The Year of Our Lord 1778

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	61.7	Died	Gaspare Barletta †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
	42.0	Appointed	Alexandre-Joseph-Alexis de Bruyère de Chalabre †	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France	Bishop Emeritus
	62.8	Died	Giuseppe Cacace †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
	17.4	Professed	Roque José Carpegna Díaz, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
	21.7	Professed	Jean-Louis Florens, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan), China
		Died	Eugene Geoghegan †	Coadjutor Bishop of Meath, Ireland
		Born	Francesco Iovinelli, C.M. †	Pomigliano d'Atella	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
		Died	Basile Jelghaf †	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
		Born	José María Mendizábal †		Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
	81.0	Died	Adam Wojna Oranski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
		Born	Tomás de Portes e Infante †	Santo Domingo	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	63.0	Ordained Bishop	José Antonio Umeres de Miranda (Humeres) †	Bishop of Panamá
	72.3	Died	Joannes Wenceslaus von Freyenfels †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
	74.7	Died	Giovan Filippo Leonardo Vitetti (Vitetta) †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
	68.0	Died	Stanislaus Wykowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
		Born	Josafat Zarskyj †		Bishop of Pińsk-Turow (Ukrainian), Belarus
Jan	80.7	Died	Gaspar Negri †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
1 Jan		Born	Ferdinand Corbi †	Napoli	Titular Bishop of Ionopolis
3 Jan		Born	Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski †	Pszczew	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
4 Jan	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Anne-Luc Falcombelle de Ponte d’Albaret †	Bishop of Sarlat, France
4 Jan		Born	Paolo Polidori †	Iesi, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
11 Jan	69.7	Died	Jan Dominik Łopaciński †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
14 Jan	54.4	Resigned	François-Gaspard de Jouffroy de Gonssans †	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop of Le Mans, France
15 Jan	50.5	Appointed	Jean-Marie Cuchot d’Herbain †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
15 Jan	50.5	Appointed	Jean-Marie Cuchot d’Herbain †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
18 Jan	62.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan Ignacio de la Rocha †	Bishop of Michoacán, México
23 Jan		Born	Gennaro Pasca †	Napoli	Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy
24 Jan		Died	Daniel (O’)Kearney †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
25 Jan	34.0	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Apolinaire de La Tour du Pin-Montauban †	Bishop of Nancy, France	Bishop of Troyes, France
28 Jan		Appointed	Gherardo Cortenovis, B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù, Myanmar
28 Jan		Appointed	Gherardo Cortenovis, B. †	Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Pisidia	Vicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù, Myanmar
29 Jan	43.1	Appointed	Manuel Obellar, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
29 Jan	43.1	Appointed	Manuel Obellar, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Ruspae	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
30 Jan		Born	Angelo-Andrea Zottoli †	Acerno	Auxiliary Bishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
1 Feb		Died	Fylyp Felicijan Wołodkowicz (Volodkovyc) †	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ruthenian), Ukraine
3 Feb		Born	Alessandro Giustiniani †	Genoa, Italy	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
8 Feb	63.0	Died	Adam Dwerditsch †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien, Austria
8 Feb	53.1	Died	Ermenold Piesport, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
9 Feb	50.5	Died	Pedro Ángel de Espiñeira, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
15 Feb	23.0	Ordained Priest	Paolo Bartoli †	Priest	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
15 Feb	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Ferdynand Onufry Kicki †	Titular Bishop of Targa	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
16 Feb	63.4	Died	Giuseppe de Rossi †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
22 Feb		Born	Michele Basilio Clari (Clary), O.S.B.I. †	Roma	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
1 Mar	53.6	Appointed	Cayetano Adsor Paredes †	Titular Archbishop of Selymbria	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
	50.0	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Airoldi †	Priest	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
	73.5	Died	Anton Ludovico Antinori, C.O. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
6 Mar	71.3	Died	Francisco Pallás y Faro, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
14 Mar	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Antón Mákay †	Deacon	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
14 Mar	45.3	Died	Francesco Luserna Rorengo di Rorà †	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
19 Mar	23.5	Ordained Priest	Silvester Bubanovich †	Priest	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
21 Mar	65.6	Died	Juan Lorenzo Irigoyen Dutari †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
25 Mar	53.7	Resigned	Jacques-Thomas Astesan, O.P. †	Bishop of Nice, France	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
25 Mar	57.2	Died	Francesco Ignazio Guiso †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
26 Mar		Born	Francesco Xavier Gargiulo †	Napoli	Titular Bishop of Thyatira
28 Mar	78.2	Died	Daniel O’Reilly †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
28 Mar	39.2	Succeeded	Hugh O’Reilly †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
30 Mar	33.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Capecelatro †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.8	Confirmed	Antonín Theodor Colloredo von Wallsee und Mels †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
	63.3	Appointed	Francisco Javier Delgado Venegas †	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
	48.2	Appointed	Jan Stefan Giedroyc †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
	56.2	Installed	Andrea Gioannetti, O.S.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	41.3	Confirmed	Louis-André de Grimaldi †	Bishop of Noyon, France	Bishop Emeritus
	34.3	Confirmed	Jean-Baptiste-Marie de Maillé de la Tour-Landry †	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop of Rennes, France
	52.5	Appointed	Pedro Rubio-Benedicto Herrero †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
	38.3	Appointed	Louis-Hector-Honoré-Maxime de Sabran †	Bishop of Laon, France
	67.4	Appointed	Anton Maria Martin von Stegner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien, Austria
	67.4	Appointed	Anton Maria Martin von Stegner †	Titular Bishop of Corycus	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien, Austria
	52.5	Installed	Luigi Valenti Gonzaga †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
Apr		Died	Emanuello Rao-Torres †	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
4 Apr	24.3	Ordained Priest	Andrea Lucibello †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
5 Apr	23.9	Ordained Deacon	Flórián Kovács †	Deacon	Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
8 Apr	38.5	Ordained Priest	Ioan (Janos) Bob (Babb) †	Priest	Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian), Romania
10 Apr		Appointed	John Butler †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland	Bishop-Elect
12 Apr	33.5	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Capecelatro †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Apr	23.9	Ordained Priest	Flórián Kovács †	Priest	Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
19 Apr		Born	Attilio Fiascaini †	Prato	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
19 Apr	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Sebastián Malvar y Pinto, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
20 Apr		Selected	Youhanan VIII Hormez †	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
20 Apr		Born	Manuel Vicuña Larraín †	Santiago	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
21 Apr	36.2	Selected	Charles de La Font de Savines †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France	Bishop Emeritus
22 Apr	73.1	Died	Guglelmo Camaldari †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
26 Apr	27.8	Ordained Priest	Ernst Maria Ferdinand von Bissingen-Nieppenburg †	Priest of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	44.5	Ordained Bishop	François-Camille de Duranti de Lironcourt †	Titular Bishop of Bethleem
	38.4	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Hector-Honoré-Maxime de Sabran †	Bishop of Laon, France
1 May	54.3	Selected	Manuel Tavares Coutinho da Silva †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
3 May	36.7	Ordained Deacon	José da Costa e Torres †	Deacon	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
	34.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste-Marie de Maillé de la Tour-Landry †	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop of Rennes, France
	67.5	Ordained Bishop	Anton Maria Martin von Stegner †	Titular Bishop of Corycus	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien, Austria
5 May	63.3	Died	Scipione Ardoino Alcontres, C.R. †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
7 May		Succeeded	Andrew Donnellan †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
7 May		Died	Peter O’Donnellan †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
9 May		Born	Antonio Giurico †	Veglia	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
10 May	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Rubio-Benedicto Herrero †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
11 May	77.1	Died	Armand Bazin de Bezons †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
17 May	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Antonín Theodor Colloredo von Wallsee und Mels †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
17 May	72.9	Resigned	Pietro Di Gennaro †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
19 May		Born	José Gómez y Navas, T.O.R. †	Antequera	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
22 May		Born	Joaquín Abarca Blanque †	Huesca	Bishop of León, Spain
23 May	69.8	Died	Heinrich Joseph von Nitschke †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
24 May	64.4	Died	Govaart-Geeraard van Eersel †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
28 May	67.5	Died	Anton Maria Martin von Stegner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien, Austria
29 May	52.9	Died	Diego Genovesi †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
29 May	65.4	Resigned	Joseph Rolin de Morel de Mons †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France	Bishop Emeritus
31 May	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie Cuchot d’Herbain †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
Jun	80.6	Died	Pietro Antonio Zuccari †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
1 Jun	53.9	Appointed	Jacques-Thomas Astesan, O.P. †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
	51.3	Elevated to Cardinal	József Batthyány †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	53.8	Appointed	Lothar Breidbach zu Bürresheim, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	53.8	Appointed	Lothar Breidbach zu Bürresheim, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Ierichus	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	52.1	Appointed	Giambattista Ettore Caracciolo, C.R. †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	57.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Cornaro †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
	63.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Francisco Javier Delgado Venegas †	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
	53.6	Appointed	Ignatius Dłuski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
	53.6	Appointed	Ignatius Dłuski †	Titular Bishop of Hebron	Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
	54.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Giuseppe Filippa della Martiniana †	Cardinal, Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
	41.8	Appointed	Cayetano Francos y Monroy †	Archbishop of Guatemala
	51.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Joannes-Henricus von Frankenberg †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen, Belgium
	59.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Tommaso Maria Ghilini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
	56.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Romoaldo Guidi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro
	54.8	Appointed	François-Gaspard de Jouffroy de Gonssans †	Bishop of Le Mans, France
	65.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Dominique de La Rochefoucauld †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	36.3	Confirmed	Charles de La Font de Savines †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France	Bishop Emeritus
	41.4	Appointed	Baltazar Jaime Martínez de Compañón †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
	71.2	Appointed	Nicola Molinari, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ravello e Scala, Italy	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
	48.5	Appointed	Francesco Polesini †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
	56.4	Appointed	Lorenzo Potenza †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy	Bishop of Sarno, Italy
	43.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Louis-René-Edouard de Rohan-Guéménée †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
	36.2	Appointed	Benedetto Solari, O.P. †	Bishop of Noli, Italy
	65.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Fernando de Sousa e Silva †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	40.9	Appointed	August Franz von Strauß (Strauss) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
	40.9	Appointed	August Franz von Strauß (Strauss) †	Titular Bishop of Samaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
	65.7	Appointed	Michele Tafuri †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy
7 Jun	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Giambattista Ettore Caracciolo, C.R. †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	71.2	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Molinari, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ravello e Scala, Italy	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Potenza †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy	Bishop of Sarno, Italy
	36.2	Ordained Bishop	Benedetto Solari, O.P. †	Bishop of Noli, Italy
8 Jun	74.3	Died	Filippo Mornati †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
8 Jun	23.1	Ordained Deacon	Samuel Cyryl Stefanowicz †	Deacon of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine	Archbishop
10 Jun	44.8	Appointed	Vittorio Filippo Melano, O.P. †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
13 Jun	23.1	Ordained Priest	Stephanus d’Elia †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum
13 Jun	23.2	Ordained Priest	Alessandro Maria Pagani †	Priest	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
14 Jun	78.7	Died	Michele Maria Capece Galeota, C.R. †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Jun	37.6	Selected	Jean-Auguste de Chastenet de Puységur †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
19 Jun	24.1	Ordained Priest	Michele Sanseverino †	Priest	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
21 Jun	36.9	Ordained Priest	José da Costa e Torres †	Priest	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
25 Jun		Appointed	Gaetano Mantegazza, B. †	Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Palaestina
27 Jun	27.1	Ordained Priest	Andrés Quintian Ponte de Andrade †	Priest of Concepción, Chile	Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
29 Jun	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Lothar Breidbach zu Bürresheim, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Ierichus	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany