The Year of Our Lord 1747

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	26.0	Ordained Priest	Claude-Marc-Antoine d’Apchon de Corgenon †	Priest	Archbishop of Auch, France
	37.0	Died	Ludovico Das Chagas, O.S.A. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Luis Tomás Esteban de Piña y Mazo, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
		Born	Henri-Charles du Lau d’Allemans †	Petragoricen	Bishop of Grenoble, France
		Born	José Antonio de la Huerta Caso †		Bishop of Nicaragua
	85.2	Died	Gregorio Lauri †	Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	72.4	Died	Agostino Saluzzo, C.M. †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Anselmo Sánchez de Tagle †	Bishop of Durango, México	Bishop of Michoacán, México
	64.4	Died	Ludovico Savageri, C.R.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Alatri, Italy
Jan	64.2	Died	Plácido Bailés Padilla, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
1 Jan		Born	Manoel de Almeida de Carvalho †	Vizeu, Portugal	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
3 Jan		Born	Pietro Arborio di Gattinara †	Albano Vercellese	Bishop of Asti, Italy
12 Jan	56.8	Died	Antonio Maria Pescatori, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
15 Jan		Born	Maria José a Santo Tomas, O.P. †	Ponte da Barca, Portugal	Prelate of Mozambico, Mozambique
16 Jan	79.8	Died	Carlo Maria Marini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
18 Jan		Born	Michele Di Pietro †	Albano, Italy	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
22 Jan	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Charles de Grimaldi d’Antibes †	Bishop of Rodez, France
22 Jan		Born	Jean-Baptiste Marie Scipion Ruffo (Roux) de Bonneval †	Aix	Bishop Emeritus of Senez, France
25 Jan	64.4	Died	Juan Antonio de Vizarrón y Eguiarreta †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
29 Jan	36.2	Ordained Bishop	Aloysius Emmanuel del Carretto †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
Feb		Died	Thomas O’Beirne †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
2 Feb	23.0	Ordained Priest	Ignatius Krzyzanowski †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
6 Feb	46.1	Appointed	Lawrence Richardson, O.P. †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
11 Feb	76.0	Resigned	Arcangelo Maria Ciccarelli, O.P. †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
23 Feb	64.5	Resigned	Annibale Albani †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
24 Feb		Born	Maciej Paweł Możdżeniewski †	Jordanowicz, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Mohilev, Belarus
25 Feb		Born	Giovanni Filippo Gallarati Scotti †	Milan, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
25 Feb	57.0	Appointed	Silvio Valenti Gonzaga †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
11 Mar		Born	Francisco Javier Almonacid †	Talayuelas	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
14 Mar	63.5	Died	Domenico Nicola Condulmer †	Bishop of Belluno, Italy
15 Mar		Born	Giacinto della Torre, O.S.A. †	Saluzzo	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
18 Mar	27.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Coppula †	Priest	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Michael Angelus Monticelli †	Priest	Bishop of Isola, Italy
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Francesco Ferdinando Sanseverino, C.P.O. †	Priest of Congregation of Pious Workers	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
20 Mar	51.2	Died	Troiano Acquaviva d’Aragona †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
21 Mar	74.5	Died	Giuseppe Accoramboni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
21 Mar	84.3	Died	Vincenzo Petra †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
27 Mar	57.1	Appointed	Silvio Valenti Gonzaga †	Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
30 Mar		Born	Carlo Andrea Pelagallo †	Rome	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
1 Apr	90.0	Retired	José Espejo Cisneros †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
1 Apr	63.3	Died	Pedro Morcillo Rubio de Suñón †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
4 Apr	23.1	Ordained Priest	Manuel do Cenáculo Vilas Boas, T.O.R. †	Priest of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
5 Apr		Born	José Vicente Silva y Olave †	Guayaquil	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
8 Apr	81.9	Died	Andrea Roberti †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
10 Apr	54.5	Appointed	Alessandro Albani †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
	27.1	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Albani †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
	27.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Francesco Albani †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
	79.2	Appointed	Vincenzo Bichi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	51.3	Appointed	Joseph Billard, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)
	36.8	Appointed	Serafino Brancone (Branconi), O.S.B. †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	42.7	Appointed	Pietro Cristiani †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
	77.1	Appointed	Raniero d’Elci †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	61.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Daniele Delfino †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Udine, Italy
	66.0	Appointed	Joaquín Fernández de Portocarrero Mendoza †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	66.2	Appointed	Antonio Saverio Gentili †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	41.3	Confirmed	Louis-Sextius de Jarente de La Bruyère †	Bishop of Digne, France	Bishop of Orléans, France
	34.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Vittorio Amedeo delle Lanze †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	45.7	Appointed	Frédéric-Jérôme de La Rochefoucauld †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bourges, France
	45.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Frédéric-Jérôme de La Rochefoucauld †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bourges, France
	44.9	Confirmed	Wojciech Stanisław Leski, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
	60.3	Elevated to Cardinal	José Manuel da Cámara d’Atalaia †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	44.4	Appointed	Tommaso Mazza †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
	75.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Álvaro Eugenio de Mendoza Caamaño y Sotomayor †	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
	76.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Battista Mesmer †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
	70.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Mario Millini (Mellini) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
	72.0	Appointed	Filippo Maria de Monti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
	29.4	Elevated to Cardinal	François-Armand-Auguste de Rohan-Soubise-Ventadour †	Cardinal, Bishop of Strasbourg, France
	57.6	Appointed	Carlo Maria Sacripante †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria ad Martyres	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	50.3	Appointed	Pedro Anselmo Sánchez de Tagle †	Bishop of Durango, México	Bishop of Michoacán, México
	71.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Raniero Felice Simonetti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	49.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Ferdinand Julius von Troyer †	Cardinal, Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
12 Apr		Born	Francisco de Cuerda †	Mora, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
12 Apr	71.9	Died	Conone Luchini dal Verme †	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
15 Apr	83.0	Died	Armand-Pierre de la Croix de Castries †	Archbishop of Albi, France
15 Apr		Born	Lodovico Ludovici (Ludovico), O.F.M. †	Ebulo	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
16 Apr	36.8	Ordained Bishop	Serafino Brancone (Branconi), O.S.B. †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Cristiani †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Mazza †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
23 Apr	75.5	Died	Henri-Osvald de La Tour d’Auvergne de Bouillon †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Vienne, France
24 Apr		Born	José Carrión y Marfil †	Estepona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru
27 Apr	65.5	Died	Giovanni Crisostomo Calvi, O.P. †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
1 May	34.6	Selected	Dominique de La Rochefoucauld †	Archbishop of Albi, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
3 May	37.3	Appointed	Henri-Jacques de Montesquiou-Poylobon †	Bishop of Sarlat, France
3 May	24.5	Ordained Priest	Carlo Giuseppe Morozzo †	Priest	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
6 May	69.0	Died	Juan García Abadiano †	Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
7 May	22.9	Ordained Priest	Andrea Antonio Silverio Minucci †	Priest	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
7 May	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Juan Pablo de Olmedo †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
8 May		Appointed	Thomas MacDermot †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
10 May		Born	José Antonio Garnica, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bárcena de Cicero	Bishop of Osma, Spain
10 May	64.6	Died	Ettore Quarti (del Quarto) †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
12 May	65.1	Resigned	Jorge Casado Torreblanca †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
15 May	57.4	Appointed	Mario Bolognetti †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria ad Martyres
	53.8	Appointed	Nicola Brescia †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
	64.3	Appointed	Sebastián José Victoria Emparán y Loyola, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	76.0	Appointed	Virgilio Giannotti †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
	76.1	Installed	Giovanni Battista Mesmer †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
	70.3	Installed	Mario Millini (Mellini) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
	66.8	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Minucci, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	54.2	Appointed	Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	34.0	Appointed	Francesco Antonio Scoppa †	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
	71.4	Installed	Raniero Felice Simonetti †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Raffaele Tosti †	Priest	Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy
	57.2	Appointed	Silvio Valenti Gonzaga †	Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
22 May		Born	Gioacchino Maria Mancusi (Mancuso) †	Napoli	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
23 May	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Brescia †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
	76.0	Ordained Bishop	Virgilio Giannotti †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
	66.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Minucci, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	34.0	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Antonio Scoppa †	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
25 May		Born	Joaquín Javier Uriz Lasaga †	Sada de Sangüesa	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
26 May	66.7	Died	St. Pedro Sanz, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
26 May	51.5	Succeeded	Bl. Francisco Serrano Frías, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
27 May	67.4	Died	Bernard MacMahon (McMahon) †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
27 May	22.6	Ordained Priest	Ugone Papé di Valdina †	Priest	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
28 May	60.4	Resigned	Anton Joseph von Lamberg †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
29 May	43.2	Appointed	Sebastiano Bonaiuti †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
	51.4	Appointed	Alessandro Cervini †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
	47.7	Appointed	Giacomo Costa, C.R. †	Bishop of Belluno, Italy
	47.4	Appointed	Antonio Falangola †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
	34.7	Confirmed	Dominique de La Rochefoucauld †	Archbishop of Albi, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	59.6	Appointed	Luca Niccolò Recco †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy
4 Jun	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Billard, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)
	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Sebastiano Bonaiuti †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Luca Niccolò Recco †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy
11 Jun	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Cervini †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
12 Jun		Born	Angelo Antonio Anselmi †	Viterbo	Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy
	57.4	Died	Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
		Born	Jean-Francis de Mallian †	La Canourgue	Bishop-Elect of Saint-Flour, France
	22.3	Professed	Carolus (Georgius Antonius) Vareschi, O.C.D. †	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Titular Bishop of Calama
14 Jun		Born	Joaquín Carrillo Mayoral †	Palencia	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
14 Jun		Born	Viktor Franz Anton von Glutz-Ruchti †	Solothurn	Coadjutor Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
24 Jun		Born	Pablo Sitjar Ruata †	Estada	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
25 Jun	64.4	Ordained Bishop	Sebastián José Victoria Emparán y Loyola, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
25 Jun	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Johann Philipp Anton von Franckenstein †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
29 Jun	34.8	Ordained Bishop	Dominique de La Rochefoucauld †	Archbishop of Albi, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France