The Year of Our Lord 1854

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	22.7	Ordained Priest	Juan José Baldivia Morales †	Priest	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
	20.9	Professed	Ezechias Banci, O.F.M. Ref. †	Member of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Settentrionale}, China
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Róbert Begovcsevics †	Priest of Eger, Hungary
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Henri-Joseph Bulté, S.J. †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Orientale}, China
	43.0	Elected	Richard Placid Burchall, O.S.B. †	President of Order of Saint Benedict
		Born	Bernard Coyne †		Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
	20.8	Ordained Priest	Ignazio Ghiurekian, C.M.V. †	Priest of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia	Abbot General
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Francisco Gómez-Salazar y Lucio-Villegas †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Michael J. Hurley †	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Priest of Peoria, Illinois, USA
		Died	Ignace Karouth, B.S. †	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	15.0	Professed	Pietro Paolo de Marchi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}, China
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Thomas McGivern †	Priest of Dromore, Ireland	Bishop
	18.9	Professed	François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp. †	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
	30.4	Ordained Priest	Alfred Weld, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Superior Emeritus of Zambese, Zimbabwe
Jan	22.9	Ordained Priest	Zeferino González y Díaz Tuñón, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
2 Jan	66.1	Died	Luigi Giamporcaro †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
4 Jan	63.5	Selected	Vincenzo Scarpa †	Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy	Bishop-Elect
6 Jan	19.4	Professed	Louis Mary (Michael) Fink, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
8 Jan	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Bedini †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
	60.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Espinosa y Dávalos †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Luigi Speranza †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
11 Jan	53.4	Died	Giuseppe Autelitano †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
11 Jan		Born	Richard Sykes, S.J. †		Prefect Emeritus of Zambese, Zimbabwe
12 Jan		Born	François-Alexandre Maillet †		Bishop of Saint-Claude, France
13 Jan	56.9	Appointed	Antonio Herrán y Zaldúa †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
	68.0	Appointed	Domingo Antonio Riaño Martínez †	Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia
		Appointed	Bernabé Rojas, O.P. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
15 Jan	23.8	Professed	Vicente Ferrer Carreras, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
16 Jan	29.5	Professed	Joseph-André Boyer, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria, China
16 Jan	74.2	Selected	Mariano Martínez Robledo y Robledo †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
19 Jan	46.7	Appointed	Francesco Saverio Maria Apuzzo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Capua, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop
	46.7	Appointed	Francesco Saverio Maria Apuzzo †	Titular Bishop of Anastasiopolis	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
		Born	Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy, C.S.Sp. †		Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
		Born	Henrique José Reed da Silva †		Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
	46.7	Appointed	Tommaso Michele Salzano, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	46.7	Appointed	Tommaso Michele Salzano, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Tanis	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
21 Jan		Born	Godefroid Pelckmans, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan
25 Jan		Born	Joseph-Marie Leray, M.S.C. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
26 Jan	70.1	Died	Luigi Maria Parisio (Canisio) †	Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy
27 Jan	68.0	Died	Benedetto Terenzio †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
29 Jan		Born	Hilarion Joseph Montéty Pailhas, C.M. †		Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Persia
1 Feb	62.8	Selected	José Manuel de Lemos †	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
		Born	Charles Edward McDonnell †		Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
		Born	Giovanni Murad †		Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon
	46.8	Selected	Benedetto Riccabona de Reinchenfels †	Bishop of Verona, Italy	Bishop of Trento, Italy
2 Feb	55.9	Selected	Philippe-Olympe Gerbet †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
6 Feb	62.9	Resigned	Mariano Fernández Fortique †	Bishop of Guayana, Venezuela
9 Feb		Born	Jean Chrysostome Bigel, O.F.M. Cap. †		Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
10 Feb	65.8	Died	Giuseppe Carlo Sanguettola †	Bishop of Crema, Italy
11 Feb	53.1	Died	Aidan Devereux †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa
13 Feb	71.8	Died	Antonio Monforte †	Bishop of Troia, Italy
15 Feb		Born	José de Calasanz Félix Santiago Vives y Tutó, O.F.M. Cap. †		Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
15 Feb		Born	Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki †		Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
17 Feb		Born	Julián Raymundo Riveiro y Jacinto, O.P. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala
17 Feb	72.4	Died	Gregorio Sánchez y Jiménez (Rubio), O.S.H. †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain
19 Feb	22.7	Ordained Priest	Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli, O.F.M. Ref. †	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Orientale}, China
22 Feb		Born	Florencio Eduardo Fontecilla Sánchez †		Bishop of La Serena, Chile
23 Feb	79.4	Died	Niccola Berlingeri †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
24 Feb		Born	José Mora y del Rio †		Archbishop of México, Federal District
25 Feb		Born	Giuseppe Cigliano †		Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
27 Feb	70.3	Died	Jerónimo José da Costa Rebelo †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
28 Feb		Born	Honoré-Paul-Émile Halle †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
1 Mar		Born	Giovanni (di Dio) Mauri †		Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
8 Mar	51.0	Appointed	Anastasius (Alois) Hartmann, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Poona, India	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bombay, India
	51.0	Resigned	Anastasius (Alois) Hartmann, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Patna, India	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bombay, India
	39.5	Appointed	David Moriarty †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland	Bishop
	39.5	Appointed	David Moriarty †	Titular Bishop of Antigonea	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
		Born	Gustave-Charles-Marie Mutel, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Seul, Korea (South)
	31.1	Appointed	Ignazio Camillo Guglielmo Maria Pietro Persico, O.F.M. Cap. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Bombay, India	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	31.1	Appointed	Ignazio Camillo Guglielmo Maria Pietro Persico, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	29.7	Appointed	Athanasius Eduard Zuber, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Patna, India	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	29.7	Appointed	Athanasius Eduard Zuber, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Patna, India
10 Mar	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Gyula Meszlényi †	Deacon	Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
11 Mar	26.6	Ordained Deacon	Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera †	Deacon of México, Federal District	Archbishop
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Alessandro Chiaruzzi †	Priest	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Paul Durieu, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Francesco Tavani †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (-Farfa), Italy
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Augusto Antonio Vicentini †	Priest	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
12 Mar	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Thaddeus Amat y Brusi, C.M. †	Bishop of Monterey, California, USA	Bishop of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA
	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Saverio Maria Apuzzo †	Titular Bishop of Anastasiopolis	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Michele Salzano, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Tanis	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
16 Mar		Born	Angelo Raffaele Bernacchioni, O.F.M. Cap. †		Archbishop of Agra, India
17 Mar	53.7	Selected	Ioan Alexi †	Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania
17 Mar	60.0	Selected	Alexandru Dobra †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
19 Mar	35.2	Ordained Bishop	Ljudevit Ćurčija, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt
21 Mar		Born	Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kivu, Burundi
25 Mar		Born	Isidoro Barriga †		Apostolic Administrator of Guayaquil, Ecuador
30 Mar	65.0	Selected	António Bernardo da Fonseca Monís †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
31 Mar	55.3	Died	Joaquín Fernández Cortina †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
1 Apr	23.4	Ordained Priest	Ernesto Fontana †	Priest	Bishop of Crema, Italy
	27.9	Ordained Priest	Julian Kuiłovskyi †	Priest of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland	Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	23.1	Ordained Deacon	Jesús María Rico y Santoyo, O.F.M. †	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Sonora, México
	24.1	Ordained Deacon	Bl. Edoardo Giuseppe Rosaz †	Deacon of Susa, Italy	Bishop
		Born	Henri-Caprais Vasselon, M.E.P. †		Bishop of Osaka, Japan
2 Apr	57.2	Selected	Juan Alfonso Albuquerque Berión †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
2 Apr	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Joannes Philibertus Deppen †	Titular Bishop of Samos	Auxiliary Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
4 Apr	50.5	Appointed	Hipólito Casiano Flóres †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
6 Apr		Born	Ambrosius Jacobus Johannes van Baars, O.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
7 Apr	40.4	Appointed	Carlos María Colina y Rubio †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
	63.9	Appointed	José Agustín Domínguez y Díaz †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
	47.5	Appointed	Josef Freusberg †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
	47.5	Appointed	Josef Freusberg †	Titular Bishop of Sidyma	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
	56.1	Confirmed	Philippe-Olympe Gerbet †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
	63.0	Confirmed	José Manuel de Lemos †	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
	70.8	Confirmed	Giuseppe Maria Maniscalco, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
	74.4	Confirmed	Mariano Martínez Robledo y Robledo †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
	47.0	Confirmed	Benedetto Riccabona de Reinchenfels †	Bishop of Verona, Italy	Bishop of Trento, Italy
	52.4	Confirmed	Ignace Antoine (Jules) Samhiri †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	52.4	Confirmed	Ignace Antoine (Jules) Samhiri †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	63.7	Confirmed	Vincenzo Scarpa †	Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy	Bishop-Elect
	52.1	Confirmed	Vinko Zubranić †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
9 Apr		Born	Jan Nepomuk Sedlák †		Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
12 Apr		Born	Paul-Marie Reynaud, C.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of Ningpo [Ningbo], China
13 Apr	54.3	Died	Pietro Niccolò Forti †	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
15 Apr	25.4	Ordained Priest	Edmond Hyacinthe Theodore Joseph Dumont †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
	55.3	Selected	Gil Estéve y Tomás †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Antoine Horner, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Prefect Emeritus of Zanguebar, Kenya
16 Apr		Born	Vicente Casanova y Marzol †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Granada, Spain
16 Apr		Born	Michael Joseph Spratt †		Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
18 Apr		Appointed	Denys Joseph Hayek (Samne) †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Apr		Born	William Stang †		Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
22 Apr	25.1	Ordained Deacon	Juan de Dios Bosque †	Deacon of La Paz, Bolivia	Bishop
22 Apr		Born	Dionysius Antonius Schüler, O.F.M. †		Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
23 Apr	25.1	Ordained Priest	Juan de Dios Bosque †	Priest of La Paz, Bolivia	Bishop
	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Garcia Gil, O.P. †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Vital-Justin Grandin, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Saint-Albert, Alberta, Canada
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Jean-Clément Mamarbachi †	Priest	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria
	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Palau y Térmens †	Bishop of Vic, Spain	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	73.9	Died	Josef Anton Salzmann †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Joshua Maria (Moody) Young †	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
24 Apr		Born	Luis María Niella †		Bishop of Corrientes, Argentina
25 Apr	39.6	Ordained Bishop	David Moriarty †	Titular Bishop of Antigonea	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
27 Apr	68.4	Died	Stanislaw Dekowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
30 Apr	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Jerónimo Fernández y Andrés †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain

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