The Year of Our Lord 1823

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	57.9	Died	Gaetano Barbaroli †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
	23.1	Ordained Deacon	Juan de la Cruz Calienes Olazabal, O.F.M. Obs. †	Deacon of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Juan de la Cruz Calienes Olazabal, O.F.M. Obs. †	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
	17.0	Professed	Andrea Canova, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
	31.0	Ordained Priest	Michel Cattoula (Kattula) †	Priest	Archbishop of Seert (Chaldean), Turkey
	14.8	Professed	Efisio Chiais, O.F.M. Obs. †	Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Scen-Si (Chen-si, Shensi), China
		Born	John Dalton, O.F.M. Ref. †		Bishop of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada
	41.4	Ceased	Cirilo de Alameda y Brea, O.F.M. Obs. †	Minister General of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Antonio Rafael Domínguez y Valdecañas †	Priest	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
	18.2	Professed	Antonio Feliciani, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
		Born	Agostino Franco †		Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior
	46.0	Appointed	Jan Krasovskyj (Krassowski) †	Administrator of Połock (Polotsk) (Ukrainian), Belarus	Bishop of Lutzk e Ostrog (Ukrainian), Ukraine
		Appointed	Abraham Kupelian †	Bishop of Alep (Armenian), Syria
	26.6	Appointed	Martinus Johannes Niewindt †	Prefect of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
1 Jan		Born	René-Jean-François Guilmin, C.S.Sp. †		Prefect of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore, Madagascar
4 Jan	70.2	Died	Ignacio Ramón Roda †	Bishop of León, Spain
5 Jan	23.0	Ordained Priest	François-Marie-Joseph Lecourtier †	Priest of Paris, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Montpellier, France
6 Jan		Born	Thomas William Croke †		Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
7 Jan		Born	Vicente Gabriel Tocornal Velasco †		Former Bishop-Elect of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
8 Jan	68.6	Resigned	Louis-Sylvestre de La Châtre †	Bishop-Elect of Beauvais, France	Titular Bishop of Hemeria (Himeria)
9 Jan		Born	Francesco Saverio Mangeruva †		Bishop of Gerace, Italy
10 Jan	50.6	Died	Kapriel (Gabriel) Khoudeyd (Hadid) †	Bishop of Alep (Armenian), Syria
11 Jan		Born	Angelo Michele Onorati †		Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
12 Jan	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Armellini †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
		Born	James Donnelly †		Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Novak †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
13 Jan		Born	Giacomo Cattani †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
13 Jan	64.9	Selected	Francesco Maria Tola †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
16 Jan	45.6	Selected	Vincenz Eduard Milde †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia	Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
22 Jan		Born	Mario Mocenni †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
23 Jan	73.2	Selected	Jean Brumault de Beauregard †	Bishop of Orléans, France	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jan	76.3	Selected	Charles-François Duperrier-Dumourier †	Bishop of Bayeux, France
25 Jan		Born	Federico Maria Galdi †		Bishop of Andria, Italy
30 Jan		Born	Ignazio Camillo Guglielmo Maria Pietro Persico, O.F.M. Cap. †		Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
2 Feb		Born	Kaspar (Balthasar) Willi, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
4 Feb	36.6	Appointed	Peter Augustine Baines, O.S.B. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western District, England, Great Britain	Vicar Apostolic
	36.6	Appointed	Peter Augustine Baines, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Sigus	Vicar Apostolic of Western District, England, Great Britain
	70.1	Died	François de Pierre de Bernis †	Archbishop of Rouen, France
	59.8	Appointed	James Yorke Bramston †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of London District, England, Great Britain	Vicar Apostolic
	59.8	Appointed	James Yorke Bramston †	Titular Bishop of Usula	Vicar Apostolic of London District, England, Great Britain
7 Feb	67.3	Died	Joaquín de Osés y Alzúa y Caparacio †	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
9 Feb		Born	Serafino Corrias †		Bishop of Bisarchio o Bisarcio (Ozieri), Italy
	72.3	Died	Manuel Vicente Martínez y Jiménez †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Patrício Xavier de Moura, O.S.A. †	Priest	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
11 Feb	73.1	Died	Francesco Borzi †	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
12 Feb	54.6	Selected	François-Antoine Arbaud †	Bishop of Gap, France
	35.2	Selected	Louis-Jacques-Maurice de Bonald †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	55.5	Selected	Antoine-Jacques de Chamon †	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France
	55.0	Selected	Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus †	Bishop of Montauban, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
	44.1	Selected	Etienne-Bruno-Marie d’Arbou †	Bishop of Verdun, France	Bishop Emeritus of Bayonne, France
	56.0	Selected	Alexandre-Raymond Devie †	Bishop of Belley, France
	52.9	Selected	Claude-Louis de Lesquen †	Bishop of Beauvais, France	Bishop Emeritus of Rennes, France
	68.3	Selected	Jean-François-Marie Le Pappe de Trévern †	Bishop of Aire, France	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
	63.0	Selected	Louis-Charles-François de La Tour-Landorte †	Bishop of Pamiers, France
	73.7	Selected	Fortuné-Charles de Mazenod †	Bishop of Marseille, France	Bishop Emeritus
	66.2	Selected	Jean-Baptiste-François-Nicolas Millaux †	Bishop of Nevers, France
	69.3	Selected	André-Etienne-Antoine de Morlhon †	Archbishop of Auch, France
	63.8	Selected	Claude-Joseph-Judith-François-Xavier de Sagey †	Bishop of Tulle, France	Bishop Emeritus
	67.0	Selected	Philippe-François Sausin †	Bishop of Blois, France
15 Feb	67.5	Died	Gaudenzio Giovanni Antonio Patrignani, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
16 Feb	59.6	Selected	Augustin Johann Joseph Gruber †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
	61.2	Died	Pasquale Mazzei †	Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy
	70.2	Ordained Bishop	Ivan Škakoc (Scacoz) †	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
17 Feb		Born	Robert Herzog †		Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
19 Feb	77.7	Died	[Dániel Antal Mitterpacher] †	Bishop of [Scutari (Royal), Albania]
19 Feb	81.5	Died	Ignacy Jan Zygmunt von Raczyński †	Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
22 Feb	22.3	Ordained Priest	José Maria da Silva Torres, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
22 Feb		Born	Antonius Grech-Delicata-Testaferrata-Cassia †		Bishop of Gozo, Malta
25 Feb	37.4	Selected	Nicolò Gatto †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
26 Feb		Born	Louis-Victor-Emile Bougaud †		Bishop of Laval, France
26 Feb		Born	Gustav Adolf von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst †		Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
6 Mar		Born	Tomas Zerpa †		Priest
7 Mar		Born	José Tomás Mazarrasa y Rivas †		Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
7 Mar	38.0	Selected	Ferenc di Paolo de Nádasdy-Fogaras †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
9 Mar	24.8	Ordained Deacon	Thomas Joseph Brown, O.S.B. †	Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Newport and Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
10 Mar	41.6	Appointed	Giuseppe-Maria Amorelli †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
	68.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Bertazzoli †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
	35.3	Confirmed	Louis-Jacques-Maurice de Bonald †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	73.3	Confirmed	Jean Brumault de Beauregard †	Bishop of Orléans, France	Bishop Emeritus
	64.0	Appointed	Pietro Caprano †	Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
	63.6	Appointed	Ercole Dandini †	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
	63.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Ercole Dandini †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
	56.1	Confirmed	Alexandre-Raymond Devie †	Bishop of Belley, France
	56.3	Appointed	Joachim-Jean-Xavier d’Isoard †	Dean of the Roman Rota	Cardinal, Archbishop of Auch, France
	76.4	Confirmed	Charles-François Duperrier-Dumourier †	Bishop of Bayeux, France
	55.9	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Falzacappa †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	55.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Francesco Falzacappa †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	71.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Maria Frosini †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	49.7	Appointed	Józef Szczepan Koźmian †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	47.9	Appointed	Giuseppe-Maria Lais †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
	38.0	Appointed	Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. †	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy	Priest of Society of Jesus
	38.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus
	71.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Viviano Orfini †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	53.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Pallotta †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	71.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi Pandolfi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina
	53.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Maria Pedicini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	41.1	Appointed	Tommaso Riario Sforza †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	41.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Tommaso Riario Sforza †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	36.1	Confirmed	François de Rivaz, C.R.A. †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
	63.9	Confirmed	Claude-Joseph-Judith-François-Xavier de Sagey †	Bishop of Tulle, France	Bishop Emeritus
	60.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Antonio Sala †	Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
	60.0	Appointed	Cherubino Gioacchino Scali, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Dionysias
	67.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Serlupi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
	65.0	Confirmed	Francesco Maria Tola †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
	67.3	Appointed	Fabrizio Turriozzi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
	67.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Fabrizio Turriozzi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
	77.9	Died	Lorenzo Villani †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
	53.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Giacinto Placido Zurla, O.S.B. †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
12 Mar	72.4	Resigned	Giuseppe Andrea Albani †	Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
13 Mar		Born	Francesco Battaglini †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
15 Mar	23.2	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Bufi Bocci †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Civitavecchia, Italy
	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Antonio Ranza †	Deacon	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
	32.1	Ordained Priest	Frederick John Conrad Résé (Reze) †	Priest	Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Charles-Frédéric Rousselet †	Priest	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Agostino Salomoni, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy
16 Mar	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe-Maria Amorelli †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Grasser †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy	Bishop of Verona, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Conio (di Pompeiana), O.F.M. Obs. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Hukwang, Shansi [Shanxi], and Shensi [Shaanxi], China
		Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Conio (di Pompeiana), O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Echinus	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Hukwang, Shansi [Shanxi], and Shensi [Shaanxi], China
17 Mar		Born	Henri Joseph Faraud, O.M.I. †		Vicar Apostolic of Athabaska Mackenzie, Alberta, Canada
18 Mar	58.2	Appointed	Robert Laffan †	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
19 Mar	45.8	Died	Luis María Borbón y Vallábriga †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
21 Mar	83.4	Died	[Jean-Baptiste Demandre] †	Bishop Emeritus of [Doubs (Constitutional), France]
21 Mar	25.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Othmar von Rauscher †	Priest of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Cardinal, Archbishop
23 Mar		Born	Enrico Carfagnini, O.F.M. Ref. †		Bishop Emeritus of Gallipoli, Italy
24 Mar	64.8	Died	Vincenzo Torrusio †	Bishop of Nola, Italy
25 Mar	82.0	Died	Giuseppe Bartolomeo Menocchio, O.E.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
29 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Maria d’Alessandro †	Priest	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
30 Mar		Born	Joseph Paccolat, C.R.A. †		Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
31 Mar	59.9	Died	Vicente da Soledade e Castro, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
6 Apr	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Cherubino Gioacchino Scali, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Dionysias
7 Apr	24.9	Ordained Priest	Thomas Joseph Brown, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Newport and Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
7 Apr	73.7	Died	Dominique Lacombe †	Bishop of Angoulême, France
10 Apr	64.0	Selected	Antoine de Pons de La Grange †	Bishop of Moulins, France
	64.2	Selected	André Molin †	Bishop of Viviers, France
	65.3	Selected	Antoine-Xavier de Neirac †	Bishop of Tarbes, France
	63.6	Selected	Charles-Alexandre de Richery †	Bishop of Fréjus, France	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
13 Apr	61.4	Ordained Bishop	Charles-André-Toussaint-Bruno de Ramond-Lalande †	Bishop of Rodez, France
13 Apr	83.2	Died	Antonio Felice Zondadari †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena, Italy
14 Apr		Born	Sigismondo Brandolini Rota †		Bishop of Ceneda, Italy
16 Apr	62.4	Died	Ramón Strauch y Vidal, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
18 Apr	51.2	Appointed	Giovanni Alessandro Muzi †	Apostolic Delegate to Chile	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
22 Apr		Born	Lothar von Kübel †		Apostolic Administrator of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
25 Apr	67.0	Selected	Pietro Maria d’Agostino †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
25 Apr	43.1	Selected	Francesco di Paola Villadecani †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Messina, Italy
27 Apr	35.4	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Jacques-Maurice de Bonald †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo d’Alfonso †	Priest	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
	71.0	Ordained Bishop	Claude-François de Thiollaz †	Bishop of Annecy, France
29 Apr		Born	Joseph-Alfred Foulon †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
30 Apr		Born	James Joseph Carbery, O.P. †		Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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