The Year of Our Lord 1731

Bishop Events

July to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jul 35.7 Ordained Priest Fabrizio Serbelloni † Priest Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

22 Jul 22.7 Ordained Priest Johann Anton von Federspiel † Priest of Chur, Switzerland Bishop

41.4 Ordained Bishop Silvio Valenti Gonzaga † Titular Archbishop of Nicaea Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State

26 Jul 60.6 Selected Charles-François de Châteauneuf de Rochebonne † Archbishop of Lyon, France

Born Benedetto Maria dei Monti Sanfelice, O.S.B. † Napoli Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy

44.6 Selected Charles-François Le Févre de Laubriéres † Bishop of Soissons, France

64.6 Died Jean-Ernest de Löwenstein-Wertheim † Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

35.8 Selected Claude de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon † Bishop of Noyon, France Bishop of Metz, France

28 Jul Appointed Patrick O’Shea (Shee) † Bishop of Ossory, Ireland

31 Jul 57.6 Died Francisco da Purification, O.S.A. † Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China

2 Aug Born Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † Evora, Portugal Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China

88.6 Died Olivier Jégou de Kervilio † Bishop of Tréguier, France

4 Aug Died Gabriel O’Kelly † Bishop of Elphin, Ireland

5 Aug 23.1 Ordained Priest Franz Karl Joseph von Fugger-Glött † Priest of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

6 Aug 53.4 Appointed Pedro Manuel Dávila Cárdenas † Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain Bishop of Plasencia, Spain

57.6 Appointed Jan-Baptist de Smet † Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

55.2 Appointed Francesco Maria Loyero † Bishop of Nicastro, Italy

35.8 Appointed Fabrizio Serbelloni † Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters) Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

7 Aug 80.5 Died Franz Ferdinand von Kuenburg † Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic

9 Aug 66.6 Confirmed Jean-Jacques Bouhier de Lantenay † Bishop of Dijon, France Bishop Emeritus

11 Aug 74.1 Died Francesco Paolo Nicolai † Archbishop Emeritus of Conza, Italy

20 Aug Died Pedro Felipe Analso Miranda y Ponce de León † Bishop of Teruel, Spain

23 Aug Born José Joaquim Justiniano Mascarenhas Castello Branco † Rio de Janeiro Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

44.7 Died Nicolaus Tomasich † Bishop of Scardona (Skradin), Italy

24 Aug 23.1 Ordained Priest Apollinare Peruzzini, O.S.A. † Priest of Order of St. Augustine Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy

31 Aug 80.6 Died Giorgio Barni † Bishop of Piacenza, Italy

Born Ignazio Busca † Milan, Italy Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the College of Cardinals

3 Sep 64.3 Installed Alessandro Aldobrandini † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati

50.8 Appointed Philippus de Amato † Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy

57.8 Appointed Matteo Basile, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

57.7 Installed Girolamo Grimaldi † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina

44.7 Confirmed Charles-François Le Févre de Laubriéres † Bishop of Soissons, France

53.1 Appointed Ignatius Franciscus Ladislaus Mednyánszky † Titular Bishop of Leuce

Born Stanislaw Jan Siestrzencewicz Bohusz † Zanki k. Wylkowyszek Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus

5 Sep 88.7 Died Michel Cassagnet de Tilladet † Bishop of Mâcon, France

7 Sep Born Antonio Paramo Somoza † Goyán Bishop-Elect of Lugo, Spain

8 Sep 25.0 Ordained Priest Francesco Maria Ginori † Priest Bishop of Fiesole, Italy

9 Sep Born Francesco Benincasa, S.J. † Sassuolo Bishop of Carpi, Italy

11 Sep Born Giovanni Andrea Archetti † Brescia Cardinal, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy

16 Sep 50.8 Ordained Bishop Philippus de Amato † Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy

57.9 Ordained Bishop Matteo Basile, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

66.7 Ordained Bishop Jean-Jacques Bouhier de Lantenay † Bishop of Dijon, France Bishop Emeritus

45.8 Ordained Bishop Andrés Mayoral Alonso de Mella † Bishop of Ceuta, Spain Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

17 Sep 47.7 Appointed Pedro Morcillo Rubio de Suñón † Bishop of Panamá Bishop of Cuzco, Peru

22 Sep 23.2 Ordained Priest Gioacchino Castello † Priest Bishop of Cefalù, Italy

25.7 Ordained Priest Thomas del Pozzo † Priest Titular Bishop of Antipatris

27.4 Ordained Priest Francesco Maria Testa † Priest Archbishop of Monreale, Italy

24.2 Ordained Priest Pedro Jacinto Valente, O. do Cristo † Priest Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde

24 Sep 63.6 Elevated to Cardinal Vincenzo Bichi † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

42.7 Appointed Stjepan Blasković, C.O. † Bishop of Makarska, Croatia

67.1 Elevated to Cardinal Sinibaldo Doria † Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy

61.2 Elevated to Cardinal Giuseppe Firrao † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy

50.6 Elevated to Cardinal Antonio Saverio Gentili † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council

57.0 Elevated to Cardinal Giovanni Antonio Guadagni, O.C.D. † Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy

46.7 Appointed Aleksander Kazimierz Horain † Auxiliary Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

46.7 Appointed Aleksander Kazimierz Horain † Titular Bishop of Hirina Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania

42.3 Appointed Marcus de Luchi † Bishop of Pult, Albania Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro

29 Sep 76.7 Died Manuel Antonio Gómez de Silva † Bishop of Popayán, Colombia

30 Sep 53.5 Ordained Bishop Pedro Manuel Dávila Cárdenas † Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain Bishop of Plasencia, Spain

2 Oct 60.4 Died Simone Marco Palmerini † Bishop of Assisi, Italy

8 Oct 28.9 Selected Moritz Adolf Karl von Sachsen-Zeitz (Saský) † Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic Bishop of Litoměřice, Czech Republic

15 Oct 79.0 Died Sancho Antonio Belunza Corcuera † Bishop of Coria, Spain

18 Oct 32.7 Ordained Bishop Hugh MacDonald † Titular Bishop of Diana Vicar Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain

23 Oct Born Carlo Luigi Buronzo del Signore † Vercelli Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy

1 Nov 70.8 Died Manuel a Santa Catharina, O. Carm. † Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola

3 Nov Born Antonius Romanus Malingri † Pinarolien Archbishop of Oristano, Italy

Born Joseph Pierer † Trausdorf Auxiliary Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary

4 Nov 31.2 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Maria Centini † Priest Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy

75.8 Selected Daniel Joseph Mayer † Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic

9 Nov 43.9 Appointed Tomás Ratto Ottonelli † Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

11 Nov Born Franciscus Kornis de Goncz-Ruszka † Korod Auxiliary Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary

13 Nov 46.9 Died Michel Pierre d’Argouges † Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France

15 Nov 89.2 Died François Bouthillier de Chavigny † Bishop Emeritus of Troyes, France

18 Nov 43.9 Resigned Louis-Armand Chomel † Bishop of Orange, France Bishop Emeritus

19 Nov 63.7 Appointed Francisco Antonio Cepeda Guerrero † Bishop of Segorbe, Spain

60.9 Confirmed Charles-François de Châteauneuf de Rochebonne † Archbishop of Lyon, France

59.8 Appointed Fabio Colloredo, C.O. † Archbishop of Lucca, Italy

61.4 Installed Giuseppe Firrao † Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy

50.8 Installed Antonio Saverio Gentili † Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council

56.2 Appointed José Laso de la Vega y Cansino, O.F.M. † Bishop of Santiago de Cuba Bishop of Santiago de Cuba

45.9 Appointed François-André Roussel de Tilly † Bishop of Orange, France Bishop Emeritus

20 Nov Born François Mouchet de Villedieu † Bourges Bishop Emeritus of Digne, France

23 Nov Appointed Patrick French, O.F.M. † Bishop of Elphin, Ireland

3 Dec Born Stefano Borgia † Velletri, Italy Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

4 Dec Born Josephus Petheö † Pecs Auxiliary Bishop of Pécs, Hungary

6 Dec 76.9 Died Fausto Guidotti † Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy

7 Dec Born Jan Chrzciciel Albertrandi † Warszawa Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa, Poland

9 Dec 69.5 Died Carlo Mascardi, B. † Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy

43.9 Ordained Bishop Tomás Ratto Ottonelli † Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

10 Dec Born Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Marie de Beauvais † Cherbourg Bishop Emeritus of Senez, France

16 Dec 59.8 Ordained Bishop Fabio Colloredo, C.O. † Archbishop of Lucca, Italy

17 Dec 48.3 Appointed Joseph-Dominique (Malachias) d’Inguimbert, O. Cist. † Titular Archbishop of Teodosia Bishop of Carpentras, France

67.3 Installed Sinibaldo Doria † Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy

57.3 Appointed Giovanni Antonio Guadagni, O.C.D. † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy

57.2 Appointed Januarius Guglielmini † Bishop of Tropea, Italy Bishop Emeritus

23.2 Ordained Priest Fabio Palumbo, C.R. † Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular Bishop of Conversano, Italy

45.0 Appointed Juan Angel Rodríguez, O.SS.T. † Archbishop of Manila, Philippines

57.2 Appointed Agustín Rodríguez Delgado † Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia Archbishop of Lima, Peru

34.0 Selected François-Ernest de Salm-Reifferscheid † Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

21 Dec Born José Antonio Martínez de Aldunate † Santiago Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru

22 Dec 23.1 Ordained Priest Sebastianus Maria Landolina Nava † Priest Titular Bishop of Medea

38.3 Ordained Priest Simon Nikolaus Euseb von Montjoye-Hirsingen † Priest of Strasbourg, France Bishop of Basel, Switzerland

23 Dec 38.8 Ordained Priest Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † Priest Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

24 Dec Born Dominicus Arcaroli † Vico Bishop Emeritus of Vieste, Italy

Born Emmanuel-François de Bausset-Roquefort † Marseille Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus, France

52.2 Appointed Gherardo Zandemaria † Bishop of Piacenza, Italy

25 Dec 44.8 Selected François-Hyacinthe de La Fruglaye de Kervers † Bishop of Tréguier, France

54.7 Died Nicolas Pisanelli, C.R. † Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy

27 Dec 48.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph-Dominique (Malachias) d’Inguimbert, O. Cist. † Titular Archbishop of Teodosia Bishop of Carpentras, France

30 Dec 57.3 Ordained Bishop Januarius Guglielmini † Bishop of Tropea, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	35.7	Ordained Priest	Fabrizio Serbelloni †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
22 Jul	22.7	Ordained Priest	Johann Anton von Federspiel †	Priest of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop
41.4	Ordained Bishop	Silvio Valenti Gonzaga †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
26 Jul	60.6	Selected	Charles-François de Châteauneuf de Rochebonne †	Archbishop of Lyon, France
	Born	Benedetto Maria dei Monti Sanfelice, O.S.B. †	Napoli	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
44.6	Selected	Charles-François Le Févre de Laubriéres †	Bishop of Soissons, France
64.6	Died	Jean-Ernest de Löwenstein-Wertheim †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
35.8	Selected	Claude de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon †	Bishop of Noyon, France	Bishop of Metz, France
28 Jul		Appointed	Patrick O’Shea (Shee) †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
31 Jul	57.6	Died	Francisco da Purification, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China
2 Aug		Born	Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. †	Evora, Portugal	Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China
88.6	Died	Olivier Jégou de Kervilio †	Bishop of Tréguier, France
4 Aug		Died	Gabriel O’Kelly †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
5 Aug	23.1	Ordained Priest	Franz Karl Joseph von Fugger-Glött †	Priest of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
6 Aug	53.4	Appointed	Pedro Manuel Dávila Cárdenas †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
57.6	Appointed	Jan-Baptist de Smet †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
55.2	Appointed	Francesco Maria Loyero †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
35.8	Appointed	Fabrizio Serbelloni †	Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters)	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
7 Aug	80.5	Died	Franz Ferdinand von Kuenburg †	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
9 Aug	66.6	Confirmed	Jean-Jacques Bouhier de Lantenay †	Bishop of Dijon, France	Bishop Emeritus
11 Aug	74.1	Died	Francesco Paolo Nicolai †	Archbishop Emeritus of Conza, Italy
20 Aug		Died	Pedro Felipe Analso Miranda y Ponce de León †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain
23 Aug		Born	José Joaquim Justiniano Mascarenhas Castello Branco †	Rio de Janeiro	Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
44.7	Died	Nicolaus Tomasich †	Bishop of Scardona (Skradin), Italy
24 Aug	23.1	Ordained Priest	Apollinare Peruzzini, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
31 Aug	80.6	Died	Giorgio Barni †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
	Born	Ignazio Busca †	Milan, Italy	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the College of Cardinals
3 Sep	64.3	Installed	Alessandro Aldobrandini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
50.8	Appointed	Philippus de Amato †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
57.8	Appointed	Matteo Basile, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
57.7	Installed	Girolamo Grimaldi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina
44.7	Confirmed	Charles-François Le Févre de Laubriéres †	Bishop of Soissons, France
53.1	Appointed	Ignatius Franciscus Ladislaus Mednyánszky †	Titular Bishop of Leuce
	Born	Stanislaw Jan Siestrzencewicz Bohusz †	Zanki k. Wylkowyszek	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
5 Sep	88.7	Died	Michel Cassagnet de Tilladet †	Bishop of Mâcon, France
7 Sep		Born	Antonio Paramo Somoza †	Goyán	Bishop-Elect of Lugo, Spain
8 Sep	25.0	Ordained Priest	Francesco Maria Ginori †	Priest	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
9 Sep		Born	Francesco Benincasa, S.J. †	Sassuolo	Bishop of Carpi, Italy
11 Sep		Born	Giovanni Andrea Archetti †	Brescia	Cardinal, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
16 Sep	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Philippus de Amato †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
57.9	Ordained Bishop	Matteo Basile, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
66.7	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Jacques Bouhier de Lantenay †	Bishop of Dijon, France	Bishop Emeritus
45.8	Ordained Bishop	Andrés Mayoral Alonso de Mella †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
17 Sep	47.7	Appointed	Pedro Morcillo Rubio de Suñón †	Bishop of Panamá	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
22 Sep	23.2	Ordained Priest	Gioacchino Castello †	Priest	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
25.7	Ordained Priest	Thomas del Pozzo †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Antipatris
27.4	Ordained Priest	Francesco Maria Testa †	Priest	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
24.2	Ordained Priest	Pedro Jacinto Valente, O. do Cristo †	Priest	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
24 Sep	63.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Vincenzo Bichi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
42.7	Appointed	Stjepan Blasković, C.O. †	Bishop of Makarska, Croatia
67.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Sinibaldo Doria †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
61.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Firrao †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
50.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Saverio Gentili †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
57.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Antonio Guadagni, O.C.D. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
46.7	Appointed	Aleksander Kazimierz Horain †	Auxiliary Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
46.7	Appointed	Aleksander Kazimierz Horain †	Titular Bishop of Hirina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
42.3	Appointed	Marcus de Luchi †	Bishop of Pult, Albania	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
29 Sep	76.7	Died	Manuel Antonio Gómez de Silva †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
30 Sep	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Manuel Dávila Cárdenas †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
2 Oct	60.4	Died	Simone Marco Palmerini †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
8 Oct	28.9	Selected	Moritz Adolf Karl von Sachsen-Zeitz (Saský) †	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czech Republic
15 Oct	79.0	Died	Sancho Antonio Belunza Corcuera †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
18 Oct	32.7	Ordained Bishop	Hugh MacDonald †	Titular Bishop of Diana	Vicar Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain
23 Oct		Born	Carlo Luigi Buronzo del Signore †	Vercelli	Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
1 Nov	70.8	Died	Manuel a Santa Catharina, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
3 Nov		Born	Antonius Romanus Malingri †	Pinarolien	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
	Born	Joseph Pierer †	Trausdorf	Auxiliary Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
4 Nov	31.2	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Maria Centini †	Priest	Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
75.8	Selected	Daniel Joseph Mayer †	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
9 Nov	43.9	Appointed	Tomás Ratto Ottonelli †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
11 Nov		Born	Franciscus Kornis de Goncz-Ruszka †	Korod	Auxiliary Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
13 Nov	46.9	Died	Michel Pierre d’Argouges †	Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France
15 Nov	89.2	Died	François Bouthillier de Chavigny †	Bishop Emeritus of Troyes, France
18 Nov	43.9	Resigned	Louis-Armand Chomel †	Bishop of Orange, France	Bishop Emeritus
19 Nov	63.7	Appointed	Francisco Antonio Cepeda Guerrero †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
60.9	Confirmed	Charles-François de Châteauneuf de Rochebonne †	Archbishop of Lyon, France
59.8	Appointed	Fabio Colloredo, C.O. †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
61.4	Installed	Giuseppe Firrao †	Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
50.8	Installed	Antonio Saverio Gentili †	Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
56.2	Appointed	José Laso de la Vega y Cansino, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
45.9	Appointed	François-André Roussel de Tilly †	Bishop of Orange, France	Bishop Emeritus
20 Nov		Born	François Mouchet de Villedieu †	Bourges	Bishop Emeritus of Digne, France
23 Nov		Appointed	Patrick French, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
3 Dec		Born	Stefano Borgia †	Velletri, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
4 Dec		Born	Josephus Petheö †	Pecs	Auxiliary Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
6 Dec	76.9	Died	Fausto Guidotti †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
7 Dec		Born	Jan Chrzciciel Albertrandi †	Warszawa	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa, Poland
9 Dec	69.5	Died	Carlo Mascardi, B. †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
43.9	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Ratto Ottonelli †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
10 Dec		Born	Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Marie de Beauvais †	Cherbourg	Bishop Emeritus of Senez, France
16 Dec	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Fabio Colloredo, C.O. †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
17 Dec	48.3	Appointed	Joseph-Dominique (Malachias) d’Inguimbert, O. Cist. †	Titular Archbishop of Teodosia	Bishop of Carpentras, France
67.3	Installed	Sinibaldo Doria †	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
57.3	Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Guadagni, O.C.D. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
57.2	Appointed	Januarius Guglielmini †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
23.2	Ordained Priest	Fabio Palumbo, C.R. †	Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
45.0	Appointed	Juan Angel Rodríguez, O.SS.T. †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
57.2	Appointed	Agustín Rodríguez Delgado †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
34.0	Selected	François-Ernest de Salm-Reifferscheid †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
21 Dec		Born	José Antonio Martínez de Aldunate †	Santiago	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
22 Dec	23.1	Ordained Priest	Sebastianus Maria Landolina Nava †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Medea
38.3	Ordained Priest	Simon Nikolaus Euseb von Montjoye-Hirsingen †	Priest of Strasbourg, France	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
23 Dec	38.8	Ordained Priest	Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †	Priest	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
24 Dec		Born	Dominicus Arcaroli †	Vico	Bishop Emeritus of Vieste, Italy
	Born	Emmanuel-François de Bausset-Roquefort †	Marseille	Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus, France
52.2	Appointed	Gherardo Zandemaria †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
25 Dec	44.8	Selected	François-Hyacinthe de La Fruglaye de Kervers †	Bishop of Tréguier, France
54.7	Died	Nicolas Pisanelli, C.R. †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
27 Dec	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Dominique (Malachias) d’Inguimbert, O. Cist. †	Titular Archbishop of Teodosia	Bishop of Carpentras, France
30 Dec	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Januarius Guglielmini †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy	Bishop Emeritus