The Year of Our Lord 1856

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	45.0	Elected	Adamo Adami, O.S.B. †	Minister General of Order of Saint Benedict
	29.5	Professed	Louis-Taurin Cahagne, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia
	31.0	Appointed	Jean-Claude Duret, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Sénégal	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
	16.2	Professed	St. Francesco Antonio Domenico Fogolla, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shansi {Scian-Si Settentrionale}, China
	79.5	Resigned	Jan Marceli Gutkowski †	Bishop of Janów Podlaski (Podlaska o Janów), Poland	Bishop Emeritus
	49.2	Appointed	Antonio Martín y Bienes, O.SS.T. †	Prior General of Order of the Most Holy Trinity
	52.2	Appointed	Bernardino Trionfetti, O.F.M. Obs. †	Minister General of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
2 Jan		Born	Patrick Phelan †		Bishop of Sale, Australia
3 Jan	48.4	Appointed	Joseph-Martial Mouly, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Peking [Beijing], China	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China
3 Jan		Born	Pietro Strobino †		Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa
12 Jan	51.5	Selected	Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
13 Jan	40.1	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Moretti †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy
14 Jan		Born	Franz Löbmann †		Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany
16 Jan		Born	Eugène-Louis-Ernest Julien †		Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
17 Jan		Born	Johann Baptist Hierl †		Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
17 Jan	50.1	Selected	Enrico de Rossi †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
19 Jan	60.3	Confirmed	Agustín Gómez Cabezas y Sildo †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
20 Jan	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Belgrado †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	55.2	Selected	Michael von Deinlein †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
		Born	Stanislas-François Jarlin, C.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of Peking [Beijing], China
		Born	Denis Ephrem Naccàsché †		Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
22 Jan	52.8	Died	Bernard O’Reilly †	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
24 Jan		Born	Giovanni Régine †		Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy
25 Jan	70.0	Died	George Hilary Brown †	Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
25 Jan	41.5	Succeeded	Alexander Goss †	Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
27 Jan	24.5	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Depau-Puddu †	Priest of Ogliastra, Italy	Bishop
27 Jan	56.2	Resigned	Giovanni Domenico Rizzolati, O.F.M. Ref. †	Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang, China
29 Jan	36.1	Selected	Marko Kalogjera (Calogerà) †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia
	61.9	Selected	Raffaele Ferrigno †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
	43.6	Selected	Konrad Martin †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
	54.0	Selected	Vinko Zubranić †	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
31 Jan		Born	Conrad Abels, C.I.C.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of Jehol [Jinzhou], China
2 Feb		Born	Rafael Amador y Hernández †		Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México
3 Feb	63.6	Ordained Bishop	Juan Francisco Escalante y Moreno †	Titular Bishop of Anastasiopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Sonora, México
5 Feb		Born	René-Michel-Marie Fée, M.E.P. †		Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
5 Feb		Born	Thomas Louis Heylen, O. Praem. †		Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
11 Feb		Born	Antun Bauer †		Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
15 Feb	44.6	Selected	Bernardino Maria Frascolla †	Bishop of Foggia, Italy
16 Feb	22.7	Ordained Priest	Prosper Auguste Dusserre †	Priest	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria
	44.7	Appointed	Bernardino Medina y Moreno †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
	22.0	Ordained Priest	José Ignacio Suárez Peredo y Bezares †	Priest	Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México
19 Feb	29.7	Appointed	Patrick Moran †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa	Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand
19 Feb	29.7	Appointed	Patrick Moran †	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand
22 Feb	38.5	Selected	Tommaso Passero, O.P. †	Bishop of Troia, Italy
25 Feb	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Antoine-Henri Jordany †	Bishop of Fréjus, France	Bishop Emeritus
26 Feb		Born	Jacques-Louis Monestès †		Bishop of Dijon, France
27 Feb		Born	Anton Karaś (Karosas) †		Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
27 Feb	57.5	Selected	Louis-Antoine de Salinis †	Archbishop of Auch, France
29 Feb	33.1	Appointed	John Dalton, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada
	35.7	Appointed	John Farrell †	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
	36.7	Appointed	Laurence Gilhooly, C.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Elphin, Ireland	Bishop
	36.7	Appointed	Laurence Gilhooly, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Belline	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
		Born	Emile-Louis-Cornil Lobbedey †		Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
	40.2	Appointed	Daniel McGettigan †	Coadjutor Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	40.2	Appointed	Daniel McGettigan †	Titular Bishop of Geras	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	48.4	Appointed	John Thomas Mullock, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
	40.2	Appointed	Pierre-Adophe Pinsoneault, P.S.S. †	Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Sandwich, Ontario, Canada
	52.6	Appointed	James Walshe †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
1 Mar	60.9	Died	Francesco Bronzuoli †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
2 Mar	57.9	Resigned	Jacques-Marie-Joseph Baillès †	Bishop of Luçon, France	Bishop Emeritus
3 Mar	84.3	Died	Ambrogio Bianchi, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
3 Mar	68.1	Died	Jose Antonio Chaves, O.F.M. Obs. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
7 Mar	70.6	Died	Michele Manzo †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
7 Mar	68.4	Resigned	Clément Villecourt †	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
8 Mar	57.0	Resigned	Guy-Louis-Jean-Marie Alouvry †	Bishop of Pamiers, France	Bishop Emeritus
	24.5	Ordained Deacon	Cirillo Benham Benni †	Deacon	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Fernando Blaitt Mariño †	Priest of Concepción, Chile	Bishop
	49.5	Appointed	Jacques-Antoine-Claude-Marie Boudinet †	Apostolic Administrator of Pamiers, France	Bishop of Amiens, France
	55.4	Selected	François-Augustin Delamare †	Bishop of Luçon, France	Archbishop of Auch, France
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Molo †	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Apostolic Administrator of Lugano, Switzerland
	23.9	Ordained Deacon	Giovanni Battista Scotti †	Deacon	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
9 Mar	22.9	Ordained Priest	Ioannis Marangò (Marengo) †	Priest	Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
11 Mar	49.5	Appointed	Jacques-Antoine-Claude-Marie Boudinet †	Titular Bishop of Cybistra	Bishop of Amiens, France
12 Mar	54.2	Appointed	Gabriel della Genga Sermattei †	Prefect of the Congregation of Regular Discipline	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
14 Mar	72.9	Died	Gabrijel Smičiklas (Smicsiklasz) †	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
15 Mar		Born	John Patrick Farrelly †		Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
15 Mar		Born	Achille Locatelli †		Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
16 Mar		Born	Giuseppe Batignani †		Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Cirillo Benham Benni †	Priest	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	18.8	Ordained Priest	Sahag (Isaac) Hagian †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Sivas {Sebaste} (and Tokat {Toqat}) (Armenian), Turkey
19 Mar	28.3	Ordained Priest	Francisco Mora y Borrell †	Priest of Monterey, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA
19 Mar	31.0	Ordained Priest	Hector-Albert Chaulet d’Outremont †	Priest	Bishop of Le Mans, France
20 Mar		Born	Gaetano Bisleti †		Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
22 Mar	22.0	Ordained Deacon	Giuseppe Maria Costantini (Constantini) †	Deacon	Bishop Emeritus of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
	22.6	Ordained Deacon	Augustin Egger †	Deacon of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Gaetano Franceschini †	Priest	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Scotti †	Priest	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
23 Mar		Born	Ramón Guillamet y Coma †		Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
25 Mar	24.9	Ordained Priest	Abraham Agabio (Agapios) Bsciai (Bishai) †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Petar Dujam Maupas †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
		Born	Joseph-Marie-François-Xavier Métreau †		Bishop of Tulle, France
30 Mar	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Paul Ambroise Bigandet, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma {Birmania Meridionale}, Myanmar
	29.8	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Moran †	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand
	61.7	Ordained Bishop	János Nehiba †	Titular Bishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Renier †	Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy
	52.7	Ordained Bishop	James Walshe †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
Apr	41.5	Died	Giusto da Urbino (Jacopo) Curtopassi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
1 Apr	57.2	Selected	Clément Bahous †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Patriarch Emeritus
1 Apr	57.2	Selected	Clément Bahous †	Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
2 Apr	45.1	Appointed	André-Pierre (Andreas) Borgniet, S.J. †	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan, China	Vicar Apostolic
	42.1	Appointed	Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southeastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridio-Orientale}, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Orientale}, China
	37.9	Appointed	Luigi Celestino Spelta, O.F.M. Ref. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hupeh {Hu-Pè}, China
4 Apr	52.1	Appointed	Jacques-Léon Thomine-Desmazures, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Sinopoli	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Thibet, China
4 Apr	69.2	Appointed	Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Settentrionale-Occidentale}, China
5 Apr	70.2	Died	Luigi Gagliardi †	Bishop Emeritus of Ischia, Italy
5 Apr		Born	Annibale Lupi †		Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
6 Apr		Born	Jean Victor Émile Chesnelong †		Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
6 Apr	24.1	Ordained Priest	John O’Brien †	Priest	Bishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
7 Apr	57.8	Selected	Jean-Honoré Bara †	Coadjutor Bishop of Châlons, France	Bishop
8 Apr	46.8	Appointed	Miguel Navarro, O.F.M. Ref. †	Vicar Apostolic of Honan {Ho-Nan}, China
8 Apr	46.8	Appointed	Miguel Navarro, O.F.M. Ref. †	Titular Bishop of Cucusus	Vicar Apostolic of Honan {Ho-Nan}, China
11 Apr	57.6	Appointed	Alessandro Macioti †	Official of the Congregation of the Holy Office
13 Apr		Born	Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian †		Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
		Born	Alcime-Armand-Pierre-Marie Gouraud †		Bishop of Vannes, France
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Edmund Stonor †	Priest	Titular Archbishop of Trapezus
14 Apr		Born	Émile Augustin Allgeyer, C.S.Sp. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zanzibar, Kenya
15 Apr	52.1	Elected	Teobaldo (Vincentius Joseph Cirillus) Cesari, O. Cist. †	Abbot General of Order of Cistercians	Abbot General Emeritus
17 Apr		Born	Federico Cattani Amadori †		Cardinal, Priest of Modigliana, Italy
20 Apr	80.3	Died	Giacomo Filippo Fransoni †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
22 Apr	61.5	Selected	José Joaquim de Azevedo e Moura †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
22 Apr		Born	José Anselmo Luque †		Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
24 Apr	23.2	Ordained Priest	Fernando Antonio Arturo de Merino y Ramírez †	Priest of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Archbishop
26 Apr	58.5	Died	Crispino Agostinucci †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
30 Apr		Born	José Amador Velasco y Peña †		Bishop of Colima, México

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