The Year of Our Lord 1788

Bishop Events

July to December

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Jul	27.1	Ordained Priest	Ignace Michel Zahir (Daher) †	Priest	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
12 Jul	80.0	Died	Gioacchino Castello †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
69.7	Died	Daniel Johann Anton von Gebsattel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
14 Jul	87.5	Resigned	Jan Dembowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
15 Jul	60.1	Died	Manuel Felipe Miralles †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
20 Jul	23.9	Ordained Priest	Bernhard Galura †	Priest of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
	Born	José Elías Puyana †		Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
26.8	Ordained Deacon	Matthias Paul Steindl †	Deacon of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop
23 Jul	55.9	Died	Dominicus Castells †	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Valencia, Spain
27 Jul	26.8	Ordained Priest	Matthias Paul Steindl †	Priest of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop
30 Jul	72.9	Died	Kajetan Ignacy Sołtyk †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
Aug	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Cardiñanos, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
71.0	Died	Diodato Maria Difnico, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
3 Aug	39.8	Selected	Gabriel-Melchior de Messey †	Bishop of Valence, France
4 Aug	68.9	Selected	Antonino Cavaleri †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
74.4	Died	Vigilius Augustin Maria von Firmian †	Bishop Emeritus of Lavant, Slovenia
9 Aug		Born	Imre Farkas †		Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
12 Aug		Born	Michael Johann Wagner †		Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
16 Aug		Born	Luigi Ciacchi †		Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
17 Aug	38.6	Ordained Bishop	John Cruise †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
	Born	Ferdinando Elano Kahn, O.P. †		Bishop of Tiraspol, Moldova
24.7	Ordained Deacon	József Vurum †	Deacon	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
18 Aug	24.7	Ordained Priest	József Vurum †	Priest	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
20 Aug	40.0	Installed	Ján Révay †	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
25 Aug	25.1	Selected	Pierre-François-Martial de Loménie †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sens, France
28 Aug	57.4	Died	Jean-Gabriel d’Agay †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
31 Aug	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Karl Theodor von Dalberg †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
	Born	Josip Godeassi †		Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
6 Sep	73.4	Died	Giovanni Carlo Boschi †	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
48.2	Installed	Pedro José Chávez de la Rosa †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
8 Sep		Born	Henry Weedall †		Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
71.0	Appointed	Francesco Saverio de Zelada †	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive
12 Sep	44.5	Resigned	François de Fontanges †	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Bishop of Autun, France
54.3	Resigned	Yves-Alexandre de Marbeuf †	Bishop of Autun, France	Archbishop of Lyon, France
47.8	Resigned	Jean-Auguste de Chastenet de Puységur †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
75.4	Retired	Isidro Rodríguez Lorenzo, O.S.Bas. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Sep	37.7	Selected	Antoine-Félix de Leyris d’Esponchez †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
15 Sep	41.6	Confirmed	Pietro Arborio di Gattinara †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
50.1	Confirmed	Michele Antonio Aymerich de Villamar †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
42.4	Appointed	Louis-Mathias-Joseph de Barral †	Titular Bishop of Isauropolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
42.4	Confirmed	Louis-Mathias-Joseph de Barral †	Coadjutor Bishop of Troyes, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
41.7	Appointed	Giacomo Boschi †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy	Bishop of Carpi, Italy
65.3	Appointed	Antonio Caballero y Góngora †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Córdoba, Spain	Bishop
69.0	Confirmed	Antonino Cavaleri †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
66.3	Appointed	Francesco Carafa della Spina di Traetto †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
44.6	Confirmed	Karl Theodor von Dalberg †	Coadjutor Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Bishop
44.5	Confirmed	François de Fontanges †	Archbishop of Toulouse, France	Bishop of Autun, France
	Confirmed	Gregory Petros V Kupelian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
54.3	Confirmed	Yves-Alexandre de Marbeuf †	Archbishop of Lyon, France
39.9	Confirmed	Gabriel-Melchior de Messey †	Bishop of Valence, France
61.4	Appointed	Francisco Gabriel de Olivares y Benito †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México	Bishop of Durango, México
49.1	Appointed	Carlo Giuseppe Pistone †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
60.1	Appointed	Fernando del Portillo y Torres, O.P. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
47.8	Confirmed	Jean-Auguste de Chastenet de Puységur †	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Archbishop Emeritus
50.3	Appointed	Melchor Serrano Lázaro, Sch. P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
50.3	Appointed	Melchor Serrano Lázaro, Sch. P. †	Titular Bishop of Arca in Armenia	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
40.7	Appointed	Nicolao Lorenzo Timoni †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
48.8	Confirmed	Max Polykarp von Törring-Jettenbach †	Bishop of Freising, Germany	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
64.1	Appointed	Dominque Charles Marie Turchi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Parma, Italy
42.5	Confirmed	Ángel Velarde y Bustamante †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
37.6	Confirmed	François-Marie-Fortuné de Vintimille †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
19 Sep	61.4	Died	Francisco Navarro Acevedo †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
20 Sep	23.3	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Antonio Benvenuti †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
23.1	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Crisostomo Dondini, C.R.L. †	Priest of Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour of the Lateran	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
24.1	Ordained Priest	Francesco-Paolo Grifi †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
21 Sep	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Arborio di Gattinara †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
49.2	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Giuseppe Pistone †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
64.1	Ordained Bishop	Dominque Charles Marie Turchi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Parma, Italy
22 Sep		Born	James Kyle †		Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, Scotland, Great Britain
23 Sep		Appointed	Julio Maria Pecori (d’Ameno), O.F.M. Ref. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey	Vicar Apostolic
	Appointed	Julio Maria Pecori (d’Ameno), O.F.M. Ref. †	Titular Bishop of Arad	Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey
35.0	Appointed	Joachim Tasbasian †	Archbishop of Mardin (Armenian), Turkey
24 Sep	66.0	Died	Agostino Felice de’ Rossi †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
25 Sep	77.0	Died	Heinrich (Karl Sigismund) Bibra, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
74.3	Died	Joaquim Borges de Figueroa †	Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
26 Sep	47.8	Appointed	Charles-François Bailly de Messein †	Coadjutor Bishop of Québec, Canada
47.8	Appointed	Charles-François Bailly de Messein †	Titular Bishop of Capsus	Coadjutor Bishop of Québec, Canada
27 Sep	73.3	Died	Jason Junosza Smogorževsky †	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
28 Sep	35.3	Ordained Bishop	William Coppinger †	Titular Bishop of Axieri (Azieri)	Bishop of Cloyne and Ross, Ireland
54.2	Ordained Bishop	José Joaquín Granados y Gálvez, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Sonora, México	Bishop of Durango, México
Oct	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Boschi †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy	Bishop of Carpi, Italy
5 Oct	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Mathias-Joseph de Barral †	Titular Bishop of Isauropolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
40.0	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel-Melchior de Messey †	Bishop of Valence, France
6 Oct	82.2	Died	Carlo Camuzi †	Bishop Emeritus of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
47.1	Died	Marie-Anne-Hippolyte Hay de Bonteville †	Bishop of Grenoble, France
12 Oct		Born	Ferdinando Girardi, C.M. †		Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
37.7	Ordained Bishop	François-Marie-Fortuné de Vintimille †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
15 Oct	74.8	Died	Giuseppe Capocchiani †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
22 Oct		Born	Benedetto Colonna Barberini di Sciarra †		Cardinal, Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}
25 Oct		Born	Jean-Marie Mioland †		Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France
26 Oct	73.5	Died	Félicien Bocon de La Merlière †	Bishop Emeritus of Apt, France
28 Oct		Born	Jozef von Rudnyánszki †		Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
1 Nov		Born	Jean-Pierre-Marie Cadalen †		Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
63.8	Succeeded	Tadeusz Teodozy Rostocki, O.S.B.M. †	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
2 Nov	25.3	Ordained Deacon	Augustin Johann Joseph Gruber †	Deacon of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
34.7	Selected	Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord †	Bishop of Autun, France
3 Nov		Born	Peter Leopold Kaiser †		Bishop of Mainz, Germany
56.5	Died	Pierre Peineau du Verdier, C.O. †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
7 Nov	40.7	Died	Jean-Joseph-Victor de Castellane-Adhémar †	Bishop of Senez, France
9 Nov	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Michele Antonio Aymerich de Villamar †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
25.3	Ordained Priest	Augustin Johann Joseph Gruber †	Priest of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
14 Nov		Born	Giovanni Negri †		Bishop of Tortona, Italy
16 Nov	23.1	Ordained Priest	Joaquim de Meneses e Ataide, O.E.S.A. †	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
63.1	Ordained Bishop	José Francisco Miguel António de Mendonça Valdereis †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
18 Nov	51.6	Selected	Adalbert (Wilhelm Adolph Heinrich) von Harstall, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
28 Nov	55.1	Succeeded	Adam Stanisław Naruszewicz †	Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
61.6	Died	Gabriel Wodzyński †	Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland
29 Nov		Died	Simon d’Amida †	Bishop of Mardin (Chaldean), Turkey
58.1	Died	Vicente do Espirito Santo, O.A.D. †	Prelate of Goiás, Brazil
69.3	Died	Inácio de São Caetano, O.C.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Penafiel, Portugal
30 Nov	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Melchor Serrano Lázaro, Sch. P. †	Titular Bishop of Arca in Armenia	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
1 Dec	82.7	Died	Francesco Saverio Stabile †	Bishop of Venafro, Italy
3 Dec		Born	Camillo Monteforte †		Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
4 Dec	81.3	Died	Joaquín de Eleta, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
7 Dec	55.8	Selected	Ignace-François de Joannis de Verclos †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
8 Dec		Born	Melchiade Ferlisi †		Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
13 Dec		Born	Philippe-Marie-Thérèse-Guy Carron †		Bishop of Le Mans, France
66.1	Died	Giuseppe Maria Langosco-Stroppiana †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
15 Dec	52.8	Appointed	José Andrés de Achurra y Núñez del Arco †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
42.2	Appointed	Domingo Collantes, O.P. †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
44.3	Appointed	Giulio Maria della Somaglia †	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
40.7	Confirmed	Joseph Anton Gall †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
59.7	Appointed	Juan Antonio Gallego y Orbigo, O.F.M. Disc. †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
57.5	Confirmed	Franz Philipp von Inzaghi †	Bishop of Gradisca (d’Isonzo), Italy	Bishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
42.1	Appointed	Joannes Baptist Jesich †	Titular Bishop of Oreus	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
42.1	Confirmed	Joannes Baptist Jesich †	Coadjutor Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia	Bishop
37.9	Confirmed	Antoine-Félix de Leyris d’Esponchez †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
25.4	Appointed	Pierre-François-Martial de Loménie †	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sens, France
25.4	Confirmed	Pierre-François-Martial de Loménie †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sens, France
61.1	Appointed	Etienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne †	Cardinal-Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens, France
61.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Etienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens, France
51.9	Appointed	Baltazar Jaime Martínez de Compañón †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
41.8	Confirmed	Jean-Baptiste Marie Scipion Ruffo (Roux) de Bonneval †	Bishop of Senez, France	Bishop Emeritus
63.9	Appointed	Blas Manuel Sobrino y Minayo †	Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
34.8	Confirmed	Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord †	Bishop of Autun, France
45.7	Appointed	Johann Nepomuk von Wolf †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
45.7	Appointed	Johann Nepomuk von Wolf †	Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
18 Dec		Born	Paul Aroutin †		Bishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
24.2	Ordained Deacon	Wenceslas Urban von Stuffler †	Deacon of Brno, Czechia	Bishop
19 Dec		Born	Wacław Wilhelm (Václaw Vilem) Wacławiczek (Václavicek) †		Former Archbishop-Elect of Lviv, Ukraine
20 Dec	24.1	Ordained Priest	Francesco Canali †	Priest of Perugia, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
24.0	Ordained Priest	Domenico Novi Ciavarria †	Priest	Bishop of Avellino, Italy
26.3	Ordained Priest	Sebastiano Maggi †	Priest	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
23.5	Ordained Priest	Francesco Maria Zoppi †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Massa Carrara, Italy
21 Dec	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Maria della Somaglia †	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
23.1	Ordained Deacon	Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz †	Deacon	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
23 Dec		Born	Roberto Giovanni F. Roberti †		Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
25 Dec		Born	Jeremiah Francis O’Flynn †		Priest
26 Dec	68.6	Died	Martino Bianchi †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy

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