The Year of Our Lord 1779

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	John Butler †	Bishop-Elect of Limerick, Ireland
		Born	José María Estévez †		Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
		Born	William Fraser (Frazer) †	Craskie in Glencannish, Great Britain	Bishop of Arichat, Nova Scotia, Canada
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Patrick Lambert, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Newfoundland, Canada
		Born	Basilius López †	Recoleta	Bishop of Paraguay
	17.9	Professed	Polycarp Marciejewski, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Auxiliary Bishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland
		Born	Patrick MacNicholas †		Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
	68.5	Died	Joannes Josephus Priego, O.P. †	Bishop of Paraguay
1 Jan	24.1	Ordained Priest	Gregor Tarkovic (Tárkovits) †	Priest of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia
7 Jan		Born	Judas José Romo y Gamboa †	Cañizar	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
9 Jan	66.5	Died	Andreas Ratti †	Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto
10 Jan	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Laurent-Michel Eon de Cély †	Bishop of Apt, France	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan	23.0	Ordained Priest	Pietro Mola †	Priest	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
17 Jan		Born	Lorenzo Parigini †	Col della Noce	Bishop of Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
17 Jan	78.0	Died	Kazimierz Rokitnicki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
2 Feb	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Antoni Maciej Sierakowski †	Bishop of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten, Poland
3 Feb	51.7	Died	Marco Giuseppe Cornaro (Corner) †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
3 Feb	67.1	Died	Jean-Louis de La Marthonie de Caussade †	Bishop of Meaux, France
8 Feb		Born	José de Moura Coutinho †	Basto	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
8 Feb	71.1	Died	Andrés Pérez Bermúdez, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
9 Feb	61.7	Died	Giuseppe Francesco Maria della Torre †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
18 Feb	30.0	Ordained Priest	Georg Karl Ignaz von Fechenbach zu Laudenbach †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
18 Feb	71.0	Died	Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
20 Feb	48.7	Resigned	Johann Nepomuk Augustin von Hornstein zu Hohenstoffen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
21 Feb		Born	Giovanni Ferrini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Recanata	Bishop Emeritus of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
25 Feb		Appointed	Denis Conway †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
27 Feb	58.7	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Cornaro †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
27 Feb	23.0	Ordained Priest	Antón Mákay †	Priest	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
28 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Patrick Joseph Plunkett †	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
1 Mar	61.4	Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Arras Minutili †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
	60.4	Appointed	Josephus Antonius Barbosa Soares †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
	60.0	Appointed	Zacharias Coccopalmieri †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
	46.5	Appointed	Jacinto Carlos da Silveira †	Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	48.4	Appointed	Vicente do Espirito Santo, O.A.D. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe	Prelate of Goiás, Brazil
	72.3	Appointed	Joaquín Herrera Bárcena, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
	49.4	Appointed	Francisco José Marán †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile	Bishop of Santiago de Chile
	59.6	Appointed	Giovanni Pignatelli †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina	Bishop Emeritus of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
	57.2	Appointed	Domingos da Encarnação Pontevel, O.P. †	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil
	40.4	Appointed	Karl Godefried von Rosenthal †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
	40.4	Appointed	Karl Godefried von Rosenthal †	Titular Bishop of Capharnaum	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
	46.1	Appointed	Joaquín Santiyán Valdivieso †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
	53.2	Appointed	Francisco de São Simão, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
	55.0	Appointed	Felipe Antonio Solano Marín †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
	66.2	Appointed	Fernando de Sousa e Silva †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	59.2	Appointed	Bernardo Velarde Velarde †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
2 Mar		Born	Diego Antonio Elizondo y Prado †	San Martin en la Concha	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
2 Mar	49.8	Died	Ignaz Franz Stanislaus von Spaur †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
4 Mar		Born	João da Purificação Marques Perdigão, O.S.A. †	Vianna do Minho	Bishop of Olinda, Brazil
7 Mar	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Zacharias Coccopalmieri †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
11 Mar	82.0	Died	Louis-César-Constantin de Rohan-Guémené-Montbazon †	Cardinal, Bishop of Strasbourg, France
11 Mar	44.5	Succeeded	Louis-René-Edouard de Rohan-Guéménée †	Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar		Born	Giacinto Pippi †	Massa Marittima	Bishop of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy
14 Mar		Born	Vincenzo Annovazzi †	Civitavecchia	Bishop Emeritus of Anagni, Italy
14 Mar	22.2	Ordained Deacon	Tommaso Arezzo †	Deacon	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
18 Mar	48.5	Selected	Franz Ludwig von Erthal †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
19 Mar	22.3	Ordained Priest	Tommaso Arezzo †	Priest	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
19 Mar	24.6	Ordained Priest	Sigmund Christoph von Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg †	Priest of Salzburg, Austria	Bishop Emeritus of Chiemsee, Germany
20 Mar	24.2	Ordained Priest	Jean-François Martin de Boisville †	Priest	Bishop of Dijon, France
		Born	Simon William Gabriel Bruté de Rémur †	Rennes, France	Bishop of Vincennes, Indiana, USA
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Guilelmus Zerbi †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (-Farfa), Italy
22 Mar		Born	Nicola-Maria Laudisio, C.SS.R. †	Sarno	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Karl Godefried von Rosenthal †	Titular Bishop of Capharnaum	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
	63.3	Died	Franz Xaver Twrdy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
23 Mar	71.0	Died	Antonio Gómez de la Torre y Jaraveitia †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
23 Mar		Born	Ippolito Niccolai †	Valenzatico	Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy
24 Mar	40.4	Died	Girolamo Enrico Beltramini-Miazzi †	Bishop of Feltre, Italy
25 Mar	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Baltazar Jaime Martínez de Compañón †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
2 Apr		Born	Francisco de La Puente, O.P. †	Saldaña, Spain	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
3 Apr	38.7	Ordained Priest	Wilhelm Joseph Leopold Willibald von Baden †	Priest of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Agostino Colaianni †	Priest	Bishop of Sora, Italy
	22.7	Ordained Deacon	Nicolas-Alexis Ondernard †	Deacon	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
5 Apr		Born	Bruno Maria Tedeschi †	Serra San Bruno	Bishop of Rossano, Italy
6 Apr	78.9	Died	Niccolò Borgia †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
7 Apr	66.5	Died	Giuseppe Maria de Leone †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
11 Apr	41.1	Ordained Priest	Stefano Giustiniani †	Priest	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
12 Apr	48.6	Selected	Franz Ludwig von Erthal †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
16 Apr		Born	Patrick Kelly †	Kilkenny, Ireland	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
17 Apr		Born	Anzelm Wojciech Brodziszewski †	Murowana Goślina	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
18 Apr	61.5	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Antonio Arras Minutili †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Domingos da Encarnação Pontevel, O.P. †	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil
	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan Antonio de Jesús Sacedón Sánchez, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de São Simão, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
23 Apr	81.0	Died	Diego Antonio de Parada †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
25 Apr	72.5	Ordained Bishop	Joaquín Herrera Bárcena, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
25 Apr	22.9	Ordained Deacon	Antonio Leonardis da Lucinico †	Deacon	Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Koper), Italy
2 May	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Josephus Antonius Barbosa Soares †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
2 May	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Obellar, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Ruspae	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
9 May	52.4	Died	John MacDonald †	Vicar Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain
13 May		Died	Leon Ludwik Szeptycki (Czeptytski) †	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ruthenian), Ukraine
21 May	58.8	Died	Johann Theodor von Franken-Siersdorf †	Vicar Apostolic of Upper and Lower Saxony (Hanover), Germany
23 May	56.0	Installed	Antonio Caballero y Góngora †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
26 May		Born	Giovanni de’ Conti Sabbioni †	Fermo	Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy
26 May	60.7	Selected	Joseph Philipp Franz von Spaur †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
29 May	25.4	Ordained Priest	Columbano Giovanni Battista Carlo Gaspare Chiaverotti, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Antonio Leonardis da Lucinico †	Priest	Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Koper), Italy
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Chrysostomus Pauer †	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
30 May	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Cayetano Adsor Paredes †	Titular Archbishop of Selymbria	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
30 May	66.5	Ordained Bishop	Fernando de Sousa e Silva †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
3 Jun		Born	Johann Stanislaus Kutowski †	Wentfin	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
12 Jun		Born	Gaetano Balletti †	Ferrara	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
15 Jun		Born	Giovan Domenico Stefanelli, O.P. †	Vico Pancellorum	Archbishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy
19 Jun		Born	Joseph Karl von Schuberth †	Neisse	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
20 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Denis Conway †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
20 Jun	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Jacinto Carlos da Silveira †	Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
26 Jun	66.6	Died	Juan Manuel Argüelles †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
29 Jun	24.4	Ordained Deacon	Kajetan Augustyn Warteresiewicz †	Deacon	Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
30 Jun	76.3	Died	José Francisco Losada Quiroga †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain