The Year of Our Lord 1884

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Mar 27.8 Ordained Priest Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian † Priest Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

1 Mar 80.9 Died Giovanni Battista Bagalà Blasini † Bishop of Grosseto, Italy

36.9 Succeeded Bernardino Caldajoli † Bishop of Grosseto, Italy

82.2 Died Ephrem (August) Van der Meulen, O.C.S.O. † Vicar General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

4 Mar 41.2 Appointed Mosé Higuera † Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia

6 Mar 78.1 Died Camillo Di Pietro † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

44.1 Appointed Charles-Jean Seghers † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Vancouver Island, USA Bishop

7 Mar 42.0 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Brondel † Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA

29.9 Appointed Paul-Marie Reynaud, C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Chekiang {Ce-Kiam}, China Vicar Apostolic of Ningpo [Ningbo], China

29.9 Appointed Paul-Marie Reynaud, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Fussala Vicar Apostolic of Ningpo [Ningbo], China

8 Mar 23.3 Ordained Deacon Émile Marie Luc Alphonse Barillon, M.E.P. † Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères Bishop Emeritus of Malacca, Singapore

24.1 Ordained Deacon François Belleville, M.E.P. † Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking {Tonkino Meridionale}, Viet Nam

26.0 Ordained Priest Alexander MacDonald † Priest of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

81.9 Died José de los Ríos y Lamadrid † Bishop of Lugo, Spain

22.3 Ordained Priest Enrico Sibilia † Priest of Anagni, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto

23.3 Ordained Deacon Antoine-Marie-Joseph Usse, M.E.P. † Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar

12 Mar Born Emilio Botero González † Bishop of Pasto, Colombia

14 Mar 53.2 Appointed Patrick Francis Moran † Cardinal, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia

85.0 Died Giovanni Rosati † Bishop Emeritus of Todi, Italy

16 Mar 73.6 Died Pedro Núñez y Pernía, O.S.B. † Bishop of Coria, Spain

19 Mar 71.8 Died Juan Bautista Ormaechea y Ernáiz † Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México

41.6 Ordained Bishop Stefano Scarella, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Carpasia Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan {Ho-Nan Meridionale}, China

21 Mar 47.2 Appointed Beniamino Cavicchioni † Titular Archbishop of Amida Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies

47.2 Appointed Beniamino Cavicchioni † Apostolic Delegate to Ecuador Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies

47.2 Appointed Beniamino Cavicchioni † Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies

47.2 Appointed Beniamino Cavicchioni † Apostolic Delegate to Peru Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies

43.5 Selected Ramón Martínez y Vigil, O.P. † Bishop of Oviedo, Spain

42.6 Selected Vicente Santiago Sánchez de Castro † Bishop of Santander, Spain

24 Mar 54.0 Appointed Vincenzo Addessi † Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy

49.2 Appointed Anton Baranowski † Auxiliary Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania Bishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland

49.2 Appointed Anton Baranowski † Titular Bishop of Thespiae Bishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland

41.7 Appointed António Mendes Bello † Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal Cardinal, Patriarch

41.7 Appointed António Mendes Bello † Titular Archbishop of Mitylene Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

55.4 Appointed Giovanni Battista Bertagna † Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

55.4 Appointed Giovanni Battista Bertagna † Titular Bishop of Capharnaum Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

56.1 Appointed Alessio Maria Biffoli, O.S.M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy Bishop

56.1 Appointed Alessio Maria Biffoli, O.S.M. † Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy

55.0 Appointed Ercole Vincento Boffi † Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy

77.8 Appointed Louis-Marie-Joseph-Eusèbe Caverot † Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

77.7 Appointed Domenico Consolini † Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

56.2 Appointed Giacomo Daddi † Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy

56.2 Appointed Giacomo Daddi † Titular Bishop of Ionopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy

49.5 Appointed Gaetano d’Alessandro † Coadjutor Bishop of Cefalù, Italy Bishop Emeritus

49.5 Appointed Gaetano d’Alessandro † Titular Bishop of Iasus Bishop Emeritus of Cefalù, Italy

65.6 Appointed Raffaele Danise, M.I. † Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy

54.3 Appointed Stanislao Maria de Luca † Coadjutor Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy Bishop of San Severo, Italy

54.3 Appointed Stanislao Maria de Luca † Titular Bishop of Teos Bishop of San Severo, Italy

56.6 Appointed Pierre-Lambert Goossens † Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

55.1 Appointed Edward Henry Howard of Norfolk † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

59.8 Appointed Pasquale Maria Jaderosa † Coadjutor Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus

59.8 Appointed Pasquale Maria Jaderosa † Titular Bishop of Birtha Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy

56.1 Appointed Henryk Piotr Kossowski † Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

56.1 Appointed Henryk Piotr Kossowski † Titular Bishop of Serra Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

58.4 Appointed Domenico Gaspare Lancia di Brolo, O.S.B. † Archbishop of Monreale, Italy

60.6 Appointed Cyril Lubowidzki † Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec), Ukraine Bishop

60.6 Appointed Cyril Lubowidzki † Titular Bishop of Dulma Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec), Ukraine

57.1 Appointed Tommaso Maria Martinelli, O.E.S.A. † Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index

57.1 Appointed Tommaso Maria Martinelli, O.E.S.A. † Bishop of Sabina (-Farfa), Italy Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index

66.9 Confirmed Guillaume-René Meignan † Cardinal, Archbishop of Tours, France

78.1 Appointed Teodolfo Mertel † Cardinal-Deacon of San Lorenzo in Damaso Cardinal, Deacon of the Roman Curia - Other

57.0 Appointed Raffaele Monaco La Valletta † Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

43.1 Elevated to Cardinal José Sebastião (d’Almeida) Neto, O.F.M. Disc. † Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

55.7 Appointed Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano † Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

50.6 Appointed Lucido Maria Parocchi † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

60.0 Appointed Antonio Pistocchi † Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy

71.6 Appointed Jean-Baptiste-François (Odo) Pitra, O.S.B. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

58.9 Appointed Federico Pizza † Archbishop of Manfredonia (e Vieste), Italy Archbishop Emeritus

58.7 Appointed Karol Ludwik Pollner † Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

58.7 Appointed Karol Ludwik Pollner † Titular Bishop of Troas Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

65.6 Appointed Lorenzo Ilarione Randi † Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other

48.2 Appointed Stanislaw Kazimierz Ruszkiewicz † Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

48.2 Appointed Stanislaw Kazimierz Ruszkiewicz † Titular Bishop of Berissa Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

75.8 Appointed Carlo Sacconi † Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

49.9 Elevated to Cardinal Guglielmo Sanfelice D’Acquavella, O.S.B. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

57.8 Confirmed Léon-Benoit-Charles Thomas † Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France

Born Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant † Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals

25 Mar 23.1 Ordained Priest Thomas Francis Hickey † Priest of Rochester, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

27 Mar 43.2 Confirmed Pierre-Marie-Etienne-Gustave Ardin † Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France

46.6 Appointed Joaquim Augusto de Barros † Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde

62.5 Appointed Édouard-Joseph Bélin † Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium

50.0 Appointed Antonio María Cascajares y Azara † Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain

46.9 Appointed Crescencio Carrillo y Ancona † Coadjutor Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México Bishop

46.9 Appointed Crescencio Carrillo y Ancona † Titular Bishop of Lerus Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México

45.8 Appointed Vicente Calvo y Valero † Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain

44.4 Appointed Bernardino di Milia, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Thabraca Bishop of Larino, Italy

36.2 Appointed Antonio Tomas da Silva Leitão e Castro † Bishop of Angola e Congo Bishop of Lamego, Portugal

58.2 Confirmed Noël-Mathieu-Victor-Marie Gaussail † Bishop of Oran, Algeria Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France

Born Pio Giardina † Bishop of Nicosia, Italy

57.0 Confirmed Louis-Joseph-Jean-Baptiste-Léon Gouzot † Bishop of Gap, France Archbishop of Auch, France

67.9 Confirmed Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Simon Jacquenet † Bishop of Amiens, France

43.4 Appointed Marijan Marković, O.F.M. Obs. † Apostolic Administrator of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

43.4 Appointed Marijan Marković, O.F.M. Obs. † Titular Bishop of Danaba Apostolic Administrator of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

43.5 Confirmed Ramón Martínez y Vigil, O.P. † Bishop of Oviedo, Spain

73.1 Appointed István Neszveda † Auxiliary Bishop of Vác, Hungary

73.1 Appointed István Neszveda † Titular Bishop of Philomelium Auxiliary Bishop of Vác, Hungary

30.1 Appointed Henrique José Reed da Silva † Prelate of Mozambico Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé of Meliapore, India

30.1 Appointed Henrique José Reed da Silva † Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé of Meliapore, India

42.6 Confirmed Vicente Santiago Sánchez de Castro † Bishop of Santander, Spain

49.9 Appointed Guglielmo Sanfelice D’Acquavella, O.S.B. † Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

55.4 Appointed Karl Schwarz † Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

55.4 Appointed Karl Schwarz † Titular Bishop of Anastasiopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

59.0 Appointed Juan José Blas Tissera, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina

28 Mar 24.3 Ordained Priest Apollonio Maggio † Priest of Vicenza, Italy Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy

75.8 Appointed Carlo Sacconi † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

29 Mar 25.3 Ordained Priest Antonio Maria Roveggio, F.S.C.J. † Priest of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale}, Sudan

22.4 Ordained Priest Antonio Tommaso Videmari † Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Ogliastra, Italy

30 Mar 54.1 Ordained Bishop Vincenzo Addessi † Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy

54.3 Ordained Bishop Stanislao Maria de Luca † Titular Bishop of Teos Bishop of San Severo, Italy

59.8 Ordained Bishop Pasquale Maria Jaderosa † Titular Bishop of Birtha Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy

60.2 Installed Dominic Manucy † Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA Vicar Apostolic of Brownsville, Texas, USA

57.1 Ordained Bishop Tommaso Maria Martinelli, O.E.S.A. † Bishop of Sabina (-Farfa), Italy Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index

58.9 Ordained Bishop Federico Pizza † Archbishop of Manfredonia (e Vieste), Italy Archbishop Emeritus

3 Apr 60.9 Installed James Joseph Carbery, O.P. † Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

4 Apr Born Bl. Giacomo Alberione, S.S.P. † Superior General Emeritus of Society of St. Paul

39.3 Appointed Henri-Victor Altmayer, O.P. † Titular Archbishop of Chalcis in Syria Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq

39.3 Appointed Henri-Victor Altmayer, O.P. † Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq

Born Daniel Francis Desmond † Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA

5 Apr Born Vicente Alejandro González y Robleto † Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua

6 Apr 56.2 Ordained Bishop Alessio Maria Biffoli, O.S.M. † Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy

55.0 Ordained Bishop Ercole Vincento Boffi † Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy

10 Apr Born Mihai Robu † Bishop of Iaşi, Romania

12 Apr 76.1 Died Efisio Chiais, O.F.M. Obs. † Vicar Apostolic of Scen-Si (Chen-si, Shensi), China

50.5 Succeeded Pasquale (Amato) Pagnucci, O.F.M. Obs. † Vicar Apostolic of Scen-Si (Chen-si, Shensi), China Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shensi {Scen-Si Settentrionale}, China

72.9 Died Angelo Pianori, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Faenza, Italy

24.5 Ordained Priest Salvatore Scanu † Priest Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy

25.6 Ordained Priest Agostino Zampini, O.E.S.A. † Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine Titular Bishop of Porphyreon

22.7 Ordained Priest František Zapletal † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

13 Apr 56.2 Succeeded Alessio Maria Biffoli, O.S.M. † Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy

80.2 Died Filippo Fratellini † Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy

14 Apr 28.4 Ordained Priest Pascal Keklikian † Priest Bishop of Adana (Armenian), Turkey

15 Apr 62.6 Ordained Bishop Édouard-Joseph Bélin † Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium

16 Apr Born Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B. † Bishop of Cali, Colombia

17 Apr 26.6 Ordained Priest Istvan Miklósy † Priest of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary

80.3 Died Franciszek Ksawery Wierzchlejski † Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine

18 Apr 38.1 Appointed Denis Mary Bradley † Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

20 Apr 25.5 Ordained Priest Tommaso d’Aquino (Kaspar) Bossart, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland

56.3 Ordained Bishop Giacomo Daddi † Titular Bishop of Ionopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy

49.6 Ordained Bishop Gaetano d’Alessandro † Titular Bishop of Iasus Bishop Emeritus of Cefalù, Italy

21 Apr Born Igino Maria Serci Vaquer † Bishop of Ozieri, Italy

22 Apr Born Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais, M.E.P. † Bishop of Jilin [Kirin], China

Born Manuel López Arana † Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain

Born Gastão Liberal Pinto † Bishop of São Carlos do Pinhal, Brazil

59.1 Appointed John Baptist (Jean-Baptiste) Salpointe † Coadjutor Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Archbishop Emeritus

59.3 Died Michael Warren † Bishop of Ferns, Ireland

23 Apr 62.8 Died Johannes von Leiß (Leiss) † Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

Born Jusztinián György Serédi, O.S.B. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary

26 Apr Born Jesús Villareal y Fierro † Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México

27 Apr 41.8 Ordained Bishop António Mendes Bello † Titular Archbishop of Mitylene Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

47.3 Ordained Bishop Beniamino Cavicchioni † Titular Archbishop of Amida Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies

46.2 Ordained Bishop Andrés Chinchón, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Rosalia Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China

52.2 Ordained Bishop James Moore † Bishop of Ballarat, Australia

55.5 Ordained Bishop Adrien-François Rouger, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Cisamus Vicar Apostolic of Southern Kiangsi {Kiam-Si Meridionale}, China

79.1 Died Joseph Szabó † Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary

45.1 Ordained Bishop Désiré-François-Xavier Van Camelbeke, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam

30 Apr 54.0 Appointed Rocco Cocchia, O.F.M. Cap. † Apostolic Internuncio to Brazil Archbishop of Chieti, Italy

Born Ambroise Leblanc, O.F.M. † Prefect Emeritus of Urawa, Japan

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	27.8	Ordained Priest	Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian †	Priest	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
1 Mar	80.9	Died	Giovanni Battista Bagalà Blasini †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
36.9	Succeeded	Bernardino Caldajoli †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
82.2	Died	Ephrem (August) Van der Meulen, O.C.S.O. †	Vicar General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance
4 Mar	41.2	Appointed	Mosé Higuera †	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia
6 Mar	78.1	Died	Camillo Di Pietro †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
44.1	Appointed	Charles-Jean Seghers †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Vancouver Island, USA	Bishop
7 Mar	42.0	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Brondel †	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA
29.9	Appointed	Paul-Marie Reynaud, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Chekiang {Ce-Kiam}, China	Vicar Apostolic of Ningpo [Ningbo], China
29.9	Appointed	Paul-Marie Reynaud, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Fussala	Vicar Apostolic of Ningpo [Ningbo], China
8 Mar	23.3	Ordained Deacon	Émile Marie Luc Alphonse Barillon, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Malacca, Singapore
24.1	Ordained Deacon	François Belleville, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking {Tonkino Meridionale}, Viet Nam
26.0	Ordained Priest	Alexander MacDonald †	Priest of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
81.9	Died	José de los Ríos y Lamadrid †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
22.3	Ordained Priest	Enrico Sibilia †	Priest of Anagni, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
23.3	Ordained Deacon	Antoine-Marie-Joseph Usse, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar
12 Mar		Born	Emilio Botero González †		Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
14 Mar	53.2	Appointed	Patrick Francis Moran †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
85.0	Died	Giovanni Rosati †	Bishop Emeritus of Todi, Italy
16 Mar	73.6	Died	Pedro Núñez y Pernía, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
19 Mar	71.8	Died	Juan Bautista Ormaechea y Ernáiz †	Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México
41.6	Ordained Bishop	Stefano Scarella, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Carpasia	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan {Ho-Nan Meridionale}, China
21 Mar	47.2	Appointed	Beniamino Cavicchioni †	Titular Archbishop of Amida	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
47.2	Appointed	Beniamino Cavicchioni †	Apostolic Delegate to Ecuador	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
47.2	Appointed	Beniamino Cavicchioni †	Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
47.2	Appointed	Beniamino Cavicchioni †	Apostolic Delegate to Peru	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
43.5	Selected	Ramón Martínez y Vigil, O.P. †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
42.6	Selected	Vicente Santiago Sánchez de Castro †	Bishop of Santander, Spain
24 Mar	54.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Addessi †	Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy
49.2	Appointed	Anton Baranowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania	Bishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland
49.2	Appointed	Anton Baranowski †	Titular Bishop of Thespiae	Bishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland
41.7	Appointed	António Mendes Bello †	Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Cardinal, Patriarch
41.7	Appointed	António Mendes Bello †	Titular Archbishop of Mitylene	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
55.4	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Bertagna †	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
55.4	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Bertagna †	Titular Bishop of Capharnaum	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
56.1	Appointed	Alessio Maria Biffoli, O.S.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy	Bishop
56.1	Appointed	Alessio Maria Biffoli, O.S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
55.0	Appointed	Ercole Vincento Boffi †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
77.8	Appointed	Louis-Marie-Joseph-Eusèbe Caverot †	Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
77.7	Appointed	Domenico Consolini †	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
56.2	Appointed	Giacomo Daddi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy
56.2	Appointed	Giacomo Daddi †	Titular Bishop of Ionopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy
49.5	Appointed	Gaetano d’Alessandro †	Coadjutor Bishop of Cefalù, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
49.5	Appointed	Gaetano d’Alessandro †	Titular Bishop of Iasus	Bishop Emeritus of Cefalù, Italy
65.6	Appointed	Raffaele Danise, M.I. †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
54.3	Appointed	Stanislao Maria de Luca †	Coadjutor Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
54.3	Appointed	Stanislao Maria de Luca †	Titular Bishop of Teos	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
56.6	Appointed	Pierre-Lambert Goossens †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
55.1	Appointed	Edward Henry Howard of Norfolk †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
59.8	Appointed	Pasquale Maria Jaderosa †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
59.8	Appointed	Pasquale Maria Jaderosa †	Titular Bishop of Birtha	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
56.1	Appointed	Henryk Piotr Kossowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
56.1	Appointed	Henryk Piotr Kossowski †	Titular Bishop of Serra	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
58.4	Appointed	Domenico Gaspare Lancia di Brolo, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
60.6	Appointed	Cyril Lubowidzki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec), Ukraine	Bishop
60.6	Appointed	Cyril Lubowidzki †	Titular Bishop of Dulma	Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec), Ukraine
57.1	Appointed	Tommaso Maria Martinelli, O.E.S.A. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
57.1	Appointed	Tommaso Maria Martinelli, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Sabina (-Farfa), Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
66.9	Confirmed	Guillaume-René Meignan †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tours, France
78.1	Appointed	Teodolfo Mertel †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Lorenzo in Damaso	Cardinal, Deacon of the Roman Curia - Other
57.0	Appointed	Raffaele Monaco La Valletta †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
43.1	Elevated to Cardinal	José Sebastião (d’Almeida) Neto, O.F.M. Disc. †	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
55.7	Appointed	Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
50.6	Appointed	Lucido Maria Parocchi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
60.0	Appointed	Antonio Pistocchi †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
71.6	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-François (Odo) Pitra, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
58.9	Appointed	Federico Pizza †	Archbishop of Manfredonia (e Vieste), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
58.7	Appointed	Karol Ludwik Pollner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
58.7	Appointed	Karol Ludwik Pollner †	Titular Bishop of Troas	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
65.6	Appointed	Lorenzo Ilarione Randi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
48.2	Appointed	Stanislaw Kazimierz Ruszkiewicz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
48.2	Appointed	Stanislaw Kazimierz Ruszkiewicz †	Titular Bishop of Berissa	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
75.8	Appointed	Carlo Sacconi †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
49.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Guglielmo Sanfelice D’Acquavella, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
57.8	Confirmed	Léon-Benoit-Charles Thomas †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	Born	Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant †		Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
25 Mar	23.1	Ordained Priest	Thomas Francis Hickey †	Priest of Rochester, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
27 Mar	43.2	Confirmed	Pierre-Marie-Etienne-Gustave Ardin †	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
46.6	Appointed	Joaquim Augusto de Barros †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
62.5	Appointed	Édouard-Joseph Bélin †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
50.0	Appointed	Antonio María Cascajares y Azara †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
46.9	Appointed	Crescencio Carrillo y Ancona †	Coadjutor Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México	Bishop
46.9	Appointed	Crescencio Carrillo y Ancona †	Titular Bishop of Lerus	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
45.8	Appointed	Vicente Calvo y Valero †	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
44.4	Appointed	Bernardino di Milia, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Thabraca	Bishop of Larino, Italy
36.2	Appointed	Antonio Tomas da Silva Leitão e Castro †	Bishop of Angola e Congo	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
58.2	Confirmed	Noël-Mathieu-Victor-Marie Gaussail †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
	Born	Pio Giardina †		Bishop of Nicosia, Italy
57.0	Confirmed	Louis-Joseph-Jean-Baptiste-Léon Gouzot †	Bishop of Gap, France	Archbishop of Auch, France
67.9	Confirmed	Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Simon Jacquenet †	Bishop of Amiens, France
43.4	Appointed	Marijan Marković, O.F.M. Obs. †	Apostolic Administrator of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
43.4	Appointed	Marijan Marković, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Danaba	Apostolic Administrator of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
43.5	Confirmed	Ramón Martínez y Vigil, O.P. †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
73.1	Appointed	István Neszveda †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vác, Hungary
73.1	Appointed	István Neszveda †	Titular Bishop of Philomelium	Auxiliary Bishop of Vác, Hungary
30.1	Appointed	Henrique José Reed da Silva †	Prelate of Mozambico	Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
30.1	Appointed	Henrique José Reed da Silva †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
42.6	Confirmed	Vicente Santiago Sánchez de Castro †	Bishop of Santander, Spain
49.9	Appointed	Guglielmo Sanfelice D’Acquavella, O.S.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
55.4	Appointed	Karl Schwarz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
55.4	Appointed	Karl Schwarz †	Titular Bishop of Anastasiopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
59.0	Appointed	Juan José Blas Tissera, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
28 Mar	24.3	Ordained Priest	Apollonio Maggio †	Priest of Vicenza, Italy	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
75.8	Appointed	Carlo Sacconi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
29 Mar	25.3	Ordained Priest	Antonio Maria Roveggio, F.S.C.J. †	Priest of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale}, Sudan
22.4	Ordained Priest	Antonio Tommaso Videmari †	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ogliastra, Italy
30 Mar	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Addessi †	Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy
54.3	Ordained Bishop	Stanislao Maria de Luca †	Titular Bishop of Teos	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
59.8	Ordained Bishop	Pasquale Maria Jaderosa †	Titular Bishop of Birtha	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
60.2	Installed	Dominic Manucy †	Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA	Vicar Apostolic of Brownsville, Texas, USA
57.1	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Maria Martinelli, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Sabina (-Farfa), Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
58.9	Ordained Bishop	Federico Pizza †	Archbishop of Manfredonia (e Vieste), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
3 Apr	60.9	Installed	James Joseph Carbery, O.P. †	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
4 Apr		Born	Bl. Giacomo Alberione, S.S.P. †		Superior General Emeritus of Society of St. Paul
39.3	Appointed	Henri-Victor Altmayer, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcis in Syria	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq
39.3	Appointed	Henri-Victor Altmayer, O.P. †	Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq
	Born	Daniel Francis Desmond †		Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
5 Apr		Born	Vicente Alejandro González y Robleto †		Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
6 Apr	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Alessio Maria Biffoli, O.S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
55.0	Ordained Bishop	Ercole Vincento Boffi †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
10 Apr		Born	Mihai Robu †		Bishop of Iaşi, Romania
12 Apr	76.1	Died	Efisio Chiais, O.F.M. Obs. †	Vicar Apostolic of Scen-Si (Chen-si, Shensi), China
50.5	Succeeded	Pasquale (Amato) Pagnucci, O.F.M. Obs. †	Vicar Apostolic of Scen-Si (Chen-si, Shensi), China	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shensi {Scen-Si Settentrionale}, China
72.9	Died	Angelo Pianori, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy
24.5	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Scanu †	Priest	Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy
25.6	Ordained Priest	Agostino Zampini, O.E.S.A. †	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
22.7	Ordained Priest	František Zapletal †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
13 Apr	56.2	Succeeded	Alessio Maria Biffoli, O.S.M. †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
80.2	Died	Filippo Fratellini †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
14 Apr	28.4	Ordained Priest	Pascal Keklikian †	Priest	Bishop of Adana (Armenian), Turkey
15 Apr	62.6	Ordained Bishop	Édouard-Joseph Bélin †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
16 Apr		Born	Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B. †		Bishop of Cali, Colombia
17 Apr	26.6	Ordained Priest	Istvan Miklósy †	Priest of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
80.3	Died	Franciszek Ksawery Wierzchlejski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
18 Apr	38.1	Appointed	Denis Mary Bradley †	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
20 Apr	25.5	Ordained Priest	Tommaso d’Aquino (Kaspar) Bossart, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
56.3	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Daddi †	Titular Bishop of Ionopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Gaetano d’Alessandro †	Titular Bishop of Iasus	Bishop Emeritus of Cefalù, Italy
21 Apr		Born	Igino Maria Serci Vaquer †		Bishop of Ozieri, Italy
22 Apr		Born	Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais, M.E.P. †		Bishop of Jilin [Kirin], China
	Born	Manuel López Arana †		Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
	Born	Gastão Liberal Pinto †		Bishop of São Carlos do Pinhal, Brazil
59.1	Appointed	John Baptist (Jean-Baptiste) Salpointe †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
59.3	Died	Michael Warren †	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
23 Apr	62.8	Died	Johannes von Leiß (Leiss) †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
	Born	Jusztinián György Serédi, O.S.B. †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
26 Apr		Born	Jesús Villareal y Fierro †		Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México
27 Apr	41.8	Ordained Bishop	António Mendes Bello †	Titular Archbishop of Mitylene	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
47.3	Ordained Bishop	Beniamino Cavicchioni †	Titular Archbishop of Amida	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
46.2	Ordained Bishop	Andrés Chinchón, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Rosalia	Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China
52.2	Ordained Bishop	James Moore †	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia
55.5	Ordained Bishop	Adrien-François Rouger, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Cisamus	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Kiangsi {Kiam-Si Meridionale}, China
79.1	Died	Joseph Szabó †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
45.1	Ordained Bishop	Désiré-François-Xavier Van Camelbeke, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam
30 Apr	54.0	Appointed	Rocco Cocchia, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Internuncio to Brazil	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
	Born	Ambroise Leblanc, O.F.M. †		Prefect Emeritus of Urawa, Japan

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