The Year of Our Lord 1720

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	52.6	Resigned	Alessandro Aldobrandini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Youssef El-Biskintaoui †	Priest	Archbishop of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon
	70.5	Died	Marino Gini †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
	57.6	Died	Matthieu Giannicio (Joanitius) †	Bishop of Scardona (Skradin), Croatia
	34.0	Appointed	Teodozy Teofil Godebski, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Pińsk-Turaŭ (Ukrainian), Belarus	Bishop of Volodymyr (Włodzimierz) et Brėst (Ukrainian)
	19.4	Professed	José Vidal de Moctezuma y Tobar, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
		Born	Claude-François de Reymond, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China
	53.0	Died	Petrus Zumi †	Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
Jan	36.0	Died	Petrus Miserscia †	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria
5 Jan		Confirmed	Francis Burke, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
5 Jan		Confirmed	Terence O’Donnelly †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
10 Jan	60.5	Died	Joseph-Emmanuel de la Trémoille †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cambrai, France
13 Jan		Born	Melchior Jan Kochnowski †		Auxiliary Bishop of Chełm, Poland
14 Jan	60.1	Died	Giovanni Battista Capano, C.R. †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
14 Jan	72.0	Died	Francisco Zapata Vera y Morales †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
16 Jan		Born	Gaetano Maria Capece, C.R. †		Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
18 Jan	85.0	Died	Jerónimo Soares †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
19 Jan		Died	Luca Natale †	Bishop of Beograd {Belgrade}, Serbia
23 Jan		Born	Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno-Talenti †		Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
30 Jan	51.0	Installed	Charles de Fontaine des Montees †	Bishop of Nevers, France
4 Feb	16.0	Professed	Giusto de Marco, C.R. †	Member of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
4 Feb	61.6	Ordained Bishop	Franciszek Józef Kraszkowski †	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
6 Feb		Born	József Bajzáth †		Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
11 Feb	22.9	Ordained Deacon	Bonifatius (Giovanni Giuseppe) Cecchotti, O.F.M. Ref. †	Deacon of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
11 Feb		Born	Giacomo Pisani †		Titular Bishop of Agathopolis
15 Feb	68.1	Selected	Denis Moriarty †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
15 Feb	56.1	Selected	Cornelius O’Keeffe †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
18 Feb	22.9	Ordained Priest	Bonifatius (Giovanni Giuseppe) Cecchotti, O.F.M. Ref. †	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
24 Feb	23.1	Ordained Priest	Adam Wojna Orański †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
	28.1	Ordained Priest	Achille Puglia †	Priest	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
	47.9	Resigned	Luis Simões Brandão †	Bishop of Angola e Congo	Bishop Emeritus
	22.0	Ordained Deacon	Ferdinand Julius von Troyer †	Deacon of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia	Cardinal, Bishop
25 Feb	63.4	Ordained Deacon	Guillaume Dubois †	Deacon	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cambrai, France
25 Feb	22.8	Ordained Deacon	Józef Eustachy Szembek †	Deacon	Bishop of Płock, Poland
26 Feb		Born	Giovanni Francesco Albani †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
29 Feb		Born	Jean Jacques (Johann Jakob) Lantz †		Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France
Mar	58.6	Died	Andrea Della Rocca, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
Mar	35.0	Incardinated	Pierre-François Lafitau †	Priest	Bishop of Sisteron, France
1 Mar		Born	Giuseppe Coppula †		Bishop of Lipari, Italy
3 Mar		Born	Vitaliano Borromeo †		Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ecclesiastical Immunity
3 Mar	63.4	Ordained Priest	Guillaume Dubois †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cambrai, France
4 Mar	60.1	Appointed	Angel Benito, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
	60.1	Appointed	Angel Benito, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Titopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
		Appointed	Bartolomé Camacho Madueño †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
	51.5	Appointed	Andrea Luigi Cattani †	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
	34.5	Appointed	Louis-Joseph de Châteauneuf de Rochebonne †	Coadjutor Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Bishop
	34.5	Appointed	Louis-Joseph de Châteauneuf de Rochebonne †	Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
	52.4	Appointed	Bartolomeu do Pilar, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
	64.8	Appointed	Felipe Antonio Gil Taboada †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	35.0	Confirmed	Pierre-François Lafitau †	Bishop of Sisteron, France
	51.2	Confirmed	Jean-Paul-François Le Févre de Caumartin †	Bishop of Blois, France
	54.1	Appointed	Manuel José de Santa María y Salazar †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
	43.6	Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Tria †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
	60.2	Appointed	Simeone Veglini †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
7 Mar	68.1	Confirmed	Denis Moriarty †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
7 Mar	56.1	Confirmed	Cornelius O’Keeffe †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
10 Mar	35.0	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-François Lafitau †	Bishop of Sisteron, France
15 Mar	69.5	Died	Luigi Priuli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
16 Mar	25.3	Ordained Priest	Marcello Crescenzi †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
	24.3	Ordained Deacon	Michael Marculli †	Deacon	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Ferdinand Joseph Gabriel von Sarentheim †	Priest of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
17 Mar	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Luigi Cattani †	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
	34.2	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre de Jouanne de Saumery †	Bishop of Rieux, France
	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Andrea Tria †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
20 Mar	50.4	Appointed	Domenico Maria Cedronio, O.P. †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
	55.2	Confirmed	Antoine Fagon †	Bishop of Vannes, France
	48.0	Confirmed	François-César Le Blanc, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Avranches, France
	53.9	Appointed	Jaime de Mimbela, O.P. †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
	59.2	Confirmed	Manuel a Santa Catharina, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo
		Appointed	José del Yermo Santibáñez †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
24 Mar	24.3	Ordained Priest	Michael Marculli †	Priest	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
25 Mar		Born	Tommaso Vespoli †		Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
26 Mar	79.0	Died	José Guerrero de Torres, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
27 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Terence O’Donnelly †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
30 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Filippo Cauti †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Erythrae
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Giacomo Guacci †	Priest	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
	81.3	Died	Giuseppe Labonia, O.A.D. †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy
31 Mar	27.4	Ordained Priest	Francis Petre †	Priest of London District, England, Great Britain	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
Apr	63.9	Died	Bisanzio Fili †	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
3 Apr		Born	Karl Friedrich von Zehmen †		Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
7 Apr	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Maria Cedronio, O.P. †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
7 Apr	83.2	Died	Charles-François de Loménie de Brienne †	Bishop of Coutances, France
13 Apr	62.2	Died	Jan Dłużewski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chełm, Poland
13 Apr		Born	Jan Duwall †		Priest of Kraków, Poland
14 Apr	25.4	Ordained Priest	Santo d’Inzillo †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Mylasa
15 Apr	52.0	Installed	Cornelio Bentivoglio †	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
		Appointed	Juan Cavero de Toledo †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
	42.2	Appointed	Marco Antonio De Marco †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
	52.4	Appointed	Domenico Filomarini, C.R. †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
		Appointed	Juan Francisco Gómez Calleja †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
		Appointed	Miguel Herrero Esgueva †	Bishop of Osma, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	54.4	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Laghi, C.R.S. †	Archbishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia
	48.2	Appointed	García Pardiñas Villar de Francos, O. de M. †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
17 Apr		Born	Giovanni Battista de Pergen †		Bishop of Mantova, Italy
20 Apr		Born	Antonio Martini †		Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
		Born	György Richvaldszky †		Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	50.3	Died	Martín de Sarricolea y Olea †	Priest of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
21 Apr		Born	Wojciech Józef Gadomski †		Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
23 Apr	47.3	Succeeded	Giuseppe Antonio von Delmestri von Schönberg †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
	81.7	Died	Giovanni Francesco Miller †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
	56.3	Died	Francisco Valero y Losa †	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
28 Apr	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Marco Antonio De Marco †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Filomarini, C.R. †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Laghi, C.R.S. †	Archbishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia
30 Apr	66.0	Appointed	John Wallace †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Scotland, Great Britain	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
30 Apr	66.0	Appointed	John Wallace †	Titular Bishop of Cyrrhus	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
1 May		Ordained Bishop	Francis Burke, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	François-César Le Blanc, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Avranches, France
	57.1	Ordained Priest	Matteo Roberti †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Callinicum
5 May	22.9	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Filippo Felissano †	Priest	Bishop of Asti, Italy
5 May	23.0	Ordained Priest	Józef Eustachy Szembek †	Priest	Bishop of Płock, Poland
6 May	63.6	Appointed	Guillaume Dubois †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cambrai, France
		Confirmed	René Mornay de Montchevreuil †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
	51.1	Appointed	Pietro Priuli †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Marco	Cardinal, Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
	46.6	Appointed	Giovanni Crisostomo Verchio, O.S.B.I. †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy
	54.6	Appointed	François-Elie de Voyer de Paulmy d’Argenson †	Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
	58.0	Appointed	Doymus Zeni †	Bishop of Arbe (Rab), Croatia
9 May	34.1	Ordained Deacon	Dominikus Anton von Thun †	Deacon of Trento, Italy	Bishop
12 May		Ordained Bishop	Bartolomé Camacho Madueño †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
	34.1	Ordained Priest	Dominikus Anton von Thun †	Priest of Trento, Italy	Bishop
	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Crisostomo Verchio, O.S.B.I. †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy
13 May	44.3	Selected	Antonio Pimentel, S.J. †	Archbishop of Cranganore (Angamala), India
18 May		Born	Martino Bianchi †		Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
18 May	48.2	Appointed	Sostegno Maria Cavalli, O.S.M. †	Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
21 May	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Doymus Zeni †	Bishop of Arbe (Rab), Croatia
25 May	25.0	Ordained Priest	Biagio Chiarelli †	Priest	Bishop of Ravello e Scala, Italy
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Pál Štefan Forgách †	Priest	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Nikolaus (Anton Sebastian) Imfeld, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Umberto Luigi Radicati de Cocconato †	Priest	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
26 May	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Manuel José de Santa María y Salazar †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
27 May		Appointed	Tomás Broto y Pérez †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
	54.4	Confirmed	Louis-François-Gabriel de Hénin-Liétard †	Archbishop of Embrun, France
	43.2	Appointed	Giambattista Labanchi †	Bishop of Oria, Italy
	51.4	Appointed	Francisco Sánchez Márquez †	Titular Bishop of Amyclae
		Appointed	Martín Zalayeta Lizarza †	Bishop of León, Spain
28 May		Born	José Gregorio Alonso de Ortigosa †		Bishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
2 Jun	40.4	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Barlotta y Ferro †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Thelepte
2 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Miguel Herrero Esgueva †	Bishop of Osma, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
3 Jun	56.2	Resigned	Bernardo Maria Conti, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
4 Jun	61.5	Died	Claude de la Roche-Aymon †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
5 Jun		Born	Domenico Maria Clavarini, O.P. †		Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
5 Jun	31.4	Ordained Priest	Hagop Petros II Hovsepian †	Priest of Alep (Armenian), Syria	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
9 Jun	63.7	Ordained Bishop	Guillaume Dubois †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cambrai, France
9 Jun	48.4	Ordained Bishop	García Pardiñas Villar de Francos, O. de M. †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
11 Jun		Born	Philipp Wirich Lorenz von Daun zu Sassenheim und Callenborn †		Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
15 Jun		Appointed	Pietro Giovanni Battista Mauri, O.F.M. Ref. †	Titular Archbishop of Cartagine
16 Jun		Born	Agustín de Alvarado y Castillo †		Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
16 Jun		Ordained Bishop	José del Yermo Santibáñez †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
18 Jun	71.7	Died	Manuel Senjust y de Pagés †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
19 Jun	78.4	Died	César de Sabran †	Bishop of Glandèves, France
24 Jun	25.1	Ordained Deacon	Krzysztof Michal Dobiński †	Deacon	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
24 Jun	14.6	Professed	Isidoro Sánchez de Luna, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno, Italy
25 Jun	24.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Benedikt von Rost †	Priest of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop
26 Jun	70.4	Died	Humbert Ancelin †	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
30 Jun	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Angel Benito, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Titopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
30 Jun		Born	Giovanni Cornaro †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio

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