The Year of Our Lord 1859

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	53.7	Appointed	Emmanuel Asmar †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Pascal Bili, O.F.M. Ref. †	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Settentrionale}, China
	27.6	Ordained Priest	Augusto Bonetti, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Apostolic Delegate to Turkey
	22.2	Ordained Priest	Michele (Giuseppe) Carbone, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest	Prefect of Eritrea
	19.8	Professed	Marc Chatagnon, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China
	20.8	Professed	Augustin Chausse, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Prefect of Kouangtong (Kwangtung, Guangdong), China
	21.8	Professed	Jean-Benoît Chouzy, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Prefect of Kuamsi (Kwangsi, Guangxi), China
	45.9	Elected	Francesco Maria Cirino, C.R. †	Vicar General of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Vicar General Emeritus
		Born	Jules Abraham David †
		Died	Ebed-Jesu-Thomas (Atanasio Tommaso) Dircho (Dosciù) †	Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq
	28.0	Professed	Pierre-Noël-Joseph Foucard, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Prefect of Kuamsi (Kwangsi, Guangxi), China
	24.6	Ordained Priest	Antonio García y Fernández †	Priest	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
		Elected	Basilio Grifoni, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict
		Born	Flavien Cyrille Kfoury (Khoury) †		Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria
	20.6	Professed	Joseph-Marie Laucaigne, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Apostolic Administrator of Southern Japan
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Luigi Macchi †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
	32.4	Appointed	Augustin Planque, S.M.A. †	Superior General of Society of African Missions
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Manuel Santander y Frutos †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
		Elected	Nicolas da San Giovanni en Marignano, O.F.M. Cap. †	Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
	29.1	Appointed	Joseph-Simon Theurel, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic
	29.1	Appointed	Joseph-Simon Theurel, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Achantus	Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Isidoro Verga †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
1 Jan	23.0	Ordained Deacon	Jules Cléret †	Deacon of Coutances (-Avranches), France	Bishop of Laval, France
1 Jan	19.4	Entered	Ángel José Toro, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
2 Jan	68.9	Ordained Bishop	Benedetto D’Acquisto, O.F.M. Ref. †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
2 Jan	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Maria Valenziani †	Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
3 Jan	55.9	Appointed	Godefroy Brossais Saint-Marc †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rennes, France
6 Jan		Born	Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart, C.O. †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme
6 Jan		Born	Paolo Massad †		Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
9 Jan	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Guttadauro di Reburdone †	Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy
9 Jan	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Melchiorre Lo Piccolo †	Bishop of Nicosia, Italy
11 Jan		Born	Armengol Coll y Armengol, C.M.F. †		Vicar Apostolic of Fernando Poo, Equatorial Guinea
14 Jan		Born	Pedro Juan Campins y Barceló †		Bishop of Mallorca y Ibiza, Spain
15 Jan		Born	Henry William Cleary †		Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
15 Jan		Born	Esteban Rojas Tobar †		Bishop Emeritus of Garzón, Colombia
16 Jan	72.1	Ordained Bishop	Jan Dekert †	Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
16 Jan	80.0	Died	Basilio López †	Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)
17 Jan	60.0	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Cannella †	Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs	Secretary Emeritus
	40.1	Succeeded	Ljudevit Ćurčija, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt
	69.0	Resigned	Giovanni Giorgio Topich, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania	Bishop Emeritus
18 Jan	48.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Berardi †	Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro
	60.3	Died	Alessandro Macioti †	Official of the Congregation of the Holy Office
		Born	Ernest Auguste Neveux †		Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France
20 Jan		Born	Alberto José Gonçalves †		Bishop of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
		Born	Enrique Reig y Casanova †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	83.0	Died	Stefano Scerra †	Titular Archbishop of Ancyra
21 Jan	33.6	Appointed	James Duggan †	Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
21 Jan	44.1	Appointed	Thomas Langdon Grace, O.P. †	Bishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jan	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Henryk Ludwik Plater †	Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
28 Jan	54.3	Appointed	James Michael Myles O’Gorman, O.C.S.O. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nebraska, USA
	54.3	Appointed	James Michael Myles O’Gorman, O.C.S.O. †	Titular Bishop of Raphanea	Vicar Apostolic of Nebraska, USA
	35.6	Appointed	James Whelan, O.P. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	35.6	Appointed	James Whelan, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Marcopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
30 Jan		Born	François Désiré Jean Drure, O.C.D. †		Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq
2 Feb	43.1	Appointed	Pierre-Adophe Pinsoneault, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Sandwich, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
7 Feb	76.6	Died	Anton Alojzij Wolf †	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
10 Feb	27.3	Ordained Priest	William Gordon †	Priest of Beverley, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain
	50.8	Selected	Antal Jószef Peitler †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
	51.1	Selected	Ágoston Roskoványi †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
11 Feb	80.1	Died	José Eusebio Colombres †	Bishop-Elect of Salta, Argentina
13 Feb	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Mihály Haas †	Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Adam Stanisław Krasiński, Sch. P. †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Petrus Leyten †	Priest	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands
	56.3	Ordained Bishop	René-Marie-Charles Poirier, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles
15 Feb		Born	Ildephonse (Carolus Martinus) Lanslots, O.S.B. †		Prefect Emeritus of Northern Transvaal {Transvaal Settentrionale}, South Africa
15 Feb		Born	Louis-Joseph Maurin †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
16 Feb		Born	Julián de Diego y García Alcolea †		Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
18 Feb		Born	Stanislas-Marie-Liévin de Vos, S.J. †		Prefect Emeritus of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
20 Feb		Born	Giuseppe Ridolfi †		Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
20 Feb	63.7	Ordained Bishop	Józef Maksymilian Staniewski, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Plataea	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mohilev, Belarus
21 Feb		Born	Giuseppe d’Alessio †		Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
24 Feb	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Camillo Benzon †	Bishop of Adria, Italy
24 Feb	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Vjenceslav Šoić †	Bishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia	Bishop Emeritus of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
27 Feb	35.7	Ordained Bishop	Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz †	Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Palaestina	Bishop Emeritus of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
27 Feb	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Pedro María Cubero López de Padilla †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
3 Mar	61.2	Selected	José Xavier de Cerveira e Sousa †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
6 Mar	29.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Simon Theurel, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Achantus	Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
11 Mar		Born	Francisque- Jean-Etienne Marnas †		Bishop of Clermont, France
11 Mar		Born	Héctor Raphaël Quilliet †		Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
14 Mar		Born	Adolf Bertram †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
20 Mar	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Diego Mariano Alguacil y Rodríguez †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
25 Mar	24.9	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Consenti, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Antonio Maria Saeli, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
		Born	Leon Wałęga †		Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland
26 Mar		Born	Manuel Luís Coelho da Silva †		Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
27 Mar	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Argüelles Miranda †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
	60.2	Died	Giovanni Battista Cannella †	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs
	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Giacinto Luzi †	Bishop of Narni, Italy
2 Apr		Born	Pellegrino Francesco Stagni, O.S.M. †		Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
5 Apr	65.2	Died	Basile Kfoury †	Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
5 Apr	51.2	Appointed	Joannes Zadighian †	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran	Former Bishop-Elect
6 Apr		Born	Paul-Albert Faveau, C.M. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hangchow [Hangzhou], China
8 Apr	45.2	Appointed	Thomas Louis Connolly, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
9 Apr	23.6	Ordained Priest	Angelo Maria Aloisio †	Priest of L’Aquila, Italy	Priest of L’Aquila, Italy
	22.5	Ordained Deacon	Francesco Baldassarri †	Deacon	Bishop of Imola, Italy
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Emiliano Manacorda †	Priest	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Roger William Bede Vaughan, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
11 Apr	24.5	Ordained Priest	Antoni Franciszek Audziewicz †	Priest	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
12 Apr		Born	Matteo Angelo Filipello †		Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
	54.0	Appointed	Patrick Bonaventure Geoghegan, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Adelaide, Australia	Bishop of Goulburn, Australia
	40.0	Appointed	James Quinn †	Bishop of Brisbane, Australia
14 Apr	21.9	Professed	Theodore Dalhoff, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Archbishop of Bombay, India
15 Apr	66.6	Appointed	Juan José de Aycinena y Piñol †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
	66.6	Appointed	Juan José de Aycinena y Piñol †	Titular Bishop of Traianopolis in Phrygia	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
	62.6	Appointed	José María Barrutia y Croquer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
	62.6	Appointed	José María Barrutia y Croquer †	Titular Bishop of Camachus	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
	61.3	Confirmed	José Xavier de Cerveira e Sousa †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
	53.2	Appointed	Camillo Di Pietro †	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	65.5	Appointed	Józef Michal Juszyński †	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
	58.6	Confirmed	Patrício Xavier de Moura, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
	51.0	Confirmed	Antal Jószef Peitler †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
	70.7	Appointed	José Elías Puyana †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
	51.3	Confirmed	Ágoston Roskoványi †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
	50.4	Appointed	Juan Félix de Jesús Zepeda, O.F.M. Obs. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
	50.4	Appointed	Juan Félix de Jesús Zepeda, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Arindela	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
17 Apr	75.8	Died	Manuel López Santisteban †	Bishop Emeritus of Ávila, Spain
18 Apr	55.0	Selected	Alfonso Maria Cappetta (Cappelta) †	Bishop of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), Italy
	43.6	Selected	Michele Milella, O.P. †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
	41.4	Selected	Luigi Riccio †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
19 Apr	78.0	Died	Kaspar de Carl ab Hohenbalken †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
22 Apr	64.3	Died	Giovanni Carlo Gentili †	Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy
23 Apr		Born	José Clos y Pagés, S.J. †		Bishop of Zamboanga, Philippines
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Bernardo Cozzucli (Cozzuoli) †	Priest	Bishop of Nicosia, Italy
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Antonio Maria De Pol †	Priest	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
	45.2	Appointed	Annet-Théophile Pinchon, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Settentrionale-Occidentale}, China	Vicar Apostolic
	45.2	Appointed	Annet-Théophile Pinchon, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Polemonium	Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Settentrionale-Occidentale}, China
	36.8	Ordained Bishop	Efrem Estateos Tocmagi †	Bishop	Bishop Emeritus
29 Apr		Born	Antonio Lamberti †		Bishop of Conversano, Italy

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