The Year of Our Lord 1845

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	24.7	Ordained Priest	Cesare Fedele Abbati (Abati), O.F.M. Ref. †	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Chios (Scio), Greece
	38.7	Appointed	Etienne-Louis Charbonnaux, M.E.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Mysore, India	Vicar Apostolic
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Pedro Nolasco Colomer y Mestres †	Priest	Bishop of Vic, Spain
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Peter (Pierce) Michael Comerford †	Priest of Port-Louis, Mauritius	Priest of San Francisco, California, USA
	69.3	Died	Agustin Fernández de Córdoba †	Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia
	16.2	Professed	Mariano Gavasci, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Norcia, Italy
	13.9	Solemn Vows	Zeferino González y Díaz Tuñón, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Ordained Bishop	Denys Joseph Hayek (Samne) †	Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Giorgio Huber †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Sweden
		Born	Étienne-Jean Kaynaia †		Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
	65.3	Died	José Maria de Macerata, O.F.M. Cap. †	Former Bishop-Elect of Cuiabá, Brazil
	30.9	Professed	Annet-Théophile Pinchon, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Settentrionale-Occidentale}, China
	17.9	Converted	Sylvester Horton Rosecrans †	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
		Born	Nematalla Seluan †		Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Luigi Celestino Spelta, O.F.M. Ref. †	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Hupeh {Hu-Pè}, China
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Efrem Estateos Tocmagi †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus
	55.0	Ceased	Giovanni Giorgio Topich, O.F.M. Obs. †	Apostolic Administrator of Skopje, North Macedonia	Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania
1 Jan	22.7	Professed	Salvatore Luigi Zola, C.R.L. †	Member of Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour of the Lateran	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
2 Jan	58.9	Selected	Luigi Gagliardi †	Bishop of Ischia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
2 Jan		Born	Federico González y Suárez †		Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
6 Jan	21.0	Professed	Bernardo Antonio De Riso, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
8 Jan	54.3	Selected	Bertrand-Sévère Mascarou-Laurence †	Bishop of Tarbes, France
9 Jan		Born	Raffaele Filippo Presutti, O.F.M. Cap. †		Vicar Apostolic of Arabia, Yemen
11 Jan	57.2	Selected	Johann Franz Drepper †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
12 Jan	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Paula Campo y Pérez †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
	26.1	Ordained Priest	João Antônio dos Santos †	Priest	Bishop of Diamantina, Brazil
	76.4	Died	Nicola Grimaldi †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Johann Georg Müller †	Titular Bishop of Thaumacus	Bishop of Münster, Germany
15 Jan	47.0	Selected	Melchior Ferdinand Joseph von Diepenbrock †	Cardinal, Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
19 Jan	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Anton Gottfried Claessen †	Titular Bishop of Gadara	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
20 Jan	52.7	Confirmed	Vojtech Bartakovics †	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
	37.2	Appointed	Francesco Brigante Colonna †	Titular Archbishop of Damascus	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
	46.6	Appointed	Cosimo Barnaba Corsi †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
	62.2	Appointed	Francesco Gentilini †	Titular Archbishop of Tyana	Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
	58.3	Appointed	Ludwik Łętowski †	Titular Bishop of Ioppe
	44.8	Appointed	Salvatore Leziroli †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
	43.3	Confirmed	Luigi Napolitano †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy
	48.6	Confirmed	Michele Navazio †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
	55.2	Confirmed	Leon Michał von Przyłuski †	Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
	41.7	Confirmed	Antonio Salomone †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
	65.5	Appointed	Giovanni Domenico Stefanelli, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope	Archbishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy
	55.5	Confirmed	Antonio Maria Stromillo, C.R. †	Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy
	43.6	Appointed	Bernardo-Maria Tirabassi †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
	69.3	Confirmed	Antonio Uda †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
	56.2	Confirmed	Jozef von Rudnyánszki †	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
21 Jan		Born	Franz von Sales Maria Doppelbauer †		Bishop of Linz, Austria
22 Jan		Born	Vicente Alonso y Salgado, Sch. P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Cartagena (en España)
26 Jan	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Cosimo Barnaba Corsi †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
		Born	Pacifico Monza, O.F.M. †		Titular Bishop of Troas
	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Michele Navazio †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Salomone †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
	38.6	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Severini, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
27 Jan		Born	Thomas Fennelly †		Archbishop Emeritus of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
5 Feb		Born	Aguedo Felipe Alvarado Liscano †		Bishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela
6 Feb		Born	Kalman Belopotoczky †		Bishop Emeritus of Austria, Military
6 Feb		Born	Giovanni Battista Ricci †		Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
7 Feb	35.3	Appointed	Philippe-Joseph Viard, S.M. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of New Zealand	Bishop of Wellington (Port Nicholson), New Zealand
	35.3	Appointed	Philippe-Joseph Viard, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Caria	Bishop of Wellington (Port Nicholson), New Zealand
	71.4	Died	Maurycy Mateusz Wojakowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
8 Feb	74.4	Died	Emmanuele Lodi, O.P. †	Bishop of Udine, Italy
9 Feb	22.8	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Luigi Zola, C.R.L. †	Priest of Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour of the Lateran	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
13 Feb		Born	Louis-Eugène Francqueville †		Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
15 Feb	22.5	Ordained Deacon	Giovanni Andrea Miotti †	Deacon	Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
15 Feb	24.8	Ordained Priest	Matthew Quinn †	Priest of Dublin, Ireland	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
16 Feb	37.2	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Brigante Colonna †	Titular Archbishop of Damascus	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
		Born	François-Virgile Dubillard †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Chambéry, France
	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Maria Stromillo, C.R. †	Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy
19 Feb		Born	Michel Kaciadurian †		Bishop of Melitene (Malatia) (Armenian), Syria
22 Feb	83.6	Died	Louis-Charles-Jean-Baptiste Michel †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
23 Feb	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo-Maria Tirabassi †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
28 Feb		Born	Jules-Étienne Gazaniol †		Bishop Emeritus of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
8 Mar	23.3	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Gelli †	Priest	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
	22.7	Ordained Deacon	Giovanni Battista Mantovano, O.M. †	Deacon of Order of the Minims	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Bova, Italy
	20.0	Ordained Priest	Luigi Martucci †	Priest	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Leopoldo Ruggiero †	Priest	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
9 Mar	25.6	Ordained Priest	Ignacij Knoblehar (Knobleher) †	Priest	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale}, Sudan
9 Mar	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Napolitano †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy
14 Mar		Born	Henri-Louis Chapon †		Bishop of Nice, France
15 Mar		Born	Pierre-Joseph Geay †		Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France
17 Mar	46.0	Selected	Casimir-Alexis-Joseph Wicart †	Bishop of Fréjus, France	Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France
18 Mar	83.2	Died	Constantin Ernest Ruziczka (Růžička) †	Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
20 Mar		Born	Martin Poell, O.F.M. Ref. †		Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shansi {Scian-Si Meridionale}, China
22 Mar	30.7	Ordained Priest	Léopold-René Leséleuc de Kerouara †	Priest	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France
22 Mar		Born	Theodor Kohn †		Archbishop Emeritus of Olomouc, Czechia
24 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Agostino Bausa, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
25 Mar	23.5	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Scandella †	Priest of Gibraltar	Vicar Apostolic
25 Mar	34.9	Professed	Johannes Baptist Swinkels, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles
28 Mar	40.2	Succeeded	Jerónimo José de Mata, C.M. †	Bishop of Macau, China	Bishop Emeritus
28 Mar	68.2	Died	Nicolaus Rodrigues Pereira de Borja, C.M. †	Bishop-Elect of Macau, China
29 Mar	51.1	Selected	Giovanni Antonio Odone †	Bishop of Susa, Italy
Apr	39.3	Appointed	Carlo Luigi Morichini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
2 Apr	22.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Franz von Weckert †	Priest of Augsburg, Germany	Bishop of Passau, Germany
9 Apr		Born	Louis-Marie Galibert, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam
11 Apr		Born	José María Blanco Barón †		Bishop of Ávila, Spain
12 Apr	73.1	Selected	Pier Francesco Brunaccini, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
	34.3	Selected	Sisto Riario Sforza †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	50.4	Selected	Cesare Agostino Sajeva †	Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy
13 Apr		Born	Herman Joseph Alerding †		Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
14 Apr	24.1	Ordained Deacon	Aleksander Kazimierz Gintowt-Dziewaltowski †	Deacon	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
	25.9	Ordained Priest	Jerzy Iwaszkiewicz †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Mohilev, Belarus
	69.6	Died	Annibale Tommasi †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
16 Apr	76.6	Died	Carlo Filesio Cittadini †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy
18 Apr	68.8	Died	Luigi Del Drago †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
18 Apr		Born	Giovanni Battista Flapp †		Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia
20 Apr	23.0	Ordained Priest	Franz Gašparić †	Priest of Zagreb, Croatia	Auxiliary Bishop
20 Apr	69.5	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Uda †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
21 Apr	39.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Lodovico Altieri †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
	39.7	Resigned	Lodovico Altieri †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
	42.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Fabio Maria Asquini †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other
	57.0	Appointed	Gaetano Baluffi †	Titular Archbishop of Perge	Cardinal, Bishop of Imola, Italy
	58.0	Appointed	Martino Caliendi †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
	60.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Capaccini †	Cardinal, Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State
	40.1	Appointed	Gaetano Carletti †	Bishop of Forli, Italy	Bishop of Rieti, Italy
	57.5	Confirmed	Johann Franz Drepper †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
	59.2	Confirmed	Luigi Gagliardi †	Bishop of Ischia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	50.3	Appointed	Giovanni Carlo Gentili †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy
	59.7	Confirmed	Michele Manzo †	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
	54.6	Confirmed	Bertrand-Sévère Mascarou-Laurence †	Bishop of Tarbes, France
	39.4	Appointed	Carlo Luigi Morichini †	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	48.6	Appointed	Pietro Luigi Pera †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
	63.0	Appointed	Stanislao Vincenzo Tomba, B. †	Archbishop of Camerino, Italy
	47.2	Confirmed	Melchior Ferdinand Joseph von Diepenbrock †	Cardinal, Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
	58.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Antonio Zacchia Rondinini †	Cardinal, Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
22 Apr	57.0	Appointed	Gaetano Baluffi †	Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars	Cardinal, Bishop of Imola, Italy
24 Apr	42.6	Appointed	Fabio Maria Asquini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio	Cardinal, Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other
	50.8	Appointed	Luigi Bienna †	Auxiliary Bishop of Otranto, Italy
	50.8	Appointed	Luigi Bienna †	Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea	Auxiliary Bishop of Otranto, Italy
	63.8	Appointed	Giovanni Giuseppe Canali †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	77.5	Appointed	Francisco Garcia Cantarines †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
	77.5	Appointed	Francisco Garcia Cantarines †	Titular Bishop of Hippos	Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
	64.4	Appointed	Francisco Javier Luna-Pizarro y Pacheco de Chávez †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	63.6	Appointed	Juan Francisco del Rosario Manfredo y Ballestas †	Coadjutor Bishop of Panamá	Bishop
	63.6	Appointed	Juan Francisco del Rosario Manfredo y Ballestas †	Titular Bishop of Myriophytos	Bishop of Panamá
	51.2	Confirmed	Giovanni Antonio Odone †	Bishop of Susa, Italy
		Born	Emile Joseph Pourbaix †		Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
	34.3	Confirmed	Sisto Riario Sforza †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	46.1	Confirmed	Casimir-Alexis-Joseph Wicart †	Bishop of Fréjus, France	Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France
	58.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Antonio Zacchia Rondinini †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
27 Apr	23.7	Ordained Priest	Michael Hannan †	Priest of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
27 Apr	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Leon Michał von Przyłuski †	Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
29 Apr	20.8	Professed	Federico Mascaretti, O. Carm. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop Emeritus of Susa, Italy

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