The Year of Our Lord 1756

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July to December

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Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

6 Jul Born François Antoine Marie Constantin de Méan et de Beaurieux † Saive Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

16 Jul 54.8 Appointed Francesco Felice Alberti d’Enno † Titular Bishop of Miletopolis Bishop of Trento, Italy

54.8 Confirmed Francesco Felice Alberti d’Enno † Coadjutor Bishop of Trento, Italy Bishop

19 Jul 39.2 Appointed Giuseppe Maria Carafa † Bishop of Mileto, Italy

42.8 Appointed Vicente da Gamal Leao † Coadjutor Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus

42.8 Appointed Vicente da Gamal Leao † Titular Bishop of Etalonia Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

52.4 Appointed Antônio de São José Moura Marinho, O.S.A. † Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

49.6 Appointed Manuel Antonio Palmero Rallo † Bishop of Gerona, Spain

Appointed Giuseppe Pitocco † Bishop of Trivento, Italy

22 Jul 50.4 Elevated to Cardinal Franz Konrad Kasimir Ignaz von Rodt † Cardinal, Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany

25 Jul 79.5 Died Mario Millini (Mellini) † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello

4 Aug Appointed James O'Fallon † Bishop of Elphin, Ireland

6 Aug Born Antoine-Xavier Maynaud de Pancemont † Digoin Bishop of Vannes, France

7 Aug Appointed Augustine Cheevers, O.S.A. † Bishop of Meath, Ireland

8 Aug 15.7 Professed Andrzej Antoni Ignacy Gawronski † Member of Society of Jesus Bishop of Kraków, Poland

Born Lorenz Barlomiej Ignacy Antoni Raczynski, O. Cist. † Czeradzen Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland

11 Aug Appointed Anthony Blake † Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

15 Aug Born Agnello Giuseppe d'Auria † Napoli Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy

21 Aug Born Johann Friedrich Graf von Waldenstein-Wartenberg † Wien Bishop of Seckau, Austria

24 Aug Born Pietro Paolo Mazzichi † Assisi Bishop of Montalto, Italy

28 Aug 41.9 Appointed Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi Von Waal Und Sonnenthurn † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Vác, Hungary Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

66.5 Died Silvio Valenti Gonzaga † Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State

5 Sep Born Giovanni Bonyonski † Kiss-Jeszeniez Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary

10 Sep Born José Maria de Melo † Lumiar Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal

52.2 Died Ignazio Rovèro † Bishop of Novara, Italy

11 Sep Born Etienne-Hubert de Cambacérès † Montpellier Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France

62.6 Appointed Giuseppe Spinelli † Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia

12 Sep Born François-François Besson † Seyssel Bishop of Metz, France

43.5 Ordained Bishop José Patricio de la Cuesta Velarde † Bishop of Ceuta, Spain Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain

Born Manuel Ros Medrano † Orense Bishop of Tortosa, Spain

20 Sep 57.9 Appointed Alberico Archinto † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso

48.4 Appointed Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra † Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata de’ Goti

75.5 Appointed Joaquín Fernández de Portocarrero Mendoza † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina

41.9 Confirmed Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi Von Waal Und Sonnenthurn † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Vác, Hungary Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

63.8 Appointed Camillo Paolucci † Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

46.4 Appointed Carlo Augusto Peruzzini, B. † Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino, Italy

59.0 Appointed Franz Ignaz Albert Reichsfreiherr von Werdenstein † Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany

59.0 Appointed Franz Ignaz Albert Reichsfreiherr von Werdenstein † Titular Bishop of Taenarum Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany

21 Sep 52.6 Ordained Bishop Antônio de São José Moura Marinho, O.S.A. † Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

23 Sep 82.5 Died Joseph de Guyon de Crochans † Archbishop of Avignon, France

59.5 Appointed Louis-César-Constantin de Rohan-Guémené-Montbazon † Cardinal, Bishop of Strasbourg, France

30 Sep Born Jerónimo Castellón Salas † Ponzano Bishop of Tarazona, Spain

2 Oct 73.7 Died Sebastián José Victoria Emparán y Loyola, O.S.H. † Bishop of Urgell, Spain

3 Oct 42.4 Ordained Bishop Diego Antonio Díez Madroñero † Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

46.5 Ordained Bishop Carlo Augusto Peruzzini, B. † Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino, Italy

4 Oct Born Juan Francisco Castañiza Larrea y Gonzalez de Agüero † Mexico Bishop of Durango, México

5 Oct Born Patrício da Silva, O.S.A. † Pinheiros Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa, Portugal

10 Oct Born Simon Melchior de Petris † Ansberg Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Seckau, Austria

20 Oct 61.8 Died João da Cruz Salgado de Castilho, O.C.D. † Bishop of Miranda, Portugal

24 Oct 23.0 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Maria Beneventi, O.F.M. Conv. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy

43.1 Ordained Bishop Vicente da Gamal Leao † Titular Bishop of Etalonia Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

30 Oct Born Giovanni Nepomuceno Ferdiani † Cagliari Bishop of Iglesias, Italy

31 Oct Born Paolo Garzilli † Solofra Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy

1 Nov Born Domenico Orlando, O.F.M. Conv. † Prizzi Bishop of Catania, Italy

14 Nov 55.1 Ordained Bishop Francesco Felice Alberti d’Enno † Titular Bishop of Miletopolis Bishop of Trento, Italy

19 Nov 77.9 Died Martín de Elizacoechea † Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México

21 Nov 59.1 Ordained Bishop Franz Ignaz Albert Reichsfreiherr von Werdenstein † Titular Bishop of Taenarum Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany

25 Nov Born Jean-Baptiste-François-Nicolas Millaux † Châteaubourg Bishop of Nevers, France

28 Nov Born Vitale Loschi † Salso Maggiore Bishop of Parma, Italy

Dec 62.1 Appointed François-Marie de Mansi † Archbishop of Avignon, France

70.8 Died Franz Bernardin Verbeck, O.F.M. Conv. † Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

4 Dec 71.8 Died Amand Buseck, O.S.B. † Bishop of Fulda, Germany

5 Dec Born Mathias Le Groing de La Romagère † Saint-Sauvier Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France

8 Dec Born Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † Wien Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

11 Dec 72.8 Died Gregorio Galindo † Bishop of Lérida, Spain

16 Dec Born Tommaso Arezzo † Orbetello Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other

61.5 Appointed Giovanni Giacomo Millo † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council

20 Dec 55.4 Appointed Jean-Antoine Buocher, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Shansi {Scian-Si} (Chan-Si), China Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

57.8 Died Eugenio Piloti, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Shansi {Scian-Si} (Chan-Si), China

21 Dec 34.9 Ordained Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Ramata Vicar Apostolic of Western District, England, Great Britain

23 Dec Born Bartolomeo Pacca † Benevento Cardinal, Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other

27 Dec Born Arnaud-Ferdinand de La Porte † Versailles Bishop of Carcassonne, France

29 Dec Resigned Innocenzo Sanseverino † Bishop of Alife, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
6 Jul		Born	François Antoine Marie Constantin de Méan et de Beaurieux †	Saive	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
16 Jul	54.8	Appointed	Francesco Felice Alberti d’Enno †	Titular Bishop of Miletopolis	Bishop of Trento, Italy
54.8	Confirmed	Francesco Felice Alberti d’Enno †	Coadjutor Bishop of Trento, Italy	Bishop
19 Jul	39.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Carafa †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
42.8	Appointed	Vicente da Gamal Leao †	Coadjutor Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
42.8	Appointed	Vicente da Gamal Leao †	Titular Bishop of Etalonia	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
52.4	Appointed	Antônio de São José Moura Marinho, O.S.A. †	Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
49.6	Appointed	Manuel Antonio Palmero Rallo †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
	Appointed	Giuseppe Pitocco †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
22 Jul	50.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Franz Konrad Kasimir Ignaz von Rodt †	Cardinal, Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
25 Jul	79.5	Died	Mario Millini (Mellini) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello
4 Aug		Appointed	James O'Fallon †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
6 Aug		Born	Antoine-Xavier Maynaud de Pancemont †	Digoin	Bishop of Vannes, France
7 Aug		Appointed	Augustine Cheevers, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
8 Aug	15.7	Professed	Andrzej Antoni Ignacy Gawronski †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
	Born	Lorenz Barlomiej Ignacy Antoni Raczynski, O. Cist. †	Czeradzen	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
11 Aug		Appointed	Anthony Blake †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
15 Aug		Born	Agnello Giuseppe d'Auria †	Napoli	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
21 Aug		Born	Johann Friedrich Graf von Waldenstein-Wartenberg †	Wien	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
24 Aug		Born	Pietro Paolo Mazzichi †	Assisi	Bishop of Montalto, Italy
28 Aug	41.9	Appointed	Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi Von Waal Und Sonnenthurn †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Vác, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
66.5	Died	Silvio Valenti Gonzaga †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
5 Sep		Born	Giovanni Bonyonski †	Kiss-Jeszeniez	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
10 Sep		Born	José Maria de Melo †	Lumiar	Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
52.2	Died	Ignazio Rovèro †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
11 Sep		Born	Etienne-Hubert de Cambacérès †	Montpellier	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
62.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Spinelli †	Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
12 Sep		Born	François-François Besson †	Seyssel	Bishop of Metz, France
43.5	Ordained Bishop	José Patricio de la Cuesta Velarde †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
	Born	Manuel Ros Medrano †	Orense	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
20 Sep	57.9	Appointed	Alberico Archinto †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso
48.4	Appointed	Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra †	Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata de’ Goti
75.5	Appointed	Joaquín Fernández de Portocarrero Mendoza †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
41.9	Confirmed	Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi Von Waal Und Sonnenthurn †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Vác, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
63.8	Appointed	Camillo Paolucci †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
46.4	Appointed	Carlo Augusto Peruzzini, B. †	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino, Italy
59.0	Appointed	Franz Ignaz Albert Reichsfreiherr von Werdenstein †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
59.0	Appointed	Franz Ignaz Albert Reichsfreiherr von Werdenstein †	Titular Bishop of Taenarum	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
21 Sep	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Antônio de São José Moura Marinho, O.S.A. †	Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
23 Sep	82.5	Died	Joseph de Guyon de Crochans †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
59.5	Appointed	Louis-César-Constantin de Rohan-Guémené-Montbazon †	Cardinal, Bishop of Strasbourg, France
30 Sep		Born	Jerónimo Castellón Salas †	Ponzano	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
2 Oct	73.7	Died	Sebastián José Victoria Emparán y Loyola, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
3 Oct	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Diego Antonio Díez Madroñero †	Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
46.5	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Augusto Peruzzini, B. †	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino, Italy
4 Oct		Born	Juan Francisco Castañiza Larrea y Gonzalez de Agüero †	Mexico	Bishop of Durango, México
5 Oct		Born	Patrício da Silva, O.S.A. †	Pinheiros	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa, Portugal
10 Oct		Born	Simon Melchior de Petris †	Ansberg	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Seckau, Austria
20 Oct	61.8	Died	João da Cruz Salgado de Castilho, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Miranda, Portugal
24 Oct	23.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Maria Beneventi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
43.1	Ordained Bishop	Vicente da Gamal Leao †	Titular Bishop of Etalonia	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
30 Oct		Born	Giovanni Nepomuceno Ferdiani †	Cagliari	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy
31 Oct		Born	Paolo Garzilli †	Solofra	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
1 Nov		Born	Domenico Orlando, O.F.M. Conv. †	Prizzi	Bishop of Catania, Italy
14 Nov	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Felice Alberti d’Enno †	Titular Bishop of Miletopolis	Bishop of Trento, Italy
19 Nov	77.9	Died	Martín de Elizacoechea †	Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México
21 Nov	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Franz Ignaz Albert Reichsfreiherr von Werdenstein †	Titular Bishop of Taenarum	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
25 Nov		Born	Jean-Baptiste-François-Nicolas Millaux †	Châteaubourg	Bishop of Nevers, France
28 Nov		Born	Vitale Loschi †	Salso Maggiore	Bishop of Parma, Italy
Dec	62.1	Appointed	François-Marie de Mansi †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
70.8	Died	Franz Bernardin Verbeck, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
4 Dec	71.8	Died	Amand Buseck, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
5 Dec		Born	Mathias Le Groing de La Romagère †	Saint-Sauvier	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France
8 Dec		Born	Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) †	Wien	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
11 Dec	72.8	Died	Gregorio Galindo †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
16 Dec		Born	Tommaso Arezzo †	Orbetello	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
61.5	Appointed	Giovanni Giacomo Millo †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
20 Dec	55.4	Appointed	Jean-Antoine Buocher, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Shansi {Scian-Si} (Chan-Si), China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
57.8	Died	Eugenio Piloti, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Shansi {Scian-Si} (Chan-Si), China
21 Dec	34.9	Ordained Bishop	Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Ramata	Vicar Apostolic of Western District, England, Great Britain
23 Dec		Born	Bartolomeo Pacca †	Benevento	Cardinal, Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other
27 Dec		Born	Arnaud-Ferdinand de La Porte †	Versailles	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
29 Dec		Resigned	Innocenzo Sanseverino †	Bishop of Alife, Italy	Bishop Emeritus

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