The Year of Our Lord 1727

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	24.2	Ordained Priest	Alsonso Francisco Arango †	Priest	Bishop of Orense, Spain
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Martin du Bellay †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus, France
	52.5	Succeeded	Pietro Carlo Benedetti †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
	72.8	Died	Franz Julian von Braida †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
	39.0	Selected	Paul-Alexandre de Guénet †	Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France
	73.2	Died	Carlo Giacinto Lascaris, O.P. †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
	48.4	Died	Bernardo Domenico Leoni †	Bishop of Nona (Nin), Croatia
		Born	Giovanni Logorezzi †	Scutaren	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
		Born	John MacDonald †	Ardnamurchan, Argyllshire	Vicar Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain
	20.5	Professed	Joachim-Enjobert de Martiliat, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan), China
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Ross Roe MacMahon (McMahon) †	Priest	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	74.0	Died	Juan Navarro Gilaberte, O. de M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Albarracin, Spain
		Born	Paschalis Sifanni †	Napoli	Titular Bishop of Tium
	68.1	Died	Camillo Spreti †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
1 Jan	50.6	Ordained Priest	Serafino Cenci †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Lomellini, O.P. †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
		Born	Manuel Nicolás Rojas de Argandoña †	La Serena	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
3 Jan	49.0	Died	José Gabriel Zapata Illescas †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
4 Jan	84.8	Died	Giuseppe Sacripante †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
5 Jan	35.2	Ordained Bishop	Renato Massa †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
9 Jan		Born	Michel-François de Couët du Vivier de Lorry †	Metz, France	Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle, France
12 Jan	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Pedro del Cañizo Losa y Valera †	Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Claude-Léonce-Octavien d’Antelmy †	Bishop of Grasse, France
	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Jean-François de Macheco de Prémeaux †	Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans, France
19 Jan	36.6	Ordained Bishop	François de Baglion de la Salle †	Bishop of Arras, France
19 Jan	63.8	Ordained Bishop	José García Fernández, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
20 Jan	48.7	Appointed	Nicola Saverio Albini †	Titular Bishop of Leuce	Titular Archbishop of Athenae
	53.0	Appointed	Stephan Cloth, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	53.0	Appointed	Stephan Cloth, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Derbe	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	72.8	Appointed	Lorenzo Cozza, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
	75.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Renato Imperiali †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
	51.8	Appointed	Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	28.3	Confirmed	Claude-Louis de La Châtre †	Bishop of Agde, France
	30.4	Appointed	Antonius Nani †	Titular Bishop of Priene	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
	57.6	Appointed	Epifanio de Neapoli, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Lystra
	40.8	Appointed	Bernard-Antoine Pizzella †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia
	47.1	Appointed	Thomas John Francis de Strickland de Sizorghe †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
	58.1	Appointed	Antonio Francesco Valenti †	Titular Archbishop of Teodosia
21 Jan	74.1	Resigned	Juan Navarro Gilaberte, O. de M. †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jan	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Stephan Cloth, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Derbe	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
26 Jan	30.8	Ordained Bishop	Joannes Philippus Cauti †	Titular Bishop of Erythrae
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Giusto de Marco, C.R. †	Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Francesco Valenti †	Titular Archbishop of Teodosia
30 Jan		Born	József Batthyány †	Wien, Austria	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
Feb		Born	Ludwik Józef de Mathy †	Gedanen	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
3 Feb	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Saverio Albini †	Titular Bishop of Leuce	Titular Archbishop of Athenae
5 Feb		Born	Salvador Bienpica y Sotomayor †	Ceuta, Spain	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
6 Feb		Born	António Freire Gameiro de Sousa †	Ulixbonen	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal
6 Feb		Born	Pasquale Maria Mastrilli, C.R. †	Nolan	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
9 Feb	22.9	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Lancellotti, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Isola, Italy
9 Feb	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Epifanio de Neapoli, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Lystra
10 Feb		Born	José da Avé-Maria Leite da Costa e Silva, O.SS.T. †	Santo Antão	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
12 Feb	56.7	Resigned	Antonio Righi †	Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bishop Emeritus
16 Feb	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Costantino Falletti †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
17 Feb		Born	José Campos Julián, O.C.D. †	El Frasno, Spain	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
20 Feb		Born	Georgius Giunchi †	Livari	Bishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
21 Feb	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Bernard-Antoine Pizzella †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia
22 Feb		Born	Francesco Maria Locatelli †	Cesena	Cardinal, Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
23 Feb	23.5	Succeeded	Johann Theodor von Bayern †	Bishop of Freising, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
23 Feb	77.4	Died	Johann Franz von Eckher von Kapfing und Liechteneck †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
24 Feb	43.6	Ordained Priest	Carlo Alberto Guidobono Cavalchini †	Priest	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
		Born	Giacinto Rolfi, O.S.A. †	Breduli	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Filippo Niccolò Spinelli †	Priest	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
26 Feb		Born	Emmanuel Felix Soares (de Santa Catarina), O.C.D. †	Bracharen	Archbishop of Goa, India
28 Feb		Born	Giovanni Nani †	Venezia	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
6 Mar	61.2	Died	Miguel Estela, O.M. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
7 Mar		Born	Tomás Lorenzana Butrón †	León	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
8 Mar	25.1	Ordained Priest	Franz Anton von Engel in Wagrain †	Priest	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary
8 Mar	28.0	Ordained Priest	Zsigmond Antal Sztojka de Sala et Kricsfalva †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania
10 Mar	57.6	Appointed	Johann Matthias von Eyss †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
	57.6	Appointed	Johann Matthias von Eyss †	Titular Bishop of Rosmen (Russionen)	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
		Died	Raimondo Gallani, O.P. †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
13 Mar	40.9	Resigned	Felipe Itúrbide (Yturibe), O. Carm. †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
15 Mar	84.2	Died	Jacques de Goyon de Matignon †	Bishop Emeritus of Condom, France
16 Mar	49.9	Ordained Priest	Maffeo Niccolò Farsetti †	Priest	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
16 Mar	56.4	Ordained Priest	Giacomo Lanfredini †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
17 Mar	39.4	Appointed	Francesco Girolamo Bona †	Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bishop Emeritus
	56.9	Appointed	Nicola Cani, O.P. †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
	39.2	Appointed	Pietro Antonio Corsignani †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop of Valva, Italy
	58.3	Appointed	Tomás Crespo Agüero †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	59.5	Resigned	Girolamo Crispi †	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
	63.3	Confirmed	Imre Esterházy, O.S.P.P.E. †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	49.9	Appointed	Maffeo Niccolò Farsetti †	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	66.2	Appointed	Angelo Galzerin, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
	61.2	Appointed	Bartolome Gascon †	Titular Bishop of Iasus
	46.1	Appointed	Antonio Saverio Gentili †	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	83.2	Appointed	Francesco Onofrio Hodierna †	Titular Bishop of Berytus	Bishop Emeritus of Valva, Italy
	83.2	Resigned	Francesco Onofrio Hodierna †	Bishop of Valva, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	83.2	Resigned	Francesco Onofrio Hodierna †	Bishop of Sulmona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Valva, Italy
	46.5	Appointed	Matthaeus Hodierna, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Valva, Italy
	46.5	Appointed	Matthaeus Hodierna, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Sulmona, Italy	Bishop of Valva, Italy
	40.9	Appointed	Felipe Itúrbide (Yturibe), O. Carm. †	Titular Archbishop of Side	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
	82.5	Appointed	Vincenzo Magnati †	Titular Bishop of Megara
	42.8	Appointed	Juan Francisco Navarro Salvador y Gilabert †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
	51.1	Appointed	Sebastián Lorenzo Pizarro, O.S.Bas. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
	63.4	Confirmed	Salvatore Rujus †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
	66.2	Appointed	Paulinus Sandulli, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Castoria
	47.1	Appointed	Thomas Severi †	Titular Bishop of Tricomia
	40.3	Appointed	Tomás del Valle, O.P. †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
	51.0	Appointed	Antonio Maria Vantini †	Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy
23 Mar	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Saverio Gentili †	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	28.5	Ordained Bishop	Michal Ignacy Kunicki †	Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Arcadia	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Maria Vantini †	Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy
25 Mar	24.7	Ordained Priest	Teodor Kazimierz Czartoryski †	Priest	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Born	Joseph-Marie Paget †	Saint-Julien en Genevois	Bishop Emeritus of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
		Born	Gabriel Wodzyński †	Kiernozien	Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland
29 Mar	24.9	Ordained Priest	Wojciech Stanisław Leski, O. Cist. †	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
Apr	59.2	Died	Giuseppe Galliani †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy
Apr		Born	Giuseppe de Rosa †	Nocera dei Pagani	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
1 Apr	78.5	Died	Louis Champion de Cicé †	Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand
1 Apr	59.3	Succeeded	Jean-Jacques Tessier de Quéralay †	Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand
4 Apr	77.3	Died	Wilhelm von Leslie †	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
5 Apr		Born	Vicente Ferreira da Rocha, O.P. †	Lisboa	Bishop of Castelo Branco, Portugal
	81.7	Died	Lorenzo Gherardi †	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
		Born	Charles-François-SIméon de Saint-Simon de Vermandois de Rouvroy de Sandricourt †	Paris	Bishop of Agde, France
		Born	Friedrich Wilhelm von Westphalen †	Paderborn	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
6 Apr	41.6	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Fabrizio de Capua †	Priest	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
7 Apr		Appointed	John Armstrong †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
		Confirmed	Nelianus Conway †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
	47.3	Appointed	Bernard MacMahon (McMahon) †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	63.3	Appointed	Teige McCarthy Rabagh †	Bishop of Cork, Ireland
10 Apr		Born	José González Laso Santos de San Pedro †	Bustillo de Cea	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
12 Apr	34.6	Ordained Priest	Niccolò Mancinforte †	Priest	Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
12 Apr	32.7	Ordained Priest	Alberico Simonetta †	Priest	Bishop of Como, Italy
14 Apr	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Maffeo Niccolò Farsetti †	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
15 Apr		Born	Francisco Gabriel de Olivares y Benito †	Toledo, Spain	Bishop of Durango, México
23 Apr	58.5	Installed	Nicolás Carlos Gómez de Cervantes y Velázquez de la Cadena †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
23 Apr		Born	Juan Llano Ponte †	Avilés	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
25 Apr	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Antonio Corsignani †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop of Valva, Italy
	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Matthaeus Hodierna, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Valva, Italy
	66.3	Ordained Bishop	Paulinus Sandulli, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Castoria
27 Apr	42.3	Ordained Priest	Aleksander Kazimierz Horain †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
30 Apr	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Severi †	Titular Bishop of Tricomia