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The Year of Our Lord 1855

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
Sep76.7DiedGiovanni Maria BisignaniTitular Bishop of Aegae
1 SepBornBoghos Bédros (Paul Peter) XIII TerzianPatriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
3 SepBornÉmile-Jean SeghersBishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
7 Sep81.3DiedDiego CapeceBishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
8 Sep32.8Ordained PriestSt. Zygmunt Szczęsny FelińskiPriest of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz), UkraineArchbishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
22.5Ordained PriestCamillo Mazzella, S.J. †Priest of Benevento, ItalyCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
9 Sep38.6ResignedGiovanni Antonio Balma, O.M.V. †Vicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù, MyanmarArchbishop of Cagliari, Italy
49.0Ordained BishopIvan Josip VitezićBishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
10 Sep41.0AppointedGiusto da Urbino (Jacopo) Curtopassi, O.F.M. Cap. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Galla, EthiopiaPriest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
41.0AppointedGiusto da Urbino (Jacopo) Curtopassi, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos, Titular SeesPriest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
60.0SelectedAgustín Gómez Cabezas y SildoBishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
11 Sep46.9AppointedJakub (Iacobus) Bosagi, C.M.Vd. †Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in PalaestinaAbbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Vienna
12 Sep54.9SelectedLouis-Auguste DelalleBishop of Rodez, France
47.7SelectedJean-Jacques NanquetteBishop of Le Mans, France
42.5SelectedClaude-Henri-Augustin PlantierBishop of Nîmes, France
56.5SelectedCasimir-Alexis-Joseph WicartBishop of Laval, FranceBishop Emeritus
15 SepDiedGrégoire Issa MahfouzArchbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
16 Sep51.0AppointedGeorge ErringtonApostolic Administrator of Clifton, England, Great BritainCoadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
34.3Ordained BishopSt. Melchor García Sanpedro, O.P. †Titular Bishop of TricomiaVicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
41.5Ordained BishopWilliam VaughanBishop of Plymouth, England, Great Britain
17 SepBornLiberatus da Exel (Jacobus Josephus) Cluts, O.F.M. Cap. †Prefect of Sumatra, Indonesia
22 Sep23.0Ordained DeaconGiacomo BellucciDeaconBishop of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy
22.7Ordained PriestGiovanni JannoniPriestAuxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
22.6Ordained PriestEnrico (Ernesto) MazzellaPriestArchbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
23 Sep49.0SelectedAndrea CasasolaBishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), ItalyArchbishop of Udine, Italy
59.6SelectedGiovanni RenierBishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy
80.8DiedMichele VirgiliBishop of Comacchio, Italy
24 SepBornDaniel Francis FeehanBishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
27 Sep50.7SucceededJames Eustace Dupeyron, S.J. †Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles
DiedBenito Fernández, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles
28 SepDiedThéodore Abou-KarimVicar Apostolic of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
46.4AppointedCarlo BelgradoBishop of Ascoli Piceno, ItalyBishop Emeritus
43.3AppointedGiovanni Antonio Benini (Bedini)Bishop of Pescia, Italy
66.1AppointedFerdinando BaldanziArchbishop of Siena, Italy
53.3AppointedCarlo Caccia DominioniAuxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
53.3AppointedCarlo Caccia DominioniTitular Bishop of DanabaAuxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
54.9ConfirmedLouis-Auguste DelalleBishop of Rodez, France
40.3AppointedGiuseppe del Prete BelmonteAuxiliary Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy
40.3AppointedGiuseppe del Prete BelmonteTitular Bishop of ThyatiraAuxiliary Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy
53.5AppointedManuel Ángel del Prado CárdenasArchbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
44.4ConfirmedGiuseppe FormisanoBishop of Nola, Italy
79.7AppointedGiacomo Filippo FransoniCardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in LucinaCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
64.1ConfirmedCarlos Cristóvão Genuês PereiraBishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
57.6ConfirmedTelmo MaceiraBishop of Tuy, Spain
52.9AppointedGiovanni Francesco MagnaniBishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
43.9ConfirmedRaffaele Antonio MoriscianoBishop of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), ItalyBishop of Squillace, Italy
47.8ConfirmedJean-Jacques NanquetteBishop of Le Mans, France
50.9AppointedFrancisco de Asis Orueta y Castrillón, C.O. †Titular Bishop of AegaeArchbishop of Lima, Peru
50.9ConfirmedFrancisco de Asis Orueta y Castrillón, C.O. †Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, PeruArchbishop
45.7AppointedNicola PaceBishop of Amelia, ItalyBishop Emeritus
62.5ConfirmedJosé Manuel Pasquel y LosadaArchbishop of Lima, Peru
42.5ConfirmedClaude-Henri-Augustin PlantierBishop of Nîmes, France
41.2ConfirmedMariano RicciardiArchbishop of Reggio Calabria, ItalyArchbishop of Sorrento, Italy
51.4AppointedLorenzo Signani, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
56.9AppointedMichele Viale-PrelàCardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
56.5ConfirmedCasimir-Alexis-Joseph WicartBishop of Laval, FranceBishop Emeritus
30 Sep40.7Ordained PriestJoachim-Hyacinthe Gonin, O.P. †Priest of Order of Friars PreachersArchbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
57.2Ordained BishopDominic O’BrienBishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
Oct40.3Ordained BishopGiuseppe del Prete BelmonteTitular Bishop of ThyatiraAuxiliary Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy
31.7Ordained PriestThomas SearsPriest of Arichat, Nova Scotia, CanadaPrefect of Western Newfoundland (St. George’s), Canada
2 OctAppointedAthanase KhouzanVicar Apostolic of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
AppointedAthanase KhouzanTitular Bishop of MaroneaVicar Apostolic of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
3 Oct77.6DiedGennaro PascaBishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy
4 Oct21.3ProfessedJohannes Anton Hoffmann, O.F.M. Rec. †Member of Order of Friars Minor RecollectVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Shansi {Scian-Si Meridionale}, China
7 Oct44.4Ordained BishopGiuseppe FormisanoBishop of Nola, Italy
48.0DiedIgnacy HołowińskiArchbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
41.2Ordained BishopMariano RicciardiArchbishop of Reggio Calabria, ItalyArchbishop of Sorrento, Italy
23.7Ordained PriestPierre-Eugène RougeriePriest of Limoges, FranceBishop of Pamiers, France
10 OctBornThomas Francis BrennanAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
BornJames O’ReillyBishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
12 Oct48.5SelectedGiuseppe Rotondo (Rotundo)Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
14 OctBornDésiré-Hyacinthe BerthoinBishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France
52.9Ordained BishopGiovanni Francesco MagnaniBishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
45.7Ordained BishopNicola PaceBishop of Amelia, ItalyBishop Emeritus
51.5Ordained BishopLorenzo Signani, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
15 Oct92.7DiedJaime Fort y PuigBishop of Barbastro, Spain
BornSigismund Felix von Ow-FelldorfBishop of Passau, Germany
16 OctBornNicola PiccirilliArchbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy
23 OctBornSalvatore FratocchiBishop of Orvieto, Italy
25 OctBornEvaristo BlancoBishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
28 Oct55.3Ordained BishopIoan AlexiBishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania
61.7Ordained BishopAlexandru DobraBishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
29 OctBornLouis Joseph Napoléon Paul BruchésiArchbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
BornCyril IX MogabgabPatriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
30 OctBornSébastien HerscherBishop Emeritus of Langres, France
NovSelectedGiuseppe BellasiBishop of Crema, ItalyFormer Bishop-Elect
1 Nov43.4Ordained BishopGiovanni Antonio Benini (Bedini)Bishop of Pescia, Italy
59.9AppointedCarlo RivelliArchbishop of Corfù, Greece
59.9Ordained BishopCarlo RivelliArchbishop of Corfù, Greece
2 Nov55.8DiedPatrick Joseph CarewVicar Apostolic of Western Bengal, India
50.8DiedFrancesco Xavier Maresca, O.F.M. †Coadjutor Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China
42.8SucceededThomas OlliffeVicar Apostolic of Western Bengal, IndiaCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic
37.5SucceededLuigi Celestino Spelta, O.F.M. Ref. †Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], ChinaVicar Apostolic of Hupeh {Hu-Pè}, China
3 NovBornPascal KeklikianBishop of Adana (Armenian), Turkey
4 Nov47.0Ordained BishopJakub (Iacobus) Bosagi, C.M.Vd. †Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in PalaestinaAbbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Vienna
Ordained BishopGiuseppe MaridTitular Archbishop of Arca in Phoenicia dei Maroniti
Ordained BishopAthanase SabbaghBishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
5 Nov68.0DiedJohann Franz DrepperBishop of Paderborn, Germany
10 Nov18.5ProfessedJohn Edward Cuthbert Hedley, O.S.B. †Member of Order of Saint BenedictBishop of Newport, Wales, Great Britain
46.6ResignedLouis (de Sainte Thérèse) Martini, O.C.D. †Vicar Apostolic of Verapoly, IndiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
57.6DiedVincenzo RozzolinoBishop of Caserta, Italy
11 NovBornThomas AudoArchbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
47.9Ordained BishopJean-Jacques NanquetteBishop of Le Mans, France
13 Nov37.6AppointedSt. Antoine-Marie-Nicolas Daveluy, M.E.P. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Corea
37.6AppointedSt. Antoine-Marie-Nicolas Daveluy, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of AkkaCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Corea
66.5DiedCarlo RomanòBishop of Como, Italy
60.6DiedJames Oliver Van de Velde, S.J. †Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
18 Nov55.1Ordained BishopLouis-Auguste DelalleBishop of Rodez, France
55.9InstalledMariano José de Escalada Bustillo y ZeballosBishop of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaArchbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
64.2Ordained BishopCarlos Cristóvão Genuês PereiraBishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
57.1SelectedJoseph-Antoine-Henri JordanyBishop of Fréjus, FranceBishop Emeritus
42.7Ordained BishopClaude-Henri-Augustin PlantierBishop of Nîmes, France
19 NovBornPacifico FioraniBishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
22 NovBornFrancesco MaffeiBishop Emeritus of Lacedonia, Italy
23 Nov43.8AppointedSettimio Maria VecchiottiApostolic Internuncio to NetherlandsApostolic Nuncio
26 NovBornFranz Xaver NaglCardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
29 Nov42.7InstalledClaude-Henri-Augustin PlantierBishop of Nîmes, France
30 NovBornAntonio José Gomes CardosoBishop of Angola e Congo
Dec26.9Ordained PriestJosé Ignacio OrdóñezPriestArchbishop of Quito, Ecuador
2 Dec53.5Ordained BishopCarlo Caccia DominioniTitular Bishop of DanabaAuxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
44.1Ordained BishopRaffaele Antonio MoriscianoBishop of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), ItalyBishop of Squillace, Italy
3 Dec34.7Appointed[Paul Marie Stefan de Djunkowsky]Prefect of Arctic PolePrefect Emeritus
4 Dec71.0DiedFermín Sánchez Artesoro, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
5 Dec24.9Ordained PriestJosé Telésphor Paúl y Vargas, S.J. †Priest of Society of JesusArchbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
7 Dec47.1AppointedIldephonse-René Dordillon, SS.CC. †Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands {Isole Marchesi}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
47.1AppointedIldephonse-René Dordillon, SS.CC. †Titular Bishop of CambysopolisVicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands {Isole Marchesi}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
9 DecBornGiorgio GusminiCardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
43.9ResignedNiccola Adolfo MarinelliBishop of Santorini {Thira}, GreeceBishop Emeritus
13 DecBornVincenzo Sardi di RivisondoliVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Constantinople, Turkey
15 Dec71.1DiedMikołaj GórskiBishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
16 Dec21.7ProfessedBernabé García Cezón, O.P. †Member of Order of Friars PreachersVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
62.7InstalledJosé Manuel Pasquel y LosadaArchbishop of Lima, Peru
75.0DiedFrancesco StraniBishop of Massa Carrara, Italy
17 Dec49.3ConfirmedAndrea CasasolaBishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), ItalyArchbishop of Udine, Italy
46.6Elevated to CardinalFrancesco Gaude, O.P. †Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
40.0AppointedVincenzo MorettiBishop of Comacchio, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy
58.1Elevated to CardinalJoseph Othmar von RauscherCardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
59.8ConfirmedGiovanni RenierBishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy
48.7ConfirmedGiuseppe Rotondo (Rotundo)Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
72.9AppointedGiuseppe UgoliniCardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in CosmedinCardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
68.1Elevated to CardinalClément VillecourtCardinal, Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
55.4Elevated to CardinalKarl August von ReisachCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
18 Dec39.9AppointedFelicissimo Coccino (Cocchino), O.F.M. Cap. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Galla, EthiopiaCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
39.9AppointedFelicissimo Coccino (Cocchino), O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos, Titular SeesCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Galla, Ethiopia
19 DecBornJohn Baptist Vincent de Paul Wehrle, O.S.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
20 Dec42.2ConfirmedPetar Dujam MaupasBishop of Šibenik (Knin), CroatiaArchbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
46.7AppointedFrancesco Gaude, O.P. †Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara CoeliCardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
57.2ConfirmedJoseph-Antoine-Henri JordanyBishop of Fréjus, FranceBishop Emeritus
61.4AppointedJános NehibaTitular Bishop of Knin (Tinin), CroatiaAuxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
61.4ConfirmedJános NehibaAuxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
68.1AppointedClément VillecourtCardinal-Priest of San PancrazioCardinal, Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
55.4AppointedKarl August von ReisachCardinal-Priest of Sant’AnastasiaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
21 DecBornÉlisée-Louis Fatiguet, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Nanchang [Nanchang], China
22 Dec23.2Ordained PriestAntonio AgliardiPriest of Roma {Rome}, ItalyCardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
22.8Ordained PriestGiacinto ArcangeliPriestBishop of Asti, Italy
23.3Ordained PriestGiacomo BellucciPriestBishop of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy
22.7Ordained PriestLuigi Piavi (Biavi), O.F.M. Obs. †Priest of Order of Observant Friars MinorPatriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
27.2Ordained PriestEugène-Ange-Marie BouchéPriest of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), FranceBishop
22.8Ordained PriestGuglielmo Maria d’Ambrogi, O.E.S.A. †Priest of Order of Hermits of St. AugustineBishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
24.9Ordained PriestTancredo FaustiPriestTitular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria
BornCompton Theodore Galton, S.J. †Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles
22.5Ordained PriestJean-Louis-Antoine-Alfred GillyPriestBishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
23.8Ordained PriestColin Cameron GrantPriest of Northern District, Scotland, Great BritainBishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
24.8Ordained PriestMarcello MazzantiPriestBishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
30.8Ordained DeaconHector-Albert Chaulet d’OutremontDeaconBishop of Le Mans, France
27.3Ordained PriestMichele Seri-MoliniPriestBishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
23 DecOrdained BishopAthanase KhouzanTitular Bishop of MaroneaVicar Apostolic of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
51.2Ordained BishopFrancisco de Asis Orueta y Castrillón, C.O. †Titular Bishop of AegaeArchbishop of Lima, Peru
BornJohn TohillBishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
51.9Ordained BishopEduardo Vásquez, O.P. †Bishop of Panamá
25 Dec62.8DiedGiovanni Dominico Faustino Ceretti, O.M.V. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ava e Pegù, Myanmar
29 Dec66.2DiedLouis-François RobinBishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
31 Dec85.5DiedPedro Paulo de Figuereido da Cunha e MeloCardinal, Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
16.2ConvertedFriedrich Justus KnechtAuxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
BornJohn Henry NortonBishop of Port Augusta, Australia

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