The Year of Our Lord 1783

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	49.9	Appointed	Joseph Adam Arco †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Seckau, Austria	Bishop
	47.5	Appointed	Jan Benisławski †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
	47.5	Appointed	Jan Benisławski †	Titular Archbishop of Gadara	Coadjutor Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
		Born	Joannes Bocheński †	Grasbenec	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Aeneas Chisholm †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain
	13.1	Professed	Francesco Colangelo, C.O. †	Member of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
	67.6	Died	Nicolaus Difnico †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
		Born	Alfonso-Maria di Donato, O.F.M. †	Neapel	Vicar Apostolic of Scen-Si (Chen-si, Shensi), China
	64.4	Died	Giovanni Tommaso Gallarati †	Titular Bishop of Paros
	65.0	Died	Donato Antonio Giannelli †	Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy
		Born	Denys Michel Hardaya †	Alep	Bishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
	41.8	Appointed	Johann Valentin Heimes †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Worms, Germany
	76.2	Died	Joaquín Herrera Bárcena, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
		Born	James Keating †	Coolnahorna	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
		Died	Peter Kilkelly, O.P. †	Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
	49.0	Appointed	Iraklij Listovskyj †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Andrea Portanova †	Priest	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
	32.9	Incardinated	Johann Nepomuk von Dankesreither †	Priest of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
5 Jan	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Pierre de Séguiran †	Bishop of Nevers, France
6 Jan		Born	Giuseppe Ugolini †	Macerata, Italy	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
11 Jan	58.5	Died	Jacques-Thomas Astesan, O.P. †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
	81.0	Died	Jakub Stefan Augustynowicz †	Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine	Coadjutor Archbishop
	68.5	Succeeded	Jakub Walerian Tumanowicz †	Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
16 Jan	67.6	Succeeded	Antoni Wacław Betański †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
		Born	Jean-Baptiste Bouvier †	Saint-Charles-la-Fôret	Bishop of Le Mans, France
	76.8	Died	Józef Tadeusz Kierski †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
26 Jan		Born	Antonio Michele Vaglio †	Galatone	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
31 Jan	67.3	Died	João Cosme da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
2 Feb	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Cayetano Da Annunciação Brandão, T.O.R. †	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
2 Feb	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. †	Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China
17 Feb	72.1	Installed	Giuseppe Maria Capece Zurlo, C.R. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	64.5	Appointed	Tommaso Maria Ghilini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
	49.2	Appointed	Ildefonso Molina Santaella †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
	48.8	Appointed	Antonio Sentmanat y Castellá †	Bishop of Avila, Spain	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
	66.4	Appointed	Alonso de Solís Marroquín y Gragera, O.S. †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
19 Feb	78.9	Died	Alfonso Sozy Carafa, C.R.S. †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
21 Feb		Born	Francesco Serra Cassano †	Napoli	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
23 Feb	23.3	Ordained Priest	Inocêncio António das Neves Portugal, O. Carm. †	Priest	Bishop-Elect of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
24 Feb	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre da Sagrada Familia Ferreira da Silva, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Ferreira da Rocha, O.P. †	Bishop of Castelo Branco, Portugal
	56.0	Ordained Bishop	José da Avé-Maria Leite da Costa e Silva, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Sentmanat y Castellá †	Bishop of Avila, Spain	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
25 Feb		Born	Franz Großmann (Grossmann) †	Robawen	Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
28 Feb		Born	Alexis Billiet †	Les Chapelles	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chambéry, France
1 Mar	85.2	Died	Charles-François-Alexandre Cardevac de Gouy d’Havrincourt †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
1 Mar	51.9	Succeeded	Jean-Gabriel d’Agay †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
7 Mar	55.9	Installed	Vicente Ferreira da Rocha, O.P. †	Bishop of Castelo Branco, Portugal
9 Mar	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Camillo de Simeoni †	Cardinal, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
11 Mar	15.5	Professed	Antônio de São José Bastos, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Olinda, Brazil
12 Mar	74.5	Died	Domenico Volpe †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy
13 Mar	74.5	Died	Leopold Ernst von Firmian †	Cardinal, Bishop of Passau, Germany
14 Mar	65.8	Died	Alessandro Pisani †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
15 Mar	35.5	Professed	Michal Mateusz Stadnicki, O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Foreign Diocese
22 Mar		Born	Gábor Balassa †	Mencshely	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
23 Mar	74.3	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Buenaventura Figueroa Barrero †	Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
24 Mar		Born	Gabriel Smicsiklasz †	Szossicze	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
25 Mar		Born	Pedro José Zarandia y Endara †	Lesaca	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
3 Apr	74.3	Died	Manuel Buenaventura Figueroa Barrero †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
3 Apr		Born	Joseph Ambrosius Geritz †	Seeburg	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
4 Apr	72.5	Died	Francesco Angelo Pastrovich, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
4 Apr	67.0	Died	Joaquín Antonio Sánchez Ferragudo †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
5 Apr	25.5	Ordained Priest	Fortunatus Paternò †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Caria
5 Apr	78.1	Died	Nicola Spedalieri †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
8 Apr		Born	Moritz-Fabian Roten †	Raron	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
9 Apr	56.1	Selected	Emmanuel Felix Soares (de Santa Catarina), O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Goa, India
18 Apr	81.2	Died	Giovanni Carmine Pellerano, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop Emeritus of Malta
19 Apr	24.1	Ordained Priest	Antoine de La Grange de Pons †	Priest	Bishop of Moulins, France
19 Apr	28.0	Ordained Priest	Charles Montault des Isles †	Priest	Bishop of Angers, France
21 Apr	26.5	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe de Nobili †	Priest	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
23 Apr		Born	Gaetano Tigani †	Soriano	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
25 Apr	68.3	Died	François de Révol †	Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France
26 Apr		Born	Martino Orsino (Ursino) †	Catania	Bishop of Patti, Italy
27 Apr	86.7	Died	Giuseppe Pozzobenelli †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
13 May		Appointed	Daniel Delany †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland	Bishop
13 May		Appointed	Daniel Delany †	Titular Bishop of Dausara	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
14 May	74.7	Died	Francisco Laso Santos de San Pedro †	Bishop of Santander, Spain
14 May	77.5	Resigned	Isidoro Sanchez de Luna, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
19 May	49.3	Selected	Joseph Franz Anton von Auersperg †	Cardinal, Bishop of Passau, Germany
21 May	62.4	Died	Claude-Marc-Antoine d’Apchon de Corgenon †	Archbishop of Auch, France
23 May	66.8	Died	Juan García Montenegro †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
23 May		Born	Johann Peter von Richarz †	Würzburg	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
26 May	22.4	Ordained Deacon	Aleksandar Alagović †	Deacon	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
26 May	22.6	Ordained Deacon	Alexander (Sandor) Rudnay Divékújfalusi †	Deacon	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
27 May		Born	Luigi Frezza †	Civita Lavinia	Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
Jun	24.1	Ordained Priest	Dominique-Georges-Frédéric Dufour de Pradt †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen, Belgium
1 Jun	66.3	Ordained Bishop	Antonius Bucci †	Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Caria
1 Jun	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Ludwik Stanisław Górski, Sch. P. †	Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
2 Jun		Born	Giuseppe Maria Maniscalco, O.F.M. †	Alessandria della Rocca	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
4 Jun	22.8	Ordained Priest	Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †	Priest	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
5 Jun	61.3	Died	Juan Molina Lario y Navarro †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
10 Jun	28.7	Ordained Deacon	Franciszek Skarbek von Malczewski †	Deacon	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
13 Jun		Born	Basilio Antonio Carrasco y Hernando, O. de M. †	Durón	Bishop of Ibiza, Spain
14 Jun	23.0	Ordained Priest	Karl Rudolf von Buol-Schauenstein †	Priest of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop of Chur-Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Lorenzo D’Antoni †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Josef von Hommer †	Priest of Trier, Germany	Bishop
	28.7	Ordained Priest	Franciszek Skarbek von Malczewski †	Priest	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
15 Jun	39.3	Selected	François de Fontanges †	Bishop of Nancy, France	Bishop of Autun, France
15 Jun	39.4	Selected	Louis-Apolinaire de La Tour du Pin-Montauban †	Archbishop of Auch, France	Bishop of Troyes, France
18 Jun	56.3	Selected	Giacinto Rolfi, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy
18 Jun	82.7	Died	Ferenc Zichy †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
20 Jun		Born	Manuel López Santisteban †	Guadix	Bishop Emeritus of Avila, Spain
22 Jun	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Juan Manuel Antonio Ramos Lora, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mérida, Venezuela
22 Jun	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Rafael José Verger y Suau, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
23 Jun	57.5	Resigned	Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Goa, India	Archbishop Emeritus