The Year of Our Lord 1738

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Castillo Vintimilla †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
		Born	Martinus Cordella †	Firman	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
	60.0	Died	Caietanus de’ Cavalieri †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
		Born	Gerardus Mele †	San Gregorio	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
	68.0	Died	Konstanty Moszynski, O.S.P. †	Bishop of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten, Poland
	46.0	Died	Simeon Stephanus Olsavszky †	Titular Bishop of Pella
	52.1	Died	Josephus Olszański †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chełm, Poland
	55.1	Resigned	Domenico Silvio Passionei †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
	84.0	Died	Jacopo Maria Rossi †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
	77.0	Died	Emmanuel a S. Antonio, O.P. †	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
	37.3	Succeeded	Wacław Hieronim Sierakowski †	Bishop of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten, Poland	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
3 Jan	53.3	Died	Josephus Michael Trzcinski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
8 Jan	49.5	Died	Francesco Maria Garetto, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Shansi {Scian-Si} (Chan-Si), China
10 Jan	70.5	Died	Nunzio Baccari †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
11 Jan		Born	Andrej (André) Szabó †	Alsomjek	Bishop of Košice, Slovakia
12 Jan		Born	Alessandro Alessandretti †	Imola	Bishop Emeritus of Macerata-Tolentino, Italy
	33.0	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Prudent de Becdelièvre †	Bishop of Nimes, France
	61.8	Died	Andrea Carlovich †	Bishop of Arbe (Rab), Croatia
	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Antoine-René de La Roche de Fontenille †	Bishop of Meaux, France
20 Jan		Born	Ippolito Antonio Vincenti Mareri †	Rieti	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
22 Jan	79.3	Died	Sebastiano Venieri †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
25 Jan	77.1	Died	Jean-Marie Henriau †	Bishop of Boulogne (-Sur-Mer), France
26 Jan	65.8	Resigned	Andrés de Orbe y Larreátegui †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Jan	44.2	Appointed	Miguel Aguiar †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
	49.2	Appointed	Pedro Cáceres Casado †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
	52.3	Appointed	Troiano Caracciolo Del Sole †	Bishop of Nola, Italy
	53.6	Appointed	Ramón Francisco Agustín Eura, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
	52.2	Appointed	Andrés Mayoral Alonso de Mella †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	53.7	Appointed	José Esteban Noriega, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
	42.9	Appointed	Francesco De Novellis †	Bishop of Sarno, Italy
	44.9	Appointed	Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
31 Jan		Born	Tiberio Cortese †	Modena	Bishop of Modena, Italy
2 Feb		Born	William Gibson †	Stonecroft	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
2 Feb	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Guillaume-Samuel de Verthamon de Chavagnac †	Bishop of Luçon, France
6 Feb		Born	Antonio De Rossi †	Stellata	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
9 Feb	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Troiano Caracciolo Del Sole †	Bishop of Nola, Italy
9 Feb	79.8	Died	Fabio Olivieri †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia
16 Feb	81.3	Died	Giovanni Vincenzo de Filippi, O.S.M. †	Bishop of Caorle, Italy
17 Feb	50.1	Died	Tomás Ratto Ottonelli †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
19 Feb		Born	Serafino Vitale, O.S.B. †	Cava	Bishop of Minori, Italy
23 Feb		Born	Stefano Bonsignore †	Busto	Bishop of Faenza, Italy
	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste de Champflour †	Bishop of Mirepoix, France
		Ordained Bishop	Robert Lacy †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
		Born	Teodozy Wislocki, O.S.B.M. †	Ronerozniec	Bishop of Suprasl (Ukrainian), Belarus
24 Feb	71.3	Died	Anton Maria Borromeo, C.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Capodistria (Capo d'Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
27 Feb		Born	Giuseppe Gioacchino Lovera †	Torino	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
1 Mar	52.5	Died	Giovanni Fabrizio de Capua †	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
1 Mar		Born	Antonio Raffaele Dolci, O.P. †	Ragusa	Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
2 Mar	78.2	Retired	Gregorio Téllez, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
3 Mar	54.6	Appointed	Domingo Pantaleón Álvarez de Abreu †	Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
	37.3	Appointed	Deodatus Baiardi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina, Italy	Bishop of Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
	37.3	Appointed	Deodatus Baiardi †	Titular Bishop of Samaria	Bishop of Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
	55.4	Appointed	Plácido Bailés Padilla, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
	61.9	Appointed	Clemente Comenge Avio †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
	54.8	Appointed	Juan de Galabis, O. Praem. †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
	49.2	Appointed	Eustachius Entreri, O.M. †	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
	84.0	Appointed	José Flores Osorio †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
	63.6	Appointed	Domenico Antonio Manfredi †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
	56.1	Appointed	Francisco Pérez Lozano, O.S.Bas. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
	48.8	Appointed	Innocentius (Joannes Antonius) Stratman, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Asia
	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Domingo Antonio de Zatarain †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
4 Mar	36.2	Selected	Auguste-César d’Hervilly de Devise †	Bishop of Boulogne (-Sur-Mer), France
4 Mar		Born	Erasmus Dionys Krieger †	Masov	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
5 Mar	77.8	Died	Adam Franciszek Ksawery Rostkowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Luceoria o Łuck, Ukraine
10 Mar	60.2	Ordained Bishop	François du Verdier †	Bishop of Angoulême, France
16 Mar	37.4	Ordained Bishop	Deodatus Baiardi †	Titular Bishop of Samaria	Bishop of Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Paolo Francesco Giustiniani, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
		Born	Stefano Giustiniani †	Genova	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
		Born	Józef Kazimierz Kossakowski †	Vilnen	Bishop of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten, Poland
	23.1	Ordained Deacon	Urbano Paracciani Rutili †	Deacon	Cardinal, Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
19 Mar		Born	Antonio Maria Gardini †	Venezia	Bishop of Crema, Italy
19 Mar	43.0	Installed	Francesco De Novellis †	Bishop of Sarno, Italy
20 Mar		Born	Joachim-François-Mamert de Conzié †	S. Martin du Mont	Archbishop of Tours, France
22 Mar	24.2	Ordained Priest	Felice Antonio Bianchi †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Modena, Italy
22 Mar	25.1	Ordained Priest	Giambattista Donati †	Priest	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
23 Mar	23.1	Ordained Priest	Urbano Paracciani Rutili †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
24 Mar		Born	Francesco Maria Fenzi †	Iadren	Archbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Greece
25 Mar	23.1	Ordained Priest	Adam Dwerditsch †	Priest of Wien, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop
28 Mar	73.8	Died	Pietro Valerio Martorelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Monte Feltre, Italy
31 Mar	52.3	Installed	Andrés Mayoral Alonso de Mella †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
Apr	71.3	Died	Nicolaus Cigala †	Bishop of Tinos, Greece
Apr		Born	Nicolas Milassin, O.F.M. †	Csavoly	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
4 Apr	71.7	Died	José Luis Palos Bord, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Paraguay
5 Apr	27.4	Ordained Priest	Aloysius Emmanuel del Carretto †	Priest	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
5 Apr	23.8	Ordained Priest	Pietro Paolo Tosi †	Priest	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
7 Apr		Born	Francisco Ramón Larumbre †	Lumbier	Bishop of Tudela, Spain
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi Von Waal Und Sonnenthurn †	Priest of Trento, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Johann Mathäus Schweiberer †	Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic	Auxiliary Bishop
8 Apr	70.8	Died	Charles-Joachim Colbert de Croissy †	Bishop of Montpellier, France
16 Apr	72.1	Resigned	Francesco Maria Muscettola, C.R. †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Apr	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Aguiar †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
20 Apr	53.9	Ordained Bishop	José Esteban Noriega, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
21 Apr	66.5	Appointed	Francisco Gutiérrez Galeano, O. de M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
21 Apr	66.5	Appointed	Francisco Gutiérrez Galeano, O. de M. †	Titular Bishop of Rosalia	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
22 Apr	48.5	Selected	Georges-Lazare Berger de Charancy †	Bishop of Montpellier, France
26 Apr	74.6	Resigned	Tommaso Ruffo †	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
26 Apr		Born	Melchor Serrano Lázaro, Sch. P. †	Bádenas	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
27 Apr	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Francisco Agustín Eura, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
29 Apr	26.7	Ordained Priest	Anton Erazm Wołłowicz †	Priest	Bishop of Luceoria o Łuck, Ukraine
May		Born	Francesco Ubaldo Maria Romanzi †	Salvitelle	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy
1 May	65.9	Died	Felipe Molina y Figueroa †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
4 May	62.1	Ordained Bishop	Clemente Comenge Avio †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Raymundus Jezierski, O.P. †	Bishop of Bacău, Romania
	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Wacław Hieronim Sierakowski †	Bishop of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten, Poland	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
5 May	56.4	Appointed	Andrés Cabrejas Molina †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
	56.0	Appointed	Jorge Casado Torreblanca †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	68.2	Appointed	Raniero d’Elci †	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
	43.5	Appointed	Melchiorre Delfico †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
	52.0	Appointed	Gerolamo Fonda †	Bishop of Trogir (Traù), Croatia
	49.8	Appointed	Juan Elías Gómez Terán †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
	34.1	Appointed	Francesco Gaetano Incontri †	Bishop of Pescia, Italy	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	36.3	Appointed	Louis-Albert Joly de Choin †	Bishop of Toulon, France
	57.0	Appointed	Manuel Isidro Orozco Manrique de Lara †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	53.2	Appointed	Casimiro Rossi †	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
	61.3	Appointed	Pedro Salazar Góngora †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
11 May	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Melchiorre Delfico †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
11 May	34.1	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Gaetano Incontri †	Bishop of Pescia, Italy	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
17 May		Born	Louis Charrier de La Roche †	Lyon	Bishop of Versailles, France
17 May		Born	Tomás de Roa y Alarcón †	Quilpolemu	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
19 May	39.1	Selected	José de Peralta Barrionuevo y Rocha Benavídez, O.P. †	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
20 May	45.4	Appointed	Camillo Paolucci (Merlini) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
21 May	47.2	Appointed	Francesco Lanfreschi †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
	57.1	Appointed	Stanislao Poliastri †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
	50.1	Appointed	Giovanni Rossi, C.R. †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
25 May	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Stanislao Poliastri †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
28 May		Born	Felice Paoli †	Cingoli	Bishop of Recanati-Loreto, Italy
30 May	23.0	Ordained Priest	Francesco Zunica †	Priest	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
31 May	25.0	Ordained Priest	Tommaso Giannelli †	Priest	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
31 May	24.4	Ordained Priest	Michele Pes †	Priest	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
1 Jun	36.4	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Albert Joly de Choin †	Bishop of Toulon, France
3 Jun	55.7	Ordained Bishop	Plácido Bailés Padilla, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Andrés Cabrejas Molina †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Casado Torreblanca †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
6 Jun		Born	Marco Zaguri †	Venezia	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
22 Jun	22.9	Ordained Priest	Philippus (Joannes Bapt.) Bruni (a S. Catharina) †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina, Italy
23 Jun	62.4	Died	Ascanio Argelati †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
	61.8	Resigned	Pedro Ayala, O.P. †	Bishop of Avila, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	68.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Raniero d’Elci †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
	34.0	Appointed	Josephus Łaszcz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chełm, Poland	Coadjutor Bishop of Kyiv {Kiev}, Ukraine
	34.0	Appointed	Josephus Łaszcz †	Titular Bishop of Antipatris	Coadjutor Bishop of Kyiv {Kiev}, Ukraine
	71.3	Appointed	Carlo Maria Marini †	Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata
	55.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Domenico Silvio Passionei †	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
	39.2	Confirmed	José de Peralta Barrionuevo y Rocha Benavídez, O.P. †	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
	47.3	Appointed	Narciso Queralt †	Bishop of Avila, Spain
27 Jun	36.5	Confirmed	Auguste-César d’Hervilly de Devise †	Bishop of Boulogne (-Sur-Mer), France
	43.1	Appointed	Krzysztof Michal Dobinski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
	43.1	Appointed	Krzysztof Michal Dobinski †	Titular Bishop of Serra	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
29 Jun	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan Elías Gómez Terán †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
	61.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Salazar Góngora †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain