The Year of Our Lord 1763

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	47.1	Appointed	Andreas Aerts †	Vicar Apostolic of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
	38.4	Appointed	Marcantonio Colonna (Jr.) †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	54.7	Appointed	Innocenzo Gorgoni, O.S.B. †	President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Roman Curia	President Emeritus
		Appointed	Basile Jelghaf †	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	67.5	Died	Romualdu Massei †	Bishop of Nebbio, France
1 Jan	38.8	Selected	Marc-Antoine de Noé †	Bishop of Lescar, France	Bishop of Troyes, France
3 Jan		Born	Joseph Fesch †	Ajaccio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
9 Jan	23.0	Ordained Priest	Luigi Maria Pirelli, C.R. †	Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Archbishop of Trani e Bisceglie, Italy
11 Jan		Born	Matthaeus Crasnich †	Prizren	Archbishop of Skopje, Macedonia
14 Jan	45.4	Died	Giuseppe Stanislao Concas †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
14 Jan	37.9	Appointed	Henry Benedict Mary Clement Stuart of York †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso	Cardinal, Bishop of Frascati, Italy
18 Jan	54.7	Died	Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
19 Jan		Died	Antoine-Jérôme Boyvin de Vaurouy †	Former Bishop-Elect of Perpignan-Elne, France
19 Jan	76.6	Died	Antoni Józef Zolkowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
22 Jan		Appointed	Raphael Tuki †	Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Cypro
23 Jan	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Ján Gustíni-Zubrohlavský †	Titular Bishop of Sergiopolis	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
24 Jan	62.9	Appointed	Filippo Acciaioli (Acciajuoli) †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
	56.0	Appointed	Prospero Colonna di Sciarra †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
	58.3	Appointed	Antonio De Cumis †	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
	52.4	Appointed	Antonino Ganini †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
	39.0	Confirmed	Anne-François-Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil †	Bishop of Montauban, France
	29.3	Appointed	Józef Michał Ignacy Franciszek Olędzki, Sch. P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	29.3	Appointed	Józef Michał Ignacy Franciszek Olędzki, Sch. P. †	Titular Bishop of Cambysopolis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine
	43.6	Appointed	Domenico Orsini d’Aragona †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria ad Martyres	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
	43.5	Appointed	Giovanni Pignatelli †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	38.7	Appointed	Carlo Rezzonico (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	38.7	Appointed	Carlo Rezzonico (Jr.) †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	65.9	Confirmed	Charles-Antoine de la Roche-Aymon †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
25 Jan	55.9	Selected	Wilhelm Anton von der Asseburg zu Hinnenburg †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
	40.1	Appointed	François Magni, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Shansi {Scian-Si} (Chan-Si), China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	40.1	Appointed	François Magni, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Miletopolis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Shansi {Scian-Si} (Chan-Si), China
27 Jan	59.4	Died	Johann Theodor von Bayern †	Cardinal, Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
28 Jan		Born	Joseph Walland †	Neudorf	Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
29 Jan	67.0	Died	Juan José de Eguiara y Eguren †	Former Bishop-Elect of Yucatán (Mérida), México
30 Jan	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Antonio De Cumis †	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonino Ganini †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
	35.3	Selected	Etienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne †	Archbishop of Toulouse, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens, France
31 Jan	29.0	Appointed	Joseph Franz Anton von Auersperg †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia	Cardinal, Bishop of Passau, Germany
31 Jan		Died	Felipe Manrique de Lara †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
1 Feb		Born	Jaime Fort y Puig †	Llivia	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
2 Feb		Born	Bernardo Martínez Carnero †	Villar de Santos	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
4 Feb		Born	Pietro Antonio Cirio †	Canelli	Bishop of Susa, Italy
6 Feb		Born	Gaetano Maria de Franci †	Napoli	Archbishop of Trani e Nazareth e Bisceglie, Italy
7 Feb	35.8	Selected	Friedrich Wilhelm von Westphalen †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
10 Feb		Born	Cherubin Scali, O.F.M. †	Roma, Italy	Titular Bishop of Dionysias
11 Feb		Born	José de Jesus Maria Pinto, C.R.S.A. †		Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
24 Feb	22.9	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Giuseppe D’Anisi (Dalla Croce) †	Priest	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
24 Feb	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Anne-François-Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil †	Bishop of Montauban, France
26 Feb	68.0	Died	Carolus Franciscus Casanova †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Francisco Gomes de Avelar, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
		Born	Luigi Pietro Grati, O.S.M. †	Falconara	Titular Bishop of Callinicum
27 Feb		Born	Francisco José Rodrigues de Andrade †	Lisboa	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
28 Feb	29.4	Ordained Bishop	Józef Michał Ignacy Franciszek Olędzki, Sch. P. †	Titular Bishop of Cambysopolis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine
2 Mar	53.2	Died	Baldassare Cenci (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
3 Mar		Born	Joseph-Octave Plessis †	Montréal	Archbishop of Québec, Canada
6 Mar		Born	Pietro Gravina Luzzena †	Catania	Auxiliary Bishop of Catania, Italy
10 Mar		Born	Luc-Jean-Baptiste Bailly †	Paris	Bishop of Poitiers, France
15 Mar		Born	James Yorke Bramston †	Oundle	Vicar Apostolic of London District, England, Great Britain
15 Mar		Born	Antonio Maria Odescalchi †	Roma	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
18 Mar		Born	Francesco Maria Gazzoli †	Terni	Bishop of Todi, Italy
18 Mar	77.6	Died	Guido Orselli †	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
19 Mar	29.2	Ordained Priest	Boetius Egan †	Priest	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Anton Ferdinand von Rothkirch und Panthen †	Priest of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Domenico Spinucci †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
21 Mar	74.1	Appointed	Pietro Paolo de Conti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
	41.5	Confirmed	Arthur-Richard Dillon †	Archbishop of Narbonne, France
	58.6	Appointed	Francisco Fernández Játiva †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	37.7	Appointed	Diego Genovesi †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
	50.6	Appointed	Carlo Vittorio Amedeo delle Lanze †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	35.4	Confirmed	Etienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne †	Archbishop of Toulouse, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens, France
	69.5	Confirmed	Simon Nikolaus Euseb von Montjoye-Hirsingen †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
	83.4	Appointed	Giacomo Oddi †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	81.9	Died	Stanislao Poliastri †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy	Archbishop
	67.4	Appointed	Fabrizio Serbelloni †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Born	Thomas Smith †	Brooms	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
	41.2	Appointed	José Tormo Juliá †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
	41.2	Appointed	José Tormo Juliá †	Titular Bishop of Tricomia	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
25 Mar	63.3	Ordained Priest	Tommaso Galli †	Priest	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
27 Mar	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Diego Genovesi †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
27 Mar	36.0	Ordained Priest	Friedrich Wilhelm von Westphalen †	Priest of Hildesheim, Germany	Bishop
28 Mar		Born	Emanuel Maria Thun †	Trento	Bishop of Trento, Italy
1 Apr		Born	Jean-Baptiste-Marie Caffarelli †	Falga	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France
1 Apr		Born	Vicente da Soledade e Castro, O.S.B. †	Porto	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
3 Apr		Born	Giuseppe Prin †	Sauze di Cesena	Bishop of Susa, Italy
4 Apr	59.6	Died	Nicolás Gil Martínez y Malo †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
11 Apr	56.2	Ordained Priest	Wilhelm Anton von der Asseburg zu Hinnenburg †	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop
		Selected	John Butler †	Bishop of Cork, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Richard Walsh †	Bishop of Cork, Ireland
12 Apr		Born	Benito María de Moxó y Francolí, O.S.B. †	Cervera, Spain	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
12 Apr	69.2	Died	Giuseppe Spinelli †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
14 Apr	64.0	Died	Francesco Paolo Carelli †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
15 Apr		Born	Manuel Fraile García †	Lantadilla	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
15 Apr		Born	Joseph Salecz †	Zagreb	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
16 Apr		Confirmed	John Butler †	Bishop of Cork, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
17 Apr	25.1	Ordained Priest	Józef Kazimierz Kossakowski †	Priest	Bishop of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten, Poland
18 Apr	23.6	Selected	Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen †	Bishop of Freising, Germany	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
20 Apr	46.8	Selected	Charles Nicolas Alexandre d’Oultremont †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
26 Apr	57.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Castelli †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
27 Apr	23.6	Selected	Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
4 May	23.6	Confirmed	Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
7 May	61.3	Resigned	Jean-Louis de Gouyon de Vaudurand †	Bishop of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France	Bishop Emeritus
8 May	62.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Alcalde y Barriga, O.P. †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
13 May		Born	José Antonio Joaquín Pérez Martínez y Robles †	Puebla	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
16 May	56.3	Confirmed	Wilhelm Anton von der Asseburg zu Hinnenburg †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
	40.4	Appointed	Charles de La Cropte de Chanterac †	Bishop of Alet, France
	37.4	Appointed	Nicola Filomarini (Filomarino), O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
	79.8	Appointed	Carlo Alberto Guidobono Cavalchini †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
	39.1	Confirmed	Marc-Antoine de Noé †	Bishop of Lescar, France	Bishop of Troyes, France
	67.5	Appointed	Fabrizio Serbelloni †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	36.7	Appointed	Giulio Cesare Viancini †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy	Bishop of Biella, Italy
	36.1	Confirmed	Friedrich Wilhelm von Westphalen †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
17 May		Born	Gervais-Marie-Joseph Ortric †	Baziège	Bishop of Pamiers, France
22 May	29.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Franz Anton von Auersperg †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia	Cardinal, Bishop of Passau, Germany
22 May	37.5	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Filomarini (Filomarino), O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
28 May	23.1	Ordained Priest	Matteo Aceto †	Priest	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Nicola Francesco Franchi †	Priest	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Paolo Pozzuoli †	Priest	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
	32.9	Ordained Priest	Pedro de Melo e Brito da Silveira Alvim †	Priest	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Raimondo A. Vecchietti †	Priest	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
29 May	26.8	Ordained Priest	Carlo Bellisomi †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop of Cesena, Italy
Jun		Ordained Bishop	John Butler †	Bishop of Cork, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
4 Jun	73.9	Died	Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
4 Jun	65.0	Died	Giovanni Domenico Santucci †	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy
5 Jun	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre-César d’Anterroches †	Bishop of Condom, France
7 Jun		Born	Pietro-Paolo Presicce, O.S.A. †	Nardo	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
11 Jun	70.5	Died	Camillo Paolucci (Merlini) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
12 Jun	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Fernández Játiva †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	39.2	Ordained Bishop	Marc-Antoine de Noé †	Bishop of Lescar, France	Bishop of Troyes, France
		Born	Carlo Puoti †	Napoli	Bishop of Alife, Italy
15 Jun	65.2	Died	Giovanni Battista Miceli †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
15 Jun	50.1	Died	Josef Maria von Thun und Hohenstein †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
19 Jun	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Charles de La Cropte de Chanterac †	Bishop of Alet, France
21 Jun		Died	Richard Lincoln †	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
23 Jun		Born	Augustin Johann Joseph Gruber †	Wien	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
26 Jun	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Wilhelm Anton von der Asseburg zu Hinnenburg †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
27 Jun	52.9	Resigned	Tommaso Ignazio Natta, O.P. †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus