The Year of Our Lord 1858

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	49.0	Appointed	Pierre-Michel Bar-Tatar †	Archbishop of Seert (Chaldean), Turkey
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Francisco Xavier Caminero y Muñoz †	Priest	Bishop-Elect of León, Spain
	19.8	Professed	Constant Dubail, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria, China
		Died	Lazare (Cyrille) Fasfous, B.S. †	Bishop of Bosra (Melkite Greek), Syria
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Manuel Fernández de Castro y Menéndez †	Priest	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
		Resigned	Liberato Fernández García †	Bishop-Elect of Cuenca, Ecuador	Former Bishop-Elect
		Appointed	Nerses Haleblian †	Bishop of Sivas {Sebaste} (Armenian), Turkey
		Died	Gabriel Homsi (Hamsi) †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
	51.8	Elected	Utto (Georg) Lang, O.S.B. †	President of Order of Saint Benedict	President Emeritus
	21.0	Professed	Jules Lepley, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China
		Born	Flavien-Michel Malké †		Bishop of Gazireh (Gezira) (Syrian), Turkey
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Domenico Pugliatti †	Priest of Bova, Italy	Bishop
	81.1	Died	Raffaele Serena †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
3 Jan	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Ponciano Arciniega †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Fortunato Maurizi †	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Clemente Pagliari †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy
	66.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Pierre Sola †	Bishop of Nice, France	Bishop Emeritus
7 Jan		Born	Thomas O’Dea †		Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
7 Jan	68.4	Died	Antonio Maria Stromillo, C.R. †	Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy
8 Jan	40.2	Appointed	Edward John Horan †	Bishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Léon-Adolphe Lenfant †		Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
	38.7	Appointed	Francis Patrick McFarland †	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
9 Jan	53.4	Died	Concezio (Giuseppe Francesco Paolo) Pasquini, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
9 Jan	85.0	Died	Bonifaz Kaspar von Urban †	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
10 Jan	38.2	Ordained Bishop	John Henry Luers †	Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
14 Jan	83.4	Died	Mihail (Mychajlo) Lewicki (Levyckyj) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
21 Jan	66.5	Died	Ugo Pietro Spinola †	Cardinal, Pro-Datary of the Apostolic Datary
22 Jan		Born	Louis Sebastian Walsh †		Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
23 Jan	40.7	Selected	Charles-Jean Fillion †	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France	Bishop of Le Mans, France
23 Jan	57.3	Selected	Jean-Pierre Mabile †	Bishop of Versailles, France
24 Jan	66.9	Resigned	William Wareing †	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
27 Jan	39.5	Selected	Ignaz von Senestréy †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
31 Jan	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Maria Papardo del Parco, C.R. †	Titular Bishop of Sinope	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
1 Feb		Born	Ignaz Rieder †		Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
2 Feb		Born	Joseph Raphael John Crimont, S.J. †		Vicar Apostolic of Alaska, USA
2 Feb	39.8	Final Vows	Joseph Sidney Woollett, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles
3 Feb	65.4	Appointed	Mario Mattei †	Pro-Datary of the Apostolic Datary	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
6 Feb	69.9	Died	Adriano Fieschi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria
7 Feb	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Michael O’Hea †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
10 Feb		Born	John Baptist Pitaval †		Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
11 Feb		Born	Bl. Antoni Julian Nowowiejski †		Bishop of Płock, Poland
12 Feb	83.9	Died	Luigi Gazzoli †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
14 Feb	69.0	Died	Antonio María Sánchez Cid y Carrascal, C.O. †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
15 Feb	79.9	Died	Michele Basilio Clari (Clary), O.S.B.I. †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
16 Feb		Born	Rómulo Betancourt y Torres †		Bishop of Campeche, México
18 Feb	88.1	Died	Anton El-Khazen (Gazeno) †	Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon
		Born	Alexander MacDonald †		Bishop Emeritus of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
	41.6	Installed	Juan Francisco de Paula Solar Mery, O. de M. †	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
19 Feb	65.4	Died	Pierre-Jean-Mathias Loras †	Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
19 Feb	48.0	Succeeded	Timothy Clement Smyth, O.C.S.O. †	Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
20 Feb	57.7	Selected	Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
22 Feb	23.2	Ordained Priest	Santiago de Zubiría y Manzanera †	Priest of Durango, México	Archbishop of Durango, México
23 Feb	47.0	Appointed	Jean-Antoine-Marie Pelamourgues †	Bishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
25 Feb	53.9	Selected	Jean-Sébastien-Adolphe Devoucoux †	Bishop of Évreux, France
27 Feb	22.7	Ordained Deacon	St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †	Deacon of Treviso, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
28 Feb	61.6	Ordained Bishop	František Petr Krejčí †	Titular Bishop of Oropus	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
28 Feb	55.9	Ordained Bishop	José de los Ríos y Lamadrid †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
5 Mar		Born	Sabbatino Giani †		Bishop of Livorno, Italy
7 Mar	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Benigno Carrión, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
8 Mar		Born	Patrick Foley †		Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
9 Mar	51.9	Resigned	Filippo Gallo, C.M. †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
11 Mar	78.4	Died	Tomás Roda y Rodríguez †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
11 Mar		Born	Pietro Andrea (Pierre-André) Viganò, S.J. †		Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad, India
12 Mar	62.5	Resigned	Louis-Marie-Edmond Blanquart de Bailleul †	Archbishop of Rouen, France	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Mar		Born	Vincenzo Scozzoli †		Bishop of Rimini, Italy
13 Mar		Born	Francisco María Cervera y Cervera, O.F.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco
14 Mar	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Paula Benavides y Navarrete, O.S. †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo Conde y Corral, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Neeson Lynch †	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Francis Patrick McFarland †	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
15 Mar	59.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Benedetto Antonucci †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	56.7	Appointed	Ruggero Blundo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
	76.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Cirilo de Alameda y Brea, O.F.M. Obs. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	40.8	Confirmed	Charles-Jean Fillion †	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France	Bishop of Le Mans, France
	57.4	Confirmed	Jean-Pierre Mabile †	Bishop of Versailles, France
	52.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Teodolfo Mertel †	Cardinal, Deacon of the Roman Curia - Other
	41.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Milesi Pironi Ferretti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	58.7	Appointed	Luigi Giuseppe Anselmo Natoli †	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
	57.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Enrico Orfei †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	57.6	Appointed	Angelo Francesco Ramazzotti †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
	55.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro de Silvestri †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
	55.0	Resigned	Pietro de Silvestri †	Regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
	75.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Manuel Joaquín Tarancón y Morón †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	75.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Ugolini †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
18 Mar	59.5	Appointed	Antonio Benedetto Antonucci †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	57.8	Confirmed	Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	54.0	Confirmed	Jean-Sébastien-Adolphe Devoucoux †	Bishop of Évreux, France
	68.6	Appointed	Antonio de Simone †	Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa
	51.9	Appointed	Filippo Gallo, C.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters)	Bishop Emeritus of Bovino, Italy
	50.6	Appointed	Pietro Giannelli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Sicily, Italy	Cardinal, President of the Roman Curia - Other
	49.6	Appointed	Albert von Haller †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
	49.6	Appointed	Albert von Haller †	Titular Bishop of Carrhae	Auxiliary Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
	58.2	Appointed	Jacques-Marie-Joseph Jeancard †	Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	58.2	Appointed	Jacques-Marie-Joseph Jeancard †	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
	64.3	Appointed	Manuel Martins Manso †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
	52.1	Appointed	Teodolfo Mertel †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio	Cardinal, Deacon of the Roman Curia - Other
	41.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Milesi Pironi Ferretti †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	57.4	Appointed	Enrico Orfei †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	57.2	Appointed	Manuel Bento Rodrigues da Silva †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	39.6	Confirmed	Ignaz von Senestréy †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
	55.0	Appointed	Pietro de Silvestri †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
19 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	Antonio Ochoa y Arenas †	Priest	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
20 Mar	22.9	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Maria Giordano, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Calvi e Teano, Italy
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Morticelli †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Atri, Italy
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Ottaviano Rosario Sabetti, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Auxiliary Bishop of Calvi e Teano, Italy
21 Mar	56.7	Ordained Bishop	Ruggero Blundo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Cosme Marrodán y Rubio †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Giuseppe Anselmo Natoli †	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Djordje Smičiklas †	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
22 Mar	23.5	Ordained Deacon	Antoni Franciszek Audziewicz †	Deacon	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
22 Mar		Born	Joseph Franciskus Marie Sweens, M. Afr. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Victoria-Nyanza, Tanzania
23 Mar		Born	Thomas Francis Kennedy †		Rector of the Pontifical North American College
24 Mar		Born	Henri-Marie Arlet †		Bishop of Angoulême, France
25 Mar	23.9	Ordained Priest	Paškal Buconjić, O.F.M. Obs. †	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Stefano Gerbino di Cannitello, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Trapani, Italy
	24.4	Ordained Deacon	Leonhard Haas †	Deacon of Basel, Switzerland	Bishop of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland
26 Mar	24.4	Ordained Priest	Leonhard Haas †	Priest of Basel, Switzerland	Bishop of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland
29 Mar	86.3	Died	Félix Herrero Valverde †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
4 Apr	20.8	Professed	William Hickley Gross, C.SS.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop of Oregon City, Oregon, USA
5 Apr	50.6	Appointed	Pietro Giannelli †	Titular Archbishop of Sardes	Cardinal, President of the Roman Curia - Other
6 Apr	22.9	Ordained Deacon	Francisco de Paula Barnada y Aguilar †	Deacon of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
6 Apr		Born	Ricardo Sepúlveda Hermosilla †		Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
8 Apr	80.2	Died	Tomás de Portes e Infante †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
8 Apr		Born	Eugène Victor Marie van Rechem †		Auxiliary Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
11 Apr	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Lucas Asensio Poves †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Francisco de Paula Barnada y Aguilar †	Priest of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Blanco y Lorenzo, O.P. †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
13 Apr		Born	André-Marie-Elie Jarosseau, O.F.M. Cap. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
	38.7	Died	Ignacij Knoblehar (Knobleher) †	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale}, Sudan
	61.1	Died	Etienne Jean François Le Herpeur †	Bishop of Martinique (Fort-de-France e Saint Pierre), Antilles
	44.3	Appointed	Melchior-Marie-Joseph de Marion-Brésillac, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone
		Died	Bernabé Rojas, O.P. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
16 Apr		Born	Basilio Pompilj †		Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
18 Apr	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Juan José Castañer y Rivas †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
	83.1	Died	Gabriele Maria de Marchis †	Titular Bishop of Tiberiopolis
	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Mateo Jaume y Garau †	Bishop of Menorca, Spain	Bishop of Mallorca y Ibiza, Spain
20 Apr	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Paul Ludolf Melchers, S.J. †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
22 Apr	86.0	Resigned	Tommaso Antonio Gigli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
22 Apr		Born	Josef Damian Schmitt †		Bishop of Fulda, Germany
24 Apr		Born	José de Camargo Barros †		Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
		Born	Fabien Antoine Eestermans, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Lahore, Pakistan
		Born	Luigi Maria Marelli †		Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
25 Apr		Born	Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno †		Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
25 Apr	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Jean Marcel Pierre Auguste Vérot, P.S.S. †	Titular Bishop of Danaba	Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
26 Apr	62.9	Died	Francis Murphy †	Bishop of Adelaide, Australia
28 Apr		Born	Odorico Giuseppe Rizzi, O.F.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shensi {Scen-Si Settentrionale}, China
29 Apr	57.1	Died	Giovanni Domenico Francesco Mensini †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy

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