The Year of Our Lord 1717

Bishop Events

July to December

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Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Jul 36.7 Died Adamus Ratkay † Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia

2 Jul 60.3 Appointed José Espejo Cisneros † Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain Bishop Emeritus

3 Jul Born Francesco Maria Colombani † Forli Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy

5 Jul 32.5 Selected Anne-François-Guillaume du Cambout-Beçay † Bishop of Tarbes, France

11 Jul Born Diodato Maria Difnico, C.R.L. † Sibenicen Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia

47.6 Ordained Bishop Gottfried Langwerth von Simmern † Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

59.5 Ordained Bishop Pedro Magaña, O.S.B. † Bishop of Solsona, Spain

12 Jul 53.1 Elevated to Cardinal Giulio Alberoni † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain

44.7 Elevated to Cardinal Imre Csáky † In Pectore Cardinal, Archbishop

69.6 Appointed Francesco del Giudice † Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy

55.7 Appointed Gregorio Lauri † Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy

45.8 Appointed Alfonso Mariconda, O.S.B. † Bishop of Trivento, Italy Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy

59.5 Appointed Francisco Ochoa Mendarozqueta y Arzamendi † Bishop of Palencia, Spain

52.5 Appointed Luis Francisco Romero † Bishop of Quito, Ecuador Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia

68.5 Appointed Antonio Vaira † Bishop of Adria, Italy

18 Jul 55.7 Ordained Bishop Gregorio Lauri † Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy

45.8 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Mariconda, O.S.B. † Bishop of Trivento, Italy Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy

35.0 Ordained Priest Johann Wilhelm von Twickel † Priest of Münster, Germany Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany

24 Jul 44.6 Selected Joseph Anton von Delmestri von Schönberg † Coadjutor Bishop of Trieste, Italy Bishop

31 Jul 63.9 Died Pietro Paolo Calorio, C.R.S. † Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia

16 Aug Born Giovanni Pietro Riboli † Clisae Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia

19 Aug 74.6 Died Manuel de Santo Tomás Mendoza, O.P. † Bishop of Málaga, Spain

20 Aug Born Onofrio de Rossi † Aversa Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy

73.3 Died François-Joseph de Grammont † Archbishop of Besançon, France

26 Aug Born Francesco Agostino della Chiesa † Taurinen Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

27 Aug Born Francesco Saverio de Zelada † Rome, Italy Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives

29 Aug 24.3 Ordained Priest Giovanni Antonio Benzoni † Priest Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia

Sep 61.9 Died Matteo Gagliani † Bishop of Sora, Italy

Died Ambrose MacDermott, O.P. † Bishop of Elphin, Ireland

81.9 Died Domenico Pacifico † Bishop of Teano, Italy

7 Sep 65.7 Died Gilles-Jean-François de Beauvau † Bishop of Nantes, France

Born Giuseppe Stanislao Concas † Sinnay Bishop of Bosa, Italy

11 Sep Born Giovanni Maria Spinelli, C.R. † Palermo Archbishop of Messina, Italy

12 Sep 60.7 Selected Salvador Rodríguez Castelblanco, T.O.R. † Bishop of Orihuela, Spain

17 Sep 49.7 Appointed Jean-Jacques Tessier de Quéralay † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand Vicar Apostolic

49.7 Appointed Jean-Jacques Tessier de Quéralay † Titular Bishop of Rosalia Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand

18 Sep 24.1 Ordained Priest Bernardo Cangiani † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Boiano, Italy

24.4 Ordained Priest Jean de Caulet † Priest Bishop of Grenoble, France

34.1 Ordained Priest Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn † Priest of Basel, Switzerland Bishop

19 Sep 71.5 Died Marco Battista Battaglini † Bishop of Cesena, Italy

20 Sep 38.2 Selected Claude-Ignace-Joseph de Simiane de Gordes † Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France Bishop Emeritus

21 Sep 59.7 Ordained Bishop Francisco Ochoa Mendarozqueta y Arzamendi † Bishop of Palencia, Spain

25 Sep 40.9 Died Franz Karl von Kaunitz-Rietberg † Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia

26 Sep Born Julián Gascueña Herráiz, O.F.M. † Gascueña Bishop of Avila, Spain

28 Sep 84.7 Died Francesco Martelli † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio

Oct Selected René Mornay de Montchevreuil † Archbishop of Besançon, France

1 Oct 44.9 Elevated to Cardinal Imre Csáky † Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

55.8 Appointed José Esquivel Castillejos, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Lycopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

55.8 Confirmed José Esquivel Castillejos, O.P. † Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

50.8 Appointed Pedro Mejorada, O.P. † Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines Bishop-Elect

57.8 Appointed Juan Muñoz de la Cueva, O.SS.T. † Bishop of Orense, Spain

60.8 Appointed Francisco Palanco, O.M. † Bishop of Jaca, Spain

63.4 Appointed Marcelino Siuri Navarro † Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

2 Oct 47.8 Selected Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan † Bishop of Nantes, France Archbishop of Rouen, France

48.8 Selected Jean-Paul-François Le Févre de Caumartin † Bishop of Vannes, France Bishop of Blois, France

Appointed James O’Shiel, O.F.M. † Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland

8 Oct Born Bernardo Pinto Ribeiro Seixas † Villa Franca Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal

11 Oct 51.6 Appointed Carlos Alamán Ferrer † Bishop of Barbastro, Spain

13 Oct Died François-Louis de Polastron † Bishop of Lectoure, France

17 Oct Born Giovanni Antonio Arras Minutili † Nuoro Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy

25 Oct 53.8 Selected Louis de Balzac d’Illiers d’Entragues † Bishop of Lectoure, France

71.9 Died Nicola Grimaldi † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana

28 Oct 32.0 Ordained Priest Antoine-Pierre de Grammont † Priest Archbishop of Besançon, France

54.2 Selected Nicolaus Pohmajevich † Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia

62.1 Ordained Deacon Bernardino Scotti † Deacon Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio

31 Oct 44.4 Ordained Priest Christoph Franz von Hutten † Priest of Würzburg, Germany Bishop

62.1 Ordained Priest Bernardino Scotti † Priest Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio

50.0 Ordained Priest Gaetano Stampa † Priest Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

30.1 Ordained Priest Luigi Antonio Valdina Cremona † Priest Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior

Nov Ordained Bishop James O’Shiel, O.F.M. † Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland

11 Nov 54.4 Selected Jean-Baptiste Massillon, C.O.I. † Bishop of Clermont, France

16 Nov 79.0 Died Manuel Arias y Porres, O.S.Io.Hieros. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

18 Nov 71.3 Resigned Giandomenico Paracciani † Bishop of Senigallia, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

20 Nov 80.9 Died Louis-Marie Pidou de Saint-Olon, C.R. † Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq

21 Nov 67.9 Died Carlo Ottaviano Guasco † Bishop of Cremona, Italy

60.9 Ordained Bishop Francisco Palanco, O.M. † Bishop of Jaca, Spain

22 Nov 52.2 Appointed Giuseppe Antonio Davanzati † Archbishop of Trani, Italy

37.2 Appointed Ludwik Karol Ogiński † Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland

49.0 Appointed Lodovico Pico Della Mirandola † Bishop of Senigallia, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

49.6 Appointed Giuseppe Maria Positano, O.P. † Bishop of Acerra, Italy Archbishop of Salerno, Italy

60.9 Confirmed Salvador Rodríguez Castelblanco, T.O.R. † Bishop of Orihuela, Spain

44.7 Confirmed Franciscus Josephus Vernich † Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia

24 Nov Born Nicolaus d’Ambrosio † Cardito Titular Bishop of Philomelium

25 Nov 53.9 Died Antonio María Casiani, O.S.Bas. † Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia

27 Nov Born Francesco Antonio Marcucci † Force Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy

30 Nov Born Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † Goszizonovien Bishop of Poznań, Poland

1 Dec 73.2 Died Ferdinando Nuzzi † Cardinal, Bishop of Orvieto, Italy

Born François-Armand-Auguste de Rohan-Soubise-Ventadour † Paris Cardinal, Bishop of Strasbourg, France

5 Dec 57.9 Ordained Bishop Juan Muñoz de la Cueva, O.SS.T. † Bishop of Orense, Spain

6 Dec 53.5 Appointed Giulio Alberoni † Bishop of Málaga, Spain Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

51.7 Appointed Francesco Maria Muscettola, C.R. † Archbishop of Rossano, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

50.1 Appointed Gaetano Stampa † Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

10 Dec Born Maximilian Augustinus Christoph von Rodt † Kehl Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany

15 Dec 62.0 Died Juan Miguélez Mendaña † Bishop of Tortosa, Spain

57.8 Died Andreas Riggio † Bishop of Catania, Italy

17 Dec 43.0 Died Pedro Sanz de la Vega y Landaverde, O. de M. † Bishop of Cebu, Philippines

18 Dec Born Josephus Antonius Bajtay † Zsido Bishop Emeritus of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania

24.1 Ordained Priest Joannes Calebotta † Priest Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia

24.0 Ordained Priest Niccolò de Rofa (Rosa) † Priest Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy

26.4 Ordained Priest Meinwerk Kaup, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany

26.3 Ordained Priest François-Barthélemi de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon † Priest Bishop of Pamiers, France

20 Dec 54.5 Appointed Giuseppe Falconio † Bishop of Ortona a Mare e Campli, Italy

40.1 Appointed Giovanni Saverio di Leoni † Bishop of Isernia, Italy Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy

35.4 Appointed Salvatore Miroballo † Titular Archbishop of Nazareth Archbishop Emeritus

63.9 Appointed Domenico Votta † Bishop of Isola, Italy

21 Dec 56.0 Ordained Bishop José Esquivel Castillejos, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Lycopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

23 Dec 72.3 Died António Vasconcelos e Sousa † Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

25 Dec Born Giovanni Angelico Braschi † Cesena Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

30 Dec Died Adam Daemen † Vicar Apostolic of Batavia (Holland Mission), Netherlands

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Jul	36.7	Died	Adamus Ratkay †	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
2 Jul	60.3	Appointed	José Espejo Cisneros †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
3 Jul		Born	Francesco Maria Colombani †	Forli	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
5 Jul	32.5	Selected	Anne-François-Guillaume du Cambout-Beçay †	Bishop of Tarbes, France
11 Jul		Born	Diodato Maria Difnico, C.R.L. †	Sibenicen	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
47.6	Ordained Bishop	Gottfried Langwerth von Simmern †	Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
59.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Magaña, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
12 Jul	53.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Giulio Alberoni †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain
44.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Imre Csáky †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Archbishop
69.6	Appointed	Francesco del Giudice †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy
55.7	Appointed	Gregorio Lauri †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
45.8	Appointed	Alfonso Mariconda, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
59.5	Appointed	Francisco Ochoa Mendarozqueta y Arzamendi †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
52.5	Appointed	Luis Francisco Romero †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
68.5	Appointed	Antonio Vaira †	Bishop of Adria, Italy
18 Jul	55.7	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Lauri †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
45.8	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Mariconda, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
35.0	Ordained Priest	Johann Wilhelm von Twickel †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
24 Jul	44.6	Selected	Joseph Anton von Delmestri von Schönberg †	Coadjutor Bishop of Trieste, Italy	Bishop
31 Jul	63.9	Died	Pietro Paolo Calorio, C.R.S. †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
16 Aug		Born	Giovanni Pietro Riboli †	Clisae	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
19 Aug	74.6	Died	Manuel de Santo Tomás Mendoza, O.P. †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
20 Aug		Born	Onofrio de Rossi †	Aversa	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
73.3	Died	François-Joseph de Grammont †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
26 Aug		Born	Francesco Agostino della Chiesa †	Taurinen	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
27 Aug		Born	Francesco Saverio de Zelada †	Rome, Italy	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
29 Aug	24.3	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Antonio Benzoni †	Priest	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
Sep	61.9	Died	Matteo Gagliani †	Bishop of Sora, Italy
	Died	Ambrose MacDermott, O.P. †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
81.9	Died	Domenico Pacifico †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
7 Sep	65.7	Died	Gilles-Jean-François de Beauvau †	Bishop of Nantes, France
	Born	Giuseppe Stanislao Concas †	Sinnay	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
11 Sep		Born	Giovanni Maria Spinelli, C.R. †	Palermo	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
12 Sep	60.7	Selected	Salvador Rodríguez Castelblanco, T.O.R. †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
17 Sep	49.7	Appointed	Jean-Jacques Tessier de Quéralay †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand	Vicar Apostolic
49.7	Appointed	Jean-Jacques Tessier de Quéralay †	Titular Bishop of Rosalia	Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand
18 Sep	24.1	Ordained Priest	Bernardo Cangiani †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Boiano, Italy
24.4	Ordained Priest	Jean de Caulet †	Priest	Bishop of Grenoble, France
34.1	Ordained Priest	Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn †	Priest of Basel, Switzerland	Bishop
19 Sep	71.5	Died	Marco Battista Battaglini †	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
20 Sep	38.2	Selected	Claude-Ignace-Joseph de Simiane de Gordes †	Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France	Bishop Emeritus
21 Sep	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Ochoa Mendarozqueta y Arzamendi †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
25 Sep	40.9	Died	Franz Karl von Kaunitz-Rietberg †	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
26 Sep		Born	Julián Gascueña Herráiz, O.F.M. †	Gascueña	Bishop of Avila, Spain
28 Sep	84.7	Died	Francesco Martelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio
Oct		Selected	René Mornay de Montchevreuil †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
1 Oct	44.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Imre Csáky †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
55.8	Appointed	José Esquivel Castillejos, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Lycopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
55.8	Confirmed	José Esquivel Castillejos, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
50.8	Appointed	Pedro Mejorada, O.P. †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Bishop-Elect
57.8	Appointed	Juan Muñoz de la Cueva, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
60.8	Appointed	Francisco Palanco, O.M. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
63.4	Appointed	Marcelino Siuri Navarro †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
2 Oct	47.8	Selected	Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan †	Bishop of Nantes, France	Archbishop of Rouen, France
48.8	Selected	Jean-Paul-François Le Févre de Caumartin †	Bishop of Vannes, France	Bishop of Blois, France
	Appointed	James O’Shiel, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
8 Oct		Born	Bernardo Pinto Ribeiro Seixas †	Villa Franca	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
11 Oct	51.6	Appointed	Carlos Alamán Ferrer †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
13 Oct		Died	François-Louis de Polastron †	Bishop of Lectoure, France
17 Oct		Born	Giovanni Antonio Arras Minutili †	Nuoro	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
25 Oct	53.8	Selected	Louis de Balzac d’Illiers d’Entragues †	Bishop of Lectoure, France
71.9	Died	Nicola Grimaldi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana
28 Oct	32.0	Ordained Priest	Antoine-Pierre de Grammont †	Priest	Archbishop of Besançon, France
54.2	Selected	Nicolaus Pohmajevich †	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
62.1	Ordained Deacon	Bernardino Scotti †	Deacon	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio
31 Oct	44.4	Ordained Priest	Christoph Franz von Hutten †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop
62.1	Ordained Priest	Bernardino Scotti †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio
50.0	Ordained Priest	Gaetano Stampa †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
30.1	Ordained Priest	Luigi Antonio Valdina Cremona †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior
Nov		Ordained Bishop	James O’Shiel, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
11 Nov	54.4	Selected	Jean-Baptiste Massillon, C.O.I. †	Bishop of Clermont, France
16 Nov	79.0	Died	Manuel Arias y Porres, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
18 Nov	71.3	Resigned	Giandomenico Paracciani †	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
20 Nov	80.9	Died	Louis-Marie Pidou de Saint-Olon, C.R. †	Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq
21 Nov	67.9	Died	Carlo Ottaviano Guasco †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
60.9	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Palanco, O.M. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
22 Nov	52.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Antonio Davanzati †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy
37.2	Appointed	Ludwik Karol Ogiński †	Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland
49.0	Appointed	Lodovico Pico Della Mirandola †	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
49.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Positano, O.P. †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
60.9	Confirmed	Salvador Rodríguez Castelblanco, T.O.R. †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
44.7	Confirmed	Franciscus Josephus Vernich †	Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia
24 Nov		Born	Nicolaus d’Ambrosio †	Cardito	Titular Bishop of Philomelium
25 Nov	53.9	Died	Antonio María Casiani, O.S.Bas. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
27 Nov		Born	Francesco Antonio Marcucci †	Force	Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
30 Nov		Born	Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski †	Goszizonovien	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
1 Dec	73.2	Died	Ferdinando Nuzzi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
	Born	François-Armand-Auguste de Rohan-Soubise-Ventadour †	Paris	Cardinal, Bishop of Strasbourg, France
5 Dec	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan Muñoz de la Cueva, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
6 Dec	53.5	Appointed	Giulio Alberoni †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
51.7	Appointed	Francesco Maria Muscettola, C.R. †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
50.1	Appointed	Gaetano Stampa †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
10 Dec		Born	Maximilian Augustinus Christoph von Rodt †	Kehl	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
15 Dec	62.0	Died	Juan Miguélez Mendaña †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
57.8	Died	Andreas Riggio †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
17 Dec	43.0	Died	Pedro Sanz de la Vega y Landaverde, O. de M. †	Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
18 Dec		Born	Josephus Antonius Bajtay †	Zsido	Bishop Emeritus of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania
24.1	Ordained Priest	Joannes Calebotta †	Priest	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
24.0	Ordained Priest	Niccolò de Rofa (Rosa) †	Priest	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
26.4	Ordained Priest	Meinwerk Kaup, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
26.3	Ordained Priest	François-Barthélemi de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon †	Priest	Bishop of Pamiers, France
20 Dec	54.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Falconio †	Bishop of Ortona a Mare e Campli, Italy
40.1	Appointed	Giovanni Saverio di Leoni †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
35.4	Appointed	Salvatore Miroballo †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth	Archbishop Emeritus
63.9	Appointed	Domenico Votta †	Bishop of Isola, Italy
21 Dec	56.0	Ordained Bishop	José Esquivel Castillejos, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Lycopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
23 Dec	72.3	Died	António Vasconcelos e Sousa †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
25 Dec		Born	Giovanni Angelico Braschi †	Cesena	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
30 Dec		Died	Adam Daemen †	Vicar Apostolic of Batavia (Holland Mission), Netherlands