The Year of Our Lord 1868

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	20.1	Professed	Joseph-Emile Abbet, C.R.A. †	Member of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
	42.1	Appointed	Charles-Martial-Allemand Lavigerie †	Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Cardinal, Archbishop of Alger, Algeria
	33.0	Appointed	Francis Silas Marean Chatard †	Rector of the Pontifical North American College	Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
	60.0	Died	Jean Dossat †	Prefect of French Guiana-Cayenne, Antilles
		Appointed	Camillo Guardi, M.I. †	Superior General of Order of the Ministers of the Sick
	47.5	Appointed	Pavao Gugler †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
	40.5	Appointed	Antoine Horner, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Zanguebar, Kenya	Prefect Emeritus
	55.6	Appointed	Konrad Martin †	Apostolic Administrator of Anhalt, Germany	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
	21.3	Professed	François Lesné, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Apostolic Delegate to Persia
	27.4	Ordained Priest	James Maher †	Priest	Bishop of Port Augusta, Australia
		Appointed	Giovanni Angelo M. Mondani, O.S.M. †	Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary
		Born	Matthijs Nijens, M.S.C. †		Prefect Emeritus of Nuova Guinea Olandese, Indonesia
	17.3	Professed	Hubert Otto, C.I.C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Kansu {Kansu Settentrionale}, China
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Louis Péchenard †	Priest of Reims, France	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France
	42.1	Appointed	André Peyralbe, C.M. †	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Honan {Ho-Nan}, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	19.0	Professed	Louis-Hippolyte-Aristide Raguit, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria, China
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Juan Antonio Ruano Martín †	Priest	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
	16.4	Professed	Esteban Sánchez de las Heras, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China
	21.0	Professed	Jean-Baptiste Simon, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic of Kiangnan, China
	59.7	Appointed	István (Štefan) Vagyon †	Bishop of the Titular See
	27.6	Professed	Alphonse de Voss (Vos), C.I.C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia {Mongolia Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
1 Jan	38.4	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Ignacio Riaño, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Thaumacus	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
3 Jan		Born	Marcial López y Criado †		Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
6 Jan		Born	Miklós Széchenyi de Salvar-Felsovidék †		Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
10 Jan		Born	François Steinmetz, S.M.A. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dahomey, Benin
11 Jan		Born	Miguel de los Santos Serra y Sucarrats †		Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
12 Jan	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Canzi †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene	Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy
15 Jan		Born	Giovanni Pellegrino Luigi Mondaini, O.F.M. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Changsha [Changsha], China
15 Jan	74.5	Died	Piotr Pawel Beniamin Szymański, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Janów Podlaski (Podlaska o Janów), Poland
18 Jan		Born	Juan Antonio Dueñas y Argumedo †		Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador
19 Jan	70.5	Died	Ireneus Frederic Baraga †	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA
19 Jan	71.0	Died	Józef Twarowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Janów Podlaski (Podlaska o Janów), Poland
23 Jan		Born	Francesco Maria Berti, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop Emeritus of Amelia, Italy
		Born	Ernest Costa de Beauregard †		Former Bishop-Elect of Dijon, France
	62.0	Died	John Fennelly †	Vicar Apostolic of Madras, India
	52.0	Selected	Djordje Marčić †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
	54.9	Died	Jean-Étienne Sémeria, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
26 Jan		Born	Josef Hammels †		Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
26 Jan	32.5	Ordained Bishop	Paul-François Puginier, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Mauricastro	Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
28 Jan		Born	Giorgio Koletsi †		Bishop of Sapë, Albania
2 Feb	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Théodore-Joseph Gravez †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
		Born	Charles-François Lasne, C.M. †		Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar
	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Nial MacCabe, C.M. †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Johann Gabriel Léon Louis Meurin, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius
		Born	Valentin Wojciech †		Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
4 Feb		Born	Edmond Heelan †		Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
	52.4	Appointed	Andreas Ignatius Schaepman †	Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
	73.4	Appointed	Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) †	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
	73.4	Resigned	Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) †	Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
5 Feb		Born	Dudley Charles Cary-Elwes †		Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain
6 Feb	45.9	Succeeded	Vicente Arbeláez Gómez †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
6 Feb	70.9	Died	Antonio Herrán y Zaldúa †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
10 Feb		Born	Bernard Cornelius O’Riley †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa
10 Feb	24.5	Solemn Vows	Pedro Armengol Valenzuela Poblete, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
11 Feb		Born	Jean Ogé, S.M.A. †		Prefect of Liberia, Liberia
12 Feb		Born	Antonio Senso Lázaro †		Bishop of Astorga, Spain
13 Feb		Born	Serge Der Abrahamian †		Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
15 Feb		Born	Gilberto Fuenzalida Guzmán †		Bishop of Concepción, Chile
16 Feb		Born	Tomás Gregorio Camacho †		Bishop of Salto, Uruguay
	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Raffaele Corradi, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
		Born	François-Lazare Seguin, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Kweyang [Guiyang] (Kweiyang), China
17 Feb		Born	Pavel Huyn †		Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
19 Feb	60.0	Died	Joaquín Hernández y Herrero †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
21 Feb		Born	Louis Petit, A.A. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
22 Feb	67.5	Died	Justo Donoso Vivanco †	Bishop of La Serena, Chile
23 Feb		Born	Eugène Curien †		Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
23 Feb	44.6	Died	Theophiel (Théophile) Verbist, C.I.C.M. †	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Mongolia, China
25 Feb		Born	Remig Sándor Bárdos, O.S.B. †		Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary
26 Feb	82.5	Died	Juan Nepomuceno Cascallana y Ordóñez †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
1 Mar	44.4	Died	Louis Bel, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia
		Born	Bernardo Martínez y Noval, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Almería, Spain
		Born	Thomas Mulvany †		Bishop of Meath, Ireland
3 Mar	35.1	Appointed	Thomas Albert Andrew Becker †	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA
	33.6	Appointed	James Gibbons †	Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	33.6	Appointed	James Gibbons †	Titular Bishop of Adramyttium	Cardinal, Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
		Born	Guglielmo Grassi †		Titular Bishop of Tamiathis
	49.8	Appointed	Michael Heiss †	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
	38.8	Appointed	John Joseph Hogan †	Bishop of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA	Bishop of Kansas City, Missouri, USA
	55.2	Appointed	Michael Angelus Jacobi (Jacopi), O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Agra, India	Archbishop of Agra, India
	55.2	Appointed	Michael Angelus Jacobi (Jacopi), O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Pentacomia	Archbishop of Agra, India
	40.9	Appointed	Louis Aloysius Lootens †	Vicar Apostolic of Idaho and Montana, USA	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Idaho, USA
	40.9	Appointed	Louis Aloysius Lootens †	Titular Bishop of Castabala	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Idaho, USA
	55.5	Appointed	Joseph Projectus Machebeuf (Macheboeuf) †	Vicar Apostolic of Colorado and Utah, USA	Bishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
	55.5	Appointed	Joseph Projectus Machebeuf (Macheboeuf) †	Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia	Bishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
	44.3	Appointed	William George McCloskey †	Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
	44.2	Appointed	Bernard Joseph John McQuaid †	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA
	61.9	Appointed	Joseph Melcher †	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
	49.9	Appointed	Tobias Mullen †	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	52.7	Appointed	Eugene O’Connell †	Bishop of Grass Valley, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	51.8	Appointed	William O’Hara †	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
	53.1	Appointed	Augustin-Henri-Jules Ravoux †	Vicar Apostolic of Montana, USA	Priest of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
	53.1	Appointed	Augustin-Henri-Jules Ravoux †	Titular Bishop of Limyra	Priest of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
	41.0	Appointed	Sylvester Horton Rosecrans †	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
	42.1	Appointed	Stephen Michael Vincent Ryan, C.M. †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
	33.6	Appointed	Jeremiah Francis Shanahan †	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
	41.9	Appointed	Paul Tosi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Patna, India	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Punjab, India
	41.9	Appointed	Paul Tosi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Punjab, India
8 Mar	24.6	Ordained Priest	Pedro Armengol Valenzuela Poblete, O. de M. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
9 Mar	24.9	Ordained Priest	Francisco Jarrín y Moro †	Priest of Salamanca, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
9 Mar		Born	Francisco Ruiz de Azúa Ortiz de Zárate, O.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng, Viet Nam
13 Mar	61.9	Appointed	Giacomo Antonelli †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	66.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Lorenzo Barili †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	66.2	Resigned	Lorenzo Barili †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	57.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Berardi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro
	57.4	Resigned	Giuseppe Berardi †	Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro
	40.3	Appointed	Carlos Bermúdez †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
	39.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Lucien-Louis-Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
	45.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Edoardo Borromeo †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
	57.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Annibale Capalti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
	45.1	Appointed	Giacomo Cattani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	57.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Innocenzo Ferrieri †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
	48.7	Appointed	Alessandro Franchi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	56.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Matteo Eustachio Gonella †	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	52.0	Appointed	Joaquín Lluch y Garriga, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	64.0	Appointed	Marino Marini †	Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto, Italy
	64.0	Appointed	Marino Marini †	Pro-Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto, Italy
	41.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Raffaele Monaco La Valletta †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
	50.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Juan de la Cruz Ignacio Moreno y Maisanove †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	39.6	Appointed	Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
	49.0	Appointed	Ján Perger †	Bishop of Košice, Slovakia
	61.1	Appointed	Valerio Antonio Jiménez (Ximenes) †	Bishop of Medellín, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
14 Mar	50.3	Appointed	Angelo Bianchi †	Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
	60.5	Appointed	Pietro Giannelli †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, President of the Roman Curia - Other
		Born	Florentino Simón y Garriga, C.M.F. †		Prelate of São José de Alto Tocantins, Brazil
15 Mar	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Cardoso Ayres †	Bishop of Olinda, Brazil
16 Mar	45.2	Appointed	Charles André Anthonis †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	45.2	Appointed	Charles André Anthonis †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	57.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Berardi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro
	39.3	Appointed	Lucien-Louis-Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
	45.6	Appointed	Edoardo Borromeo †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
	57.1	Appointed	Annibale Capalti †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
	45.1	Appointed	Giacomo Cattani †	Titular Archbishop of Ancyra	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	38.6	Appointed	José Ignacio Checa y Barba †	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Kasper Felicjan Cyrtowt †	Priest of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania	Bishop
	56.4	Appointed	Matteo Eustachio Gonella †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	41.0	Appointed	Raffaele Monaco La Valletta †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
18 Mar	73.2	Died	Mathieu Nakkar †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
19 Mar		Born	Ramón Pérez y Rodríguez †		Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
20 Mar		Born	Auguste-Joseph-Marie Cogneau †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
22 Mar	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Lothar von Kübel †	Titular Bishop of Leuce	Apostolic Administrator of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
22 Mar	59.5	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Domenico Reynaudi (Raynaud), O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Aegae	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
23 Mar	46.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Agnozzi †	Official to Switzerland	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Colombia
27 Mar	64.0	Elected	Teobaldo (Vincentius Joseph Cirillus) Cesari, O. Cist. †	Abbot General of Order of Cistercians	Abbot General Emeritus
28 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	José Alves de Mariz †	Priest	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
	40.4	Resigned	Samuel John Augustine Sheehy, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Sydney, Australia	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
	40.4	Resigned	Samuel John Augustine Sheehy, O.S.B. †	Bishop-Elect of Bethsaida	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
6 Apr		Born	Austin Dowling †		Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
7 Apr		Born	Burkhard Huwiler, M. Afr. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania
7 Apr	25.1	Ordained Bishop	Théodore Jean Nersciabuh †	Archbishop	Archbishop Emeritus of Foreign Archdiocese
9 Apr	54.0	Selected	José Benedicto Torres Romero †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
11 Apr	23.7	Ordained Priest	Mariano Antonio Espinosa †	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop
	29.5	Ordained Priest	Ludovic-Henri-Marie-Ixile Julien-Laferrière †	Priest	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
	22.8	Ordained Priest	José (Giuseppe) Macchi †	Priest of Palestrina, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
		Born	José Antônio de Oliveira Lopes †		Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil
14 Apr	94.8	Died	Hermann Anton Constantin Franz Sales Johann Nepomuk von Vicari †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
25 Apr	55.0	Installed	Mariano Cuartero y Medina, O.P. †	Bishop of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines
	64.6	Succeeded	Johannes van Genk †	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands
		Born	Théophile Joseph Georgi †		Titular Bishop of Arethusa dei Siri
	85.7	Died	Johannes van Hooydonk †	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
26 Apr	25.2	Ordained Priest	Angus MacFarlane †	Priest of Western District, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
	20.6	Professed	Jacobus Cornelis Meeuwissen, C.SS.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dutch Guyana-Suriname, Antilles
	23.3	Ordained Priest	William Turner †	Priest of Eastern District, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
28 Apr		Born	Francisco Muñoz e Izquierdo †		Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
29 Apr		Born	Giuseppe Angelucci †		Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
30 Apr	66.0	Died	Sebastião Pinto do Rêgo †	Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil

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