The Year of Our Lord 1889

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	76.1	Died	Georges Augustin Bar-Chino (Barshino, Barscinu) †	Bishop of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean), Iran
		Born	Heinrich Breuer, O.M.I. †		Prefect Emeritus of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
	25.1	First Vows	Hermann Bücking, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Prefect Emeritus of Togo
	52.8	Appointed	Luigi Canali, O.F.M. Obs. †	Minister General of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Claude-Marie Chanrion, S.M. †	Priest of Society of Mary	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), Pacific (Oceania)
	24.4	Ordained Priest	William Codd †	Priest of Ferns, Ireland	Bishop
	29.1	First Vows	Matthias Dier, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Togo
	21.5	Ordained Priest	Ettore Fronzi †	Priest of Senigallia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino, Italy
	45.0	Appointed	Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek) †	Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon	Patriarch
	44.0	Died	Étienne-Jean Kaynaia †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
	22.4	Ordained Priest	Antolín López y Peláez †	Priest	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
		Born	Owen McPolin, S.S.C.M.E. †		Prefect Emeritus of Kwoszu, Korea (South)
	40.3	Appointed	Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A. †	Prior General of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
		Died	Youssef Sarkis Massad †	Patriarchal Vicar
		Born	Mariano Oscoz, E.C.M.C. †		Prior General Emeritus of Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona
	43.2	Appointed	Gennaro Portanova †	Apostolic Administrator of Bova, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
	12.2	Final Vows	Hermann Schoppelrey, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic of Sinyangchow, China
Jan	69.6	Resigned	Serafino Milani, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Pontremoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
1 Jan	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Michael Comerford †	Titular Bishop of Corycus	Coadjutor Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
		Born	Gáspár Lischerong, S.J. †		Apostolic Administrator of Daming [Taming], China
		Born	John Edward Morris, M.M. †		Prefect Emeritus of Peng-yang, Korea (North)
	74.2	Died	Pedro Payo y Piñeiro, O.P. †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
5 Jan		Born	Ephrem Gogué †		Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
5 Jan		Born	Maurus (Josef) Riha, O.S.B. †		Abbot Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict
7 Jan	54.0	Appointed	Lorenzo Petris de Dolammare †	Bishop of Pult (Pulati), Albania	Bishop Emeritus of Sapë, Albania
9 Jan		Born	Marcelino Olaechea Loizaga, S.D.B. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
10 Jan		Born	Efrem Forni †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
11 Jan	48.8	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Dowling †	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
11 Jan	50.9	Appointed	Richard Alphonsus O’Connor †	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
12 Jan		Born	Oleksandr Malynowskyj †		Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Lemkowszczyzna (Ukrainian), Poland
13 Jan		Born	Felice Beccaro †		Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
13 Jan	62.9	Died	Flaviano Simoneschi †	Bishop Emeritus of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
14 Jan		Born	Tihamér Tóth †		Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
15 Jan	49.8	Appointed	Joseph-Adolphe Gandy, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Pondicherry, India	Archbishop
15 Jan	49.8	Appointed	Joseph-Adolphe Gandy, M.E.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade	Archbishop of Pondicherry, India
17 Jan		Born	Giuseppe Beltrami †		Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
17 Jan	84.2	Died	Étienne Marilley †	Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne et Genève, Switzerland
18 Jan		Born	Pietro Villa, F.S.C.J. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia, Italy
20 Jan	33.0	Ordained Priest	Stanislas-François Jarlin, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic of Peking [Beijing], China
20 Jan	22.3	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Menicatti, P.I.M.E. †	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Honan {Ho-Nan Settentrionale}, China
22 Jan	43.6	Died	Mathurin Picarda, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
23 Jan		Born	Gaspër Thaçi †		Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania
25 Jan		Born	Cândido Julio Bampi, O.F.M. Cap. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
27 Jan	63.4	Died	Henri-Abel Mortier †	Bishop of Digne, France
	73.5	Died	João Perairo (Pereira) Botelho do Amaral y Pimentel †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
	62.0	Succeeded	Francisco Maria Souza Prado de Lacerda †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
28 Jan		Born	Ramón Iglesias Navarri †		Bishop Emeritus of Urgell, Spain
29 Jan		Born	Joseph Bonhomme, O.M.I. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Basutoland, Lesotho
30 Jan		Born	Antonio Caggiano †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
		Born	José Garibi y Rivera †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
		Born	Denis Leonid Varouhas †		Apostolic Exarch of Istanbul (Constantinople) (Greek), Turkey
31 Jan		Born	Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate, O.A.R. †		Bishop Emeritus of Shangqiu [Kweiteh], China
1 Feb		Born	Crisanto Luque y Sánchez †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
3 Feb	65.3	Selected	Odon Thibaudier †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
4 Feb	70.5	Died	John MacDonald †	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
4 Feb	22.4	Ordained Priest	Ferdinando Rodolfi †	Priest	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
5 Feb	65.8	Appointed	Joseph Paccolat, C.R.A. †	Titular Bishop of Bethleem	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
5 Feb	65.8	Confirmed	Joseph Paccolat, C.R.A. †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
9 Feb	343.3	Beatified	Bl. Giovanni Giovenale Ancina, C.O. †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
		Born	Alberto Gori, O.F.M. †		Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	76.5	Died	Jean-Baptiste-François (Odo) Pitra, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
10 Feb	27.6	Appointed	Nicolas Cadi †	Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Feb	27.6	Ordained Bishop	Nicolas Cadi †	Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Feb	67.9	Appointed	Agostino Bausa, O.P. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	62.5	Appointed	Carlo Bertuzzi †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
	48.6	Appointed	Cesare Boccanera †	Bishop of Narni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	42.2	Ceased	Spiridion-Salvatore-Costantino Buhadgiar, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Malta	Apostolic Delegate to Haiti
	42.0	Appointed	David Camilli †	Bishop of Pontremoli, Italy	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
	45.9	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Camilleri, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta	Bishop Emeritus
	73.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe D’Annibale †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	47.0	Appointed	Evangelista (Michele Antonio) di Milia, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
	44.0	Confirmed	Franz von Sales Maria Doppelbauer †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
	70.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Bl. Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Catania, Italy
	58.0	Appointed	Tancredo Fausti †	Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria
	59.2	Appointed	Paolo Gregori †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
		Born	James Thomas Gibbons Hayes, S.J. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
	68.0	Appointed	Carlo Laurenzi †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
	53.4	Appointed	Antonio Maria de Lorenzo †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	56.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi Macchi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
	44.1	Appointed	St. Giuseppe Marello, O.S.I. †	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
	47.4	Appointed	Giulio Matteoli †	Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy	Bishop of Livorno, Italy
	77.9	Appointed	Francesco Mazzuoli †	Titular Bishop of Hemeria (Himeria)	Bishop Emeritus of San Severino (Marche), Italy
	77.9	Resigned	Francesco Mazzuoli †	Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	69.7	Appointed	Serafino Milani, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Archbishop of Side	Bishop Emeritus of Pontremoli, Italy
	57.8	Appointed	Pietro Pace †	Bishop of Malta
	57.8	Appointed	Pietro Pace †	Titular Archbishop of Rhodus	Bishop of Malta
	55.4	Resigned	Lucido Maria Parocchi †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
	57.8	Appointed	Edmund Stonor †	Titular Archbishop of Trapezus
	54.2	Appointed	Serafino Vannutelli †	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
	63.1	Appointed	Celestino (Raffaele) Zini, Sch. P. †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
	58.8	Appointed	Aurelio Zonghi †	Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
12 Feb	85.6	Died	Vincenzo Bisceglia †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
12 Feb	58.0	Succeeded	Raffaele di Nonno, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
13 Feb	44.9	Appointed	Benjamin Christiaens, O.F.M. Rec. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	44.9	Appointed	Benjamin Christiaens, O.F.M. Rec. †	Titular Bishop of Colophon	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
	50.1	Appointed	Pietro Paolo de Marchi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}, China
	50.1	Appointed	Pietro Paolo de Marchi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Sura	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung {Scian-Ton Settentrionale}, China
14 Feb	59.9	Confirmed	Johannes Fidelis Battaglia †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
	67.9	Appointed	Agostino Bausa, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	50.5	Appointed	José María Cos y Macho †	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba	Cardinal, Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
	70.4	Appointed	Bl. Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet, O.S.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Archbishop of Catania, Italy
	48.7	Appointed	Anton Hubert Fischer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop
	48.7	Appointed	Anton Hubert Fischer †	Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	49.7	Confirmed	André-Hubert Juteau †	Bishop of Poitiers, France
	56.9	Appointed	Luigi Macchi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
	53.0	Appointed	Manuel Santiago Medina y Bañon †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
	53.4	Appointed	José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	33.6	Appointed	Ismaele Puirredón †	Bishop of Puno, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
	45.3	Appointed	Juan Soldevilla y Romero †	Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	65.3	Confirmed	Odon Thibaudier †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
15 Feb	48.4	Appointed	Ferdinand Hubertus Hamer, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
16 Feb	51.0	Installed	José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Sinaloa, México	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
17 Feb	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Bertuzzi †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Cesare Boccanera †	Bishop of Narni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	42.0	Ordained Bishop	David Camilli †	Bishop of Pontremoli, Italy	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
	61.8	Resigned	Luigi M. Cannavò (Canavo), O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Crete {Candia}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Evangelista (Michele Antonio) di Milia, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Petris de Dolammare †	Bishop of Pult (Pulati), Albania	Bishop Emeritus of Sapë, Albania
	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Maria de Lorenzo †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	44.1	Ordained Bishop	St. Giuseppe Marello, O.S.I. †	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Matteoli †	Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy	Bishop of Livorno, Italy
	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Aurelio Zonghi †	Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
18 Feb		Born	Aloisius Joseph Muench †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
20 Feb	56.0	Appointed	Camillo Mazzella, S.J. †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Index	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
	59.8	Appointed	Luigi Pallotti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
	59.4	Appointed	Placido Maria Schiaffino, O.S.B. †	Librarian of the Vatican Library	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
		Born	James Staunton †		Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
21 Feb		Born	Giovanni Battista Dellepiane †		Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
24 Feb	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Maria Camilleri, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta	Bishop Emeritus
	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Tancredo Fausti †	Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria
	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Edmund Stonor †	Titular Archbishop of Trapezus
25 Feb	80.7	Died	Carlo Sacconi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
25 Feb		Ordained Priest	Dominic Wagenaar, M.H.M. †	Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill	Prefect Emeritus of Kafiristan e Kashmir, Pakistan
28 Feb		Born	Henri-Aimé-Anatole Prunier, M.E.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Salem, India
1 Mar	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Gregori †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
1 Mar	62.0	Appointed	Raffaele Monaco La Valletta †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
3 Mar	24.4	Ordained Deacon	Georges-Prudent-Marie Bruley des Varannes †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Monaco
	23.8	Ordained Deacon	Jean-Pierre-Marie Fayolle, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China
	22.2	Ordained Deacon	Marie-Eugène-Auguste-Charles Foulquier, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar
	24.3	Ordained Deacon	Valentin Herrgott, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Félix-Henri-François-Donatien Perroy, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma {Birmania Meridionale}, Myanmar
	22.3	Ordained Deacon	Victor-Charles Quinton, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam
8 Mar	44.4	Succeeded	Patrick Vincent Flood, O.P. †	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
10 Mar	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Franz von Sales Maria Doppelbauer †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
13 Mar	74.2	Died	Joachim-Hyacinthe Gonin, O.P. †	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
13 Mar	66.5	Died	Joseph Franz von Weckert †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
14 Mar	71.3	Appointed	Angelo Bianchi †	Pro-Datary of the Apostolic Datary	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
	76.1	Appointed	Carlo Cristofori †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	68.1	Appointed	Carlo Laurenzi †	Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	54.3	Appointed	Serafino Vannutelli †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
16 Mar	14.3	Ordained Priest	Šimon Bárta †	Priest of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia	Bishop
18 Mar		Born	Francis Joseph Haas †		Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
18 Mar		Born	Jacques Mangers, S.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Norway
19 Mar	65.4	Died	Johannes Henricus Schaap, C.SS.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles
20 Mar	38.4	Died	Elias Hranilović †	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
	66.1	Appointed	Ignazio Camillo Guglielmo Maria Pietro Persico, O.F.M. Cap. †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	48.9	Appointed	Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
21 Mar	23.3	Professed	Maurus (Franz Xaver) Hartmann, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Prefect Emeritus of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}, Tanzania
21 Mar	82.8	Died	William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
24 Mar	68.0	Ordained Bishop	Agostino Bausa, O.P. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Francisco Javier Cavada Contreras †	Priest	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Magallanes, Chile
		Born	Bernard James Sullivan, S.J. †		Bishop Emeritus of Patna, India
	60.0	Selected	Anton von Thoma †	Bishop of Passau, Germany	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
25 Mar		Born	Francesco Costantino Mazzieri, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop Emeritus of Ndola, Zambia
25 Mar	63.2	Ordained Bishop	Celestino (Raffaele) Zini, Sch. P. †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
29 Mar	43.2	Appointed	Thomas Heslin †	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
29 Mar	75.0	Appointed	Rudesindo Salvado, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Hadriani ad Olympum	Abbot of New Norcia, Australia
30 Mar		Born	Salvador Martinez Silva †		Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
30 Mar		Born	Juan José Aníbal Mena Porta †		Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
31 Mar	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Fidelis Battaglia †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
	58.2	Died	Pierre-Noël-Joseph Foucard, M.E.P. †	Prefect of Kuamsi (Kwangsi, Guangxi), China
	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Higgins †	Titular Bishop of Antiphellus	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia

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