The Year of Our Lord 1861

Bishop Events

September to December

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	24.0	Ordained Priest	Bernard Finnegan †	Priest	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
3 Sep	43.3	Appointed	Robert Cornthwaite †	Bishop of Beverley, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain
	Born	Melchior (Menyhért) Takács, O. Praem. †		Abbot of Jasov (Jászó), Slovakia
5 Sep	56.1	Appointed	Lodovico Altieri †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
73.0	Died	Josip Godeassi †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
8 Sep		Born	Benoit-Marius Bonnefoux, C.S.Sp. †		Superior Emeritus of Cunène, Angola
53.6	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Anne Dubreil †	Bishop of Vannes, France	Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
45.0	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Maria-Joseph-Julien Pichon, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China
15 Sep	30.3	Ordained Bishop	Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli, O.F.M. Ref. †	Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Macedonia	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Orientale}, China
16 Sep	23.0	Ordained Priest	Bonifacio Maria (Hermann Josef) Krug, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy
17 Sep	18.9	First Vows	Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. †	Member of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
	Born	Pranciškus Karevičius (Karewicz), M.I.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
	Born	Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
18 Sep	20.1	Entered	Louis-Marie-Antoine Caspar, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Cochin {Cocincina Settentrionale}, Viet Nam
19 Sep		Born	Frederick Zadok Rooker †		Bishop of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines
20 Sep	25.0	Ordained Deacon	Yuliy (Gyula) Firtsak (Firczák) †	Deacon of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Bishop
21 Sep	23.5	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Maria Aldanesi †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Cagli e Pergola, Italy
22.9	Ordained Priest	Henry Gabriels †	Priest of Albany, New York, USA	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
46.5	Selected	Gregorio Melitón Martínez Santa Cruz †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
23.6	Ordained Priest	Francesco Maria Traina †	Priest	Bishop of Patti, Italy
24 Sep	86.8	Died	Severo Leonardo Andriani Escofet †	Bishop of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain
61.1	Died	Angelo Francesco Ramazzotti †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
25 Sep	61.2	Appointed	Karl August von Reisach †	Prefect of the Congregation for Studies	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
26 Sep	25.0	Ordained Priest	Yuliy (Gyula) Firtsak (Firczák) †	Priest of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Bishop
27 Sep	55.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Gaetano Bedini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
78.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Alexis Billiet †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chambéry, France
57.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Miguel García Cuesta †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
53.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Fernando de la Puente y Primo de Rivera †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
53.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Maria (Niccolò) Panebianco, O.F.M. Conv. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
59.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Angelo Quaglia †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
61.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Angelo Francesco Ramazzotti †	Died Before Publication	Patriarch
53.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Sacconi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
53.3	Resigned	Carlo Sacconi †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
58.6	Appointed	Pietro de Silvestri †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
61.2	Appointed	Karl August von Reisach †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
29 Sep	15.9	Entered	Franziskus Ehrle, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
30 Sep	55.3	Appointed	Gaetano Bedini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
52.4	Confirmed	Luigi di Canossa †	Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
51.3	Appointed	Flavio Chigi †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}
50.0	Appointed	Matteo Eustachio Gonella †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
38.9	Appointed	Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski †	Titular Archbishop of Thebae	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
38.9	Appointed	Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
53.1	Appointed	Antonio Maria (Niccolò) Panebianco, O.F.M. Conv. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
59.4	Appointed	Sebastião Pinto do Rêgo †	Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
59.0	Appointed	Angelo Quaglia †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
53.3	Appointed	Carlo Sacconi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
56.2	Confirmed	Federico Maria Zinelli †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
Oct	40.6	Resigned	[Paul Marie Stefan de Djunkowsky] †	Prefect of Arctic Pole	Prefect Emeritus
1 Oct	54.1	Appointed	Pietro Giannelli †	Pro-Secretary of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, President of the Roman Curia - Other
2 Oct		Born	Manuel Antônio de Oliveira Lopes †		Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
3 Oct	82.6	Died	José de Moura Coutinho †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
5 Oct	83.7	Died	Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski †	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
6 Oct	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Antolín Monescillo y Viso †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
12 Oct	17.6	Entered	Benjamin Christiaens, O.F.M. Rec. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Recollect	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
13 Oct	17.4	Professed	Bernardino Nozaleda y Villa, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
15 Oct		Born	Nicola Maria Audino †		Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
	Born	Giuseppe Bartolomeo Rovetta †		Bishop Emeritus of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
18 Oct		Born	Maximiliano Crespo Rivera †		Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
24.0	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China
20 Oct	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Luiz da Conceição Saraiva, O.S.B. †	Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
23.5	Ordained Priest	Emidio Taliani †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme
	Born	Antonio Tommaso Videmari †		Bishop Emeritus of Ogliastra, Italy
22 Oct		Born	Bernardo Pizzorno †		Bishop of Luni, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy
26 Oct		Born	Demetriu Radu †		Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
28 Oct	50.3	Selected	Basilio Gil y Bueno †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
29 Oct	66.9	Died	Franz Xaver Zenner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
1 Nov	43.8	Succeeded	Hilarión Alcázar, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
34.7	Died	St. Valentín Faustino Berrio Ochoa, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
	Born	Youssef Darian †		Patriarchal Vicar
61.0	Died	St. Jerónimo Hermosilla, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
	Born	Mario Sturzo †		Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy
2 Nov		Born	Jacobus Sereggi †		Archbishop Emeritus of Shkodrë, Albania
3 Nov	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Aguirre †	Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
21.2	Professed	Tommaso Maria Granello, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Pieria
39.0	Ordained Bishop	Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski †	Titular Archbishop of Thebae	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
8 Nov	72.4	Died	Letterio Turchi †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
9 Nov	31.0	Entered	Henri-Joseph Bulté, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Orientale}, China
10 Nov	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Robert Cornthwaite †	Bishop of Beverley, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain
47.3	Ordained Bishop	Remigio Estéves de Toral †	Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
12 Nov	87.6	Died	Georg Prünster †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
13 Nov	74.8	Died	Manuel Grijalvo y Mínguez, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
14 Nov	53.4	Selected	Primo Calvo y López †	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop
59.7	Died	St. Etienne-Théodore Cuénot, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam
16 Nov	44.1	Selected	Pedro María Lagüera y Menezo †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
62.3	Selected	Pedro Cirilo Uriz y Labayru †	Bishop of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain
17 Nov	72.2	Died	Giusto Recanati, O.F.M. Cap. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
	Born	Enrico Sibilia †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
19 Nov	75.0	Died	Jan Dekert †	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
53.9	Died	Jean-Jacques Nanquette †	Bishop of Le Mans, France
	Born	Carlo Taccetti †		Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
20 Nov		Born	Camillo Laurenti †		Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
21 Nov	42.1	Appointed	Emmanuele Staravero †	Titular Archbishop of Dramas
42.1	Converted	Emmanuele Staravero †	Titular Archbishop of Dramas
23 Nov	64.6	Died	Annibale-Raffaele Montalcini, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
29 Nov	41.1	Appointed	Martial-Guillaume-Marie Testard du Cosquer †	Apostolic Delegate to Haiti	Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
1 Dec	23.0	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Maria Bressi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
22.9	Ordained Priest	Andrea d’Agostino, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
48.1	Ordained Bishop	Domingos Quirino de Souza †	Bishop of Goiás, Brazil
2 Dec	56.6	Selected	Diego Mariano Alguacil y Rodríguez †	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
4 Dec		Born	Eugène Jacques Philippe Crépin †		Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
9 Dec	65.7	Died	Jean-Irénée Depéry †	Bishop of Gap, France
10 Dec	35.0	Succeeded	Charles-Amable de la Tour d’Auvergne Lauraguais †	Archbishop of Bourges, France
70.5	Died	Alexis-Basile-Alexandre Menjaud †	Archbishop of Bourges, France
19.9	Professed	Peter Augustine O’Neill, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
12 Dec	40.9	Selected	Bienvenido Monzón y Martín †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
14 Dec		Born	Nicasio Arellano, O.P. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
21 Dec	23.3	Ordained Priest	Louis-Jules Baron †	Priest	Bishop of Angers, France
22.4	Ordained Priest	Jader Bertini †	Priest	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy
25.7	Ordained Priest	Clovis-Nicolas-Joseph Catteau †	Priest of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France	Bishop of Luçon, France
23.8	Ordained Priest	Constant Dubail, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria, China
23.9	Ordained Priest	Jean-Natalis-François Gonindard †	Priest	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
23.2	Ordained Priest	John Ireland †	Priest of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
25.2	Ordained Priest	Edward Likowski †	Priest of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland	Archbishop
30.7	Ordained Priest	Patrick Manogue †	Priest	Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA
24.6	Ordained Priest	Henri Pelgé †	Priest	Bishop of Poitiers, France
22.2	Ordained Deacon	Pedro Schumacher, C.M. †	Deacon of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador
22 Dec	23.7	Ordained Priest	John Carroll †	Priest of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain	Bishop
	Born	Johann Jakob von Hauck †		Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
	Born	Domenico Pozzoni, P.I.M.E. †		Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
	Born	Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P. †		Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
23 Dec	56.7	Confirmed	Diego Mariano Alguacil y Rodríguez †	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
53.5	Confirmed	Primo Calvo y López †	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop
57.1	Appointed	Calixto Castrillo y Ornedo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Bishop of León, Spain
57.1	Appointed	Calixto Castrillo y Ornedo †	Titular Bishop of Doliche	Bishop of León, Spain
49.9	Appointed	Francisco de Sales Crespo y Bautista †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
49.9	Appointed	Francisco de Sales Crespo y Bautista †	Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
	Born	Joseph-Claude Excoffier, M.E.P. †		Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yünnan, China
50.5	Confirmed	Basilio Gil y Bueno †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
54.7	Appointed	Francisco de Paula Jiménez y Muñoz †	Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain
44.2	Confirmed	Pedro María Lagüera y Menezo †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
46.7	Confirmed	Gregorio Melitón Martínez Santa Cruz †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
53.3	Appointed	Antonio Maria (Niccolò) Panebianco, O.F.M. Conv. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
48.8	Appointed	Pedro Jose Puch y Solona †	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
84.2	Died	Mariano Talavera y Garcés †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Guayana, Venezuela
62.4	Confirmed	Pedro Cirilo Uriz y Labayru †	Bishop of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain
	Born	Manuel María Vidal y Boullon †		Bishop of Tuy, Spain
49.2	Confirmed	José Raimundo Benito Vilamitjana y Vila †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
	Born	Carlo Zappa, S.M.A. †		Prefect of Upper Niger {Niger Superiore}, Nigeria
24 Dec	51.3	Died	Giandomenico Falconi †	Prelate Emeritus of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
25 Dec		Born	Emanuel-Anatole-Raphaël Chaptal de Chanteloup †		Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
60.4	Died	Joaquín Fernández de Madrid y Canal †	Titular Bishop of Tanagra
26 Dec	65.1	Died	Guillaume-Elisée Martial †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France
27 Dec	29.7	Ordained Priest	Thomas McGovern †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
29 Dec	32.4	Ordained Bishop	José Ignacio Checa y Barba †	Titular Bishop of Lystra	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
30.9	Ordained Priest	Pierre Zoghbe †	Priest	Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)

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