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The Year of Our Lord 1797

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknown24.8Ordained PriestJosé Buenaventura Arias BergaraPriestVicar Apostolic of Mérida, Venezuela
60.7Selected[Matthieu Asselin]Bishop of [Pas-de-Calais (Constitutional), France]Bishop Emeritus
79.6DiedBonaventura CalcagniniBishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
BornEfisio CasulaFormer Bishop-Elect of Alghero, Italy
29.6Ordained PriestPierre-Michel-Marie DoublePriestBishop of Tarbes, France
49.8CeasedGiovanni Filippo Gallarati ScottiApostolic Nuncio to Venice, ItalyCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
BornGeorges Hurmuz, C.M.V. †Abbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia
26.0Ordained PriestJames MagauranPriestBishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
36.0Ordained PriestRamón Ignacio MéndezPriestArchbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
22.2Ordained PriestGiuseppe Gasparo MezzofantiPriestCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
27.4Ordained PriestJohann Theodor van der NootPriest of Trier, GermanyVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Luxembourg
BornPaolo Sardi, O.F.M. Conv. †Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) of Moldavia
25.2Ordained PriestFilip Felicjan Szumborski, O.S.B.M. †Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)Bishop of Chełm (Ukrainian), Poland
BornJózef TwarowskiAuxiliary Bishop of Janów Podlaski (Podlaska o Janów), Poland
57.2DiedAngelo Maria (Giuseppe Caesar Augustus) Vassalli, O.S.B. †Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
73.4DiedFrancesco Saverio de VivoBishop of Nusco, Italy
10 Jan50.7AppointedThomas HusseyBishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
14 Jan69.9Died[Pierre-Anastase Torné]Bishop Emeritus of [Cher (Constitutional), France]
18 JanBornJuan Alfonso Albuquerque BeriónBishop of Córdoba, Spain
21 JanBornAuguste Allou (Alloux)Bishop of Meaux, France
1 Feb75.5DiedFerdynand Onufry KickiArchbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
2 Feb51.0DiedMikeli Kryezezi (Criesesi)Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
8 Feb80.4DiedAlonso de Solís Marroquín y Gragera, O.S. †Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
9 Feb50.1AppointedCharles O’DonnellCoadjutor Bishop of Derry, IrelandBishop
50.1AppointedCharles O’DonnellTitular Bishop of CapsusBishop of Derry, Ireland
11 FebBornAntonio Herrán y ZaldúaArchbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
40.9AppointedLorenzo LittaApostolic Nuncio to Russian FederationCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Residence of Bishops
12 FebBornJohn Timon, C.M. †Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
13 Feb64.9DiedGiuseppe RossiTitular Archbishop of Nicosia
14 Feb65.9AppointedMarcello Cortenovis, B. †Vicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù, Myanmar
65.9AppointedMarcello Cortenovis, B. †Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in ArmeniaVicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù, Myanmar
51.1AppointedLuigi Grondona, B. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù, Myanmar
51.1AppointedLuigi Grondona, B. †Titular Bishop of CalydonCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù, Myanmar
15 FebBornEtienne Jean François Le HerpeurBishop of Martinique (Fort-de-France e Saint Pierre), Antilles
18 FebBornPietro Antonio GaribaldiApostolic Nuncio to France
19 Feb76.1DiedJerónimo Rogado do Carvalhal e SilvaBishop of Guarda, Portugal
22 Feb80.1DiedJoseph-Dominique de CheylusBishop of Bayeux, France
25 Feb79.4Selected[Augustin-Jean-Charles Clément]Bishop of [Seine-et-Oise (Constitutional), France]Bishop Emeritus
26 Feb50.9Ordained BishopThomas HusseyBishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
75.9DiedDamian August Philipp Karl von Limburg-StyrumBishop of Speyer, Germany
1 Mar73.7DiedFranz de Paula Xaver Ludwig Jakob von BreunerBishop of Chiemsee, Germany
3 Mar61.8AppointedVincenzo Labini, O.S.Io.Hieros. †Titular Archbishop of RhodusBishop of Malta
10 Mar65.3AppointedCarlo Luigi Buronzo del SignoreApostolic Administrator of Torino {Turin}, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
12 Mar79.5Ordained Bishop[Augustin-Jean-Charles Clément]Bishop of [Seine-et-Oise (Constitutional), France]Bishop Emeritus
16 Mar45.3AppointedGiuseppe Maria Doria PamphiljSecretary of the Secretariat of StateCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
45.3AppointedGiuseppe Maria Doria PamphiljPrefect of the Congregation of the Sacred ConsultaCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
18 Mar65.5ResignedIgnazio BuscaSecretary of StateCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli
19 MarBornJean-Baptiste Boucho, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Malacca-Singapore
69.4Ordained BishopFrancisco MatienzoBishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
23 Mar71.0DiedFrancisco Cuadrillero MotaBishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
BornManoel de Monte Rodrigues de AraújoBishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
28 MarBornAnnibale-Raffaele Montalcini, C.SS.R. †Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
30 Mar42.6SelectedBernardo Bernardino Beltrão FreireBishop of Pinhel, Portugal
50.8SelectedJosé António Pinto de Mendonça ArraisBishop of Guarda, Portugal
1 Apr27.3Ordained PriestThomas GillowPriest of Northern District, England, Great Britain
24.0Ordained PriestKyran MarumPriest of Ossory, IrelandBishop
25.0Ordained PriestThomas PenswickPriest of Northern District, England, Great BritainVicar Apostolic
24.0Ordained PriestGiovanni Battista TomasuoloPriestBishop Emeritus of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy
42.5AppointedSigmund Christoph von Waldburg-Zeil-TrauchburgBishop of Chiemsee, GermanyBishop Emeritus
3 Apr68.8DiedJuan Francisco Armada AraujoBishop of Huesca, Spain
7 Apr42.6Ordained BishopSigmund Christoph von Waldburg-Zeil-TrauchburgBishop of Chiemsee, GermanyBishop Emeritus
8 Apr75.7DiedSalvatore Ventimiglia, C.O. †Bishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
15 Apr23.0Ordained PriestJohann Wilhelm BauschPriest of Trier, GermanyBishop of Limburg, Germany
23.6Ordained PriestJohann Georg Maria Lorenz BossiPriest of Chur-Sankt Gallen, SwitzerlandBishop
22.0Ordained DeaconVitaliano ProvenzanoDeacon of Catanzaro, ItalyAuxiliary Bishop
22 Apr58.1SelectedPhilipp Franz Wilderich Nepomuk von WalderdorfBishop of Speyer, Germany
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