The Year of Our Lord 1872

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	63.0	Ordained Bishop	Benedetto Augusto †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy
	16.7	Entered	Kolumban (Johann Baptist) Brügger, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
	41.3	Ordained Priest	Anthony Butler, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Roberto Calai-Marioni †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Hesbon
	27.6	Professed	Jules-Auguste Chatron, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop of Osaka, Japan
	49.8	Appointed	Joseph Guyodo, C.S.Sp. †	Pro-Prefect of French Guiana-Cayenne, Antilles	Prefect Emeritus
	21.2	Ordained Priest	John Lyster †	Priest	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
	51.4	Resigned	Ludovico Marangoni, O.F.M. Conv. †	Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
	55.6	Ceased	Giuseppe Moreschi †	Apostolic Administrator of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
		Ceased	Nicolas da San Giovanni en Marignano, O.F.M. Cap. †	Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Críspulo Uzcátegui †	Priest	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
1 Jan		Born	William Barry †		Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
5 Jan		Born	Luigi Mazzini †		Bishop Emeritus of Anagni, Italy
6 Jan	57.9	Installed	Salvatore Giovanni Battista Bolognesi, C.O. †	Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy
	45.5	Installed	Niccolò d’Orgemont de la Fontaine, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy
		Born	Patrick Joseph James Keane †		Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA
8 Jan		Born	Hormisdas Étienne Djibri †		Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
9 Jan	60.6	Died	Jean-Baptiste Charles Gazailhan †	Bishop Emeritus of Vannes, France
14 Jan	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Francesco di Nicola †	Titular Bishop of Alia	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Duggan †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
	54.5	Died	John Gray †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Western District, Scotland, Great Britain
	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Egidio (Giovanni) Mauri, O.P. †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
	62.1	Died	John McGill †	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
15 Jan		Born	José Alves Correia da Silva †		Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
		Born	Gabriel-Roch de Llobet †		Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
		Born	Franjo Salis-Seewis †		Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
17 Jan	75.1	Died	Louis-Charles Buquet †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
17 Jan	53.8	Selected	Juraj Schopper †	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia
18 Jan		Born	Edward Komar †		Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
21 Jan	66.0	Died	László Kézdi-polányi Biró †	Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
21 Jan	35.1	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Gomes de Almeida †	Bishop of Angola e Congo	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
22 Jan		Born	Rocco Caliandro †		Bishop of Termoli, Italy
22 Jan	66.2	Died	Francesco Emilio Cugini †	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
23 Jan		Born	Nicolas Dobrecić †		Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
26 Jan		Born	Luigi Bondini, O.F.M. Conv. †		Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
27 Jan	67.5	Died	Nicolò Frangipane †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
28 Jan	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Buscarini †	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
31 Jan		Born	Giuseppe Signore †		Bishop Emeritus of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
4 Feb	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Hugh Conway †	Titular Bishop of Achantus	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
	22.3	Ordained Priest	Francisco do Rêgo Maia †	Priest of Olinda, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil
	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Maria Filia †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Federico de Giacomo †	Bishop of Marsi, Italy
	38.8	Ordained Bishop	Francis McCormack †	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria	Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Marie-Denis-Anselme Nouvel de La Flèche, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
	66.0	Ordained Bishop	James Ryan †	Titular Bishop of Echinus	Coadjutor Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Giuseppe Maria Serci Serra †	Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	68.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Soggiu †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Jean-Joseph Soubiranne †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia	Bishop Emeritus of Belley, France
7 Feb	61.7	Died	Martin John Spalding †	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
10 Feb	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Alfred Duquesnay †	Bishop of Limoges, France	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
10 Feb		Born	Ángel María Pérez y Cecilia, O.C.D. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Verapoly, India
11 Feb	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Eugenio Cano †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Nomatallah Dahdah †	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
		Ordained Bishop	Nomatallah Dahdah †	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
	38.3	Appointed	Joseph Debs †	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Debs †	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
		Born	Manuel Raimundo de Melo †		Bishop Emeritus of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil
		Appointed	Joseph Foraifer †	Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria per i Maroniti
		Ordained Bishop	Joseph Foraifer †	Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria per i Maroniti
	52.9	Ordained Bishop	François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne †	Bishop of Belley, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
	43.5	Ordained Bishop	William Benedict Scarisbrick, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius	Bishop Emeritus
12 Feb		Born	Thomas Shine †		Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
13 Feb	64.6	Selected	Ivan Zaffron (Zoffran) †	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
15 Feb	33.9	Appointed	Isidore-François-Joseph Colombert, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic
	33.9	Appointed	Isidore-François-Joseph Colombert, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Samosata	Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam
	34.8	Appointed	Joseph Gregory Dwenger, C.Pp.S. †	Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
	47.3	Appointed	Richard Gilmour †	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
	52.9	Installed	François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne †	Bishop of Belley, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
	40.9	Appointed	Patrick John Ryan †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	40.9	Appointed	Patrick John Ryan †	Titular Archbishop of Tricomia	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	54.7	Appointed	Edgar Philip Prindle Wadhams †	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
16 Feb		Born	Francis Gilfillan †		Bishop of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
	44.7	Appointed	Thomas Francis Hendricken †	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
	36.1	Incardinated	Lawrence Stephen McMahon †	Priest of Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
18 Feb	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Campus Chessa †	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Serafino Corrias †	Bishop of Bisarchio o Bisarcio (Ozieri), Italy
	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Zaccaria Fanciulli, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Maronea	Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq
	46.3	Died	André Peyralbe, C.M. †	Pro-Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Honan {Ho-Nan}, China
19 Feb	62.9	Died	Domingos José de Sousa Magelhães †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	88.0	Died	José Sebastian Goyeneche y Barreda †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	77.3	Died	William Placid Morris, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus of Mauritius
22 Feb		Born	Ismael Perdomo Borrero †		Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
22 Feb	53.5	Appointed	Piotr Pawel Wierzbowski †	Bishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland
23 Feb	59.3	Appointed	Luigi Biscioni Amadori †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	66.4	Appointed	Ludwik Bartłomiej Brynk †	Apostolic Administrator of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec), Ukraine
	66.4	Appointed	Ludwik Bartłomiej Brynk †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina	Apostolic Administrator of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec), Ukraine
	46.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Cione †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
	64.1	Appointed	Geremia Nicola Antonio Cosenza, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Foggia, Italy
	51.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Cotellessa †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
	50.9	Appointed	Aleksander Kazimierz Gintowt-Dziewaltowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
	50.9	Appointed	Aleksander Kazimierz Gintowt-Dziewaltowski †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
	55.6	Appointed	Paolo dei Conti Fabiani †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
	74.6	Appointed	Anton Fiałkowski †	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
	58.0	Appointed	Raffaele Gagliardi †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
	49.0	Appointed	Federico Maria Galdi †	Bishop of Andria, Italy
	58.0	Appointed	Saverio Gerbino †	Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
	44.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Guarino †	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Messina, Italy
	58.6	Appointed	Benedetto Lavecchia Guarnieri, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Noto, Italy	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
	69.3	Appointed	Antonio Izzo †	Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy
	48.1	Appointed	Tomasz Teofil Kuliński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland	Bishop
	48.1	Appointed	Tomasz Teofil Kuliński †	Titular Bishop of Satala in Armenia	Bishop of Kielce, Poland
	48.3	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Laparelli Pitti †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
	43.0	Appointed	Giacinto Magliulo †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
	68.2	Appointed	Tobia Masacci †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
	47.6	Appointed	Federico Mascaretti, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Susa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	52.1	Appointed	Henri Monnier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France
	52.1	Appointed	Henri Monnier †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France
	47.6	Appointed	Antonino Morana †	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
	49.3	Appointed	Francesco Maria Petrarca †	Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy
	60.1	Appointed	Raffaele Pucci-Sisti †	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy
	56.1	Appointed	Salvatore Silvestri, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
	57.8	Appointed	Domenico Turano †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
	53.3	Appointed	Domenico Maria Villa †	Bishop of Parma, Italy
	45.6	Appointed	Frantisek Alojzy Zottmann †	Bishop of Tiraspol, Moldova	Bishop Emeritus
25 Feb	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Maria Cione †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Maria Cotellessa †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Raffaele Gagliardi †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Federico Maria Galdi †	Bishop of Andria, Italy
	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Piterà †	Bishop of Bova, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Silvestri, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Maria Villa †	Bishop of Parma, Italy
26 Feb	67.0	Died	Giuseppe Giacomo Novella, O.F.M. Ref. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Houkouang, China
27 Feb	63.6	Died	Henry Benedict Coskery †	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
27 Feb	61.6	Selected	François-André-Xavier de Gaffory †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
1 Mar	57.1	Died	Laurence Bonaventure Sheil, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Adelaide, Australia
3 Mar	64.1	Ordained Bishop	Geremia Nicola Antonio Cosenza, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Foggia, Italy
	69.3	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Izzo †	Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy
	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Laparelli Pitti †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Giacinto Magliulo †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
	68.2	Ordained Bishop	Tobia Masacci †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Maria Petrarca †	Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy
5 Mar		Born	Albert Thomas Daeger, O.F.M. †		Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
5 Mar	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Francis Moran †	Titular Bishop of Olba	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
6 Mar		Born	Antoine-Pierre-Jean Fourquet, M.E.P. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Guangzhou [Canton], China
8 Mar		Born	Juan Villar y Sanz †		Bishop of Lérida, Spain
9 Mar	68.9	Died	Antonio Salomone †	Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
10 Mar	59.4	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Biscioni Amadori †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Paolo dei Conti Fabiani †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Saverio Gerbino †	Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
		Born	Fabiano Francesco Landi, O.F.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Settentrionale}, China
11 Mar	23.0	Ordained Priest	Anton Johann Zerr †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tiraspol, Moldova
15 Mar		Born	Athanase Melèce Onésime Sawoya, B.C. †		Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
16 Mar	23.1	Ordained Priest	Anthony Gaughren, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange, South Africa
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Mathurin Picarda, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Mattia Vicario †	Priest of Vercelli, Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
17 Mar	46.7	Installed	Domenico Agostini †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
	27.6	Ordained Bishop	Vital Maria Gonçalves de Oliveira, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Olinda, Brazil
	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Guarino †	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Messina, Italy
	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Benedetto Lavecchia Guarnieri, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Noto, Italy	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
	64.1	Died	Romualdo Jimeno Ballesteros, O.P. †	Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Antonino Morana †	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Turano †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
19 Mar		Born	Elie Chedid (Scedid) †		Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus per i Maroniti
20 Mar	47.7	Selected	Victor-Jean-François-Paulin Delannoy †	Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France
20 Mar	52.9	Selected	Joseph-Jean-Louis Robert †	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria	Bishop of Marseille, France
21 Mar		Born	Charles Challiol †		Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
21 Mar	62.0	Died	Giacomo Giuseppe Jans †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
26 Mar		Born	Joseph Félix Blanc, S.M. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tonga Islands {Isole Tonga}, Pacific (Oceania)
26 Mar	24.2	Ordained Priest	Carlo Marozio †	Priest	Bishop of Susa, Italy

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