The Year of Our Lord 1728

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	25.9	Ordained Priest	Pedro Albornoz Tapia †	Priest	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
		Born	François de Clugny †	Autun	Bishop Emeritus of Riez, France
		Ordained Bishop	Joseph V Dergham El-Khazen †	Titular Bishop	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	58.7	Appointed	Francesco Antonio Finy †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	58.7	Resigned	Francesco Antonio Finy †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	75.9	Died	Antonio Paternò †	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy
	67.1	Died	Nicola Portoghese, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece
	51.8	Died	Vincenzo Santini †	Titular Archbishop of Trapezus
		Born	Lorenzo Suarez de Cantillana †	Santiago del Estero	Bishop of Paraguay
		Died	John Verdon †	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
Jan	64.2	Died	Salvatore Rujus †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
1 Jan	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Bortone †	Titular Bishop of Diospolis in Thracia
	41.7	Resigned	Felipe Itúrbide (Yturibe), O. Carm. †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Manel María Trujillo Jurado, O.F.M. †	Baena	Bishop Emeritus of Albarracin, Spain
17 Jan	38.0	Appointed	Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
17 Jan		Born	Arnaldo Speroni, O.S.B. †	Padova	Bishop of Adria, Italy
22 Jan	73.1	Died	Henri du Puget †	Bishop of Digne, France
22 Jan	58.9	Died	Pietro Priuli †	Cardinal, Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
25 Jan	73.1	Died	José Pérez de Lanciego Eguiluz y Mirafuentes, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
26 Jan	64.5	Appointed	Jacinto Arana Cuesta †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
	43.0	Appointed	Amand Buseck, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany	Bishop
	43.0	Appointed	Amand Buseck, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Themiscyra	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	59.3	Appointed	Carlo Cosenza †	Titular Bishop of Lete	Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
	58.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Antonio Finy †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
	52.3	Appointed	Angelo Franchi, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
	40.1	Confirmed	Paul-Alexandre de Guénet †	Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France
	44.8	Appointed	Antonio Alejandro Sarmiento Sotomayor, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
	49.0	Confirmed	Sigismund Felix von Schrattenbach †	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
28 Jan		Appointed	Pedro Alcántara de la Santísima Trinidad, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Foreign Vicariate
28 Jan		Appointed	Pedro Alcántara de la Santísima Trinidad, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Areopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Foreign Vicariate
29 Jan	47.4	Appointed	St. Pedro Sanz, O.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China	Vicar Apostolic
29 Jan	47.4	Appointed	St. Pedro Sanz, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Mauricastro	Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
Feb	85.0	Died	Antonio Fonseca †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
Feb	71.4	Died	Bernardino Egidio Recchi †	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy
1 Feb	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Franchi, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
2 Feb		Born	Josef Winterl, S.J. †	Steyr	Auxiliary Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
3 Feb		Born	Carlo di Ambrosio †	S. Severo	Bishop of Larino, Italy
7 Feb	69.2	Died	Niccolò Caracciolo †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
7 Feb	23.0	Ordained Priest	Fabian Franziszek Pląskowski †	Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
12 Feb	73.5	Died	Agostino Steffani †	Vicar Apostolic of Upper and Lower Saxony (Hanover), Germany
15 Feb	40.2	Ordained Priest	Fortunato Bisleti †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Cisamus
15 Feb	46.6	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Spínola †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
18 Feb	31.1	Selected	Étienne-René Potier de Gesvres †	Bishop of Beauvais, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
19 Feb	41.8	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Ariberti, C.O. †	Titular Archbishop of Palmyra
21 Feb	24.3	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Giacobini (Jacobini) †	Priest	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
21 Feb	24.4	Ordained Priest	Antonio Nogueira †	Priest	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
22 Feb	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Ariberti, C.O. †	Titular Archbishop of Palmyra
22 Feb	24.1	Ordained Priest	Antonio Spedalieri †	Priest	Bishop of Bova, Italy
25 Feb		Born	Alfonso Airoldi †	Palermo	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
25 Feb	30.8	Ordained Priest	Francesco Scipione Maria Borghese †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
28 Feb		Born	Simone de Magistris, C.O. †	Sezze	Titular Bishop of Cyrene
29 Feb	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Sebastián Lorenzo Pizarro, O.S.Bas. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
Mar	84.6	Died	Francesco Antonio Punzi †	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano, Italy
Mar	65.9	Died	Doymus Zeni †	Bishop of Arbe (Rab), Croatia
3 Mar	66.3	Resigned	Gregorio Lauri †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
7 Mar	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Alexandre de Guénet †	Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France
7 Mar	44.1	Ordained Priest	Lazzaro Sangiovanni †	Priest	Bishop of Bitetto, France
8 Mar	51.5	Appointed	Pedro Ayala, O.P. †	Bishop of Avila, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	43.0	Appointed	Ferdinando Agostino Bernabei, O.P. †	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	30.8	Appointed	Francesco Scipione Maria Borghese †	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	43.4	Appointed	Paul Alpheran de Bussan, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta
	58.8	Installed	Francesco Antonio Finy †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
	57.5	Appointed	Raffaele Cosimo de’ Girolami †	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	68.1	Appointed	Domingo Valentín Guerra Arteaga y Leiba †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Segovia, Spain	Bishop
	37.6	Appointed	Tomaso Marana, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	37.6	Appointed	Mondilio Orsini, C.O. †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	52.7	Appointed	Cristoforo Palmieri †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy
	47.9	Appointed	Angelo Maria Quirini (Querini), O.S.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	41.2	Confirmed	Gregorius Sorger †	Bishop of Knin, Croatia	Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania
	41.2	Confirmed	Louis-François de Vivet de Montclus †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France	Bishop of Alès (Alais), France
		Appointed	José del Yermo Santibáñez †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
13 Mar	26.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph-Nicolas Deschamps de Chaumont †	Priest	Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
14 Mar	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Paul Alpheran de Bussan, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta
	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
	37.6	Ordained Bishop	Tomaso Marana, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Cristoforo Palmieri †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy
17 Mar	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Sigismund Felix von Schrattenbach †	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
17 Mar	52.2	Died	João de Sousa de Castelo-Branco †	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
20 Mar	77.4	Died	Ulisse Giuseppe Gozzadini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Imola, Italy
22 Mar	64.0	Died	Lucas Conejero de Molina †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
27 Mar	37.1	Selected	Jacques-Charles-Alexandre Lallemant †	Bishop of Sées, France
	44.4	Selected	Pierre-Guillaume de La Vieuxville †	Bishop of Bayonne, France
		Born	José Maria Pérez Armendáriz †	Paucartambo	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
30 Mar	30.9	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Scipione Maria Borghese †	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
4 Apr	74.0	Ordained Bishop	José Flores Osorio †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
6 Apr	18.1	Professed	Joannes Dominicus (Michael Antonius) Chiavassa (a S. Clara), O.C.D. †	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Titular Bishop of Assuras
10 Apr	45.5	Resigned	François-Honoré de Beauvillier de Saint-Aignan †	Bishop of Beauvais, France	Bishop Emeritus
11 Apr	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Raffaele Cosimo de’ Girolami †	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
11 Apr	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Alejandro Sarmiento Sotomayor, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
12 Apr	55.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Accoramboni †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Imola, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	52.0	Appointed	Joseph Heinrich von Braitenbücher †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien, Austria
	52.0	Appointed	Joseph Heinrich von Braitenbücher †	Titular Bishop of Antigonea	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien, Austria
		Appointed	Hyacinthus Le Blanc, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Ioppe
		Born	Saverio Marini †	Pesaro	Bishop of Rieti, Italy
	37.2	Appointed	Placido Pezzancheri, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
	54.3	Appointed	Leandro di Porzia (Porcia), O.S.B. †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	57.1	Appointed	Pier Secondo Radicati de Cocconato †	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	63.5	Appointed	Angelico Vigilini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
	70.3	Appointed	Baltazar Wilksycki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	70.3	Appointed	Baltazar Wilksycki †	Titular Bishop of Eucarpia	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
17 Apr	70.3	Died	Angel de Maldonado, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
18 Apr	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Jacinto Arana Cuesta †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinando Agostino Bernabei, O.P. †	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Hyacinthus Le Blanc, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Ioppe
	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan Francisco Navarro Salvador y Gilabert †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
	63.5	Ordained Bishop	Angelico Vigilini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
21 Apr	68.1	Died	Filippo Antonio Gualterio †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Todi, Italy
23 Apr	65.3	Resigned	Ennemond-Flodoard Moret de Bourchenu †	Bishop of Vence, France	Bishop Emeritus
24 Apr	58.0	Appointed	Antonio Bianchi di Gennaro, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
	53.6	Appointed	Francesco Caracciolo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
	46.3	Appointed	Miguel Bernardino de la Fuenta y Rojas †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
	59.4	Appointed	Lodovico Pico Della Mirandola †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	31.3	Confirmed	Étienne-René Potier de Gesvres †	Bishop of Beauvais, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	57.9	Confirmed	Jean-Baptiste Surian †	Bishop of Vence, France
25 Apr	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Caracciolo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
29 Apr	63.6	Appointed	Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti, O.P. †	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto
30 Apr	56.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Marco Antonio Ansidei †	Cardinal, Bishop of Perugia, Italy
	60.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Banchieri †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Nicola in Carcere
	45.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Collicola †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli)
	63.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti, O.P. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto
	53.1	Appointed	Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	53.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	54.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Leandro di Porzia (Porcia), O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Bergamo, Italy
	73.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Gregorio Selleri, O.P. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agostino