The Year of Our Lord 1849

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Paul Acderian (Etarian) †	Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
		Ordained Bishop	Paul Acderian (Etarian) †	Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Luigi Maria (Tommaso Francesco) Bilio, B. †	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for Universal Inquisition
	51.6	Appointed	Giacomo Luigi Brignole †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
	32.2	Ordained Priest	Carlos Cuarteroni Fernández, O.SS.T. †	Priest of Order of the Most Holy Trinity	Prefect of Labuan e Borneo, Malaysia
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Cesare Dalceggio, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Settentrionale}, China
	26.0	Ordained Priest	John Dalton, O.F.M. Ref. †	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Bishop of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Edmond Alfred Dardel, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Seychelles
		Appointed	Mélèce Fendé †	Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria	Bishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	50.8	Died	Gregorio Maria Fistilli †	Bishop Emeritus of Capaccio, Italy
	44.5	Resigned	José Maria González Rúbio, O.F.M. †	Administrator of California (Two Californias, Both Californias), México	Former Administrator of Monterey, California, USA
		Born	Sevère-Samuel Lahdo †
	21.8	Ordained Priest	Raffaele Monaco La Valletta †	Priest	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe-Maria Mucedola †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
	75.2	Died	Miguel Orozco †	Bishop-Elect of La Paz, Bolivia
	29.7	Appointed	Julien Rabin, M.E.P. †	Prefect of Lhassa, China	Prefect Emeritus
	86.2	Died	Antonio Sánchez Matas, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia
	65.9	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Michele Vaglio †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
Jan	25.8	Ordained Priest	Gustav Adolf von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst †	Priest	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
1 Jan	23.9	Ordained Priest	Manuel Canuto Restrepo y Villegas †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Pasto, Colombia
1 Jan		Born	Joseph Dumáni, B.S. †		Bishop of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite Greek)
3 Jan		Born	Fidel Olivas Escudero †		Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
6 Jan	71.0	Died	Angelo Maria Scanzano †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
7 Jan	81.4	Died	Filippo Cattani †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
7 Jan	48.2	Ordained Bishop	St. Giustino Sebastiano Pasquale de Jacobis, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Nilopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia
11 Jan		Born	Joseph Rumeau †		Bishop of Angers, France
12 Jan		Born	Pascal Campana, C.S.Sp. †		Prefect of Lower Congo in Cubango, Angola
14 Jan		Born	Ernesto Angiulli †		Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Rémi Bessieux, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Callipolis	Vicar Apostolic of Two Guineas {Des Deux Guinées}, Gabon
	37.1	Ordained Bishop	Jacques-Maurice des Landes d’Aussac de Saint Palais †	Bishop of Vincennes, Indiana, USA
	57.1	Ordained Bishop	José María Yáñez de Montenegro †	Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
17 Jan	50.9	Selected	Jean-Antoine-Marie Foulquier †	Bishop of Mende, France	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jan	46.0	Died	Edward Maginn †	Coadjutor Bishop of Derry, Ireland
18 Jan	67.8	Died	Juan Antonio Ignacio Fernández Peña y Angulo †	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
19 Jan	33.5	Died	David Walsh †	Bishop of Cloyne and Ross, Ireland
21 Jan	22.5	Ordained Priest	Carlo Bertuzzi †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
22 Jan	29.8	Professed	Julien Rabin, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Prefect Emeritus of Lhassa, China
23 Jan		Born	Constant-Jean-Baptiste Prodhomme, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Laos
26 Jan	52.2	Died	Filippo de’ Conti Curoli †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy
28 Jan	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Barreiro y Pérez, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
	64.6	Died	António de Santo Ilídio da Fonseca e Silva, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
	62.0	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Grijalvo y Mínguez, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
	37.9	Ordained Bishop	Antonino Merciai, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis	Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq
		Born	Denis Joseph O’Connell †		Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
29 Jan	51.3	Selected	Joseph Othmar von Rauscher †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
31 Jan	46.8	Appointed	Joannes van Breugel †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Breda, Netherlands
	46.8	Appointed	Joannes van Breugel †	Titular Bishop of Adrana	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Breda, Netherlands
	72.9	Died	Jean-François de Hercé †	Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France
Feb	50.9	Died	Nicola Abrate †	Apostolic Administrator of Terni, Italy
Feb	64.1	Installed	José María Luciano Becerra y Jiménez †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
1 Feb	31.0	Ordained Priest	Youssef Foraifer †	Priest	Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria per i Maroniti
3 Feb		Born	Domenico Mannaioli †		Bishop Emeritus of Montefiascone, Italy
4 Feb	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Justo Donoso Vivanco †	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile	Bishop of La Serena, Chile
		Born	Jacques-Jean Gely †		Bishop of Mende, France
	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Magrini †	Bishop of Terni, Italy	Bishop of Forli, Italy
5 Feb		Born	Anthony Gaughren, O.M.I. †		Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange, South Africa
5 Feb		Born	Francesco Vento †		Bishop of Aversa, Italy
7 Feb	60.2	Selected	Jean-Marie Mioland †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France	Archbishop
8 Feb		Born	Aristide Cavallari †		Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
10 Feb	50.6	Selected	Pier Giuseppe Vaggi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
11 Feb	53.8	Ordained Bishop	James Oliver Van de Velde, S.J. †	Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
14 Feb	48.0	Appointed	John A. Larkin, S.J. †	Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Priest of Society of Jesus
15 Feb	21.0	Solemn Vows	Thomas-Marie Gentili, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Fo-Kien, China
16 Feb	71.6	Died	Giovanni Battista Rossi †	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
17 Feb	57.0	Died	Daniel-Victor Manglard †	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France
18 Feb	72.3	Died	Thomas Walsh †	Vicar Apostolic of London District, England, Great Britain
18 Feb	46.5	Succeeded	Nicholas Patrick Stephen (Nicolás Patricio Esteban) Wiseman †	Vicar Apostolic of London District, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
20 Feb	33.8	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio (Michael) Ata (Atta) †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria
23 Feb	50.5	Selected	Louis-Antoine de Salinis †	Bishop of Amiens, France	Archbishop of Auch, France
24 Feb	43.8	Appointed	Étienne-Raymond Albrand, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Sura	Vicar Apostolic of Kuiceu (Kweichow), China
	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Marie-Julien Meirieu †	Bishop of Digne, France	Bishop Emeritus
	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Sébastin-Théophille Neyret, M.S.F.S. †	Titular Bishop of Olena	Vicar Apostolic of Vizagapatnam, India
	78.5	Died	Jules-François de Simony †	Bishop Emeritus of Soissons (-Laon), France
25 Feb	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Louis Coeur †	Bishop of Troyes, France
	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Annibale-Raffaele Montalcini, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Miguel Pineda y Saldaña †	Titular Bishop of Antigonea	Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
		Born	Félix Soto y Mancera †		Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
3 Mar	24.2	Ordained Priest	Léon Jules Marie Bélouino †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
4 Mar	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Gennaro di Giacomo †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe de’ Bianchi Dottula †	Archbishop of Trani e Nazareth e Bisceglie, Italy	Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy
	39.6	Installed	Antonio Magrini †	Bishop of Terni, Italy	Bishop of Forli, Italy
	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Leonardo Moccia †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
	73.8	Died	Pietro Ostini †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
		Born	Albino Angelo Pardini, C.R.L. †		Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
5 Mar		Born	Owen Patrick Bernard Corrigan †		Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	46.9	Died	Alois Josef Schrenk †	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
		Born	Juan José Solís y Fernández †		Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
7 Mar	67.6	Selected	Cirilo de Alameda y Brea, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
10 Mar		Born	Anton Johann Zerr †		Bishop Emeritus of Tiraspol, Moldova
15 Mar		Born	Rogatien-Joseph Martin, SS.CC. †		Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands {Isole Marchesi}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
15 Mar	74.4	Died	Giuseppe Gasparo Mezzofanti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
18 Mar	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Étienne-Raymond Albrand, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Sura	Vicar Apostolic of Kuiceu (Kweichow), China
18 Mar	73.4	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo de Vincentiis †	Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy
19 Mar	34.1	Final Vows	Marc Finaz, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Prefect Emeritus of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar
21 Mar	72.5	Died	Agustín Lorenzo Varela Temes †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
24 Mar	23.2	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Maria Cione †	Priest	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
24 Mar	76.2	Died	Pedro Martínez de San Martín †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
25 Mar	57.1	Installed	Hryhorij Jachimowicz †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland	Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
25 Mar	23.3	Ordained Priest	Thomas Timothy O’Mahony †	Priest of Cork, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
26 Mar	42.8	Selected	Louis-Marie-Joseph-Eusèbe Caverot †	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
27 Mar	59.8	Died	Juan Manuel de Irrizarri y Peralta †	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
29 Mar	72.2	Died	Juan Fernández de Sotomayor y Picón †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
30 Mar	50.4	Selected	Łukasz Baraniecki †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
31 Mar		Born	Augusto Eduardo Nunes †		Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
Apr	62.0	Died	Martino Caliendi †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
1 Apr		Born	Jean-Jacques Crouzet, C.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar
2 Apr	50.2	Appointed	Godehard Braun †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
	50.2	Appointed	Godehard Braun †	Titular Bishop of Callinicum	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
	51.1	Confirmed	Jean-Antoine-Marie Foulquier †	Bishop of Mende, France	Bishop Emeritus
	45.5	Confirmed	Antoine-Matthias-Alexandre Jacquemet †	Bishop of Nantes, France
	60.4	Appointed	Jean-Marie Mioland †	Titular Archbishop of Sardes	Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France
	60.4	Confirmed	Jean-Marie Mioland †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France	Archbishop
	48.2	Appointed	Antonio Ranza †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
	50.6	Confirmed	Louis-Antoine de Salinis †	Bishop of Amiens, France	Archbishop of Auch, France
	64.3	Appointed	Fermín Sánchez Artesoro, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
4 Apr	61.6	Died	Jean-Jacques Fayet †	Bishop of Orléans, France
6 Apr	68.8	Died	William Crolly †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
7 Apr	23.2	Ordained Priest	Géraud-Marie Soubrier †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Oran, Algeria
8 Apr	31.2	Ordained Bishop	Hilarión Alcázar, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Paphus	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
		Born	Jean-Marie Barthe, S.J. †		Bishop Emeritus of Trichinopoly, India
	30.4	Ordained Bishop	St. José María Díaz Sanjurjo, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Plataea	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
9 Apr		Born	Manuel Torres y Torres †		Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
10 Apr		Born	Mattia Vicario †		Bishop of Novara, Italy
12 Apr	51.5	Confirmed	Joseph Othmar von Rauscher †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
14 Apr		Born	Patrick James Donahue †		Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA
15 Apr	32.2	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Antonio Balma, O.M.V. †	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	48.5	Appointed	Pietro Bottazzi †	Apostolic Administrator of Termoli, Italy	Bishop of Larino, Italy
	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Othmar von Rauscher †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
19 Apr	47.2	Selected	Félix-Antoine-Philibert Dupanloup †	Bishop of Orléans, France
20 Apr	39.5	Appointed	Gennaro Acciardi †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
	50.0	Appointed	Guerr’Antonio Boscarini †	Bishop of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
	42.9	Confirmed	Louis-Marie-Joseph-Eusèbe Caverot †	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	67.7	Confirmed	Cirilo de Alameda y Brea, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	60.9	Confirmed	Francesco Iavarone †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
		Appointed	Francesco Javarone †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
	60.3	Appointed	Camillo Monteforte †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	60.3	Appointed	Camillo Monteforte †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	50.6	Appointed	Costantino Patrizi Naro †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for Universal Inquisition
	58.1	Appointed	Pietro Raffaelli †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
	47.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Singlau †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
	59.4	Confirmed	Leonardo Todisco Grande †	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy
	43.0	Confirmed	Domenico Ventura †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
	61.0	Confirmed	Gabriele Ventriglia †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
	43.9	Confirmed	Luigi Vetta †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
29 Apr	23.7	Ordained Deacon	Stjepan Benedikt Pavlović-Lučić †	Deacon	Auxiliary Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia
30 Apr		Born	Maxime Decelles †		Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

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