The Year of Our Lord 1728

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	25.8	Ordained Priest	Pedro Albornoz Tapia †	Priest	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
		Born	John Carpenter †		Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
		Born	François de Clugny †		Bishop of Riez, France
		Born	Anthony Coyle †		Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
		Ordained Bishop	Joseph V Dergham El-Khazen †	Titular Bishop	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	628.0	Canonized	St. Evermod , O. Praem. †	Bishop of Ratzeburg, Germany
	58.6	Appointed	Francesco Antonio Finy †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	58.6	Resigned	Francesco Antonio Finy †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	71.0	Died	Georgius Gyllany †	Bishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia
	76.0	Died	Peter Karagić, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Skopje, North Macedonia
	62.0	Died	Terence MacMahon (McMahon) †	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
	52.0	Converted	Dionysios Mondinòs †	Bishop of Milo
	81.0	Died	Patrick O’Donnelly †	Bishop Emeritus of Dromore, Ireland
	48.4	Died	Carlo Pignatelli †	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope
		Born	Simon Quinn †		Coadjutor Bishop of Cloyne and Ross, Ireland
	64.5	Resigned	François Louis Sanguessa, O.F.M. Rec. †	Vicar Apostolic of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
		Born	Giovanni Battista Simon †		Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
		Born	Lorenzo Suarez de Cantillana †		Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)
		Died	János Uski †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
Jan	22.9	Ordained Deacon	Fabian Franziszek Pląskowski †	Deacon of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
Jan	64.0	Died	Salvatore Ruyu †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
1 Jan	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Bortone †	Titular Bishop of Diospolis in Thracia
1 Jan		Born	Manel María Trujillo Jurado, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop Emeritus of Albarracin, Spain
3 Jan		Died	Basile Abd al-Ahad †	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
7 Jan	41.6	Resigned	Felipe Itúrbide (Yturibe), O. Carm. †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
17 Jan	37.9	Appointed	Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
18 Jan	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Józef Olszański †	Titular Bishop of Serra	Auxiliary Bishop of Chełm, Poland
22 Jan	73.0	Died	Henri du Puget †	Bishop of Digne, France
22 Jan	58.8	Died	Pietro Priuli †	Cardinal, Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
25 Jan	71.0	Died	José Pérez de Lanciego Eguiluz y Mirafuentes, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
26 Jan	64.5	Appointed	Jacinto Arana Cuesta †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
	41.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Ariberti, C.O. †	Titular Archbishop of Palmyra
	42.9	Appointed	Amand von Buseck, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany	Bishop
	42.9	Appointed	Amand von Buseck, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Themiscyra	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	59.2	Appointed	Carlo Cosenza †	Titular Bishop of Lete	Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
	58.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Antonio Finy †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
	52.3	Appointed	Angelo Franchi, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
	39.0	Confirmed	Paul-Alexandre de Guénet †	Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France
	44.7	Appointed	Antonio Alejandro Sarmiento Sotomayor, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
	49.0	Confirmed	Sigismund Felix von Schrattenbach †	Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
28 Jan		Appointed	Pedro Alcántara de la Santísima Trinidad, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Great Mogul (Mughals), India
28 Jan		Appointed	Pedro Alcántara de la Santísima Trinidad, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Areopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Great Mogul (Mughals), India
29 Jan	47.4	Appointed	St. Pedro Sanz y Jordá, O.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fukien (Kuiceu), China	Vicar Apostolic
29 Jan	47.4	Appointed	St. Pedro Sanz y Jordá, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Mauricastro	Vicar Apostolic of Fukien (Kuiceu), China
Feb	85.0	Died	Antonio Fonseca †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
Feb	71.4	Died	Bernardino Egidio Recchi †	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy
1 Feb	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Franchi, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
2 Feb		Born	Josef Winterl, S.J. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
3 Feb		Born	Carlo d’Ambrosio †		Bishop of Larino, Italy
7 Feb	69.2	Died	Niccolò Caracciolo †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
7 Feb	23.0	Ordained Priest	Fabian Franziszek Pląskowski †	Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
12 Feb	73.5	Died	Agostino Steffani †	Vicar Apostolic of Upper and Lower Saxony (Hanover, Northern Germany), Germany
15 Feb	40.1	Ordained Priest	Fortunato Bisleti †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Cisamus
	59.3	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Cosenza †	Titular Bishop of Lete	Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
	46.6	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Spínola †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
18 Feb	57.1	Selected	Jean d’Yse (d’Ize) de Saléon †	Bishop of Digne, France	Archbishop of Vienne, France
18 Feb	31.1	Selected	Étienne-René Potier de Gesvres †	Bishop of Beauvais, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
19 Feb	30.7	Ordained Deacon	Francesco Scipione Maria Borghese †	Deacon	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
21 Feb	24.2	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Jacobini †	Priest	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
21 Feb	24.3	Ordained Priest	Antonio Nogueira †	Priest	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
22 Feb	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Ariberti, C.O. †	Titular Archbishop of Palmyra
22 Feb	24.0	Ordained Priest	Antonio Spedalieri †	Priest	Bishop of Bova, Italy
25 Feb		Born	Alfonso Airoldi †		Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
	30.7	Ordained Priest	Francesco Scipione Maria Borghese †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Sigismund Felix von Schrattenbach †	Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
28 Feb		Born	Simone de Magistris, C.O. †		Titular Bishop of Cyrene
29 Feb	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Sebastián Lorenzo Pizarro, O.S.Bas. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
Mar	84.5	Died	Francesco Antonio Punzi †	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia), Italy
Mar	65.9	Died	Doymus Zeni †	Bishop of Arbe (Rab), Croatia
1 Mar	42.1	Selected	Atanasiy (Atanasij) Sheptytskyi (Šeptycki) †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop
3 Mar	66.3	Resigned	Gregorio Lauri †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
7 Mar	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Juraj Branjug †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
	65.1	Died	Muzio Gaeta (Sr.) †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Alexandre de Guénet †	Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France
	44.0	Ordained Priest	Lazzaro Sangiovanni †	Priest	Bishop of Bitetto, Italy
8 Mar	51.5	Appointed	Pedro Ayala, O.P. †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	30.8	Appointed	Francesco Scipione Maria Borghese †	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	43.3	Appointed	Paul Alpheran de Bussan, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta
	58.8	Installed	Francesco Antonio Finy †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
	57.4	Appointed	Raffaele Cosimo de’ Girolami †	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	68.0	Appointed	Domingo Valentín Guerra Arteaga y Leiba †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Segovia, Spain	Bishop
	37.6	Appointed	Paolo Tommaso Marana, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	37.6	Appointed	Mondilio Orsini, C.O. †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	52.6	Appointed	Cristoforo Palmieri †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy
	47.9	Appointed	Angelo Maria (Gerolamo) Quirini (Querini), O.S.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	41.1	Confirmed	Gregorius Sorger †	Bishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia	Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania
	41.1	Confirmed	Louis-François de Vivet de Montclus †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France	Bishop of Alès (Alais), France
		Appointed	José del Yermo Santibáñez †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
13 Mar	57.8	Selected	Antonio Bianchi di Gennaro, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
	22.0	Ordained Deacon	Johann Adam Buckel †	Deacon of Würzburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph-Nicolas Deschamps de Chaumont †	Priest	Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
	45.2	Selected	Gennaro Fortunato †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
	23.8	Ordained Deacon	Franz Xaver Anton Marxer †	Deacon of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop
14 Mar	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Paul Alpheran de Bussan, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta
	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
	37.6	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Tommaso Marana, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Cristoforo Palmieri †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy
17 Mar	52.1	Died	João de Sousa de Castelo-Branco †	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
19 Mar	46.2	Installed	Juraj Branjug †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
20 Mar	77.4	Died	Ulisse Giuseppe Gozzadini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Imola, Italy
22 Mar	64.0	Died	Lucas Conejero de Molina †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
27 Mar	37.1	Selected	Jacques-Charles-Alexandre Lallemant †	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
	44.4	Selected	Pierre-Guillaume de La Vieuxville †	Bishop of Bayonne, France
		Born	José Maria Pérez Armendáriz †		Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
29 Mar	16.0	Professed	Gabriele Maria (Giuseppe Pietro) di Blasi e Gambacorta, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
30 Mar	30.8	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Scipione Maria Borghese †	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Apr	47.1	Appointed	Antonio Saverio Gentili †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Prefect
Apr	24.2	Ordained Priest	Iraklij (Herakliusz) Lisanski (Lisanskyj), O.S.B.M. †	Priest	Bishop of Smoleńsk (Ukrainian), Russian Federation
4 Apr	54.0	Ordained Bishop	José Flores Osorio †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
4 Apr	90.2	Died	Athanasius Safar †	Bishop of Mardin (Syrian), Turkey
6 Apr	18.0	Professed	Joannes Dominicus (Michael Antonius) Chiavassa, O.C.D. †	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Vicar Apostolic of Great Mogul (Mughals), India
10 Apr	45.5	Resigned	François-Honoré de Beauvillier de Saint-Aignan †	Bishop of Beauvais, France	Bishop Emeritus
11 Apr	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Raffaele Cosimo de’ Girolami †	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
11 Apr	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Alejandro Sarmiento Sotomayor, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
12 Apr	55.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Accoramboni †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Imola, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	43.0	Appointed	Ferdinando Agostino Bernabei, O.P. †	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	51.9	Appointed	Joseph Heinrich von Braitenbücher †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	51.9	Appointed	Joseph Heinrich von Braitenbücher †	Titular Bishop of Antigonea	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
		Born	[Michel-Joseph Dufraisse] †		Bishop Emeritus of [Cher (Constitutional), France]
	31.9	Appointed	Hyacinthe Le Blanc, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Ioppe
		Born	Saverio Marini †		Bishop of Rieti, Italy
	37.1	Appointed	Placido Pezzancheri, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
	54.3	Appointed	Leandro di Porzia (Porcia), O.S.B. †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	57.0	Appointed	Pier Secondo Radicati de Cocconato †	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	63.5	Appointed	Angelico da Napoli Viglini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
	70.2	Appointed	Baltazar Wilksycki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	70.2	Appointed	Baltazar Wilksycki †	Titular Bishop of Eucarpia	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
17 Apr	68.2	Died	Angel de Maldonado, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
18 Apr	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Jacinto Arana Cuesta †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinando Agostino Bernabei, O.P. †	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	31.9	Ordained Bishop	Hyacinthe Le Blanc, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Ioppe
	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan Francisco Navarro Salvador y Gilabert †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
	63.5	Ordained Bishop	Angelico da Napoli Viglini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
21 Apr	68.0	Died	Filippo Antonio Gualtieri †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Todi, Italy
23 Apr	65.3	Resigned	Ennemond-Flodoard Moret de Bourchenu †	Bishop of Vence, France	Bishop Emeritus
24 Apr	57.9	Confirmed	Antonio Bianchi di Gennaro, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
	53.5	Appointed	Francesco Caracciolo, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
	46.2	Appointed	Miguel Bernardino de la Fuenta y Rojas †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
	59.3	Appointed	Lodovico Pico Della Mirandola †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	31.3	Confirmed	Étienne-René Potier de Gesvres †	Bishop of Beauvais, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	57.9	Confirmed	Jean-Baptiste Surian †	Bishop of Vence, France
25 Apr	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Caracciolo, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
29 Apr	63.6	Appointed	Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti, O.P. †	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto
30 Apr	56.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Marco Antonio Ansidei †	Cardinal, Bishop of Perugia, Italy
	60.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Banchieri †	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	45.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Collicola †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli)
	63.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti, O.P. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto
	53.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	54.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Leandro di Porzia (Porcia), O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Bergamo, Italy
	73.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Gregorio Selleri, O.P. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agostino

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