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Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

7 Jul Born Wilhelm Joseph Leopold Willibald Reichsfreiherr von Baden † Mannheim Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany

12 Jul 63.8 Succeeded Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn Bushein † Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany Cardinal, Bishop of Speyer, Germany

15 Jul 65.4 Died Antonio Maria Bacigalupi † Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy

Born Diego Santamaría Cevallos, O.F.M. † Jaén, Spain Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia

20 Jul Died Cristoforo Lorenzo Baratta † Bishop of Fossano, Italy

22 Jul Born Francesco Saverio Gualtieri † Leculo Bishop of Caserta, Italy

4 Aug 68.4 Died Andrés de Orbe y Larreátegui † Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain

5 Aug Born Sebastián Rodriguez de Viezna † Albánchez de Ubeda, Spain Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Thracia

11 Aug Born Charles-Eugène de Valperga de Maglione † Valperga Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France

14 Aug Born Barnaba (Gregorio) Chiaramonti, O.S.B. † Cesena Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

15 Aug Born Joaquín Encabo de la Virgen de Sopetrán, O.A.R. † Jarandilla, Spain Bishop of Cebu, Philippines

16 Aug Born Anton Mandic † Pozega Bishop of Sirmio, Croatia

17 Aug 65.4 Elected Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

18 Aug 41.6 Appointed Joseph Ignaz Philipp Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt † Bishop of Augsburg, Germany

20 Aug 29.2 Died François-Louis Pourroy de L'Auberivière † Bishop of Québec, Québec, Canada

76.9 Appointed Tommaso Ruffo † Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy

50.5 Appointed Silvio Valenti Gonzaga † Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State

22 Aug 65.4 Installed Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

27 Aug 37.1 Appointed Leopold Josef Hannibal Graf Petazzi de Castel Nuovo † Bishop of Trieste, Italy Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia

28 Aug 57.4 Died Georg Xaver Marotti † Bishop of Pedena, Austria

29 Aug 76.2 Appointed Giulio Alberoni † Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain

46.5 Appointed Isidro de Arevalo † Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines

72.6 Appointed Vincenzo Bichi † Cardinal-Priest of S. Matteo in Merulana Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

50.7 Appointed Protacio Cabezas † Bishop of Cebu, Philippines

70.1 Appointed Giuseppe Firrao † Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy

64.3 Appointed Sigismund Kollonitsch † Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

71.7 Appointed Lodovico Pico Della Mirandola † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

77.0 Appointed Tommaso Ruffo † Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy

30 Aug Born Joaquim de Santa Clara Brandão (Lopes), O.S.B. † Porto Archbishop of Évora, Portugal

31 Aug 67.9 Died Antônio de Guadalupe, O.F.M. † Bishop of Viseu, Portugal

6 Sep Born Stefano Bellini † Osimo Bishop of Recanati-Loreto, Italy

7 Sep Born Fortunado Pinto † Salerno Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy

10 Sep Born Custodio Angel Díaz Merino, O.P. † Iniesta, Spain Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia

Born Pedro Díaz Valdés † Gijón Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

11 Sep Born Cayetano Da Annunciação Brandão, T.O.R. † Comarca de Estarreja Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

13 Sep Born Marc-Antione Berdolet † Rougemont Bishop of Aachen, Germany

15 Sep 70.5 Resigned Raniero d'Elci † Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)

59.9 Resigned Giacomo Lanfredini † Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

16 Sep 63.2 Appointed Pier Luigi Carafa (Jr.) † Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)

47.5 Appointed Pompeo Compagnoni † Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy

71.4 Appointed Francesco Antonio Finy † Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy

68.9 Installed Henri-Osvald de La Tour d'Auvergne de Bouillon † Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Vienne, France

77.8 Appointed Vincenzo Petra † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

72.9 Installed Gaetano Stampa † Cardinal-Priest of S. Alessio Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

50.5 Installed Silvio Valenti Gonzaga † Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State

19 Sep Appointed Francis Stuart, O.F.M. † Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland

21 Sep 24.1 Ordained Priest Tommaso Taglialatela † Priest Bishop of Sora, Italy

24 Sep 53.2 Appointed Guillaume d'Hugues de la Motte † Bishop of Nevers, France Archbishop of Vienne, France

24.7 Ordained Priest Dionys Graf von Rost † Priest of Chur, Switzerland Bishop

26 Sep Born Bernardo Serio † Palermo Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy

27 Sep Born Ferdinand Kindermann † Království Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic

30 Sep 37.2 Confirmed Leopold Josef Hannibal Graf Petazzi de Castel Nuovo † Bishop of Trieste, Italy Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia

2 Oct 69.8 Died José Manuel de Sarricolea y Olea † Bishop of Cuzco, Peru

6 Oct 69.9 Appointed Edward Dicconson † Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain

69.9 Appointed Edward Dicconson † Titular Bishop of Mallus Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain

9 Oct 31.8 Ordained Bishop Antoine de Lastic † Bishop of (Saint-Bernard de) Comminges, France

11 Oct Born Alfonso Marsili † Siena Archbishop of Siena, Italy

12 Oct Born Francisco Javier Fita y Carrión (y Lafita) † Chunchi Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador

14 Oct Born Francesco Maria Ferreri, C.P. † Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

17 Oct Born Ferenc Szanyi † Tornae Bishop of Foreign Diocese

20 Oct Born Carlo Francesco Maria Caselli, O.S.M. † Alessandria Cardinal, Bishop of Parma, Italy

23 Oct 23.2 Ordained Priest Francesco Saverio de Zelada † Priest Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives

27 Oct 67.4 Died Charles du Plessis d'Argentré † Bishop of Tulle, France

50.8 Appointed Ludovico Merlini † Titular Archbishop of the Titular See Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello

Nov 41.5 Ordained Bishop José de Peralta Barrionuevo y Rocha Benavídez, O.P. † Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia

1 Nov Born Martin Gorgey † Pech Ujfalu Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary

4 Nov Born Charles-François Bailly de Messein † Varennes Coadjutor Bishop of Québec, Québec, Canada

6 Nov Born Joseph Christian Franz de Paula Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein † Bartenstein Bishop of Wrocław, Poland

8 Nov Born Joseph Graf von Stubenberg † Graz Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany

11 Nov 58.9 Appointed José Antonio Gutiérrez y Ceballos † Archbishop of Lima, Peru

60.2 Appointed Pierre-Guérin de Tencin † Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France

50.9 Appointed José Ignacio Mijares Solórzano y Tobar † Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia

Born Jean-Auguste de Chastenet de Puységur † Rabastens Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France

43.7 Confirmed Charles-Antoine de la Roche-Aymon † Archbishop of Toulouse, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France

14 Nov Born Alberto Maria Giuseppe Andrea Luigi Solinas † Bannari Bishop of Galtelli-Nuoro, Italy

19 Nov Born Josef-Franz (Joseph François Xavier) de Preux † Siders Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

22 Nov 30.7 Ordained Bishop Joseph-François de Cadenet de Charleval † Bishop of Agde, France

23 Nov 43.8 Appointed Bonifatius (Giovanni Giuseppe) Cecotti, O.F.M. † Bishop of Pedena, Austria

24 Nov Ordained Bishop Francis Stuart, O.F.M. † Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland

26 Nov Born José Pérez Calama † Alberca, Spain Bishop of Quito, Ecuador

27 Nov 36.8 Ordained Bishop Jean-Joseph de Fogasses d'Entrechaux de La Bastie † Bishop of Saint-Malo, France

30 Nov 32.0 Ordained Deacon Giorgio Doria † Deacon Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon

32.9 Appointed Henri-Marie du Breuil de Pontbriand † Bishop of Québec, Québec, Canada

Born Andrzej Antoni Ignacy Gawronski † Lubienie Bishop of Kraków, Poland

Dec 64.4 Appointed Giovanni Andrea Tria † Titular Archbishop of Tyrus Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy

64.4 Resigned Giovanni Andrea Tria † Bishop of Larino, Italy Bishop Emeritus

4 Dec 32.0 Ordained Priest Giorgio Doria † Priest Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon

5 Dec 32.0 Appointed Giorgio Doria † Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon

8 Dec 32.0 Ordained Bishop Giorgio Doria † Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon

50.9 Ordained Bishop Ludovico Merlini † Titular Archbishop of the Titular See Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello

12 Dec 64.4 Appointed Diego Fermín de Vergara, O.S.A. † Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia

13 Dec 61.3 Died Benedetto Odescalchi-Erba † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy

15 Dec Born Carlo Rovelli, O.P. † Como Bishop of Como, Italy

17 Dec Born Francesco Pio Santi † Rocca Albenga Bishop of Sovana-Pitigliano, Italy

24.4 Ordained Priest Emmanuel Ernst Reichsgraf von Waldstein † Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic

18 Dec 43.0 Ordained Bishop Louis-François Néel de Christot † Bishop of Sées, France

19 Dec 46.0 Appointed João da Cruz Salgado de Castilho, O.C.D. † Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop of Miranda, Portugal

47.8 Appointed Hilário de Santa Rosa, O.F.M. † Bishop of Macau, China Bishop Emeritus

43.9 Appointed Polycarpo de Sousa (Souza), S.J. † Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China

Appointed Eugénio Trigueiros, O.S.A. † Archbishop of Goa, India

22 Dec 33.1 Resigned Johann Franz Anton Reichsgraf von Khevenhüller † Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria Bishop Emeritus

Born Claude Le Coz † Plonévez-Porzay Archbishop of Besançon, France

25 Dec 94.0 Died Jean Soanen † Bishop Emeritus of Senez, France Bishop

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
7 Jul		Born	Wilhelm Joseph Leopold Willibald Reichsfreiherr von Baden †	Mannheim	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
12 Jul	63.8	Succeeded	Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn Bushein †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop of Speyer, Germany
15 Jul	65.4	Died	Antonio Maria Bacigalupi †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
	Born	Diego Santamaría Cevallos, O.F.M. †	Jaén, Spain	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
20 Jul		Died	Cristoforo Lorenzo Baratta †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
22 Jul		Born	Francesco Saverio Gualtieri †	Leculo	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
4 Aug	68.4	Died	Andrés de Orbe y Larreátegui †	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
5 Aug		Born	Sebastián Rodriguez de Viezna †	Albánchez de Ubeda, Spain	Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Thracia
11 Aug		Born	Charles-Eugène de Valperga de Maglione †	Valperga	Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
14 Aug		Born	Barnaba (Gregorio) Chiaramonti, O.S.B. †	Cesena	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
15 Aug		Born	Joaquín Encabo de la Virgen de Sopetrán, O.A.R. †	Jarandilla, Spain	Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
16 Aug		Born	Anton Mandic †	Pozega	Bishop of Sirmio, Croatia
17 Aug	65.4	Elected	Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
18 Aug	41.6	Appointed	Joseph Ignaz Philipp Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
20 Aug	29.2	Died	François-Louis Pourroy de L'Auberivière †	Bishop of Québec, Québec, Canada
76.9	Appointed	Tommaso Ruffo †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy
50.5	Appointed	Silvio Valenti Gonzaga †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
22 Aug	65.4	Installed	Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
27 Aug	37.1	Appointed	Leopold Josef Hannibal Graf Petazzi de Castel Nuovo †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
28 Aug	57.4	Died	Georg Xaver Marotti †	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
29 Aug	76.2	Appointed	Giulio Alberoni †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain
46.5	Appointed	Isidro de Arevalo †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
72.6	Appointed	Vincenzo Bichi †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Matteo in Merulana	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
50.7	Appointed	Protacio Cabezas †	Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
70.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Firrao †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
64.3	Appointed	Sigismund Kollonitsch †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
71.7	Appointed	Lodovico Pico Della Mirandola †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
77.0	Appointed	Tommaso Ruffo †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy
30 Aug		Born	Joaquim de Santa Clara Brandão (Lopes), O.S.B. †	Porto	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
31 Aug	67.9	Died	Antônio de Guadalupe, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
6 Sep		Born	Stefano Bellini †	Osimo	Bishop of Recanati-Loreto, Italy
7 Sep		Born	Fortunado Pinto †	Salerno	Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
10 Sep		Born	Custodio Angel Díaz Merino, O.P. †	Iniesta, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
	Born	Pedro Díaz Valdés †	Gijón	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
11 Sep		Born	Cayetano Da Annunciação Brandão, T.O.R. †	Comarca de Estarreja	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
13 Sep		Born	Marc-Antione Berdolet †	Rougemont	Bishop of Aachen, Germany
15 Sep	70.5	Resigned	Raniero d'Elci †	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
59.9	Resigned	Giacomo Lanfredini †	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
16 Sep	63.2	Appointed	Pier Luigi Carafa (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
47.5	Appointed	Pompeo Compagnoni †	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
71.4	Appointed	Francesco Antonio Finy †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
68.9	Installed	Henri-Osvald de La Tour d'Auvergne de Bouillon †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Vienne, France
77.8	Appointed	Vincenzo Petra †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
72.9	Installed	Gaetano Stampa †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Alessio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
50.5	Installed	Silvio Valenti Gonzaga †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
19 Sep		Appointed	Francis Stuart, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
21 Sep	24.1	Ordained Priest	Tommaso Taglialatela †	Priest	Bishop of Sora, Italy
24 Sep	53.2	Appointed	Guillaume d'Hugues de la Motte †	Bishop of Nevers, France	Archbishop of Vienne, France
24.7	Ordained Priest	Dionys Graf von Rost †	Priest of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop
26 Sep		Born	Bernardo Serio †	Palermo	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy
27 Sep		Born	Ferdinand Kindermann †	Království	Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic
30 Sep	37.2	Confirmed	Leopold Josef Hannibal Graf Petazzi de Castel Nuovo †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2 Oct	69.8	Died	José Manuel de Sarricolea y Olea †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
6 Oct	69.9	Appointed	Edward Dicconson †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
69.9	Appointed	Edward Dicconson †	Titular Bishop of Mallus	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
9 Oct	31.8	Ordained Bishop	Antoine de Lastic †	Bishop of (Saint-Bernard de) Comminges, France
11 Oct		Born	Alfonso Marsili †	Siena	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
12 Oct		Born	Francisco Javier Fita y Carrión (y Lafita) †	Chunchi	Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
14 Oct		Born	Francesco Maria Ferreri, C.P. †		Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
17 Oct		Born	Ferenc Szanyi †	Tornae	Bishop of Foreign Diocese
20 Oct		Born	Carlo Francesco Maria Caselli, O.S.M. †	Alessandria	Cardinal, Bishop of Parma, Italy
23 Oct	23.2	Ordained Priest	Francesco Saverio de Zelada †	Priest	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
27 Oct	67.4	Died	Charles du Plessis d'Argentré †	Bishop of Tulle, France
50.8	Appointed	Ludovico Merlini †	Titular Archbishop of the Titular See	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello
Nov	41.5	Ordained Bishop	José de Peralta Barrionuevo y Rocha Benavídez, O.P. †	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
1 Nov		Born	Martin Gorgey †	Pech Ujfalu	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
4 Nov		Born	Charles-François Bailly de Messein †	Varennes	Coadjutor Bishop of Québec, Québec, Canada
6 Nov		Born	Joseph Christian Franz de Paula Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein †	Bartenstein	Bishop of Wrocław, Poland
8 Nov		Born	Joseph Graf von Stubenberg †	Graz	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
11 Nov	58.9	Appointed	José Antonio Gutiérrez y Ceballos †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
60.2	Appointed	Pierre-Guérin de Tencin †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
50.9	Appointed	José Ignacio Mijares Solórzano y Tobar †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
	Born	Jean-Auguste de Chastenet de Puységur †	Rabastens	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
43.7	Confirmed	Charles-Antoine de la Roche-Aymon †	Archbishop of Toulouse, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
14 Nov		Born	Alberto Maria Giuseppe Andrea Luigi Solinas †	Bannari	Bishop of Galtelli-Nuoro, Italy
19 Nov		Born	Josef-Franz (Joseph François Xavier) de Preux †	Siders	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
22 Nov	30.7	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-François de Cadenet de Charleval †	Bishop of Agde, France
23 Nov	43.8	Appointed	Bonifatius (Giovanni Giuseppe) Cecotti, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
24 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Francis Stuart, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
26 Nov		Born	José Pérez Calama †	Alberca, Spain	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
27 Nov	36.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Joseph de Fogasses d'Entrechaux de La Bastie †	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France
30 Nov	32.0	Ordained Deacon	Giorgio Doria †	Deacon	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
32.9	Appointed	Henri-Marie du Breuil de Pontbriand †	Bishop of Québec, Québec, Canada
	Born	Andrzej Antoni Ignacy Gawronski †	Lubienie	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
Dec	64.4	Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Tria †	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus	Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
64.4	Resigned	Giovanni Andrea Tria †	Bishop of Larino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
4 Dec	32.0	Ordained Priest	Giorgio Doria †	Priest	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
5 Dec	32.0	Appointed	Giorgio Doria †	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
8 Dec	32.0	Ordained Bishop	Giorgio Doria †	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Ludovico Merlini †	Titular Archbishop of the Titular See	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello
12 Dec	64.4	Appointed	Diego Fermín de Vergara, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
13 Dec	61.3	Died	Benedetto Odescalchi-Erba †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
15 Dec		Born	Carlo Rovelli, O.P. †	Como	Bishop of Como, Italy
17 Dec		Born	Francesco Pio Santi †	Rocca Albenga	Bishop of Sovana-Pitigliano, Italy
24.4	Ordained Priest	Emmanuel Ernst Reichsgraf von Waldstein †	Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic	Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic
18 Dec	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Louis-François Néel de Christot †	Bishop of Sées, France
19 Dec	46.0	Appointed	João da Cruz Salgado de Castilho, O.C.D. †	Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop of Miranda, Portugal
47.8	Appointed	Hilário de Santa Rosa, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Macau, China	Bishop Emeritus
43.9	Appointed	Polycarpo de Sousa (Souza), S.J. †	Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China
	Appointed	Eugénio Trigueiros, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Goa, India
22 Dec	33.1	Resigned	Johann Franz Anton Reichsgraf von Khevenhüller †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Claude Le Coz †	Plonévez-Porzay	Archbishop of Besançon, France
25 Dec	94.0	Died	Jean Soanen †	Bishop Emeritus of Senez, France	Bishop

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