The Year of Our Lord 1853

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	32.1	Professed	Jean-Dominique Barbero, P.I.M.E. †	Member of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Vicar Apostolic of Hyderabad, India
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Tomás Barón y Morales †	Priest	Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México
	17.9	Professed	Pascal Bili, O.F.M. Ref. †	Member of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Settentrionale}, China
	21.8	Ordained Priest	Gaudenzio Bonfigli, O.F.M. Obs. †	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt and Arabia
	58.0	Died	Francisco de Paula Campo y Pérez †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Pedro Casas y Souto †	Priest	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
		Died	Charlot †	Prefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Rocco Cocchia, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
	31.8	Incardinated	[Paul Marie Stefan de Djunkowsky] †	Priest	Prefect Emeritus of Arctic Pole
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Antonio Ibáñez y Galiano †	Priest of Valencia, Spain	Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain
		Appointed	Jérémie de Paglietta, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Seychelles	Prefect Emeritus
	16.0	Professed	Lorenzo Carlo Pampirio, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
		Born	Adolfo Perea †		Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
	34.6	Appointed	Paul Hubert Perny, M.E.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Kuiceu (Kweichow), China	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Ramón Fernández Piérola y Lopez de Luzuriaca †	Priest	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain
	54.2	Appointed	Michele Viale-Prelà †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Austria	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Michael Warren †	Priest of Ferns, Ireland	Bishop
	34.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Sidney Woollett, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles
1 Jan	23.8	Perpetual Vows	Vital-Justin Grandin, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Saint-Albert, Alberta, Canada
2 Jan	49.1	Ordained Bishop	José Ávila Lamas †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain	Bishop of Orense, Spain
3 Jan	58.4	Died	William O’Higgins (O’h-Aodhagain) †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
4 Jan	19.6	Professed	Thomas Galberry, O.E.S.A. †	Member of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
4 Jan	72.0	Died	Francisco Javier Rodríguez y Obregón †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
7 Jan	58.9	Selected	Jacques-Louis Daniel †	Bishop of Coutances, France	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
	46.0	Selected	Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac †	Bishop of Grenoble, France	Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	73.1	Died	Giacomo Traversi †	Bishop Emeritus of Segni, Italy
8 Jan		Born	Joseph Émile Lutz, C.S.Sp. †		Prefect of Lower Niger {Niger Inferiore}, Nigeria
9 Jan	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Telmo Maceira †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain	Bishop of Tuy, Spain
13 Jan		Born	Jean-Ephrem Bertreux, S.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands
14 Jan	66.0	Appointed	François Cuculla †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece
14 Jan	41.0	Appointed	Niccola Adolfo Marinelli †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
16 Jan	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Luigi Trevisanato †	Archbishop of Udine, Italy	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
17 Jan		Born	Giovanni Fossà †		Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
20 Jan	55.0	Died	Melchior Ferdinand Joseph von Diepenbrock †	Cardinal, Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
22 Jan		Born	Vincent (Vinko) Pulišić †		Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
23 Jan	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Adam Wojtkiewicz †	Bishop of Minsk, Belarus
24 Jan		Born	Agostino Cattaneo †		Bishop of Guastalla, Italy
24 Jan		Born	John Stephen Vaughan †		Auxiliary Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
25 Jan		Born	Ignacio Díaz y Macedo †		Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México
25 Jan		Born	Alessandro Beniamino Zanecchia-Ginnetti, O.C.D. †		Bishop of Teramo, Italy
28 Jan	48.0	Appointed	Lorenzo Biancheri, C.M. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic
	48.0	Appointed	Lorenzo Biancheri, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Lagania	Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia
	48.0	Appointed	Patrick Fallon †	Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
	48.0	Appointed	Patrick Fallon †	Bishop of Kilfenora, Ireland	Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
29 Jan	47.4	Died	Luigi Guglielmi †	Bishop of Verona, Italy
30 Jan	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Horcos y San Martín, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
30 Jan		Born	James William McCarthy †		Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
1 Feb		Born	Patrick Delany †		Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
1 Feb	61.2	Resigned	Joseph William (Francis) Hendren, O.F.M. Rec. †	Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
2 Feb	40.6	Final Vows	John Baptist Esseiva, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus
2 Feb	43.0	Selected	Luigi Filippi, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
3 Feb	44.1	Died	Jean-Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Ferréol, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Corea
6 Feb	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Silvestre Guevara y Lira †	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Feb		Born	John Mangan †		Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
11 Feb	69.2	Died	Carlos Laborda Clau †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
13 Feb		Born	Albert Nègre †		Archbishop of Tours, France
13 Feb		Born	Heinrich Vieter, S.A.C. †		Vicar Apostolic of Cameroun
19 Feb	23.1	Ordained Priest	Mariano Cuartero y Sierra, O.A.R. †	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
	28.0	Ordained Priest	François Laurencin †	Priest	Apostolic Administrator of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Manuel Ignacio Riaño, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
	60.8	Selected	Giovanni Sabatino (Sabatini) †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
25 Feb	61.3	Appointed	Joseph William (Francis) Hendren, O.F.M. Rec. †	Titular Bishop of Martyropolis	Bishop Emeritus of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
27 Feb	62.5	Died	Stjepan Pavlović-Lučić †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
3 Mar	54.1	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Cannella †	Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs	Secretary Emeritus
3 Mar		Born	Jacques-Jean Sahhar †		Bishop of Amadiyah and Aqrā {Akra} (Chaldean), Iraq
4 Mar	49.4	Appointed	Johannes van Genk †	Coadjutor Bishop of Breda, Netherlands	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands
	70.5	Appointed	Johannes van Hooydonk †	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
	57.5	Appointed	Joannes Augustinus Paredis †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
	46.1	Appointed	Franciscus Jacobus van Vree †	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
	58.5	Appointed	Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) †	Apostolic Administrator of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop
	58.5	Appointed	Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) †	Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
6 Mar	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Anton Frenzel †	Titular Bishop of Areopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
6 Mar	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Niccola Adolfo Marinelli †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
7 Mar	47.1	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Arnaldi †	Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy
	57.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Brunelli †	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	57.7	Resigned	Giovanni Brunelli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	57.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Prospero Caterini †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	59.0	Confirmed	Agustín Guillermo Charún Espinoza †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
	59.1	Confirmed	Jacques-Louis Daniel †	Bishop of Coutances, France	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
	44.0	Appointed	Domingos José de Sousa Magelhães †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	44.0	Appointed	Domingos José de Sousa Magelhães †	Titular Archbishop of Mitylene	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	46.3	Appointed	Mariano Falcinelli Antoniacci, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Forli, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
	43.1	Appointed	Luigi Filippi, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
	46.2	Confirmed	Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac †	Bishop of Grenoble, France	Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Augustin Göckel †	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	57.1	Elevated to Cardinal	François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
	63.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Giusto Recanati, O.F.M. Cap. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
	57.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Vincenzo Santucci †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
	60.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Dominco Savelli †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	67.3	Elevated to Cardinal	János Keresztély Scitovszky †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	54.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Michele Viale-Prelà †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
8 Mar	71.4	Died	Francesco Agnini †	Bishop of Luni, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy
9 Mar		Born	Heinrich Joeppen †		Bishop Emeritus of Germany, Military
9 Mar	82.6	Died	Domingo de Silos Santiago Apollinario Moreno, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
10 Mar	49.6	Confirmed	José Caixal y Estradé †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	57.4	Appointed	Prospero Caterini †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	52.6	Appointed	Justo Donoso Vivanco †	Bishop of La Serena, Chile
	59.8	Confirmed	György Girk †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
	65.4	Confirmed	Joaquim Pereira Ferraz, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
	61.1	Appointed	Tomás Miguel Pineda y Saldaña †	Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
	63.5	Appointed	Giusto Recanati, O.F.M. Cap. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
	58.2	Appointed	José María Riofrío y Valdivieso †	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus
	58.2	Appointed	José María Riofrío y Valdivieso †	Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia	Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
	41.9	Confirmed	Franz Joseph Rudigier (Rudiger) †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
	57.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Santucci †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
	60.4	Appointed	Dominco Savelli †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	52.4	Appointed	Ferenc Szenczy †	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
	30.1	Appointed	Vicente Gabriel Tocornal Velasco †	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile	Former Bishop-Elect
12 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	Angelo Balzano †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Termoli, Italy
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Annibale Barabesi †	Priest	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
		Born	Gérard (Josef) Van Caloen, O.S.B. †		Abbot Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 Mar	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Filippi, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
13 Mar	48.6	Died	Bernardo of St. Agnes (Philip) Pontanova, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Tanis
14 Mar	75.8	Died	Vincenz Eduard Milde †	Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
15 Mar	53.3	Appointed	Michel-Antoine Anfossi, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bangalore, India	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	53.3	Appointed	Michel-Antoine Anfossi, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Mennith	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bangalore, India
		Appointed	Lorenzo a Cento, O.F.M. Cap. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Patna, India	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
		Appointed	Lorenzo a Cento, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
17 Mar		Born	Edward Patrick Allen †		Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA
17 Mar	76.2	Died	Diego de Aranda y Carpinteiro †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
19 Mar	22.2	Ordained Priest	Patrick Francis Moran †	Priest of Dublin, Ireland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
19 Mar	25.1	Ordained Priest	John Claude Neraz †	Priest of Galveston, Texas, USA	Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
21 Mar	40.5	Appointed	Charles-René Renou, M.E.P. †	Prefect of Lhassa, China
26 Mar	55.4	Selected	Joseph Othmar von Rauscher †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
31 Mar	83.2	Died	Maximilian Joseph Gottfried Sommerau Beeckh †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
1 Apr		Born	Joseph-Médard Émard †		Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
4 Apr	61.5	Died	Jan Kanty Dąbrowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
4 Apr		Born	Isidoro Clemente Gutiérrez, O.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China
6 Apr	41.8	Selected	Luigi Sodo †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
8 Apr	37.0	Selected	Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
10 Apr	26.4	Ordained Deacon	Salustiano Crespo †	Deacon	Bishop of Calabozo, Venezuela
15 Apr	31.9	Appointed	St. Melchor García Sanpedro, O.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic
15 Apr	31.9	Appointed	St. Melchor García Sanpedro, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Tricomia	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
17 Apr	52.4	Selected	Michael von Deinlein †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Archbishop
	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Mariano Falcinelli Antoniacci, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Forli, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Leo Redner †	Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Bishop
19 Apr		Born	Amand-Théophile-Joseph Legrand, C.S.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Dacca, Bangladesh
19 Apr	80.9	Died	José Jorge de Torres y Estans †	Bishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
22 Apr	47.9	Died	Etienne-Raymond Albrand, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kuiceu (Kweichow), China
25 Apr	25.9	Ordained Priest	Thomas Francis Hendricken †	Priest of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
27 Apr		Born	Giovanni Battista Marenco, S.D.B. †		Apostolic Internuncio to Central America
29 Apr	32.4	Appointed	John Kilduff †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland

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