The Year of Our Lord 1778

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Alexandre-Joseph-Alexis de Bruyère de Chalabre †	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Giuseppe Coppula †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
		Died	Pietro Di Gennaro †	Bishop of Cava, Italy
	42.3	Appointed	Laurent-Michel Eon de Cély †	Bishop of Apt, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Daniel (O')Kearney †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
	64.0	Resigned	Félicien Bocon de La Merlière †	Bishop of Apt, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Tomás de Portes e Infante †	Santo Domingo	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	58.4	Resigned	Inácio de São Caetano, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Penafiel, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	63.0	Ordained Bishop	José Antonio Umeres de Miranda (Humeres) †	Bishop of Panamá
		Died	Giovan Filippo Leonardo Vitetti (Vitetta) †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
		Born	Josafat Zarskyj †		Bishop of Foreign Diocese
4 Jan		Born	Paolo Polidori †	Iesi	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
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
25 Jan	34.0	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Apolinaire de La Tour du Pin-Montauban †	Bishop of Nancy, France	Bishop of Troyes, France
29 Jan	43.1	Appointed	Manuel Obellar, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viêt Nam
29 Jan	43.1	Appointed	Manuel Obellar, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Ruspae	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viêt Nam
30 Jan		Born	Angelo-Andrea Zottoli †	Acerno	Auxiliary Bishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
3 Feb		Born	Alessandro Giustiniani †	Genoa	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
Mar	71.2	Died	Francisco Pallás Faro, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
1 Mar	53.6	Appointed	Cayetano Adsor Paredes †	Titular Archbishop of Selymbria	Patriarch of West Indies, Antilles
1 Mar	73.5	Died	Antonio Ludovico Antinori †	Archbishop Emeritus of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
21 Mar	65.6	Died	Juan Lorenzo Irigoyen Dutari †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
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	48.8	Confirmed	Antonín Theodor Colloredo von Wallsee und Mels †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
	63.3	Appointed	Francisco Javier Delgado Benegas †	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Antilles
	48.2	Appointed	Jan Stefan Giedroyc †	Bishop of Samogizia o Tels (Zmudz), Lithuania
	56.2	Installed	Andrea Gioannetti, O.S.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of S. 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
	67.4	Appointed	Anton Maria Martin Ritter von Stegner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien, Austria
	67.4	Appointed	Anton Maria Martin Ritter von Stegner †	Titular Bishop of Corycus	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien, Austria
	52.5	Installed	Luigi Valenti Gonzaga †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
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		Born	Manuel Vicuña Larraín †	Santiago	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
21 Apr	36.2	Appointed	Charles de La Font de Savine †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France	Bishop Emeritus
26 Apr	27.8	Ordained Priest	Ernst Maria Ferdinand Graf von Bissingen †	Priest of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
May	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Rubio-Benedicto Herrero †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
1 May	54.3	Appointed	Manuel Tavares Coutinho da Silva †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
3 May	34.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste-Marie de Maillé de la Tour-Landry †	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop of Rennes, France
3 May	67.5	Ordained Bishop	Anton Maria Martin Ritter von Stegner †	Titular Bishop of Corycus	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien, Austria
17 May	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Antonín Theodor Colloredo von Wallsee und Mels †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
19 May		Born	José Gómez Navas, T.O.R. †	Antequera	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
22 May		Born	Joaquín Abarca Blanque †	Huesca	Bishop of León, Spain
22 May		Born	Anton Ferdinand Holtgreven †	Paderborn	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
23 May	69.8	Died	Heinrich Joseph von Nitschke †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
28 May	67.5	Died	Anton Maria Martin Ritter von Stegner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien, Austria
31 May	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie Cuchot d'Herbain †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
1 Jun	51.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Jozef 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
	63.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Francisco Javier Delgado Benegas †	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Antilles
	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
	64.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Dominique de La Rochefoucauld †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	36.3	Confirmed	Charles de La Font de Savine †	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, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	43.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Louis-René-Edouard de Rohan-Guéménée †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
	65.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Fernando de Sousa e Silva †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa, Portugal
	40.9	Appointed	August Franz von Strauß †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
	40.9	Appointed	August Franz von Strauß †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
	65.7	Appointed	Michele Tafuri †	Bishop of Cava, Italy
7 Jun	71.2	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Molinari, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ravello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jun	45.4	Appointed	Vittorio Filippo Melano, O.P. †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
14 Jun	37.6	Appointed	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
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
1 Jul	68.1	Died	Carlo Gagliardi †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
13 Jul	64.5	Resigned	Joaquim Borges de Figueroa †	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
13 Jul		Born	Anacleto Meoro Sánchez †	Granatula de Calatrava	Bishop of Almería, Spain
20 Jul	46.0	Appointed	Johann Karl Reichsgraf von Hohenzollern-Hechingen †	Coadjutor Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland	Bishop of Warmia, Poland
	46.0	Appointed	Johann Karl Reichsgraf von Hohenzollern-Hechingen †	Titular Bishop of Dibon	Bishop of Warmia, Poland
	74.4	Appointed	Antônio de São José Moura Marinho, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	37.7	Confirmed	Jean-Auguste de Chastenet de Puységur †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
	54.5	Confirmed	Manuel Tavares Coutinho da Silva †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
26 Jul	36.4	Ordained Bishop	Charles de La Font de Savine †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France	Bishop Emeritus
30 Jul	51.5	Appointed	José Campos Julián, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
2 Aug	29.7	Ordained Priest	Benedetto Sinibaldi †	Priest	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
6 Aug	57.7	Installed	Sebastián Malvar y Pinto, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
9 Aug	28.4	Ordained Priest	José Pegado de Azevedo †	Priest	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
24 Aug	71.5	Installed	Nicola Molinari, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ravello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
28 Aug	58.0	Resigned	Bartolomeu Manoel Mendes dos Reis †	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
19 Sep	22.9	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Lambruschini †	Priest	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
20 Sep	23.1	Ordained Priest	Gyorgy Kurbély †	Priest	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
27 Sep	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Johann Karl Reichsgraf von Hohenzollern-Hechingen †	Titular Bishop of Dibon	Bishop of Warmia, Poland
28 Sep	39.4	Appointed	Edmund Maria Josef Graf Artz von und zu Vasegg †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	39.4	Appointed	Edmund Maria Josef Graf Artz von und zu Vasegg †	Titular Bishop of Teos	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	41.5	Appointed	Vittorio Maria Baldassare Gaetano Costa d'Arignano †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	55.7	Appointed	Juan Manuel Moscoso y Peralta †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	53.3	Appointed	Juan Antonio de Jesús Sacedón Sánchez, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
	51.6	Confirmed	José Campos Julián, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
30 Sep	54.3	Appointed	Johann Adam Behr †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
30 Sep	54.3	Appointed	Johann Adam Behr †	Titular Bishop of Himeria	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
2 Oct		Born	Johann Peter Mirer †	Obersaxen	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
8 Oct		Born	Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen †	Paris	Archbishop of Paris, France
25 Oct		Born	Joaquín Briz, O.P. †	Zaragoza	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
25 Oct	25.8	Ordained Priest	Bernard-Claude Panet †	Priest of Québec, Québec, Canada	Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada
28 Oct	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Johann Adam Behr †	Titular Bishop of Himeria	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
8 Nov		Born	Joseph Signay †	Québec	Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada
14 Nov		Born	Franz Xaver von Schwäbl †	Reisbach	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
30 Nov	54.8	Installed	Manuel Tavares Coutinho da Silva †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
3 Dec	72.4	Died	James Grant †	Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
3 Dec	49.3	Succeeded	George Hay †	Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
10 Dec		Born	Antonio Francesco Orioli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bagnacavallo	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
14 Dec	58.5	Appointed	Agustín de Alvarado y Castillo †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop
	55.6	Appointed	Antonio Caballero y Góngora †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
	44.6	Appointed	Luca Nicola De Luca †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Trivento, Italy
	49.7	Appointed	Juan Antonio Gallego y Orbigo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
	59.1	Appointed	Lazzaro Opiziio Pallavicino †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
16 Dec	79.0	Died	Theophilus McCartan †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
19 Dec	25.4	Ordained Priest	Johann Adam Rieger †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
20 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Coppula †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
20 Dec	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Luca Nicola De Luca †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Trivento, Italy
26 Dec		Born	Etienne-Bruno-Marie d'Arbou †	Toulouse	Bishop Emeritus of Bayonne, France
	72.9	Died	John Joseph Hornyold †	Vicar Apostolic of Midland District, England, Great Britain
	51.9	Succeeded	Thomas Joseph Talbot †	Vicar Apostolic of Midland District, England, Great Britain
31 Dec	49.6	Succeeded	Ignaz Franz Stanislaus Reichsgraf von Spaur †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
31 Dec	82.6	Died	Leopold Maria Joseph Reichsgraf von Spaur †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

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