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The Year of Our Lord 1785

Bishop Events

January to April


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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknown24.2Ordained PriestDionisio Bardaxí y AzaraPriestCardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
61.7DiedNicola BizarriBishop Emeritus of Forli, Italy
BornJoannes DerderianBishop-Elect of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran
23.5Ordained PriestPierre Dupont de PoursatPriestBishop of Coutances, France
23.2Ordained PriestMichael Francis Egan, O.F.M. Rec. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor RecollectBishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
42.0Ordained BishopMatthew LennanBishop of Dromore, Ireland
DiedPaul LeonianBishop
83.5DiedGirolamo Lorenzi (de Laurentiis)Bishop of Acerno, Italy
BornRafael Masoliver, O.P. †Bishop-Elect of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
BornPatrick McGettiganBishop of Raphoe, Ireland
25.8Ordained PriestDiego Antonio Navarro Martín de VillodrasPriestArchbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
17.4ProfessedIgnatz Albert (Joseph Ignatz Alexius) von Riegg, O.E.S.A. †Member of Order of Hermits of St. AugustineBishop of Augsburg, Germany
DiedJean de SmyrneBishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Armenian), Turkey
41.1Ordained PriestGiovanni Battista ZauliPriestCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Jan63.3DiedGiovanni Battista QuasinaBishop of Bosa, Italy
1 Jan53.6SelectedErnest Johann Nepomuk von Herberstein (Herbstein)Bishop of Linz, Austria
6 Jan59.8DiedGiorgio Antonio Vareschi, O.C.D. †Vicar Apostolic of Great Mogul (Mughals), India
7 JanAppointedIsaac SoffialiVicar Apostolic of Constantinople (Istanbul) (Armenian), Turkey
AppointedIsaac SoffialiTitular Bishop of Satala in ArmeniaVicar Apostolic of Constantinople (Istanbul) (Armenian), Turkey
8 Jan34.2DiedJoseph-Louis Coudé, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand
9 Jan64.0DiedJoseph-Albert de Gaston de PollierTitular Bishop of Thermae Basilicae
10 Jan53.7ResignedErnest Johann Nepomuk von Herberstein (Herbstein)Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, GermanyBishop of Linz, Austria
12 JanBornDomenico SilvestriArchbishop of Sorrento, Italy
16 Jan62.5DiedBernardo Bocchini, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
23 Jan24.0Ordained PriestVincenzo Ferrari, O.P. †Priest of Order of Friars PreachersBishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
26 Jan83.0DiedJosé Alcaraz y BellugaBishop Emeritus of Tarazona, Spain
27 Jan51.2SelectedManuel Azamor y RamírezBishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
28 Jan59.6ResignedJohann Heinrich von Kerens, S.J. †Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, AustriaBishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
30 JanBornLorenzo Giovanni Battista BialeBishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
40.0Ordained BishopKajetan Ignacy KickiTitular Bishop of SoliArchbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
31 Jan73.0DiedAndrzej Ignacy Bajer (Baier)Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
52.5SucceededJohann Karl von Hohenzollern-HechingenBishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), PolandBishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
Feb33.2ResignedGiuseppe Maria Doria PamphiljApostolic Nuncio to FranceCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
5 Feb62.0DiedFrançois Maria Magni (Magi), O.F.M. Ref. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hukwang, Shansi [Shanxi], and Shensi [Shaanxi], China
7 Feb71.0DiedGrigore Maior, O.S.B.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Făgăraş (Romanian), Romania
10 Feb67.9ResignedGiuseppe Maria Carafa, C.R. †Bishop of Mileto, ItalyBishop Emeritus
13 Feb43.8DiedAntonio Maria Sacconi, O.F.M. Obs. †Vicar Apostolic of Hukwang, Shansi [Shanxi], and Shensi [Shaanxi], China
14 Feb36.5AppointedSebastiano Alcaini, C.R.S. †Auxiliary Bishop of Belluno, ItalyBishop
36.5AppointedSebastiano Alcaini, C.R.S. †Titular Bishop of ApolloniaBishop of Belluno, Italy
33.8AppointedOttavio AngelelliBishop of Gubbio, Italy
66.6AppointedFrancisco Armañá Font, O.E.S.A. †Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
48.5Elevated to CardinalCarlo BellisomiIn PectoreCardinal, Bishop of Cesena, Italy
46.3AppointedJosé Boltas, O.F.M. Disc. †Bishop of Urgell, Spain
68.2Elevated to CardinalFrancesco CarraraCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
42.5AppointedBarnaba (Gregorio) Chiaramonti, O.S.B. †Bishop of Imola, ItalyPope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
42.5Elevated to CardinalBarnaba (Gregorio) Chiaramonti, O.S.B. †Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
36.5AppointedAntonio CodronchiArchbishop of Ravenna, Italy
54.5Elevated to CardinalNicola Colonna di StiglianoCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
43.5ConfirmedJosé da Costa e TorresBishop of Funchal, PortugalArchbishop of Braga, Portugal
51.5ConfirmedGianantonio Della BerettaBishop of Lodi, Italy
35.8Elevated to CardinalAntonio Maria Doria PamphiljCardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
33.2Elevated to CardinalGiuseppe Maria Doria PamphiljCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
47.7ConfirmedAlexandre da Sagrada Familia Ferreira da Silva, O.F.M. Ref. †Bishop of Angola e CongoBishop of Angra, Portugal
55.5AppointedManuel Ferrer y FigueredoArchbishop (Personal Title) of Málaga, SpainBishop
68.5ConfirmedRaimondo Fusco, O.F.M. Conv. †Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
63.8AppointedMuzio GalloCardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
63.8Elevated to CardinalMuzio GalloCardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
59.2Elevated to CardinalGiuseppe GarampiCardinal, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
56.0Elevated to CardinalGiovanni de GregorioCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
53.8ConfirmedErnest Johann Nepomuk von Herberstein (Herbstein)Bishop of Linz, Austria
55.1ConfirmedDiego de Jesus Jardim, O.S.H. †Bishop of Olinda, BrazilBishop of Elvas, Portugal
48.7AppointedJuan Francisco Jiménez del RíoBishop of Segovia, SpainArchbishop of Valencia, Spain
59.7ConfirmedJohann Heinrich von Kerens, S.J. †Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
62.2Elevated to CardinalCarlo Livizzani ForniCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
59.8AppointedTeodoro Giacomo Filippo Luvini, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
45.0AppointedVincenzo ManniBishop of Tivoli, Italy
48.9AppointedAntonio Martínez de la PlazaBishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, SpainBishop of Cádiz, Spain
65.1AppointedDiego Martín Rodríguez, O.F.M. Obs. †Bishop of Coria, Spain
72.3Elevated to CardinalPaolo MasseiCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agostino
48.6ConfirmedCorneille-François de NélisBishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
71.0ConfirmedMichele PesBishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
76.7ConfirmedAldrago Antonio de PiccardiBishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
48.3AppointedMichał Jerzy PoniatowskiArchbishop of Gniezno, Poland
58.3AppointedVincenzo RanuzziArchbishop (Personal Title) of Ancona e Numana, ItalyCardinal, Bishop
58.3Elevated to CardinalVincenzo RanuzziCardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
66.3Elevated to CardinalGiovanni Maria RiminaldiCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
56.2ConfirmedCristoforo a São Boaventura, O.F.M. Ref. †Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
56.2Elevated to CardinalFernando SpinelliCardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
63.0SucceededKrysztof Hilary SzembekBishop of Płock, Poland
47.7AppointedJuan Félix de VillegasBishop of NicaraguaArchbishop of Guatemala
18 FebBornVincenzo Andrea GrandeArchbishop of Otranto, Italy
19 Feb22.8Ordained PriestBernardino Giovanni Battista Bollati, O.F.M. Obs. †Priest of Order of Observant Friars MinorBishop of Biella, Italy
24.0Ordained PriestCarlo Maria Lenzi, Sch. P. †Priest of Order of the Pious SchoolsBishop of Lipari, Italy
23.1Ordained DeaconFlorence MacCarthyDeacon of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, IrelandCoadjutor Bishop of Cork, Ireland
25.5Ordained PriestCharles-Alexandre de RicheryPriestArchbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
23.0Ordained PriestRomualdo de Souza CoelhoPriestBishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
20 Feb36.5Ordained BishopSebastiano Alcaini, C.R.S. †Titular Bishop of ApolloniaBishop of Belluno, Italy
33.8Ordained BishopOttavio AngelelliBishop of Gubbio, Italy
59.8Ordained BishopTeodoro Giacomo Filippo Luvini, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
45.0Ordained BishopVincenzo ManniBishop of Tivoli, Italy
31.0SelectedAntoine-Eustache d’OsmondBishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, FranceBishop of Nancy, France
23 Feb65.3DiedLazzaro Opizio PallaviciniCardinal, Secretary of State
24 Feb51.6Ordained BishopGianantonio Della BerettaBishop of Lodi, Italy
24.0Ordained PriestJoão Inácio da Fonseca MansoPriestBishop of Leiria, Portugal
68.5Ordained BishopRaimondo Fusco, O.F.M. Conv. †Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
28 Feb71.1DiedGiuseppe Maria ContesiniTitular Archbishop of Athenae
84.1DiedJean Antoine VoriclaBishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
Mar63.8Ordained PriestMuzio GalloPriestCardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
1 Mar53.5CeasedIgnazio BuscaApostolic Nuncio to Flanders, BelgiumCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli
BornCarlos Pereira Freire de MouraBishop-Elect of Mariana, Brazil
3 MarBornFerenc di Paolo de Nádasdy-FogarasArchbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
5 MarBornCarlo Odescalchi, S.J. †Priest of Society of Jesus
6 Mar30.8Ordained PriestMikołaj Jan ManugiewiczPriestBishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland
53.6Ordained BishopFrancisco Antonio Pablo Sieni Flannings, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of TriccaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
12 Mar23.7Ordained DeaconJacques de la Brue de Saint-BauzileDeaconTitular Bishop of Tempe
23.1Ordained PriestFlorence MacCarthyPriest of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, IrelandCoadjutor Bishop of Cork, Ireland
14 Mar65.4DiedJean-Pierre BiordBishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
63.1InstalledKrysztof Hilary SzembekBishop of Płock, Poland
17 MarBornJosé Ignacio Sánchez NavarroBishop-Elect of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
19 Mar76.6DiedJean-Baptiste-Joseph de Méallet de FarguesBishop of Saint-Claude, France
47.1Ordained PriestIppolito Antonio Vincenti MareriPriestCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
23 Mar53.1SelectedJoseph de Montfalcon du CénoleArchbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
25 Mar58.6DiedGaetano Ginanni (Giannini)Bishop of Foligno, Italy
26 Mar25.7Ordained PriestJean-Baptiste de BouilléPriestBishop of Poitiers, France
27 Mar27.0Ordained PriestJozafat Bułhak, O.S.B.M. †Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
37.9Ordained BishopJosé Carrión y MarfilTitular Bishop of CarystusBishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru
BornFilippo Giudice Caracciolo, C.O. †Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
28 Mar48.6Ordained PriestGiuseppe VinciPriestApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
2 AprBornFrancisco de Paul García PeláezArchbishop of Guatemala
3 AprBornFrançois-Hyacinthe-Jean FeutrierBishop of Beauvais, France
71.2Ordained BishopMichele PesBishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
4 Apr75.1DiedGiovanni Maria CastelvetriBishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
9 Apr58.5DiedFrancesco CondulmerTitular Bishop of Famagusta
63.2ResignedCharles-Antoine-Gabriel d’Osmond de MédavyBishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, FranceBishop Emeritus
11 Apr55.6AppointedEsteban Antonio Aguado RojasBishop of Pamplona, Spain
52.4AppointedNicola BuschiTitular Archbishop of EphesusBishop of Ferentino, Italy
68.4InstalledFrancesco CarraraCardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei CroatiCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
36.0InstalledAntonio Maria Doria PamphiljCardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e DamianoCardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
33.4AppointedGiuseppe Maria Doria PamphiljCardinal-Priest of San Pietro in VincoliCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
47.1AppointedAntonio RossiTitular Bishop of EucarpiaBishop of Veroli, Italy
36.8AppointedAntonio DugnaniTitular Archbishop of RhodusCardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
63.9InstalledMuzio GalloCardinal-Priest of Sant’AnastasiaCardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
56.2InstalledGiovanni de GregorioCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
62.4InstalledCarlo Livizzani ForniCardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al ForoCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
72.5InstalledPaolo MasseiCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agostino
31.1ConfirmedAntoine-Eustache d’OsmondBishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, FranceBishop of Nancy, France
66.5InstalledGiovanni Maria RiminaldiCardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del PopoloCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
60.2ConfirmedTadeusz Teodozy Rostocki, O.S.B.M. †Coadjutor Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), UkraineArchbishop
34.6AppointedLuigi Ruffo ScillaTitular Archbishop of Apamea in BithyniaCardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
56.4InstalledFernando SpinelliCardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in AquiroCardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
88.3DiedLouis-Marie de Suarès d’AulanBishop Emeritus of Acqs (Dax), France
63.4DiedJuan Varela Fondevilla y VereaAuxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
48.7AppointedGiuseppe VinciTitular Archbishop of BerytusApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
47.2AppointedIppolito Antonio Vincenti MareriTitular Archbishop of CorinthusCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
17 Apr46.5Ordained BishopJosé Boltas, O.F.M. Disc. †Bishop of Urgell, Spain
45.1SelectedJean-Baptiste de ChabotBishop of Saint-Claude, FranceBishop Emeritus of Mende, France
64.0Ordained BishopMuzio GalloCardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
55.2Ordained BishopDiego de Jesus Jardim, O.S.H. †Bishop of Olinda, BrazilBishop of Elvas, Portugal
20 Apr80.2DiedBernardin-Louis FoucquetArchbishop Emeritus of Embrun, France
24 Apr22.9Ordained PriestFrancesco AlciatiPriestBishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
52.5Ordained BishopNicola BuschiTitular Archbishop of EphesusBishop of Ferentino, Italy
34.6Ordained BishopLuigi Ruffo ScillaTitular Archbishop of Apamea in BithyniaCardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
48.7Ordained BishopGiuseppe VinciTitular Archbishop of BerytusApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
29 AprBornMichel’ Angelo SorrentinoBishop of Marsi, Italy
30 Apr34.6AppointedLuigi Ruffo ScillaApostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), ItalyCardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
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