The Year of Our Lord 1788

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	28.0	Ordained Priest	Abdullah Blibl †	Priest	Archbishop of Cipro (Maronite), Cyprus
		Born	Jose Antonio Chaves, O.F.M. †	Vélez	Auxiliary Bishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
	37.8	Ordained Priest	Jean-Paul Faudoas †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
	22.4	Ordained Priest	Simon Garnier †	Priest	Bishop of Vannes, France
		Died	Jason Junosza Smogorzewski †	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ruthenian), Ukraine
	76.8	Died	Giovanni Battista Jurileo †	Bishop of Nona (Nin), Croatia
	35.0	Appointed	de Longueville †	Prefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Prefect Emeritus
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Joaquín López y Sicilia †	Priest	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
		Born	Charles McNally †	Ardaghy	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
		Died	Francisco Navarro †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
	67.0	Died	Pierre Peineau du Verdier, C.O. †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
	24.6	Ordained Priest	José Antonio Joaquín Pérez Martínez y Robles †	Priest	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
	50.4	Died	Domingo do Rosario, O.P. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
	53.6	Died	Léon-François-Ferdinand de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon †	Bishop Emeritus of Lombez, France
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Thomas Smith †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
	21.7	Professed	Pierre Trenchant, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan), China
2 Jan	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Franz Egon von Fürstenberg †	Titular Bishop of Derbe	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
4 Jan		Appointed	Thomas O’Connor †	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
5 Jan	24.8	Professed	Vicente da Soledade e Castro, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
9 Jan		Born	Rudolf Johannes Joseph Rainier von Habsburg-Lotharingen †	Florence, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
11 Jan	79.0	Died	James Brady †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
13 Jan	35.3	Ordained Bishop	Anne-Louis-Henri de La Fare †	Bishop of Nancy, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
15 Jan	34.7	Appointed	William Coppinger †	Coadjutor Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland	Bishop
	34.7	Appointed	William Coppinger †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ross, Ireland	Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland
	34.7	Appointed	William Coppinger †	Titular Bishop of Axieri (Azieri)	Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland
21 Jan	85.0	Died	Paul d’Albert de Luynes †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens, France
23 Jan	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Pedro José Chávez de la Rosa †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jan	60.3	Selected	Etienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens, France
3 Feb	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Henri de Chambre d’Urgons †	Titular Bishop of Oropus	Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
	44.0	Ordained Priest	Karl Theodor von Dalberg †	Priest of Worms, Germany	Bishop
	43.9	Installed	François de Fontanges †	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Bishop of Autun, France
6 Feb		Died	Parsegh Petros IV Avkadian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
11 Feb		Born	Anton Gottfried Claessen †	Gangelt	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
16 Feb	22.7	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Accusani †	Priest	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Corcione †	Priest	Bishop of Bova, Italy
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Angelo Pietro (Andelo Petar) Galli †	Priest of Corfù, Greece	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
	72.8	Retired	Paolo Francesco Giustiniani, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Bartholomeu de Martyribus Maya, O.C.D. †	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Prelate of Mozambico, Mozambique
19 Feb	76.1	Died	Manuel de Alday y Axpée †	Bishop of Santiago de Chile
20 Feb		Born	Giuseppe Cosenza †	Naples	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
20 Feb	66.1	Died	Filiberto Pascali (Pascale) †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
24 Feb		Born	Francesco de’ Marchesi Canali †	Rieti	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
29 Feb	69.3	Died	Pasquale Acquaviva d’Aragona †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
29 Feb		Born	Louis-François-Auguste de Rohan-Chabot †	Paris	Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
4 Mar	74.7	Died	Antonio Eugenio Visconti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
7 Mar	47.9	Appointed	José Nicolau de Azevedo Coutinho Gentil †	Prelate of Goiás, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
7 Mar		Born	Adriano Fieschi †	Genoa, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria
8 Mar	25.3	Ordained Priest	Gilbert-Paul Aragonès d’Orcet †	Priest	Bishop of Langres, France
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Jean-François-Etienne Borderies †	Priest	Bishop of Versailles, France
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Francisco Ferreira de Azevedo †	Priest	Bishop of Goiás, Brazil
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Alexandre-Charles-Louis-Rose de Lostanges-Saint-Alvère †	Priest	Bishop of Périgueux, France
	62.2	Resigned	Jose Martinez Palomino y Lopez de Lorena †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México	Bishop Emeritus
9 Mar	41.9	Selected	Louis-Mathias-Joseph de Barral †	Coadjutor Bishop of Troyes, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
10 Mar	63.3	Appointed	Vincenzo Maria Altieri †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
	56.8	Appointed	Fernando Cardiñanos, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
	37.2	Appointed	Alexandre-Henri de Chauvigny de Blot †	Bishop of Lombez, France
	44.1	Appointed	Karl Theodor von Dalberg †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus	Bishop of Worms, Germany
	44.1	Confirmed	Karl Theodor von Dalberg †	Coadjutor Bishop of Worms, Germany	Bishop
	54.5	Appointed	Josephus Fengler †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
	73.1	Installed	Raniero Finocchietti †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
	43.5	Appointed	Ferenc Fuchs †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
	72.9	Appointed	Paolo Francesco Giustiniani, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon	Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
	53.7	Appointed	José Joaquín Granados y Gálvez, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sonora, México	Bishop of Durango, México
	62.6	Appointed	Santiago José Echaverría Nieto de Osorio y Elguera †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
		Appointed	Franz Kalatay †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
	52.2	Appointed	László Kollonitz †	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
	60.4	Confirmed	Etienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens, France
	62.4	Appointed	José Francisco Miguel António de Mendonça Valdereis †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	56.2	Confirmed	Ángel Mariano Moscoso Pérez y Oblitas †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
	59.5	Appointed	Niccolò Angelo Sagredo †	Archbishop of Udine, Italy	Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy
	57.2	Appointed	Ferenc Xaverius Splenyi †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
	35.3	Appointed	Maksimilijan Verhovácz (Vrhovac) †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
	37.2	Appointed	François-Marie-Fortuné de Vintimille †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Bishop Emeritus
15 Mar	60.8	Died	Ludwig Joseph von Welden auf Laubheim und Hohenaltingen †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
17 Mar	56.9	Died	Ernest Johann Nepomuk von Herberstein (Herbstein) †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
27 Mar	70.7	Died	Francesco Maria Colombani †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
28 Mar		Born	Gaetano Baluffi †	Ancona	Cardinal, Bishop of Imola, Italy
28 Mar	22.1	Ordained Priest	Jean-Paul-Gaston de Pins †	Priest	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France
30 Mar	37.2	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre-Henri de Chauvigny de Blot †	Bishop of Lombez, France
		Died	Théodose V (Athanase) Dahan, B.C. †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
	44.1	Selected	François de Fontanges †	Archbishop of Toulouse, France	Bishop of Autun, France
		Born	Giuseppe Sanguettola †	Milan	Bishop of Crema, Italy
31 Mar	56.2	Died	Benedetto Cervone †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
Apr		Ordained Bishop	Thomas O’Connor †	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
6 Apr	47.4	Selected	Jean-Auguste de Chastenet de Puységur †	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Archbishop Emeritus
7 Apr	60.5	Appointed	Eustaquio Azara, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ibiza, Spain	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	61.7	Appointed	Pietro Craveri, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Galtelli-Nuoro (Galtelly Nori), Italy
	53.0	Appointed	Franziskus von Paula Herzan von Harras †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
	49.0	Appointed	Bernardino Marini, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
	62.5	Elevated to Cardinal	José Francisco Miguel António de Mendonça Valdereis †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	39.7	Appointed	Ján Révay †	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
8 Apr		Born	László Bémer de Bezdéd et Kis-Báka †	Kisbáka	Bishop Emeritus of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
9 Apr		Born	Mariano Venturi †	Costacciaro	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
13 Apr	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Ferenc Fuchs †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
13 Apr	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Bernardino Marini, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
17 Apr	49.0	Installed	Pierre de Séguiran †	Bishop of Nevers, France
19 Apr		Born	Gabriele Ventriglia †	Curti	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
21 Apr		Appointed	Mathieu Righet †	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
27 Apr	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Michael Léopold Brigido von Marenfels und Bresoviz †	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
27 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Franz Kalatay †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
2 May	74.7	Died	Antoine de Malvin de Montazet †	Archbishop of Lyon, France
2 May	76.2	Died	Francesco Pettorelli Lalatta †	Bishop of Parma, Italy
5 May		Appointed	Athanase IV Jaouhar (Jawhar) †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
5 May		Appointed	Athanase IV Jaouhar (Jawhar) †	Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
9 May	40.1	Selected	Joseph Anton Gall †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
9 May		Born	Francesco Iavarone †	Napoli	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
11 May	78.6	Died	Giuseppe Belletta (Bellotti) †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
11 May		Selected	Gregory Petros V Kupelian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
12 May	54.0	Selected	Yves-Alexandre de Marbeuf †	Archbishop of Lyon, France
17 May	27.4	Ordained Priest	Maria Nicolaus Silvester Guillon †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos, Titular Sees
	47.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Christian Franz de Paula zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein †	Priest of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Bishop
	22.3	Ordained Deacon	Johann Martin Manl †	Deacon of Mainz, Germany	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
26 May	48.6	Selected	Max Polykarp von Törring-Jettenbach †	Bishop of Freising, Germany	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
28 May	82.4	Died	Louis-Sextius de Jarente de La Bruyère †	Bishop of Orléans, France
28 May	42.0	Succeeded	Louis-François-Alexandre de Jarente de Senas d’Orgeval †	Bishop of Orléans, France	Bishop Emeritus
1 Jun	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Eustaquio Azara, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ibiza, Spain	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
1 Jun	24.6	Ordained Priest	Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. †	Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice	Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3 Jun		Born	Buenaventura Codina Augerolas, C.M. †	Hostabrich	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
4 Jun	78.1	Died	Louis-Philippe-François Mariauchau d’Esglis †	Bishop of Québec, Canada
6 Jun		Appointed	Tobias Georgius Ghbragzer †	Titular Archbishop of Adulis
10 Jun		Appointed	John Cruise †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
12 Jun	49.3	Succeeded	Jean-François Hubert †	Bishop of Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
15 Jun	76.5	Died	Francesco Antonio Bonaventura †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
18 Jun	44.4	Selected	Karl Theodor von Dalberg †	Coadjutor Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Bishop of Worms, Germany
18 Jun		Born	Nicolás Luis Lezo y Garro †	Madrid, Spain	Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria
24 Jun	89.3	Died	Stefano dell’Oglio †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
24 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Tobias Georgius Ghbragzer †	Titular Archbishop of Adulis
26 Jun		Born	Henry Hughes, O.F.M. †	Wexford, Ireland	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gibraltar