The Year of Our Lord 1717

Bishop Events

July to December

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Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Jul 60.2 Appointed José Espejo y Cisneros † Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain Bishop Emeritus

3 Jul Born Francesco Maria Colombani † Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy

59.5 Selected Edmund Kelly † Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland

5 Jul 32.5 Selected Anne-François-Guillaume du Cambout-Beçay † Bishop of Tarbes, France

11 Jul Born Diodato Maria Difnico, C.R.L. † Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia

47.5 Ordained Bishop Gottfried Langwerth von Simmern † Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

59.5 Ordained Bishop Pedro Magaña, O.S.B. † Bishop of Solsona, Spain

12 Jul 53.1 Elevated to Cardinal Giulio Alberoni † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain

44.7 Elevated to Cardinal Imre Csáky † In Pectore Cardinal, Archbishop

69.5 Appointed Francesco del Giudice † Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy

77.5 Resigned Diego Ladrón de Guevara † Bishop of Quito, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus

55.6 Appointed Gregorio Lauri † Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy

45.7 Appointed Alfonso Miraconda, O.S.B. † Bishop of Trivento, Italy Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy

59.5 Appointed Francisco Ochoa Mendarozqueta y Arzamendi † Bishop of Palencia, Spain

52.5 Appointed Luis Francisco Romero † Bishop of Quito, Ecuador Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia

68.4 Appointed Antonio Vaira † Bishop of Adria, Italy

18 Jul 55.6 Ordained Bishop Gregorio Lauri † Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy

45.7 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Miraconda, O.S.B. † Bishop of Trivento, Italy Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy

36.6 Died Adamus Benedictus Ratkaj (Ratkay) † Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia

34.9 Ordained Priest Johann Wilhelm von Twickel † Priest of Münster, Germany Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany

24 Jul 44.6 Selected Giuseppe Antonio von Delmestri von Schönberg † Coadjutor Bishop of Trieste, Italy Bishop

31 Jul 63.8 Died Pietro Paolo Calorio (Calore), C.R.S. † Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia

8 Aug 17.6 Ordained Deacon Nicholas Sweetman † Deacon Bishop of Ferns, Ireland

11 Aug Born Felix Josephus Hubertus de Wavrans † Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium

16 Aug Born Giovanni Pietro Riboli † Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia

19 Aug 74.6 Died Manuel de Santo Tomás y Mendoza, O.P. † Bishop of Málaga, Spain

20 Aug Born Onofrio de Rossi † Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy

73.2 Died François-Joseph de Grammont † Archbishop of Besançon, France

26 Aug Born Francesco Agostino della Chiesa † Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

27 Aug 40.8 Died Franz Karl von Kaunitz-Rietberg † Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia

Born Francesco Saverio de Zelada † Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive

29 Aug 24.2 Ordained Priest Giovanni Antonio Benzoni † Priest Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia

Born Lev Sheptytskyi (Szeptycki), O.S.B.M. † Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

Sep 61.8 Died Matteo Gagliani † Bishop of Sora, Italy

66.6 Died Ambrose MacDermott, O.P. † Bishop of Elphin, Ireland

81.8 Died Domenico Pacifico † Bishop of Teano, Italy

6 Sep 65.6 Died Gilles-Jean-François de Beauvau du Rivau † Bishop of Nantes, France

7 Sep Born Giuseppe Stanislao Concas † Bishop of Bosa, Italy

55.3 Ordained Bishop Matthieu Giannicio (Joanitius) † Bishop of Scardona (Skradin), Croatia

8 Sep Born [Augustin-Jean-Charles Clément] † Bishop Emeritus of [Seine-et-Oise (Constitutional), France]

11 Sep Born Giovanni Maria Spinelli, C.R. † Archbishop of Messina, Italy

12 Sep 60.6 Selected Salvador Rodríguez Castelblanco, T.O.R. † Bishop of Orihuela, Spain

14 Sep Ordained Bishop Elias Mhasseb (ou Mohasseb) † Bishop

17 Sep 49.7 Appointed Jean-Jacques Tessier de Quéralay, M.E.P. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand Vicar Apostolic

49.7 Appointed Jean-Jacques Tessier de Quéralay, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Rosalia Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand

18 Sep 24.0 Ordained Priest Bernardo Cangiani † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Boiano, Italy

24.4 Ordained Priest Jean de Caulet † Priest Bishop of Grenoble, France

34.0 Ordained Priest Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn † Priest of Basel, Switzerland Bishop

17.7 Ordained Priest Nicholas Sweetman † Priest Bishop of Ferns, Ireland

19 Sep 71.4 Died Marco Battista Battaglini † Bishop of Cesena, Italy

20 Sep 38.2 Selected Claude-Ignace-Joseph de Simiane de Gordes † Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France Bishop Emeritus

Born Gennaro Giordano † Bishop of Acerra, Italy

21 Sep 59.6 Ordained Bishop Francisco Ochoa Mendarozqueta y Arzamendi † Bishop of Palencia, Spain

26 Sep Born Julián Gascueña Herráiz, O.F.M. Disc. † Bishop of Ávila, Spain

28 Sep 84.6 Died Francesco Martelli † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio

29 Sep 24.1 Ordained Priest Nicolò Givovich † Priest Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia

20.0 Professed Adalbert (Philipp Wilhelm) Walderdorf, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop of Fulda, Germany

Oct Selected René Mornay de Montchevreuil † Archbishop of Besançon, France

1 Oct 44.9 Elevated to Cardinal Imre Csáky † Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

55.7 Appointed José Esquivel Castillejos, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Lycopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

55.7 Confirmed José Esquivel Castillejos, O.P. † Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

50.7 Appointed Pedro Mejorada, O.P. † Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines Bishop-Elect

57.7 Appointed Juan Muñoz de la Cueva, O.SS.T. † Bishop of Orense, Spain

60.7 Appointed Francisco Polanco (Palanco), O.M. † Bishop of Jaca, Spain

63.4 Appointed Marcelino Siuri Navarro † Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

2 Oct 62.7 Appointed Thomas Flynn † Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland

47.7 Selected Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan † Bishop of Nantes, France Archbishop of Rouen, France

48.7 Selected Jean-Paul-François Le Févre de Caumartin † Bishop of Vannes, France Bishop of Blois, France

56.7 Appointed James O’Shielt, O.F.M. † Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland

8 Oct Born Bernardo Pinto Ribeiro Seixas † Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal

11 Oct 51.6 Appointed Carlos Alamán Ferrer † Bishop of Barbastro, Spain

13 Oct 64.7 Died François-Louis de Polastron † Bishop of Lectoure, France

17 Oct Born Giovanni Antonio Arras Minutili † Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy

24 Oct 30.0 Ordained Deacon Luigi Antonio Valdina Cremona † Deacon Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior

25 Oct 53.8 Selected Louis de Balzac d’Illiers d’Entragues † Bishop of Lectoure, France

71.8 Died Nicola Grimaldi † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana

28 Oct 32.0 Ordained Priest Antoine-Pierre de Grammont † Priest Archbishop of Besançon, France

54.1 Selected Nicolaus Pohmajevich † Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia

62.0 Ordained Deacon Bernardino Scotti † Deacon Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio

31 Oct 44.4 Ordained Priest Christoph Franz von Hutten † Priest of Würzburg, Germany Bishop

62.0 Ordained Priest Bernardino Scotti † Priest Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio

49.9 Ordained Priest Gaetano Stampa † Priest Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

30.0 Ordained Priest Luigi Antonio Valdina Cremona † Priest Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior

3 Nov 49.8 Selected António Paes Godinho † Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China Bishop Emeritus

5 Nov Ordained Bishop Basile Abd al-Ahad † Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey

12 Nov 54.3 Selected Jean-Baptiste Massillon, C.O.I. † Bishop of Clermont, France

49.5 Selected Giuseppe Maria Positano, O.P. † Bishop of Acerra, Italy Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy

16 Nov 79.0 Died Manuel Arias y Porres, O.S.Io.Hieros. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

18 Nov 71.2 Resigned Giandomenico Paracciani † Bishop of Senigallia, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

20 Nov 80.1 Died Louis-Marie Pidou de Saint-Olon, C.R. † Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq

21 Nov 67.8 Died Carlo Ottaviano Guasco † Bishop of Cremona, Italy

60.8 Ordained Bishop Francisco Polanco (Palanco), O.M. † Bishop of Jaca, Spain

22 Nov 52.2 Appointed Giuseppe Antonio Davanzati † Archbishop of Trani, Italy

37.1 Appointed Ludwik Karol Ogiński † Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland

48.9 Appointed Lodovico Pico Della Mirandola † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Senigallia, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

49.5 Confirmed Giuseppe Maria Positano, O.P. † Bishop of Acerra, Italy Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy

60.8 Confirmed Salvador Rodríguez Castelblanco, T.O.R. † Bishop of Orihuela, Spain

44.6 Confirmed Franjo Vernić † Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia

24 Nov Born Nicolaus d’Ambrosio † Titular Bishop of Philomelium

25 Nov 53.8 Died Antonio María Casiani, O.S.Bas. † Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia

27 Nov Born Francesco Antonio Marcucci † Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy

28 Nov 52.2 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Antonio Davanzati † Archbishop of Trani, Italy

49.6 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Maria Positano, O.P. † Bishop of Acerra, Italy Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy

30 Nov Born Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † Bishop of Poznań, Poland

1 Dec 72.2 Died Ferdinando Nuzzi † Cardinal, Bishop of Orvieto, Italy

Born François-Armand-Auguste de Rohan-Soubise-Ventadour † Cardinal, Bishop of Strasbourg, France

5 Dec 57.9 Ordained Bishop Juan Muñoz de la Cueva, O.SS.T. † Bishop of Orense, Spain

56.9 Ordained Bishop James O’Shielt, O.F.M. † Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland

6 Dec 53.5 Appointed Giulio Alberoni † Bishop of Málaga, Spain Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

51.7 Appointed Francesco Maria Muscettola, C.R. † Archbishop of Rossano, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

50.0 Appointed Gaetano Stampa † Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

10 Dec Born Maximilian Augustin Christoph von Rodt † Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany

12 Dec 51.7 Ordained Bishop Francesco Maria Muscettola, C.R. † Archbishop of Rossano, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

15 Dec 61.9 Died Juan Miguélez Mendaña † Bishop of Tortosa, Spain

57.7 Died Andreas Riggio † Bishop of Catania, Italy

18 Dec Born Josephus Antonius Bajtay, Sch. P. † Bishop Emeritus of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania

24.0 Ordained Priest Giovanni Calebotta † Priest Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia

24.0 Ordained Priest Niccolò de Rosa † Priest Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy

26.4 Ordained Priest Meinwerk Kaup, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany

26.3 Ordained Priest François-Barthélemi de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon † Priest Bishop of Pamiers, France

25.3 Ordained Deacon Jakob Johann Joseph Wolsky von Bärenstamm † Deacon of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany Prefect

20 Dec 54.5 Appointed Giuseppe Falconio † Bishop of Ortona a Mare e Campli, Italy

40.0 Appointed Giovanni Saverio Lioni † Bishop of Isernia, Italy Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy

35.4 Appointed Salvatore Miroballo † Titular Archbishop of Nazareth Archbishop Emeritus

63.9 Appointed Domenico Votta † Bishop of Isola, Italy

21 Dec 55.9 Ordained Bishop José Esquivel Castillejos, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Lycopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

23 Dec 72.3 Died António Vasconcelos e Sousa † Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

25 Dec Born Giovanni Angelico Braschi † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

26 Dec 35.4 Ordained Bishop Salvatore Miroballo † Titular Archbishop of Nazareth Archbishop Emeritus

30 Dec 47.9 Died Adam Daemen † Vicar Apostolic of Batavia (Holland Mission), Netherlands

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Jul	60.2	Appointed	José Espejo y Cisneros †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
3 Jul		Born	Francesco Maria Colombani †		Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
59.5	Selected	Edmund Kelly †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
5 Jul	32.5	Selected	Anne-François-Guillaume du Cambout-Beçay †	Bishop of Tarbes, France
11 Jul		Born	Diodato Maria Difnico, C.R.L. †		Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
47.5	Ordained Bishop	Gottfried Langwerth von Simmern †	Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
59.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Magaña, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
12 Jul	53.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Giulio Alberoni †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain
44.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Imre Csáky †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Archbishop
69.5	Appointed	Francesco del Giudice †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy
77.5	Resigned	Diego Ladrón de Guevara †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
55.6	Appointed	Gregorio Lauri †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
45.7	Appointed	Alfonso Miraconda, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
59.5	Appointed	Francisco Ochoa Mendarozqueta y Arzamendi †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
52.5	Appointed	Luis Francisco Romero †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
68.4	Appointed	Antonio Vaira †	Bishop of Adria, Italy
18 Jul	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Lauri †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
45.7	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Miraconda, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
36.6	Died	Adamus Benedictus Ratkaj (Ratkay) †	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
34.9	Ordained Priest	Johann Wilhelm von Twickel †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
24 Jul	44.6	Selected	Giuseppe Antonio von Delmestri von Schönberg †	Coadjutor Bishop of Trieste, Italy	Bishop
31 Jul	63.8	Died	Pietro Paolo Calorio (Calore), C.R.S. †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
8 Aug	17.6	Ordained Deacon	Nicholas Sweetman †	Deacon	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
11 Aug		Born	Felix Josephus Hubertus de Wavrans †		Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
16 Aug		Born	Giovanni Pietro Riboli †		Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
19 Aug	74.6	Died	Manuel de Santo Tomás y Mendoza, O.P. †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
20 Aug		Born	Onofrio de Rossi †		Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
73.2	Died	François-Joseph de Grammont †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
26 Aug		Born	Francesco Agostino della Chiesa †		Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
27 Aug	40.8	Died	Franz Karl von Kaunitz-Rietberg †	Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
	Born	Francesco Saverio de Zelada †		Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive
29 Aug	24.2	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Antonio Benzoni †	Priest	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
	Born	Lev Sheptytskyi (Szeptycki), O.S.B.M. †		Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
Sep	61.8	Died	Matteo Gagliani †	Bishop of Sora, Italy
66.6	Died	Ambrose MacDermott, O.P. †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
81.8	Died	Domenico Pacifico †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
6 Sep	65.6	Died	Gilles-Jean-François de Beauvau du Rivau †	Bishop of Nantes, France
7 Sep		Born	Giuseppe Stanislao Concas †		Bishop of Bosa, Italy
55.3	Ordained Bishop	Matthieu Giannicio (Joanitius) †	Bishop of Scardona (Skradin), Croatia
8 Sep		Born	[Augustin-Jean-Charles Clément] †		Bishop Emeritus of [Seine-et-Oise (Constitutional), France]
11 Sep		Born	Giovanni Maria Spinelli, C.R. †		Archbishop of Messina, Italy
12 Sep	60.6	Selected	Salvador Rodríguez Castelblanco, T.O.R. †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
14 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Elias Mhasseb (ou Mohasseb) †	Bishop
17 Sep	49.7	Appointed	Jean-Jacques Tessier de Quéralay, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand	Vicar Apostolic
49.7	Appointed	Jean-Jacques Tessier de Quéralay, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Rosalia	Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand
18 Sep	24.0	Ordained Priest	Bernardo Cangiani †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Boiano, Italy
24.4	Ordained Priest	Jean de Caulet †	Priest	Bishop of Grenoble, France
34.0	Ordained Priest	Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn †	Priest of Basel, Switzerland	Bishop
17.7	Ordained Priest	Nicholas Sweetman †	Priest	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
19 Sep	71.4	Died	Marco Battista Battaglini †	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
20 Sep	38.2	Selected	Claude-Ignace-Joseph de Simiane de Gordes †	Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Gennaro Giordano †		Bishop of Acerra, Italy
21 Sep	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Ochoa Mendarozqueta y Arzamendi †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
26 Sep		Born	Julián Gascueña Herráiz, O.F.M. Disc. †		Bishop of Ávila, Spain
28 Sep	84.6	Died	Francesco Martelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio
29 Sep	24.1	Ordained Priest	Nicolò Givovich †	Priest	Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia
20.0	Professed	Adalbert (Philipp Wilhelm) Walderdorf, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
Oct		Selected	René Mornay de Montchevreuil †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
1 Oct	44.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Imre Csáky †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
55.7	Appointed	José Esquivel Castillejos, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Lycopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
55.7	Confirmed	José Esquivel Castillejos, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
50.7	Appointed	Pedro Mejorada, O.P. †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Bishop-Elect
57.7	Appointed	Juan Muñoz de la Cueva, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
60.7	Appointed	Francisco Polanco (Palanco), O.M. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
63.4	Appointed	Marcelino Siuri Navarro †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
2 Oct	62.7	Appointed	Thomas Flynn †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
47.7	Selected	Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan †	Bishop of Nantes, France	Archbishop of Rouen, France
48.7	Selected	Jean-Paul-François Le Févre de Caumartin †	Bishop of Vannes, France	Bishop of Blois, France
56.7	Appointed	James O’Shielt, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
8 Oct		Born	Bernardo Pinto Ribeiro Seixas †		Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
11 Oct	51.6	Appointed	Carlos Alamán Ferrer †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
13 Oct	64.7	Died	François-Louis de Polastron †	Bishop of Lectoure, France
17 Oct		Born	Giovanni Antonio Arras Minutili †		Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
24 Oct	30.0	Ordained Deacon	Luigi Antonio Valdina Cremona †	Deacon	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior
25 Oct	53.8	Selected	Louis de Balzac d’Illiers d’Entragues †	Bishop of Lectoure, France
71.8	Died	Nicola Grimaldi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana
28 Oct	32.0	Ordained Priest	Antoine-Pierre de Grammont †	Priest	Archbishop of Besançon, France
54.1	Selected	Nicolaus Pohmajevich †	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
62.0	Ordained Deacon	Bernardino Scotti †	Deacon	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio
31 Oct	44.4	Ordained Priest	Christoph Franz von Hutten †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop
62.0	Ordained Priest	Bernardino Scotti †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio
49.9	Ordained Priest	Gaetano Stampa †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
30.0	Ordained Priest	Luigi Antonio Valdina Cremona †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior
3 Nov	49.8	Selected	António Paes Godinho †	Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China	Bishop Emeritus
5 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Basile Abd al-Ahad †	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
12 Nov	54.3	Selected	Jean-Baptiste Massillon, C.O.I. †	Bishop of Clermont, France
49.5	Selected	Giuseppe Maria Positano, O.P. †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
16 Nov	79.0	Died	Manuel Arias y Porres, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
18 Nov	71.2	Resigned	Giandomenico Paracciani †	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
20 Nov	80.1	Died	Louis-Marie Pidou de Saint-Olon, C.R. †	Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq
21 Nov	67.8	Died	Carlo Ottaviano Guasco †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
60.8	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Polanco (Palanco), O.M. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
22 Nov	52.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Antonio Davanzati †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy
37.1	Appointed	Ludwik Karol Ogiński †	Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland
48.9	Appointed	Lodovico Pico Della Mirandola †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Senigallia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
49.5	Confirmed	Giuseppe Maria Positano, O.P. †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
60.8	Confirmed	Salvador Rodríguez Castelblanco, T.O.R. †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
44.6	Confirmed	Franjo Vernić †	Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia
24 Nov		Born	Nicolaus d’Ambrosio †		Titular Bishop of Philomelium
25 Nov	53.8	Died	Antonio María Casiani, O.S.Bas. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
27 Nov		Born	Francesco Antonio Marcucci †		Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
28 Nov	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Antonio Davanzati †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Maria Positano, O.P. †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
30 Nov		Born	Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski †		Bishop of Poznań, Poland
1 Dec	72.2	Died	Ferdinando Nuzzi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
	Born	François-Armand-Auguste de Rohan-Soubise-Ventadour †		Cardinal, Bishop of Strasbourg, France
5 Dec	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan Muñoz de la Cueva, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
56.9	Ordained Bishop	James O’Shielt, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
6 Dec	53.5	Appointed	Giulio Alberoni †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
51.7	Appointed	Francesco Maria Muscettola, C.R. †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
50.0	Appointed	Gaetano Stampa †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
10 Dec		Born	Maximilian Augustin Christoph von Rodt †		Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
12 Dec	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Maria Muscettola, C.R. †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
15 Dec	61.9	Died	Juan Miguélez Mendaña †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
57.7	Died	Andreas Riggio †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
18 Dec		Born	Josephus Antonius Bajtay, Sch. P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania
24.0	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Calebotta †	Priest	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
24.0	Ordained Priest	Niccolò de Rosa †	Priest	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
26.4	Ordained Priest	Meinwerk Kaup, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
26.3	Ordained Priest	François-Barthélemi de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon †	Priest	Bishop of Pamiers, France
25.3	Ordained Deacon	Jakob Johann Joseph Wolsky von Bärenstamm †	Deacon of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany	Prefect
20 Dec	54.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Falconio †	Bishop of Ortona a Mare e Campli, Italy
40.0	Appointed	Giovanni Saverio Lioni †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
35.4	Appointed	Salvatore Miroballo †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth	Archbishop Emeritus
63.9	Appointed	Domenico Votta †	Bishop of Isola, Italy
21 Dec	55.9	Ordained Bishop	José Esquivel Castillejos, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Lycopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
23 Dec	72.3	Died	António Vasconcelos e Sousa †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
25 Dec		Born	Giovanni Angelico Braschi †		Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
26 Dec	35.4	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Miroballo †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth	Archbishop Emeritus
30 Dec	47.9	Died	Adam Daemen †	Vicar Apostolic of Batavia (Holland Mission), Netherlands

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