The Year of Our Lord 1748

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	69.3	Died	Nicola Michele Abati (Abbate) †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
		Born	Charles Berington †	Stock Hall	Vicar Apostolic of Midland District, England, Great Britain
	16.0	Professed	Joaquín Company Soler, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
		Born	Henry Conwell †	Ballyriff, Ireland	Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
		Died	Patrick French, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Gaspard-Augustin Laurent de Sainte-Agnès, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
		Died	Basilio Matranga, O.S.B.M. †	Archbishop of Achrida (Ochrida), Bulgaria
		Born	Gabriel-Melchior de Messey †	Langres	Bishop of Valence, France
	59.0	Died	Simon Negri †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
		Born	Nicolaos Timoni †	Chios	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
1 Jan	72.6	Died	Giovanni Costantino Falletti †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
7 Jan	52.2	Died	Francesco Antonio Cavalcanti, C.R. †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
10 Jan	47.0	Confirmed	John O’Brien †	Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
	47.0	Confirmed	John O’Brien †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
		Confirmed	Richard Walsh †	Bishop of Cork, Ireland
14 Jan	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Pál Štefan Forgách †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
20 Jan	54.6	Installed	Pedro Felipe de Azúa e Iturgoyen †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Jan	50.3	Appointed	Francisco Cuartero Lumbreras †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
21 Jan	54.6	Installed	Pedro Miguel Argandoña Pastene Salazar †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
22 Jan	70.1	Died	Raimondo Pecchioli, O.P. †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
24 Jan	78.0	Died	Joseph-Louis de Cahorne de La Palun †	Bishop of Vaison, France
29 Jan	56.4	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Baratta, C.O. †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
	36.8	Appointed	Pasquale Teodoro Basta †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
	52.1	Confirmed	Jean-Marie de Catelan †	Bishop of Rieux, France
	51.7	Appointed	Ferdinando Mandarani †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
	49.0	Appointed	Benito Marín, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
	33.8	Appointed	Domenico Morelli †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	44.6	Appointed	Manuel José Rubio y Salinas †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
31 Jan	43.6	Died	Josephus Łaszcz †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine
Feb	75.1	Retired	Gaspard de La Valette de Thomas †	Bishop of Autun, France	Bishop Emeritus
4 Feb	36.8	Ordained Bishop	Pasquale Teodoro Basta †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
4 Feb	33.8	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Morelli †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
5 Feb		Born	João António Binet Pincio †	Lisbon	Bishop Emeritus of Lamego, Portugal
8 Feb	73.3	Resigned	Sergius Pola †	Titular Bishop of Famagusta
10 Feb		Born	Jean-Joseph-Victor de Castellane-Adhémar †	Marseille	Bishop of Senez, France
14 Feb	58.3	Died	Georges-Lazare Berger de Charancy †	Bishop of Montpellier, France
17 Feb	71.6	Resigned	Pietro Agostino Scorza (Scortia) †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Feb	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Baratta, C.O. †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
18 Feb		Born	Francisco Javier Mier y Campillo †	Alles de Peñamellera	Bishop Emeritus of Almería, Spain
19 Feb	50.3	Appointed	Nicola Cioffi †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
	57.2	Appointed	José Alfonso Meléndez, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	41.5	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Mora, C.O. †	Titular Bishop of Famagusta	Bishop of Adria, Italy
	38.4	Appointed	Gerardus a S. Joseph, O.P. †	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
	51.8	Confirmed	Leopold Maria Joseph von Spaur †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
20 Feb	78.9	Died	Filippo Tipaldi †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
21 Feb		Born	Antonio Bergosa y Jordán †	Jaca, Huesca, Spain	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
21 Feb	77.4	Died	Raffaele Cosimo de’ Girolami †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
24 Feb		Born	Fortunato Maria Pinchetti †	Rome	Bishop Emeritus of Amelia, Italy
1 Mar	45.3	Appointed	Cosimo Pierbenedetto Maculani, C.O. †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
2 Mar		Born	Bernardo Maria Carenzoni, O.S.B. †	Brescia	Bishop of Feltre, Italy
4 Mar	57.7	Appointed	Matías Escalzo Acedo †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
4 Mar	49.7	Died	Juan Antonio Oruña †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
5 Mar	31.7	Appointed	Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
7 Mar		Born	Francesco Chiarchiaro †	Palazzo Adriano	Titular Bishop of Lampsacus
9 Mar	23.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Maria Luvini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
11 Mar		Born	Nicola Carelli †	Conversano	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
14 Mar	74.2	Died	Nicolas de Malezieu †	Bishop of Lavaur, France
17 Mar	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Francesco Mora, C.O. †	Titular Bishop of Famagusta	Bishop of Adria, Italy
18 Mar	34.6	Selected	Antoine de Malvin de Montazet †	Bishop of Autun, France	Archbishop of Lyon, France
24 Mar	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Benito Marín, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
26 Mar	26.2	Ordained Priest	Krysztof Hilary Szembek †	Priest of Poznań, Poland	Bishop of Płock, Poland
27 Mar		Born	Joseph Anton Gall †	Weil der Stadt	Bishop of Linz, Austria
28 Mar	90.8	Died	Domenico Ballati-Nerli, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
30 Mar	32.8	Ordained Priest	Antoni Wacław Betański †	Priest	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Károly Eszterházy de Galantha †	Priest	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
		Born	Jozef Kluch †	Znióváralja	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
31 Mar	28.1	Ordained Deacon	Giovanni Francesco Albani †	Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
Apr		Born	Carlo Maria Rosini †	Napoli	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
1 Apr	60.3	Appointed	Francisco Díaz Santos y Bullón †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	36.5	Appointed	Giulio Cesare Gandolfi †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	71.1	Appointed	Mario Millini (Mellini) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
	61.4	Appointed	Tommaso Sersale, C.R. †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
	69.0	Appointed	Matteo Trigona †	Titular Archbishop of Iconium	Bishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy
2 Apr		Born	Michel Bradács †	Kamionka	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
2 Apr	50.5	Died	Gaetano Fraccagnani †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
7 Apr	30.3	Selected	Jean-Baptiste-Joseph de Fontanges †	Bishop of Lavaur, France
7 Apr	61.4	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Sersale, C.R. †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
11 Apr	56.6	Died	Giovanni Battista Baratta, C.O. †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
12 Apr	53.5	Died	Juan Bautista Ferrer y Castro †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
17 Apr		Born	Custodio de Santa Ana d’Almeida, O.A.D. †	Porto, Portugal	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
17 Apr		Born	Leopold Leonhard von Thun †	Tetschen	Bishop of Passau, Germany
19 Apr	76.3	Died	Eugénio Boto da Silva †	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
26 Apr		Born	Alessandro Malvasia †	Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
28 Apr	66.3	Died	Juraj Branjug †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie de Catelan †	Bishop of Rieux, France
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Benoit-Antoine Doria †	Priest	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	36.6	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Cesare Gandolfi †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Leopold Maria Joseph von Spaur †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
30 Apr	66.7	Died	Alessandro degli Abbati †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia
30 Apr	72.9	Died	Otto Honorius von Egkh und Hungersbach †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
1 May	35.0	Ordained Bishop	Edmond Bennetat, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Eucarpia	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Tomaz da Encarnação da Costa e Lima, C.R.S.A. †	Priest of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine	Bishop of Olinda, Brazil
	31.8	Ordained Bishop	Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
2 May	64.8	Appointed	Carlo Alberto Guidobono Cavalchini †	Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
3 May	79.0	Resigned	Teodoro Pongelli (Pungelli) †	Bishop of Terni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
4 May		Born	Gennaro Maria Guevara Suardo, O.S.B. †	Napoli	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
6 May	58.0	Appointed	Francisco Julián de Antolino †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	48.6	Appointed	Michele Maria Capece Galeota, C.R. †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
	31.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Du Mesnil †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
	29.6	Appointed	Daniel Johann Anton von Gebsattel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
	29.6	Appointed	Daniel Johann Anton von Gebsattel †	Titular Bishop of Sigus	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
	44.0	Appointed	Franz Xaver Anton Marxer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien, Austria
	44.0	Appointed	Franz Xaver Anton Marxer †	Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Arabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien, Austria
	43.9	Appointed	Francesco Saverio Maria Queraldi y Aragona †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
	47.8	Appointed	Diego Rojas Contreras †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
	42.5	Appointed	Isidoro Sanchez de Luna, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno, Italy
	72.4	Appointed	Raniero Felice Simonetti †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
	44.0	Appointed	Francesco Maria Testa †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
7 May	52.4	Resigned	Ildefonso del Tufo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
11 May	57.0	Died	Lothar Friedrich von Nalbach †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
12 May	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Michele Maria Capece Galeota, C.R. †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Cosimo Pierbenedetto Maculani, C.O. †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Saverio Maria Queraldi y Aragona †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Isidoro Sanchez de Luna, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno, Italy
	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Maria Testa †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
15 May		Died	Manuel Lopes Simões †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
16 May		Born	Antonius van Alphen †	Boxtel	Vicar Apostolic of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
16 May	78.4	Died	Honoré-François Grimaldi de Monaco †	Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
18 May	61.4	Resigned	Guilherme de São José Antonio de Aranha †	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
18 May	42.4	Succeeded	Miguel de Bulhões e Souza, O.P. †	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
19 May	31.8	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Du Mesnil †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
19 May	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Matías Escalzo Acedo †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
22 May		Born	Johann Prokop von Schaffgotsch †	Praha	Bishop of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic
28 May		Born	Lorenzo Girolamo Mattei †	Rome, Italy	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
29 May	39.7	Selected	Leopold Ernst von Firmian †	Coadjutor Bishop of Trento, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Passau, Germany
31 May	45.4	Ordained Bishop	André-Jean-Baptiste-Dominique de Castellane †	Bishop of Glandèves, France
6 Jun	29.7	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Johann Anton von Gebsattel †	Titular Bishop of Sigus	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
8 Jun	23.4	Ordained Priest	Francesco Brancia †	Priest	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
8 Jun	22.5	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Benedetto Maria Ciuran (Civran) †	Priest	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
16 Jun		Born	Paolo Maggiolo †	Porto Venere	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
18 Jun		Born	Antonio Dugnani †	Milan	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
23 Jun	79.5	Died	Jean-Louis du Bouschet de Sourches †	Bishop of Dol, France
25 Jun		Born	Francesco Buonomo †	Gaeta	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
27 Jun		Born	László Köszeghy von Romete †	Szeged	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary
30 Jun	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Díaz Santos y Bullón †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
30 Jun	23.4	Ordained Priest	Stefano (Ildefonso) Ortiz Cortes, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy