The Year of Our Lord 1726

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Giovanni Battista Alagona †		Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Alexandre de Alexandris, C.R.S.P. †	Titular Bishop of Nabala	Vicar Apostolic of Cochin {Cocincina}, Viêt Nam
		Born	Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.S.A. †	Villa Rica	Archbishop Emeritus of Goa, India
		Appointed	Francesco Andrea Correa †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy
	58.0	Appointed	Claude-Léonce-Octavien d'Antelmy †	Bishop of Grasse, France
		Died	Gianfrancesco De' Bisleti †	Bishop of Cagli, Italy
	61.4	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Dionisio de Villavicencio, O.S.A. †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
		Born	Francesco Brunone Fazzi †	Calci	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Diego González Toro y Villalobos †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
		Born	Pierre-Joseph de Lastic-Lescure †	Saint-Flour	Bishop Emeritus of Rieux, France
		Died	Gregorio Lauri †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy
	27.3	Appointed	Claude-Louis de La Chatre †	Bishop of Agde, France
	34.0	Appointed	Jean-François de Macheco de Prémeaux †	Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans, France
		Died	Donough McCarthy †	Bishop of Cork, Ireland
	188.0	Canonized	St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
		Died	Giovan Andrea Monreale †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
		Born	Laurence Nihill, S.J. †		Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
		Died	Francesco Odierna †	Bishop of Sulmona, Italy
		Born	Francisco de São Simão, O.F.M. †	Aguda, Portugal	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
	76.0	Died	Michał Szembek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
10 Jan		Born	Santiago Palmero †	Villanueva del Campo	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
16 Jan		Born	José Sáenz Santamaría †	Muro de Cameros	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
16 Jan	55.7	Died	José Taberner (Taverner) Dárdena †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
26 Jan	64.0	Appointed	Antonius Dominikus Reichsgraf von Wolkenstein-Trostburg †	Bishop of Trento, Italy
6 Feb		Born	Urbain-René de Hercé †	Mayenne	Bishop of Dol, France
9 Feb		Born	Jean-Auguste Frétat de Sarra †	Auvergne	Bishop of Nantes, France
18 Feb		Born	Francisco Cuadrillero Mota †	Palazuelo de Vedija	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
20 Feb	42.0	Appointed	Gregorio Galindo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
	42.0	Appointed	Gregorio Galindo †	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
	71.1	Appointed	Manuel Antonio Gómez de Silva †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
	57.3	Appointed	Nicolás Carlos Gómez de Cervantes y Velázquez de la Cadena †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	64.4	Confirmed	Melchior de Polignac †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Auch, France
23 Feb	76.1	Died	Henri-Augustin Le Pileur †	Bishop Emeritus of Saintes, France
26 Feb		Born	Manuel de Santa Catarina, O.C.D. †	Braga, Portugal	Archbishop of Goa, India
2 Mar	73.2	Died	Joseph-Ignace-Jean-Baptiste de Mesgrigny †	Bishop of Grasse, France
9 Mar		Born	François Pottier, M.E.P. †	Saint-Hippolyte, France	Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen, China
19 Mar	64.4	Ordained Bishop	Melchior de Polignac †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Auch, France
20 Mar	51.6	Appointed	Christoph Ignaz von Gudenus †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
	51.6	Appointed	Christoph Ignaz von Gudenus †	Titular Bishop of Anemurium	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
	42.2	Appointed	Giulio Sabbatini, Sch. P. †	Titular Bishop of Apollonia	Bishop of Modena, Italy
24 Mar	35.2	Ordained Bishop	François-Charles de Béringhen d'Armainvilliers †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
30 Mar		Born	Roque Martín Merino †	Fuentes de D. Bermudo	Bishop of Teruel, Spain
31 Mar	66.1	Ordained Bishop	Domingo Valentín Guerra Arteaga y Leiba †	Titular Archbishop of Amida	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
31 Mar	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre Milon †	Bishop of Valence, France
Apr	24.5	Ordained Priest	Francesco Felice Alberti d’Enno †	Priest of Trento, Italy	Bishop
6 Apr	25.7	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Maria Fogliani †	Priest	Bishop of Modena, Italy
8 Apr	51.9	Appointed	Francisco Mendigaño Armendáriz †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
8 Apr	64.2	Confirmed	Antonius Dominikus Reichsgraf von Wolkenstein-Trostburg †	Bishop of Trento, Italy
12 Apr	22.6	Confirmed	Johann Theodor Herzog von Bayern †	Coadjutor Bishop of Freising, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
14 Apr	33.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean de Caulet †	Bishop of Grenoble, France
23 Apr	63.1	Died	Giulio Piazza †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title)
1 May	83.9	Died	Laurent Fieschi (de Flisco) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
1 May	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Galindo †	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
15 May	63.7	Died	Antonio Baistrocchi, O. Carm. †	Vicar Apostolic of Great Moghul (Mughals), India
27 May	71.8	Appointed	Agostino Steffani †	Vicar Apostolic of Upper and Lower Saxony (Hanover), Germany
2 Jun	26.8	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Bragadino (Bragadin) †	Priest	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
2 Jun	64.3	Ordained Bishop	Antonius Dominikus Reichsgraf von Wolkenstein-Trostburg †	Bishop of Trento, Italy
8 Jun	104.4	Died	Juan Herrera †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
10 Jun	61.4	Died	Juan de Las Peñas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
12 Jun	75.2	Died	Fabrizio Paolucci †	Secretary of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
14 Jun	50.6	Appointed	Nicolò Maria Lercari †	Secretary of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
15 Jun	25.4	Ordained Priest	Enrichetto Virginio (Raffale Francesco) Natta, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
19 Jun	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Christoph Ignaz von Gudenus †	Titular Bishop of Anemurium	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
22 Jun	63.6	Appointed	Francesco Barberini (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
28 Jun		Born	James Robert Talbot †	Isleworth	Vicar Apostolic of London District, England, Great Britain
30 Jun		Born	Juan Díaz de La Guerra †	Jerez de la Frontera	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
Jul	69.5	Died	Philibert-Charles de Pas de Feuquieres †	Bishop of Agde, France
1 Jul	38.3	Appointed	Thomaz Franciszek Czapski, O. Cist. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland	Bishop
	38.3	Appointed	Thomaz Franciszek Czapski, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Diana	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland
	61.9	Appointed	Francisco Dionisio de Villavicencio, O.S.A. †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
3 Jul	98.8	Died	Galeazzo Marescotti †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
7 Jul	23.0	Ordained Priest	Leopold Josef Hannibal Graf Petazzi de Castel Nuovo †	Priest of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Bishop
10 Jul	71.1	Died	Juan Bautista Alvarez de Toledo, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
25 Jul	55.9	Ordained Priest	Raffaele Cosimo de Girolami †	Priest	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
29 Jul	57.2	Resigned	Francesco Antonio Finy †	Bishop of Avellino-Frigento, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
31 Jul	66.4	Appointed	Filippo Antonio Gualterio †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Todi, Italy
31 Jul	40.2	Appointed	Felipe Itúrbide, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
4 Aug	22.9	Ordained Priest	Tomas Luiz da Conceição, O.A.D. †	Priest of Agostiniani Scalzi	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
10 Aug	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Felipe Itúrbide, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
8 Sep	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Agustín Rodríguez Delgado †	Bishop of Panamá	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
11 Sep	46.9	Appointed	Pedro Copóns Copóns †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
	68.3	Appointed	Pier Marcellino Corradini †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Bishop of Frascati, Italy
	73.2	Elevated to Cardinal	André-Hercule de Fleury †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus, France
	27.2	Confirmed	Philipp Ludwig Reichsgraf von Sinzendorf †	Bishop of Győr, Hungary	Cardinal, Bishop of Wrocław, Poland
18 Sep		Born	Joannes-Henricus von Frankenberg †	Gross-Glogau	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen, Belgium
19 Sep		Born	Francisco de Ibarra y Herrera †	Guayana	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
21 Sep	50.7	Appointed	Pedro del Cañizo Losa y Valera †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
21 Sep	50.7	Appointed	Pedro del Cañizo Losa y Valera †	Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
27 Sep	73.7	Died	Manuel Pérez Araciel y Rada †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
1 Oct		Born	Vincenzo Ranuzzi †	Bologna	Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
13 Oct	29.0	Ordained Priest	Johannes Christoph Ludwig Reichsgraf von Kuenburg †	Priest of Passau, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
14 Oct		Born	Karl Aloys Graf von Königsegg und Rothenfels †	Aulendorf	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
7 Nov		Born	Andrés José Barco Espinosa †	Palma del Río	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
16 Nov	74.9	Died	Philip Michael Ellis, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Segni, Italy
1 Dec	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Copóns Copóns †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
7 Dec	66.1	Resigned	Gianantonio Davia †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
9 Dec	57.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Antonio Finy †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
	63.7	Appointed	José García Fernández, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
	51.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †	In Pectore	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	51.1	Appointed	Nicolò Maria Lercari †	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
	51.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Nicolò Maria Lercari †	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
	46.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Angelo Maria Quirini (Querini), O.S.B. †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
14 Dec		Born	Franz Joseph Sigismund von Roggenbach †	Zwingen	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
21 Dec	30.2	Ordained Priest	St. Alfonso Maria de' Liguori †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
23 Dec	69.7	Died	Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Bussi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	28.2	Appointed	Michal Ignacy Kunicki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
	28.2	Appointed	Michal Ignacy Kunicki †	Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Cypro	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
26 Dec		Born	Federico Maria Giovanelli †		Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

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