The Year of Our Lord 1887

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	65.4	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Agnozzi †	Apostolic Delegate to Colombia	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus
		Died	Giovanni Belluomini, O.E.S.A. †	Prior General of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine
		Resigned	Jean-Baptiste Breheret, S.M. †	Prefect of Fiji Island, Pacific (Oceania)	Prefect Emeritus
	65.4	Resigned	Bernard Bernard, M.S. †	Prefect of Norvegia (Norway)	Prefect Emeritus
	36.4	Appointed	Ignatius Brouwer, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Kafiristan e Kashmir, Pakistan	Prefect Emeritus
	36.9	Appointed	Alphonse Daignault, S.J. †	Superior of Zambese, Zimbabwe	Superior Emeritus
	55.3	Appointed	Francesco Giulianelli, P.I.M.E. †	Apostolic Administrator of Southern Shensi {Scen-Si Meridionale}, China	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	36.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Elie Hallouli †	Bishop	Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian), Palestine
	45.7	Appointed	Félix-Jules-Xavier Jourdan de la Passardière, C.O. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage, Tunisia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
	22.1	Ordained Priest	Anselm Edward John Kenealy, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Simla, India
	14.8	Professed	Fabiano Francesco Landi, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Settentrionale}, China
	48.0	Appointed	Plácido Labarca Olivares †	Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá, Chile	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
	74.6	Died	Joaquim Moreira Reis, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Angola e Congo
	58.9	Appointed	John Claude Neraz †	Apostolic Administrator of Brownsville, Texas, USA	Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
	19.0	Professed	Matthijs Nijens, M.S.C. †	Member of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Prefect Emeritus of Nuova Guinea Olandese, Indonesia
	38.4	Resigned	Camilo Ortúzar Montt, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá, Chile	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	62.1	Died	Giovanni Maria Strocchi †	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
	33.8	Ordained Priest	Heinrich Vieter, S.A.C. †	Priest of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Vicar Apostolic of Cameroun
	57.4	Died	Francesco Vitagliano †	Bishop Emeritus of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
	63.4	Resigned	Alfred Weld, S.J. †	Superior of Zambese, Zimbabwe	Superior Emeritus
Jan	69.9	Appointed	Ignazio Masotti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
1 Jan	75.4	Died	Vicente Fermín Márquez y Carrizosa †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
2 Jan		Born	John David Hubaldus Lehman, SS.CC. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
3 Jan		Born	Nicolás Fasolino †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Santa Fe, Argentina
7 Jan	56.2	Appointed	Andrea Logorezzi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Shkodrë, Albania	Archbishop of Skopje, North Macedonia
7 Jan	56.2	Appointed	Andrea Logorezzi †	Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis	Archbishop of Skopje, North Macedonia
9 Jan	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Leo Redner †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
	22.4	Ordained Priest	Józef Teofil Teodorowicz †	Priest of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine	Archbishop
	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Pius Vidi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Cestrus	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Scen-Si (Chen-si, Shensi), China
10 Jan		Born	Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus †		Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador
10 Jan	17.1	Entered	John Bernard Kevenhoerster, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Vicar Apostolic of Bahama Islands, Bahamas, Antilles
12 Jan		Born	Francesco Lardone †		Apostolic Nuncio
13 Jan	76.3	Died	Innocenzo Ferrieri †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
14 Jan		Born	Ezio Barbieri †		Bishop Emeritus of Città della Pieve, Italy
	44.6	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonnier, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania
	44.6	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonnier, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania
18 Jan	60.1	Died	Joseph Coldefy †	Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
	57.0	Appointed	Thomas McGivern †	Coadjutor Bishop of Dromore, Ireland	Bishop
	57.0	Appointed	Thomas McGivern †	Titular Bishop of Hippos	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
	72.4	Died	George Rigg †	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
21 Jan	79.8	Died	Pietro Paolo Trucchi, C.M. †	Bishop of Forli, Italy
23 Jan	80.6	Died	Louis-Marie-Joseph-Eusèbe Caverot †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
23 Jan	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Gibney †	Bishop of Perth, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan		Born	Ubald Langlois, O.M.I. †		Vicar Apostolic of Grouard, Alberta, Canada
25 Jan	47.9	Appointed	Marc Chatagnon, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China
	47.9	Appointed	Marc Chatagnon, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Creta	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China
	43.3	Appointed	Lawrence Scanlan †	Vicar Apostolic of Utah, USA	Bishop of Salt Lake, Utah, USA
	43.3	Appointed	Lawrence Scanlan †	Titular Bishop of Laranda	Bishop of Salt Lake, Utah, USA
27 Jan	79.5	Died	Francesco Marinelli, O.E.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
28 Jan		Born	Amedeo da Gangi Marcantonio Speciale, O.F.M. Cap. †		Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Crete {Candia}, Greece
29 Jan		Born	Giacinto Giovanni Ambrosi, O.F.M. Cap. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
29 Jan	40.7	Installed	Jose Alejandro Peralta †	Bishop of Panamá
30 Jan	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Mariano Jaime Casanova Casanova †	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
30 Jan	62.1	Installed	Giovanni Battista Tescari †	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
1 Feb	79.3	Died	Luigi Agazio, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
2 Feb	40.0	Final Vows	Julien Banckaert, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Prefect Emeritus of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	37.0	Final Vows	Alphonse Daignault, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Superior Emeritus of Zambese, Zimbabwe
	38.1	Final Vows	Ignatius Gartlan, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Superior Emeritus of Zambese, Zimbabwe
	48.4	Final Vows	Henry Schomberg Kerr, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Superior of Zambese, Zimbabwe
	40.1	Final Vows	Jean-Baptiste Simon, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan, China
6 Feb		Born	Josef Frings †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
6 Feb	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Agustín Lucero Lazcano, O.P. †	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
10 Feb	47.8	Selected	Josephus Markus (Josef) Kahn †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
11 Feb	41.2	Appointed	Matthew A. Harkins †	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
13 Feb	73.1	Died	Nikolaus Adames †	Bishop Emeritus of Luxembourg
	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Pozzi, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Krishnagar, India
	71.0	Died	Alessandro Paolo Spoglia †	Bishop Emeritus of Comacchio, Italy
14 Feb	64.0	Died	Giacomo Cattani †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
15 Feb	49.8	Succeeded	Crescencio Carrillo y Ancona †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
	49.5	Died	Isidore Robot, O.S.B. †	Prefect Emeritus of Indian Territory, Oklahoma, USA
	72.9	Died	Leandro Rodríguez de la Gala y Enríquez †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
17 Feb		Born	Henricus Leo Smeets, S.C.I. †		Prefect Emeritus of Benkoelen, Indonesia
20 Feb	55.8	Died	Abraham Agabio (Agapios) Bsciai (Bishai) †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
24 Feb		Born	Gabriel-Emmanuel-Joseph Piguet †		Bishop of Clermont, France
25 Feb	89.5	Died	Augustin-Magloire-Alexandre Blanchet †	Bishop Emeritus of Nesqually, Washington, USA
27 Feb	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Bernhard Beider-Linden, S.J. †	Bishop of Poona, India
	55.1	Died	Lodovico Jacobini †	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	61.5	Ordained Bishop	George Porter, S.J. †	Archbishop of Bombay, India
28 Feb	27.3	Ordained Priest	Isaac-Jesu-Yab Khoudabache (Koudabache) †	Priest	Archbishop of Urmyā {Urmia, Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
Mar	56.5	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Bongiorni †	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
1 Mar		Born	Ilario Alcini †		Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
3 Mar	22.9	Professed	Michael O’Farrell, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
4 Mar	92.0	Died	Pieter Jan Beckx, S.J. †	Superior General of Society of Jesus
5 Mar	24.1	Ordained Deacon	Élie-Jean-Joseph Morel, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry, India
	64.0	Resigned	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
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Emeterio Valverde y Téllez †	Priest	Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México
6 Mar	58.9	Died	Józef Cybichowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
	54.3	Installed	Paul François Marie Goethals, S.J. †	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Thomas McGivern †	Titular Bishop of Hippos	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
7 Mar		Born	Rudolph Aloysius Gerken †		Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
		Born	Luigi Maria Grassi, B. †		Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
		Born	Tomás Antonio Sanmiguel Díaz †		Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
8 Mar	62.7	Died	Joseph-André Boyer, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria, China
9 Mar	61.7	Died	Karol Ludwik Pollner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
12 Mar	22.5	Ordained Priest	Angelico Antonio Zannetti, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
13 Mar	25.0	Ordained Priest	Augustinus Bludau †	Priest of Warmia (Ermland), Poland	Bishop
14 Mar	60.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Gaetano Aloisi Masella †	Cardinal, Pro-Datary of the Apostolic Datary
	56.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Bongiorni †	Titular Bishop of Flaviopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy
	46.4	Appointed	António Pedro da Costa †	Bishop of Damão, India
	46.4	Appointed	António Pedro da Costa †	Titular Archbishop of Cranganore	Bishop of Damão, India
	46.9	Appointed	Antonio Dias Ferreira †	Prelate of Mozambico	Bishop Emeritus of Angola e Congo
	46.9	Appointed	Antonio Dias Ferreira †	Titular Bishop of Thermopylae	Bishop Emeritus of Angola e Congo
	73.0	Appointed	Saverio Gerbino †	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
	64.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi Giordani †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
	35.7	Appointed	João Gomes Ferreira †	Bishop of Cochin, India
	54.0	Appointed	Enrico (Ernesto) Mazzella †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	61.2	Appointed	Mariano Palermo †	Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy
	56.4	Appointed	Gaudêncio José Pereira †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
	56.4	Appointed	Gaudêncio José Pereira †	Titular Archbishop of Mitylene	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
	64.1	Appointed	Ignazio Camillo Guglielmo Maria Pietro Persico, O.F.M. Cap. †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	64.1	Appointed	Ignazio Camillo Guglielmo Maria Pietro Persico, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	67.8	Appointed	Guglielmo Giosafat Giuseppe Pifferi, O.E.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
	34.3	Appointed	Edoardo Pulciano †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
	43.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
	43.5	Resigned	Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
	54.3	Appointed	Giovanni Rebello Cardoso de Menezes †	Coadjutor Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
	54.3	Appointed	Giovanni Rebello Cardoso de Menezes †	Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia	Coadjutor Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
	33.1	Appointed	Henrique José Reed da Silva †	Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India	Bishop Emeritus
	39.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Camillo Siciliano di Rende †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
	39.7	Resigned	Camillo Siciliano di Rende †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
	45.9	Appointed	Raffaele Sirolli †	Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy	Secretary of the Congregation of Apostolic Visitation
	48.5	Appointed	Daniele Tempesta, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop of Troia, Italy
	52.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Serafino Vannutelli †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
	52.3	Resigned	Serafino Vannutelli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
15 Mar	62.1	Appointed	Arsène Aïdynian, C.M.Vd. †	Abbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Vienna
	62.1	Appointed	Arsène Aïdynian, C.M.Vd. †	Titular Bishop of Salamis	Abbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Vienna
		Born	Evarist Zhang (Chang) Zhiliang †		Vicar Apostolic of Tsining [Jining], China
17 Mar	60.4	Appointed	Gaetano Aloisi Masella †	Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione	Cardinal, Pro-Datary of the Apostolic Datary
	62.5	Confirmed	Imrich Bende †	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
	55.8	Appointed	José Benigo Perilla y Martínez †	Bishop of Tunja, Colombia
	70.7	Appointed	Victor-Felix Bernadou †	Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
	52.6	Appointed	James Gibbons †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	64.4	Appointed	Luigi Giordani †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
	56.1	Appointed	Zeferino González y Díaz Tuñón, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	62.4	Appointed	Benoît-Marie Langénieux †	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
	50.4	Appointed	Edward Likowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland	Archbishop
	50.4	Appointed	Edward Likowski †	Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Lydia	Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
	57.5	Appointed	Ramón Fernández Piérola y Lopez de Luzuriaca †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain
	73.0	Appointed	Charles-Philippe Place †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
	51.7	Appointed	Manuel Santander y Frutos †	Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
	69.6	Confirmed	Konštantín Schuster †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
	53.1	Appointed	José Ignacio Suárez Peredo y Bezares †	Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México
	67.0	Appointed	Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
	64.9	Appointed	Charles-Bonaventure-François Theuret †	Bishop of Monaco
	56.3	Appointed	Santos Zárate y Martínez †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
18 Mar		Born	Francis Joseph Magner †		Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA
19 Mar	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Josephus Markus (Josef) Kahn †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
19 Mar	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Raffaele Sirolli †	Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy	Secretary of the Congregation of Apostolic Visitation
20 Mar	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Enrico (Ernesto) Mazzella †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
20 Mar	72.9	Died	Antonio Sena †	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy
21 Mar	70.1	Died	Filippo Campus Chessa †	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
21 Mar		Born	Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka †		Bishop Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan
24 Mar		Born	Alcide Giuseppe Marina, C.M. †		Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon
25 Mar	22.6	Ordained Priest	Antonio Anastasio Rossi †	Priest	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
26 Mar	22.8	Ordained Priest	Emilio Bongiorni †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy
26 Mar	27.3	Ordained Deacon	Pedro Pablo Drinot y Piérola, SS.CC. †	Deacon of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Huánuco, Peru
27 Mar	47.9	Installed	Josephus Markus (Josef) Kahn †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
	67.8	Ordained Bishop	Guglielmo Giosafat Giuseppe Pifferi, O.E.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
		Born	Balbino Santos y Olvera †		Archbishop of Granada, Spain
31 Mar	37.7	Appointed	Andrea Aiuti †	Titular Archbishop of Achrida	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	37.7	Appointed	Andrea Aiuti †	Apostolic Delegate to East Indies	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	58.5	Died	Adrien-François Rouger, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Kiangsi {Kiam-Si Meridionale}, China

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