The Year of Our Lord 1755

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	22.8	Ordained Priest	Jean-de-Dieu-Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tours, France
	56.2	Resigned	Ignazio Michele Crivelli †	Superior of Batavia (Holland Mission), Netherlands	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia
		Appointed	Tobie El-Khazen †	Bishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	88.6	Died	Luigi Forni †	Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia, Italy
	60.1	Died	Santo d’Inzillo †	Titular Bishop of Mylasa
		Appointed	Basile Jelghaf †	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
		Appointed	Paul Leonian †	Bishop
		Ordained Bishop	Paul Leonian †	Bishop
	39.3	Appointed	Giovanni Carlo Molinari †	Superior of Batavia (Holland Mission), Netherlands	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
	31.9	Ordained Priest	Juan Manuel Moscoso y Peralta †	Priest of Lima, Peru	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	50.0	Died	Juan Pablo de Olmedo †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
		Born	Giovanni Philip Paroni, O.F.M. Conv. †		Vicar Apostolic of Moldavia
		Appointed	Jean de Smyrne †	Bishop of Amida (Diarbekir) (Armenian), Turkey
		Ordained Bishop	Jean de Smyrne †	Bishop of Amida (Diarbekir) (Armenian), Turkey
Jan	72.4	Appointed	Francesco Landi Pietra †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Index	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
5 Jan	58.8	Died	Anton Felix Ciurletti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
5 Jan	22.8	Ordained Priest	Giulio (Giovanni Michele) Pignatelli, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
6 Jan	74.7	Died	Angelo Maria (Gerolamo) Quirini (Querini), O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
7 Jan	46.8	Selected	Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
8 Jan	75.9	Died	Francesco Ricci †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
8 Jan	75.0	Died	Ottavio Ringhieri †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
12 Jan		Born	Jean-François Martin de Boisville †		Bishop of Dijon, France
	42.2	Ordained Bishop	François-Joseph de Brunes de Monlouet †	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France
		Born	José Higinio Durán y Martel, O. de M. †		Bishop of Panamá
	23.1	Ordained Deacon	József Petheö †	Deacon of Pécs, Hungary	Auxiliary Bishop
16 Jan	42.9	Resigned	Agatino Maria Reggio Statella †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jan	75.2	Died	Franciszek Antoni Kobielski †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
19 Jan	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Marie de Quélen †	Titular Bishop of Bethleem
19 Jan	22.8	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Domenico Straticò, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
20 Jan		Born	Gregorio Hermida y Gamba (Camba) †		Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
22 Jan	41.3	Appointed	Pierre Brigot, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand	Superior of Karnatic Mission / Pondicherry, India
	41.3	Appointed	Pierre Brigot, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Thabraca	Superior of Karnatic Mission / Pondicherry, India
	72.1	Appointed	Domenico Silvio Passionei †	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
	72.1	Appointed	Domenico Silvio Passionei †	Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
25 Jan		Born	Paolo Bartoli †		Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
28 Jan		Born	Nicola Serarcangeli †		Bishop of Fano, Italy
29 Jan		Born	Giovanni Battista Bussi †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
29 Jan	77.0	Died	Amador Merino y Malaguillas †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
2 Feb		Born	Nicolo Navoni †		Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Franciszek Kandyd Ossoliński, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine
	35.4	Ordained Deacon	Andrea Spana †	Deacon	Bishop of Segni, Italy
6 Feb	46.2	Selected	Johann Baptist Anton von Federspiel †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
7 Feb	64.5	Died	Paolo Tommaso Marana, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
8 Feb	74.0	Died	Niccolò Paolo Andrea Coscia †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
8 Feb		Born	Raffaele Longobardi †		Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
9 Feb	35.4	Ordained Priest	Andrea Spana †	Priest	Bishop of Segni, Italy
13 Feb	46.8	Resigned	Innocenzo Gorgoni, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
16 Feb	89.4	Died	Giuseppe Antonio Davanzati †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy
17 Feb	58.4	Appointed	Jacinto Aguado y Chacón †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru	Bishop of Osma, Spain
	42.7	Appointed	Carlo Giuseppe Capra †	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
	37.4	Confirmed	Francesco Agostino della Chiesa †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
	46.8	Appointed	Innocenzo Gorgoni, O.S.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Hemesa	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
	34.3	Confirmed	Jacques de Grasse †	Bishop of Vence, France	Bishop of Angers, France
	45.6	Confirmed	Filippo Mazzetti †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
	49.8	Appointed	Giovanni Molino †	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	72.2	Appointed	Domenico Silvio Passionei †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
	56.1	Confirmed	Pierre-Annet de Pérouse †	Bishop of Gap, France
	51.3	Confirmed	Giuseppe Antonio de Requeséns, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
	61.9	Appointed	Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	42.9	Appointed	Agatino Maria Reggio Statella †	Titular Archbishop of Iconium	Bishop Emeritus of Cefalù, Italy
18 Feb		Born	Kajetan Augustyn Warteresiewicz †		Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
21 Feb	48.6	Appointed	James Grant †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain	Vicar Apostolic
21 Feb	48.6	Appointed	James Grant †	Titular Bishop of Sinitis	Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
22 Feb	25.9	Ordained Deacon	Józef Korytowski †	Deacon	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
22 Feb	22.7	Ordained Deacon	Ladislaus Luzénszky †	Deacon	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
23 Feb	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Giuseppe Capra †	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
	37.4	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Agostino della Chiesa †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Mazzetti †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Antonio de Requeséns, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
28 Feb		Born	Santiago Hernández Milanés †		Bishop of Mérida, Venezuela
1 Mar		Born	Binkentios Coressi †		Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey
9 Mar	60.1	Died	Juan Ladrón de Guevara, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
9 Mar	74.3	Died	Felix Solazzo Castriotta †	Bishop Emeritus of Bisignano, Italy
13 Mar	43.4	Selected	Antoni Erazm Wołłowicz †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
15 Mar	22.9	Ordained Deacon	Jerzy Pawłowski †	Deacon	Auxiliary Bishop of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten, Poland
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Rivellini †	Priest	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Rossi †	Priest	Titular Archbishop of Nicosia
	22.6	Ordained Deacon	Johann Andreas Seelmann †	Deacon of Bamberg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Andrea Serrao †	Priest	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
	26.3	Ordained Priest	André Teixeira Palha †	Priest	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
16 Mar	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Annet de Pérouse †	Bishop of Gap, France
16 Mar	25.3	Ordained Priest	Cayetano Velozo, O.F.M. Ref. †	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
17 Mar	47.4	Confirmed	Antoine Clériade de Choiseul-Beaupré †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
	67.0	Appointed	Thomas Fabiani †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
	47.9	Appointed	Gaetano Galbato †	Auxiliary Bishop of Messina, Italy
	47.9	Appointed	Gaetano Galbato †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop of Messina, Italy
	49.5	Appointed	Jacopo Gaetano Nicolò Inghirami †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
	41.0	Appointed	Pietro Paolo Leonardi †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	46.6	Appointed	Apollinare Peruzzini, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
	47.0	Confirmed	Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
	53.2	Appointed	Niccola Sermattei †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
19 Mar	67.1	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Fabiani †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
19 Mar	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Niccola Sermattei †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
20 Mar	56.4	Selected	Domenico Andrea Cavalcanti, C.R. †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy
23 Mar	34.4	Ordained Bishop	Jacques de Grasse †	Bishop of Vence, France	Bishop of Angers, France
23 Mar	65.5	Died	Michele di Palma †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
29 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Palica, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy
29 Mar	32.9	Ordained Priest	Konstanty Leon Sosnowski, O.S.P.P.E. †	Priest of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten, Poland
31 Mar	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Jacopo Gaetano Nicolò Inghirami †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Apollinare Peruzzini, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
	23.3	Ordained Priest	József Petheö †	Priest of Pécs, Hungary	Auxiliary Bishop
1 Apr	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Molino †	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
4 Apr		Born	Alessandro Maria Pagani †		Bishop of Lodi, Italy
11 Apr		Born	Luigi Antonio Arrighi de Casanova †		Bishop of Acqui, Italy
13 Apr	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Asensio Sales †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
17 Apr	63.8	Died	Giovanni Girolamo Gravina, C.R. †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
19 Apr	66.2	Died	Sandor Máriási (Máriássy) †	Bishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia
20 Apr	80.3	Died	Anthony O’Donnell, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
23 Apr	26.0	Ordained Priest	Józef Korytowski †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
23 Apr	25.8	Ordained Deacon	Antoni Onufry Okęcki †	Deacon	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
26 Apr	58.9	Died	Hyacinthe Le Blanc, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Ioppe
29 Apr		Born	Stanislao Lucchesi †		Bishop of Foligno, Italy
30 Apr		Born	Charles Montault des Isles †		Bishop of Angers, France
4 May		Born	Samuel Cyryl Stefanowicz †		Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
8 May	23.3	Ordained Priest	Domenico Arcaroli †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Vieste, Italy
9 May		Born	Pierre-Marin Rouph de Varicourt †		Bishop of Orléans, France
12 May	65.2	Appointed	Ludovico Agnello Anastasio †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
	56.5	Confirmed	Domenico Andrea Cavalcanti, C.R. †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy
	53.3	Appointed	Isidro Alfonso Cavanillas †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Zamora, Spain	Bishop
	38.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Ippoliti †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
	59.9	Appointed	Diego Manola †	Bishop of Trogir (Traù), Croatia
	57.1	Confirmed	István Pucz †	Bishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
	43.6	Confirmed	Antoni Erazm Wołłowicz †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
16 May	77.1	Died	Zdenko Georg Chrzepíczky von Modliskovic †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
18 May	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Andrea Cavalcanti, C.R. †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy
19 May	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Diego Manola †	Bishop of Trogir (Traù), Croatia
19 May	25.9	Ordained Priest	Antoni Onufry Okęcki †	Priest	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
20 May	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Ippoliti †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
22 May		Born	Filippo Ambrosi †		Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
22 May	64.0	Selected	Andrea Lucchesi Palli †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
24 May	23.1	Ordained Priest	Filippo d’Aprile †	Priest	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Vitale Giuseppe de’ Buoi †	Priest	Bishop of Faenza, Italy
	46.6	Ordained Priest	Nicola Gagliardi †	Priest	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Domenico de Iorio (Jorio) †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Samaria
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph de Montfalcon du Cénole †	Priest	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Jerzy Pawłowski †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten, Poland
	30.4	Ordained Priest	Peter Michael Vigil von Thun und Hohenstein †	Priest of Trento, Italy	Bishop
25 May	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Clériade de Choiseul-Beaupré †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
		Born	Stefano d’Elia †		Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum
	21.9	Ordained Priest	Beat (Marzell) Küttel von Gersau, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
28 May	64.9	Died	Pedro José Manuel Martínez de Arizala, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
1 Jun	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Paolo Leonardi †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
4 Jun	84.4	Died	Henri-François-Xavier de Belzunce de Castelmoron †	Bishop of Marseille, France
5 Jun	46.9	Selected	Gioacchino Castello †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
8 Jun	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Antoni Erazm Wołłowicz †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
9 Jun		Born	Primo Feliciano Marín y Porras, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
15 Jun	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
15 Jun	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Johann Philipp von Walderdorff †	Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters)	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
18 Jun	75.4	Died	Gioacchino Besozzi, O. Cist. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
18 Jun		Born	Jan Nepomucen Kossakowski †		Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
21 Jun	72.2	Died	Claude Bouhier †	Bishop of Dijon, France
21 Jun	57.5	Appointed	Antonio Andrea Galli, C.R.SS.S. †	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
22 Jun	45.7	Selected	Jean-Baptiste de Belloy-Morangle †	Bishop of Marseille, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
22 Jun	41.8	Died	Marco Antonio Piacentini, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Ispahan, Iran
27 Jun		Selected	Nathan O’Donnell †	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
29 Jun	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Bavestrelli †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece	Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey
	34.1	Selected	Gaspard de Tressemanes de Brunet †	Bishop of Glandèves, France	Bishop Emeritus
	34.0	Selected	Claude-Marc-Antoine d’Apchon de Corgenon †	Bishop of Dijon, France	Archbishop of Auch, France

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