The Year of Our Lord 1816

Bishop Events

May to August

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Scallan, O.F.M. Ref. †	Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)	Vicar Apostolic of Newfoundland, Canada
5 May	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Coen †	Titular Bishop of Milevum	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
72.0	Ordained Bishop	Simón López García, C.O. †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
8 May	62.8	Ordained Bishop	Jan Pavel Woronicz †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
13 May	76.0	Died	Charles-Eutrope de La Laurancie †	Bishop of Nantes, France
14 May	50.2	Appointed	Alexander Paterson †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern District, Scotland, Great Britain
50.2	Appointed	Alexander Paterson †	Titular Bishop of Cybistra	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern District, Scotland, Great Britain
19 May	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Zen †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon	Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
20 May	72.1	Died	Karl Josef Jerome von Kolborn †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
21 May		Born	Giuseppe Moreschi †		Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
22 May	65.3	Died	Charles La Mothe, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic
23 May	55.3	Appointed	Jean-Jacques Guérard, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
55.3	Appointed	Jean-Jacques Guérard, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Castoria	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
25 May		Appointed	Pierre Ollivier †	Prefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Prefect Emeritus
71.9	Died	Vincenz Joseph Franz Sales von Schrattenbach †	Bishop of Brno, Czechia
31 May		Appointed	Ignazio Palmidessa, O.P. †	Bishop of Tinos and Mykonos, Greece
Jun	60.2	Resigned	Lorenzo Litta †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Index	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Residence of Bishops
3 Jun		Appointed	Basilios Haractengi (Araqtingi), B.C. †	Bishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
4 Jun	27.4	Ordained Priest	Paul Aroutin †	Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria	Bishop
58.7	Ordained Deacon	Giovanni Francesco Compagnoni Marefoschi †	Deacon of Tamiathis	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
6 Jun	70.1	Died	Louis-Mathias-Joseph de Barral †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
7 Jun	52.5	Selected	József Vurum †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
23.0	Ordained Priest	Ladislav Zábojský †	Priest	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
8 Jun	22.9	Ordained Priest	Emanuele Marongiu Maccioni †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Galtelli-Nuoro (Galtelly Nori), Italy
61.1	Selected	Alessandro Maria Pagani †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
26.1	Ordained Priest	Cornelius Richard Antoon van Bommel †	Priest	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
9 Jun	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Jerónimo Castellón y Salas †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
58.7	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Francesco Compagnoni Marefoschi †	Priest of Tamiathis	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
	Ordained Bishop	Ignazio Palmidessa, O.P. †	Bishop of Tinos and Mykonos, Greece
11 Jun	23.4	Ordained Priest	Balthasar Schitter †	Priest of Salzburg, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop
14 Jun	65.6	Selected	Luigi Zuppani †	Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy
16 Jun		Born	Bonifaz (Daniel) von Haneberg, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Speyer, Germany
18 Jun		Born	Maximilien Paul Brulley de La Brunière, M.E.P. †		Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria, China
	Born	Michele Mautone †		Bishop of Nardò, Italy
20 Jun		Born	Paolo di Niquesa †		Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
21 Jun	24.9	Ordained Priest	Jean-Pierre Sola †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
23 Jun	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Francesco Compagnoni Marefoschi †	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
58.1	Ordained Bishop	Andrés García Palomares †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
	Born	Nial MacCabe, C.M. †		Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
24 Jun	25.2	Ordained Priest	José Manuel de Lemos †	Priest	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
26 Jun		Born	Victor-Felix Bernadou †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
28 Jun	64.4	Selected	Ignace V Cattan (Qattan) †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
64.4	Selected	Ignace V Cattan (Qattan) †	Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
29 Jun	39.2	Ordained Bishop	Pedro José de Fonte y Hernández Miravete †	Archbishop of México, Federal District	Archbishop Emeritus
61.5	Ordained Bishop	João de Magalhães e Avelar †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
23.0	Ordained Priest	Piotr Pawel Beniamin Szymański, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Janów Podlaski (Podlaska o Janów), Poland
30 Jun	65.8	Appointed	Francesco Luigi Fontana, B. †	Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
73.5	Died	Antonin Malinowski, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Eliasz Ostrowski †	Titular Bishop of Bethsaida	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
	Born	Melchiorre Lo Piccolo †		Bishop of Nicosia, Italy
66.4	Selected	Johann Nepomuk von Dankesreither †	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
Jul		Appointed	Ignace Haggiuri (Ajjouri), B.A. †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese	Bishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
1 Jul	64.5	Ordained Bishop	Ignace V Cattan (Qattan) †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
	Born	Paolo dei Conti Fabiani †		Bishop of Assisi, Italy
7 Jul	64.2	Died	Paolo Antonio Roviglia, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Malabar, India
9 Jul		Born	Giulio Metti, C.O. †		Bishop of Livorno, Italy
51.9	Died	Arthur Murphy †	Former Bishop-Elect of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
10 Jul	68.3	Selected	Francesco Chiarchiaro †	Titular Bishop of Lampsacus
51.4	Selected	Emmanuele Custo †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
66.5	Selected	Pietro Gravina †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
63.0	Selected	Gabriello Maria Gravina, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Catania, Italy	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
	Born	Juan Francisco de Paula Solar Mery, O. de M. †		Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
63.5	Selected	Silvestro Todaro, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
12 Jul		Born	Giovanni Simeoni †		Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
14 Jul	64.2	Ordained Bishop	Johann Aloys (Algis) Schneider †	Titular Bishop of Argos	Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany
15 Jul	60.7	Retired	Ramón José Arce †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Patriarch Emeritus of West Indies, Spain
16 Jul	56.5	Selected	Domenico Benedetto Balsamo, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
20.6	Professed	Luigi Maria (Ferdinando) Fortini, O.C.D. †	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Vicar Apostolic of Bombay, India
	Ordained Bishop	Ignace Haggiuri (Ajjouri), B.A. †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese	Bishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
21 Jul		Died	Antonio Dodmassei †	Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania
50.6	Ordained Bishop	Salvador Jiménez y Padilla †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
	Born	José Ignacio Montoya Peláez †		Bishop of Medellín, Colombia
47.1	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Rodríguez Carrillo, O.S.Bas. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
22 Jul	76.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista a Santa Margarita Pietro Alessandro Banfi, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
23.7	Ordained Priest	Anthony Blanc †	Priest	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
52.5	Appointed	Michelangelo Calmet †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy
60.9	Appointed	Bartolomé Cienfuegos †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
43.6	Appointed	Giorgio Doria Pamphilj Landi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
43.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Giorgio Doria Pamphilj Landi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
57.7	Appointed	Luigi Ercolani †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Marco	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest
57.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi Ercolani †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
49.7	Appointed	Andrés Esteban y Gómez †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
49.2	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Falzacappa †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
50.7	Appointed	Felipe González Abarca, O. de M. †	Bishop of Ibiza, Spain	Bishop of Santander, Spain
53.0	Confirmed	Augustin Johann Joseph Gruber †	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
42.1	Appointed	Johann Baptist Judas Thaddeus von Keller †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany
42.1	Appointed	Johann Baptist Judas Thaddeus von Keller †	Titular Bishop of Evaria	Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany
42.0	Appointed	Francesco Leonini †	Bishop of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
75.8	Confirmed	Joaquim de Santa Clara Brandão (Lopes), O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
65.7	Appointed	Manuel Vicente Martínez y Jiménez †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
82.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Battista Quarantotti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
62.7	Confirmed	Emeric Karol Raffay †	Bishop of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia
62.0	Appointed	Giacomo Ranghiasci †	Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy
46.3	Appointed	Vicente Román y Linares, O. Praem. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
46.3	Appointed	Vicente Román y Linares, O. Praem. †	Titular Bishop of Dausara	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
59.0	Appointed	Salvador de Sanmartin y Cuevas †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
52.0	Appointed	Stanislao Sanseverino †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli)	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
52.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Stanislao Sanseverino †	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
78.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Camillo de Simeoni †	Cardinal, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
63.5	Confirmed	Silvestro Todaro, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
23 Jul	74.4	Died	Michael Léopold Brigido von Marenfels und Bresoviz †	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Homsi (Hamsi) †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
25 Jul	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Jacques Guérard, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Castoria	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
28 Jul	76.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista a Santa Margarita Pietro Alessandro Banfi, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
	Ordained Bishop	Aloisio Gandolfi, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Icosium	Vicar Apostolic of Syria, Egypt, Arabia, and Cyprus, Syria
42.0	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Leonini †	Bishop of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
78.6	Appointed	Antonio Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere †	Cardinal-Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta
78.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta
4 Aug	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Michelangelo Calmet †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy
59.8	Ordained Bishop	Juan Francisco Castañiza Larrea y Gonzalez de Agüero †	Bishop of Durango, México
61.5	Ordained Bishop	José Higinio Durán y Martel, O. de M. †	Bishop of Panamá
	Born	Louis Joseph Mary Theodore de Goesbriand †		Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA
42.2	Ordained Bishop	Johann Baptist Judas Thaddeus von Keller †	Titular Bishop of Evaria	Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany
62.0	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Ranghiasci †	Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy
44.8	Ordained Bishop	Mariano Rodríguez de Olmedo y Valle †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
9 Aug	53.6	Appointed	Thomas Basilius Tomaggian, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo) (Albanian), Albania
10 Aug	70.8	Resigned	Remigio de La Santa y Ortega †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
11 Aug	22.5	Ordained Deacon	Anton Karner †	Deacon	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
15 Aug	18.4	Professed	Giuseppe Maria Pietro Raffaele Castellani, O.E.S.A. †	Member of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
18 Aug	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Alexander Paterson †	Titular Bishop of Cybistra	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern District, Scotland, Great Britain
21 Aug		Born	Juan José Aragonés, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
22 Aug		Born	Anacleto Chicaro, O.F.M. Obs. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt
25 Aug	62.8	Ordained Bishop	Emeric Karol Raffay †	Bishop of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia
54.6	Ordained Bishop	Constantin Ernest Ruziczka (Růžička) †	Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
26 Aug	61.4	Succeeded	Binkentios Coressi †	Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey
75.6	Died	Giovanni Battista Fonton, O.F.M. Conv. †	Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey
29 Aug		Born	Ludwig Forwerk †		Vicar Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony), Germany
31 Aug	22.4	Ordained Priest	Andreas (André) Räß (Raess) †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Bishop of Strasbourg, France

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