The Year of Our Lord 1896

Bishop Events

October to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct Born Denys Pierre Hindié † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria

44.6 Succeeded Hugh McSherry † Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

22.9 Professed Franciscus Hubertus Schraven, C.M. † Member of Congregation of the Mission Vicar Apostolic of Chengtingfu [Zhengding], China

71.8 Appointed Andreas Steinhuber, S.J. † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index

40.7 Died Pietro Strobino † Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa

60.2 Appointed Luigi Tripepi † Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

64.4 Appointed Isidoro Verga † Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

2 Oct 55.7 Appointed Diomede Panici † Secretary of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

3 Oct 58.0 Resigned José Ignacio Eduardo Sánchez y Camacho † Bishop of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México Bishop Emeritus

4 Oct 50.5 Ordained Bishop Salvador Castellote y Pinazo † Bishop of Menorca, Spain Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

Born Edward Quentin Jennings † Bishop Emeritus of Fort William, Ontario, Canada

24.0 Ordained Priest Paul-Marie Le Bihain, S.M.M. † Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti

48.1 Installed Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A. † Apostolic Delegate to United States of America Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

Born Quintinus Pessers, O.F.M. † Prefect of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China

7 Oct Born Robert Francis Joyce † Bishop Emeritus of Burlington, Vermont, USA

8 Oct Born Henri Belleau, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Baie de James {James Bay}, Ontario, Canada

9 Oct 80.7 Died Gaetano de Ruggiero † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin

10 Oct 50.7 Appointed Gaspare Bova † Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy

50.7 Appointed Gaspare Bova † Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy

43.4 Appointed Benedetto Lorenzelli † Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other

20.7 Entered Johannes Peter Franziskus Ross, S.J. † Member of Society of Jesus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hiroshima, Japan

11 Oct 22.2 Entered Léon-Paul Classe, M. Afr. † Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda

13 Oct 51.6 Selected Jules-Étienne Gazaniol † Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria Bishop Emeritus

15.2 Entered August Józef Hlond, S.D.B. † Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

15 Oct 50.5 Installed Jean-Marie-Léon Dizien † Bishop of Amiens, France

22.5 Ordained Priest Gyula Glattfelder † Priest Bishop of Csanád, Hungary

18 Oct 43.1 Succeeded Antonio Maria Buglione † Archbishop of Conza e Campagna, Italy

52.4 Ordained Bishop Jules-Auguste Chatron, M.E.P. † Bishop of Osaka, Japan

56.6 Ordained Bishop Joseph-Xavier de Hornstein † Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania

68.6 Resigned Salvatore Nappi † Archbishop of Conza e Campagna, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

20 Oct 71.3 Died Manuel María León González y Sánchez † Bishop of Jaén, Spain

21 Oct 64.0 Appointed Vincenzo Di Giovanni † Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy Prelate Emeritus

22 Oct 70.4 Died Johannes Christian Roos † Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

24 Oct 60.1 Appointed Eugenio Clari † Apostolic Nuncio to France Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy

46.8 Appointed Francesco Tarnassi † Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands Apostolic Nuncio

46.8 Appointed Francesco Tarnassi † Apostolic Internuncio to Luxembourg Apostolic Nuncio

25 Oct 50.7 Ordained Bishop Gaspare Bova † Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy

50.7 Ordained Bishop Pierre Jean Broyer, S.M. † Titular Bishop of Polemonium Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)

46.5 Ordained Bishop Matthew Makil † Titular Bishop of Tralles in Asia Vicar Apostolic of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India

39.3 Ordained Bishop John Menacherry † Titular Bishop of Paralus Vicar Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India

49.5 Ordained Bishop Aloysius Pareparambil (Pazheparambil) † Titular Bishop of Tium Vicar Apostolic of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India

26 Oct Born Antoine Abed † Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)

28 Oct Born Albert Lewis Fletcher † Bishop Emeritus of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

26.8 Ordained Priest Nándor Rott † Priest Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary

29 Oct Born John Baptist Franz † Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA

30 Oct 73.6 Died Gustav Adolf von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

1 Nov 33.0 Ordained Bishop João Batista Corrêa Nery (Neri) † Bishop of Espírito Santo, Brazil Bishop of Campinas, Brazil

4 Nov 39.3 Installed John Menacherry † Vicar Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India

7 Nov 70.7 Appointed Antonio Maria Cesareo † Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia

8 Nov 66.8 Died Eugenio Biffi, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia

21.8 Professed Joseph Sak, S.D.B. † Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

9 Nov Born Ioan Maria Duma, O.F.M. Conv. † Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis

13 Nov 16.8 Entered Bl. Ildefonso (Alfred Aloisius) Schuster, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

15 Nov 70.8 Ordained Bishop Antonio Maria Cesareo † Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia

23.5 Ordained Priest Manoel Antônio de Paiva (Payva) † Priest Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil

23.2 Ordained Priest José Tomas Gomes da Silva † Priest of Natal, Brazil Bishop of Aracajú, Brazil

38.1 Ordained Bishop George Michael Lenihan † Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand

17 Nov 49.0 Appointed Konstantyn Chekhovych (Czechowicz) † Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland

19 Nov Born Mark Kenny Carroll † Bishop Emeritus of Wichita, Kansas, USA

22 Nov Born Angelo Calabretta † Bishop Emeritus of Noto, Italy

40.7 Ordained Bishop René-Michel-Marie Fée, M.E.P. † Bishop of Malacca, Singapore

49.9 Selected Ján Ivánkovits † Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia Bishop Emeritus

35.0 Selected Demetriu Radu † Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania

23 Nov 49.3 Appointed Thomas James Conaty † Rector of the Catholic University of America Bishop of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA

24 Nov 63.9 Died William Fitzgerald † Bishop of Ross, Ireland

25 Nov Born Albert Soegijapranata, S.J. † Archbishop of Semarang, Indonesia

26 Nov 40.0 Installed Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete † Bishop of Campeche, México Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México

27 Nov 55.6 Resigned Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

29 Nov Born Jerome Daniel Hannan † Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

30 Nov 46.2 Appointed Alfonso Maria Andreoli † Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy

48.2 Appointed Serafino Angelini † Bishop of Avellino, Italy

58.7 Appointed Filippo Bacciu † Bishop of Bisarchio o Bisarcio (Ozieri), Italy

51.0 Appointed Michele Cardella, C.P. † Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy

25.6 Ordained Priest Léon-Charles-Joseph Girod, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Vicar Apostolic of Loango, Congo

59.7 Appointed Enrico Grazioli † Bishop of Guastalla, Italy Bishop Emeritus

74.0 Appointed Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski † Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland

43.5 Appointed Benedetto Lorenzelli † Titular Archbishop of Sardes Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other

64.7 Appointed Luigi Macchi † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata

68.3 Appointed Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano † Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

63.2 Appointed Lucido Maria Parocchi † Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

41.1 Appointed Nicola Piccirilli † Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy

60.9 Elevated to Cardinal Raffaele Pierotti, O.P. † Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Preachers

56.3 Appointed Michele Arcangelo Pirone † Bishop of Nusco, Italy

63.2 Elevated to Cardinal Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco † Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

53.1 Appointed Pietro Respighi † Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

73.1 Appointed Alessandro de Risio, C.Ss.R. † Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Severina, Italy

73.1 Resigned Alessandro de Risio, C.Ss.R. † Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

45.6 Appointed Giulio Vaccaro † Coadjutor Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy

45.6 Appointed Giulio Vaccaro † Titular Archbishop of Ancyra Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy

64.5 Appointed Isidoro Verga † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

1 Dec 62.6 Appointed Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. † Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

53.2 Died Mark Stanislaus Gross † Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

3 Dec 64.2 Appointed Antonio Agliardi † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

61.6 Appointed Perfecto Amézquita y Gutiérrez, C.M. † Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México

42.5 Appointed Manuel Segundo Ballón Manrique † Coadjutor Bishop of Arequipa, Peru Bishop Emeritus

42.5 Appointed Manuel Segundo Ballón Manrique † Titular Bishop of Germanicia Bishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru

63.2 Appointed Serafino Cretoni † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

49.7 Appointed Domenico Ferrata † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca Cardinal, Secretary of State

51.7 Confirmed Jules-Étienne Gazaniol † Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria Bishop Emeritus

68.6 Appointed Giovanni Nepomuceno Glavina † Titular Archbishop of Pelusium Bishop Emeritus of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy

56.8 Appointed Silvério Gomes Pimenta † Bishop of Mariana, Brazil Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil

49.9 Confirmed Ján Ivánkovits † Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia Bishop Emeritus

59.2 Appointed Domenico Maria Jacobini † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

46.2 Appointed Anton Mahnič † Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia

60.9 Appointed Raffaele Pierotti, O.P. † Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Preachers

63.2 Appointed Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco † Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

35.1 Confirmed Demetriu Radu † Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania

57.3 Appointed Francesco di Paolo Satolli † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies

4 Dec Born Joseph Grueter, C.M.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa

Born Paul Nousseir † Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt

5 Dec 53.5 Appointed Edmond Francis Prendergast † Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Archbishop

53.5 Appointed Edmond Francis Prendergast † Titular Bishop of Scilium Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

6 Dec 46.2 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Maria Andreoli † Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy

41.1 Ordained Bishop Nicola Piccirilli † Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy

56.4 Ordained Bishop Michele Arcangelo Pirone † Bishop of Nusco, Italy

8 Dec 51.1 Ordained Bishop Michele Cardella, C.P. † Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy

43.5 Ordained Bishop Benedetto Lorenzelli † Titular Archbishop of Sardes Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other

12 Dec 42.1 Appointed James Edward Quigley † Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

13 Dec 64.6 Ordained Bishop Isidoro Verga † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

14 Dec 21.4 Solemn Vows Bernardin Shlaku, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor Bishop of Pult (Pulati), Albania

16 Dec 67.3 Died Jean-Pierre Boyer † Cardinal, Archbishop of Bourges, France

57.4 Appointed Francesco di Paolo Satolli † Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica} Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies

60.0 Appointed Vincenzo Vannutelli † Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

18 Dec 59.0 Died Alphonsus M. Henricus Joosten, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles

52.3 Appointed Thomas Mathias Lenihan † Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA

19 Dec 34.9 Ordained Deacon Emanuel-Anatole-Raphaël Chaptal de Chanteloup † Deacon of Paris, France Auxiliary Bishop

22.7 Ordained Priest Honoré-Joseph Coppieters † Priest of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium Bishop

23.0 Ordained Priest Carlos María Javier de la Torre † Priest of Quito, Ecuador Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

38.7 Succeeded Patrick Foley † Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland

24.5 Ordained Priest Charles Guérin † Priest Prefect of Ghardaïa, Algeria

23.1 Ordained Priest Etienne-Joseph Hurault † Priest of Châlons, France Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France

22.6 Ordained Priest Cosme-Benjamin Jorcin † Priest Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France

24.1 Ordained Deacon Calogero Licata † Deacon of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy Bishop of Calvi e Teano, Italy

22.7 Ordained Priest João Evangelista de Lima Vidal † Priest Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal

20.6 Ordained Priest José Lopes Leite de Faria † Priest of Braga, Portugal Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal

89.9 Died James Lynch, C.M. † Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland

24.1 Ordained Priest Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo † Priest of Cuenca, Ecuador Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador

24.8 Ordained Priest Ismael Perdomo Borrero † Priest of Garzón, Colombia Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia

20 Dec 32.8 Ordained Priest Matthew Joseph Brodie † Priest of Auckland, New Zealand Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand

21 Dec Born Giovanni Picco † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy

81.4 Died Vincenzo Leone Sallua, O.P. † Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon

24 Dec 76.8 Appointed Luigi Trombetta † Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars

26 Dec 82.6 Died Ludwik Feliks Zdanowicz † Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

27 Dec 25.1 Ordained Priest Marciano Tinajero y Estrada † Priest of Querétaro, México Bishop

30 Dec 69.8 Died Édouard-Charles Fabre † Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct		Born	Denys Pierre Hindié †		Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
44.6	Succeeded	Hugh McSherry †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
22.9	Professed	Franciscus Hubertus Schraven, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic of Chengtingfu [Zhengding], China
71.8	Appointed	Andreas Steinhuber, S.J. †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
40.7	Died	Pietro Strobino †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa
60.2	Appointed	Luigi Tripepi †	Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
64.4	Appointed	Isidoro Verga †	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
2 Oct	55.7	Appointed	Diomede Panici †	Secretary of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
3 Oct	58.0	Resigned	José Ignacio Eduardo Sánchez y Camacho †	Bishop of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México	Bishop Emeritus
4 Oct	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Salvador Castellote y Pinazo †	Bishop of Menorca, Spain	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	Born	Edward Quentin Jennings †		Bishop Emeritus of Fort William, Ontario, Canada
24.0	Ordained Priest	Paul-Marie Le Bihain, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
48.1	Installed	Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A. †	Apostolic Delegate to United States of America	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
	Born	Quintinus Pessers, O.F.M. †		Prefect of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China
7 Oct		Born	Robert Francis Joyce †		Bishop Emeritus of Burlington, Vermont, USA
8 Oct		Born	Henri Belleau, O.M.I. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Baie de James {James Bay}, Ontario, Canada
9 Oct	80.7	Died	Gaetano de Ruggiero †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
10 Oct	50.7	Appointed	Gaspare Bova †	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy
50.7	Appointed	Gaspare Bova †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy
43.4	Appointed	Benedetto Lorenzelli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
20.7	Entered	Johannes Peter Franziskus Ross, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hiroshima, Japan
11 Oct	22.2	Entered	Léon-Paul Classe, M. Afr. †	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda
13 Oct	51.6	Selected	Jules-Étienne Gazaniol †	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
15.2	Entered	August Józef Hlond, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
15 Oct	50.5	Installed	Jean-Marie-Léon Dizien †	Bishop of Amiens, France
22.5	Ordained Priest	Gyula Glattfelder †	Priest	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary
18 Oct	43.1	Succeeded	Antonio Maria Buglione †	Archbishop of Conza e Campagna, Italy
52.4	Ordained Bishop	Jules-Auguste Chatron, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Osaka, Japan
56.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Xavier de Hornstein †	Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania
68.6	Resigned	Salvatore Nappi †	Archbishop of Conza e Campagna, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Oct	71.3	Died	Manuel María León González y Sánchez †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
21 Oct	64.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Di Giovanni †	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy	Prelate Emeritus
22 Oct	70.4	Died	Johannes Christian Roos †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
24 Oct	60.1	Appointed	Eugenio Clari †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
46.8	Appointed	Francesco Tarnassi †	Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands	Apostolic Nuncio
46.8	Appointed	Francesco Tarnassi †	Apostolic Internuncio to Luxembourg	Apostolic Nuncio
25 Oct	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Gaspare Bova †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy
50.7	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Jean Broyer, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Polemonium	Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
46.5	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Makil †	Titular Bishop of Tralles in Asia	Vicar Apostolic of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
39.3	Ordained Bishop	John Menacherry †	Titular Bishop of Paralus	Vicar Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Aloysius Pareparambil (Pazheparambil) †	Titular Bishop of Tium	Vicar Apostolic of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India
26 Oct		Born	Antoine Abed †		Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
28 Oct		Born	Albert Lewis Fletcher †		Bishop Emeritus of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
26.8	Ordained Priest	Nándor Rott †	Priest	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
29 Oct		Born	John Baptist Franz †		Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA
30 Oct	73.6	Died	Gustav Adolf von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst †	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
1 Nov	33.0	Ordained Bishop	João Batista Corrêa Nery (Neri) †	Bishop of Espírito Santo, Brazil	Bishop of Campinas, Brazil
4 Nov	39.3	Installed	John Menacherry †	Vicar Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
7 Nov	70.7	Appointed	Antonio Maria Cesareo †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia
8 Nov	66.8	Died	Eugenio Biffi, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
21.8	Professed	Joseph Sak, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
9 Nov		Born	Ioan Maria Duma, O.F.M. Conv. †		Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis
13 Nov	16.8	Entered	Bl. Ildefonso (Alfred Aloisius) Schuster, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
15 Nov	70.8	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Maria Cesareo †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia
23.5	Ordained Priest	Manoel Antônio de Paiva (Payva) †	Priest	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
23.2	Ordained Priest	José Tomas Gomes da Silva †	Priest of Natal, Brazil	Bishop of Aracajú, Brazil
38.1	Ordained Bishop	George Michael Lenihan †	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
17 Nov	49.0	Appointed	Konstantyn Chekhovych (Czechowicz) †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland
19 Nov		Born	Mark Kenny Carroll †		Bishop Emeritus of Wichita, Kansas, USA
22 Nov		Born	Angelo Calabretta †		Bishop Emeritus of Noto, Italy
40.7	Ordained Bishop	René-Michel-Marie Fée, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
49.9	Selected	Ján Ivánkovits †	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
35.0	Selected	Demetriu Radu †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
23 Nov	49.3	Appointed	Thomas James Conaty †	Rector of the Catholic University of America	Bishop of Monterey-Los Angeles, California, USA
24 Nov	63.9	Died	William Fitzgerald †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
25 Nov		Born	Albert Soegijapranata, S.J. †		Archbishop of Semarang, Indonesia
26 Nov	40.0	Installed	Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete †	Bishop of Campeche, México	Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
27 Nov	55.6	Resigned	Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar, Kenya	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
29 Nov		Born	Jerome Daniel Hannan †		Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
30 Nov	46.2	Appointed	Alfonso Maria Andreoli †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
48.2	Appointed	Serafino Angelini †	Bishop of Avellino, Italy
58.7	Appointed	Filippo Bacciu †	Bishop of Bisarchio o Bisarcio (Ozieri), Italy
51.0	Appointed	Michele Cardella, C.P. †	Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy
25.6	Ordained Priest	Léon-Charles-Joseph Girod, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic of Loango, Congo
59.7	Appointed	Enrico Grazioli †	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
74.0	Appointed	Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
43.5	Appointed	Benedetto Lorenzelli †	Titular Archbishop of Sardes	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
64.7	Appointed	Luigi Macchi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
68.3	Appointed	Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
63.2	Appointed	Lucido Maria Parocchi †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
41.1	Appointed	Nicola Piccirilli †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy
60.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Raffaele Pierotti, O.P. †	Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
56.3	Appointed	Michele Arcangelo Pirone †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
63.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
53.1	Appointed	Pietro Respighi †	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
73.1	Appointed	Alessandro de Risio, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Severina, Italy
73.1	Resigned	Alessandro de Risio, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
45.6	Appointed	Giulio Vaccaro †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
45.6	Appointed	Giulio Vaccaro †	Titular Archbishop of Ancyra	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
64.5	Appointed	Isidoro Verga †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
1 Dec	62.6	Appointed	Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. †	Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
53.2	Died	Mark Stanislaus Gross †	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
3 Dec	64.2	Appointed	Antonio Agliardi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
61.6	Appointed	Perfecto Amézquita y Gutiérrez, C.M. †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
42.5	Appointed	Manuel Segundo Ballón Manrique †	Coadjutor Bishop of Arequipa, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
42.5	Appointed	Manuel Segundo Ballón Manrique †	Titular Bishop of Germanicia	Bishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
63.2	Appointed	Serafino Cretoni †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
49.7	Appointed	Domenico Ferrata †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Secretary of State
51.7	Confirmed	Jules-Étienne Gazaniol †	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
68.6	Appointed	Giovanni Nepomuceno Glavina †	Titular Archbishop of Pelusium	Bishop Emeritus of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy
56.8	Appointed	Silvério Gomes Pimenta †	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
49.9	Confirmed	Ján Ivánkovits †	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
59.2	Appointed	Domenico Maria Jacobini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
46.2	Appointed	Anton Mahnič †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
60.9	Appointed	Raffaele Pierotti, O.P. †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano	Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
63.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
35.1	Confirmed	Demetriu Radu †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
57.3	Appointed	Francesco di Paolo Satolli †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
4 Dec		Born	Joseph Grueter, C.M.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa
	Born	Paul Nousseir †		Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
5 Dec	53.5	Appointed	Edmond Francis Prendergast †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Archbishop
53.5	Appointed	Edmond Francis Prendergast †	Titular Bishop of Scilium	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
6 Dec	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Maria Andreoli †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
41.1	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Piccirilli †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy
56.4	Ordained Bishop	Michele Arcangelo Pirone †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
8 Dec	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Michele Cardella, C.P. †	Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy
43.5	Ordained Bishop	Benedetto Lorenzelli †	Titular Archbishop of Sardes	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
12 Dec	42.1	Appointed	James Edward Quigley †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA	Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
13 Dec	64.6	Ordained Bishop	Isidoro Verga †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
14 Dec	21.4	Solemn Vows	Bernardin Shlaku, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Pult (Pulati), Albania
16 Dec	67.3	Died	Jean-Pierre Boyer †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bourges, France
57.4	Appointed	Francesco di Paolo Satolli †	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
60.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Vannutelli †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
18 Dec	59.0	Died	Alphonsus M. Henricus Joosten, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
52.3	Appointed	Thomas Mathias Lenihan †	Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
19 Dec	34.9	Ordained Deacon	Emanuel-Anatole-Raphaël Chaptal de Chanteloup †	Deacon of Paris, France	Auxiliary Bishop
22.7	Ordained Priest	Honoré-Joseph Coppieters †	Priest of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium	Bishop
23.0	Ordained Priest	Carlos María Javier de la Torre †	Priest of Quito, Ecuador	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
38.7	Succeeded	Patrick Foley †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
24.5	Ordained Priest	Charles Guérin †	Priest	Prefect of Ghardaïa, Algeria
23.1	Ordained Priest	Etienne-Joseph Hurault †	Priest of Châlons, France	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
22.6	Ordained Priest	Cosme-Benjamin Jorcin †	Priest	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
24.1	Ordained Deacon	Calogero Licata †	Deacon of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy	Bishop of Calvi e Teano, Italy
22.7	Ordained Priest	João Evangelista de Lima Vidal †	Priest	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal
20.6	Ordained Priest	José Lopes Leite de Faria †	Priest of Braga, Portugal	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
89.9	Died	James Lynch, C.M. †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
24.1	Ordained Priest	Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo †	Priest of Cuenca, Ecuador	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
24.8	Ordained Priest	Ismael Perdomo Borrero †	Priest of Garzón, Colombia	Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
20 Dec	32.8	Ordained Priest	Matthew Joseph Brodie †	Priest of Auckland, New Zealand	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
21 Dec		Born	Giovanni Picco †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
81.4	Died	Vincenzo Leone Sallua, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
24 Dec	76.8	Appointed	Luigi Trombetta †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
26 Dec	82.6	Died	Ludwik Feliks Zdanowicz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
27 Dec	25.1	Ordained Priest	Marciano Tinajero y Estrada †	Priest of Querétaro, México	Bishop
30 Dec	69.8	Died	Édouard-Charles Fabre †	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada

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