The Year of Our Lord 1720

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Josephus Bajzath †	Strigonien	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
	51.9	Resigned	Vincenzo Bichi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
		Born	Gregorio Francisco de Campos †	Maracaibo	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
		Died	Joannes Dłużewski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chełm, Poland
	70.6	Died	Marino Gini †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
	57.7	Died	Matthaeus Giannicio †	Bishop of Scardona (Skradin), Italy
		Born	Jacques de Grasse †	Beauvais	Bishop of Angers, France
		Born	Jean Jacques (Johann Jakob) Lantz †	Schlettstadt	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France
		Born	Michael Josephus de Laulanhier †	Vivarien	Titular Bishop of Aegae
		Born	Michael Peter MacMahon (McMahon), O.P. †	Limerick	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
	24.0	Professed	José Vidal de Moctezuma y Tobar, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
		Born	François de Narbonne-Lara †	Condom	Bishop of Evreux, France
		Born	Georges-Louis Phélypeaux d’Herbault †	Orléans	Archbishop of Bourges, France
	53.0	Died	Petrus Zumi †	Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
5 Jan		Appointed	Francis Burke, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
5 Jan		Confirmed	Terentius O’Donnelly †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
10 Jan	60.5	Died	Joseph-Emmanuel de la Trémoille †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cambrai, France
13 Jan		Born	Melchior Jan Kochnowski †	Szczekocinen	Auxiliary Bishop of Chełm, Poland
14 Jan	60.2	Died	Giovanni Battista Capano, C.R. †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
14 Jan	72.0	Died	Francisco Zapata Vera y Morales †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
18 Jan		Died	Jerónimo Soares †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
19 Jan		Died	Luca Natale †	Bishop of Beograd {Belgrade}, Serbia
23 Jan		Born	Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno-Talenti †	Mantuan	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
26 Jan		Born	Gaetano Maria Capece, C.R. †	Napoli	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
30 Jan	58.1	Installed	Charles-Fontaine Des Montees †	Bishop of Nevers, France
4 Feb	16.0	Professed	Giusto de Marco, C.R. †	Member of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
11 Feb		Born	Jacobus Pisani †	Guardiae	Titular Bishop of Agathopolis
18 Feb	23.0	Ordained Priest	Bonifatius (Giovanni Giuseppe) Cecotti, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
24 Feb	23.1	Ordained Priest	Adam Wojna Oranski †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
	28.2	Ordained Priest	Achille Puglia †	Priest	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
	48.0	Resigned	Luis Simões Brandão †	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Ferdinand Julius von Troyer †	Deacon of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic	Cardinal, Bishop
26 Feb		Born	Giovanni Francesco Albani †	Rome, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
Mar	58.6	Died	Andrea Della Rocca, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
	63.5	Ordained Priest	Guillaume Dubois †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cambrai, France
	81.3	Died	Giuseppe Labonia, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy
1 Mar		Born	Giuseppe Coppula †	Bronte	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
3 Mar		Born	Vitaliano Borromeo †	Milan, Italy	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Thebae
4 Mar	60.2	Appointed	Angel Benito, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
	60.2	Appointed	Angel Benito, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Titopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
		Appointed	Bartolomé Camacho Madueño †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
	51.5	Appointed	Andrea Luigi Cattani †	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
		Appointed	Louis-Joseph de Châteauneuf de Rochebonne †	Coadjutor Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Bishop
		Appointed	Louis-Joseph de Châteauneuf de Rochebonne †	Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
	52.5	Appointed	Bartolomeu do Pilar, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
	64.8	Appointed	Felipe Antonio Gil Taboada †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	35.1	Confirmed	Pierre-François Lafitau †	Bishop of Sisteron, France
	51.2	Confirmed	Jean-Paul-François Le Févre de Caumartin †	Bishop of Blois, France
	54.1	Appointed	Manuel Santa Maria Salazar †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
	43.6	Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Tria †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
	60.3	Appointed	Simeone Viglini (Veglini) †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
7 Mar	68.2	Appointed	Denis Moriarty †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
7 Mar		Appointed	Cornelius O’Keeffe †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
10 Mar	35.1	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-François Lafitau †	Bishop of Sisteron, France
15 Mar	69.5	Died	Luigi Priuli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
16 Mar	25.4	Ordained Priest	Marcello Crescenzi †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
16 Mar	23.0	Ordained Priest	Ferdinand Joseph Gabriel von Sarnthein †	Priest of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
17 Mar	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Luigi Cattani †	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
17 Mar	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Andrea Tria †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
20 Mar	50.4	Appointed	Domenico Maria Cedronio, O.P. †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
	55.2	Confirmed	Antoine Fagon †	Bishop of Vannes, France
	48.0	Confirmed	François-César Le Blanc †	Bishop of Avranches, France
	53.9	Appointed	Jaime de Mimbela, O.P. †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
	59.2	Appointed	Manuel a Santa Catharina, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
		Appointed	José del Yermo Santibáñez †	Bishop of Avila, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
24 Mar	24.3	Ordained Priest	Michele Mascullo †	Priest	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
26 Mar	79.2	Died	Giuseppe Guerriero de Torres, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
30 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Joannes Philippus Cauti †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Erythrae
30 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Jacobus Guacci †	Priest	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
31 Mar	27.5	Ordained Priest	Francis Petre †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
Apr	63.9	Died	Bisanzio Fili †	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
Apr		Born	Wojciech Józef Gadomski †	Duczyminen	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
3 Apr		Born	Karl Friedrich von Zehmen †	Aurach	Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
7 Apr	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Maria Cedronio, O.P. †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
7 Apr	83.3	Died	Charles-François de Loménie de Brienne †	Bishop of Coutances, France
14 Apr	25.5	Ordained Priest	Sanctus de Inzillo †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Mylasa
15 Apr	52.1	Installed	Cornelio Bentivoglio †	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
		Appointed	Juan Cavero de Toledo †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
	42.2	Appointed	Marco Antonio De Marco †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
	52.5	Appointed	Domenico Filomarini, C.R. †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
		Appointed	Juan Francisco Gómez Calleja †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
		Appointed	Miguel Herrero Esgueva †	Bishop of Osma, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	54.5	Appointed	Joannes Bapt. Laghi, C.R.S. †	Archbishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia
	48.3	Appointed	García Pardiñas Villar de Francos, O. de M. †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
17 Apr		Born	Giovanni Battista de Pergen †	Vienna	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
20 Apr		Born	Antonio Martini †	Prato	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
20 Apr		Born	Georgius Richvaldszky †	Bartfa	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
23 Apr	47.4	Succeeded	Joseph Anton von Delmestri von Schönberg †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
	81.7	Died	Giovanni Francesco Miller †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
	56.3	Died	Francisco Valero y Losa †	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
30 Apr	66.1	Appointed	John Wallace †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Scotland, Great Britain	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
30 Apr	66.1	Appointed	John Wallace †	Titular Bishop of Cyrrhus	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
May		Born	Giovanni Domenico Mansi, O.M.D. †	Lucca	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
1 May		Ordained Bishop	Francis Burke, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	François-César Le Blanc †	Bishop of Avranches, France
	57.2	Ordained Priest	Matthaeus de Robertis †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Callinicum
5 May	22.9	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Filippo Felissano †	Priest	Bishop of Asti, Italy
5 May	23.0	Ordained Priest	Józef Eustachy Szembek †	Priest	Bishop of Płock, Poland
6 May	63.7	Appointed	Guillaume Dubois †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cambrai, France
		Confirmed	René Mornay de Montchevreuil †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
	51.1	Appointed	Pietro Priuli †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Marco	Cardinal, Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
	46.7	Appointed	Giovanni Crisostomo Verchio, O.S.B.I. †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy
	54.6	Appointed	François-Elie de Voyer de Paulmy d’Argenson †	Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
	58.1	Appointed	Doymus Zeni †	Bishop of Arbe (Rab), Croatia
12 May		Ordained Bishop	Bartolomé Camacho Madueño †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
	34.2	Ordained Priest	Dominikus Anton von Thun †	Priest of Trento, Italy	Bishop
	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Crisostomo Verchio, O.S.B.I. †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy
18 May		Born	Martino Bianchi †	Lucca	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
21 May	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Doymus Zeni †	Bishop of Arbe (Rab), Croatia
25 May	25.1	Ordained Priest	Biagio Chiarelli †	Priest	Bishop of Ravello e Scala, Italy
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Pál Štefan Forgách †	Priest	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Umberto Luigi Radicati †	Priest	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
26 May	43.3	Appointed	Giambattista Labanchi †	Bishop of Oria, Italy
26 May	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Santa Maria Salazar †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
27 May		Appointed	Tomás Broto Pérez †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
	54.4	Confirmed	Louis-François-Gabriel de Hennin-Liétard †	Archbishop of Embrun, France
	51.4	Appointed	Francisco Sánchez Márquez †	Titular Bishop of Amyclae
		Appointed	Martín Zalayeta Lizarza †	Bishop of León, Spain
28 May		Born	José Gregorio Alonso de Ortigosa †	Viguera, Logroño, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
Jun	61.6	Died	Claude de la Roche-Aymon †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
2 Jun	40.4	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Barlotta y Ferro †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Thelepte
2 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Miguel Herrero Esgueva †	Bishop of Osma, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
3 Jun	56.3	Resigned	Bernardo Maria Conti, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
5 Jun		Born	Domenico Maria Clavarini, O.P. †	Genova	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
5 Jun	31.4	Ordained Priest	Hagop Petros II Hovsepian †	Priest	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
6 Jun		Born	Juan García Ruiz, O.S.A. †	Madridejo, Spain	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
9 Jun	63.8	Ordained Bishop	Guillaume Dubois †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cambrai, France
9 Jun	48.4	Ordained Bishop	García Pardiñas Villar de Francos, O. de M. †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
11 Jun		Born	Philipp Wirich Lorenz von Daun zu Sassenheim und Callenborn †	Wien	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
15 Jun		Appointed	Petrus Bapt. de Garbagnate, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Cartagine
16 Jun		Born	Agustín de Alvarado y Castillo †	Limpias, Spain	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
16 Jun		Ordained Bishop	José del Yermo Santibáñez †	Bishop of Avila, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
18 Jun	71.7	Died	Manuel Senjust Pagés †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
19 Jun	78.5	Died	César de Sabran †	Bishop of Glandèves, France
25 Jun	24.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Benedikt von Rost †	Priest of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop
26 Jun	70.5	Died	Humbert Ancelin †	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
30 Jun	60.5	Ordained Bishop	Angel Benito, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Titopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
30 Jun		Born	Giovanni Cornaro †	Venice, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio