The Year of Our Lord 1889

Bishop Events

April to June

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Apr 23.1 Ordained Priest Aurelio Galli † Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Cardinal, Official of the Secretariat of State

4 Apr 56.5 Appointed Antonio Agliardi † Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

5 Apr 74.8 Died Celestino Matteo Fissore † Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy

6 Apr 25.6 Ordained Priest Agustín José Bernaus y Serra, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields, Nicaragua

24.0 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Bertazzoni † Priest of Guastalla, Italy Bishop of Massa Carrara, Italy

23.2 Ordained Priest Paul Justin Cawet † Priest of Namur {Namen}, Belgium Coadjutor Bishop

7 Apr 36.2 Appointed Joseph Émile Lutz, C.S.Sp. † Prefect of Lower Niger {Niger Inferiore}, Nigeria

8 Apr 66.4 Died Rafael Molina Cortez † Titular Bishop-Elect of Sinopoli

58.2 Died José Telésphor Paúl y Vargas, S.J. † Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia

9 Apr 43.8 Appointed José (Giuseppe) Macchi † Titular Archbishop of Amasea Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

43.8 Resigned José (Giuseppe) Macchi † Auxiliary Bishop of Palestrina, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

11 Apr Born Ghebre Jesus Jacob † Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea

12 Apr Born Joseph Alexander Fernandes † Archbishop of Delhi, India

43.8 Appointed José (Giuseppe) Macchi † Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

43.8 Appointed José (Giuseppe) Macchi † Apostolic Delegate to Ecuador Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

43.8 Appointed José (Giuseppe) Macchi † Apostolic Delegate to Peru Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

13 Apr 76.1 Died Johannes Bernard Brinkmann † Bishop of Münster, Germany

Born Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. † Archbishop Emeritus of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

15 Apr 53.6 Installed Antonio Maria de Lorenzo † Bishop of Mileto, Italy Bishop Emeritus

16 Apr 42.1 Appointed Domenico Ferrata † Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs Cardinal, Secretary of State

Born Francesco Marchesani † Bishop of Chiavari, Italy

17 Apr 74.9 Died Jácint József (János) Rónay, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict

20 Apr 24.8 Ordained Priest Frederick Franz Linneborn, C.S.C. † Priest Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh

23 Apr Born George Joseph Donnelly † Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

55.9 Selected Jean-Louis-Antoine-Alfred Gilly † Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France

49.9 Ordained Bishop André-Hubert Juteau † Bishop of Poitiers, France

24 Apr 69.3 Selected François-Narcisse Baptifolier † Bishop of Mende, France

51.1 Selected Prosper-Amable Berthet † Bishop of Gap, France

58.3 Selected Pierre-Paul Servonnet † Bishop of Digne, France Archbishop of Bourges, France

22.7 Ordained Priest Cassian (Franz Anton) Spiss (Spiß), O.S.B. † Priest of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy Vicar Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}, Tanzania

25 Apr 73.4 Succeeded Bernardo Gaetani d’Aragona, O.S.B. † Bishop of San Severo, Italy

71.9 Died Antonio La Scala † Bishop of San Severo, Italy

27 Apr 82.9 Died Garabet Arakelian † Bishop of Ancira (Angora) (Armenian), Turkey

69.5 Resigned Julien Costes † Bishop of Mende, France Bishop Emeritus

64.5 Died Domenico Mignanti † Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy

28 Apr 45.5 Ordained Bishop Juan Soldevilla y Romero † Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain

29 Apr Born Julián Pedro Martínez † Bishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina

May 55.6 Resigned Giuseppe Maria delli Guidelli Guidi † Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy Archbishop Emeritus

1 May 48.9 Ordained Bishop Anton Hubert Fischer † Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

63.1 Died Andrew Higgins † Bishop of Kerry (or Ardfert) and Aghadoe, Ireland

64.2 Ordained Bishop François Laurencin † Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus Apostolic Administrator of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles

51.3 Ordained Bishop Richard Alphonsus O’Connor † Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

2 May 49.1 Installed Thomas Joseph Dowling † Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

3 May 66.9 Resigned Giovanni Battista Mantovano, O.M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Bova, Italy Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus

4 May 42.7 Appointed Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè † Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium Cardinal, Archbishop of Catania, Italy

Born Francis Joseph Spellman † Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

5 May 44.2 Installed Franz von Sales Maria Doppelbauer † Bishop of Linz, Austria

Born Joseph-Paul Futy, M.S. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Antsirabé, Madagascar

66.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Paccolat, C.R.A. † Titular Bishop of Bethleem Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland

8 May Born Joseph Alphonse Marie Evrard † Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France

10 May 62.1 Appointed Luigi M. Cannavò (Canavo), O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Patara Bishop Emeritus of Crete {Candia}, Greece

53.2 Appointed Louis-André Navarre, M.S.C. † Vicar Apostolic of New Guinea Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

28.9 Appointed Stanislas Henri Verjus, M.S.C. † Vicar Apostolic of New Pomerania, Papua New Guinea Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of New Guinea

28.9 Appointed Stanislas Henri Verjus, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Limyra Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of New Guinea

12 May 46.1 Installed Giovanni Maria Camilleri, O.E.S.A. † Bishop of Gozo, Malta Bishop Emeritus

20.3 Professed Bernardin Castanié, SS.CC. † Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Prefect of Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)

45.2 Ordained Bishop Benjamin Christiaens, O.F.M. Rec. † Titular Bishop of Colophon Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China

67.2 Died Pietro Garga † Auxiliary Bishop of Novara, Italy

13 May Born Teodosio Clemente de Gouveia † Cardinal, Archbishop of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique

23.1 Ordained Priest Marian Leon Fulman † Priest of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland Bishop of Lublin, Poland

15 May 74.7 Died János Pauer † Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary

17 May 24.3 Ordained Priest Eugenio (Juan Bautista) da Carcagente (Soler Rodríguez), O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Prefect Emeritus of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia

40.4 Died Louis-Hippolyte-Aristide Raguit, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria, China

22 May 68.5 Died Giuseppe Maria Cotellessa † Bishop of Lucera, Italy

62.3 Died Pierse Power † Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland

24 May 66.0 Elevated to Cardinal Achille Apolloni † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio

47.7 Appointed Augusto Berlucca † Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia

71.5 Appointed Angelo Bianchi † Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, Italy

Born Francisco Blanco Nájera † Bishop of Orense, Spain

52.5 Appointed Carlo Maria Borgognoni † Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy

21.6 Professed Gabriel Joseph Élie Breynat, O.M.I. † Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada

46.1 Appointed Giovanni Battista Carnevalini † Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy

66.0 Elevated to Cardinal Joseph-Alfred Foulon † Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

42.8 Appointed Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè † Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa Cardinal, Archbishop of Catania, Italy

61.8 Elevated to Cardinal Pierre-Lambert Goossens † Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

76.5 Elevated to Cardinal Aimé-Victor-François Guilbert † Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France

55.7 Appointed Giuseppe Maria delli Guidelli Guidi † Titular Archbishop of Myra Archbishop Emeritus of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy

41.1 Appointed Giuseppe Izzo † Coadjutor Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy Bishop

41.1 Appointed Giuseppe Izzo † Titular Bishop of Etalonia (Hetalonia) Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy

62.2 Appointed Raffaele Monaco La Valletta † Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

60.8 Appointed Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano † Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

62.3 Appointed Salvatore Palmieri, C.Pp.S. † Archbishop of Rossano, Italy Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy

52.4 Appointed Lorenzo Carlo Pampirio, O.P. † Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy

55.7 Appointed Lucido Maria Parocchi † Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

70.2 Elevated to Cardinal François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne † Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France

73.3 Elevated to Cardinal Gaetano de Ruggiero † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin

45.3 Elevated to Cardinal Franziskus von Paula Schönborn † Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

70.9 Appointed Raphael Valenza † Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti, Italy

70.9 Appointed Raphael Valenza † Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti, Italy

27 May 66.0 Appointed Achille Apolloni † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio

74.9 Appointed Manuel Antonio Bandini Mazuelos † Archbishop of Lima, Peru

69.4 Confirmed François-Narcisse Baptifolier † Bishop of Mende, France

51.2 Confirmed Prosper-Amable Berthet † Bishop of Gap, France

57.9 Appointed Tomás Costa y Fornaguera † Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain

73.6 Appointed Giuseppe D’Annibale † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics

55.6 Appointed Francisco de Paula Díaz y Montes † Bishop of Colima, México

56.0 Confirmed Jean-Louis-Antoine-Alfred Gilly † Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France

61.8 Appointed Pierre-Lambert Goossens † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

48.1 Appointed José Hevía y Campomanes, O.P. † Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines Bishop of Badajoz, Spain

45.0 Appointed Bernardino Nozaleda y Villa, O.P. † Archbishop of Manila, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain

62.0 Appointed Buenaventura del Purísimo Corazón de María Portillo y Tejeda, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Zacatecas, México

73.3 Appointed Gaetano de Ruggiero † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin

58.4 Confirmed Pierre-Paul Servonnet † Bishop of Digne, France Archbishop of Bourges, France

60.2 Confirmed Anton von Thoma † Bishop of Passau, Germany Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

55.1 Appointed Ignacio León Velasco, S.J. † Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia

28 May 58.2 Appointed Charles Menzies Gordon, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles

58.2 Appointed Charles Menzies Gordon, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Thyatira Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles

30 May 72.2 Died Gaetano Lironi † Bishop of Assisi, Italy

2 Jun 62.3 Ordained Bishop Salvatore Palmieri, C.Pp.S. † Archbishop of Rossano, Italy Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy

5 Jun 27.9 Ordained Priest Fulgentius Antonio Torres, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot of New Norcia, Australia

9 Jun 41.2 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Izzo † Titular Bishop of Etalonia (Hetalonia) Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy

71.0 Ordained Bishop Raphael Valenza † Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti, Italy

15 Jun 26.4 Ordained Priest James Jordan Carroll † Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus of Nueva Segovia, Philippines

25.3 Ordained Priest Hyacinthe-Jean Chassagnon † Priest of Lyon (-Vienne), France Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France

25.7 Ordained Priest Michael Joseph Crane † Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop

26.7 Ordained Priest Arthur Jerome Drossaerts † Priest of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA

23.1 Ordained Priest Alfred Flocard † Priest of Langres, France Bishop of Limoges, France

22.3 Ordained Priest Manuel Domingos Maria Rosa Fructuoso, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal

27.0 Ordained Priest Johannes Poggenburg † Priest of Münster, Germany Bishop

16 Jun 46.2 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Battista Carnevalini † Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy

22.6 Ordained Priest Giuseppe de Nardis † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy

17 Jun Born Aureliano de Matos † Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil

18 Jun 43.4 Ordained Bishop Thomas Heslin † Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA

Born Willem Pieter Adriaan Maria Mutsaerts † Bishop Emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

19 Jun 54.2 Died Vincenzo Bracco † Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

Born José Agostinho da Rocha Noronha † Auxiliary Bishop of Guarda, Portugal

21 Jun 25.6 Ordained Priest William Thomas B. Russell † Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA

23 Jun 47.8 Ordained Bishop Augusto Berlucca † Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia

26.8 Ordained Priest James Romanus Bilsborrow, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain

24 Jun 25.3 Ordained Priest Matthew Cullen † Priest Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland

22.2 Ordained Priest Eduardo Gimpert Paut † Priest of Santiago de Chile Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile

Born João Batista Marchesi, S.D.B. † Coadjutor Prelate Emeritus of Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil

24.4 Ordained Priest James Naughton † Priest of Killala, Ireland Bishop

19.2 Professed Michael Ott, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada

25 Jun 71.4 Appointed Vincenzo Brancia † Coadjutor Bishop of Ugento, Italy Bishop

71.4 Appointed Vincenzo Brancia † Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro Bishop of Ugento, Italy

52.6 Appointed Etienne-Marie Potron, O.F.M. Obs. † Titular Bishop of Ierichus

28 Jun 31.6 Appointed Salvator-Alexandre-Félix-Carmel Brincat † Auxiliary Bishop of Alger, Algeria Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

31.6 Appointed Salvator-Alexandre-Félix-Carmel Brincat † Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria

73.9 Died Jakob Ignaz Maximilian Stepišnik (Stepischnegg) † Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia

29 Jun 71.4 Ordained Bishop Vincenzo Brancia † Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro Bishop of Ugento, Italy

52.6 Ordained Bishop Etienne-Marie Potron, O.F.M. Obs. † Titular Bishop of Ierichus

26.7 Professed François Camille Van Ronslé, C.I.C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Born Pedro Paulo Santos Songco † Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines

23.2 Ordained Priest Joseph Schrembs † Priest of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

26.4 Ordained Priest Maximos Joseph Sedfaoui † Priest Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Apr	23.1	Ordained Priest	Aurelio Galli †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Official of the Secretariat of State
4 Apr	56.5	Appointed	Antonio Agliardi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
5 Apr	74.8	Died	Celestino Matteo Fissore †	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
6 Apr	25.6	Ordained Priest	Agustín José Bernaus y Serra, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields, Nicaragua
24.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Bertazzoni †	Priest of Guastalla, Italy	Bishop of Massa Carrara, Italy
23.2	Ordained Priest	Paul Justin Cawet †	Priest of Namur {Namen}, Belgium	Coadjutor Bishop
7 Apr	36.2	Appointed	Joseph Émile Lutz, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Lower Niger {Niger Inferiore}, Nigeria
8 Apr	66.4	Died	Rafael Molina Cortez †	Titular Bishop-Elect of Sinopoli
58.2	Died	José Telésphor Paúl y Vargas, S.J. †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
9 Apr	43.8	Appointed	José (Giuseppe) Macchi †	Titular Archbishop of Amasea	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
43.8	Resigned	José (Giuseppe) Macchi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Palestrina, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
11 Apr		Born	Ghebre Jesus Jacob †		Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
12 Apr		Born	Joseph Alexander Fernandes †		Archbishop of Delhi, India
43.8	Appointed	José (Giuseppe) Macchi †	Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
43.8	Appointed	José (Giuseppe) Macchi †	Apostolic Delegate to Ecuador	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
43.8	Appointed	José (Giuseppe) Macchi †	Apostolic Delegate to Peru	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
13 Apr	76.1	Died	Johannes Bernard Brinkmann †	Bishop of Münster, Germany
	Born	Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
15 Apr	53.6	Installed	Antonio Maria de Lorenzo †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
16 Apr	42.1	Appointed	Domenico Ferrata †	Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	Born	Francesco Marchesani †		Bishop of Chiavari, Italy
17 Apr	74.9	Died	Jácint József (János) Rónay, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
20 Apr	24.8	Ordained Priest	Frederick Franz Linneborn, C.S.C. †	Priest	Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh
23 Apr		Born	George Joseph Donnelly †		Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
55.9	Selected	Jean-Louis-Antoine-Alfred Gilly †	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
49.9	Ordained Bishop	André-Hubert Juteau †	Bishop of Poitiers, France
24 Apr	69.3	Selected	François-Narcisse Baptifolier †	Bishop of Mende, France
51.1	Selected	Prosper-Amable Berthet †	Bishop of Gap, France
58.3	Selected	Pierre-Paul Servonnet †	Bishop of Digne, France	Archbishop of Bourges, France
22.7	Ordained Priest	Cassian (Franz Anton) Spiss (Spiß), O.S.B. †	Priest of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}, Tanzania
25 Apr	73.4	Succeeded	Bernardo Gaetani d’Aragona, O.S.B. †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
71.9	Died	Antonio La Scala †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
27 Apr	82.9	Died	Garabet Arakelian †	Bishop of Ancira (Angora) (Armenian), Turkey
69.5	Resigned	Julien Costes †	Bishop of Mende, France	Bishop Emeritus
64.5	Died	Domenico Mignanti †	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy
28 Apr	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Juan Soldevilla y Romero †	Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
29 Apr		Born	Julián Pedro Martínez †		Bishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
May	55.6	Resigned	Giuseppe Maria delli Guidelli Guidi †	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
1 May	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Anton Hubert Fischer †	Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
63.1	Died	Andrew Higgins †	Bishop of Kerry (or Ardfert) and Aghadoe, Ireland
64.2	Ordained Bishop	François Laurencin †	Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus	Apostolic Administrator of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Antilles
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Richard Alphonsus O’Connor †	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
2 May	49.1	Installed	Thomas Joseph Dowling †	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
3 May	66.9	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Mantovano, O.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bova, Italy	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
4 May	42.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Cardinal, Archbishop of Catania, Italy
	Born	Francis Joseph Spellman †		Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
5 May	44.2	Installed	Franz von Sales Maria Doppelbauer †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
	Born	Joseph-Paul Futy, M.S. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Antsirabé, Madagascar
66.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Paccolat, C.R.A. †	Titular Bishop of Bethleem	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
8 May		Born	Joseph Alphonse Marie Evrard †		Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
10 May	62.1	Appointed	Luigi M. Cannavò (Canavo), O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Patara	Bishop Emeritus of Crete {Candia}, Greece
53.2	Appointed	Louis-André Navarre, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of New Guinea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
28.9	Appointed	Stanislas Henri Verjus, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of New Pomerania, Papua New Guinea	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of New Guinea
28.9	Appointed	Stanislas Henri Verjus, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Limyra	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of New Guinea
12 May	46.1	Installed	Giovanni Maria Camilleri, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta	Bishop Emeritus
20.3	Professed	Bernardin Castanié, SS.CC. †	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Prefect of Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
45.2	Ordained Bishop	Benjamin Christiaens, O.F.M. Rec. †	Titular Bishop of Colophon	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
67.2	Died	Pietro Garga †	Auxiliary Bishop of Novara, Italy
13 May		Born	Teodosio Clemente de Gouveia †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
23.1	Ordained Priest	Marian Leon Fulman †	Priest of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Bishop of Lublin, Poland
15 May	74.7	Died	János Pauer †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
17 May	24.3	Ordained Priest	Eugenio (Juan Bautista) da Carcagente (Soler Rodríguez), O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Prefect Emeritus of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia
40.4	Died	Louis-Hippolyte-Aristide Raguit, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria, China
22 May	68.5	Died	Giuseppe Maria Cotellessa †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
62.3	Died	Pierse Power †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
24 May	66.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Achille Apolloni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
47.7	Appointed	Augusto Berlucca †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia
71.5	Appointed	Angelo Bianchi †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
	Born	Francisco Blanco Nájera †		Bishop of Orense, Spain
52.5	Appointed	Carlo Maria Borgognoni †	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
21.6	Professed	Gabriel Joseph Élie Breynat, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada
46.1	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Carnevalini †	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy
66.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Joseph-Alfred Foulon †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
42.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè †	Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Catania, Italy
61.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Pierre-Lambert Goossens †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
76.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Aimé-Victor-François Guilbert †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
55.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria delli Guidelli Guidi †	Titular Archbishop of Myra	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
41.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Izzo †	Coadjutor Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy	Bishop
41.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Izzo †	Titular Bishop of Etalonia (Hetalonia)	Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy
62.2	Appointed	Raffaele Monaco La Valletta †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
60.8	Appointed	Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
62.3	Appointed	Salvatore Palmieri, C.Pp.S. †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
52.4	Appointed	Lorenzo Carlo Pampirio, O.P. †	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
55.7	Appointed	Lucido Maria Parocchi †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
70.2	Elevated to Cardinal	François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
73.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Gaetano de Ruggiero †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
45.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Franziskus von Paula Schönborn †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
70.9	Appointed	Raphael Valenza †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti, Italy
70.9	Appointed	Raphael Valenza †	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior	Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti, Italy
27 May	66.0	Appointed	Achille Apolloni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
74.9	Appointed	Manuel Antonio Bandini Mazuelos †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
69.4	Confirmed	François-Narcisse Baptifolier †	Bishop of Mende, France
51.2	Confirmed	Prosper-Amable Berthet †	Bishop of Gap, France
57.9	Appointed	Tomás Costa y Fornaguera †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
73.6	Appointed	Giuseppe D’Annibale †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
55.6	Appointed	Francisco de Paula Díaz y Montes †	Bishop of Colima, México
56.0	Confirmed	Jean-Louis-Antoine-Alfred Gilly †	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
61.8	Appointed	Pierre-Lambert Goossens †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
48.1	Appointed	José Hevía y Campomanes, O.P. †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
45.0	Appointed	Bernardino Nozaleda y Villa, O.P. †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
62.0	Appointed	Buenaventura del Purísimo Corazón de María Portillo y Tejeda, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Zacatecas, México
73.3	Appointed	Gaetano de Ruggiero †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
58.4	Confirmed	Pierre-Paul Servonnet †	Bishop of Digne, France	Archbishop of Bourges, France
60.2	Confirmed	Anton von Thoma †	Bishop of Passau, Germany	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
55.1	Appointed	Ignacio León Velasco, S.J. †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
28 May	58.2	Appointed	Charles Menzies Gordon, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles
58.2	Appointed	Charles Menzies Gordon, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Thyatira	Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles
30 May	72.2	Died	Gaetano Lironi †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
2 Jun	62.3	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Palmieri, C.Pp.S. †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
5 Jun	27.9	Ordained Priest	Fulgentius Antonio Torres, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of New Norcia, Australia
9 Jun	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Izzo †	Titular Bishop of Etalonia (Hetalonia)	Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy
71.0	Ordained Bishop	Raphael Valenza †	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior	Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti, Italy
15 Jun	26.4	Ordained Priest	James Jordan Carroll †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
25.3	Ordained Priest	Hyacinthe-Jean Chassagnon †	Priest of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France
25.7	Ordained Priest	Michael Joseph Crane †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
26.7	Ordained Priest	Arthur Jerome Drossaerts †	Priest of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
23.1	Ordained Priest	Alfred Flocard †	Priest of Langres, France	Bishop of Limoges, France
22.3	Ordained Priest	Manuel Domingos Maria Rosa Fructuoso, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
27.0	Ordained Priest	Johannes Poggenburg †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Bishop
16 Jun	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Carnevalini †	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy
22.6	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe de Nardis †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
17 Jun		Born	Aureliano de Matos †		Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
18 Jun	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Heslin †	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
	Born	Willem Pieter Adriaan Maria Mutsaerts †		Bishop Emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
19 Jun	54.2	Died	Vincenzo Bracco †	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	Born	José Agostinho da Rocha Noronha †		Auxiliary Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
21 Jun	25.6	Ordained Priest	William Thomas B. Russell †	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
23 Jun	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Augusto Berlucca †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia
26.8	Ordained Priest	James Romanus Bilsborrow, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
24 Jun	25.3	Ordained Priest	Matthew Cullen †	Priest	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
22.2	Ordained Priest	Eduardo Gimpert Paut †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
	Born	João Batista Marchesi, S.D.B. †		Coadjutor Prelate Emeritus of Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil
24.4	Ordained Priest	James Naughton †	Priest of Killala, Ireland	Bishop
19.2	Professed	Michael Ott, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada
25 Jun	71.4	Appointed	Vincenzo Brancia †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ugento, Italy	Bishop
71.4	Appointed	Vincenzo Brancia †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro	Bishop of Ugento, Italy
52.6	Appointed	Etienne-Marie Potron, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Ierichus
28 Jun	31.6	Appointed	Salvator-Alexandre-Félix-Carmel Brincat †	Auxiliary Bishop of Alger, Algeria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
31.6	Appointed	Salvator-Alexandre-Félix-Carmel Brincat †	Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria
73.9	Died	Jakob Ignaz Maximilian Stepišnik (Stepischnegg) †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
29 Jun	71.4	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Brancia †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro	Bishop of Ugento, Italy
52.6	Ordained Bishop	Etienne-Marie Potron, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Ierichus
26.7	Professed	François Camille Van Ronslé, C.I.C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	Born	Pedro Paulo Santos Songco †		Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines
23.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Schrembs †	Priest of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
26.4	Ordained Priest	Maximos Joseph Sedfaoui †	Priest	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt

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