The Year of Our Lord 1739

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	48.4	Resigned	Giovanni Carlo Antonelli †	Apostolic Internuncio to Savoy	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
	59.7	Converted	Abraham Petros I Ardzivian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	58.7	Ordained Bishop	José (de Bolaños) Calzado, O.F.M. Disc. †	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis
		Born	José Calvo, O.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Fukien, Chekiang, and Kiangsi, China
	71.2	Died	Giovanni Battista Conventati, C.O. †	Bishop Emeritus of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
		Born	Edward Dillon †		Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Vigilius Augustin Maria von Firmian †	Priest of Salzburg, Austria	Bishop Emeritus of Lavant, Slovenia
	79.0	Resigned	Olivier-Gabriel de Lubières (Nubières) du Bouchet †	Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France	Bishop Emeritus
	14.0	Professed	Tadeusz Teodozy Rostocki, O.S.B.M. †	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	15.6	Ordained Priest	Francisco de Saldanha da Gama †	Priest	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	52.0	Died	Gregorius Sorger †	Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania
		Appointed	Onufrij Šumljanškyj †	Titular Bishop	Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland
		Died	Paul Zichy †	Priest
3 Jan	69.7	Died	Carlo Maielli †	Titular Archbishop of Hemesa
12 Jan	40.5	Selected	Adam Stanisław Grabowski †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
12 Jan	71.7	Selected	Krzysztof Antoni Szembek †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
16 Jan		Born	Jean-Denis de Vienne †		Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
17 Jan		Born	Francisco Gomes de Avelar, C.O. †		Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
17 Jan	71.6	Died	Giorgio Spínola †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
18 Jan	77.7	Died	François-Hyacinthe de Ploeuc de Timeur †	Bishop of Quimper, France
18 Jan	31.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Maria Priuli †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
20 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Teofil Pašić (Passich), O.S.B.M. †	Titular Bishop of Plataea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Valachia (Križevci), Croatia
25 Jan	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Antônio de Nossa Senhora do Desterro Malheiro, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo	Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
25 Jan	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Leandro de Santo Agostinho da Piedade, O.A.D. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
26 Jan	65.4	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Altieri (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	40.1	Appointed	Domenico Anelli †	Bishop of Acerno, Italy	Bishop of Andria, Italy
	36.5	Confirmed	Teodor Kazimierz Czartoryski †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	69.4	Confirmed	Domenico Angelo de Pace †	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy
	59.0	Appointed	John Galata †	Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
	55.1	Confirmed	Pedro González García †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México	Bishop of Ávila, Spain
	37.3	Confirmed	Daniel-Bertrand de Langle †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France
	48.9	Confirmed	Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
	41.5	Appointed	Umberto Luigi Radicati de Cocconato †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
	41.2	Appointed	Pietro Antonio Zuccheri †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
27 Jan		Born	Jean-Chrysostome André de Villaret †		Bishop Emeritus of Casale Monferrato, Italy
29 Jan	55.3	Died	Johann Franz Anton von Sirgenstein †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
Feb	74.5	Died	Fabio Mancinforte †	Bishop Emeritus of Gubbio, Italy
1 Feb	40.1	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Anelli †	Bishop of Acerno, Italy	Bishop of Andria, Italy
	69.4	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Angelo de Pace †	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy
	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Antonio Zuccheri †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
2 Feb		Born	Gavino Murro †		Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
3 Feb		Born	[Jean-Joseph Mestadier] †		Bishop Emeritus of [Deux-Sèvres (Constitutional), France]
13 Feb		Born	Charles Erskine of Kellie †		Cardinal, Deacon of Roma {Rome}, Italy
13 Feb	30.3	Appointed	Leopold Ernst von Firmian †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Cardinal, Bishop of Passau, Germany
16 Feb	79.0	Died	Jean Vivant †	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France
18 Feb	76.2	Died	Augusto Antonio Zacco †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
21 Feb		Selected	Eugene (Owen) O’Sullivan †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
22 Feb	66.4	Resigned	Giuseppe Accoramboni †	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	35.7	Selected	José de Bragança †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
	68.1	Selected	Manuel Coutinho †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
	44.1	Selected	João da Cruz Salgado de Castilho, O.C.D. †	Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
	36.0	Selected	Miguel da Anunciação (da Cunha), O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
	60.2	Selected	José Botelho de Matos †	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	65.1	Selected	José de Fialho, O. Cist. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Guarda, Portugal	Bishop
	22.2	Ordained Deacon	Johann Andreas Kaiser †	Deacon of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia
	63.1	Selected	Manuel Lopes Simões †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
	69.0	Selected	Diogo Marques Morato †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
	45.8	Selected	Júlio Francisco de Oliveira, C.O. †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
	45.9	Selected	Hilário de Santa Rosa, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Macau, China	Bishop Emeritus
	56.2	Selected	Inácio (de Santa Teresa) Torres de Souza, O.E.S.A. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal	Bishop
	53.0	Selected	João de Sousa, C.O. †	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal	Bishop-Elect
	42.0	Selected	Polycarpo de Sousa (Souza), S.J. †	Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China
	55.2	Selected	Miguel de Távora, O.E.S.A. †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
	55.0	Selected	Eugénio Trigueiros, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Goa, India
23 Feb	75.5	Died	Jacinto Arana Cuesta †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
	58.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Pierre-Guérin de Tencin †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
		Born	Jean-François Hubert †		Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
	47.0	Confirmed	Louis-Bernard de La Taste, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Bethleem
	38.9	Appointed	Francisco Juan Leiza (de Leyva) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
	38.9	Appointed	Francisco Juan Leiza (de Leyva) †	Titular Bishop of Geras	Auxiliary Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
		Born	[François Marbos] †		Bishop Emeritus of [Drôme (Constitutional), France]
	65.6	Appointed	Giovanni Tommaso Maria Marelli, C.O. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Imola, Italy	Bishop
	50.1	Appointed	Simoni Zezaj (Negri) †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
	43.1	Appointed	Andrés Núñez Monteagudo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	43.1	Appointed	Andrés Núñez Monteagudo †	Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	59.2	Appointed	Giacomo Oddi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	45.6	Appointed	Juan Antonio Pérez Arellano †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	45.6	Appointed	Juan Antonio Pérez Arellano †	Titular Bishop of Casius	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	71.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Gaetano Stampa †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
27 Feb	43.4	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Stoppani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Mar	69.9	Died	Antonio da Frosinone Pacicco, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy
1 Mar	30.4	Ordained Bishop	Leopold Ernst von Firmian †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Cardinal, Bishop of Passau, Germany
	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Umberto Luigi Radicati de Cocconato †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
	70.3	Died	Giovanni Francesco Maria Tenderini †	Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy
2 Mar		Born	Domenico Spinucci †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
2 Mar		Born	Philipp Franz Wilderich Nepomuk von Walderdorf †		Bishop of Speyer, Germany
5 Mar	76.3	Died	Giovanni Todone †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
7 Mar	59.3	Selected	Franciszek Antoni Kobielski †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
8 Mar	36.6	Ordained Bishop	Teodor Kazimierz Czartoryski †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
8 Mar	44.1	Selected	Andrzej Stanisław Załuski †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
9 Mar	48.9	Died	August Józef Czarnecki †	Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis
11 Mar	44.5	Died	Alberico Simonetta †	Bishop of Como, Italy
14 Mar	22.8	Ordained Priest	Antonio Puoti †	Priest	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
16 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	Jean-Olivier Briand †	Priest of Saint-Brieuc, France	Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
16 Mar		Born	Gregorio José de Omaña y Sotomayor †		Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
17 Mar		Born	Franc Jožef Mikolič (Mikolitsch) †		Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
19 Mar		Born	John Thomas Troy, O.P. †		Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
21 Mar		Born	[Paul-Benoît Barthe] †		Bishop Emeritus of [Gers (Constitutional), France]
	78.2	Died	Joseph-Pierre de Castellane †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
	76.2	Died	Joseph de Révol †	Bishop Emeritus of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France
22 Mar	27.7	Selected	François-Louis Pourroy de L’Auberivière †	Bishop of Québec, Canada
26 Mar	63.6	Died	Cristoforo Palmieri †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy
26 Mar	79.2	Died	Richard Piers †	Bishop Emeritus of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
28 Mar		Born	Francisco Casto Royo †		Titular Archbishop of Amida
28 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	Giacinto Sardi †	Priest	Bishop of Aquino e Pontecorvo, Italy
30 Mar	42.6	Ordained Priest	Ferdinando Maria de Rossi †	Priest	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
31 Mar		Born	Felipe Antonio Fernández Vallejo †		Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
31 Mar		Born	Wojciech Górski †		Bishop of Kielce, Poland
Apr	22.3	Ordained Deacon	William Walton †	Deacon of London District, England, Great Britain	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
1 Apr	62.4	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Barni †	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
5 Apr	37.5	Ordained Bishop	Daniel-Bertrand de Langle †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France
5 Apr	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Bernard de La Taste, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Bethleem
9 Apr		Born	Bernardino Marin, C.R.L. †		Bishop of Treviso, Italy
10 Apr		Died	Peter Archdeacon, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
	49.2	Selected	Michael O’Reilly †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
		Selected	Bernard O’Rourke †	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
14 Apr	23.0	Ordained Priest	Nicolò Antonio Spínola, O.M. †	Priest of Order of the Minims	Titular Archbishop of Naupactus
16 Apr		Born	Ferenc Miklósy †		Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
19 Apr		Born	Pierre de Séguiran †		Bishop of Nevers, France
24 Apr	82.1	Resigned	Juan Álvaro Cienfuegos Villazón, S.J. †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	49.3	Confirmed	Michael O’Reilly †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
		Confirmed	Bernard O’Rourke †	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
		Confirmed	Eugene (Owen) O’Sullivan †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
28 Apr		Died	Juan Francisco Antonio de Escandón, C.R. †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
28 Apr		Born	Pietro Fedele Grisolia †		Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy

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