Time Line 1853 Oct 272008 Births Venerable Francesca Farolfi Venerable José Ramón Ibarra y González Venerable Sélim Abu Mrad Father Károly Kanter Ordinations Bishop Bernard-Thadée Petitjean Religious Professions Saint Charbel Makhlouf Consecrations Deaths Venerable Félix Francisco José María de la Concepción Varela Morales Venerable Pierre Toussaint Father Stephen Theodore Badin Venerations Beatifications Blessed Guido of Acqui Blessed Sibyllina Biscossi Saint Andrew Bobola Saint John de Brito Saint Mary Ann de Paredes Canonizations Founded Diocese of Brooklyn, New York Diocese of Burlington, Vermont Diocese of Covington, Kentucky Diocese of Springfield, Illinois Elevations Pope Leo XIII Publications Other Events 1852 1854