The Year of Our Lord 1875

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	26.9	Appointed	Philippe-Jacques Abraham, O.A.O.C. †	Bishop	Bishop of Gazireh (Gezira) (Chaldean), Turkey
	63.7	Resigned	Ruggero Luigi Emidio Antici Mattei †	Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
	69.7	Died	Emmanuel Asmar †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
		Born	Maurice Boch, S.M. †		Prefect Emeritus of Northern Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea
	67.3	Resigned	Pietro Giannelli †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, President of the Roman Curia - Other
	54.9	Appointed	Cyriaque-Georges Goga †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop Emeritus of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Guidi †	Priest	Apostolic Delegate to Philippines
	25.9	Ordained Priest	Domenico Mannaioli †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Montefiascone, Italy
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Hugh McSherry †	Priest of Armagh, Ireland	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa
	80.0	Ceased	José María Riofrío y Valdivieso †	Apostolic Administrator of Loja, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Ramón Ríu y Cabanas †	Priest of Solsona, Spain	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Francisco Simón y Ródenas, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Marta, Colombia
1 Jan		Born	Giovanni Jeremich †		Auxiliary Bishop of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
3 Jan	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Eugenio Cecconi †	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	37.4	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Pio Alberto del Corona, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Draso	Bishop Emeritus of San Miniato, Italy
	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Raffaele Mezzetti †	Bishop of Livorno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Rossi †	Bishop of Poggio Mirteto, Italy	Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy
4 Jan	74.1	Died	Michael von Deinlein †	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
5 Jan		Born	Marien Libri, O.F.M. †		Superior of Upper Egypt, Egypt
6 Jan		Born	Joseph-Conrad Chaumont †		Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
6 Jan		Born	Paul-Louis Touzé †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
7 Jan	67.0	Resigned	Nicolas-Edouard-François Gueullette †	Bishop of Valence, France	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jan	58.3	Died	Ludwig Forwerk †	Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany
10 Jan	68.3	Died	Giulio Arrigoni, O.F.M. Ref. †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
	24.6	Ordained Priest	Hubert-Olivier Chalifoux †	Priest of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop
	33.1	Ordained Priest	Francisco Javier Junguito, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Panamá
	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Ludovico Marangoni, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Gortyna	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Vincenzo Testa, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Botrys	Bishop of Segni, Italy
11 Jan	32.9	Appointed	Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Congo	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lower French Congo {Congo Francese Inferiore}
13 Jan		Born	Ruggero Bovelli †		Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
15 Jan	53.2	Selected	Jules François Lecoq †	Bishop of Luçon, France	Bishop of Nantes, France
16 Jan		Born	Jean Naslian †		Bishop Emeritus of Trabzon (Armenian), Turkey
16 Jan		Born	Joseph Sak, S.D.B. †		Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Jan	49.1	Selected	Charles-Pierre-François Cotton †	Bishop of Valence, France
19 Jan		Born	René-Pierre Mignen †		Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
21 Jan	80.5	Died	János Nehiba †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
22 Jan		Born	Aleksander Frison †		Apostolic Administrator of Odessa, Ukraine
24 Jan	65.4	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Fernández y Lafita †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Victoriano Guisasola y Rodríguez †	Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	61.5	Ordained Bishop	Juan Antonio Puig y Montserrat, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
25 Jan	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Émile Fonteneau †	Bishop of Agen, France	Archbishop of Albi, France
		Born	John Francis Noll †		Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
		Born	Sylvain van Hee, S.J. †		Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Jan	68.6	Died	Patrick Leahy †	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
26 Jan	59.7	Selected	José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens †	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
30 Jan	69.8	Died	Prosper Louis Pascal Guéranger, O.S.B. †	President of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot
31 Jan	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Narciso Martínez Izquierdo †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain	Bishop of Madrid, Spain
2 Feb	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Adam Charles Claessens †	Titular Bishop of Traianopolis in Phrygia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Batavia, Indonesia
2 Feb	78.7	Died	João d’Aguiar †	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
3 Feb	68.7	Installed	Charles-Théodore Colet †	Archbishop of Tours, France
7 Feb	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Luigi M. Cannavò (Canavo), O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Crete {Candia}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
8 Feb		Born	Joseph Arthur Papineau †		Bishop Emeritus of Joliette, Québec, Canada
8 Feb	57.1	Died	Ambrosio María Serrano y Rodriguez †	Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México
10 Feb	86.1	Died	Camillo Monteforte †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
11 Feb	48.1	Succeeded	Antonio Maria Curcio †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
11 Feb	57.7	Died	Giuseppe Teta †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
12 Feb	41.7	Appointed	Thomas Galberry, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
	44.8	Appointed	James Augustine Healy †	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
	69.6	Appointed	John Martin Henni †	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
	49.1	Appointed	Michael J. Hurley †	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA	Priest
	36.4	Appointed	John Ireland †	Vicar Apostolic of Nebraska, USA	Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
	36.4	Appointed	John Ireland †	Titular Archbishop of Maronea	Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
	33.6	Appointed	John Joseph Kain †	Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
	51.0	Appointed	Francis Xavier Krautbauer †	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
	60.3	Appointed	John Baptist Lamy †	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	67.4	Died	Bartolomeo Legat †	Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy
	42.9	Appointed	John O’Brien †	Bishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
	44.3	Appointed	Rupert (Albert) Seidenbusch, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Minnesota, USA	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
	44.3	Appointed	Rupert (Albert) Seidenbusch, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Alia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
	52.7	Appointed	John Joseph Williams †	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	61.7	Appointed	James Frederick Bryan Wood †	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
13 Feb		Born	Girolamo Cardinale †		Bishop of Verona, Italy
14 Feb	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Taurin Cahagne, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Adramyttium	Vicar Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia
14 Feb	33.7	Ordained Bishop	Victor Mihaly de Apşa †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania	Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
15 Feb	57.3	Died	Edward John Horan †	Bishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
16 Feb	49.5	Installed	Jean-Émile Fonteneau †	Bishop of Agen, France	Archbishop of Albi, France
16 Feb	59.8	Confirmed	José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens †	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
20 Feb	22.8	Ordained Priest	Friedrich Philipp von Abert †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
24 Feb	61.3	Ordained Bishop	César-Victor-Ange-Jean-Baptiste Jourdan †	Bishop of Tarbes, France
24 Feb	75.6	Died	Luigi Giuseppe Anselmo Natoli †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
26 Feb		Born	Francesco Alessandro Cagliero, I.M.C. †		Prefect of Iringa, Tanzania
26 Feb		Born	Wojciech Tomaka †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Przemyśl, Poland
27 Feb		Born	Francisco Javier de Irastorza y Loinaz †		Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
28 Feb		Born	Domenico Della Vedova †		Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
5 Mar	58.6	Appointed	Giovanni Simeoni †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
6 Mar		Born	Bartolomé Pascual Marroig †		Bishop of Menorca, Spain
7 Mar	33.8	Installed	Victor Mihaly de Apşa †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania	Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
8 Mar	73.2	Died	Lorenzo Barili †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
9 Mar	67.9	Died	Clemente Pagliari †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy
9 Mar	18.6	Professed	Mauro Maria Parodi, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
10 Mar	81.1	Died	Ignazio Giustiniani †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
11 Mar		Born	Louis-Augustin Marmottin †		Archbishop of Reims, France
12 Mar		Born	Sylvester Patrick Mulligan, O.F.M. Cap. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Delhi and Simla, India
14 Mar	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Bongiorni †	Bishop of Trapani, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy
15 Mar	63.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Ruggero Luigi Emidio Antici Mattei †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
	61.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Domenico Bartolini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
	52.1	Appointed	Giacomo Cattani †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	49.2	Confirmed	Charles-Pierre-François Cotton †	Bishop of Valence, France
	64.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Victor-Auguste-Isidore Dechamps, C.Ss.R. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	48.0	Appointed	Nicola Ghilardi †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
	67.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Giannelli †	Cardinal, President of the Roman Curia - Other
	53.4	Confirmed	Jules François Lecoq †	Bishop of Luçon, France	Bishop of Nantes, France
	52.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
	66.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Henry Edward Manning †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	63.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Maragioglio, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
	65.0	Elevated to Cardinal	John McCloskey †	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
	56.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Salvatore Nobili Vitelleschi †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Secretary
	53.2	Appointed	Basilio Oberholzer, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
	58.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Bartolomeo Pacca, Jr. †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Priest
	48.8	Confirmed	János Pásztélyi Kovács †	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
	52.8	Selected	Cassien-Léonard de Péretti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	56.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Lorenzo Ilarione Randi †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Priest
	74.6	Appointed	Carmelo Scicluna †	Bishop of Malta
	74.6	Appointed	Carmelo Scicluna †	Titular Archbishop of Rhodus	Bishop of Malta
	58.6	Appointed	Giovanni Simeoni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
	58.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Simeoni †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
	51.4	Appointed	Odon Thibaudier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
	51.4	Appointed	Odon Thibaudier †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
	40.3	Appointed	Serafino Vannutelli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
17 Mar		Born	Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon, M.E.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Yokohama, Japan
19 Mar	22.4	Ordained Priest	Karel Wisnar †	Priest of Olomouc, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop
20 Mar	57.2	Died	Indalecio Barreto †	Bishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
20 Mar		Born	Grégoire Haggiar †		Bishop of Akka (Melkite Greek), Israel
21 Mar		Born	Cesare Boccoleri †		Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
21 Mar	77.5	Died	José López y Crespo †	Bishop of Santander, Spain
23 Mar		Born	Victoriano Román Zárate (de San José), O.A.R. †		Prefect Emeritus of Palawan, Philippines
27 Mar	24.8	Ordained Priest	Joannes Nicolaas Lemmens †	Priest of Vancouver Island, USA	Bishop
27 Mar	23.5	Ordained Priest	John Aloysius Maguire †	Priest of Western District, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
31 Mar	61.8	Appointed	Domenico Bartolini †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
	39.9	Appointed	Angelo Bersani-Dossena †	Coadjutor Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	39.9	Appointed	Angelo Bersani-Dossena †	Titular Bishop of Patara	Coadjutor Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	47.5	Appointed	Giacomo Corna-Pellegrini †	Coadjutor Bishop of Brescia, Italy	Bishop
	47.5	Appointed	Giacomo Corna-Pellegrini †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	64.3	Appointed	Victor-Auguste-Isidore Dechamps, C.Ss.R. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	64.5	Appointed	Innocenzo Ferrieri †	Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
	67.6	Appointed	Pietro Giannelli †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura	Cardinal, President of the Roman Curia - Other
	66.7	Appointed	Henry Edward Manning †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	52.9	Appointed	Cassien-Léonard de Péretti †	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	52.9	Confirmed	Cassien-Léonard de Péretti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	54.8	Appointed	Domenico Pietromarchi †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy

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