The Year of Our Lord 1870

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	22.3	Ordained Priest	Ramón Barberá y Boada †	Priest	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
	69.9	Resigned	Giacomo Bahtiarian †	Bishop of Amida (Diarbekir) (Armenian), Turkey	Bishop Emeritus
	13.1	Converted	Bernardine Thomas Edward Clark, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles
	70.7	Appointed	Niccola Paracciani Clarelli †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Reverend Fabric of St. Peter
	21.5	First Vows	Charles Cox, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Transvaal, South Africa
	40.0	Appointed	Aloys Elloy, S.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga
	22.2	Ordained Priest	Giacinto Gaggia †	Priest	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek) †	Priest	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	63.8	Ceased	Utto (Georg) Lang, O.S.B. †	President of Order of Saint Benedict	President Emeritus
	28.8	Professed	Ambrogio Onorato Luddi, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Assisi, Italy
	33.0	Ordained Priest	Théodore Messaieh (Msayeh) †	Priest	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Edward Magennis †	Priest	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
		Born	Hendrik Nollen, M.S.C. †		Prefect Emeritus of Nuova Guinea Olandese, Indonesia
	34.0	Appointed	Andrés Justo Pérez, S.J. †	Prefect of Canelos e Macas, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador
		Died	Macaire Samman †	Bishop Emeritus
	27.3	Professed	Stefano Scarella, P.I.M.E. †	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan {Ho-Nan Meridionale}, China
	17.1	Professed	Elías Suárez, O.E.S.A. †	Member of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Pro-Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Hunan {Hu-Nan Settentrionale}, China
1 Jan		Born	Ferenc Gossman †		Auxiliary Bishop of Vác, Hungary
3 Jan	58.9	Appointed	Annibale Capalti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
3 Jan	66.0	Died	Eduardo Vásquez, O.P. †	Bishop of Panamá
4 Jan		Born	Thomas Wulstan Pearson, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
4 Jan	73.9	Died	Adam Wojtkiewicz †	Bishop of Minsk, Belarus
8 Jan	42.6	Selected	Charles-Émile Freppel †	Bishop of Angers, France
8 Jan	46.0	Selected	Joseph-Clair Reyne †	Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles
9 Jan	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Augustus Maria Bernard Anthony John Gebhard Toebbe †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
19 Jan	71.2	Died	Johann Georg Müller †	Bishop of Münster, Germany
21 Jan	49.1	Appointed	Jean-Dominique Barbero, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hyderabad, India
	49.1	Appointed	Jean-Dominique Barbero, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Doliche	Vicar Apostolic of Hyderabad, India
	50.0	Appointed	Louis-Gabriel Delaplace, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China
	44.5	Appointed	Edmond-François Guierry, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Chekiang {Ce-Kiam}, China
23 Jan	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Peter Joseph Baltes †	Bishop of Alton, Illinois, USA
23 Jan		Born	William Francis O’Hare, S.J. †		Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles
26 Jan	46.3	Died	Francisco de Paula Suárez Peredo y Bezares †	Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México
27 Jan		Born	Atanasio María Vicente Soler y Royo, O.F.M. Cap. †		Vicar Apostolic of Goajira, Colombia
28 Jan	20.0	Entered	Alphonse Daignault, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Superior Emeritus of Zambese, Zimbabwe
30 Jan	37.9	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Timothee Attar (Hattar) †	Bishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey	Bishop Emeritus of Mardin (Chaldean), Turkey
	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Farzo †	Bishop of Mardin (Chaldean), Turkey
	79.3	Died	Bertrand-Sévère Mascarou-Laurence †	Bishop of Tarbes, France
1 Feb		Born	Luis Durou y Sure, C.M. †		Archbishop of Guatemala
2 Feb	37.2	Final Vows	Paul François Marie Goethals, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
	65.4	Died	Mariano Puigllat y Amigó †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
		Born	Feliciano Rocha Pizarro †		Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
4 Feb		Born	Juvencio Juan Hospital de la Puebla, O. Cart. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Hunan {Hu-Nan Settentrionale}, China
6 Feb		Born	Ernesto Coppo, S.D.B. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kimberley in Western Australia
8 Feb	45.5	Appointed	Caspar Henry Borgess †	Titular Bishop of Calydon	Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	65.0	Appointed	Napoléon-Joseph Perché †	Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Archbishop
	65.0	Appointed	Napoléon-Joseph Perché †	Titular Archbishop of Abdera	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
9 Feb	25.1	Ordained Priest	Nematalla Seluan †	Priest	Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)
11 Feb	45.5	Appointed	Caspar Henry Borgess †	Coadjutor Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	37.0	Appointed	Antonio Colomer, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Tonking {Tonkino Settentrionale}, Viet Nam
	37.0	Appointed	Antonio Colomer, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Themiscyra	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Tonking {Tonkino Settentrionale}, Viet Nam
12 Feb	58.6	Died	Basilio Gil y Bueno †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
12 Feb	23.2	Ordained Priest	Benedetto Spila, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Alatri, Italy
13 Feb	62.6	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Tomás Iturralde (Yturralde) †	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
14 Feb		Born	Ignace Hummel, S.M.A. †		Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
15 Feb		Born	Noël (Natal-Pierre-Marie) de Cleene, C.I.C.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
15 Feb		Born	Jean-Justin-Michel Girbeau †		Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
21 Feb		Born	Roberto Giulio Colombo, O.F.M. Cap. †		Prelate of São José do Grajaú, Brazil
23 Feb		Born	Vincenzo Celli †		Auxiliary Bishop of Beatissima Vergine Maria del SS.mo Rosario, Italy
		Born	François-Joseph Dantin, M.S. †		Vicar Apostolic of Antsirabé, Madagascar
	61.3	Appointed	Antonio Giuseppe Pluym, C.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Tyana	Bishop Emeritus of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
	61.3	Resigned	Antonio Giuseppe Pluym, C.P. †	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria	Bishop Emeritus
24 Feb		Born	João Batista Becker †		Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
24 Feb		Born	Jules-Géraud Saliège †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
25 Feb	82.3	Died	Louis-Jacques-Maurice de Bonald †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
27 Feb		Born	Manuel Antonio Arboleda y Scarpetta, C.M. †		Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
27 Feb	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Patrick Roger Foley †	Titular Bishop of Pergamum	Coadjutor Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 Mar		Born	Arthur Béliveau †		Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
3 Mar		Born	Augusto Klinke Leier †		Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia, Chile
9 Mar	63.2	Selected	Jacques-Marie-Achille Ginoulhiac †	Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
9 Mar	55.1	Selected	Pierre-Antoine-Justin Paulinier †	Bishop of Grenoble, France	Archbishop of Besançon, France
10 Mar	49.0	Died	[Paul Marie Stefan de Djunkowsky] †	Prefect Emeritus of Arctic Pole
	48.0	Installed	Thomas Patrick Roger Foley †	Coadjutor Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	560.1	Beatified	Bl. Guillaume Grimoard, O.S.B. †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
11 Mar	43.0	Appointed	John Cameron †	Coadjutor Bishop of Arichat, Nova Scotia, Canada	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
	43.0	Appointed	John Cameron †	Titular Bishop of Titiopolis	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
	54.3	Appointed	Daniel McGettigan †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	47.1	Appointed	Ignazio Camillo Guglielmo Maria Pietro Persico, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	64.8	Appointed	Jean Marcel Pierre Auguste Vérot, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
12 Mar	41.4	Ordained Deacon	António Aires de Gouveia (Ayres de Gouvea) †	Deacon	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
		Born	René-Marie-Joseph Perros, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bangkok, Thailand
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Augustyn Rosentreter †	Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Bishop
13 Mar		Born	Thomas O’Shea, S.M. †		Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
13 Mar	45.2	Ordained Bishop	José de Jesús María Uriarte y Pérez †	Bishop of Sonora, México	Bishop of Sinaloa, México
14 Mar		Born	Vilmos Batthyány †		Bishop Emeritus of Nitra, Slovakia
15 Mar	44.2	Appointed	Géraud Bray, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kiam-Si {Kiangsi}, China	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kiangsi {Kiam-Si Settentrionale}, China
15 Mar	44.2	Appointed	Géraud Bray, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Lagania	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kiangsi {Kiam-Si Settentrionale}, China
16 Mar	53.3	Selected	Pierre-Anastase Pichenot †	Bishop of Tarbes, France	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
18 Mar	54.0	Appointed	John Joseph Lynch, C.M. †	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
18 Mar		Born	Michael Ott, O.S.B. †		Abbot Emeritus of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada
19 Mar		Died	Denys Joseph Hayek (Samne) †	Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
19 Mar	24.5	Ordained Priest	Luigi Piccardo †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
21 Mar	43.7	Appointed	Federico León Aneiros (Aneyros) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop
	43.7	Appointed	Federico León Aneiros (Aneyros) †	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	45.1	Appointed	Manuel Canuto Restrepo y Villegas †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	43.8	Confirmed	Pierre-Paul de Cuttoli †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	42.8	Confirmed	Charles-Émile Freppel †	Bishop of Angers, France
	34.5	Appointed	Francesco Maria Granado †	Coadjutor Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Bishop
	53.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Milesi Pironi Ferretti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	49.9	Appointed	José María Mora y Daza †	Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
	46.2	Appointed	Ignacio Antonio Parra †	Bishop of Panamá	Bishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
	36.5	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Gaetano Felice Quandel, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy
	46.2	Confirmed	Joseph-Clair Reyne †	Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles
25 Mar	22.5	Ordained Priest	Tomás Jenaro de Cámara y Castro, O.E.S.A. †	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
25 Mar	82.2	Died	Giovanni Battista Ciofi †	Bishop of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy
26 Mar	79.0	Died	José Manuel de Lemos †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
26 Mar		Born	Luigi Sincero †		Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
27 Mar	41.5	Ordained Priest	António Aires de Gouveia (Ayres de Gouvea) †	Priest	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
30 Mar	56.1	Selected	Zigmund Szuppán †	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	Priest
31 Mar	66.1	Died	Antonín Arnošt Schaaffgotsche †	Bishop of Brno, Czechia
3 Apr	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Dominique Barbero, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Doliche	Vicar Apostolic of Hyderabad, India
	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Canuto Restrepo y Villegas †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Milesi Pironi Ferretti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
6 Apr		Born	Arturo Celestino Álvarez †		Bishop of Calabozo, Venezuela
6 Apr	57.1	Selected	Johannes Bernard Brinkmann †	Bishop of Münster, Germany
7 Apr		Born	Giuseppe Romeo †		Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
10 Apr	45.3	Installed	José de Jesús María Uriarte y Pérez †	Bishop of Sonora, México	Bishop of Sinaloa, México
12 Apr	82.6	Died	Raffaele Biale †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
13 Apr	76.1	Died	Alexandru Dobra †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
15 Apr	58.5	Died	Matteo Eustachio Gonella †	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
16 Apr	24.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Ceppetelli (Cepetelli) †	Priest	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
16 Apr	24.0	Ordained Priest	Jean-Marie-Léon Dizien †	Priest of Sens (-Auxerre), France	Bishop of Amiens, France
17 Apr	50.2	Ordained Bishop	José Joaquín Isaza Ruiz †	Titular Bishop of Evaria	Bishop of Medellín, Colombia
17 Apr		Born	Louis Van Hoeck, S.J. †		Bishop of Ranchi, India
18 Apr	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Paul de Cuttoli †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Émile Freppel †	Bishop of Angers, France
	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Clair Reyne †	Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles
21 Apr		Born	Stanislaw Wojciech Okoniewski †		Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
24 Apr	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Caspar Henry Borgess †	Titular Bishop of Calydon	Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Javier Rodríguez †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
	62.1	Died	Gaetano Maria Striscia (Stiscia) †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
26 Apr		Born	Paschal Charles David Robinson, O.F.M. †		Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
30 Apr	78.2	Died	Thomas Cooke †	Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
		Born	Auguste De Clercq, C.I.C.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	51.6	Succeeded	Louis-François Richer dit Laflèche †	Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
		Born	Juan Perelló y Pou, M.S.C. †		Bishop of Vic, Spain

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