The Year of Our Lord 1865

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	25.0	Ordained Priest	Pierre Élie XII Abbolyonan †	Priest	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
	50.6	Resigned	Antoine Anot, C.M. †	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Kiam-Si {Kiangsi}, China	Pro-Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	53.9	Appointed	Jean-Henri Baldus, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kiam-Si {Kiangsi}, China
		Appointed	Giovanni Belluomini, O.E.S.A. †	Prior General of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine
	73.1	Died	Ignazio de’ Bisogno †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	21.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Patrick Byrne †	Priest of Bathurst, Australia	Bishop
	49.8	Resigned	Marc Finaz, S.J. †	Prefect of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar	Prefect Emeritus
	55.7	Appointed	André Jandard, C.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Honan {Ho-Nan}, China	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
		Appointed	Spérat Lacomme †	Prefect of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar	Prefect Emeritus
	16.7	Ordained Priest	John Edmund Luck, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Ambrogio Onorato Luddi, O.P. †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Assisi, Italy
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Pietro Paolo de Marchi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}, China
	18.5	Professed	Luis Pérez y Pérez, O.E.S.A. †	Member of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Hunan {Hu-Nan Settentrionale}, China
	18.9	Professed	Ildefonso Vincenzo Pisani, C.R.L. †	Member of Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour of the Lateran	Bishop Emeritus of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
	63.0	Elected	Ephrem (August) Van der Meulen, O.C.S.O. †	Vicar General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance
Jan	23.3	Ordained Priest	Matías Linares y Sanzetenea †	Priest of Salta, Argentina	Bishop
2 Jan		Born	Émeri-Henri-Célestin Cambier, C.I.C.M. †		Prefect Emeritus of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2 Jan	63.6	Died	Bernardo-Maria Tirabassi †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
6 Jan	16.3	Professed	Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A. †	Member of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
	85.0	Died	Joseph Rizk †	Titular Bishop of Cyrrhus per i Maroniti
	79.1	Died	Imre Tóth †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
10 Jan	41.9	Appointed	James Donnelly †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
10 Jan	76.0	Died	Melchiade Ferlisi †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
11 Jan		Born	James Naughton †		Bishop of Killala, Ireland
11 Jan	79.3	Died	Alojzije Marija Pini †	Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia
12 Jan		Born	Joseph Heintz, C.Ss.R. †		Prefect Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
14 Jan		Confirmed	Joannice Massamiri †	Titular Archbishop of Palmyra dei Greco-Melkiti	Patriarchal Vicar of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria
14 Jan		Born	Jaime Viladrich y Gaspar †		Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
15 Jan	65.1	Selected	Juan de la Cruz Calienes Olazabal, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
17 Jan		Born	José Miguel Godoy Herrera †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tarapacá, Chile
	40.6	Succeeded	Manuel Antonio Palacios †	Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)
	77.6	Died	Juan Gregorio Urbieta †	Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)
19 Jan	77.9	Died	Giovanni Francesco Cometti Rossi †	Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia
22 Jan		Born	Anton Podlaha †		Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
23 Jan		Appointed	James Bernard Hayes, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Armidale, Australia	Former Bishop-Elect
24 Jan		Born	Eugenio (Juan Bautista) da Carcagente (Soler Rodríguez), O.F.M. Cap. †		Prefect Emeritus of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia
25 Jan		Born	Daniel Foley †		Bishop of Ballarat, Australia
30 Jan		Born	Georg Froewis, S.V.D. †		Prefect Emeritus of Sinyangchow, China
1 Feb		Born	Kazimierz Mikolaj Michalkiewicz †		Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
2 Feb	64.9	Died	Giuseppe Maria Vespignani †	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
3 Feb	64.3	Selected	Mihály Fogarasy †	Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania
3 Feb	52.4	Selected	Jacinto Maria (Nicolaus) Martínez y Sáez, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
5 Feb	45.7	Appointed	Eligio Pietro Cosi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Shantung {Scian-Ton} (Chan-tong), China	Vicar Apostolic
	45.7	Appointed	Eligio Pietro Cosi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Priene	Vicar Apostolic of Shantung {Scian-Ton} (Chan-tong), China
	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Eligio Pietro Cosi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Priene	Vicar Apostolic of Shantung {Scian-Ton} (Chan-tong), China
8 Feb		Born	Anton Pieter Franz van Velsen, S.J. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Batavia, Indonesia
15 Feb		Born	Chucrallah Khoury, M.L. †		Archbishop of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon
15 Feb	62.5	Died	Nicholas Patrick Stephen (Nicolás Patricio Esteban) Wiseman †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
17 Feb	72.4	Died	Juan José de Aycinena y Piñol †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
	49.9	Appointed	Claude-Marie Dépommier, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Coimbatore, India
	49.9	Appointed	Claude-Marie Dépommier, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Arabia	Vicar Apostolic of Coimbatore, India
19 Feb	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Édouard-Auguste Dubar, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Canatha	Vicar Apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Orientale}, China
22 Feb	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinand-Aimé-Augustin-Joseph Dupond, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Azotus	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Siam {Siam Orientale}, Thailand
26 Feb	28.9	Ordained Priest	John Bilsborrow †	Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
26 Feb	42.1	Ordained Bishop	James Donnelly †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
5 Mar	71.9	Died	Michael Johann Rimely, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary
9 Mar	66.3	Died	Mario Melini †	Bishop of Modigliana, Italy
11 Mar	42.3	Appointed	Henri-Marie Amanton, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq
12 Mar		Born	Antonio María Massanet y Verd †		Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
12 Mar	75.4	Died	Leon Michał von Przyłuski †	Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
14 Mar	69.7	Died	Antonio Gava †	Bishop Emeritus of Belluno e Feltre, Italy
20 Mar		Born	Giuseppe Bertazzoni †		Bishop of Massa Carrara, Italy
20 Mar	57.1	Selected	Joaquín Hernández y Herrero †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
21 Mar	61.5	Died	Clemente (a S. Theresia) Manzini, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy
22 Mar	58.1	Died	Giuseppe-Maria Mucedola †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
23 Mar	39.1	Installed	José María Covarrubias y Mejía †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
		Born	Franz Fellinger †		Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	65.6	Died	Jerónimo Fernández y Andrés †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
24 Mar	66.2	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Ghiurekian †	Bishop of Trabzon (Trebisonda) (Armenian), Turkey
24 Mar	43.3	Appointed	Josyf Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) †	Titular Bishop of Nazianzus	Archbishop Emeritus of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
25 Mar		Born	Jonas de Araújo Batinga †		Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Anđeo Kraljević, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Metellopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Herzegovina
	46.3	Died	Giuseppe Marzorati †	Bishop of Como, Italy
27 Mar	42.4	Resigned	Henri-Marie Amanton, O.P. †	Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus
	48.5	Confirmed	Juan José Aragonés, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
	72.3	Appointed	Emmanuele Francesco Barrutia y Croquer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
	72.3	Appointed	Emmanuele Francesco Barrutia y Croquer †	Titular Bishop of Carystus	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
	75.0	Appointed	Pedro Ignacio de Benavente y del Castillo †	Titular Bishop of Thespiae	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
	75.0	Confirmed	Pedro Ignacio de Benavente y del Castillo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
	61.0	Appointed	Hendrik-Frans (Henri-François) Bracq †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
	65.3	Confirmed	Juan de la Cruz Calienes Olazabal, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
	51.3	Confirmed	Manuel Teodoro del Valle Seoane †	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
	51.3	Confirmed	Joseph Feßler (Fessler) †	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
	64.5	Confirmed	Mihály Fogarasy †	Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania
	67.5	Confirmed	Ramón Garcia y Antón, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain
	45.0	Appointed	José María Gelabert y Crespo †	Bishop of Paraná, Argentina
	57.2	Confirmed	Nicolas-Edouard-François Gueullette †	Bishop of Valence, France	Bishop Emeritus
	41.3	Confirmed	Juan María Ambrosio Huerta Galván †	Bishop of Puno, Peru	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
	63.7	Confirmed	Jean-Paul-François-Marie-Félix Lyonnet †	Archbishop of Albi, France
	57.8	Appointed	Gábor Máriássy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary
	57.8	Appointed	Gábor Máriássy †	Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Asia	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary
	61.0	Appointed	Marino Marini †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Orvieto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	52.5	Confirmed	Jacinto Maria (Nicolaus) Martínez y Sáez, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
	47.9	Confirmed	Guillaume-René Meignan †	Bishop of Châlons, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tours, France
	38.9	Confirmed	José Francisco Ezequiel Moreyra †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
	53.5	Confirmed	Antolín Monescillo y Viso †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	51.2	Confirmed	Julián Ochoa Campos †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
	53.8	Confirmed	Leopold Pelldram †	Bishop of Trier, Germany
	52.5	Confirmed	Etienne-Emile Ramadié †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France	Archbishop of Albi, France
	36.2	Confirmed	Francesco Solano del Risco, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Alessandro Verde †		Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
	55.4	Appointed	Gesualdo Vitali †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
	41.4	Confirmed	Grégoire II Youssef (Sayyour), B.S. †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
	41.4	Confirmed	Grégoire II Youssef (Sayyour), B.S. †	Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
28 Mar		Born	Francisco Alberti †		Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina
28 Mar	34.3	Appointed	Rafail Popov †	Apostolic Administrator of Bulgarian United Church (Constantinople) (Bulgarian)	Bishop
30 Mar		Born	St. Guido Maria Conforti †		Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
31 Mar	84.9	Died	Salvador José Reyes y García de Lara †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
1 Apr	24.1	Ordained Priest	José Sebastião (d’Almeida) Neto, O.F.M. Disc. †	Priest of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
		Born	Souleyman Moussa Sabbagh †		Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
		Born	Enrique Ezequiel Vacas Galindo, O.P. †		Prefect Emeritus of Canelos e Macas, Ecuador
	23.7	Ordained Deacon	Charles-Gustave Walravens †	Deacon of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium	Bishop
10 Apr		Born	José Antonio Lezcano y Ortega †		Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
11 Apr	79.2	Died	James Browne †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
11 Apr	45.2	Succeeded	Nicholas Conaty †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
13 Apr		Born	Gregorio Diamare, O.S.B. †		Abbot of Montecassino, Italy
15 Apr	22.5	Ordained Priest	Alfred-Jules Mélisson †	Priest of Le Mans, France	Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France
15 Apr	25.6	Ordained Priest	Robert John Seton †	Priest of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis in Phoenicia
16 Apr	31.0	Ordained Bishop	Bernabé García Cezón, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Byblus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
18 Apr	23.9	Ordained Deacon	Hermann Joseph Schmitz †	Deacon of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
21 Apr		Born	Stanisław Gall †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
23 Apr	22.6	Entered	Bernhard Beider-Linden, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Poona, India
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Román Lovera †	Priest of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop of Mérida, Venezuela
		Born	Manuel San Román y Elena †		Apostolic Administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
25 Apr		Born	Jean-Pierre-Marie Fayolle, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China
26 Apr		Born	Isidoro Badía y Sarradell †		Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain
26 Apr	78.3	Died	Augustin Bartolomej Hille †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
30 Apr	51.4	Installed	Joseph Feßler (Fessler) †	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Edmond-François Guierry, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Danaba	Vicar Apostolic of Chekiang {Ce-Kiam}, China
	54.7	Died	Dominique Lefèbvre, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam
	61.3	Appointed	Nicholas Power †	Coadjutor Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
	61.3	Appointed	Nicholas Power †	Titular Bishop of Sarepta	Coadjutor Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland

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