The Year of Our Lord 1712

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Charles-Jean de Bertin †		Bishop of Vannes, France
	16.0	Professed	Giovanbattista Caracciolo, C.R. †	Member of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
		Born	Jean de Cairol de Madaillan †		Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
	51.8	Died	Giovanni degli Effetti †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy
	78.2	Died	Daniel Duranti, O.F.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Skopje, North Macedonia
		Born	Jacques Girard, C.S.Sp. †		Prefect Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
		Born	Henri Hachette des Portes, O. Carm. †		Bishop of Glandèves, France
		Born	Jean-Louis de La Marthonie de Caussade †		Bishop of Meaux, France
		Born	Charles-Gilbert de May de Termont †		Bishop of Blois, France
	21.0	Professed	Domenico Maria (Michelangelo) Salvini, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia
	66.0	Died	Ercole Visconti †	Apostolic Nuncio
Jan	50.6	Died	Francesco Andrea Grassi †	Bishop of Caorle, Italy
1 Jan	64.0	Died	Juan Bonilla Vargas, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
		Appointed	Raphael Marcovich, O.S.B.M. †	Titular Bishop of Plataea
	80.6	Died	Filippo Tani, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
3 Jan	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Sinibaldo Doria †	Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters)	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
3 Jan	32.4	Ordained Bishop	Benedetto Caietano Giuseppe Odescalchi-Erba †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
4 Jan	29.3	Appointed	Annibale Albani †	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
6 Jan	69.0	Died	José de la Torre Orumbela †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
10 Jan	36.2	Ordained Deacon	Dondazio Alessio Malvicini Fontana †	Deacon	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
12 Jan		Born	Andrzej Ignacy Bajer (Baier) †		Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
14 Jan		Born	Manuel de Alday y Aspée †		Bishop of Santiago de Chile
21 Jan		Born	Antonio Maria Erba-Odescalchi †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro
22 Jan	73.0	Resigned	John Baptist Sleyne †	Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jan	53.0	Died	Juan de Argüelles, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
26 Jan	69.0	Died	William D’Alton (Daton) †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
26 Jan	32.4	Appointed	Benedetto Caietano Giuseppe Odescalchi-Erba †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
27 Jan	74.0	Died	Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan †	Bishop of Le Mans, France
27 Jan		Born	Antonio Joaquín Soria †		Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
31 Jan	15.0	Professed	Polycarpo de Sousa (Souza), S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China
Feb	56.2	Resigned	Agostino Cusani †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy
9 Feb		Born	Agostino Gorgoni †		Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy
12 Feb		Born	Francesco Pettorelli Lalatta †		Bishop of Parma, Italy
13 Feb		Born	Girolamo Bajardi †		Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
14 Feb	36.3	Ordained Priest	Dondazio Alessio Malvicini Fontana †	Priest	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
16 Feb	73.1	Died	John Baptist Sleyne †	Bishop Emeritus of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland
18 Feb		Born	Agatino Maria Reggio Statella †		Bishop Emeritus of Cefalù, Italy
18 Feb	36.9	Appointed	Franz Anton Adolph von Wagensperg †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
20 Feb	23.0	Ordained Priest	Eustachius Entreri, O.M. †	Priest of Order of the Minims	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
20 Feb	23.2	Ordained Priest	Andreas Venditti (Vinditti) †	Priest	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
25 Feb	70.4	Died	Francisco Calderón de la Barca Nieto †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
25 Feb	22.0	Ordained Deacon	Manoel da Cruz Nogueira, O. Cist. †	Deacon of Order of Cistercians	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil
27 Feb	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Wolfgang Hannibal von Schrattenbach †	Cardinal, Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
28 Feb	22.0	Ordained Priest	Manoel da Cruz Nogueira, O. Cist. †	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil
2 Mar	29.5	Appointed	Annibale Albani †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	48.9	Appointed	Giorgio Cattaneo †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
	41.6	Appointed	Antonio Sellent †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cagliari, Italy
	41.6	Appointed	Antonio Sellent †	Titular Bishop of Adraa	Auxiliary Bishop of Cagliari, Italy
	63.0	Appointed	Antonio Vaira †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia	Bishop of Adria, Italy
5 Mar		Born	Petru Pavel Aaron, O.S.B.M. †		Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian), Romania
6 Mar	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Wilhelm von Leslie †	Titular Bishop of Abdera	Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
10 Mar		Born	Gabriele Maria (Giuseppe Pietro) di Blasi e Gambacorta, O.S.B. †		Archbishop of Messina, Italy
12 Mar	23.1	Ordained Deacon	Stjepan Blasković, C.O. †	Deacon of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop of Makarska, Croatia
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Filippo Felice del Prete †	Priest	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Filippo (Prudenzio) Patti, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in Isauria
13 Mar	31.6	Appointed	Joseph Dominikus Franz Kilian von Lamberg †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Cardinal, Bishop of Passau, Germany
16 Mar	43.9	Appointed	Cornelio Bentivoglio †	Titular Archbishop of Cartagine	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
	47.2	Confirmed	Antoine Fagon †	Bishop of Lombez, France	Bishop of Vannes, France
	40.6	Confirmed	François de Madot †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France
	56.1	Appointed	Daniel Joseph Mayern †	Titular Bishop of Tiberias	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	56.1	Confirmed	Daniel Joseph Mayern †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Archbishop
17 Mar	38.9	Installed	Jacques de Forbin-Janson †	Archbishop of Arles, France
17 Mar		Appointed	[Johann Zilka] †	Bishop of [Scutari (Royal), Albania]
19 Mar	66.2	Died	Benito de Omaña †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
21 Mar	91.2	Died	Prospero Bottini †	Titular Archbishop of Myra
26 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	Thomas Fabiani †	Priest	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Silvestro Stanà (Staria) †	Priest	Bishop of Minori, Italy
		Born	Giorgio Stassi †		Titular Bishop of Lampsacus
31 Mar		Born	Nicola Cimaglia, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Vieste, Italy
Apr	53.1	Resigned	Niccolò Spínola †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
3 Apr	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Cornelio Bentivoglio †	Titular Archbishop of Cartagine	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Giorgio Cattaneo †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Vaira †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia	Bishop of Adria, Italy
8 Apr		Born	Agnellus Broya †		Bishop of Teano, Italy
9 Apr	60.9	Died	Giuseppe Archinto †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
12 Apr		Born	Francesco Antonio Deplano †		Bishop of Iglesias, Italy
19 Apr	28.2	Ordained Priest	Alexander Smith †	Priest of Scotland, Great Britain	Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
20 Apr		Born	Germain Chasteigner de la Chasteigneraye †		Bishop of Saintes, France
20 Apr		Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Nicolai, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Myra	Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang, China
27 Apr	67.3	Died	Vincenzo della Marra, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy
May		Appointed	Francesco Barabàra †	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
May	63.7	Died	Hieronim Wierzbowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
6 May		Born	Carlo Giuseppe Capra †		Bishop of Acqui, Italy
9 May	49.6	Died	Teodor von Ludinghausen Wolff †	Bishop of Chełm, Poland
10 May	56.4	Died	Andrea Santacroce †	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
18 May	73.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Manuel Arias y Porres, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Archbishop
	55.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Bussi †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Bishop
	63.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Maria Casini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca
	53.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Pier Marcellino Corradini †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	56.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Agostino Cusani †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy
	51.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Gianantonio Davia †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
	47.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia
	51.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Curzio Origo †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eustachio
	49.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Giulio Piazza †	Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Faenza, Italy
	43.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Lodovico Pico Della Mirandola †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	50.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Melchior de Polignac †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Archbishop of Auch, France
	61.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi Priuli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
	37.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Armand-Gaston-Maximilien de Rohan de Soubise †	Cardinal, Bishop of Strasbourg, France
	51.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Wolfgang Hannibal von Schrattenbach †	Cardinal, Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
	66.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Benito de Sala y de Caramany, O.S.B. †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Bishop
	62.6	Elevated to Cardinal	St. Giuseppe Maria Tomasi di Lampedusa, C.R. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
	58.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Battista Tolomei, S.J. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
	46.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonfelice Zondadari †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
21 May	24.1	Ordained Priest	João de Moreira, O.F.M. Ref. †	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
	22.9	Ordained Deacon	Marko Lučić †	Deacon of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro	Archbishop
	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Antonio Maria Pescatori, O.F.M. Cap. †	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
22 May	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Fagon †	Bishop of Lombez, France	Bishop of Vannes, France
22 May	208.3	Canonized	St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
23 May		Born	Miguel Fernando Merino †		Bishop of Ávila, Spain
27 May	72.1	Died	Maioranus Figlioli †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
30 May	44.1	Appointed	Cornelio Bentivoglio †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Jun	40.8	Installed	François de Madot †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France
1 Jun	46.4	Appointed	Atanasio Esterriga Trajanáuregui †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
	48.3	Confirmed	Teodor Andrzej Potocki †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	41.7	Confirmed	Christophe-Louis Turpin de Crissé de Sanzay †	Bishop of Rennes, France	Bishop of Nantes, France
6 Jun		Born	Pedro Cortez y Larraz †		Bishop Emeritus of Tortosa, Spain
	27.6	Selected	Gábor Antal Erdődy †	Coadjutor Bishop of Eger, Hungary	Bishop
	56.4	Died	Juan Ruiz y Simón †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
12 Jun	64.4	Died	Augustin de Maupeou †	Archbishop of Auch, France
21 Jun		Born	Nicolò Antonio Giustiniani, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
29 Jun	23.3	Ordained Priest	Cesare Bonajuti †	Priest	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
29 Jun	27.2	Ordained Deacon	Pietro Alessandro Francesco Rovèro di Cortanze, O.F.M. Cap. †	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Novara, Italy
30 Jun	79.4	Died	Rannuzio Pallavicino †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura

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