The Year of Our Lord 1876

Bishop Events

October to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct 42.4 Ordained Bishop Antonio García y Fernández † Bishop of Segovia, Spain

Born Franciszek Lisowski † Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

5 Oct 22.3 Ordained Priest Anton Keil † Priest of Salzburg, Austria Auxiliary Bishop

6 Oct Born Serafín María Armora y González † Bishop of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México

8 Oct 50.6 Ordained Bishop Luis Bruschetti † Titular Bishop of Abydus

Born Filippo Cortesi † Apostolic Nuncio to Poland

11 Oct 78.3 Died José Antônio dos Reis † Bishop of Cuiabá, Brazil

14 Oct Born Joseph Francis Rummel † Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

15 Oct 22.3 Ordained Priest Leonidas Medina † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia

20 Oct Born Athanase Cyrille Georges Dallal † Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq

45.1 Ordained Priest Francesco Giulianelli, P.I.M.E. † Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Southern Shensi {Scen-Si Meridionale}, China

21 Oct 52.3 Selected Victor-Jean-François-Paulin Delannoy † Bishop of Aire et Dax, France

49.7 Selected Dominique-Clément-Marie Soulé † Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion Bishop Emeritus

22 Oct 58.7 Ordained Bishop Albert (Franz de Paula) Eder, O.S.B. † Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria

24 Oct Born Louis Janssens, C.I.C.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Jinzhou [Jehol], China

74.1 Died Giovanni Battista Siciliani, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Capaccio e Vallo della Lucania, Italy

26 Oct 77.7 Died Edoardo Hurmuz, C.M.V. † Titular Bishop of Siraces

Born Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke † Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland

28 Oct Born Raffaele Carlo Rossi, O.C.D. † Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation

29 Oct 51.1 Ordained Bishop Gioachino Cantagalli † Bishop of Cagli e Pergola, Italy Bishop of Faenza, Italy

31 Oct 76.2 Died François-Marie Vibert † Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France

1 Nov Born Albert Maria Fuchs † Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany

Born Antonijs Springovičs † Archbishop of Riga, Latvia

3 Nov Born Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC. † Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands, USA

5 Nov 45.7 Ordained Bishop Marcello Mazzanti † Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy

6 Nov 71.6 Selected Diego Mariano Alguacil y Rodríguez † Bishop of Cartagena (en España)

70.5 Died Giacomo Antonelli † Cardinal, Secretary of State

12 Nov 41.1 Ordained Bishop Juan María Valero y Nacarino † Bishop of Tuy, Spain Bishop of Cuenca, Spain

13 Nov Born Moses Elias Kiley † Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

14 Nov 43.6 Appointed Luigi Piavi (Biavi), O.F.M. Obs. † Titular Archbishop of Siunia Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

43.6 Appointed Luigi Piavi (Biavi), O.F.M. Obs. † Apostolic Delegate to Syria Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

43.6 Appointed Luigi Piavi (Biavi), O.F.M. Obs. † Vicar Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

Born Joseph Edward McCarthy † Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA

15 Nov 46.2 Selected Michel Rosset † Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France

19 Nov 64.0 Ordained Bishop Carlo de Caprio † Titular Bishop of Canopus Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy

47.6 Ordained Bishop Pierre-Hector Coullié (Couillié) † Titular Bishop of Sidon Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

42.9 Ordained Bishop St. Grégoire Grassi, O.F.M. Obs. † Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Phoenicia Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shansi {Scian-Si Settentrionale}, China

20 Nov 70.9 Died Mariano Benito Barrio y Fernández † Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

22 Nov 54.8 Selected Sebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros, C.O. † Bishop of Vitoria, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

Born Carlos Labbé Márquez † Bishop Emeritus of Iquique, Chile

Born Pierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville † Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France

24 Nov Born Giovanni Bargiggia † Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

26 Nov 43.6 Ordained Bishop Luigi Piavi (Biavi), O.F.M. Obs. † Titular Archbishop of Siunia Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

37.0 Ordained Bishop Pedro Rafael González y Calixto † Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador

27 Nov 66.1 Succeeded João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa, O.F.M. Ref. † Archbishop of Braga, Portugal Archbishop Emeritus

82.1 Died José Joaquim de Azevedo e Moura † Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

29 Nov Born Augustin Bostani † Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon

30 Nov 60.9 Installed José Ramón Silvestre Masiá y Vidiella, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Loja, Ecuador

44.4 Ordained Bishop José Antonio Ponte † Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

35.2 Ordained Priest Maximiano Reynoso y del Corral † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México

3 Dec Born Dominique Maria Hồ Ngọc Cẩn † Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam

26.3 Ordained Priest Theophilus Mayer, M.H.M. † Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill Auxiliary Bishop of Madras, India

4 Dec Born Louis-Jean Martrou, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon

5 Dec 20.0 Entered John Joseph Collins, S.J. † Member of Society of Jesus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles

Born Camille Pic † Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France

6 Dec Born Nicolás Esandi, S.D.B. † Bishop of Viedma, Argentina

8 Dec Born Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. † Vicar Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

25.1 Professed Célestin-Henri Joussard, O.M.I. † Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Grouard, Alberta, Canada

10 Dec 67.5 Ordained Bishop Francisco de Paula Moreno y Andreu † Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain

11 Dec Born James Joseph MacNamee † Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland

Born Josef Mutschlechner † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

13 Dec Born Manuel Mendes da Conceição Santos † Archbishop of Évora, Portugal

78.4 Died John Francis (William Joseph) Whelan, O.C.D. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bombay, India

17 Dec 78.2 Died Costantino Patrizi Naro † Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for Universal Inquisition

18 Dec 71.7 Confirmed Diego Mariano Alguacil y Rodríguez † Bishop of Cartagena (en España)

81.1 Appointed Prospero Caterini † Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council

40.8 Confirmed Antônio Maria Corrêa de Sá e Benevides † Bishop of Goiás, Brazil Bishop of Mariana, Brazil

52.4 Confirmed Victor-Jean-François-Paulin Delannoy † Bishop of Aire et Dax, France

62.8 Confirmed Joaquim Gonçalves de Azevedo † Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

54.9 Confirmed Sebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros, C.O. † Bishop of Vitoria, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

42.8 Appointed Pietro Maglione † Bishop of Capaccio e Vallo della Lucania, Italy Bishop Emeritus

68.3 Died Michael O’Hea † Bishop of Ross, Ireland

60.5 Appointed Michele Mautone † Bishop of Nardò, Italy

46.3 Confirmed Michel Rosset † Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France

60.4 Appointed Giovanni Simeoni † Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

60.4 Appointed Giovanni Simeoni † Secretary of State Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

49.9 Confirmed Dominique-Clément-Marie Soulé † Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion Bishop Emeritus

19 Dec 41.9 Appointed Pascal Bili, O.F.M. Ref. † Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Settentrionale}, China

41.9 Appointed Pascal Bili, O.F.M. Ref. † Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Settentrionale}, China

51.6 Appointed Francis Xavier Leray † Bishop of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

47.5 Appointed Pierre-Marie Osouf, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Northern Japan Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan

47.5 Appointed Pierre-Marie Osouf, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Arcadia Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan

Born Enrique Pla y Deniel † Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

36.5 Appointed John Lancaster Spalding † Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

20 Dec 50.7 Appointed Luigi Maria (Tommaso Francesco) Bilio, B. † Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for Universal Inquisition

21 Dec 81.1 Appointed Prospero Caterini † Secretary of the Congregation for Universal Inquisition Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council

49.8 Appointed Raffaele Monaco La Valletta † Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

22 Dec 71.0 Appointed Carlo Luigi Morichini † Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

24.8 Ordained Priest Jean-François-Ernest Ricard † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France

23 Dec 22.2 Ordained Deacon Gregorio Nicolás Casas y Conde, O.A.R. † Deacon of Order of Augustinian Recollects Vicar Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia

24.6 Ordained Priest Filippo Giustini † Priest of Tivoli, Italy Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments

23.9 Ordained Priest Joseph Émile Lutz, C.S.Sp. † Priest Prefect of Lower Niger {Niger Inferiore}, Nigeria

48.4 Appointed Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano † Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

86.9 Died Raffaele Purpo † Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy

22.4 Ordained Priest Scipione Tecchi † Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

48.7 Succeeded Gennaro de Vivo † Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy

24 Dec 66.5 Appointed Flavio Chigi † Cardinal, Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}

60.5 Ordained Bishop Michele Mautone † Bishop of Nardò, Italy

26 Dec 23.7 Ordained Priest Gérard (Josef) Van Caloen, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

29 Dec Born Auguste-Siméon Colas, M.E.P. † Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India

Born Nicolas Stam, M.H.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya

40.0 Appointed Vincenzo Vannutelli † Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

31 Dec 53.8 Died Antonius Grech-Delicata-Testaferrata-Cassia † Bishop of Gozo, Malta

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio García y Fernández †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
	Born	Franciszek Lisowski †		Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
5 Oct	22.3	Ordained Priest	Anton Keil †	Priest of Salzburg, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop
6 Oct		Born	Serafín María Armora y González †		Bishop of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México
8 Oct	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Luis Bruschetti †	Titular Bishop of Abydus
	Born	Filippo Cortesi †		Apostolic Nuncio to Poland
11 Oct	78.3	Died	José Antônio dos Reis †	Bishop of Cuiabá, Brazil
14 Oct		Born	Joseph Francis Rummel †		Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
15 Oct	22.3	Ordained Priest	Leonidas Medina †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
20 Oct		Born	Athanase Cyrille Georges Dallal †		Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
45.1	Ordained Priest	Francesco Giulianelli, P.I.M.E. †	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Southern Shensi {Scen-Si Meridionale}, China
21 Oct	52.3	Selected	Victor-Jean-François-Paulin Delannoy †	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France
49.7	Selected	Dominique-Clément-Marie Soulé †	Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion	Bishop Emeritus
22 Oct	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Albert (Franz de Paula) Eder, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
24 Oct		Born	Louis Janssens, C.I.C.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Jinzhou [Jehol], China
74.1	Died	Giovanni Battista Siciliani, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Capaccio e Vallo della Lucania, Italy
26 Oct	77.7	Died	Edoardo Hurmuz, C.M.V. †	Titular Bishop of Siraces
	Born	Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke †		Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
28 Oct		Born	Raffaele Carlo Rossi, O.C.D. †		Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
29 Oct	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Gioachino Cantagalli †	Bishop of Cagli e Pergola, Italy	Bishop of Faenza, Italy
31 Oct	76.2	Died	François-Marie Vibert †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
1 Nov		Born	Albert Maria Fuchs †		Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
	Born	Antonijs Springovičs †		Archbishop of Riga, Latvia
3 Nov		Born	Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC. †		Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands, USA
5 Nov	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Marcello Mazzanti †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
6 Nov	71.6	Selected	Diego Mariano Alguacil y Rodríguez †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
70.5	Died	Giacomo Antonelli †	Cardinal, Secretary of State
12 Nov	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Juan María Valero y Nacarino †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
13 Nov		Born	Moses Elias Kiley †		Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
14 Nov	43.6	Appointed	Luigi Piavi (Biavi), O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Archbishop of Siunia	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
43.6	Appointed	Luigi Piavi (Biavi), O.F.M. Obs. †	Apostolic Delegate to Syria	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
43.6	Appointed	Luigi Piavi (Biavi), O.F.M. Obs. †	Vicar Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	Born	Joseph Edward McCarthy †		Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
15 Nov	46.2	Selected	Michel Rosset †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
19 Nov	64.0	Ordained Bishop	Carlo de Caprio †	Titular Bishop of Canopus	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
47.6	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Hector Coullié (Couillié) †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
42.9	Ordained Bishop	St. Grégoire Grassi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Phoenicia	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shansi {Scian-Si Settentrionale}, China
20 Nov	70.9	Died	Mariano Benito Barrio y Fernández †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
22 Nov	54.8	Selected	Sebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros, C.O. †	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	Born	Carlos Labbé Márquez †		Bishop Emeritus of Iquique, Chile
	Born	Pierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
24 Nov		Born	Giovanni Bargiggia †		Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
26 Nov	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Piavi (Biavi), O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Archbishop of Siunia	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
37.0	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Rafael González y Calixto †	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
27 Nov	66.1	Succeeded	João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa, O.F.M. Ref. †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal	Archbishop Emeritus
82.1	Died	José Joaquim de Azevedo e Moura †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
29 Nov		Born	Augustin Bostani †		Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon
30 Nov	60.9	Installed	José Ramón Silvestre Masiá y Vidiella, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
44.4	Ordained Bishop	José Antonio Ponte †	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
35.2	Ordained Priest	Maximiano Reynoso y del Corral †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México
3 Dec		Born	Dominique Maria Hồ Ngọc Cẩn †		Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
26.3	Ordained Priest	Theophilus Mayer, M.H.M. †	Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill	Auxiliary Bishop of Madras, India
4 Dec		Born	Louis-Jean Martrou, C.S.Sp. †		Vicar Apostolic of Gabon, Gabon
5 Dec	20.0	Entered	John Joseph Collins, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles
	Born	Camille Pic †		Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France
6 Dec		Born	Nicolás Esandi, S.D.B. †		Bishop of Viedma, Argentina
8 Dec		Born	Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. †		Vicar Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25.1	Professed	Célestin-Henri Joussard, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Grouard, Alberta, Canada
10 Dec	67.5	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Paula Moreno y Andreu †	Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain
11 Dec		Born	James Joseph MacNamee †		Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
	Born	Josef Mutschlechner †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
13 Dec		Born	Manuel Mendes da Conceição Santos †		Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
78.4	Died	John Francis (William Joseph) Whelan, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bombay, India
17 Dec	78.2	Died	Costantino Patrizi Naro †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for Universal Inquisition
18 Dec	71.7	Confirmed	Diego Mariano Alguacil y Rodríguez †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
81.1	Appointed	Prospero Caterini †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
40.8	Confirmed	Antônio Maria Corrêa de Sá e Benevides †	Bishop of Goiás, Brazil	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil
52.4	Confirmed	Victor-Jean-François-Paulin Delannoy †	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France
62.8	Confirmed	Joaquim Gonçalves de Azevedo †	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
54.9	Confirmed	Sebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros, C.O. †	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
42.8	Appointed	Pietro Maglione †	Bishop of Capaccio e Vallo della Lucania, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
68.3	Died	Michael O’Hea †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
60.5	Appointed	Michele Mautone †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
46.3	Confirmed	Michel Rosset †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
60.4	Appointed	Giovanni Simeoni †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
60.4	Appointed	Giovanni Simeoni †	Secretary of State	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
49.9	Confirmed	Dominique-Clément-Marie Soulé †	Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion	Bishop Emeritus
19 Dec	41.9	Appointed	Pascal Bili, O.F.M. Ref. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Settentrionale}, China
41.9	Appointed	Pascal Bili, O.F.M. Ref. †	Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Settentrionale}, China
51.6	Appointed	Francis Xavier Leray †	Bishop of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
47.5	Appointed	Pierre-Marie Osouf, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Japan	Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
47.5	Appointed	Pierre-Marie Osouf, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Arcadia	Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
	Born	Enrique Pla y Deniel †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
36.5	Appointed	John Lancaster Spalding †	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
20 Dec	50.7	Appointed	Luigi Maria (Tommaso Francesco) Bilio, B. †	Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for Universal Inquisition
21 Dec	81.1	Appointed	Prospero Caterini †	Secretary of the Congregation for Universal Inquisition	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
49.8	Appointed	Raffaele Monaco La Valletta †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
22 Dec	71.0	Appointed	Carlo Luigi Morichini †	Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
24.8	Ordained Priest	Jean-François-Ernest Ricard †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
23 Dec	22.2	Ordained Deacon	Gregorio Nicolás Casas y Conde, O.A.R. †	Deacon of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Vicar Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia
24.6	Ordained Priest	Filippo Giustini †	Priest of Tivoli, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
23.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Émile Lutz, C.S.Sp. †	Priest	Prefect of Lower Niger {Niger Inferiore}, Nigeria
48.4	Appointed	Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano †	Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
86.9	Died	Raffaele Purpo †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
22.4	Ordained Priest	Scipione Tecchi †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
48.7	Succeeded	Gennaro de Vivo †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
24 Dec	66.5	Appointed	Flavio Chigi †	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}
60.5	Ordained Bishop	Michele Mautone †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
26 Dec	23.7	Ordained Priest	Gérard (Josef) Van Caloen, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
29 Dec		Born	Auguste-Siméon Colas, M.E.P. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
	Born	Nicolas Stam, M.H.M. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya
40.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Vannutelli †	Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
31 Dec	53.8	Died	Antonius Grech-Delicata-Testaferrata-Cassia †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta

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