The Year of Our Lord 1778

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July to December

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Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Jul Resigned Giovanni Pignatelli † Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy Bishop Emeritus

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

Born Anacleto Meoro Sánchez † Granatula de Calatrava Bishop of Almería, Spain

20 Jul Appointed Nathaniel Bürger, O.F.M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China Vicar Apostolic

48.7 Appointed Andrea Cardamone † Archbishop of Rossano, Italy

58.1 Installed Giovanni Cornaro † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio

60.0 Installed Tommaso Maria Ghilini † Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva

56.5 Installed Romoaldo Guidi † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro

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

51.0 Appointed Nicola Notaris † Bishop of Squillace, Italy

37.7 Confirmed Jean-Auguste de Chastenet de Puységur † Bishop of Carcassonne, France Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France

Appointed Giovanni Damase Salutti, O.S.A. † Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China

54.5 Confirmed Manuel Tavares Coutinho da Silva † Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal

26 Jul Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Maria Langosco † Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy

36.4 Ordained Bishop Charles de La Font de Savines † 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 Died Felice Antonio Bianchi † Auxiliary Bishop of Modena, Italy

42.6 Ordained Bishop Alexandre-Joseph-Alexis de Bruyère de Chalabre † Bishop of Saint-Omer, France Bishop Emeritus

28.4 Ordained Priest José Pegado de Azevedo † Priest Bishop of Angra, Portugal

18 Aug Died Augustine Cheevers, O.S.A. † Bishop of Meath, Ireland

24 Aug 71.5 Installed Nicola Molinari, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Ravello-Scala, Italy Bishop of Bovino, Italy

28 Aug 58.0 Resigned Bartolomeu Manoel Mendes dos Reis † Bishop of Mariana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

3 Sep 73.9 Died Antonio De Cumis † Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy

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

44.0 Appointed Angelo Franceschi † Archbishop of Pisa, 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

30.1 Appointed Michele Romano Sierakowski † Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland

30.1 Appointed Michele Romano Sierakowski † Titular Bishop of Prusa Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland

30 Sep 54.3 Appointed Johann Adam Behr † Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany

54.3 Appointed Johann Adam Behr † Titular Bishop of Himeria Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany

70.9 Died Domenico Poltri † Bishop of San Miniato, Italy

1 Oct 70.2 Died Gaetano Fantuzzi † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli

2 Oct Born Johann Peter Mirer † Obersaxen Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

7 Oct 37.5 Appointed Antonio Maria Sacconi, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Shansi {Scian-Si} (Chan-Si), China

37.5 Appointed Antonio Maria Sacconi, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis Vicar Apostolic of Shansi {Scian-Si} (Chan-Si), China

8 Oct Born Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen † Paris Archbishop of Paris, France

18 Oct Ordained Bishop Nathaniel Bürger, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of the Titular See Vicar Apostolic of Nanking [Nanjing], China

25 Oct Born Joaquín Briz, O.P. † Zaragoza Bishop of Segovia, Spain

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 Installed Giuseppe Maria Langosco † Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy

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

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

46.5 Appointed Roberto Costaguti † Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy

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

39.4 Appointed Niccolò Marcacci † Bishop of Arezzo, Italy

59.1 Appointed Lazzaro Opiziio Pallavicino † Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State

46.9 Appointed Battista Rivelli † Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy

Appointed Salvatore Vecchioni † Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy

16 Dec 79.0 Died Theophilus McCartan † Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland

19 Dec Appointed Patrick Joseph Plunkett † Bishop of Meath, Ireland

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

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

82.6 Died Leopold Maria Joseph Reichsgraf von Spaur † Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Jul		Resigned	Giovanni Pignatelli †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
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
	Born	Anacleto Meoro Sánchez †	Granatula de Calatrava	Bishop of Almería, Spain
20 Jul		Appointed	Nathaniel Bürger, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China	Vicar Apostolic
48.7	Appointed	Andrea Cardamone †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
58.1	Installed	Giovanni Cornaro †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio
60.0	Installed	Tommaso Maria Ghilini †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva
56.5	Installed	Romoaldo Guidi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro
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
51.0	Appointed	Nicola Notaris †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
37.7	Confirmed	Jean-Auguste de Chastenet de Puységur †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
	Appointed	Giovanni Damase Salutti, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China
54.5	Confirmed	Manuel Tavares Coutinho da Silva †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
26 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Maria Langosco †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
36.4	Ordained Bishop	Charles de La Font de Savines †	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		Died	Felice Antonio Bianchi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Modena, Italy
42.6	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre-Joseph-Alexis de Bruyère de Chalabre †	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France	Bishop Emeritus
28.4	Ordained Priest	José Pegado de Azevedo †	Priest	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
18 Aug		Died	Augustine Cheevers, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
24 Aug	71.5	Installed	Nicola Molinari, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ravello-Scala, Italy	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
28 Aug	58.0	Resigned	Bartolomeu Manoel Mendes dos Reis †	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
3 Sep	73.9	Died	Antonio De Cumis †	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
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
44.0	Appointed	Angelo Franceschi †	Archbishop of Pisa, 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
30.1	Appointed	Michele Romano Sierakowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
30.1	Appointed	Michele Romano Sierakowski †	Titular Bishop of Prusa	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
30 Sep	54.3	Appointed	Johann Adam Behr †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
54.3	Appointed	Johann Adam Behr †	Titular Bishop of Himeria	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
70.9	Died	Domenico Poltri †	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
1 Oct	70.2	Died	Gaetano Fantuzzi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli
2 Oct		Born	Johann Peter Mirer †	Obersaxen	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
7 Oct	37.5	Appointed	Antonio Maria Sacconi, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Shansi {Scian-Si} (Chan-Si), China
37.5	Appointed	Antonio Maria Sacconi, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Shansi {Scian-Si} (Chan-Si), China
8 Oct		Born	Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen †	Paris	Archbishop of Paris, France
18 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Nathaniel Bürger, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of the Titular See	Vicar Apostolic of Nanking [Nanjing], China
25 Oct		Born	Joaquín Briz, O.P. †	Zaragoza	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
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		Installed	Giuseppe Maria Langosco †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
	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
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
46.5	Appointed	Roberto Costaguti †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
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
39.4	Appointed	Niccolò Marcacci †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
59.1	Appointed	Lazzaro Opiziio Pallavicino †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
46.9	Appointed	Battista Rivelli †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
	Appointed	Salvatore Vecchioni †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
16 Dec	79.0	Died	Theophilus McCartan †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
19 Dec		Appointed	Patrick Joseph Plunkett †	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
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
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
82.6	Died	Leopold Maria Joseph Reichsgraf von Spaur †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

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