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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Sep	46.1	Appointed	Thomas Nulty (McNulty) †	Coadjutor Bishop of Meath, Ireland	Bishop
	46.1	Appointed	Thomas Nulty (McNulty) †	Titular Bishop of Centuria	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
	53.7	Appointed	John Menzies Strain †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern District, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
	53.7	Appointed	John Menzies Strain †	Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae	Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
6 Sep	58.3	Died	Gaetano Bedini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
		Born	Angelico Antonio Zannetti, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Bosa, Italy
8 Sep	68.5	Died	Johannes von Geissel †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
9 Sep		Born	Jan Pacificus Bos, O.F.M. Cap. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dutch Borneo {Borneo Olandese}, Indonesia
	43.3	Appointed	Eugène-Étienne Charbonnier, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam
	43.3	Appointed	Eugène-Étienne Charbonnier, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Dometiopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam
	48.5	Appointed	Joseph-Marie Chauveau, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Thibet, China
	37.9	Appointed	Édouard-Auguste Dubar, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Orientale}, China
	37.9	Appointed	Édouard-Auguste Dubar, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Canatha	Vicar Apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Orientale}, China
	54.8	Appointed	Ferdinand-Aimé-Augustin-Joseph Dupond, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Siam {Siam Orientale}, Thailand
	54.8	Appointed	Ferdinand-Aimé-Augustin-Joseph Dupond, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Azotus	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Siam {Siam Orientale}, Thailand
	30.4	Appointed	Bernabé García Cezón, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	30.4	Appointed	Bernabé García Cezón, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Byblus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
	39.1	Appointed	Edmond-François Guierry, C.M. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China	Vicar Apostolic of Chekiang {Ce-Kiam}, China
	39.1	Appointed	Edmond-François Guierry, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Danaba	Vicar Apostolic of Chekiang {Ce-Kiam}, China
	55.9	Appointed	Adrien-Hyppolyte Languillat, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan, China
	59.0	Succeeded	Jean-Claude Miche, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam
	42.8	Appointed	Auguste Van Heule, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Western Bengal, India
	42.8	Appointed	Auguste Van Heule, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Amida	Vicar Apostolic of Western Bengal, India
11 Sep	59.6	Died	Lorenzo Biancheri, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia
12 Sep	47.9	Resigned	Lajos Haynald †	Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
		Born	Juan Plaza y García †		Bishop of Santander, Spain
13 Sep	19.0	Professed	Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
14 Sep	44.7	Appointed	Basilio Gasparian †	Titular Archbishop
	35.9	Appointed	Jean Placido Kasangian (Casangian) †	Archbishop	Titular Archbishop of Selymbria
16 Sep		Born	Isidore Klauss, S.M.A. †		Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
18 Sep	41.0	Installed	Francisco de Paula Suárez Peredo y Bezares †	Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México
19 Sep	20.5	Professed	José (Giuseppe) Fagnano, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Prelate of Southern Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, and Islas Malvinas, Chile
21 Sep	82.5	Died	Niccola Belletti †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
	16.4	Professed	St. Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz, O.A.R. †	Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
22 Sep	64.3	Appointed	Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	70.8	Appointed	Michael Francis Buttigieg †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Bernardino di Milia, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Larino, Italy
	51.3	Appointed	Jean Joseph Faict †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
	60.0	Confirmed	Francisco Fleix y Soláns †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
	78.8	Appointed	Agustín Cecilio Gómez de Carpena y Bolio †	Titular Bishop of Olena
	47.9	Appointed	Lajos Haynald †	Titular Archbishop of Cartagine	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
	53.8	Appointed	Pier Francesco Meglia †	Titular Archbishop of Damascus	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	40.0	Appointed	Gaspard Mermillod †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne et Genève, Switzerland	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	40.0	Appointed	Gaspard Mermillod †	Titular Bishop of Hebron	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne et Genève, Switzerland
	56.9	Confirmed	Andrés Rosales y Muñoz †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
	63.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Luigi Trevisanato †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
	51.3	Appointed	Bl. Jacinto Vera y Durán †	Titular Bishop of Megara	Bishop of Montevideo, Uruguay
	66.4	Died	Alessandro Domenico Varesini †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
23 Sep	50.8	Selected	Joseph Feßler (Fessler) †	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
24 Sep	24.0	Ordained Priest	Pietro Berruti †	Priest	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
		Born	Georges-Prudent-Marie Bruley des Varannes †		Bishop Emeritus of Monaco
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Lucien Campistron †	Priest of Auch, France	Bishop of Annecy, France
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Francesco Paolo Carrano †	Priest	Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Fiorenza †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Pedro Rafael González y Calixto †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
		Born	Gusztáv Károly Majláth †		Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Wenceslao Sangüesa y Guía †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Spain
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Federico Domenico Sala †	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
	39.9	Ordained Priest	Niccola Sozzifanti †	Priest of Pistoia e Prato, Italy	Bishop
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Victor-Jean-Joseph-Marie van den Branden de Reeth †	Priest of Mechelen, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop
25 Sep	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Pier Francesco Meglia †	Titular Archbishop of Damascus	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Gaspard Mermillod †	Titular Bishop of Hebron	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne et Genève, Switzerland
	53.7	Ordained Bishop	John Menzies Strain †	Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae	Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
27 Sep	23.2	Professed	Eugène-Louis Kleiner, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Mysore, India
1 Oct	53.9	Appointed	Pier Francesco Meglia †	Apostolic Nuncio to México	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	40.9	Selected	Grégoire II Youssef (Sayyour), B.S. †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
	40.9	Selected	Grégoire II Youssef (Sayyour), B.S. †	Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
2 Oct	65.8	Died	Lodewijk-Jozef Delebecque †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
4 Oct		Born	Eduardo Brettoni †		Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
5 Oct		Born	Giuseppe Antonio Caruso †		Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
6 Oct	62.3	Died	Juan Nepomuceno Garcia Gómez †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
9 Oct	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Joseph D’Herbomez, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Miletopolis	Vicar Apostolic of British Columbia, Canada
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Franciszek Albin Symon †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland
11 Oct		Born	Valentin Herrgott, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
12 Oct	22.0	Perpetual 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
	47.5	Selected	Guillaume-René Meignan †	Bishop of Châlons, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tours, France
	52.0	Selected	Etienne-Emile Ramadié †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France	Archbishop of Albi, France
13 Oct	28.8	Ordained Priest	Jordan Marie Joseph (Eduard) Ballsieper, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot General
15 Oct	46.9	Appointed	Angelo Bianchi †	Official to Switzerland	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
		Born	Lorenzo Lauri †		Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
		Born	Friedrich Gustav Piffl, C.R.S.A. †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
16 Oct	23.1	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Cahill †	Priest of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
	42.7	Installed	Louis-Joseph D’Herbomez, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of British Columbia, Canada
18 Oct	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean Joseph Faict †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
	76.1	Died	Ferdinando Elano Kahn, O.P. †	Bishop of Tiraspol, Moldova
19 Oct	68.1	Died	Vasyl Popovics †	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
23 Oct	70.9	Installed	Michael Francis Buttigieg †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta
		Born	Luigi Zaffarami †		Bishop Emeritus of Todi, Italy
24 Oct	40.3	Professed	Jaak Bax, C.I.C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Vicar Apostolic of Central Mongolia {Mongolia Centrale}, China
25 Oct		Born	Anselm Edward John Kenealy, O.F.M. Cap. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Simla, India
28 Oct	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Nulty (McNulty) †	Titular Bishop of Centuria	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
	53.1	Selected	Antolín Monescillo y Viso †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	85.1	Died	Publio Maria Sant †	Bishop Emeritus of Malta
	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Auguste Van Heule, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Amida	Vicar Apostolic of Western Bengal, India
30 Oct	64.5	Died	Sebastijan Francović, O.F.M. Obs. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bosnia (Bosna, Diacovar, Diakovar), Croatia
2 Nov	74.6	Selected	Pedro Ignacio de Benavente y del Castillo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
	50.9	Selected	Manuel Teodoro del Valle Seoane †	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
	40.9	Selected	Juan María Ambrosio Huerta Galván †	Bishop of Puno, Peru	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
	38.5	Selected	José Francisco Ezequiel Moreyra †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
	50.8	Selected	Julián Ochoa Campos †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
	35.8	Selected	Francesco Solano del Risco, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
4 Nov	48.2	Selected	Juan José Aragonés, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
		Born	Henri Lécroart, S.J. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sienhsien [Xianxian] (Siensien), China
5 Nov		Born	Zacarías Martínez y Núñez, O.S.A. †		Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
9 Nov		Born	Francisco Javier Cavada Contreras †		Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Magallanes, Chile
12 Nov		Born	Miguel Alfredo Barrat, C.S.Sp. †		Prefect Emeritus of Tefé, Brazil
13 Nov	19.9	Solemn Vows	Petronio Francesco Gramigna, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Allahabad, India
17 Nov		Born	Alfonso Archi †		Bishop of Cesena, Italy
18 Nov		Born	Francisco Orozco y Jiménez †		Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	57.7	Died	Léon-François Sibour †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
20 Nov	68.6	Died	Jean-Joseph-Marie-Eugène de Jerphanion †	Archbishop of Albi, France
	76.3	Died	José Elías Puyana †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
21 Nov	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Basilio Gasparian †	Titular Archbishop
	36.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean Placido Kasangian (Casangian) †	Archbishop	Titular Archbishop of Selymbria
	76.8	Died	Charles McNally †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
27 Nov	79.0	Ordained Bishop	Agustín Cecilio Gómez de Carpena y Bolio †	Titular Bishop of Olena
30 Nov	35.0	Ordained Bishop	Aloys Elloy, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania	Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga
3 Dec	43.8	Professed	Romarico Flugi d’Aspermont, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot General Emeritus
4 Dec	22.8	Ordained Priest	John Brady †	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	52.9	Appointed	Agapio Dumani, B.S. †	Bishop of Akka (Melkite Greek), Israel
	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Agapio Dumani, B.S. †	Bishop of Akka (Melkite Greek), Israel
5 Dec	60.1	Died	Domingo Canubio Alberto, O.P. †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
	67.2	Selected	Ramón Garcia y Antón, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain
		Converted	Joannice Massamiri †	Patriarchal Vicar of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria
		Born	Patrick Thomas Ryan †		Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada
6 Dec	49.9	Appointed	José Romero †	Vicar Apostolic of Santa Marta, Colombia	Bishop
7 Dec		Born	Antonino Zecchini, S.J. †		Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia
8 Dec	16.1	Professed	Gaetano Maria de Angelis, O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
9 Dec	42.7	Appointed	Vicente Arbeláez Gómez †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia	Archbishop
	42.7	Appointed	Vicente Arbeláez Gómez †	Titular Archbishop of Maximianopolis in Arabia	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
	56.9	Appointed	Anđeo Kraljević, O.F.M. Obs. †	Vicar Apostolic of Herzegovina
	56.9	Appointed	Anđeo Kraljević, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Metellopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Herzegovina
10 Dec	22.3	Ordained Deacon	Stefano Scarella, P.I.M.E. †	Deacon	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan {Ho-Nan Meridionale}, China
11 Dec	43.9	Died	John Baptist Byrne †	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	28.8	Ordained Deacon	Antônio Maria Corrêa de Sá e Benevides †	Deacon	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil
	56.9	Selected	Nicolas-Edouard-François Gueullette †	Bishop of Valence, France	Bishop Emeritus
	63.4	Selected	Jean-Paul-François-Marie-Félix Lyonnet †	Archbishop of Albi, France
13 Dec		Born	Oronzo Luciano Durante †		Bishop of San Severo, Italy
16 Dec	24.3	Solemn Vows	Tommaso Maria Granello, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Pieria
		Born	Pierre Nommesch †		Bishop of Luxembourg
	52.5	Installed	Juan Bautista Ormaechea y Ernáiz †	Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México
	54.5	Appointed	Bonifacio Antonio Toscano †	Bishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
17 Dec	22.7	Ordained Priest	Bartolomeo Bacilieri †	Priest of Verona, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
	22.4	Ordained Deacon	António Mendes Bello †	Deacon of Funchal, Portugal	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Henri-Louis-Alfred Bouquet †	Priest	Bishop of Chartres, France
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste Brondel †	Priest of Nesqually, Washington, USA	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Louis-Marie-Antoine Caspar, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Cochin {Cocincina Settentrionale}, Viet Nam
	28.8	Ordained Priest	Antônio Maria Corrêa de Sá e Benevides †	Priest	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Ambrogio Daffra †	Priest	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Domenico Fegatelli †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	François-Mathurin Guichard, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Kuiceu (Kweichow), China
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Nicola Lorusso †	Priest	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Charles Marbach †	Priest of Strasbourg, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	24.8	Ordained Priest	George John Smith †	Priest of Western District, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
24 Dec		Born	José de Jesús Guzmán y Sánchez †		Bishop of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México
	46.4	Died	Emanuele Valerga, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Quilon, India
27 Dec	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Eugène-Étienne Charbonnier, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Dometiopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam
28 Dec	59.1	Appointed	Antonio Saverio De Luca †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Index	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
29 Dec		Born	Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	53.6	Selected	Leopold Pelldram †	Bishop of Trier, Germany

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