The Year of Our Lord 1740

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	47.2	Appointed	Alessandro Albani †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Antonius Bucci †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Caria
	66.8	Died	João Cardoso Castelo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
		Born	Francesco Maria Cioja †	Roma	Bishop of Todi, Italy
		Died	Hilario a Jesu Costa, O.A.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
	55.3	Died	Gennaro Maria Danza †	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Raimondo Fusco, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
		Born	Philippe Gemayel †	Bikfaya	Bishop
	14.6	Professed	Johann Heinrich von Kerens, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
		Born	Antoine Etienne Aconcius Köver, C.A.M. †	Szentgyörgy, Armenia	Titular Archbishop of Siunia
	51.1	Died	Leandro de Santo Agostinho da Piedade, O.A.D. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
	59.8	Appointed	Angelo Maria Quirini (Querini), O.S.B. †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Index	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	69.4	Died	Bartolomé San Martín Orive †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
		Born	Jan Jakub Szymonowicz †		Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
	62.0	Died	Antonius Vladagni †	Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania
		Born	Walenty Wołczacki, O.P. †	Vilnen	Titular Bishop of Tamasus
	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Zarceño Martínez, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
Jan	74.3	Died	Nicolò Tupputi †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
4 Jan		Born	Luigi Maria Pirelli, C.R. †	Ariano	Archbishop of Trani e Bisceglie, Italy
5 Jan	44.1	Installed	Andrzej Stanisław Załuski †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
10 Jan	42.9	Selected	Charles-Antoine de la Roche-Aymon †	Archbishop of Toulouse, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
11 Jan	79.2	Died	Gianantonio Davia †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
12 Jan	60.0	Died	Thomas John Francis de Strickland de Sizorghe †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
14 Jan		Born	Antonio Felice Zondadari †	Siena	Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena, Italy
15 Jan		Born	Jean-Baptiste-Joseph de Lubersac †	Lubersac	Bishop Emeritus of Chartres, France
19 Jan		Born	Scipione de’ Ricci †	Firenze	Bishop Emeritus of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
22 Jan	68.4	Died	Giberto Bartolomeo Borromeo †	Cardinal, Bishop of Novara, Italy
		Born	Vincenzo Manni †	Fabriano	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
		Born	Giuseppe Maria de Mellis †	Lauria	Bishop of Aquino e Pontecorvo, Italy
24 Jan	72.5	Died	Vincenzo Vecchiarelli †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
Feb	28.0	Ordained Priest	Manuel de Alday y Axpée †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop
Feb	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Antonio Bustamante Jiménez †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
2 Feb	25.7	Ordained Priest	Vladislaus Joannes Walknowski †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
6 Feb	87.8	Died	Lorenzo Corsini †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
7 Feb	24.2	Ordained Priest	Anselmo (Nicolò) Cattich, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina
7 Feb	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Gilles du Coêtlosquet †	Bishop of Limoges, France	Bishop Emeritus
9 Feb		Born	Carmine Fimiani †	Castel S.Giorgio	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
10 Feb	61.4	Resigned	Giuseppe Maria Martelli †	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Feb		Born	Franciscus de Lauria †	Cassano	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
13 Feb		Appointed	Inácio de Santa Teresa, O.S.A. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal	Bishop
17 Feb	69.2	Died	Giuseppe Maria Perrimezzi, O.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
20 Feb	78.1	Died	Charles-Fontaine Des Montees †	Bishop of Nevers, France
21 Feb		Born	Jean-Baptiste de Chabot †	Marigny-Brizay	Bishop Emeritus of Mende, France
23 Feb		Born	Damían Martínez de Galinzoga, O.F.M. †	Lorca, Murcia, Spain	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
25 Feb	67.3	Died	Girolamo Mattei †	Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
25 Feb	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Onésimo Salamanca Zaldívar †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
26 Feb	69.1	Died	Charles-François de Châteauneuf de Rochebonne †	Archbishop of Lyon, France
29 Feb	72.7	Died	Pietro Ottoboni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Mar	69.4	Died	Cinugo Settimio Cinughi †	Bishop of Pienza, Italy
Mar		Born	Maciej Grzegorz Garnysz †	Skomlinen	Bishop of Chełm, Poland
7 Mar	68.0	Died	Andrés de Orbe y Larreátegui †	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
9 Mar		Born	Vincenzo Ferretti †	Anconitan	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
12 Mar	66.6	Died	Giovanni Battista Altieri (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
12 Mar	23.5	Ordained Priest	Orazio Berarducci †	Priest	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
13 Mar	39.5	Installed	Jean-Gilles du Coêtlosquet †	Bishop of Limoges, France	Bishop Emeritus
13 Mar		Born	Gioacchino Vassetta †	Vasti	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
16 Mar	59.8	Died	Krzysztof Andrzej Jan Szembek †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
20 Mar	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean de Lolière-Puycontat, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand
23 Mar		Born	Giovanni Giuseppe D’Anisi (Dalla Croce) †	Castellaneten	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
30 Mar		Born	José Nicolau de Azevedo Coutinho Gentil †	Lisboa, Portugal	Prelate Emeritus of Goiás, Brazil
Apr	63.2	Died	Biagio de Dura †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
2 Apr	31.5	Ordained Priest	Matteo Gennaro Testa Piccolomini †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria, Italy
3 Apr	80.3	Died	Thomas Dominic Williams, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
4 Apr		Born	François Citadella †	Sagone	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
6 Apr	49.2	Died	Jacques-Charles-Alexandre Lallemant †	Bishop of Sées, France
7 Apr	38.3	Selected	Paul Godefroid de Berlo de Franc-Douaire †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
8 Apr		Born	Matteo Aceto †	Salerno	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
11 Apr	61.9	Died	Nicola Saverio Albini †	Titular Archbishop of Athenae
13 Apr		Born	Jacques-Joseph-François de Vogüé †	Aubenas	Bishop of Dijon, France
17 Apr	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Felipe de Azúa e Iturgoyen †	Titular Bishop of Botrys	Archbishop Emeritus of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
30 Apr		Born	Charles-Eutrope de La Laurancie †	Villeneuve-la-Comtesse	Bishop of Nantes, France
1 May		Born	Josafat Bastasic (Bastasyc), O.S.B.M. †	Merzlopolye	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
2 May		Born	Manuel Ignacio González de Campillo Gómez del Valle †	Veta Grande	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
5 May	42.3	Appointed	Louis-François Néel de Christot †	Bishop of Sées, France
8 May	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Hagop Petros II Hovsepian †	Bishop	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
15 May	24.6	Ordained Deacon	João Cosme da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. †	Deacon	Cardinal, Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
22 May	24.6	Ordained Priest	João Cosme da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. †	Priest of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Cardinal, Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
22 May	41.7	Died	Claude-Louis de La Châtre †	Bishop of Agde, France
Jun		Died	Bernard (Michael) O’Gara †	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
1 Jun		Born	Giovanni Battista Rezzonico †	Venice, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
2 Jun	66.4	Died	Leandro di Porzia (Porcia), O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Bergamo, Italy
10 Jun		Born	Antonio Palafox y Croy de Abre †	Madrid	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
11 Jun	24.1	Ordained Priest	Bartolomeo Bitozzi †	Priest	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy
12 Jun	82.3	Died	Johann Franz von Schenk von Stauffenberg †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
14 Jun	31.9	Ordained Priest	Heinrich Joseph von Nitschke †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
16 Jun		Born	Jean-François Périer, O.P. †	Grenoble	Bishop of Avignon, France
16 Jun		Born	Paolo Pozzuoli †	Vitolaccio	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
20 Jun		Born	Grzegorz Zachariasiewicz †	Lwów	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
24 Jun	64.1	Died	Serafino Cenci †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
24 Jun		Born	Pedro José Chávez de la Rosa †	Cádiz, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
26 Jun		Born	Michele de Angelis †	Napoli	Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
29 Jun	21.5	Ordained Priest	João Marcelino dos Santos Homem Aparício †	Priest	Bishop of Angra, Portugal