The Year of Our Lord 1715

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	51.7	Appointed	Luigi Antonio Appiani, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
	51.7	Appointed	Luigi Antonio Appiani, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Myriophytos	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
	51.7	Resigned	Luigi Antonio Appiani, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
	51.7	Resigned	Luigi Antonio Appiani, C.M. †	Titular Bishop-Elect of Myriophytos	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
		Ordained Bishop	Timothee Aslan †	Bishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Syrian), Turkey
		Died	Jean-François Martin de la Balluère, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China
	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Dominico Giovanni Cavagnari †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
	29.0	Appointed	Atanasiy (Atanasij) Sheptytskyi (Šeptycki) †	Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
		Born	Juan Carlos de Vilches y Cabrera †		Bishop of Nicaragua
		Born	Jean-Félix-Henri de Fumel †		Bishop of Lodève, France
		Born	Nicolas de La Pinte de Livry, O. Praem. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mâcon, France
	28.1	Ordained Priest	Stephanus Ladislaus Luzénszky †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Thyatira
	16.0	Entered	Michael MacDonagh (McDonough), O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Jaime de Mimbela, O.P. †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
	63.0	Died	Aeneas O’Leyne †	Vicar Apostolic of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
		Born	Giovanni (Jan) Pettani †		Bishop Emeritus of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
	15.7	Professed	Eugenio Pilotti, O.F.M. Ref. †	Member of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Chansi and Chensi, China
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Antoni Dominik Tyszkiewicz †	Priest	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
Jan	70.0	Died	Pietro Martire Giustiniani, O.P. †	Bishop of Tinos and Mykonos, Greece
Jan		Born	José Antonio Humeres y Miranda †		Bishop of Panamá
6 Jan	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Ennemond-Flodoard Moret de Bourchenu †	Bishop of Vence, France	Bishop Emeritus
7 Jan	63.4	Died	François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
10 Jan	77.0	Died	Antonio Tortorelli, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
12 Jan	49.3	Selected	François-Elie de Voyer de Paulmy d’Argenson †	Archbishop of Embrun, France	Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
13 Jan	31.0	Ordained Bishop	Henri-Ignace de Brancas †	Bishop of Lisieux, France
13 Jan	30.2	Ordained Bishop	Gábor Antal Erdődy †	Titular Bishop of Fesseë	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
15 Jan	37.3	Selected	Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy †	Bishop of Soissons, France	Archbishop of Sens, France
20 Jan		Born	Raniero Finocchietti †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
21 Jan	69.2	Appointed	Lorenzo Casoni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
	64.3	Appointed	Ferdinando d’Adda †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
	52.5	Appointed	Antonio Gagliani, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
	50.0	Appointed	Ludovico Anselmo Gualtieri †	Bishop of Todi, Italy
	69.3	Appointed	Diego Montero del Aguila †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
	41.2	Appointed	Antonio Monroy y Meneses, O. de M. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	57.7	Appointed	Paweł Franciszek Bernard Sapieha, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
	52.7	Appointed	Niccolò Tolomei †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
	45.0	Appointed	Alessandro Zondadari †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
23 Jan		Born	Jean-Olivier Briand †		Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
27 Jan	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Gagliani, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
		Born	Giacinto Sardi †		Bishop of Aquino e Pontecorvo, Italy
	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Niccolò Tolomei †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
2 Feb		Born	Scipione Ardoino Alcontres, C.R. †		Archbishop of Messina, Italy
2 Feb	22.7	Ordained Priest	Józef Antoni Łodziński, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten, Poland
3 Feb		Born	Adam Dwertitsch (Dvertisch) †		Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
3 Feb	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Pedro de Tapiz y Garcia †	Bishop of Durango, México
4 Feb	30.4	Appointed	Johann Hugo von Gäertz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
	30.4	Appointed	Johann Hugo von Gäertz †	Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
	48.6	Confirmed	Michele Guardia †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
	58.0	Appointed	Guillaume Tual †	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France
	58.0	Appointed	Guillaume Tual †	Titular Bishop of Nyssa	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France
8 Feb		Born	Urbano Paracciani Rutili †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
8 Feb	68.9	Died	Johann Kasimir Röls †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
10 Feb	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Michele Guardia †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
	57.1	Selected	Antonio Horcasitas y Avellaneda †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Alonso del Pozo y Silva †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
12 Feb		Born	Giambattista Donati †		Bishop of Cervia, Italy
12 Feb		Born	Manuel Jiménez Pérez, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
13 Feb	41.8	Died	Nicolas François Camanis, C.R.A. †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
15 Feb	30.5	Appointed	Johann Hugo von Gäertz †	Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
16 Feb	22.9	Ordained Priest	Bernardino Ciani, O.E.S.A. †	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy
17 Feb	22.0	Ordained Deacon	Pier Maria Giustiniani, O.S.B. †	Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
19 Feb	51.1	Selected	Francisco Valero y Losa †	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
20 Feb	40.9	Appointed	Carlo Maria Giuseppe Fornari †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
22 Feb	62.6	Died	Giovanbattista Carafa †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
	49.8	Selected	François Défago, C.R.A. †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
		Born	Jean-Georges Lefranc de Pompignan †		Archbishop Emeritus of Vienne, France
		Born	Vincenzo Malvezzi Bonfioli †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
23 Feb		Born	Juan Ignacio de la Rocha †		Bishop of Michoacán, México
2 Mar	71.5	Died	Emmanuel-Theódose de la Tour d’Auvergne de Bouillon †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
2 Mar	43.3	Succeeded	Henri-Osvald de La Tour d’Auvergne de Bouillon †	Abbot of Cluny, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Vienne, France
3 Mar	30.4	Succeeded	Gábor Antal Erdődy †	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
3 Mar	82.1	Died	István Telekesy †	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
4 Mar	60.1	Died	Oxendios Verzar (Werczireski) †	Titular Bishop of the Titular See
14 Mar	60.2	Installed	Jacques des Maretz †	Archbishop of Auch, France
16 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	Flaminius Danza †	Priest	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Maria Carlo Antonio Marini, O.E.S.A. †	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Titular Bishop of Thagaste
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Silvestro Lodovico Paparelli †	Priest	Bishop of Cagli, Italy
	24.0	Ordained Deacon	Anton Johann Wenzel Wokaun (Woknau) †	Deacon of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop
17 Mar	67.1	Died	Michael Angelus Farfulfi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Trogir (Traù), Croatia
17 Mar	24.5	Ordained Deacon	António de Sousa Tavora, O.E.S.A. †	Deacon of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
18 Mar	84.6	Appointed	Nicolò Acciaioli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	52.5	Appointed	Lukasz Jacek Czermiński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
	52.5	Appointed	Lukasz Jacek Czermiński †	Titular Bishop of Pergamum	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
	57.2	Confirmed	Antonio Horcasitas y Avellaneda †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
	66.1	Appointed	Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	40.6	Appointed	Agostino Saluzzo †	Bishop of Aleria, France	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
	51.2	Confirmed	Francisco Valero y Losa †	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
19 Mar	24.5	Ordained Priest	António de Sousa Tavora, O.E.S.A. †	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
23 Mar	75.6	Died	Andrea Francolisio (d’Aquino) †	Bishop Emeritus of Tricarico, Italy
24 Mar	69.3	Died	Oktavije Janković-Spader, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
26 Mar		Born	Giuseppe Cacace †		Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
31 Mar	30.6	Ordained Bishop	Johann Hugo von Gäertz †	Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
31 Mar	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Zondadari †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
Apr	56.5	Died	Bartolomé Cernuda Rico y Piñeros †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
1 Apr	51.4	Selected	Lorenzo Armengual del Pino de la Mota †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
	51.2	Appointed	Juan de Necolalde †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
	35.6	Installed	Benedetto Caietano Giuseppe Odescalchi-Erba †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	64.9	Appointed	Sebastiano Antonio Tanara †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	48.9	Appointed	Lorenzo Tartagni †	Bishop of Veroli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
5 Apr		Born	Félicien Bocon de La Merlière †		Bishop Emeritus of Apt, France
5 Apr	68.1	Died	Vasyl Varlam Šeptycki (Sheptyskyi) †	Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
6 Apr	27.0	Ordained Deacon	Benedetto Bussi †	Deacon	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
	24.3	Ordained Deacon	Karl Philipp Henri von Greiffenclau zu Vollraths †	Deacon of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Anton Johann Wenzel Wokaun (Woknau) †	Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop
7 Apr	29.2	Ordained Bishop	Daniele Delfino †	Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Asia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Udine, Italy
7 Apr	73.3	Died	Alessandro Fedele †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
9 Apr		Born	Giovanni Carlo Boschi †		Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
10 Apr	39.7	Selected	Joachim Henryk Przebendowski †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
11 Apr		Born	José de Franquís Laso de Castilla †		Bishop of Málaga, Spain
12 Apr	54.2	Selected	Joseph-Pierre de Castellane †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
14 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Antonio de Zuloaga †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
		Born	Paolo Francesco Giustiniani, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Monroy y Meneses, O. de M. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
15 Apr		Born	Gabriel Palković, O.S.B.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of Valachia (Križevci), Croatia
15 Apr		Born	Angelo Maria Venizza †		Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
17 Apr	67.5	Died	António Pereira da Silva †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
20 Apr	27.0	Ordained Priest	Benedetto Bussi †	Priest	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
	46.3	Selected	Jean-Louis du Bouchet de Sourches †	Bishop of Dol, France
		Born	Joseph Rolin de Morel de Mons †		Bishop Emeritus of Viviers (Aps), France
21 Apr	56.7	Ordained Bishop	Juan Otálora Bravo de Lagunas †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
22 Apr	59.9	Selected	Felipe Antonio Gil Taboada †	Bishop of Osma, Spain	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
May	63.4	Died	Francesco Parchich (Parcic), O.P. †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
2 May	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Paweł Franciszek Bernard Sapieha, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
3 May	61.8	Resigned	André-Hercule de Fleury †	Bishop of Fréjus, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
3 May		Born	Jason Junosza Smogorževsky †		Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
4 May	58.3	Selected	György (Hennadiy) Bizánczy (Bizantsiy) †	Vicar Apostolic of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
6 May	51.5	Confirmed	Lorenzo Armengual del Pino de la Mota †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
	52.4	Appointed	Francesco Barberini (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	55.1	Appointed	Colombino Bassi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
	49.5	Appointed	Carlo Colonna †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
	57.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Fabio Olivieri †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia
12 May	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Colombino Bassi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
12 May		Born	Francesco Zunica †		Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
16 May	85.7	Died	François de Nesmond †	Bishop of Bayeux, France
20 May	66.3	Died	Diego de Gorospe y Irala, O.P. †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
20 May	53.2	Selected	Pedro Francisco Levanto Vivaldo †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
22 May		Born	François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Albi, France
25 May		Born	Antonio Casali †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria ad Martyres
26 May	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Horcasitas y Avellaneda †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
29 May	49.2	Appointed	Valentinus Matthias Arcemberski †	Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine
	72.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Innico Caracciolo (Jr.) †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Bishop
	54.4	Confirmed	Joseph-Pierre de Castellane †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
	59.2	Appointed	Rogerius Giacobetti †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
	37.7	Confirmed	Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy †	Bishop of Soissons, France	Archbishop of Sens, France
	48.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Maria Marini †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
	51.4	Appointed	Jacques Pescherard, O.F.M. Cap. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
	51.4	Appointed	Jacques Pescherard, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Berytus	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq
	38.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn Bushein †	Cardinal, Bishop of Speyer, Germany
	59.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Bernardino Scotti †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio
	58.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy †	Cardinal, Bishop of Meaux, France
30 May	24.4	Ordained Priest	Karl Philipp Henri von Greiffenclau zu Vollraths †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop
Jun	54.9	Died	Antonio Rosignoli †	Bishop of Nona (Nin), Croatia
2 Jun	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Pescherard, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Berytus	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq
9 Jun		Born	Nicolaus Difnico †		Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
9 Jun	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Pritchard, O.F.M. Rec. †	Titular Bishop of Myrina	Vicar Apostolic of Western District, England, Great Britain
11 Jun	52.4	Died	Francisco Laynez, S.J. †	Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
13 Jun		Born	Antoni Wacław Betański †		Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
15 Jun	50.5	Succeeded	Jan Tobiasz Augustynowicz †	Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
	71.3	Died	Vartan Hunanian †	Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Gherardo Antonio Volpe †	Priest	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
	22.6	Ordained Deacon	Joseph Anselme François Werbrouck †	Deacon	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
16 Jun	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Rogerius Giacobetti †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
16 Jun	46.4	Installed	Alonso del Pozo y Silva †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
23 Jun	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy †	Bishop of Soissons, France	Archbishop of Sens, France
23 Jun	29.0	Ordained Deacon	Antoni Józef Żółkowski †	Deacon	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
27 Jun	64.3	Died	Antonio Botado de Foios Pereira, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
30 Jun	45.3	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Maria Benzoni †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Chioggia, Italy
30 Jun	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Pierre de Castellane †	Bishop of Fréjus, France

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