The Year of Our Lord 1740

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	47.2	Appointed	Alessandro Albani †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Antonio Bucci †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Caria
		Born	Francesco Maria Cioja †		Bishop of Todi, Italy
	55.2	Died	Gennaro Maria Danza †	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
		Born	Boetius Egan †		Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Raimondo Fusco, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
		Born	Philippe Gemayel †		Bishop of Cyprus (Maronite)
		Appointed	Isaac †	Bishop
		Ordained Bishop	Isaac †	Bishop
	14.6	Professed	Johann Heinrich von Kerens, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
		Born	Antoine Etienne Aconcius Köver, C.M.V. †		Abbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia
	15.3	Professed	Antoni Adam Młodowski-Struś, O.S.B.M. †	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Volodymyr (Włodzimierz) et Brėst (Ukrainian)
	51.1	Died	Leandro de Santo Agostinho da Piedade, O.A.D. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
	69.3	Died	Bartolomé San Martín y Uribe †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
	16.0	Entered	Atanazy Andrzej Szeptycki (Sheptyskyi), O.S.B.M. †	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland
	61.9	Died	Antonio Vladagni †	Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania
		Born	Walenty Wołczacki, O.P. †		Titular Bishop of Tamasus
	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Zarceño Martínez, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
Jan	66.0	Appointed	Leandro di Porzia (Porcia), O.S.B. †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Index	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Bergamo, Italy
Jan	74.3	Died	Nicolò Tupputi †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
4 Jan		Born	Luigi Maria Pirelli, C.R. †		Archbishop of Trani e Bisceglie, Italy
5 Jan	45.0	Installed	Andrzej Stanisław Załuski †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
6 Jan	25.5	Ordained Deacon	Władysław Wierusz Walknowski (Walichnowski) †	Deacon of Poznań, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
10 Jan	42.8	Selected	Charles-Antoine de la Roche-Aymon †	Archbishop of Toulouse, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
11 Jan	79.2	Died	Gianantonio Davia †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
12 Jan	60.0	Died	Thomas John Francis de Strickland de Sizorghe †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
14 Jan		Born	Antonio Felice Zondadari †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena, Italy
15 Jan		Born	Jean-Baptiste-Joseph de Lubersac †		Bishop Emeritus of Chartres, France
17 Jan	45.8	Selected	Isidro de Arevalo †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
	50.0	Selected	Protacio Cabezas †	Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
	23.5	Ordained Deacon	Emmanuel Ernst von Waldstein †	Deacon of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
19 Jan		Born	Scipione de’ Ricci †		Bishop Emeritus of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
22 Jan	68.3	Died	Giberto Bartolomeo Borromeo †	Cardinal, Bishop of Novara, Italy
		Born	Vincenzo Manni †		Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
		Born	Giuseppe Maria de Mellis †		Bishop of Aquino e Pontecorvo, Italy
23 Jan		Appointed	Melkon Markar Tahmanian †	Bishop of Mardin (Armenian), Turkey
24 Jan	72.5	Died	Vincenzo Vecchiarelli †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
Feb	28.0	Ordained Priest	Manuel de Alday y Aspée †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop
Feb	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Antonio Bustamante Jiménez †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
2 Feb	25.6	Ordained Priest	Władysław Wierusz Walknowski (Walichnowski) †	Priest of Poznań, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
6 Feb	87.8	Died	Lorenzo Corsini †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
6 Feb	69.5	Resigned	Giuseppe Firrao †	Secretary of State	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
7 Feb	24.2	Ordained Priest	Anzelmo (Nicolò) Katić (Cattich), O.F.M. Obs. †	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina
7 Feb	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Gilles du Coêtlosquet †	Bishop of Limoges, France	Bishop Emeritus
9 Feb		Born	Carmine Fimiani †		Bishop of Nardò, Italy
10 Feb	61.3	Resigned	Giuseppe Maria Martelli †	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Feb	69.1	Died	Giuseppe Maria Perrimezzi, O.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
12 Feb		Born	Francesco de Lauria †		Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
16 Feb		Born	Grégoire Joseph Koudsi †		Archbishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Syrian), Lebanon
16 Feb	48.0	Selected	Antoni Dominik Tyszkiewicz †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
20 Feb	71.1	Died	Charles de Fontaine des Montees †	Bishop of Nevers, France
21 Feb		Born	Jean-Baptiste de Chabot †		Bishop Emeritus of Mende, France
23 Feb		Born	Damían Martínez de Galinzoga, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
25 Feb	67.3	Died	Girolamo Mattei †	Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
25 Feb	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Onésimo Salamanca Zaldívar †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
28 Feb	69.1	Died	Charles-François de Châteauneuf de Rochebonne †	Archbishop of Lyon, France
29 Feb	72.6	Died	Pietro Ottoboni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Mar	69.3	Died	Cinugo Settimio Cinughi †	Bishop of Pienza, Italy
Mar	63.0	Died	Biagio de Dura †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
7 Mar	67.9	Died	Andrés de Orbe y Larreátegui †	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
9 Mar		Born	Vincenzo Ferretti †		Bishop of Rimini, Italy
12 Mar	66.6	Died	Giovanni Battista Altieri (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Orazio Berarducci †	Priest	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
	28.1	Ordained Priest	Henri Hachette des Portes, O. Carm. †	Priest	Bishop of Glandèves, France
13 Mar	39.4	Installed	Jean-Gilles du Coêtlosquet †	Bishop of Limoges, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Maciej Grzegorz Garnysz †		Bishop of Chełm, Poland
		Born	Gioacchino Vassetta, O.M.D. †		Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
16 Mar	59.8	Died	Krzysztof Andrzej Jan Szembek †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
20 Mar	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean de Lolière-Puycontat, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand
23 Mar		Born	Giovanni Thomas Vincenzo Tiberio d’Anisi, O.A.D. †		Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
30 Mar		Born	José Nicolau de Azevedo Coutinho Gentil †		Prelate Emeritus of Goiás, Brazil
2 Apr	24.0	Ordained Priest	Michel Conseil †	Priest	Bishop of Chambéry, France
2 Apr	31.5	Ordained Priest	Matteo Gennaro Testa Piccolomini †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria, Italy
3 Apr	79.2	Died	Thomas Dominic Williams, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
4 Apr		Born	François Cittadella †		Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
6 Apr	49.1	Died	Jacques-Charles-Alexandre Lallemant †	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
8 Apr		Born	Matteo Aceto †		Bishop-Elect of Nusco, Italy
11 Apr	61.9	Died	Nicola Saverio Albini †	Titular Archbishop of Athenae
13 Apr		Born	Jacques-Joseph-François de Vogüé †		Bishop of Dijon, France
17 Apr	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Felipe de Azúa e Iturgoyen †	Titular Bishop of Botrys	Archbishop Emeritus of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
20 Apr		Died	Bernard O’Gara †	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
24 Apr	70.3	Died	Marko Andrijašević (Andreassi) †	Archbishop of Sardica (Sredek, Sofia), Bulgaria
30 Apr		Born	Charles-Eutrope de La Laurancie †		Bishop of Nantes, France
1 May		Born	Jozafat Bastašić (Bastasyc), O.S.B.M. †		Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean Pierre Paul Joseph de Brunet de Pujols de Castelpers de Panat †	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro	Auxiliary Bishop of Albi, France
	22.3	Ordained Deacon	Manoel da Ressurreição, O.F.M. Obs. †	Deacon of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
2 May		Born	Manuel Ignacio González de Campillo Gómez del Valle †		Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
3 May	42.3	Selected	Louis-François Néel de Christot †	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
8 May	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Hagop Petros II Hovsepian †	Bishop of Alep (Armenian), Syria	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
15 May	24.6	Ordained Deacon	João Cosme da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), C.R.S.A. †	Deacon of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine	Cardinal, Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
22 May	24.6	Ordained Priest	João Cosme da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), C.R.S.A. †	Priest of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine	Cardinal, Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
22 May	41.6	Died	Claude-Louis de La Châtre †	Bishop of Agde, France
1 Jun		Born	Giovanni Battista Rezzonico †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
2 Jun	66.4	Died	Leandro di Porzia (Porcia), O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Bergamo, Italy
10 Jun		Born	Antonio Palafox y Croy de Abre †		Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
11 Jun	24.1	Ordained Priest	Bartolomeo Bitozzi †	Priest	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy
12 Jun	30.2	Selected	Joseph-François de Cadenet de Charleval †	Bishop of Agde, France
12 Jun	82.3	Died	Johann Franz von Schenk von Stauffenberg †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
14 Jun	31.8	Ordained Priest	Heinrich Joseph von Nitschke †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
16 Jun		Born	Jean-François Périer †		Bishop Emeritus of Avignon, France
16 Jun		Born	Paolo Pozzuoli †		Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
20 Jun		Born	Grzegorz Zachariasiewicz †		Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
24 Jun	64.0	Died	Serafino Cenci †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
24 Jun		Born	Pedro José Chávez de la Rosa †		Bishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
26 Jun		Born	Michele de Angelis †		Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
26 Jun	21.1	Ordained Deacon	João Marcelino dos Santos Homem Aparício †	Deacon	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
29 Jun	21.1	Ordained Priest	João Marcelino dos Santos Homem Aparício †	Priest	Bishop of Angra, Portugal

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