The Year of Our Lord 1731

Bishop Events

July to December

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	35.6	Ordained Priest	Fabrizio Serbelloni †	Priest of Recanati e Loreto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
19 Jul	71.5	Selected	Patrick O’Shea (Shee) †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
21 Jul	57.7	Selected	Paolo Basile, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
22 Jul	22.7	Ordained Priest	Johann Baptist Anton von Federspiel †	Priest of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop
41.3	Ordained Bishop	Silvio Valenti Gonzaga †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea	Cardinal, Secretary of State
25 Jul	60.5	Selected	Charles-François de Châteauneuf de Rochebonne †	Archbishop of Lyon, France
44.5	Selected	Charles-François Le Févre de Laubriéres †	Bishop of Soissons, France
35.8	Selected	Claude de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon †	Bishop of Noyon, France	Bishop of Metz, France
26 Jul		Born	Benedetto Maria dei Monti Sanfelice, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
64.1	Died	Jean-Ernest de Löwenstein-Wertheim †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
28 Jul	71.5	Confirmed	Patrick O’Shea (Shee) †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
31 Jul	56.5	Died	Francisco da Purificação da Rocha Froes, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China
2 Aug	88.5	Died	Olivier Jégou de Kervilio †	Bishop of Tréguier, France
5 Aug	23.0	Ordained Priest	Franz Karl Joseph von Fugger-Glött †	Priest of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
6 Aug	53.3	Appointed	Pedro Manuel Dávila y Cárdenas †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
57.5	Confirmed	Jan-Baptist de Smet †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
55.1	Appointed	Francesco Maria Loyero †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
35.7	Appointed	Fabrizio Serbelloni †	Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters)	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
7 Aug	80.5	Died	Franz Ferdinand von Kuenburg †	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
11 Aug	74.0	Died	Francesco Paolo Nicolai †	Archbishop Emeritus of Conza, Italy
14 Aug		Born	[Jean-Baptiste Aubert] †		Bishop Emeritus of [Bouches-du-Rhône (Constitutional), France]
62.6	Installed	Alonso del Pozo y Silva †	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Aug	45.6	Selected	François-André Roussel de Tilly †	Bishop of Orange, France	Bishop Emeritus
23 Aug		Born	José Joaquim Justiniano Mascarenhas Castello Branco †		Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
24 Aug	23.0	Ordained Priest	Apollinare Peruzzini, O.E.S.A. †	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
25 Aug	35.8	Ordained Bishop	Fabrizio Serbelloni †	Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters)	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
26 Aug	28.6	Ordained Deacon	Dominik Józef Kiełczewski †	Deacon	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chełm, Poland
31 Aug	80.5	Died	Giorgio Barni †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
	Born	Ignazio Busca †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli
3 Sep	64.3	Installed	Alessandro Aldobrandini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
50.7	Appointed	Filippo de Amato †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
57.8	Confirmed	Paolo Basile, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
56.8	Installed	Girolamo Grimaldi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina
53.0	Appointed	Ignatius Franciscus Ladislaus Mednyánszky †	Titular Bishop of Leuce
	Born	Stanislaw Jan Siestrzencewicz Bohusz †		Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
5 Sep	88.6	Died	Michel Cassagnet de Tilladet †	Bishop of Mâcon, France
7 Sep		Born	Francesco Benincasa, S.J. †		Bishop of Carpi, Italy
	Born	Antonio Paramo Somoza †		Bishop-Elect of Lugo, Spain
8 Sep	25.0	Ordained Priest	Francesco Maria Ginori †	Priest	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
56.9	Selected	Gennaro Guglielmini †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
11 Sep		Born	Giovanni Andrea Archetti †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
16 Sep	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Filippo de Amato †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
57.8	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Basile, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
65.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Jacques Bouhier de Lantenay †	Bishop of Dijon, France	Bishop Emeritus
45.7	Ordained Bishop	Andrés Mayoral Alonso de Mella †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
17 Sep	47.7	Appointed	Pedro Morcillo Rubio de Auñón †	Bishop of Panamá	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
22 Sep	23.2	Ordained Priest	Gioacchino Castello †	Priest	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
25.6	Ordained Priest	Thomas del Pozzo †	Priest of Messina, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
27.3	Ordained Priest	Francesco Maria Testa †	Priest	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
24.2	Ordained Priest	Pedro Jacinto Valente, O. do Cristo †	Priest	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
24 Sep	63.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Vincenzo Bichi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
42.7	Appointed	Stjepan Blasković, C.O. †	Bishop of Makarska, Croatia
67.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Sinibaldo Doria †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
61.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Firrao †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
50.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Saverio Gentili †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
57.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Antonio Guadagni, O.C.D. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
33.4	Appointed	Aleksander Kazimierz Horain †	Auxiliary Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
33.4	Appointed	Aleksander Kazimierz Horain †	Titular Bishop of Hirina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
42.2	Appointed	Marko Lučić †	Bishop of Pult (Pulati), Albania	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
29 Sep	76.7	Died	Manuel Antonio Gómez de Silva †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
30 Sep	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Manuel Dávila y Cárdenas †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
2 Oct	60.3	Died	Simone Marco Palmerini †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
6 Oct		Born	Giovanni Battista Tommasi, S.M.O.M. †		Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
8 Oct	28.8	Selected	Moritz Adolf Karl von Sachsen-Zeitz (Saský) †	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
15 Oct	78.9	Died	Sancho Antonio Belunza Corcuera †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
18 Oct	32.7	Ordained Bishop	Hugh MacDonald †	Titular Bishop of Diana	Vicar Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain
20 Oct	41.6	Appointed	Silvio Valenti Gonzaga †	Apostolic Nuncio to Flanders, Belgium	Cardinal, Secretary of State
23 Oct		Born	Carlo Luigi Buronzo del Signore †		Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
1 Nov		Born	József Ferenc Pierer, S.J. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
70.8	Died	Manuel a Santa Catharina, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo
3 Nov		Born	Antonio Romano Malingri †		Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
4 Nov	31.1	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Maria Centini †	Priest	Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
5 Nov	75.8	Selected	Daniel Joseph Mayern †	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
9 Nov		Selected	Patrick French, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
43.8	Appointed	Tomás Ratto Ottonelli †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
10 Nov	52.5	Selected	Matteo Trigona †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
11 Nov		Born	Franciscus Kornis de Göncz-Ruszka †		Auxiliary Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
13 Nov	46.8	Died	Michel Pierre d’Argouges †	Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France
14 Nov	33.4	Selected	François-Ernest de Salm-Reifferscheid †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
15 Nov	89.1	Died	François Bouthillier de Chavigny †	Bishop Emeritus of Troyes, France
18 Nov	43.8	Resigned	Louis-Armand Chomel †	Bishop of Orange, France	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	[Isaac-Étienne Robinet] †		Bishop Emeritus of [Charente-Inférieure (Constitutional), France]
19 Nov	63.6	Appointed	Francisco Antonio Cepeda Guerrero †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
60.8	Confirmed	Charles-François de Châteauneuf de Rochebonne †	Archbishop of Lyon, France
59.7	Appointed	Fabio Colloredo, C.O. †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
61.3	Installed	Giuseppe Firrao †	Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
50.7	Installed	Antonio Saverio Gentili †	Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
56.1	Appointed	José Laso de la Vega y Cansino, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
45.8	Confirmed	François-André Roussel de Tilly †	Bishop of Orange, France	Bishop Emeritus
20 Nov		Died	Pedro Felipe Analso Miranda y Ponce de León †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain
	Born	François du Mouchet de Villedieu †		Bishop of Digne, France
22 Nov		Born	Ferenc Xavier Splényi †		Bishop of Vác, Hungary
23 Nov		Confirmed	Patrick French, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
25 Nov	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Adalbertus von Falkenstein, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary
2 Dec	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Ignatius Franciscus Ladislaus Mednyánszky †	Titular Bishop of Leuce
3 Dec		Born	Stefano Borgia †		Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
4 Dec		Born	József Petheö †		Auxiliary Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
6 Dec	76.9	Died	Fausto Guidotti †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
7 Dec		Born	Jan Chrzciciel Albertrandi †		Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa, Poland
9 Dec	69.4	Died	Carlo Maria Mascardi, B. †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
43.9	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Ratto Ottonelli †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
10 Dec		Born	Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Marie de Beauvais †		Bishop Emeritus of Senez, France
12 Dec	36.1	Appointed	Fabrizio Serbelloni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
16 Dec	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Fabio Colloredo, C.O. †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
17 Dec	48.3	Appointed	Joseph-Dominique (Malachias) d’Inguimbert, O. Cist. †	Titular Archbishop of Teodosia	Bishop of Carpentras, France
67.2	Installed	Sinibaldo Doria †	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
57.2	Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Guadagni, O.C.D. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
57.2	Confirmed	Gennaro Guglielmini †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
44.9	Confirmed	Charles-François Le Févre de Laubriéres †	Bishop of Soissons, France
23.2	Ordained Priest	Fabio Maria Palumbo, C.R. †	Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
44.7	Appointed	Juan Angel Rodríguez, O.SS.T. †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
57.2	Appointed	Agustín Rodríguez Delgado †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
52.1	Appointed	Gherardo Zandemaria †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
20 Dec	73.4	Died	Franciszek Józef Kraszkowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
21 Dec		Born	José Antonio Martínez de Aldunate †		Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
22 Dec	23.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Luigi Avogadro, C.R.L. †	Priest of Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour of the Lateran	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
23.0	Ordained Priest	Sebastian Maria Landolina Nava †	Priest of Siracusa, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
37.1	Ordained Priest	François-Marie de Manzi †	Priest	Archbishop of Avignon, France
38.2	Ordained Priest	Simon Nikolaus Eusebius von Montjoye-Hirsingen (von Froberg) †	Priest of Strasbourg, France	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
23.6	Ordained Deacon	Claude Humbert de Rolland de Bery †	Deacon	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
23 Dec	38.7	Ordained Priest	Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †	Priest	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
24 Dec		Born	Domenico Arcaroli †		Bishop Emeritus of Vieste, Italy
	Born	Emmanuel-François de Bausset-Roquefort †		Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus, France
25 Dec		Selected	Antoine-François de Bliterswyck de Montcley †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
44.8	Selected	François-Hyacinthe de La Fruglaye de Kervers †	Bishop of Tréguier, France
34.6	Selected	Jean-Chrétien de Macheco de Prémeaux †	Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France
54.7	Died	Nicolas Pisanelli, C.R. †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
27 Dec	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Dominique (Malachias) d’Inguimbert, O. Cist. †	Titular Archbishop of Teodosia	Bishop of Carpentras, France
28 Dec	25.0	Ordained Deacon	Ignacy Augustyn Kozierowski, C.R.L.A. †	Deacon of Canons Regular of the Lateran Congregation of Austria	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
30 Dec	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Gennaro Guglielmini †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy	Bishop Emeritus

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