The Year of Our Lord 1885

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	76.3	Converted	Moise Amberbojan, C.M.V. †	Titular Bishop of Croae
	21.9	Entered	Ludovico Antomelli, O.F.M. Ref. †	Member of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Aversa †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Manuel Azpeitia Palomar †	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México
	16.9	Professed	Francesco Maria Berti, O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop Emeritus of Amelia, Italy
	63.4	Professed	Bernard Bernard, M.S. †	Priest of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette	Prefect Emeritus of Norvegia (Norway)
	51.4	Resigned	Mariano Jaime Casanova Casanova †	Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) of Valparaíso, Chile	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
	50.0	Resigned	Matthieu-Paul Chammina (Sciammina) †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran
	42.6	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonnier, M. Afr. †	Vicar General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania
	44.2	Appointed	Salvador Donos Rodríguez †	Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) of Valparaíso, Chile
	17.7	Entered	Juan Gil y García, C.M.F. †	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Prefect of Chocó, Colombia
	62.8	Appointed	Joseph Guyodo, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of French Guiana-Cayenne, Antilles	Prefect Emeritus
	68.0	Appointed	Paul Hachim †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
	73.9	Died	Paolo Hatem †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
	20.3	First Vows	Bernard Pierre Herrmann, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Prefect Emeritus of Cimbebasia Inferiore, Namibia
	87.0	Resigned	Jerome-Simon Sindjari (Kacha, Tiktik) †	Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran	Archbishop Emeritus
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Władysław Paweł Krynicki †	Priest of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Bishop
		Born	Matteo Michelon, F.S.C.J. †		Superior Emeritus of Kodok, Sudan
	35.9	Appointed	Denis Joseph O’Connell †	Rector of the Pontifical North American College	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
		Died	Thomas Rokuss †	Titular Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
	15.5	Entered	Alvaro Valladares, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Prefect Emeritus of Canelos e Macas, Ecuador
2 Jan		Born	Salvatore Russo †		Bishop of Acireale, Italy
4 Jan	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Flapp †	Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia
4 Jan	35.7	Ordained Bishop	Augusto Eduardo Nunes †	Titular Archbishop of Perge	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
5 Jan	72.2	Died	Andrea Formica †	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy
6 Jan	86.8	Died	Józef Alojzy Pukalski †	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
7 Jan		Born	Roberto Bernardino Berríos Gaínza, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
9 Jan		Born	Henri-Marius Bernard †		Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
10 Jan		Born	Jean Elie El-Hage †		Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
11 Jan	25.9	Ordained Priest	Henry William Cleary †	Priest of Ferns, Ireland	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
	71.0	Died	Blas Enciso, O.S.A. †	Bishop-Elect of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
	65.9	Died	Krizosztom Károly Kruesz, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary
12 Jan	65.6	Died	Eligio Pietro Cosi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Vicar Apostolic of Shantung {Scian-Ton} (Chan-tong), China
15 Jan	83.0	Died	Kaspar Jastrzębeic Borowski †	Bishop of Płock, Poland
16 Jan		Born	Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. †		Vicar Apostolic of Bangui, Central African Republic
	64.7	Died	Matthew Quinn †	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
	44.7	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Sarthou, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Occidentale}, China	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China
	44.7	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Sarthou, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Myriophytos	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China
18 Jan	66.4	Appointed	Bl. Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Caltagirone, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Catania, Italy
18 Jan	46.6	Died	Joseph-Marie Laucaigne, M.E.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Southern Japan
19 Jan		Born	Louis-François Gayet, M.S.F.S. †		Bishop of Nagpur, India
20 Jan	77.8	Died	Giuseppe Rotondo (Rotundo) †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
23 Jan	64.8	Appointed	Cesare Fedele Abbati (Abati), O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece	Bishop Emeritus
	55.3	Appointed	Evangelista Boni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
	39.2	Appointed	Peter Bourgade (Bougarde) †	Vicar Apostolic of Arizona, USA	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
25 Jan	59.3	Ordained Bishop	Arsenio Andrade y Landázuri †	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
	60.2	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Bryan y Livermore †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Miguel León y Garrido †	Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
	38.8	Ordained Bishop	Camillus Paul Maes †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
26 Jan		Born	Cesar Maria Guerrero y Rodriguez †		Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando, Philippines
		Born	François-Xavier Lacoursière, M. Afr. †		Bishop Emeritus of Mbarara, Uganda
		Born	Enrico Petrilli †		Auxiliary Bishop of Siena, Italy
27 Jan	40.7	Appointed	Stephen Reville, O.E.S.A. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia	Bishop
27 Jan	40.7	Appointed	Stephen Reville, O.E.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
28 Jan	23.0	Ordained Priest	Antal Fetser †	Priest of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
29 Jan	58.7	Ordained Bishop	John Baptist Butt †	Titular Bishop of Milo	Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
30 Jan		Born	Bl. Iuliu Hossu †		Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
31 Jan	47.0	Selected	Jean-Natalis-François Gonindard †	Bishop of Verdun, France	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
	59.7	Selected	François-Edouard Hasley †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
	43.2	Selected	Guillaume-Marie-Joseph Labouré †	Bishop of Le Mans, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
	42.7	Selected	Frédéric-Henri Oury †	Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria
2 Feb	50.4	Succeeded	Gaetano Blandini †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
2 Feb	70.8	Died	Domenico Turano †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
5 Feb	56.5	Selected	Jean-Pierre-Bernard Castillon †	Bishop of Dijon, France
	46.4	Selected	Charles-Evariste-Joseph Coeuret-Varin †	Bishop of Agen, France
	53.2	Selected	Alfred-François Fleury-Hottot †	Bishop of Digne, France	Bishop of Bayonne, France
	58.1	Selected	Louis-Joseph-Marie-Ange Vigne †	Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
7 Feb	39.3	Appointed	Peter Bourgade (Bougarde) †	Titular Bishop of Thaumacus	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
7 Feb	61.1	Appointed	Dominic Manucy †	Vicar Apostolic of Brownsville, Texas, USA
9 Feb	45.1	Solemn Vows	Crescente Errázuriz Valdivieso †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
10 Feb	41.6	Appointed	Beniamino Geremia, O.F.M. Obs. †	Vicar Apostolic of Shantung {Scian-Ton} (Chan-tong), China	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}, China
10 Feb	61.1	Appointed	Dominic Manucy †	Titular Bishop of Maronea	Vicar Apostolic of Brownsville, Texas, USA
11 Feb	74.9	Resigned	Corradino Maria Cavriani †	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	66.1	Died	Francesco di Nicola †	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
	68.9	Died	Edward MacCabe †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
	39.3	Succeeded	Gennaro Portanova †	Bishop of Ischia, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
12 Feb	48.4	Selected	Sylwester Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
14 Feb	44.6	Installed	Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón †	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México
15 Feb	74.7	Died	Flavio Chigi †	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}
	64.8	Installed	José María Mora y Daza †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
	66.1	Selected	Seweryn Tytus Morawski-Dąbrowa †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Maria del Pozo y Martin, S.J. †	Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
17 Feb	62.6	Selected	Ernest Maria Müller †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
18 Feb	80.2	Died	Domenico Cavallini Spadoni †	Archbishop Emeritus of Spoleto, Italy
19 Feb	72.6	Died	John Baptist Esseiva, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus
		Born	Gregorio Falconieri †		Bishop Emeritus of Conversano, Italy
	58.8	Selected	Johannes Christian Roos †	Bishop of Limburg, Germany	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
21 Feb	61.9	Appointed	José Tomás Mazarrasa y Rivas †	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
	61.9	Appointed	José Tomás Mazarrasa y Rivas †	Titular Bishop of Philippopolis in Thracia	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
	49.5	Appointed	Nicolaus Maria Pagani, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Mangalore, India	Bishop of Mangalore, India
	49.5	Appointed	Nicolaus Maria Pagani, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Tricomia	Bishop of Mangalore, India
22 Feb		Born	George Joseph Finnigan, C.S.C. †		Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA
		Born	Ambrogio Squintani †		Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Críspulo Uzcátegui †	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
25 Feb		Born	Gustavo Bianchi †		Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
27 Feb	76.4	Appointed	Moise Amberbojan, C.M.V. †	Titular Bishop of Croae
	41.0	Appointed	Alphonse Joseph Glorieux †	Vicar Apostolic of Idaho, USA	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA
	66.5	Died	Ignazio Paoli, C.P. †	Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania
28 Feb	27.3	Ordained Priest	Florencio Cerviño y González †	Priest of Tuy, Spain	Bishop of Orense, Spain
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Valentín Comellas y Santamaría †	Priest of Solsona, Spain	Bishop
	22.2	Ordained Deacon	Joseph Marie Cuaz, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Laos
1 Mar	23.1	Ordained Priest	Domenico Pozzoni, P.I.M.E. †	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
3 Mar	41.0	Appointed	Alphonse Joseph Glorieux †	Titular Bishop of Apollonia	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA
4 Mar	58.0	Appointed	Raffaele Monaco La Valletta †	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
5 Mar		Born	José Pereira Alves †		Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil
5 Mar	60.1	Resigned	Placido Petacci †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
7 Mar	74.2	Died	Richard Placid Burchall, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	President
10 Mar	73.8	Died	Antoni Junosza Gałecki †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków, Poland
10 Mar	52.8	Appointed	Francesco Giordani †	Auxiliary Bishop of Albano, Italy	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
11 Mar	39.4	Resigned	Donato Velluti Zati di San Clemente †	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Pescia, Italy
12 Mar		Born	Alfonso Camillo de Romanis, O.S.A. †		Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
13 Mar	23.2	Ordained Priest	Nicasio Arellano, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
19 Mar	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Durier †	Bishop of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA
19 Mar	70.0	Died	Gaetano Ratta †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy
20 Mar	70.6	Appointed	Joseph Sadoc Alemany y Conill, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Pelusium	Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
		Born	Teodoro Pallaroni †		Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
	76.7	Appointed	Charles Joseph Testa †	Auxiliary Bishop of Constantinople, Turkey
	76.7	Appointed	Charles Joseph Testa †	Titular Bishop of Phacusa	Auxiliary Bishop of Constantinople, Turkey
21 Mar		Born	Louis Chiron †		Bishop of Langres, France
	78.7	Died	Pietro Cilento †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Pedro Prat Escalas, O.E.S.A. †	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Prefect Emeritus of San León del Amazonas, Peru
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Laurentius Josephus Antonius Hubertus Schrijnen (Schrynen) †	Priest of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Angelo Simonetti †	Priest of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Eduardo Solar Vicuña †	Priest of La Serena, Chile	Auxiliary Bishop
23 Mar	65.4	Appointed	Eugène Amable Jean Claude Lachat, C.Pp.S. †	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis	Bishop Emeritus of Basel, Switzerland
23 Mar	65.4	Appointed	Eugène Amable Jean Claude Lachat, C.Pp.S. †	Apostolic Administrator of Lugano, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus of Basel, Switzerland
24 Mar	48.2	Appointed	Jacques-Michel Naamo †	Bishop of Seert (Chaldean), Turkey	Patriarchal Vicar of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
27 Mar	50.0	Appointed	Gregorio María Aguirre y García, O.F.M. Disc. †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	48.0	Appointed	Leandro Arrúe Agudo, O.A.R. †	Bishop of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines
	61.9	Succeeded	Sigismondo Brandolini Rota †	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy
	37.5	Appointed	Tomás Jenaro de Cámara y Castro, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
	58.3	Appointed	Rafael Sabás Camacho y García †	Bishop of Querétaro, México
	54.3	Appointed	Francisco Xavier Caminero y Muñoz †	Bishop of León, Spain	Bishop-Elect
	59.6	Installed	Gioachino Cantagalli †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy
	56.7	Confirmed	Jean-Pierre-Bernard Castillon †	Bishop of Dijon, France
	75.0	Appointed	Corradino Maria Cavriani †	Titular Archbishop of Adana	Bishop Emeritus of Ceneda, Italy
	46.5	Confirmed	Charles-Evariste-Joseph Coeuret-Varin †	Bishop of Agen, France
	47.9	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Diamare †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
	53.4	Confirmed	Alfred-François Fleury-Hottot †	Bishop of Digne, France	Bishop of Bayonne, France
	47.5	Appointed	Celestino del Frate †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Archbishop of Camerino, Italy
	47.2	Confirmed	Jean-Natalis-François Gonindard †	Bishop of Verdun, France	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
	54.1	Appointed	Zeferino González y Díaz Tuñón, O.P. †	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	54.1	Appointed	Zeferino González y Díaz Tuñón, O.P. †	Titular Patriarch of West Indies, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	59.8	Confirmed	François-Edouard Hasley †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
	40.5	Appointed	Bernardo Herrera Restrepo †	Bishop of Medellín, Colombia	Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
	43.9	Appointed	Pietro Alfonso Jorio (Iorio) †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.4	Confirmed	Guillaume-Marie-Joseph Labouré †	Bishop of Le Mans, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
	54.4	Appointed	Narciso Martínez Izquierdo †	Bishop of Madrid, Spain
	54.1	Appointed	Marcello Mazzanti †	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
	64.2	Appointed	Bienvenido Monzón y Martín †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	66.2	Confirmed	Seweryn Tytus Morawski-Dąbrowa †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
	59.3	Appointed	José Moreno y Mazón †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	62.7	Confirmed	Ernest Maria Müller †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
	56.7	Appointed	Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
	42.8	Confirmed	Frédéric-Henri Oury †	Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria
	42.2	Appointed	Julian Pełesz †	Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland
	60.2	Appointed	Placido Petacci †	Titular Archbishop of Achrida	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
		Born	Antonio Picconi †		Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
	58.9	Confirmed	Johannes Christian Roos †	Bishop of Limburg, Germany	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
	45.5	Appointed	Pedro Schumacher, C.M. †	Bishop of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador
	75.9	Died	Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin zu von Schwarzenberg †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	48.5	Confirmed	Sylwester Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	59.4	Appointed	Luigi Traversi †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
	31.5	Appointed	Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo †	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
	58.2	Confirmed	Louis-Joseph-Marie-Ange Vigne †	Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
	39.4	Appointed	Donato Velluti Zati di San Clemente †	Titular Bishop of Oropus	Bishop Emeritus of Pescia, Italy
	63.1	Appointed	Johann Nepomucenus Zobl †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
	63.1	Appointed	Johann Nepomucenus Zobl †	Titular Bishop of Evaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
29 Mar	40.8	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Reville, O.E.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
31 Mar	47.8	Appointed	William Hickley Gross, C.SS.R. †	Archbishop of Oregon City, Oregon, USA

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