The Year of Our Lord 1749

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Joseph Adjemian †	Bishop
		Ordained Bishop	Joseph Adjemian †	Bishop
	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Julián Antolino †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
		Born	Krikor Eugene Baghinanti †		Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis in Armenia
	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Andrés Cano y Junquera †	Titular Bishop of Arad	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Born	[Gabriel Deville] †		Bishop Emeritus of [Pyrénées-Orientales (Constitutional), France]
		Born	Estefan El-Khazen †		Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
	60.0	Died	Bonaventure (Daniel) O’Gallagher, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
		Appointed	Pierre †	Bishop
		Ordained Bishop	Pierre †	Bishop
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Atanasie Rednic, O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian), Romania
	43.0	Died	Ignác Albin Seitz (Seiz) †	Priest
		Resigned	Onufrij Šumljanškyj †	Administrator of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland
	31.3	Confirmed	Lev Sheptytskyi (Szeptycki), O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
1 Jan		Born	Anne-Antoine-Jules de Clermont-Tonnerre †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France
2 Jan		Born	Vincenzo Paccaroni, O.S.B. †		Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia
6 Jan	74.9	Died	Tommaso Alessio de’ Rossi †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
15 Jan		Born	Charles-César-Louis Loup Constance Joseph Mathieu d’Agoult de Bonneval †		Bishop Emeritus of Pamiers, France
20 Jan	65.1	Confirmed	Juan de Castañeda Velásquez y Salazar †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
	59.5	Confirmed	Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein †	Coadjutor Bishop of Worms, Germany	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
	51.0	Appointed	Manuel Quintano Bonifaz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain	Apostolic Administrator
	51.0	Appointed	Manuel Quintano Bonifaz †	Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus	Apostolic Administrator of Toledo, Spain
	35.9	Appointed	Francisco de Solís Folch de Cardona †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop
	35.9	Appointed	Francisco de Solís Folch de Cardona †	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	57.8	Appointed	José Zorrilla de Sanmartín †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
23 Jan	52.0	Selected	Cayetano Marcellano y Agramont †	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
	59.0	Confirmed	Michael O’Reilly †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	51.0	Confirmed	Mark Skerret †	Bishop of Killala, Ireland	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Mark Skerret †	Bishop of Killala, Ireland	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
29 Jan		Born	Francisco Rousset de Jesús y Rosas, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Sonora, México
1 Feb		Born	Franziskus Xaver von Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim †		Cardinal, Bishop of Gurk, Austria
5 Feb	64.0	Died	José Francisco Magdaleno †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
9 Feb	49.1	Ordained Bishop	James Bernard Dunne †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
9 Feb	65.2	Died	Anselm Franz von Ingelheim †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
10 Feb		Born	Nicola Vecchi †		Bishop of Teano, Italy
12 Feb		Died	Michael O’Gara †	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
15 Feb	50.7	Died	Gerhard Wiesner, O. Cist. †	Abbot
16 Feb	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Jean-François Dondel †	Bishop of Dol, France
		Born	Marcelino José Da Silva †		Bishop Emeritus of Macau, China
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Johann Nikolaus (Febronius) von Hontheim †	Titular Bishop of Myriophytos	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
20 Feb		Born	Georg Karl Ignaz von Fechenbach zu Laudenbach †		Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
24 Feb	72.8	Died	Joseph Heinrich von Braitenbücher †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
26 Feb		Born	Franz Xaver von Neveu †		Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
1 Mar	24.5	Ordained Priest	Lothar Breidbach zu Bürresheim, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Bonifacio da Ponte, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Francesco Brunone Fazzi †	Priest of Pisa, Italy	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Carlo Giuseppe Filippa della Martiniana †	Priest of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
	22.0	Ordained Deacon	José da Avé-Maria Leite da Costa e Silva, O.SS.T. †	Deacon of Order of the Most Holy Trinity	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
	26.3	Ordained Deacon	Giovanni Lercari †	Deacon	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
	24.2	Ordained Deacon	Ermenold Piesport, O.S.B. †	Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
2 Mar		Born	Cesare Guerrieri Gonzaga †		Cardinal, Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy
3 Mar	48.2	Appointed	Domenico Bozzoni †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
	45.7	Appointed	Antonio Francesco de Plato †	Bishop of Carinola (Calina), Italy	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
	49.0	Appointed	Ludwik Ignacy Riaucour †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
	49.0	Appointed	Ludwik Ignacy Riaucour †	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
		Born	Michele de Vincenti †		Titular Bishop of Erythrum
4 Mar		Born	Romualdo Antonio Mon y Velarde †		Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
9 Mar	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Bozzoni †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Cuartero Lumbreras †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
	59.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Gómez de la Torre †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Francesco de Plato †	Bishop of Carinola (Calina), Italy	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
15 Mar		Born	Thomas Bray †		Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
16 Mar	23.8	Ordained Priest	Florian Amand Janowski, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Quintano Bonifaz †	Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus	Apostolic Administrator of Toledo, Spain
	36.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Solís Folch de Cardona †	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
22 Mar	23.8	Ordained Deacon	Marco Aurelio Balbis Bertone †	Deacon	Bishop of Novara, Italy
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Diego Genovesi †	Priest	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Lercari †	Priest	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
23 Mar	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Heinrich Joseph von Nitschke †	Titular Bishop of Antipatris	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
23 Mar	58.0	Ordained Bishop	José Zorrilla de Sanmartín †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
28 Mar		Born	Antonio Maria Doria Pamphilj †		Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
29 Mar		Born	Joseph Corari †		Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina, Italy
30 Mar	47.2	Died	Manuel Jiménez Bretón †	Bishop-Elect of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
2 Apr	63.3	Resigned	Pierluigi del Mayo †	Bishop of Isola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
2 Apr	59.6	Died	Pio Tommaso Milante, O.P. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
3 Apr		Born	Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas †		Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala
5 Apr	27.6	Ordained Deacon	Filippo Maria Visconti †	Deacon	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
7 Apr	26.4	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Maria Langosco-Stroppiana †	Priest	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
8 Apr	61.4	Died	Tommaso Aceti (Aoeti) †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy
9 Apr	43.8	Selected	Jean Baptiste D’Orliè De Saint Innocent, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy
12 Apr	75.4	Resigned	Gianfrancesco De’ Bisleti †	Bishop of Segni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
13 Apr		Born	Francesco Antonio Nanni, C.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Teramo, Italy
14 Apr	24.7	Ordained Priest	Johann Adam Behr †	Priest of Bamberg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
14 Apr	58.3	Selected	Karl Philipp Henri von Greiffenclau zu Vollraths †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
20 Apr	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Machín Spiga †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
20 Apr		Born	Cristóbal Pérez Viala †		Bishop of Jaca, Spain
21 Apr	54.3	Selected	John Brullaughan (Ó Brolcháin) †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland	Former Bishop-Elect
	51.4	Appointed	Benedetto Gaetani †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
	68.2	Appointed	Johann Christian Adam von Königsfeld †	Titular Bishop of Erythrae
	37.3	Confirmed	Jean-Louis de La Marthonie de Caussade †	Bishop of Poitiers, France	Bishop of Meaux, France
	52.3	Confirmed	Cayetano Marcellano y Agramont †	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
	52.3	Selected	Bonaventura MacDonnell, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
	28.1	Appointed	Panfilo Antonio Mazzara †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
	65.0	Appointed	Federigo Muschi †	Bishop of Segni, Italy
	41.4	Appointed	Domenico Poltri †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
	50.7	Appointed	Johann Karl Leopold von Scharffenberg †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
	50.7	Appointed	Johann Karl Leopold von Scharffenberg †	Titular Bishop of Tanagra	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
	51.3	Selected	Mark Skerret †	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
24 Apr	52.6	Selected	Bonaventura (Francis Antonio) Fabozzi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
25 Apr	50.1	Selected	Zsigmond Antal Sztojka de Sala et Kricsfalva †	Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
27 Apr	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Benedetto Gaetani †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
		Born	Fortuné-Charles de Mazenod †		Bishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Poltri †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
28 Apr		Born	[Éléonore-Marie Desbois de Rochefort] †		Bishop Emeritus of [Somme (Constitutional), France]
May	68.2	Ordained Bishop	Johann Christian Adam von Königsfeld †	Titular Bishop of Erythrae
1 May	23.0	Ordained Priest	Giambattista Ettore Caracciolo, C.R. †	Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	28.1	Ordained Bishop	Panfilo Antonio Mazzara †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
	65.0	Ordained Bishop	Federigo Muschi †	Bishop of Segni, Italy
2 May	47.9	Selected	Manuel Machado y Luna †	Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
5 May	59.9	Confirmed	Andreas Jakob von Dietrichstein †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
	43.8	Confirmed	Jean Baptiste D’Orliè De Saint Innocent, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy
	53.1	Confirmed	Dominique (Wilhelm Philipp) Gentis, O.P. †	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
	55.7	Appointed	Nicolò Givovich †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia	Bishop
	55.7	Appointed	Nicolò Givovich †	Titular Bishop of Anemurium	Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia
	45.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Lancellotti, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Isola, Italy
	51.3	Confirmed	Mark Skerret †	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
7 May	54.3	Confirmed	John Brullaughan (Ó Brolcháin) †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland	Former Bishop-Elect
7 May	52.3	Confirmed	Bonaventura MacDonnell, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
11 May	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean Baptiste D’Orliè De Saint Innocent, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy
	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Dominique (Wilhelm Philipp) Gentis, O.P. †	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Lancellotti, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Isola, Italy
	24.0	Ordained Deacon	Pasquale Sansone †	Deacon	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
14 May		Born	Florijan Korsak †		Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk and Ostroh (Ukrainian), Ukraine
15 May	24.0	Ordained Priest	Pasquale Sansone †	Priest	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
18 May	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Louis de La Marthonie de Caussade †	Bishop of Poitiers, France	Bishop of Meaux, France
18 May	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Johann Karl Leopold von Scharffenberg †	Titular Bishop of Tanagra	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
25 May	31.7	Ordained Bishop	Lev Sheptytskyi (Szeptycki), O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
27 May	23.8	Ordained Priest	Crescenzio Maria Grippi †	Priest of Policastro, Italy	Titular Bishop of Amorium
31 May	28.9	Ordained Deacon	Philipp Wirich Lorenz von Daun zu Sassenheim und Callenborn †	Deacon of Passau, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Garampi †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Venanzio Felice Scotti †	Priest	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Filippo Maria Visconti †	Priest	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	22.0	Ordained Deacon	Ludwig Joseph von Welden auf Laubheim und Hohenaltingen †	Deacon of Freising, Germany	Bishop
1 Jun	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Andreas Jakob von Dietrichstein †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
1 Jun	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Ludwik Ignacy Riaucour †	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
25 Jun	64.7	Died	Giovanni Battista Campagnoli †	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
29 Jun	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Nicolò Givovich †	Titular Bishop of Anemurium	Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia

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