The Year of Our Lord 1751

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	56.8	Died	Isidro de Arevalo †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
		Born	John Connolly, O.P. †		Bishop of New York, New York, USA
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Nicolas de Luce, O. Praem. †	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	Abbot
		Born	Patrick Everard †		Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
	28.2	Ordained Priest	Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y Butrón †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
	65.7	Ordained Bishop	João Luis Vasconcellos, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Thermopylae	Archbishop of Cranganore (Angamala), India
		Born	Charles La Mothe, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Diego Rodríguez de Rivas y Velasco †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Jan	61.3	Ordained Priest	Carlo Maria Sacripante †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
3 Jan	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Antonio de Barroeta Angel †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
5 Jan	51.7	Died	Andrés Licht y Barrera †	Bishop Emeritus of Guadix, Spain
6 Jan	47.0	Selected	Patrick Bradley (Brullaughan (Ó Brolcháin)), O.P. †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	69.5	Died	Octavio da Pozzo †	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
		Born	François-Marie-Fortuné de Vintimille †		Bishop of Carcassonne, France
11 Jan	51.0	Died	Pierre de Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire †	Bishop of Tarbes, France
11 Jan		Born	Alexandre-Henri de Chauvigny de Blot †		Bishop of Lombez, France
14 Jan	72.8	Died	Juan Leandro Gómez de Parada Valdez y Mendoza †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
15 Jan		Born	Pál Rosos †		Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
16 Jan	50.0	Selected	Edmund O’Doran †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
17 Jan	47.6	Selected	Felix de Paù †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
21 Jan	25.0	Ordained Priest	Ferdinand-Marie de Lobkowitz †	Priest	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
24 Jan		Born	Alfonso Aguado y Jaraba †		Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
27 Jan	55.0	Resigned	Ludovico Calini †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
29 Jan	47.0	Confirmed	Patrick Bradley (Brullaughan (Ó Brolcháin)), O.P. †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
30 Jan	50.0	Confirmed	Edmund O’Doran †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
1 Feb	61.0	Appointed	Mario Bolognetti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria ad Martyres
	55.0	Appointed	Ludovico Calini †	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
	45.3	Confirmed	Giovanni Angelo Ciocchi del Monte †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	60.5	Died	Mondilio Orsini, C.O. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
	54.4	Appointed	Ferdinando Maria de Rossi †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	61.3	Appointed	Carlo Maria Sacripante †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	65.4	Appointed	Fabio Troyli †	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
2 Feb	49.0	Died	Pedro Pardo de Figueroa, O.M. †	Archbishop of Guatemala
7 Feb	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Angelo Ciocchi del Monte †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Feb	80.1	Died	Jean d’Yse (d’Ize) de Saléon †	Archbishop of Vienne, France
10 Feb		Born	Giovanni Battista Pio Vitale †		Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
15 Feb	54.1	Died	Thomas MacDermot Roe †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
17 Feb	71.1	Died	Charles-Guillaume de Maupeou †	Bishop of Lombez, France
24 Feb		Born	François Joseph Hirn †		Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
3 Mar	56.0	Selected	Carlo Francesco Casanova †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
4 Mar	69.0	Died	Walenty Alexander Czapski, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
5 Mar	67.1	Died	Jean-Louis Berton des Balbes de Crillon †	Archbishop of Narbonne, France
6 Mar	64.8	Died	Johann Christoph von Crass †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
	24.0	Ordained Deacon	Emmanuel Felix Soares (de Santa Catarina), O.C.D. †	Deacon of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Archbishop of Goa, India
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Luigi (Michael) Spagnoletti, O.F.M. Obs. †	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
7 Mar	38.3	Selected	Pierre de La Romagère de Ronssecy †	Bishop of Tarbes, France
8 Mar		Born	Giovanni Caccia-Piatti (Cacciapiatti) †		Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
10 Mar	62.5	Died	Cayetano Gil Taboada †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
10 Mar		Born	Józef Leon Łopaciński †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
12 Mar	76.4	Resigned	Gennaro Guglielmini †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Mar	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Bradley (Brullaughan (Ó Brolcháin)), O.P. †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
15 Mar	47.8	Confirmed	Felix de Paù †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
	65.1	Appointed	Juan Francisco Guillén †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	46.4	Appointed	Franz Heinrich Wendelin von Kagenegg †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	46.4	Appointed	Franz Heinrich Wendelin von Kagenegg †	Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Eichstätt, Germany
	40.8	Appointed	Marco Antonio Lombardi †	Bishop of Crema, Italy
	57.0	Appointed	Valentín Moran Menéndez, O. de M. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	37.5	Appointed	Marco Antonio Piacentini, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Ispahan, Iran
	45.0	Confirmed	Franz Konrad Kasimir Ignaz von Rodt †	Cardinal, Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
	45.2	Appointed	Stefano Gennaro Spani †	Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy
17 Mar	53.9	Selected	Giuseppe Agostino Delbecchi, Sch. P. †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
19 Mar	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Felix de Paù †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Emmanuel Felix Soares (de Santa Catarina), O.C.D. †	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Archbishop of Goa, India
	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Stefano Gennaro Spani †	Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy
20 Mar	78.2	Died	Giovanni Maria de Laurentiis, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Capri, Italy
21 Mar	40.8	Ordained Bishop	Marco Antonio Lombardi †	Bishop of Crema, Italy
26 Mar	55.3	Selected	Francisco Javier de Luna Victoria y Castro †	Bishop of Panamá	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
		Appointed	Antonio de Noronha, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Goa, India
		Appointed	Antonio de Noronha, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus	Auxiliary Bishop of Goa, India
		Born	Francesco Ridolfi †		Titular Bishop of Carystus
27 Mar	23.6	Ordained Priest	Antonio Maria Ambiveri †	Priest of Bergamo, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
	22.8	Ordained Deacon	Gaetano Maria Bonanno †	Deacon of Siracusa, Italy	Bishop
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Alexander Maria Calefati †	Priest	Bishop of Oria, Italy
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Saverio Marini †	Priest	Bishop of Rieti, Italy
4 Apr	37.2	Selected	Gabriel Cortois de Quincey †	Bishop of Belley, France
	63.7	Appointed	Guillaume d’Hugues de la Motte †	Archbishop of Vienne, France
	42.2	Selected	Joseph-Antoine-Jacques Richier de Cérisy †	Bishop of Lombez, France
	53.9	Selected	Jean-Antoine de Tinseau †	Bishop of Nevers, France
10 Apr	22.6	Ordained Deacon	Dominik Piotr Karwosiecki, O.F.M. Conv. †	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Bacău, Romania
10 Apr	24.5	Ordained Priest	Franciscus Xaverius Romanelli †	Priest	Bishop of Lavello, Italy
12 Apr	74.8	Died	Sigismund von Kollonitsch †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
12 Apr	46.7	Succeeded	Johann Joseph von Trautson zu Falkenstein (Trauston) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
14 Apr	64.3	Resigned	Francesco Antonio Spadea †	Bishop of Aquino e Pontecorvo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
15 Apr	68.3	Died	Inácio (de Santa Teresa) Torres de Souza, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
16 Apr	79.9	Died	Virgilio Giannotti †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
18 Apr	22.8	Ordained Priest	Gaetano Maria Bonanno †	Priest of Siracusa, Italy	Bishop
22 Apr	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Mikołaj Szostak, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Areopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Malabar, India
24 Apr		Born	Marcos Cabello y López, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Guadix, Spain
25 Apr		Born	Ottavio Angelelli †		Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Franz Heinrich Wendelin von Kagenegg †	Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Eichstätt, Germany
	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Valentín Moran Menéndez, O. de M. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
28 Apr	24.6	Ordained Priest	Moyses Drágosi †	Priest	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
May	72.2	Died	Domenico Maria de Liguori (Liguoro), C.R. †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy
May	67.3	Died	James O’Gallagher †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
2 May		Born	Atanasio Puyal y Poveda †		Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
2 May	53.4	Died	Domenico di Val Guarnera, C.O. †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
7 May	59.3	Resigned	Ioan Inocențiu Klein (Micu), O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian), Romania	Bishop Emeritus
9 May	24.2	Ordained Deacon	József Batthyány †	Deacon of Esztergom, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop
14 May		Born	Domenico Ventapane †		Titular Bishop of Tium
17 May	56.2	Confirmed	Carlo Francesco Casanova †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
	54.0	Confirmed	Giuseppe Agostino Delbecchi, Sch. P. †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	55.4	Confirmed	Francisco Javier de Luna Victoria y Castro †	Bishop of Panamá	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
	32.7	Confirmed	Henri-Marie-Bernardin de Rosset de Ceilhes de Fleury †	Archbishop of Tours, France	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
	57.6	Appointed	Francesco Antonio Rocco †	Bishop of Capri, Italy
	42.7	Appointed	Esteban Villanova Colomer †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
20 May		Born	Andrea Mastai-Ferretti †		Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
23 May	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Agostino Delbecchi, Sch. P. †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Antonio Rocco †	Bishop of Capri, Italy
	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Franz Konrad Kasimir Ignaz von Rodt †	Cardinal, Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
5 Jun	24.5	Ordained Priest	Paolo Maurizio Caissotti, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop of Asti, Italy
	59.3	Ordained Priest	Francesco Pacca †	Priest of Benevento, Italy	Archbishop
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Pasquale Sifanni †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Tium
6 Jun		Born	Andrés Quintian Ponte de Andrade †		Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
12 Jun		Born	Sebastiano Brisciano †		Titular Bishop of Hippos
20 Jun	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Anselmo Álvarez de Abreu y Valdéz †	Titular Bishop of Cisamus	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
20 Jun	32.8	Ordained Bishop	Henri-Marie-Bernardin de Rosset de Ceilhes de Fleury †	Archbishop of Tours, France	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
22 Jun	24.6	Ordained Priest	Francisco de São Simão, O.F.M. Ref. †	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
26 Jun	50.7	Died	Paulo Maria Mariotti †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
28 Jun	54.0	Installed	Antônio da Madre de Deus Galvão, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
29 Jun	24.4	Ordained Priest	József Batthyány †	Priest of Esztergom, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop
	46.9	Installed	Johann Joseph von Trautson zu Falkenstein (Trauston) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Esteban Villanova Colomer †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain

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