The Year of Our Lord 1877

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Henri Bardou, M. Afr. †		Prefect Emeritus of Ghardaïa, Algeria
	40.0	Appointed	John Cani †	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Queensland, Australia	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia
	74.7	Died	Abraham Chasciùr †
	54.0	Died	Agostino Franco †	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior
	23.7	Professed	Isidoro Clemente Gutiérrez, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China
	49.5	Resigned	Antoine Horner, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Zanguebar, Kenya	Prefect Emeritus
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Thomas-Paul-Henri Lemonnier †	Priest of Rouen, France	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
	23.9	Professed	Joseph Émile Lutz, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Prefect of Lower Niger {Niger Inferiore}, Nigeria
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Jean-Maria Michon, S.M.A. †	Priest of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France	Prefect of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
	22.5	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Tuohill Murphy, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius
	27.0	Ordained Priest	José de Jesús Ortíz y Rodríguez †	Priest	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
		Born	Josephus Rose, O.M.I. †		Prefect Emeritus of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
	21.6	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Rossi, O.Ss.C.A. †	Priest of Oblates of Saints Ambrose and Charles	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	21.8	Professed	Jean-Ferdinand-Adrien (Pierre) Simon, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Hilarion (Johannes Baptist) Valentin, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Prefect Emeritus of Bettiah, India
	58.7	Resigned	Joseph Sidney Woollett, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Jan	76.1	Died	Gerardus Petrus Wilmer †	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
2 Jan	69.5	Died	Paolo Brunoni †	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
4 Jan		Born	José de Haas, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
6 Jan		Born	William Henry Mellon †		Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
6 Jan		Born	Giuseppe Placido Maria Nicolini, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Assisi, Italy
7 Jan		Born	Jean-Baptiste Castanier, M.E.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Osaka, Japan
7 Jan		Born	Émile-Alexandre-Joseph Devred, M.E.P. †		Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Seul, Korea (South)
9 Jan	63.0	Appointed	Silvestre Guevara y Lira †	Titular Archbishop of Amasea	Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
10 Jan		Born	Boniface (Josef) Sauer, O.S.B. †		Abbot of Tokugen o Tokwon, Korea (North)
10 Jan	53.9	Selected	Kaspar (Balthasar) Willi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
11 Jan		Born	Antonio Maria Capettini, P.I.M.E. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hanchung [Hanzhong] (Hanchungfu), China
13 Jan	72.3	Resigned	Louis-Théophile Pallu (Palluc) du Parc †	Bishop of Blois, France	Bishop Emeritus
16 Jan		Born	Rafael Otón Castro y Jiménez †		Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
22 Jan	47.2	Died	Luigi Paggi (Poggi) †	Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
27 Jan	29.6	Solemn Vows	Eduard Karl Gaston Pöttickh de Pettenegg, O.T. †	Member of Order of the Teutonic Knights of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem	Titular Archbishop-Elect of Tamiathis
28 Jan	54.0	Appointed	Giacomo Cattani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
28 Jan		Born	Eugenio Raffaele Faggiano, C.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Cariati, Italy
29 Jan	44.7	Appointed	Isidoro Verga †	Pro-Secretary of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
4 Feb	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Agostinho Barreto †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
6 Feb	65.0	Died	Francisco de Sales Crespo y Bautista †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
7 Feb		Born	Camillo Caccia Dominioni †		Cardinal, Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy
7 Feb		Born	Pietro Pomares y De Morant †		Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
11 Feb	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Marie Osouf, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Arcadia	Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
15 Feb	59.1	Died	Giovanni Monetti †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
16 Feb	55.5	Appointed	Michael Hannan †	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
	41.6	Appointed	John Moore †	Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
	44.0	Appointed	Vincent Francis Vinyes, O.P. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Grass Valley, California, USA	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
	44.0	Appointed	Vincent Francis Vinyes, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Leontopolis in Bithynia	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
17 Feb		Born	Michael Fintan Power †		Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada
22 Feb		Born	Arthur Alfred Sinnott †		Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
23 Feb		Born	Pie Eugène Joseph Neveu, A.A. †		Apostolic Administrator of Moscow, Russian Federation
24 Feb	22.9	Ordained Priest	Gustave-Charles-Marie Mutel, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Seul, Korea (South)
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Pablo Singzon y Baeza (de la Anunciacion) †	Priest	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines
	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Dominique-Clément-Marie Soulé †	Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion	Bishop Emeritus
25 Feb		Born	St. Manuel González y García †		Bishop of Palencia, Spain
26 Feb		Born	John Gregory Murray †		Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
27 Feb	82.4	Retired	Nikolaus Franz Florentini †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
Mar	25.1	Ordained Priest	Denis Kelly †	Priest of Killaloe, Ireland	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
1 Mar		Born	Teofil Skalski †		Apostolic Administrator of Zytomir, Ukraine
2 Mar		Born	Luigi Maglione †		Cardinal, Secretary of State
4 Mar	63.7	Selected	Ildefonso Joaquín Infante y Macías, O.S.B. †	Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
4 Mar	51.2	Selected	José Moreno y Mazón †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
7 Mar		Born	Agostinho de Jesus e Souza †		Bishop of Porto, Portugal
7 Mar		Born	Ivan Starčević †		Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
8 Mar		Born	Alexandre Evreinoff †		Titular Archbishop of Parium
8 Mar	65.4	Resigned	Domenico Guadalupi †	Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Mar	51.8	Resigned	Angelo Jacobini †	Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
12 Mar	80.7	Appointed	Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	69.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Saverio Maria Apuzzo †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
	66.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Francisco de Paula Benavides y Navarrete, O.S. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	67.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi di Canossa †	Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
	70.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Louis-Marie-Joseph-Eusèbe Caverot †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	71.1	Appointed	Camillo Di Pietro †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	61.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Frédéric de Falloux du Coudray †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	54.2	Appointed	Francesco Folicaldi †	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
	74.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Manuel Garcia Gil, O.P. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	48.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Edward Henry Howard of Norfolk †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	60.0	Appointed	Francesco Macarone-Palmieri †	Coadjutor Bishop of Termoli, Italy	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
	60.0	Appointed	Francesco Macarone-Palmieri †	Titular Bishop of Thermae Basilicae	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
	71.3	Appointed	Carlo Luigi Morichini †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	64.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Lorenzo Nina †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	45.9	Appointed	Pietro Pace †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta	Bishop of Malta
	43.5	Appointed	Lucido Maria Parocchi †	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
	65.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Miguel Payá y Rico †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	38.0	Appointed	Agostino Gaetano Riboldi †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	56.0	Appointed	Leopoldo Ruggiero †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
	61.6	Appointed	Vincenzo Leone Sallua, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
	69.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Enea Sbarretti †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	68.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi Serafini †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other
	57.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Antonio Virdia, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Cariati, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	54.1	Confirmed	Kaspar (Balthasar) Willi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
15 Mar		Born	Béchara Richard Chémali †		Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
15 Mar	42.9	Appointed	Włodzimierz Czacki †	Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
16 Mar	82.4	Died	John Bede Polding, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
16 Mar	43.1	Succeeded	Roger William Bede Vaughan, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
17 Mar		Born	Joseph Kallas †		Bishop of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite Greek)
17 Mar	24.8	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Maria Mistrangelo, Sch. P. †	Priest of Order of the Pious Schools	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
18 Mar	22.7	Ordained Priest	John Joseph Keily †	Priest of Plymouth, England, Great Britain	Bishop
	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Macarone-Palmieri †	Titular Bishop of Thermae Basilicae	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Leopoldo Ruggiero †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
19 Mar	83.2	Died	Jean-Jacques-Marie-Antoine Guerrin †	Bishop of Langres, France
20 Mar	69.9	Appointed	Francesco Saverio Maria Apuzzo †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
	67.9	Appointed	Luigi di Canossa †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello	Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
	61.5	Appointed	Frédéric de Falloux du Coudray †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	38.7	Appointed	Federico Foschi †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
	48.1	Appointed	Edward Henry Howard of Norfolk †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	63.8	Confirmed	Ildefonso Joaquín Infante y Macías, O.S.B. †	Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	49.6	Appointed	Valerio Laspro †	Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
	61.0	Ceased	Joaquín Lluch y Garriga, O.C.D. †	Apostolic Administrator of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	51.2	Confirmed	José Moreno y Mazón †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	64.8	Appointed	Lorenzo Nina †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	53.7	Appointed	Antonio Piterà †	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Bishop Emeritus of Bova, Italy
	59.1	Appointed	Bl. Tommaso Reggio †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
	59.1	Appointed	Bl. Tommaso Reggio †	Titular Bishop of Tanis	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
	69.1	Appointed	Enea Sbarretti †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria ad Martyres	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	68.7	Appointed	Luigi Serafini †	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other
	56.8	Appointed	Nicola de Simone †	Bishop of Bova, Italy
		Born	Thomas Leighton Williams †		Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
24 Mar		Born	Sylvester Joseph Espelage, O.F.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China
26 Mar		Born	Hermann Wilhelm Berning †		Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
26 Mar	65.8	Died	Bernardino Medina y Moreno †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
28 Mar		Born	Francisco de Campos Barreto †		Bishop of Campinas, Brazil
30 Mar	47.6	Died	José Ignacio Checa y Barba †	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
30 Mar		Born	Giacomo Montanelli †		Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
31 Mar	24.9	Ordained Priest	Pietro Gasparri †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
31 Mar	72.5	Died	Louis-Théophile Pallu (Palluc) du Parc †	Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France

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