The Year of Our Lord 1857

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	21.8	Professed	Gregorio María Aguirre y García, O.F.M. Disc. †	Member of Order of Discalced Friars Minor	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
		Appointed	José Gregorio Baigorria †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina	Bishop-Elect
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Ezechias Banci, O.F.M. Ref. †	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Settentrionale}, China
		Appointed	Giuseppe Bellasi †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Serafino Cretoni †	Priest	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
	40.2	Appointed	Carlos Cuarteroni Fernández, O.SS.T. †	Prefect of Labuan e Borneo, Malaysia
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Farzo †	Priest	Bishop of Mardin (Chaldean), Turkey
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Agustín Lucero Lazcano, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
		Appointed	Pietro Mashad †	Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria dei Maroniti
	20.8	Ordained Priest	Boghos Bédros (Pierre Paul) XII Sabbaghian †	Priest	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	14.6	Professed	Pius Vidi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Scen-Si (Chen-si, Shensi), China
1 Jan	20.0	Ordained Priest	John Cani †	Priest	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia
3 Jan		Born	Hippolyte Louis Bazin, M. Afr. †		Vicar Apostolic of Sahara of French Sudan {Sahara nel Sudan Francese}, Mali
	49.9	Resigned	Léon-François Sibour †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	64.4	Died	Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour †	Archbishop of Paris, France
4 Jan	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Clemente Fares †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Marinelli, O.E.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
	87.7	Died	Claude-Hippolyte Clausel de Montals †	Bishop Emeritus of Chartres, France
	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Vespasiani †	Bishop of Fano, Italy
5 Jan	41.5	Selected	Pietro Maria Ferrè †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
6 Jan	81.7	Died	Vitaliano Provenzano †	Auxiliary Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
9 Jan	59.5	Appointed	Ireneus Frederic Baraga †	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA
	57.4	Appointed	John Barry †	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA
	31.6	Appointed	James Duggan †	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	31.6	Appointed	James Duggan †	Titular Bishop of Gabala	Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	37.7	Appointed	William Henry Elder †	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
	53.9	Appointed	Thomas Furlong †	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
	47.3	Appointed	Henry Damian Juncker †	Bishop of Alton, Illinois, USA
	61.8	Ordained Bishop	Wincenty Lipski †	Titular Bishop of Ionopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Tiraspol, Moldova
	38.7	Appointed	John MacEvilly †	Bishop of Galway, Ireland	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
	37.7	Appointed	Francis Patrick McFarland †	Vicar Apostolic of Florida, USA	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
	50.3	Appointed	John McCaffrey †	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA	Former Bishop-Elect
	47.4	Ceased	Anthony O’Regan †	Apostolic Administrator of Quincy, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	21.0	Solemn Vows	Raffaele Pierotti, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Priest
	46.9	Appointed	Timothy Clement Smyth, O.C.S.O. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Bishop
	46.9	Appointed	Timothy Clement Smyth, O.C.S.O. †	Titular Bishop of Thennesus	Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
	43.7	Appointed	James Frederick Bryan Wood †	Coadjutor Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	43.7	Appointed	James Frederick Bryan Wood †	Titular Bishop of Antigonea	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
10 Jan		Born	Joseph-Simon-Herman Brunault †		Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
		Born	Alexandre Cardot, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma {Birmania Meridionale}, Myanmar
		Born	Eugen Notz, O. Cist. †		Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
11 Jan	54.0	Died	Pierre-Marie-Joseph Darcimoles †	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
11 Jan	23.5	Ordained Priest	Miguel de los Santos Taborga †	Priest of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia	Archbishop
12 Jan	60.6	Selected	João d’Aguiar †	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jan	61.7	Selected	Johannes Nepomuk von der Marwitz †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
18 Jan	61.3	Ordained Bishop	Agustín Gómez Cabezas y Sildo †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
21 Jan	64.4	Selected	Federico Manfredini †	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
21 Jan	79.1	Died	Maurelio Stabellini, O.C.D. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Verapoly, India
25 Jan	74.0	Died	Ivan (Joannes) Bokhenskyi (Bocheński) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	43.1	Succeeded	Giuseppe Maria Bravi, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Colombo, Sri Lanka
	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Philippe François Zéphirin Guillemin, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Cybistra	Prefect of Kouangtong (Kwangtung, Guangdong), China
		Born	Josip Lang †		Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Michal Jan Marszewski †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
		Died	Gaetano Antonio Mulsuce, C.O. †	Vicar Apostolic of Colombo, Sri Lanka
26 Jan	61.0	Selected	François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
28 Jan		Born	Pierre Dadolle †		Bishop of Dijon, France
Feb	17.3	Professed	Ramón María de San José Moreno y Castañeda, O.C.D. †	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Bishop Emeritus of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
1 Feb	63.6	Ordained Bishop	Piotr Pawel Beniamin Szymański, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Janów Podlaski (Podlaska o Janów), Poland
4 Feb		Born	Stephen Alexander Dzubay †		Bishop
	73.0	Died	Michael Slattery †	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
		Born	Bernard Nicholas Ward †		Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain
5 Feb		Born	Adolphe-Yves-Marie Duparc †		Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
6 Feb	33.1	Appointed	William Joseph Hugh Clifford †	Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain
6 Feb	52.3	Ceased	George Errington †	Apostolic Administrator of Clifton, England, Great Britain	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
8 Feb	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Ildephonse-René Dordillon, SS.CC. †	Titular Bishop of Cambysopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands {Isole Marchesi}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
11 Feb	74.9	Died	Juan José Bonel y Orbe †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
14 Feb	52.9	Selected	Georges-Claude-Louis-Pie Chalandon †	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
	49.8	Selected	Florian-Jules-Félix Desprez †	Bishop of Limoges, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France
	54.1	Selected	Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Tours, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
15 Feb	33.1	Ordained Bishop	William Joseph Hugh Clifford †	Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain
17 Feb	53.0	Appointed	Jacques-Léon Thomine-Desmazures, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Thibet, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
17 Feb		Born	Joseph Pfluger †		Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
20 Feb	43.4	Selected	János Simor †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
21 Feb	62.5	Selected	Louis Delcusy †	Bishop of Viviers, France
	46.8	Selected	Pierre-Henri Gérault de Langalerie †	Bishop of Belley, France	Archbishop of Auch, France
	46.2	Selected	Armand-René Maupoint †	Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
22 Feb	63.0	Died	Agustín Guillermo Charún Espinoza †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
22 Feb	57.1	Died	Joseph Crétin †	Bishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Mar	61.1	Died	Gregorio Bahadur †	Bishop of Bursa (Bostra, Prusa) (Armenian), Turkey
Mar	42.1	Appointed	Augustin-Henri-Jules Ravoux †	Administrator of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Priest
3 Mar	73.2	Died	Celestino Maria Cocle, C.SS.R. †	Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters)	Rector Major Emeritus
7 Mar	65.4	Died	Giacomo Bignotti †	Bishop of Adria, Italy
7 Mar	23.0	Ordained Priest	Jean-Marie-François Lamouroux †	Priest	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
8 Mar	23.0	Ordained Priest	Casimiro Forlani †	Priest	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Vinzenz Gasser †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Prosper-Michel-Arnaud Hiraboure †	Bishop of Aire, France	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France
10 Mar	34.3	Appointed	Henri-Marie Amanton, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis in Asia	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq
	34.3	Appointed	Henri-Marie Amanton, O.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Ispahan, Iran	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq
	34.3	Appointed	Henri-Marie Amanton, O.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Baghdad, Iraq	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq
	44.8	Resigned	Joaquim Moreira Reis, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo	Bishop Emeritus
11 Mar	21.8	Professed	Agostino Ciasca, O.E.S.A. †	Member of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
13 Mar	29.1	Ordained Deacon	Henryk Piotr Kossowski †	Deacon	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
14 Mar	75.1	Died	Tommaso Riario Sforza †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
14 Mar		Born	John Toner †		Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
15 Mar	22.9	Ordained Priest	Guglielmo Sanfelice D’Acquavella, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
17 Mar		Born	Florian Stan †		Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
19 Mar	51.6	Appointed	Lodovico Altieri †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
	53.0	Confirmed	Georges-Claude-Louis-Pie Chalandon †	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
	62.6	Confirmed	Louis Delcusy †	Bishop of Viviers, France
	49.9	Confirmed	Florian-Jules-Félix Desprez †	Bishop of Limoges, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France
	41.7	Confirmed	Pietro Maria Ferrè †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
	83.0	Appointed	Luigi Gazzoli †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	87.3	Died	Thomas Gillow †	Priest of Northern District, England, Great Britain
	54.2	Confirmed	Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Tours, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
	69.9	Appointed	Juraj Haulík Váralyai †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
	46.9	Confirmed	Pierre-Henri Gérault de Langalerie †	Bishop of Belley, France	Archbishop of Auch, France
	64.5	Confirmed	Federico Manfredini †	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Pietro Mashad †	Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria dei Maroniti
	46.2	Confirmed	Armand-René Maupoint †	Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
	61.2	Confirmed	François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
	55.2	Appointed	Elías Rodríguez Ortiz †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	55.2	Appointed	Elías Rodríguez Ortiz †	Titular Archbishop of Flaviopolis	Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	60.4	Appointed	Rafael Salinas †	Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
	43.5	Confirmed	János Simor †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	40.6	Appointed	Juan Francisco de Paula Solar Mery, O. de M. †	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
	44.6	Installed	Filippo Vespasiani †	Bishop of Fano, Italy
	61.1	Appointed	Johannes von Geissel †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
22 Mar		Born	Charles Warren Currier †		Bishop Emeritus of Matanzas, Cuba
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Furlong †	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Adrien-Hyppolyte Languillat, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Sergiopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan, China
	38.9	Ordained Bishop	John MacEvilly †	Bishop of Galway, Ireland	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
23 Mar	29.1	Ordained Priest	Henryk Piotr Kossowski †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
24 Mar		Born	Carlo Pietropaoli †		Bishop Emeritus of Trivento, Italy
25 Mar	39.0	Ordained Bishop	St. Antoine-Marie-Nicolas Daveluy, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Akka	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Corea
28 Mar	22.6	Ordained Priest	Giacomo Merizzi †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Vigevano, Italy
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Louis Olivieri †	Priest of Ajaccio, France	Bishop
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Pietro Zamburlini †	Priest	Archbishop of Udine, Italy
29 Mar	34.4	Ordained Bishop	Henri-Marie Amanton, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis in Asia	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq
29 Mar	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Maria Ferrè †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
30 Mar		Born	Peter Joseph Hurth, C.S.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
31 Mar		Born	Charles-Paul Sagot du Vauroux †		Bishop of Agen, France
1 Apr		Born	Gustave-Lazare Garnier †		Bishop of Luçon, France
3 Apr	16.9	Solemn Vows	Nicola Giuseppe (Nicolae Iosif) Camilli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Iaşi, Romania
		Born	Isidore-Marie-Victor Douceré, S.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi}, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
	51.0	Appointed	Joseph-Isidore Godelle, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Pondicherry, India	Vicar Apostolic
	51.0	Appointed	Joseph-Isidore Godelle, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Thermopylae	Vicar Apostolic of Pondicherry, India
5 Apr		Born	Richard Collins †		Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
6 Apr	66.1	Died	Josip Schrott †	Bishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
7 Apr	74.7	Died	Santiago Rodríguez Gil, O.P. †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
8 Apr	46.3	Appointed	Spyrydon Lytvynovyč (Litwinowicz) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop
	46.3	Appointed	Spyrydon Lytvynovyč (Litwinowicz) †	Titular Bishop of Canatha	Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	57.0	Appointed	Grzegorz Michał Szymonowicz †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine	Archbishop
	57.0	Appointed	Grzegorz Michał Szymonowicz †	Titular Archbishop of Marcopolis	Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
9 Apr	81.5	Died	Giovanni Pietro Aurelio Mutti, O.S.B. †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
11 Apr		Born	Francesco di Costanzo †		Bishop Emeritus of Monopoli, Italy
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Francisco García y López †	Priest of Valencia, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop
		Born	Athanasius Klemens Götte, O.F.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shensi {Scen-Si Settentrionale}, China
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Narciso Martínez Izquierdo †	Priest	Bishop of Madrid, Spain
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Paolucci †	Priest	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Francesco Vincenzo Pesci, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Allahabad, India
13 Apr	36.2	Appointed	John Baptist Byrne †	Coadjutor Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
13 Apr	36.2	Appointed	John Baptist Byrne †	Titular Bishop of Rithymnia	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
14 Apr		Born	Ferdinando Fiandaca †		Bishop Emeritus of Patti, Italy
17 Apr		Born	Thomas Whiteside †		Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
25 Apr		Born	Giuseppe Gamba †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
25 Apr	61.3	Installed	François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
26 Apr		Born	Giacomo Maria de Amicis †		Auxiliary Bishop of Genova, Italy
		Born	Henri Doulcet, C.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Henry Damian Juncker †	Bishop of Alton, Illinois, USA
	43.9	Ordained Bishop	James Frederick Bryan Wood †	Titular Bishop of Antigonea	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
28 Apr	35.6	Appointed	John Baptist Scandella †	Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar
28 Apr	35.6	Appointed	John Baptist Scandella †	Titular Bishop of Antinoë	Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar
30 Apr		Born	Pietro Pacifici, C.R.S. †		Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy
30 Apr		Born	Prospero Scaccia †		Archbishop of Siena, Italy

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