The Year of Our Lord 1739

Bishop Events

September to December

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	65.2	Died	Pietro Carlo Benedetti †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
4 Sep	63.6	Died	Cayetano Benítez de Lugo, O.P. †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
26.9	Ordained Priest	Nicolau Joaquim Torel da Cunha Manuel †	Priest	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
5 Sep		Born	Vincenzo Greco †		Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
64.1	Died	Benjamin de L’Isle du Gast †	Bishop of Limoges, France
6 Sep	27.9	Ordained Priest	Giulio Cesare Gandolfi †	Priest	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
9 Sep	54.6	Selected	Thomas O’Beirne †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
12 Sep	47.9	Appointed	Richard Challoner †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of London District, England, Great Britain	Vicar Apostolic
47.9	Appointed	Richard Challoner †	Titular Bishop of Doberus	Vicar Apostolic of London District, England, Great Britain
16 Sep	54.7	Confirmed	Thomas O’Beirne †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
19 Sep	23.1	Ordained Priest	Wilhelm von Alhaus, O.S.C. †	Priest of Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
22.2	Ordained Deacon	Paolino Pace †	Deacon of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
22 Sep	39.0	Selected	Jean-Gilles du Coêtlosquet †	Bishop of Limoges, France	Bishop Emeritus
23 Sep	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Michael O’Reilly †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
25 Sep	82.2	Died	Vincent-François des Maretz †	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France
27 Sep	58.7	Died	Adalbertus von Falkenstein, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary
28 Sep		Born	Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen †		Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
29 Sep	17.7	Professed	Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Vicar Apostolic of Western District, England, Great Britain
30 Sep	40.8	Appointed	Alberico Archinto †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea	Cardinal, Secretary of State
37.7	Appointed	Jean Pierre Paul Joseph de Brunet de Pujols de Castelpers de Panat †	Auxiliary Bishop of Albi, France
37.7	Appointed	Jean Pierre Paul Joseph de Brunet de Pujols de Castelpers de Panat †	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro	Auxiliary Bishop of Albi, France
76.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Prospero Colonna †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria
75.0	Installed	Marcellino Corio †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
41.0	Appointed	Ignazio Michele Crivelli †	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia
33.2	Confirmed	Augustin-François-Annibal de Farcy de Cuillé †	Bishop of Quimper, France
53.7	Appointed	Juan Francisco Guillén †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
59.9	Confirmed	Franciszek Antoni Kobielski †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
50.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Maria Sacripante †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
2 Oct	33.2	Appointed	Joachim-Enjobert de Martiliat, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Yunnan, China	Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China
33.2	Appointed	Joachim-Enjobert de Martiliat, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Echinus	Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China
40.5	Appointed	Eugenio Pilotti, O.F.M. Ref. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Chansi and Chensi, China	Vicar Apostolic
40.5	Appointed	Eugenio Pilotti, O.F.M. Ref. †	Titular Bishop of Porthmus	Vicar Apostolic of Chansi and Chensi, China
3 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Louis Marie Maggi, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Baris in Hellesponto	Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China
4 Oct	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Ignazio Michele Crivelli †	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia
11 Oct	23.2	Ordained Deacon	Giovanni Battista Caballini †	Deacon	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
73.6	Ordained Bishop	Johann Franz Riccilli (Riccius) †	Titular Bishop of Verinopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France
39.4	Ordained Bishop	Hieronim Antoni Szeptycki (Sheptyskyi) †	Titular Bishop of Saldae	Bishop of Płock, Poland
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Antoni Dominik Tyszkiewicz †	Titular Bishop of Mennith	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
14 Oct		Born	Ioan (Janos) Bob (Babb) †		Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian), Romania
30.7	Selected	Antoine de Lastic †	Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France	Bishop Emeritus
15 Oct		Born	Francisco Porró y Reinado †		Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
18 Oct	23.2	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Caballini †	Priest	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
	Born	Angelo Maria (Giuseppe Caesar Augustus) Vassalli, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
20 Oct		Born	Angelo Filippo Giacinto Olivieri di Vernier †		Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
21 Oct	45.4	Selected	Nicola Stanislavich, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary
23 Oct		Born	[Jean-Baptiste Demandre] †		Bishop Emeritus of [Doubs (Constitutional), France]
26 Oct	87.8	Died	Gabriel de Cosnac †	Bishop Emeritus of Die, France
28 Oct		Born	Max Polykarp von Törring-Jettenbach †		Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
30 Oct		Born	Alphonse-Hubert de Latier de Bayane †		Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
1 Nov	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Alberico Archinto †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea	Cardinal, Secretary of State
3 Nov		Born	Jean-Baptiste-Auguste de Villoutreix de Faye †		Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France
6 Nov	60.3	Died	Lucas Sartorius Delmestri von Schönberg †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
8 Nov	33.4	Ordained Bishop	Augustin-François-Annibal de Farcy de Cuillé †	Bishop of Quimper, France
11 Nov	35.8	Selected	Jean-Joseph de Fogasses d’Entrechaux de La Bastie †	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France
14 Nov	56.5	Died	Juan de Galabis, O. Praem. †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
15 Nov	55.5	Ordained Priest	Ludovico Ancaiani †	Priest	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
16 Nov	55.5	Appointed	Ludovico Ancaiani †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
36.5	Confirmed	Martin du Bellay †	Bishop of Fréjus, France	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Teodoro Botelho Homen Bernardes †		Archbishop of Cranganore (Angamala), India
76.9	Installed	Prospero Colonna †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria
43.2	Appointed	Bartolomeo Mollo †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
50.1	Installed	Carlo Maria Sacripante †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
39.2	Appointed	Wacław Hieronim Sierakowski †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
53.2	Appointed	Antonio Vegni †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy
17 Nov	41.0	Appointed	Alberico Archinto †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Cardinal, Secretary of State
21 Nov		Born	[Jean-Louis Gouttes] †		Bishop of [Saône-et-Loire (Constitutional), France]
22 Nov	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Louis Néez, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae	Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
30 Nov	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Ludovico Ancaiani †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Vegni †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy
Dec	70.9	Died	John Armstrong †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
51.2	Died	Giovanni Antonio Foscarini, C.R.L. †	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
49.7	Resigned	Silvio Valenti Gonzaga †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Secretary of State
4 Dec	45.2	Selected	Zsigmond József Berényi †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
	Born	Louis-Hector-Honoré-Maxime de Sabran †		Bishop of Laon, France
7 Dec		Born	Giovanni Battista a Santa Margarita Pietro Alessandro Banfi, O.C.D. †		Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
	Born	[Charles Benoît Roux] †		Bishop of [Bouches-du-Rhône (Constitutional), France]
8 Dec	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Bartolomeo Mollo †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
10 Dec	60.5	Died	Jozafat Micheł Karp †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
13 Dec		Born	Vincenzo Barisani, O.E.S.A. †		Bishop of Gerace, Italy
36.6	Ordained Bishop	Martin du Bellay †	Bishop of Fréjus, France	Bishop Emeritus
14 Dec	55.9	Confirmed	Jean-Louis Berton des Balbes de Crillon †	Archbishop of Narbonne, France
56.8	Appointed	Francisco Antonio Bustamante Jiménez †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
39.2	Confirmed	Jean-Gilles du Coêtlosquet †	Bishop of Limoges, France	Bishop Emeritus
44.2	Appointed	Lorenzo da Ponte †	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy
39.2	Appointed	Giacinto Maria Jannucci †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
52.8	Appointed	Francesco Antonio Razzolini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
52.4	Appointed	Onésimo Salamanca Zaldívar †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
43.1	Appointed	Francisco Zarceño Martínez, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
16 Dec	34.6	Died	Joannes Ernestus von Harrach †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
17 Dec		Born	Istvan Gosztonyi †		Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
19 Dec	35.3	Ordained Priest	Anton Ludovico Antinori, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Archbishop Emeritus of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
23.0	Ordained Priest	Johann Andreas Kaiser †	Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia
23.2	Ordained Priest	Benedetto Pucilli †	Priest	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
24.1	Ordained Priest	Pietro Maria Vannucci †	Priest	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
20 Dec	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo da Ponte †	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy
68.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Gutiérrez Galeano, O. de M. †	Titular Bishop of Rosalia	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
21 Dec	39.2	Ordained Bishop	Giacinto Maria Jannucci †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
26 Dec	46.7	Died	Aleksander Działyński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
23.0	Ordained Priest	Simon Spalatin †	Priest	Bishop of Ossero (Osor), Croatia
27 Dec	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan Francisco Guillén †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
31 Dec		Born	Etienne-Joseph de Pavée de Villevieille †		Bishop of Bayonne, France
	Born	Salvatore Vecchioni, C.O. †		Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy

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