), UkraineBishop
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