The Year of Our Lord 1855

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Michel Alexandrian †	Bishop of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine
	30.0	Appointed	Léon (Michel Rey-Golliet) des Avanchers, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Seychelles	Prefect Emeritus
	63.0	Died	Michel Cattoula (Kattula) †	Archbishop of Seert (Chaldean), Turkey
	23.7	Ordained Priest	José Benito Salvador de la Reta †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
	82.9	Died	Antonio de Franci †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
	34.9	Ordained Priest	Cyriaque-Georges Goga †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq
	91.8	Died	Pietro Gravina Luzzena †	Auxiliary Bishop of Catania, Italy
	25.8	Incardinated	Antonio Ibáñez y Galiano †	Priest of Cartagena (en España)	Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain
	40.5	Incardinated	Léopold-René Leséleuc de Kerouara †	Priest of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Audishu V (Georges Ebed-Iesu) Khayyath †	Priest	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
		Appointed	Giuseppe Marid †	Titular Archbishop of Arca in Phoenicia dei Maroniti
		Resigned	Jérémie de Paglietta, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Seychelles	Prefect Emeritus
	32.1	Ordained Priest	James Laird Patterson †	Priest of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Pierse Power †	Priest	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
	37.7	Appointed	Pierre Rougeyron, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Appointed	Athanase Sabbagh †	Bishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	25.9	Ordained Priest	Francesco Solano del Risco, O.F.M. Obs. †	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Simeone Volonteri, P.I.M.E. †	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan {Ho-Nan Meridionale}, China
	45.9	Elected	Bonifacio (Sebastian) Wimmer, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Santos Zárate y Martínez †	Priest	Bishop of Almería, Spain
		Died	Nicholas Zeia (Zaya) †	Patriarch Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
1 Jan		Born	John McIntyre †		Archbishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
1 Jan	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Franciszek Stefanowicz †	Titular Bishop of Samosata	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
5 Jan	25.9	Ordained Priest	John Leonard †	Priest of Dublin, Ireland	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa
7 Jan		Born	William Bernard Kelly †		Bishop of Geraldton, Australia
8 Jan		Born	Guillaume-Lucien-Léon Lacroix †		Bishop of Tarentaise, France
9 Jan	65.6	Died	Lorenzo Simonetti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
11 Jan	76.0	Died	Judas José Romo y Gamboa †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
14 Jan	29.3	Ordained Deacon	Arsenio Andrade y Landázuri †	Deacon	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
		Ordained Bishop	Bernabé Rojas, O.P. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Léon-François Sibour †	Titular Bishop of Tripolis in Phoenicia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
17 Jan	42.3	Resigned	Joseph (François-de-Paul) Baudichon, SS.CC. †	Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands {Isole Marchesi}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
18 Jan	47.7	Selected	Francesco Saverio Maria Apuzzo †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
18 Jan		Born	Jean-Marie Dépierre, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam
21 Jan	29.3	Ordained Priest	Arsenio Andrade y Landázuri †	Priest	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
21 Jan	78.7	Died	Giuseppe Pecci †	Cardinal, Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
22 Jan	65.3	Died	Francesco Capezzuti †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
23 Jan	41.3	Appointed	David William Bacon †	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
26 Jan	38.4	Appointed	Ludwig Forwerk †	Administrator of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany	Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany
27 Jan	56.5	Died	Raffaele Bocci †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
28 Jan	31.0	Ordained Priest	Aquilino Ferreyra y Álvarez †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
28 Jan	71.3	Died	Francisco Javier García Casarrubios y Melgar, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain
30 Jan	38.9	Appointed	Edward MacCabe †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
30 Jan	38.9	Appointed	Edward MacCabe †	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Cardinal, Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
1 Feb	61.8	Died	Jean-Marie Graveran †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
1 Feb	68.2	Died	Giovanni Serafini †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
2 Feb	45.0	Selected	Francesco Gallo †	Bishop of Avellino, Italy
	58.9	Selected	Gaetano Rossini †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Bishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy
	52.0	Selected	Domenico Zelo †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
3 Feb	75.2	Died	Mariano Martínez Robledo y Robledo †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
9 Feb		Born	Paul Aouad (Awad, Auad) †		Archbishop Emeritus of Cyprus (Maronite)
	74.2	Died	Francisco Javier Luna-Pizarro y Pacheco de Chávez †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	77.0	Resigned	Gennaro Pasca †	Bishop of Nola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
13 Feb	32.3	Ordained Deacon	St. Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński †	Deacon of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz), Ukraine	Archbishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
15 Feb	77.4	Died	Giuseppe Mancini †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
15 Feb		Born	Gaetano Pizzi †		Bishop of San Severo, Italy
18 Feb	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Marijan Šunjić, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Paneade	Vicar Apostolic of Bosnia (Bosna, Diacovar, Diakovar), Croatia
20 Feb	44.9	Selected	François-Alexandre Roullet de la Bouillerie †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
20 Feb	52.7	Selected	Nicolas-Marie Sergent †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
24 Feb		Born	Isaias Papadopoulos †		Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis
25 Feb	86.4	Died	Pietro di Benedetto †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
27 Feb	43.5	Selected	Lorenzo Donato Antonio Moffa, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
28 Feb	75.2	Died	Gregorio Zelli, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
1 Mar	58.6	Died	Julien-Marie-François-Xavier Hillereau †	Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey
2 Mar		Born	Jean-Ferdinand-Adrien (Pierre) Simon, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar
3 Mar	27.5	Ordained Priest	Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera †	Priest of México, Federal District	Archbishop
3 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Raffaele di Nonno, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
5 Mar	24.9	Ordained Priest	Aurelio Zonghi †	Priest of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
6 Mar		Born	José Alves de Matos †		Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	37.7	Selected	Francesco Giampaolo †	Bishop of Capaccio e Vallo della Lucania, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
	46.3	Selected	Francesco Paolo Lettieri †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
	56.5	Died	Ignatius Aloysius Reynolds †	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
	51.2	Selected	Giuseppe Gennaro Romano †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
11 Mar	25.6	Ordained Priest	José Ignacio Checa y Barba †	Priest of Quito, Ecuador	Archbishop
17 Mar	74.1	Died	Tommaso Bellacosa †	Bishop Emeritus of Cava e Sarno, Italy
18 Mar	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Karl Arnold-Obrist †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
	59.3	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Barajas y Moreno †	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México
	41.2	Resigned	Melchior-Marie-Joseph de Marion-Brésillac, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Coimbatore, India	Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone
		Born	Paul-Marie Ramond, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam
19 Mar		Born	José Marcos Semeria †		Bishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay
20 Mar		Born	José Cadena y Eleta †		Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
22 Mar		Born	Jean-Marie Bourchany †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France
23 Mar	47.9	Confirmed	Francesco Saverio Maria Apuzzo †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
	54.8	Confirmed	Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose †	Bishop of Évreux, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	45.0	Confirmed	François-Alexandre Roullet de la Bouillerie †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
	62.7	Appointed	Juan Francisco Escalante y Moreno †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sonora, México
	62.7	Appointed	Juan Francisco Escalante y Moreno †	Titular Bishop of Anastasiopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Sonora, México
	45.1	Confirmed	Francesco Gallo †	Bishop of Avellino, Italy
	37.7	Confirmed	Francesco Giampaolo †	Bishop of Capaccio e Vallo della Lucania, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
	57.3	Confirmed	Andreas Gollmayr †	Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
	39.0	Appointed	Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México	Archbishop of México, Federal District
	46.3	Confirmed	Francesco Paolo Lettieri †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
	49.1	Confirmed	Boulos Boutros Mass’ad (Massaad) †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	43.6	Confirmed	Lorenzo Donato Antonio Moffa, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
	42.1	Confirmed	Francesco Pedicini †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	54.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Palermo, O.E.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
	47.5	Appointed	Gaetano Rodilossi †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
	51.2	Confirmed	Giuseppe Gennaro Romano †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
	56.0	Appointed	Giovanni Rosati †	Bishop of Todi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	59.0	Confirmed	Gaetano Rossini †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Bishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy
	50.1	Appointed	Pietro Rota †	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy
	43.6	Appointed	Innocenzo Sannibale †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
	52.8	Confirmed	Nicolas-Marie Sergent †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
	47.2	Confirmed	Filippo de Simone †	Bishop of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy
	48.5	Confirmed	Ivan Josip Vitezić †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
	52.1	Confirmed	Domenico Zelo †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
24 Mar	23.0	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Blandini †	Priest	Bishop of Noto, Italy
	44.1	Died	Mario De Luca †	Bishop of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), Italy
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Constant-Mathurin Hillion †	Priest	Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Rocco Leonasi †	Priest	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
	28.1	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Palmieri, C.Pp.S. †	Priest of Society of Precious Blood	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
25 Mar	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Juan Alfonso Albuquerque Berión †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
		Born	François Bonne, M.E.P. †		Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Gallo †	Bishop of Avellino, Italy
	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Pedicini †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Palermo, O.E.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
	69.2	Ordained Bishop	Domingo Antonio Riaño Martínez †	Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia
	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Gaetano Rodilossi †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Rosati †	Bishop of Todi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Gaetano Rossini †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Bishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy
	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Rota †	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy
	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Innocenzo Sannibale †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Filippo de Simone †	Bishop of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy
	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Zelo †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
29 Mar		Born	Francesco Giacci †		Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy
30 Mar	23.4	Ordained Priest	Heinrich Brück (Brueck) †	Priest	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
	50.5	Appointed	George Errington †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus
	50.5	Appointed	George Errington †	Titular Archbishop of Trapezus	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	45.7	Appointed	Vincenzo Tizzani, C.R.L. †	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis	Bishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy
	40.1	Appointed	Pietro de Villanova Castellacci †	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
Apr	16.5	Professed	Daniele Tempesta, O.F.M. Ref. †	Member of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Bishop of Troia, Italy
1 Apr	23.5	Ordained Priest	Jacinto López y Romo †	Priest	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
1 Apr	23.9	Ordained Deacon	Giuseppe Morteo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
2 Apr	67.4	Died	Jean-François Croizier †	Bishop of Rodez, France
3 Apr	40.7	Selected	Mariano Ricciardi †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
8 Apr	79.7	Died	Karl Anton Joseph Lüpke †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
8 Apr		Born	Jacques Topuzian †		Bishop of Musc (Armenian), Armenia
9 Apr	23.9	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Morteo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
10 Apr	71.8	Died	Giuseppe Maria Maniscalco, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
10 Apr		Born	Antoine Alphonse de Wachter †		Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
12 Apr	56.9	Appointed	Charles-François Baillargeon †	Apostolic Administrator of Québec, Canada	Archbishop
13 Apr	85.9	Died	Carlo Oppizzoni (Opizoni) †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
15 Apr	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Giampaolo †	Bishop of Capaccio e Vallo della Lucania, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Herrán y Zaldúa †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Donato Antonio Moffa, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
17 Apr		Born	Kolumban (Johann Baptist) Brügger, O.S.B. †		Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
17 Apr	53.5	Appointed	Vincenzo Spaccapietra, C.M. †	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
22 Apr	41.6	Ordained Bishop	David William Bacon †	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
24 Apr	59.4	Installed	Pedro Barajas y Moreno †	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México
30 Apr	57.2	Selected	Telmo Maceira †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain
30 Apr	51.4	Died	Francis Joseph Nicholson, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece

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