The Year of Our Lord 1797

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	41.3	Appointed	Cesare Brancadoro †	Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
	79.7	Died	Bonaventura Calcagnini †	Bishop of Penne-Atri, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Corti †	Pomerio	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
	29.6	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Michel-Marie Double †	Priest	Bishop of Tarbes, France
	16.2	Professed	Franz Laurenz Mauermann, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Vicar Apostolic of Foreign Diocese
	22.0	Ordained Priest	Ramón Ignacio Méndez †	Priest	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	22.3	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Gasparo Mezzofanti †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio
	27.4	Ordained Priest	Johann Theodor van der Noot †	Priest of Trier, Germany	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Luxembourg
		Born	Basilio Popovies †	Komjath	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
	67.1	Died	Giuseppe Domenico Porqueddu †	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy
		Born	James Sharples †		Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lancashire District, England, Great Britain
	84.3	Died	Michele Tafuri †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy
		Born	Józef Twarowski †	Brzezńica	Auxiliary Bishop of Podlachia o Janów, Poland
	57.2	Died	Angelo Maria Vassalli, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
	73.5	Died	Francesco Saverio De Vivo †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
Jan	52.0	Appointed	Thomas Hussey †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
11 Jan		Appointed	Charles O’Donnell †	Coadjutor Bishop of Derry, Ireland	Bishop
11 Jan		Appointed	Charles O’Donnell †	Titular Bishop of Capsus	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
18 Jan		Born	Juan Alfonso Albuquerque Berión †	Aguilas	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
21 Jan		Born	Auguste Allou (Alloux) †	Provins	Bishop of Meaux, France
1 Feb	75.6	Died	Ferdynand Onufry Kicki †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
2 Feb		Died	Michael Criesesi †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
8 Feb	80.4	Died	Alonso de Solís Marroquín y Gragera, O.S. †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
11 Feb		Born	Antonio Herrán y Zaldúa †	Honda	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
11 Feb	41.0	Appointed	Lorenzo Litta †	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
12 Feb		Born	John Timon, C.M. †	Conewago, PA	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
14 Feb		Appointed	Marcello Cortenovis, B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù, Myanmar
		Appointed	Marcello Cortenovis, B. †	Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia	Vicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù, Myanmar
		Appointed	Luigi Grondona, B. †	Titular Bishop of Calydon
15 Feb		Born	Etienne Jean François Le Herpeur †	Bayeux, France	Bishop of Martinique (Fort-de-France e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles
19 Feb	76.2	Died	Jerónimo Rogado de Carvalhal e Silva †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
22 Feb	80.1	Died	Joseph-Dominique de Cheylus †	Bishop of Bayeux, France
26 Feb	75.9	Died	Damian August Philipp Karl von Limburg-Styrum †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
1 Mar	73.8	Died	Franz de Paula Xaver Ludwig Jakob von Breuner †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
3 Mar	61.8	Appointed	Vincenzo Labini, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Titular Archbishop of Rhodus	Bishop of Malta
10 Mar	65.4	Appointed	Carlo Luigi Buronzo del Signore †	Apostolic Administrator of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
15 Mar	65.5	Resigned	Ignazio Busca †	Secretary of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the College of Cardinals
19 Mar		Born	Jean-Baptiste Boucho, M.E.P. †	Athos-Aspis, France	Vicar Apostolic of Malacca-Singapore
23 Mar	71.1	Died	Francisco Cuadrillero Mota †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
23 Mar		Born	Manoel de Monte Rodrigues de Araújo †	Recife	Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
28 Mar		Born	Annibale-Raffaele Montalcini, C.SS.R. †	Crotone	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
1 Apr	25.1	Ordained Priest	Thomas Penswick †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
1 Apr	42.6	Appointed	Sigmund Christoph von Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
3 Apr	68.8	Died	Juan Francisco Armada Araujo †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
7 Apr	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Sigmund Christoph von Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
8 Apr	75.7	Died	Salvatore Ventimiglia, C.O. †	Bishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
15 Apr	23.1	Ordained Priest	Johann Wilhelm Bausch †	Priest of Trier, Germany	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
15 Apr	23.7	Ordained Priest	Johann Georg Bossi †	Priest of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop of Chur-Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
22 Apr	58.1	Selected	Philipp Franz Wilderich Nepomuk von Walderdorf †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
8 May		Born	Giacomo Luigi Brignole †	Genoa	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
14 May	59.0	Resigned	Louis Charrier de La Roche †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese	Bishop of Versailles, France
17 May	68.2	Died	Juan Antonio Gallego y Orbigo, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
Jun	79.4	Died	François-d’Etienne de Saint-Jean de Prunières †	Bishop of Grasse, France
10 Jun	24.1	Ordained Priest	Ugolino Carlini †	Priest	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
10 Jun	23.1	Ordained Priest	Johann Baptist Judas Thaddeus von Keller †	Priest of Rottenburg, Germany	Bishop
13 Jun		Born	Anton Fiałkowski †	Lepe	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
16 Jun	29.3	Ordained Priest	Godehard Joseph Osthaus †	Priest of Hildesheim, Germany	Bishop
24 Jun	69.8	Died	Eustaquio Azara, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
24 Jun		Born	John Joseph Hughes †	Annaloghan, Ireland	Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
26 Jun		Born	Charles-Nicolas-Pierre Didiot †	Esnes-en-Argonne	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
26 Jun	49.7	Died	Michal Mateusz Stadnicki, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese
29 Jun		Born	Ireneus Frederic Baraga †	Mala Vas, Austria	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie-Marquette, Michigan, USA