The Year of Our Lord 1879

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	86.0	Died	Emmanuele Francesco Barrutia y Croquer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
	56.4	Resigned	Edoardo Borromeo †	Titular Archbishop of Adana	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
	44.0	Appointed	Matthieu-Paul Chammina (Sciammina) †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran
	44.5	Appointed	Vittore Enrico Maria Corvaia, O.S.B. †	Coadjutor Abbot of Montevergine, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Bernard Coyne †	Priest	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
	48.1	Appointed	Charles Victor Aubert Duparquet, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Cimbebasia, Angola
	28.4	Professed	Joseph-Marie-Stanislas Dupont, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nyassa, Malawi
	67.6	Resigned	Antoni Junosza Gałecki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	31.0	Ordained Priest	Hermann Jürgens (Juergens), S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop of Bombay, India
	14.1	Entered	Anselm Edward John Kenealy, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Simla, India
	26.6	Professed	Joseph-Marie Lavest, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Prefect of Kuamsi (Kwangsi, Guangxi), China
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph-Marie Leray, M.S.C. †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
	16.2	Professed	Auguste-Jean-Gabriel Maurice, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Central Shensi/Chensi {Scen-Si Centrale}, China
	40.9	Appointed	Athanase Nasser †	Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Paul Nègre †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rodez (-Vabres), France
	50.0	Resigned	José Ignacio Ordóñez †	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
	22.4	Ordained Priest	Mauro Maria Parodi, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
	21.4	Ordained Priest	Giacomo Maria Radini-Tedeschi †	Priest	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
		Ceased	José M. Rodriguez, O. de M. †	Vicar General of Order of Our Lady of Mercy
	54.8	Appointed	Emanuel Jan Schöbel, O.Cr. †	Grand Master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
	51.0	Appointed	Bonaventura Maria Soldatich, O.F.M. Conv. †	Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Titular Archbishop of Serdica
	35.2	Converted	Algernon Charles Stanley †	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Emmanuel Alfonso van den Bosch, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Agra, India
3 Jan	63.0	Died	Djordje Marčić †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
5 Jan	48.0	Died	James McDevitt †	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
5 Jan		Born	Charles Daniel White †		Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
14 Jan		Born	Carlo Ilario Currea, S.J. †		Prefect Emeritus of Río Magdalena, Colombia
14 Jan	76.1	Died	Claude-Marie Magnin †	Bishop of Annecy, France
15 Jan	25.2	Ordained Priest	William John Kenny †	Priest of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA	Bishop
15 Jan	24.9	Solemn Vows	Julián Raymundo Riveiro y Jacinto, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala
17 Jan	28.7	Professed	Hermann Joseph (Thomas) Esser, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Titular Bishop of Sinis
21 Jan	53.7	Appointed	Valentin Garnier, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan, China
21 Jan	53.7	Appointed	Valentin Garnier, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Titiopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan, China
23 Jan		Born	Eugène Klaeylé, O.M.I. †		Prefect Emeritus of Cimbebasia Inferiore, Namibia
25 Jan	58.0	Died	Manuel Ulloa y Calvo †	Bishop of Nicaragua
29 Jan	80.3	Died	Antonio Benedetto Antonucci †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
29 Jan	51.3	Selected	Mihály Pável †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
30 Jan		Born	Johannes Baptist Dietz †		Bishop Emeritus of Fulda, Germany
1 Feb		Born	Louis-Marie Raucaz, S.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands
2 Feb	33.2	Final Vows	Franziskus Ehrle, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
2 Feb	24.7	Ordained Priest	Luis María Niella †	Priest	Bishop of Corrientes, Argentina
3 Feb	50.5	Selected	José Proceso Pozuelo y Herrero †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
4 Feb	48.8	Appointed	Antonio Galibert †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
4 Feb	48.6	Appointed	Elzear (Aloysius) Torreggiani, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Armidale, Australia
6 Feb	74.2	Retired	Domenico Cavallini Spadoni †	Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
7 Feb	44.4	Appointed	Salvador Casañas y Pagés †	Apostolic Administrator of Urgell, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	44.4	Appointed	Salvador Casañas y Pagés †	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Cardinal, Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	88.0	Died	[Vasyl Luzhynskyi (Luzynskyj)] †	Archbishop
10 Feb		Born	Lucas Guillermo Castillo Hernández †		Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
14 Feb	63.1	Died	Salvatore Silvestri, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
15 Feb		Born	Egisto Domenico Melchiori †		Bishop of Tortona, Italy
16 Feb		Born	Antônio Manoel Pereira Ribeiro †		Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
17 Feb	67.9	Resigned	Félix María Arrieta y Llano, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
18 Feb	42.5	Selected	Ioan Szabó †	Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania
19 Feb	56.9	Died	Thomas Patrick Roger Foley †	Coadjutor Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
23 Feb		Born	Joseph Henry Leo Schlarman †		Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
27 Feb	63.6	Died	Filippo Maria Guidi, O.P. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
28 Feb	39.1	Confirmed	Pierre Élie XII Abbolyonan †	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
	57.7	Confirmed	Francisco Aznar y Pueyo †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
	55.9	Appointed	Francesco Battaglini †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	68.7	Appointed	Francisco de Paula Benavides y Navarrete, O.S. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	55.8	Appointed	Sigismondo Brandolini Rota †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ceneda, Italy	Bishop
	55.8	Appointed	Sigismondo Brandolini Rota †	Titular Bishop of Oropus	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy
	63.1	Appointed	Luigi Carvelli †	Coadjutor Bishop of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
	63.1	Appointed	Luigi Carvelli †	Titular Bishop of Etalonia (Hetalonia)	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
	43.3	Appointed	Jaime Catalá y Albosa †	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	54.1	Appointed	Manuel Cerón †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
	46.1	Confirmed	Henri-Charles-Dominique Denéchau †	Bishop of Tulle, France
	55.6	Appointed	Pietro Facciotti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Palestrina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ferentino, Italy
	55.6	Appointed	Pietro Facciotti †	Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae	Bishop Emeritus of Ferentino, Italy
	54.7	Appointed	Manuel Gómez-Salazar y Lucio-Villegas †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	47.1	Appointed	Alessandro Grossi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro
	62.0	Appointed	Francesco Macarone-Palmieri †	Coadjutor Bishop of Boiano, Italy	Bishop
	68.5	Appointed	Bonfiglio Mura, O.S.M. †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
	50.9	Appointed	Salvatore Nappi †	Archbishop of Conza e Campagna, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	66.7	Appointed	Lorenzo Nina †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	45.1	Confirmed	Antonio Ochoa y Arenas †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
	44.4	Appointed	Mariano Elvezio Pagliari †	Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy
	64.5	Confirmed	János Pauer †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
	50.6	Confirmed	José Proceso Pozuelo y Herrero †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
	60.7	Appointed	Achilles Rinaldini †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene
	43.8	Appointed	Vincenzo Maria Sarnelli †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	53.9	Appointed	Pietro Saulini †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
	42.4	Appointed	Sylwester Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Cardinal, Archbishop
	42.4	Appointed	Sylwester Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) †	Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	74.3	Appointed	Domenico Cavallini Spadoni †	Titular Archbishop of Adana	Archbishop Emeritus of Spoleto, Italy
	46.8	Confirmed	Franz Joseph von Stein †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
	64.0	Appointed	Pietro de Villanova Castellacci †	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
	66.3	Confirmed	José Raimundo Benito Vilamitjana y Vila †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
Mar	55.4	Appointed	Victor-Marie Guilloux, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar
Mar		Resigned	Spérat Lacomme †	Prefect of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar	Prefect Emeritus
1 Mar		Born	João de Oliveira Matos Ferreira †		Auxiliary Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
2 Mar	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan José Baldivia Morales †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Carvelli †	Titular Bishop of Etalonia (Hetalonia)	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Maria Sarnelli †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
6 Mar		Born	John A. Wall, M.H.M. †		Prefect Emeritus of Kodok, Sudan
7 Mar	23.7	Ordained Priest	Santino Taveggia, P.I.M.E. †	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh
8 Mar	23.9	Ordained Deacon	François Bonne, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
	24.1	Ordained Deacon	Jean-Marie Dépierre, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam
	23.0	Ordained Priest	René-Michel-Marie Fée, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
	25.3	Ordained Deacon	Hippolyte Teissier, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop of Mysore, India
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Tommaso Trussoni †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza, Italy
9 Mar	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Battaglini †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Sigismondo Brandolini Rota †	Titular Bishop of Oropus	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy
	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Facciotti †	Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae	Bishop Emeritus of Ferentino, Italy
		Born	Antonio Melomo †		Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy
	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Mariano Elvezio Pagliari †	Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy
		Born	Lajos Shvoy †		Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
10 Mar		Born	Josyf Botsian (Bocian) †		Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	65.3	Died	Carlos María Colina y Rubio †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
		Born	Edward Francis Ryan †		Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA
11 Mar	77.1	Died	Pedro José Chávez Ponce †	Bishop of Puno, Peru
13 Mar		Born	Henry Joseph O’Leary †		Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
13 Mar	23.9	Ordained Priest	Jacques Topuzian †	Priest	Bishop of Musc (Mush) (Armenian), Armenia
15 Mar		Born	Rafael Lira Infante †		Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
16 Mar	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Achilles Rinaldini †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene
19 Mar	58.3	Died	Anastasio Laterza, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
19 Mar	62.1	Succeeded	Francesco Macarone-Palmieri †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
20 Mar		Born	Basile Octave Tanghe, O.F.M. Cap. †		Vicar Apostolic of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 Mar	47.1	Appointed	Pierre-Timothee Attar (Hattar) †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Mardin (Chaldean), Turkey	Bishop Emeritus
	65.3	Died	Giovanni Battista Cerruti †	Bishop of Savona e Noli, Italy
	20.0	Solemn Vows	Ildephonse (Carolus Martinus) Lanslots, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Prefect Emeritus of Northern Transvaal {Transvaal Settentrionale}, South Africa
23 Mar	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Salvador Casañas y Pagés †	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Cardinal, Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
23 Mar	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Noël-Joseph Foucard, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Zela	Prefect of Kuamsi (Kwangsi, Guangxi), China
25 Mar		Born	Louis-Joseph-Arthur Melanson †		Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
25 Mar	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Elzear (Aloysius) Torreggiani, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Armidale, Australia
26 Mar	62.7	Died	Paolo di Niquesa †	Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
26 Mar	56.1	Succeeded	Ignazio Camillo Guglielmo Maria Pietro Persico, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
27 Mar	75.0	Ceased	Teobaldo (Vincentius Joseph Cirillus) Cesari, O. Cist. †	Abbot General of Order of Cistercians	Abbot General Emeritus
	67.1	Died	Hilarion Sillani (Silani), O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Colombo, Sri Lanka
		Born	Gallus (Bernhard) Steiger, O.S.B. †		Abbot Emeritus of Peramiho, Tanzania
28 Mar	52.0	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Ceschi a Santa Croce, S.M.O.M. †	Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
	52.9	Appointed	Fulgencije Czarev, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Skopje, North Macedonia	Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
	51.4	Appointed	Audishu V (Georges Ebed-Iesu) Khayyath †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
		Born	Jean Marie van Cauwenbergh †		Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
29 Mar	23.1	Ordained Priest	Conrad Abels, C.I.C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Vicar Apostolic of Jehol [Jinzhou], China
29 Mar	24.4	Ordained Priest	Luis José María Amigó y Ferrer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
30 Mar	43.9	Installed	Vincenzo Maria Sarnelli †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
31 Mar		Born	Félix Hedde, O.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam
31 Mar	72.0	Died	Benedetto Riccabona de Reinchenfels †	Bishop of Trento, Italy

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