The Year of Our Lord 1876

Bishop Events

January to March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	55.9	Died	Ambroise Abdo (Abdou) †	Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine
	26.0	Appointed	Ignace Abdulmessih †	Archbishop
	24.6	Final Vows	Johann Baptist von Anzer, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shantung {Scian-Ton Meridionale}, China
	21.5	Ordained Priest	Leonard Brindisi †	Priest of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece	Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
	29.9	Ordained Priest	Abbondio Cavadini, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Mangalore, India
		Born	Pacifico Cembranos Nistral, O.C.D. †		Prefect Emeritus of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Giovanni del Papa, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
	46.9	Appointed	Melezio (Mélèce) Fakkak †	Bishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	42.8	Appointed	Ignazio Ghiurekian, C.M.V. †	Abbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez †	Priest of Ciudad Real, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	19.5	Professed	François-Nicolas-Alphonse Kunemann, C.S.Sp. †	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Saturnino de La Torre Merino, O.E.S.A. †	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Hunan {Hu-Nan Settentrionale}, China
	23.0	Professed	Pasquale Morganti, O.Ss.C.A. †	Priest of Oblates of Saints Ambrose and Charles	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Ramón Peris Mencheta †	Priest	Bishop of Coria, Spain
	34.3	Ordained Priest	Jean Baptist Rene, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Prefect Emeritus of Alaska, USA
	44.6	Resigned	Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli, O.F.M. Ref. †	Apostolic Administrator of Northwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Settentrionale}, China	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Orientale}, China
1 Jan		Born	Lawrence Pereira †		Bishop of Kottar, India
3 Jan		Born	Daniel Rivero Rivero †		Archbishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia
5 Jan	63.7	Selected	Benito Romero, O.F.M. Disc. †	Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
6 Jan		Born	Christian Josef Caminada †		Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
8 Jan	65.2	Died	Giuseppe Angelini †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
9 Jan	42.5	Succeeded	Vitale Galli †	Bishop of Narni, Italy
	56.7	Died	Jerzy Iwaszkiewicz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mohilev, Belarus
	62.0	Died	Giacinto Luzi †	Bishop of Narni, Italy
	64.0	Ordained Bishop	Honorio María de Onaindía y López †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Isidoro Valls y Pascual †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
10 Jan		Born	Augusto Bertazzoni †		Bishop Emeritus of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy
11 Jan	59.0	Appointed	Michael (Miguel) Domenec, C.M. †	Bishop of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
11 Jan	54.8	Appointed	John Tuigg †	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
12 Jan	65.7	Selected	Johann Baptist Rudolph Kutschker †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
14 Jan	51.0	Appointed	Giulio Lenti †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
16 Jan	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Nolasco Colomer y Mestres †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
16 Jan	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Louis-Zéphirin Moreau †	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
17 Jan	63.3	Selected	Etienne-Emile Ramadié †	Archbishop of Albi, France
18 Jan	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Juan José de Polo Valenzuela †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
19 Jan	65.9	Appointed	Luigi Filippi, O.F.M. Ref. †	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
20 Jan	73.8	Died	Frédéric-Gabriel-Marie-François de Marguerye †	Bishop Emeritus of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France
22 Jan		Born	Jacques Nessimian †		Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
23 Jan	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Costa y Fornaguera †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
23 Jan	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Melezio (Mélèce) Fakkak †	Bishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
25 Jan	57.1	Appointed	Alessio Maria Filippi, O.F.M. Ref. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
	57.1	Appointed	Alessio Maria Filippi, O.F.M. Ref. †	Titular Bishop of Paneade	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
	42.1	Appointed	St. Grégoire Grassi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Shansi {Scian-Si} (Chan-Si), China	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shansi {Scian-Si Settentrionale}, China
	42.1	Appointed	St. Grégoire Grassi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Phoenicia	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shansi {Scian-Si Settentrionale}, China
	52.0	Appointed	Eusebio Marie Semprini, O.F.M. Ref. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Hunan {Hu-Nan}, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Hunan {Hu-Nan Meridionale}, China
	52.0	Appointed	Eusebio Marie Semprini, O.F.M. Ref. †	Titular Bishop of Tiberiopolis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Hunan {Hu-Nan Meridionale}, China
26 Jan		Born	Jean-Baptiste Claudel, C.Ss.R. †		Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia
28 Jan		Born	Antonio Álvaro y Ballano †		Bishop of Zamora, Spain
	64.8	Appointed	Ruggero Luigi Emidio Antici Mattei †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
	64.8	Appointed	Franz Bernert †	Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany
	64.8	Appointed	Franz Bernert †	Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany	Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany
	64.8	Appointed	Franz Bernert †	Titular Bishop of Azotus	Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany
	46.9	Confirmed	Julien-François-Pierre Carmené †	Bishop of Martinique (Fort-de-France e Saint Pierre), Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
	59.8	Appointed	Antonio Centore †	Auxiliary Bishop of Capua, Italy
	59.8	Appointed	Antonio Centore †	Titular Bishop of Tlos	Auxiliary Bishop of Capua, Italy
	57.6	Appointed	Stanislao Eula †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
	53.1	Appointed	Francesco Folicaldi †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
	42.8	Confirmed	Abel-Anastase Germain †	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
	50.5	Appointed	Manuel María León González y Sánchez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
	50.5	Appointed	Manuel María León González y Sánchez †	Titular Bishop of Zela	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
	51.1	Appointed	Giulio Lenti †	Titular Archbishop of Side	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	42.2	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Paolucci †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	61.3	Appointed	Pedro Payo y Piñeiro, O.P. †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
	63.8	Confirmed	Benito Romero, O.F.M. Disc. †	Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
	42.6	Appointed	Bl. Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
	42.6	Appointed	Bl. Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás †	Titular Bishop of Areopolis	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
	36.5	Appointed	St. Giovanni Battista Scalabrini †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
	53.3	Confirmed	Joseph Franz von Weckert †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
29 Jan		Born	Francisco Sales Reyes y Alicante †		Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
30 Jan	58.3	Died	Anselmo Fauli, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
30 Jan	36.5	Ordained Bishop	St. Giovanni Battista Scalabrini †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
2 Feb		Born	Placide Colliard †		Bishop of Lausanne et Genève, Switzerland
		Born	Josip Srebrnić †		Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
		Born	Franz Wolf, S.V.D. †		Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
6 Feb	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Casas y Souto †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Folicaldi †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
	66.5	Ordained Bishop	István Junák †	Titular Bishop of Olba	Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
	66.8	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Pontes y Cantelar, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Cesáreo Rodrigo y Rodríguez †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
7 Feb		Born	Romuald Jałbrzykowski †		Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
11 Feb		Born	Louis-Joseph-Marie Auneau, S.M.M. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Shiré, Malawi
13 Feb	36.5	Installed	St. Giovanni Battista Scalabrini †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
16 Feb		Born	Anton Oomen, M. Afr. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania
17 Feb		Born	Gaspare Hou (Hu) †		Prefect Emeritus of Linqing [Lintsing], China
17 Feb	56.8	Died	Julien Rabin, M.E.P. †	Prefect Emeritus of Lhassa, China
19 Feb		Born	Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. †		Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
20 Feb	67.0	Resigned	Jean-Pierre-Jules Dours †	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon), France	Bishop Emeritus
20 Feb	65.0	Died	Antonio Maria Valenziani †	Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
23 Feb	66.2	Died	Filippo Cammarota †	Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy
25 Feb	74.1	Ordained Bishop	Pedro José Chávez Ponce †	Bishop of Puno, Peru
27 Feb	48.9	Appointed	Louis Aloysius Lootens †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vancouver Island, USA	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Idaho, USA
	48.9	Resigned	Louis Aloysius Lootens †	Vicar Apostolic of Idaho and Montana, USA	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Idaho, USA
	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Paolucci †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
28 Feb		Born	Michael Joseph Keyes, S.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Savannah, Georgia, USA
2 Mar		Born	Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †		Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
3 Mar		Born	Bl. Josaphat Joseph Kocylovskyj (Kotsylovsky), O.S.B.M. †		Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland
4 Mar	74.1	Installed	Pedro José Chávez Ponce †	Bishop of Puno, Peru
4 Mar		Born	Pierre Kernivinen, S.M.A. †		Prefect Emeritus of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
5 Mar		Born	Alfred-Odilon Comtois †		Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
5 Mar	45.1	Ordained Bishop	José Telésphor Paúl y Vargas, S.J. †	Bishop of Panamá	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
6 Mar	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Julien-François-Pierre Carmené †	Bishop of Martinique (Fort-de-France e Saint Pierre), Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
6 Mar	45.3	Died	Rafail Popov †	Bishop of Bulgarian United Church (Constantinople) (Bulgarian)
10 Mar	23.4	Ordained Deacon	Philippe-Prosper Augouard, C.S.Sp. †	Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic of Upper French Congo {Congo Francese Superiore} o Ubanghi, Congo
	41.8	Selected	Antonio García y Fernández †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
	62.1	Selected	Mariano Miguel Gómez Alguacil y Fernández †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
		Born	Jaak Moris, C.Ss.R. †		Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles
12 Mar	48.3	Ordained Bishop	José María Orberá y Carrión †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
	61.4	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Payo y Piñeiro, O.P. †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás †	Titular Bishop of Areopolis	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
14 Mar		Born	Luca Piergiovanni †		Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy
	49.2	Selected	Louis-Joseph-Marie-Ange Vigne †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria	Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
	51.2	Appointed	Michael Warren †	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
17 Mar		Born	Henry Patrick Rohlman †		Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
19 Mar	64.9	Ordained Bishop	Franz Bernert †	Titular Bishop of Azotus	Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany
	59.2	Installed	Michael (Miguel) Domenec, C.M. †	Bishop of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Galberry, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Abel-Anastase Germain †	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Gómez-Salazar y Lucio-Villegas †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	18.9	Professed	Peter Joseph Hurth, C.S.C. †	Member of Congregation of Holy Cross	Bishop Emeritus of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
	47.5	Selected	Joseph-Frédéric Saivet †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
	55.0	Ordained Bishop	John Tuigg †	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
21 Mar		Born	Jean-Marie Masson, O.M.I. †		Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka
23 Mar	56.4	Selected	Julien Costes †	Bishop of Mende, France	Bishop Emeritus
23 Mar	41.9	Selected	Josip Juraj Posilović †	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia	Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
24 Mar		Born	Giuseppe De Nicola †		Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
		Born	Josef Lörks, S.V.D. †		Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea
	50.1	Appointed	Leonardo de St. Louis Mellano, O.C.D. †	Apostolic Administrator of Mangalore, India	Bishop of Verapoly, India
25 Mar	22.3	Professed	Augustin Marre, O.C.S.O. †	Member of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
25 Mar	51.9	Selected	Joseph-Sébastien-Ferdinand Terris †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
27 Mar		Born	Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti †		Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
29 Mar		Born	Félix Couturier, O.P. †		Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada
31 Mar		Born	Michael O’Brien †		Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland

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