The Year of Our Lord 1801

and 19th Century

Bishop Events

September to December

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	75.0	Died	Giovanni Battista Alagona †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
63.0	Resigned	[André Champsaud] †	Bishop of [Basses-Alpes (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
3 Sep	55.5	Died	Riccardo Capece Minutolo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
4 Sep	73.2	Resigned	Filippo López y Rojo, C.R. †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
73.2	Resigned	Filippo López y Rojo, C.R. †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
9 Sep	70.8	Died	Pietro Boscarini †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
11 Sep	60.1	Died	[Antoine Bouchier] †	Bishop of [Dordogne (Constitutional), France]
12 Sep	47.5	Died	José González de Cándamo y Cauniego †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
16 Sep	61.5	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste de Chabot †	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France	Bishop Emeritus of Mende, France
18 Sep	57.7	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste-Marie de Maillé de la Tour-Landry †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France	Bishop of Rennes, France
19 Sep	22.7	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Maria Bisignani †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Aegae
55.7	Resigned	Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny †	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France	Archbishop of Besançon, France
74.6	Resigned	Michel-François de Couët du Vivier de Lorry †	Bishop of Angers, France	Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle, France
24.3	Ordained Priest	Fortunato de São Boaventura, O. Cist. †	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
24.9	Ordained Priest	Thomas Walsh †	Priest of Midland District, England, Great Britain	Vicar Apostolic of London District, England, Great Britain
20 Sep		Died	John McElvoy †	Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Raphoe, Ireland
21 Sep	91.9	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste de Belloy-Morangle †	Bishop of Marseille, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
80.5	Resigned	Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure †	Bishop of Senlis, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen, Belgium
22 Sep	52.7	Resigned	Louis-François de Bausset-Roquefort †	Bishop of Alès (Alais), France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
23 Sep	63.8	Died	Salvatore Gonnelli †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
26 Sep	65.1	Resigned	Charles-François d’Aviau Du Bois-de-Sanzay †	Archbishop of Vienne, France	Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
80.0	Retired	Gabriel-François Moreau †	Bishop of Mâcon, France	Bishop of Autun, France
47.6	Resigned	Antoine-Eustache d’Osmond †	Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France	Bishop of Nancy, France
28 Sep	58.6	Appointed	Angiolo (Angelo) Cesarini †	Titular Bishop of Milevum
65.9	Appointed	Marco Antonio Gregorina †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
45.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Lorenzo Litta †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Residence of Bishops
57.4	Appointed	Michelangelo Luchi, O.S.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
57.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Michelangelo Luchi, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
43.1	Appointed	Francesco Maria Paolucci Mancinelli †	Titular Bishop of Tiberias	Bishop of Fano, Italy
50.7	Appointed	Eugenio Sesé, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
44.5	Appointed	Antonio Gabriele Severoli †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Fano, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
44.5	Appointed	Antonio Gabriele Severoli †	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
44.7	Appointed	Isidoro Spanò †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
44.7	Appointed	Isidoro Spanò †	Titular Bishop of Nemesi	Auxiliary Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
61.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Felice Zondadari †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena, Italy
29 Sep	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Angiolo (Angelo) Cesarini †	Titular Bishop of Milevum
	Born	Franciszek Stefanowicz †		Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
30 Sep	65.3	Resigned	Pierre-Marie-Madeleine Cortois de Baloré †	Bishop of Nîmes, France	Bishop Emeritus
Oct	65.4	Resigned	[Jean Baptiste Aubry] †	Bishop of [Meuse (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
61.0	Resigned	Marc-Antoine Berdolet †	Bishop of [Haut-Rhin (Constitutional), France]	Bishop of Aachen, Germany
50.0	Resigned	[Louis Bertin] †	Bishop of [Cantal (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
58.9	Resigned	[Louis-Charles Bisson] †	Bishop of [Calvados (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
60.9	Resigned	[Jean-Baptiste Blampoix] †	Bishop of [Aube (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
84.0	Resigned	[Augustin-Jean-Charles Clément] †	Bishop of [Seine-et-Oise (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
65.2	Resigned	[André Constant], O.P. †	Bishop of [Lot-et-Garonne (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
51.3	Resigned	[Claude Debertier] †	Bishop of [Aveyron (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
68.7	Resigned	[Étienne Delcher] †	Bishop of [Haute-Loire (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
61.9	Resigned	[Jean-Baptiste Demandre] †	Bishop of [Doubs (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
52.4	Resigned	[Éléonore-Marie Desbois de Rochefort] †	Bishop of [Somme (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
80.8	Resigned	Matthieu François Antoine Philippe Guasco, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France	Bishop Emeritus
54.3	Resigned	[Charles-Robert Lamy] †	Bishop of [Eure (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
72.4	Resigned	[François-Louis Lemercier] †	Bishop of [Ariège (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
47.0	Resigned	[Thomas-Juste Poullard] †	Bishop of [Saône-et-Loire (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
72.7	Resigned	[Jacques-Guillaume-René-François Prudhomme de la Boussinière des Vallées] †	Bishop of [Sarthe (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
72.0	Resigned	Dominique Maria de Santini †	Bishop of Nebbio, France	Bishop Emeritus
54.2	Resigned	[Jacques-Joseph Schelle] †	Bishop of [Nord (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
69.4	Resigned	[Antoine Pascal Hyacinthe Sermet] †	Bishop of [Haute-Garonne (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
44.5	Appointed	Antonio Gabriele Severoli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
70.4	Resigned	[Antoine-Hubert Wandelaincourt] †	Bishop of [Haute-Marne (Constitutional), France]
1 Oct		Born	Luigi Napolitano †		Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy
4 Oct	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Maria Paolucci Mancinelli †	Titular Bishop of Tiberias	Bishop of Fano, Italy
56.6	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Antonius de Ricci †	Titular Bishop of Draso	Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
5 Oct	55.4	Resigned	Louis-Mathias-Joseph de Barral †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
6 Oct	57.7	Resigned	François de Gain de Montaignac †	Bishop of Tarbes, France	Bishop Emeritus
7 Oct	75.1	Died	Pietro Antonio Craveri, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Galtelli-Nuoro (Galtelly Nori), Italy
23.2	Ordained Priest	Anton Ferdinand Holtgreven †	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
8 Oct	66.0	Resigned	Jérôme-Marie Champion de Cicé †	Archbishop of Bordeaux, France	Archbishop of Aix, France
10 Oct	61.2	Died	Diego Santamaría Cevallos, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
11 Oct	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Andreas Stanislaus von Hattynski (Hatten) †	Titular Bishop of Diana	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
61.3	Resigned	Jean-François Périer †	Bishop of [Puy-de-Dôme (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus of Avignon, France
12 Oct		Born	Vincenzo Spaccapietra, C.M. †		Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
13 Oct	48.3	Resigned	Jean-Claude Leblanc de Beaulieu †	Bishop of [Seine-Inférieure (Constitutional), France]	Archbishop Emeritus of Arles, France
14 Oct	67.5	Resigned	[Jean-Baptiste Volfius] †	Bishop of [Côte-d'Or (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
15 Oct	51.9	Selected	Václav (Wenzel) Léopold von Chlumčansky †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
62.6	Resigned	[François Marbos] †	Bishop of [Drôme (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
16 Oct	70.1	Resigned	[Jean-Baptiste Aubert] †	Bishop of [Bouches-du-Rhône (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
62.5	Resigned	[Paul-Benoît Barthe] †	Bishop of [Gers (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
17 Oct	58.6	Resigned	Charles-François-Joseph Pisani de La Gaude †	Bishop of Vence, France	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
18 Oct	23.4	Ordained Priest	Antun Giuriceo †	Priest	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
39.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan Acisclo de Vera y Delgado †	Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
20 Oct		Born	Giuseppe Singlau †		Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
23 Oct	64.7	Resigned	[Nicolas Jacquemin] †	Bishop of [Cayenne (Constitutional), Antilles]	Bishop Emeritus
24 Oct	73.5	Resigned	[Michel-Joseph Dufraisse] †	Bishop of [Cher (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
75.2	Resigned	Charles-Auguste Le Quien de La Neufville †	Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France	Bishop Emeritus
60.7	Resigned	Louis-Apolinaire de La Tour du Pin-Montauban †	Archbishop of Auch, France	Bishop of Troyes, France
65.7	Resigned	Marie-Charles-Isidore de Mercy †	Bishop of Luçon, France	Archbishop of Bourges, France
25 Oct	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Luigi Rusconi †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro	Auxiliary Bishop of Cesena, Italy
26 Oct	38.3	Resigned	[François Étienne] †	Bishop of [Vaucluse (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
31 Oct	74.2	Died	Jean-Marie Cuchot d’Herbain †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
1 Nov	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Georg Franz Lock †	Titular Bishop of Antigonea	Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany
2 Nov		Born	Giuseppe Angelo di Fazio, O.F.M. Cap. †		Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Tibet-Hindustan, India
3 Nov	58.8	Succeeded	James Murphy †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
77.8	Died	Hugh O’Reilly †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
	Born	Ignace Antoine (Jules) Samhiri †		Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
5 Nov	57.6	Resigned	François de Fontanges †	Archbishop of Toulouse, France	Bishop of Autun, France
6 Nov	75.8	Resigned	Pierre-Joseph de Lastic-Lescure †	Bishop of Rieux, France	Bishop Emeritus
63.8	Resigned	Louis-Charles de Machault †	Bishop of Amiens, France	Bishop Emeritus
7 Nov	69.6	Resigned	Jean-de-Dieu-Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé †	Archbishop of Aix, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tours, France
69.6	Resigned	Jean-Antoine de Castellane Saint-Mauris †	Bishop of Lavaur, France	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Christoph Florentius Kött †		Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	Born	Leonardo Moccia †		Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
77.5	Resigned	Marc-Antoine de Noé †	Bishop of Lescar, France	Bishop of Troyes, France
8 Nov	51.4	Ordained Bishop	António José Cordeiro †	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal
74.1	Resigned	Jean-Marc de Royére †	Bishop of Castres, France	Bishop Emeritus
10 Nov	48.3	Resigned	Romoaldo Braschi-Onesti †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}
56.1	Resigned	Camille-Louis-Apollinaire de Polignac †	Bishop of Meaux, France	Bishop Emeritus
11 Nov	66.1	Resigned	Laurent-Michel Eon de Cély †	Bishop of Apt, France	Bishop Emeritus
54.8	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste Marie Scipion Ruffo (Roux) de Bonneval †	Bishop of Senez, France	Bishop Emeritus
14 Nov	68.3	Selected	Ludovico Flangini Giovanelli †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
15 Nov	60.5	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Caleppi †	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
50.9	Succeeded	St. Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China
66.5	Ordained Priest	Luigi Gazzoli †	Priest	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
62.5	Ordained Bishop	Ferenc Miklósy †	Titular Bishop of Titiopolis	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
51.6	Ordained Bishop	José Pegado de Azevedo, C.O. †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
62.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Porró y Reinado †	Bishop of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans), USA	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
58.8	Died	Jean-Didier de Saint Martin, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China
16 Nov		Born	Salvatore Vaccari, O.F.M. †		Prefect Emeritus of Aborigines of Australia
18 Nov	51.6	Resigned	Etienne-André-François de Paule de Fallot de Béaupré de Beaumont †	Bishop of Vaison, France	Bishop Emeritus
20 Nov	75.1	Resigned	Joannes-Henricus von Frankenberg †	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
21 Nov	22.2	Solemn Vows	Zenobio Maria Benucci, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Tibet-Hindustan, India
22 Nov	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Isidoro Spanò †	Titular Bishop of Nemesi	Auxiliary Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
23 Nov	63.0	Resigned	Ferdinand-Maximilien-Mériadec de Rohan-Guéménée †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France	Archbishop Emeritus
24 Nov	58.3	Resigned	Jean Baptiste Robert van Velde de Melroy et Sart-Bomal †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
26 Nov	45.3	Resigned	François Antoine Marie Constantin de Méan et de Beaurieux †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
29 Nov	60.2	Resigned	Sébastien-Michel Amelot †	Bishop of Vannes, France	Bishop Emeritus
64.2	Resigned	Barthélemy-Louis-Martin de Chaumont de La Galaisière †	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France	Bishop Emeritus
57.8	Resigned	Karl Theodor von Dalberg †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Mainz, Germany	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
67.1	Resigned	Louis-René-Edouard de Rohan-Guéménée †	Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
62.1	Resigned	Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
Dec	71.0	Appointed	Leonardo Antonelli †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Index	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
71.0	Appointed	Leonardo Antonelli †	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
71.8	Resigned	François Bareau de Girac †	Bishop of Rennes, France	Bishop Emeritus
1 Dec		Born	Lorenzo Barili †		Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
2 Dec	59.4	Resigned	René des Monstiers de Mérinville †	Bishop of Dijon, France	Bishop Emeritus of Chambéry, France
3 Dec		Born	Pietro Luigi Speranza †		Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
4 Dec		Born	Gabriel della Genga Sermattei †		Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
5 Dec		Born	Ephrem (August) Van der Meulen, O.C.S.O. †		Vicar General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance
8 Dec	67.2	Resigned	Charles Alexandre d’Arberg et de Valengin †	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
11 Dec		Born	Jean-Baptiste-François Pompallier †		Bishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand
13 Dec	80.6	Died	Muzio Gallo †	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
15 Dec	52.9	Resigned	Anne-Antoine-Jules de Clermont-Tonnerre †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France
19 Dec	22.6	Ordained Priest	Anzelm Wojciech Brodziszewski †	Priest of Gniezno, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
22.8	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Ferrini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
23.2	Ordained Priest	Johann Peter Mirer †	Priest of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
84.3	Died	Francesco Saverio de Zelada †	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive
21 Dec	44.5	Ordained Deacon	Ercole Consalvi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
22 Dec	71.1	Appointed	Leonardo Antonelli †	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
23 Dec	46.9	Appointed	Paolo Bartoli †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
51.4	Appointed	Ernst Maria Ferdinand von Bissingen-Nieppenburg †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
51.4	Appointed	Ernst Maria Ferdinand von Bissingen-Nieppenburg †	Titular Bishop of Iasus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
60.6	Appointed	Lorenzo Caleppi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
66.2	Appointed	José Cuero y Caicedo †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
53.5	Appointed	Antonio Dugnani †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
68.4	Confirmed	Ludovico Flangini Giovanelli †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
45.8	Appointed	Lorenzo Litta †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Residence of Bishops
53.0	Appointed	Ambrosio Llano †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
56.2	Appointed	Klaus Münst von Uttenweiler, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Myndus
32.6	Selected	Manuel Santo Galdino, O.F.M. Disc. †	Bishop of Macau, China	Archbishop of Goa, India
61.1	Confirmed	Ferenc Szanyi †	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia
61.9	Appointed	Antonio Felice Zondadari †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena, Italy
27 Dec	66.2	Ordained Bishop	Marco Antonio Gregorina †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
28 Dec	58.5	Died	Giovanni Rinuccini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro
30 Dec	80.3	Died	Filippo Maria Visconti †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
31 Dec	90.9	Died	Giuseppe Maria Capece Zurlo, C.R. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

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