The Year of Our Lord 1737

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	16.9	Professed	Gaetano Maria Capece, C.R. †	Member of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Imre Christovich (Kristovich) †	Priest	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Manuel Buenaventura Figueroa Barrero †	Priest	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
		Died	Mardiros Markar Tahmanian †	Bishop of Mardin (Armenian), Turkey
		Born	James Louis O’Donel, O.F.M. Obs. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Newfoundland, Canada
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Saverio Palica, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Andria, Italy
	36.6	Selected	Charles-Joseph Quiqueran de Beaujeu †	Bishop of Mirepoix, France	Titular Bishop of Elusa
	63.0	Died	Pietro Scurra †	Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
1 Jan	32.0	Ordained Priest	Antonius Taveira de Neiva Brum †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Goa, India
3 Jan		Born	Kasimir Johann Baptist von Häffelin †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia
4 Jan		Born	Filippo Scarola †		Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia
5 Jan	87.0	Died	Cyprien-Gabriel Bénard de Résay †	Bishop of Angoulême, France
5 Jan		Born	Baltazar Jaime Martínez de Compañón †		Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
6 Jan	80.4	Died	Francesco Maria Federico Carafa, C.R. †	Bishop of Nola, Italy
6 Jan	25.5	Ordained Priest	Karl Michael von Attems (Attembs) †	Priest	Archbishop of Gorizia (Görz), Italy
12 Jan	28.9	Appointed	Józef Julian Stanisław Sapieha †	Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in Isauria	Coadjutor Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
12 Jan	28.9	Confirmed	Józef Julian Stanisław Sapieha †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
15 Jan	85.7	Died	Giuseppe Renato Imperiali †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
16 Jan		Born	[Nicolas Jacquemin] †		Bishop Emeritus of [Cayenne (Constitutional), Antilles]
17 Jan	68.8	Died	Carlo Cornaccioli, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
19 Jan	53.8	Selected	Tomás Montaño y Aarón †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
24 Jan	47.4	Selected	Jean Joseph Claret, C.R.A. †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
	73.7	Died	Alexander Sigmund von Pfalz-Neuburg †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
	78.9	Succeeded	Johann Franz von Schenk von Stauffenberg †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
26 Jan		Born	Nicola Francesco Franchi †		Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
27 Jan	48.0	Ordained Priest	Pierre Louis Jacquet †	Priest of Liège, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop
Feb	73.9	Died	Filippo Valignani, O.P. †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
5 Feb	65.3	Died	Alfonso Miraconda, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
7 Feb	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Jozafat Micheł Karp †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
		Appointed	Jean François Abdias de Villevieille †	Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand
		Appointed	Jean François Abdias de Villevieille †	Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in Palaestina	Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand
10 Feb	30.8	Ordained Bishop	Józef Tadeusz Kierski †	Titular Bishop of Bolina	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
10 Feb	24.0	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Antonio Francisco de Nobili, Sch. P. †	Priest of Order of the Pious Schools	Bishop of Larino, Italy
11 Feb	35.1	Appointed	Jakub Stefan Augustynowicz †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
	35.1	Appointed	Jakub Stefan Augustynowicz †	Titular Archbishop of Aegae	Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
	46.1	Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Bacchetoni †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
	37.2	Confirmed	Bonaventure Bauyn †	Bishop of Uzés, France
	44.5	Appointed	Carmine Cioffi †	Titular Bishop of Antaeopolis
	54.9	Appointed	Walenty Alexander Czapski, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	76.3	Appointed	Gianantonio Davia †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
	48.1	Appointed	Pierre Louis Jacquet †	Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Belgium
	48.1	Appointed	Pierre Louis Jacquet †	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Belgium
	43.1	Confirmed	François de Lastic de Saint-Jal †	Bishop of Castres, France
	74.2	Appointed	Vincenzo Petra †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	45.1	Appointed	Achille Puglia †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
12 Feb		Died	Stephen Dowdall †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
17 Feb	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Louis Jacquet †	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Belgium
26 Feb	63.9	Died	Bartolomeo Pucci Franceschi †	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
27 Feb		Born	Fabien-Sébastien Imberties †		Bishop of Autun, France
2 Mar		Born	Lorenzo Prospero Bottini †		Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
2 Mar	61.1	Died	Sebastião de Andrade Peçanha †	Archbishop Emeritus of Goa, India
4 Mar	66.7	Died	Nicola Cani, O.P. †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
6 Mar		Born	Jowius Fryderyk Bystrzycki †		Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
6 Mar		Born	Giacomo Francone †		Titular Bishop of Sidon
7 Mar	38.2	Selected	Miklós József Csáky †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
7 Mar	31.9	Selected	Joannes Ernestus von Harrach †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
10 Mar		Born	Vittorio Maria Baldassare Gaetano Costa d’Arignano †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
16 Mar	24.2	Ordained Priest	Ignazio Andrea Sambiase, C.R. †	Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
18 Mar		Born	Adalbert (Wilhelm Adolph Heinrich) von Harstall, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Fulda, Germany
18 Mar	76.0	Died	Curzio Origo †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eustachio
19 Mar	79.5	Died	Johann Konrad von Reinach-Hirzbach †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
20 Mar	56.1	Appointed	Antonio Saverio Gentili †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
24 Mar	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Bonaventure Bauyn †	Bishop of Uzés, France
25 Mar	23.9	Ordained Priest	Edmond Bennetat, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
29 Mar	67.8	Died	Álvaro Pires de Castro e Noronha †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
31 Mar	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Józef Eustachy Szembek †	Bishop of Chełm, Poland	Bishop of Płock, Poland
4 Apr		Born	József Király †		Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
8 Apr	40.5	Succeeded	Hilario a Jesu Costa, O.A.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
13 Apr	66.7	Died	Santiago Pinaque, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
13 Apr		Born	Francesco Saverio de Vita †		Titular Bishop of Philomelium
14 Apr	31.0	Ordained Priest	Franz Konrad Kasimir Ignaz von Rodt †	Priest of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop
16 Apr	78.8	Died	Marco Giacinto Gandolfo †	Bishop of Noli, Italy
20 Apr	28.9	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Aluffi †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
20 Apr	23.9	Ordained Priest	Francesco Antonio Scoppa †	Priest	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
21 Apr	53.3	Selected	James O’Gallagher †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
28 Apr	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Valerian Rist, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Myndus	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Cochin {Cocincina}, Viet Nam
28 Apr	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Leonardo Sanna †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
1 May	33.9	Ordained Priest	Juan Portugal de la Puebla †	Priest	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
1 May	56.8	Selected	Giovanni Leonardo Sanna †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
4 May	62.1	Resigned	Jean-François Boyer, C.R. †	Bishop of Mirepoix, France	Bishop Emeritus
4 May	73.3	Died	Cornelius O’Keeffe †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
5 May	35.3	Ordained Bishop	Jakub Stefan Augustynowicz †	Titular Archbishop of Aegae	Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
5 May		Born	Juan Félix de Villegas †		Archbishop of Guatemala
6 May	44.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Luigi de Andujar, O.P. †	Bishop of Bobbio, Italy	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
	51.9	Appointed	Neri Maria Corsini †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	55.2	Confirmed	Antoni Sebastian Dembowski †	Bishop of Płock, Poland	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	31.8	Appointed	Antonio Maria Franci †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
	47.6	Appointed	Michele di Palma †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
	69.5	Appointed	Gaetano Stampa †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	40.4	Confirmed	Louis-Marie de Suarès d’Aulan †	Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France	Bishop Emeritus
	48.4	Appointed	Andreas Venditti (Vinditti) †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
	38.5	Appointed	Mikołaj Ignacy Wyżycki †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
8 May		Born	Joseph Ernest Gandolph von Kuenburg †		Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
10 May		Born	Franz Egon von Fürstenberg †		Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
12 May	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Carmine Cioffi †	Titular Bishop of Antaeopolis
	31.8	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Maria Franci †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Michele di Palma †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Andreas Venditti (Vinditti) †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
15 May		Born	Salvator Giuseppe Mammeli †		Bishop-Elect of Alghero, Italy
15 May		Born	Thomas Johann Kaspar von Thun und Hohenstein †		Bishop of Passau, Germany
18 May	53.3	Confirmed	James O’Gallagher †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
19 May	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Luigi de Andujar, O.P. †	Bishop of Bobbio, Italy	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
23 May	59.8	Died	Juan José de Escalona y Calatayud †	Bishop of Michoacán, México
23 May		Born	Alexandre da Sagrada Familia Ferreira da Silva, O.F.M. Ref. †		Bishop of Angra, Portugal
2 Jun	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Marie de Suarès d’Aulan †	Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France	Bishop Emeritus
4 Jun	53.7	Selected	Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
7 Jun	62.8	Confirmed	Johann Anton von Freyberg-Hopferau †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
7 Jun	50.2	Appointed	Costantino Serra, C.R.S. †	Bishop of Noli, Italy	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
9 Jun	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Antoni Sebastian Dembowski †	Bishop of Płock, Poland	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
10 Jun	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Costantino Serra, C.R.S. †	Bishop of Noli, Italy	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
12 Jun	47.8	Confirmed	Jean Joseph Claret, C.R.A. †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
12 Jun	46.2	Appointed	Francesco Lanfreschi †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
15 Jun	28.8	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste-Joseph de Méallet de Fargues †	Priest	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France
15 Jun	22.8	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Evangelista Stefanini †	Priest	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
16 Jun	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Walenty Alexander Czapski, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
16 Jun	16.0	Professed	Antonio Andrés López Arroyo, O.F.M. Obs. †	Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
18 Jun	21.5	Professed	Anzelmo (Nicolò) Katić (Cattich), O.F.M. Obs. †	Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina
21 Jun		Born	Franciscus de Paula Paternò Castello †		Titular Bishop of Europus
30 Jun	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Lanfreschi †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy

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