Year 1846, January-April, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title unknown22.2ProfessedLouis Bel, C.M. †Member of Congregation of the MissionVicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia 14.8ProfessedGaudenzio Bonfigli, O.F.M. Obs. †Member of Order of Observant Friars MinorApostolic Delegate to Egypt and Arabia 29.5AppointedMaximilien Paul Brulley de La Brunière, M.E.P. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria, China 29.5AppointedMaximilien Paul Brulley de La Brunière, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of TremithusCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Liaotung and Manchuria, China 22.6Ordained PriestJames Joseph Carbery, O.P. †Priest of Order of Friars PreachersBishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 24.6ProfessedEugène-Étienne Charbonnier, M.E.P. †Member of La Société des Missions EtrangèresVicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam 15.6ProfessedRocco Cocchia, O.F.M. Cap. †Member of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinArchbishop of Chieti, Italy 21.7Ordained PriestJoseph Colgan †PriestArchbishop of Madras, India ResignedMélèce Fendé †Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), PalestineBishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon 24.0Ordained PriestJoaquín Guillermo González †PriestBishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia 41.5AppointedJosé Maria González Rúbio, O.F.M. †Administrator of California (Two Californias, Both Californias), MéxicoFormer Administrator of Monterey, California, USA ConvertedDenys Joseph Hayek (Samne) †Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria 52.9AppointedGuilherme Henriques de Carvalho †Apostolic Administrator of Portalegre, PortugalCardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal 52.9AppointedGuilherme Henriques de Carvalho †Apostolic Administrator of Castelo Branco, PortugalCardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal 25.1ProfessedFrançois-Eugène Lions, M.E.P. †Member of La Société des Missions EtrangèresVicar Apostolic of Kuiceu (Kweichow), China 25.1Ordained PriestDaniel McCarthy †Priest of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, IrelandBishop 25.0Ordained PriestBienvenido Monzón y Martín †PriestArchbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain 24.0Ordained PriestBasilio Oberholzer, O.S.B. †Priest of Order of Saint BenedictAbbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland ResignedMacaire Samman †BishopBishop Emeritus 22.0ProfessedEusebio Marie Semprini, O.F.M. Ref. †Member of Order of Reformed Friars MinorVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Hunan {Hu-Nan Meridionale}, China DiedEugène Tisserant †Prefect of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone}, Gabon 55.5DiedGiuseppe Trama †Bishop Emeritus of Calvi e Teano, Italy 44.1ResignedSalvatore Vaccari, O.F.M. †Prefect of Aborigines of AustraliaPrefect Emeritus 21.1ProfessedPierre-Ferdinand Vitte, S.M. †Member of Society of MaryVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), Pacific (Oceania) 1 Jan25.1Ordained DeaconElia Bianchi †DeaconAuxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy BornGiuseppe Schirò †Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto 2 JanBornSantiago (Giacomo) Costamagna, S.D.B. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez y Gualaquiza, Ecuador BornAuguste Duret, S.M.A. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Delta of the Nile, Egypt BornIldefonso Vincenzo Pisani, C.R.L. †Bishop Emeritus of Anglona-Tursi, Italy 3 Jan72.6DiedDomenico Alfonso (Lorenzo) Serafini, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of Corycus BornJohn Walter Shanahan †Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA 4 Jan47.7Ordained BishopJacques-Marie-Joseph Baillès †Bishop of Luçon, FranceBishop Emeritus 25.1Ordained PriestElia Bianchi †PriestAuxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy 36.2Ordained BishopPhilippe-Joseph Viard, S.M. †Titular Bishop of Orthosias in CariaBishop of Wellington (Port Nicholson), New Zealand 6 Jan22.9Ordained PriestVicente Gabriel Tocornal Velasco †Priest of Santiago de ChileFormer Bishop-Elect of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile 11 Jan25.0Ordained DeaconJános Zalka †Deacon of Győr (Raab), HungaryBishop 12 JanBornLouis Billot, S.J. †Priest of Society of Jesus 14 Jan41.3SelectedFrancisco Fleix y Soláns †Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, CubaArchbishop of Tarragona, Spain 15 Jan25.0Ordained PriestJános Zalka †Priest of Győr (Raab), HungaryBishop 16 JanBornGaspare Bova †Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy 17 Jan54.5ResignedPedro Antonio Torres †Bishop-Elect of Cuenca, EcuadorBishop of Popayán, Colombia 18 Jan61.1Ordained BishopJosef Ondřej Lindauer †Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia 43.0Ordained BishopEdward Maginn †Titular Bishop of Orthosias in PhoeniciaCoadjutor Bishop of Derry, Ireland 19 Jan55.0ConfirmedJoseph IX Ragi (Youssef) El-Khazen (Gazeno) †Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon 44.9ConfirmedJosé Julián Aranguren, O.A.R. †Archbishop of Manila, Philippines 50.4AppointedAlessandro Asinari di San Marzano †Titular Archbishop of Ephesus 51.2ConfirmedJosé Joaquim de Azevedo e Moura †Bishop of Viseu, PortugalArchbishop of Braga, Portugal 55.7ConfirmedVicente Barreiro y Pérez, O.E.S.A. †Bishop of Nueva Caceres, PhilippinesBishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines 75.3Elevated to CardinalJoseph Bernet †Cardinal, Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France 43.8AppointedManuel Ángel del Prado Cárdenas †Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BoliviaArchbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia 41.3AppointedFrancisco Fleix y Soláns †Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain 52.9Elevated to CardinalGuilherme Henriques de Carvalho †Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal 71.6ConfirmedJosé Higinio Madalengoitia y Sanz de Zárate †Bishop of Trujillo, Peru 37.9ConfirmedRomualdo Jimeno Ballesteros, O.P. †Bishop of Cebu, Philippines 41.2AppointedÉtienne Marilley †Bishop of Lausanne et Genève, SwitzerlandBishop Emeritus 61.0AppointedRafael Masoliver, O.P. †Bishop of Nueva Segovia, PhilippinesBishop-Elect 35.8AppointedVincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci †Archbishop (Personal Title) of Perugia, ItalyPope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) 35.1Elevated to CardinalSisto Riario Sforza †Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy 50.8ConfirmedBartolomeo Carlo Romilli †Bishop of Cremona, ItalyArchbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy 51.1ConfirmedCesare Agostino Sajeva †Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy 20 JanBornAntonio Sebastião Valente †Patriarch of East Indies, India 21 JanBornJohn Dunne †Bishop of Wilcannia, Australia BornGuglielmo Giustini †Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy BornJosephus Franciscus van der Stappen †Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium 22 JanBornJoseph Guérard †Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France 24 Jan22.9Ordained PriestIgnazio Camillo Guglielmo Maria Pietro Persico, O.F.M. Cap. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics 30 JanBornPierre Jean Broyer, S.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania) 31 Jan85.3DiedFrancesco Ansaldo Teloni †Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy 1 Feb50.5Ordained BishopAlessandro Asinari di San Marzano †Titular Archbishop of Ephesus 65.3Ordained BishopFrancisco da Mãe dos Homens Anes de Carvalho, O.A.D. †Archbishop of Évora, Portugal 17.9ProfessedThomas-Marie Gentili, O.P. †Member of Order of Friars PreachersCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Fo-Kien, China 59.8DiedFranciszek de Paula Pišték (Pisztek) †Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine 4 Feb54.1SelectedManuel José da Costa †Bishop of Leiria, Portugal 5 FebBornAbbondio Cavadini, S.J. †Bishop of Mangalore, India 7 FebBornPreng (Prend) Doçi †Abbot of Shën Llezhri i Oroshit (Orosh), Albania 8 Feb36.1Ordained BishopOrazio Bettacchini, C.O. †Titular Bishop of ToroneVicar Apostolic of Colombo, Sri Lanka 10 Feb70.1DiedPlácido Sukias de Somal, C.M.V. †Abbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia 13 Feb46.9SelectedGuy-Louis-Jean-Marie Alouvry †Bishop of Pamiers, FranceBishop Emeritus 29.7AppointedJean Georges Collomb, S.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Melanesia, Pacific (Oceania) 29.7AppointedJean Georges Collomb, S.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)Vicar Apostolic of Melanesia, Pacific (Oceania) 29.7AppointedJean Georges Collomb, S.M. †Titular Bishop of AntiphellusVicar Apostolic of Melanesia, Pacific (Oceania) 17 FebBornThomas Jackson, M.H.M. †Prefect Emeritus of Labuan e Borneo, Malaysia 18 FebBornGiovanni Battista Lugari †Cardinal, Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy 19 FebBornNicholas Aloysius Gallagher †Bishop of Galveston, Texas, USA 22 Feb45.1Ordained BishopManuel Bento Rodrigues da Silva †Titular Archbishop of MityleneCardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal 24 Feb38.0AppointedEfisio Chiais, O.F.M. Obs. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Scen-Si (Chen-si, Shensi), ChinaVicar Apostolic 38.0AppointedEfisio Chiais, O.F.M. Obs. †Titular Bishop of TiumVicar Apostolic of Scen-Si (Chen-si, Shensi), China 25 FebBornDenis Mary Bradley †Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA 26 FebBornJames Bellord †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gibraltar 27 Feb51.8AppointedJosef Dittrich †Titular Bishop of CorycusPrefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany 1 MarBornPaul Basbous †Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon 2 MarBornSevero Araújo y Silva †Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain 4 Mar83.3DiedPaolo Mangelli Orsi †Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other 6 Mar66.9SelectedFrancisco de La Puente, O.P. †Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)Bishop of Segovia, Spain 7 Mar22.8Ordained PriestVincenzo Capelli †PriestBishop of Tortona, Italy 22.7Ordained PriestAntonio Piterà †PriestBishop Emeritus of Bova, Italy 8 Mar39.4Ordained BishopUrban Nikola Bogdanović, O.F.M. Obs. †Titular Bishop of EuropusApostolic Administrator of Skopje, North Macedonia 41.9ResignedJoão da França Castro e Moura, C.M. †Apostolic Administrator of Peking [Beijing], ChinaBishop of Porto, Portugal 41.9ResignedJoão da França Castro e Moura, C.M. †Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in IsauriaBishop of Porto, Portugal 52.3DiedFranz Xaver Kuttnar †Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia 10 MarBornSalvador Castellote y Pinazo †Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain 11 Mar40.9SelectedLouis-Antoine-Augustin Pavy †Bishop of Alger, Algeria 13 MarBornCamillus Paul Maes †Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA 15 MarBornGiuseppe Ceppetelli (Cepetelli) †Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy 43.0Ordained BishopAnastasius (Alois) Hartmann, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of DerbeVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bombay, India 41.4Ordained BishopÉtienne Marilley †Bishop of Lausanne et Genève, SwitzerlandBishop Emeritus 16 Mar45.8ResignedAntoine-Louis-Adolphe Dupuch †Bishop of Alger, AlgeriaBishop Emeritus 21 MarBornBenito Murúa y López †Archbishop of Burgos, Spain 22 MarBornAchille Quadrozzi †Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy 24 Mar49.7ResignedRafael Barišić, O.F.M. Obs. †Vicar Apostolic of Bosnia (Ottoman), CroatiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Herzegovina 25 Mar19.5ProfessedAlessandro Maria Basile, C.Ss.R. †Member of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerBishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy BornFelice de Siena †Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy BornMariano Delmiro Encarnación Soler Vidal †Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay 26 Mar73.2DiedCölestin (Jakob Josef) Müller, O.S.B. †Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland 27 Mar32.6AppointedPaul Ambroise Bigandet, M.E.P. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Malacca-SingaporeVicar Apostolic of Southern Burma {Birmania Meridionale}, Myanmar 32.6AppointedPaul Ambroise Bigandet, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma {Birmania Meridionale}, Myanmar 30.0AppointedJoseph-Marie Chauveau, M.E.P. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yünnan, ChinaVicar Apostolic of Thibet, China 30.0AppointedJoseph-Marie Chauveau, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in ArmeniaVicar Apostolic of Thibet, China 30.0AppointedThéodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of JapanArchbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France 30.0AppointedThéodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of SamosArchbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France 35.3AppointedJean-Denis Gauthier, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking {Tonkino Meridionale}, Viet Nam 53.3AppointedCharles-Hubert Jeantet, M.E.P. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam 53.3AppointedCharles-Hubert Jeantet, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of PentacomiaCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam 32.4AppointedPierre Nicolaus Lavaissière, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Chekiang {Ce-Kiam}, China 32.4AppointedPierre Nicolaus Lavaissière, C.M. †Titular Bishop of MyrinaVicar Apostolic of Chekiang {Ce-Kiam}, China 41.2AppointedFrancesco Xavier Maresca, O.F.M. †Coadjutor Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China 41.2AppointedFrancesco Xavier Maresca, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of SoliCoadjutor Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China 42.3AppointedFrancis Joseph Nicholson, O.C.D. †Titular Bishop of TamasusArchbishop of Corfù, Greece 41.1AppointedGiuseppe Giacomo Novella, O.F.M. Ref. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang, ChinaCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus 41.1AppointedGiuseppe Giacomo Novella, O.F.M. Ref. †Titular Bishop of PataraCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Houkouang, China 29 Mar51.4Ordained BishopJosé Joaquim de Azevedo e Moura †Bishop of Viseu, PortugalArchbishop of Braga, Portugal 27.0Ordained PriestWilliam Henry Elder †Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USAArchbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 30 MarBornIgnatius Jean, O.S.B. †Prefect Emeritus of Indian Territory, Oklahoma, USA 22.7Ordained PriestGiulio Marsili, O.F.M. Obs. †Priest of Order of Observant Friars MinorBishop Emeritus of Sapë, Albania 3 Apr30.6AppointedAnnetto Casolani †Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale}, Sudan 30.6AppointedAnnetto Casolani †Titular Bishop of MauricastroVicar Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale}, Sudan 5 AprBornJean-Marie-Léon Dizien †Bishop of Amiens, France 42.3SelectedFranciszek Ksawery Wierzchlejski †Bishop of Przemyśl, PolandArchbishop of Lviv, Ukraine 6 Apr76.4DiedVicente Ramos y García †Former Bishop-Elect of Segorbe, Spain 11 Apr61.2DiedRafael Masoliver, O.P. †Bishop-Elect of Nueva Segovia, Philippines 22.8Ordained PriestCamillo Santori †PriestBishop Emeritus of Fano, Italy 14 AprBornAngelo Maria Filippo Sinibaldi †Bishop of Segni, Italy 15 Apr43.5SelectedZaccaria Bricito †Bishop of Udine, ItalyArchbishop of Udine, Italy 16 Apr47.1ConfirmedGuy-Louis-Jean-Marie Alouvry †Bishop of Pamiers, FranceBishop Emeritus 35.4AppointedAlessandro Angeloni †Archbishop of Urbino, Italy 60.9ConfirmedIoannes Berčić †Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia 54.3ConfirmedManuel José da Costa †Bishop of Leiria, Portugal 41.5ConfirmedFrancisco Fleix y Soláns †Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, CubaArchbishop of Tarragona, Spain 59.7ConfirmedSebastião da Anunciação Gomes de Lemos, O.C.D. †Bishop of Angola e CongoBishop Emeritus 77.6AppointedHugues-Robert-Jean-Charles de la Tour d’Auvergne-Lauraquais †Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le muraCardinal, Bishop of Arras, France 56.4AppointedGiuseppe Passaponti †Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy 56.4AppointedGiuseppe Passaponti †Titular Bishop of Epiphania in CiliciaAuxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy 41.0ConfirmedLouis-Antoine-Augustin Pavy †Bishop of Alger, Algeria 35.3AppointedSisto Riario Sforza †Cardinal-Priest of Santa SabinaCardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy 59.5AppointedGiovanni Serafini †Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in CosmedinCardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other 19 AprBornJoseph (Jean) Oster, C.S.Sp. †Prefect Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon 20 Apr51.9AppointedJosef Dittrich †Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany 23 Apr45.1AppointedHeinrich (Karl Josef) Schmid, O.S.B. †Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland 25 AprBornPaolo Marco Tei, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Pesaro, Italy 26 Apr35.4Ordained BishopAlessandro Angeloni †Archbishop of Urbino, Italy 50.7AppointedAlessandro Asinari di San Marzano †Apostolic Nuncio to BelgiumTitular Archbishop of Ephesus 17.2ProfessedLuigi Domenico Cenci, T.C. †Member of Capuchin Tertiary Religious of Our Lady of SorrowsTitular Bishop of Apollonia 28 Apr38.7AppointedJoseph-Martial Mouly, C.M. †Apostolic Administrator of Peking [Beijing], ChinaVicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Settentrionale} o Pe-Kin, China 30 Apr60.6DiedFrancisco José Vicente Garcia Diego y Moreno, O.F.M. Obs. †Bishop of California (Two Californias, Both Californias), México 65.5DiedManuel Posada y Garduño †Archbishop of México, Federal District