The Year of Our Lord 1839

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	44.0	Resigned	Antun (Antonio) Bašić (Bassich) †	Bishop-Elect of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania	Priest
	59.0	Ordained Priest	Tommaso Bernetti †	Priest	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	24.6	Professed	St. Siméon-François Berneux, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Corea
	46.3	Resigned	Ambrogio Campodonico †	Official to Sardinia, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio
	29.6	Professed	Luigi di Canossa †	Member of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
	20.0	Professed	Ljudevit Ćurčija, O.F.M. Obs. †	Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt
	19.6	Professed	Eligio Pietro Cosi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Shantung {Scian-Ton} (Chan-tong), China
	20.4	Professed	Raffaele Danise, M.I. †	Member of Order of the Ministers of the Sick	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Manuel del Conde y Blanco †	Priest	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Mathurin Lemaître, S.J. †	Priest	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan, China
	59.9	Died	John-Louis Pastre †	Prefect Emeritus of Bourbon, Réunion
	27.8	Incardinated	Jean-Antoine-Marie Pelamourgues †	Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
		Resigned	Pietro Scialli †	Archbishop of Skopje, North Macedonia	Archbishop Emeritus
	22.4	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Simeoni †	Priest	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Luis Tola y Avilés †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador
		Resigned	John Baptist Nosardy Zino †	Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
2 Jan		Born	Matthew Gaffney †		Bishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland
2 Jan	82.1	Died	Pietro Tasca †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
6 Jan		Born	Basilio Haggiar, B.S. †		Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
		Born	Joaquín Acadio Pagaza y Ordóñez †		Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México
		Born	Francis Mary Redwood, S.M. †		Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
9 Jan		Born	John Edmund Fitzmaurice †		Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
12 Jan	23.1	Ordained Deacon	Matthias Eberhard †	Deacon of Trier, Germany	Bishop
13 Jan	84.4	Died	Francesco Maria de Luca, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy
15 Jan		Born	Agapito Panici †		Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
16 Jan		Born	Antonio María Durán †		Bishop of Guayana, Venezuela
19 Jan		Born	John Egan †		Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
22 Jan	89.2	Retired	Jean Brumault de Beauregard †	Bishop of Orléans, France	Bishop Emeritus
22 Jan	45.4	Selected	François-Adélaïde-Adolphe Lannéluc †	Coadjutor Bishop of Aire, France	Bishop
27 Jan	13.0	Ordained Priest	José María Covarrubias y Mejía †	Priest	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
27 Jan	23.1	Ordained Priest	Bernardo Gaetani d’Aragona, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
29 Jan	54.4	Died	Filippo Arrica †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
29 Jan	53.5	Selected	Romain-Frédéric Gallard †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Reims, France
30 Jan	76.3	Died	Filippo Monacelli †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
1 Feb	42.0	Selected	Auguste Allou (Alloux) †	Bishop of Meaux, France
1 Feb		Died	Antonio Feliciano de Santa Rita Carvalho, O.S.B. †	Archbishop-Elect of Goa, India
3 Feb	79.0	Died	Vincento Garofali, C.R.L. †	Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
	68.6	Selected	Ferdinando Maria Pignatelli, C.R. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	62.8	Died	Víctor Damián Sáez y Sánchez Mayor †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
4 Feb	49.8	Selected	Bartol Bozanić †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
4 Feb	53.4	Selected	Alojzije Marija Pini †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia	Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia
10 Feb	33.2	Ordained Priest	Antonio Saverio De Luca †	Priest of Monreale, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
10 Feb		Born	Emilio Maria Miniati †		Bishop Emeritus of Massa Carrara, Italy
12 Feb		Born	Jean-Augustin Germain †		Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France
13 Feb		Died	Pietro Borzi †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
14 Feb		Born	Marc Chatagnon, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China
		Born	Filippo Degni di Salento †		Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	70.8	Died	Józef Marcelin Dzięcielski †	Bishop of Lublin, Poland
16 Feb	47.8	Selected	Bartolomeo Casati †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
18 Feb	35.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Charles Januarius Acton †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	78.2	Appointed	Antonio Domenico Gamberini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	51.4	Appointed	Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi †	Titular Archbishop of Thebae	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	63.7	Confirmed	József Kopácsy †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	47.7	Appointed	Alexis-Basile-Alexandre Menjaud †	Titular Bishop of Ioppe	Archbishop of Bourges, France
	47.7	Confirmed	Alexis-Basile-Alexandre Menjaud †	Coadjutor Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France	Archbishop of Bourges, France
	43.7	Confirmed	Anton Ocskay †	Bishop of Košice, Slovakia
	58.2	Confirmed	Imrich Palugyay de Eaden et Bodafalva †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
	58.0	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Visconte Proto, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
		Born	Agostino Gaetano Riboldi †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	53.2	Confirmed	János Keresztély Scitovszky †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	59.3	Appointed	Giovanni Soglia Ceroni †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	59.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Soglia Ceroni †	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	62.3	Appointed	Antonio Tosti †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
	62.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Tosti †	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
	64.1	Confirmed	Nicola Giuseppe Ugo †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
19 Feb	57.9	Died	Pietro Saggioli †	Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy
19 Feb		Born	Désiré-François-Xavier Van Camelbeke, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam
21 Feb	42.0	Confirmed	Auguste Allou (Alloux) †	Bishop of Meaux, France
	63.5	Confirmed	Filip Dominik Bordini †	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
	53.6	Appointed	Romain-Frédéric Gallard †	Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus	Coadjutor Archbishop of Reims, France
	53.6	Confirmed	Romain-Frédéric Gallard †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Reims, France
	68.6	Confirmed	Ferdinando Maria Pignatelli, C.R. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	66.9	Appointed	Carlo Emmanuelle Sardagna de Hohenstein †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina	Bishop Emeritus of Cremona, Italy
	59.3	Appointed	Giovanni Soglia Ceroni †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	74.0	Appointed	Antonio Maria Traversi †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
23 Feb	23.3	Ordained Priest	Matthias Eberhard †	Priest of Trier, Germany	Bishop
23 Feb	24.9	Ordained Priest	Rudesindo Salvado, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of New Norcia, Australia
25 Feb		Born	Joseph-Adolphe Gandy, M.E.P. †		Archbishop of Pondicherry, India
1 Mar		Born	Martin-Jean Pontvianne, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Northern Cochin {Cocincina Settentrionale}, Viet Nam
2 Mar		Born	Ferdinand von Schlör †		Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
8 Mar		Appointed	Francisco Villardel, O.F.M. Obs. †	Vicar Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
		Appointed	Francisco Villardel, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Archbishop of Philippi	Vicar Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
		Appointed	Francisco Villardel, O.F.M. Obs. †	Apostolic Delegate to Syria	Vicar Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
10 Mar	54.8	Died	Jorge Benavente Macoaga †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
10 Mar	38.4	Appointed	St. Giustino Sebastiano Pasquale de Jacobis, C.M. †	Prefect of Abyssinia, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia
15 Mar	50.7	Appointed	Henry Hughes, O.F.M. Ref. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
15 Mar	50.7	Appointed	Henry Hughes, O.F.M. Ref. †	Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Augustamnica	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gibraltar
16 Mar	23.0	Ordained Priest	Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
18 Mar	43.2	Selected	François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot †	Bishop of Orléans, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
19 Mar	25.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Matar †	Priest	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
19 Mar	24.4	Ordained Deacon	Vjenceslav Šoić †	Deacon	Bishop Emeritus of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
22 Mar	81.4	Died	Albertino Philippe Laurent Marie Bellenghi, O.S.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Nicosia
23 Mar		Born	Vicente Alda y Sancho †		Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
23 Mar	68.5	Died	Giovanni Pietro Augustoni, O.E.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
24 Mar	19.8	Professed	Guglielmo Giosafat Giuseppe Pifferi, O.E.S.A. †	Member of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
25 Mar	24.4	Ordained Priest	Vjenceslav Šoić †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
30 Mar	23.5	Ordained Deacon	Giuseppe D’Annibale †	Deacon of Rieti, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	22.0	Ordained Deacon	Gaetano Lironi †	Deacon	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Antoine-Justin Paulinier †	Priest	Archbishop of Besançon, France
Apr	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Maria Visconte Proto, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
1 Apr	68.8	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinando Maria Pignatelli, C.R. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
1 Apr		Born	Benedetto Tommasi †		Archbishop of Siena, Italy
2 Apr		Born	Jean-Baptiste Decrolière †		Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
3 Apr	76.6	Died	Sebastiano Maggi †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
6 Apr		Born	Louis-Callixte Lasserre, O.F.M. Cap. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Arabia, Yemen
	48.2	Ceased	[Vasyl Luzhynskyi (Luzynskyj)] †	Auxiliary Bishop of Połock (Polotsk) (ROC), Belarus	Archbishop
	40.2	Ceased	[Yosyf (Józef) Semashko (Siemaszko)] †	Bishop of Žyrovyci (ROC), Lithuania	Archbishop
	41.7	Ceased	[Anton (Antonij) Zubko] †	Auxiliary Bishop of Žyrovyci (ROC), Lithuania	Archbishop
	41.7	Ceased	[Anton (Antonij) Zubko] †	Titular Bishop of Brėst	Archbishop
9 Apr	36.6	Appointed	Fabio Maria Asquini †	Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars	Cardinal, Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other
11 Apr		Born	Josephus Markus (Josef) Kahn †		Bishop Emeritus of Gurk, Austria
11 Apr	40.2	Appointed	[Yosyf (Józef) Semashko (Siemaszko)] †	Archbishop
21 Apr	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi †	Titular Archbishop of Thebae	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Henry Hughes, O.F.M. Ref. †	Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Augustamnica	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gibraltar
	46.6	Installed	Pierre-Jean-Mathias Loras †	Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
	82.4	Died	Domenico Orlando, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Francisco Villardel, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Archbishop of Philippi	Vicar Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
25 Apr	24.6	Ordained Priest	David Moriarty †	Priest of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland	Bishop
25 Apr	16.2	Entered	Ignazio Camillo Guglielmo Maria Pietro Persico, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
28 Apr	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Auguste Allou (Alloux) †	Bishop of Meaux, France
28 Apr		Born	Fűlöp (Philipp) Steiner †		Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
29 Apr		Born	François-Charles-Marie Gillard †		Bishop-Elect of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
29 Apr	77.4	Died	Hipólito Antonio Sánchez Rangel de Fayas, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain

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