The Year of Our Lord 1770

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	76.9	Died	Adeodato Andrea Bivignano †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
		Born	Nicholas Joseph Archdeacon †		Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Daniel Delany †	Priest of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland	Bishop
		Born	Mariano Garnica y Orjuela, O.P. †		Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia
		Born	Anton El-Khazen (Gazeno) †		Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Viktor Franz Anton von Glutz-Ruchti †	Priest of Lausanne, Switzerland	Coadjutor Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
	56.4	Appointed	Antonio Manuel Hartalejo López, O. de M. †	Master General of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop of Vic, Spain
	74.0	Died	Emmanuel López de Espinosa †	Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)
		Born	Charles Francis McDonnel, O.F.M. Rec. †		Priest of Order of Friars Minor Recollect
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Dániel Antal Mitterpacher †	Priest
	33.0	Ordained Priest	James Louis O’Donel, O.F.M. Obs. †	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Newfoundland, Canada
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Tomasz Ostaszewski †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Płock, Poland
	21.4	Ordained Priest	Ján Révay †	Priest	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
		Born	Vincent del Rosario, C.O. †		Vicar Apostolic of Ceylon, Sri Lanka
	22.7	Ordained Priest	José Vicente Silva Avilés y Olave Salaverría †	Priest of Lima, Peru	Bishop-Elect of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
7 Jan	44.9	Died	Francesco Brancia †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
7 Jan	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Karl Johann von Herberstein †	Titular Bishop of Myndus	Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
8 Jan	61.1	Died	Ján Terlanday †	Bishop of the Titular See
13 Jan	39.9	Selected	Agostino Gervasio, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
14 Jan	67.2	Ordained Bishop	Alonso Francos Arango †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
14 Jan	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Juan Llano y Ponte †	Titular Bishop of Lares	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
17 Jan	68.0	Died	Paulo de Carvalho de Mendoça †	Cardinal,
17 Jan	66.6	Resigned	Juan Portugal de la Puebla †	Bishop of Mantova, Italy	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
21 Jan	62.4	Ordained Bishop	Joaquín de Eleta, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Thebae	Bishop of Osma, Spain
21 Jan	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Johann Heinrich von Kerens, S.J. †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
25 Jan	39.9	Resigned	François Bareau de Girac †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France	Bishop Emeritus of Rennes, France
25 Jan	53.0	Resigned	Henri-Louis-René des Nos †	Bishop of Rennes, France	Bishop of Verdun, France
26 Jan	76.4	Resigned	Bernardo Cangiani †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
28 Jan	76.6	Died	Luigi d’Alessandro †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
29 Jan	68.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Paulo de Carvalho de Mendoça †	Died Before Publication	Cardinal,
	58.0	Confirmed	Jean de Cairol de Madaillan †	Bishop of Vence, France	Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
	40.0	Confirmed	Agostino Gervasio, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
	57.9	Appointed	Agostino Gorgoni †	Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy
	44.5	Confirmed	Santiago José Hechavarría y Elguesúa †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
	55.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Mario Marefoschi Compagnoni †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
	49.1	Appointed	Mariano Martí †	Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	49.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista de Pergen †	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
	66.7	Appointed	Juan Portugal de la Puebla †	Titular Archbishop of Perge	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
	46.9	Appointed	Francesco Ferdinando Sanseverino, C.P.O. †	Bishop of Alife, Italy	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	58.6	Appointed	Filippo Sanseverino †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea	Bishop Emeritus of Alife, Italy
	64.9	Appointed	Nicola Spedalieri †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
1 Feb	95.0	Died	Youssef Hobeyche †	Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon
2 Feb	88.5	Died	Eusebio Ciani, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
2 Feb		Born	Tomas Manoel de Noronha e Brito, O.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Olinda, Brazil
4 Feb	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Agostino Gervasio, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Agostino Gorgoni †	Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy
	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Ferdinando Sanseverino, C.P.O. †	Bishop of Alife, Italy	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Juan Varela Fondevilla y Verea †	Titular Bishop of Tanis	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Rudolf Joseph von Edling †	Titular Bishop of Capharnaum	Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia (Görz), Italy
6 Feb	86.2	Died	Franz Kaspar von Franken-Siersdorf †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
7 Feb		Born	Andrew Carruthers †		Vicar Apostolic of Eastern District, Scotland, Great Britain
8 Feb	56.3	Selected	Tomás de Azpuru Ximénez †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
12 Feb	68.3	Died	Giovanni Anzani †	Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy
		Born	Carlo Cavalieri Manassi †		Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
		Born	Guillaume-Aubin de Villèle †		Archbishop of Bourges, France
18 Feb	76.1	Died	Alessandro Pappafava †	Titular Bishop of Famagusta
22 Feb		Born	Jean Arnold Barrett †		Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
23 Feb		Born	Claude-Louis de Lesquen †		Bishop Emeritus of Rennes, France
23 Feb		Born	Antonio Pallotta †		Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
24 Feb		Born	James Buckley †		Vicar Apostolic of Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
Mar	52.4	Died	Giovanni Maria Spinelli, C.R. †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
3 Mar	77.8	Died	Pascual de los Herreros †	Bishop of León, Spain
4 Mar	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista de Pergen †	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
5 Mar	46.6	Selected	Miguel António Barreto de Meneses †	Bishop of Bragança, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
	49.2	Selected	Jerónimo Rogado do Carvalhal e Silva †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
	78.1	Selected	Francisco Mendo Trigoso †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
	77.5	Selected	Aleixo de Miranda Henriques, O.P. †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
	65.6	Selected	Manoel de Santa Ines Ferreira, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	50.5	Selected	Inácio de São Caetano, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Penafiel, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	38.9	Selected	Manuel de Vasconcellos Pereira †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
	46.0	Selected	Manuel do Cenáculo Villas Boas, T.O.R. †	Bishop of Beja, Portugal	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
7 Mar		Born	Grzegorz Tomasz Ziegler, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Linz, Austria
10 Mar	24.7	Ordained Priest	Felice Antonio d’Alessandria †	Priest	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Giacinto della Torre, O.E.S.A. †	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Francesco Maria Ferraris da Genola †	Priest	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
	64.3	Died	Charles de Grimaldi d’Antibes †	Bishop of Rodez, France
11 Mar		Born	Antonio Baldini †		Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto
11 Mar	23.6	Ordained Deacon	Richard O’Reilly †	Deacon	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
12 Mar		Born	Camillo Alleva †		Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
	57.3	Appointed	Juan Manuel Argüelles †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
	56.4	Confirmed	Tomás de Azpuru Ximénez †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	40.1	Confirmed	François Bareau de Girac †	Bishop of Rennes, France	Bishop Emeritus
	49.8	Appointed	Martino Bianchi †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
	39.1	Confirmed	Louis-Henri de Bruyère de Chalabre †	Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France
	38.8	Confirmed	Giovanni Capece †	Bishop of Oria, Italy
	53.1	Confirmed	Henri-Louis-René des Nos †	Bishop of Verdun, France
	61.0	Appointed	Giacomo Maria de Tarsia, O.M. †	Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy
	33.7	Confirmed	Jules-Basile Ferron de La Ferronnays †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France	Bishop of Lisieux, France
	59.7	Appointed	Antonio Fernández Tobar †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain
	60.6	Appointed	Luigi del Giudice, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
	43.4	Appointed	Karl Aloys von Königsegg und Rothenfels †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	43.4	Appointed	Karl Aloys von Königsegg und Rothenfels †	Titular Bishop of Myrina	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	63.1	Appointed	Domenico Micillo †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
	56.1	Appointed	Miguel Moreno y Ollo †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
	47.1	Appointed	Juan Manuel Moscoso y Peralta †	Titular Bishop of Tricomia	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	47.1	Confirmed	Juan Manuel Moscoso y Peralta †	Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa, Peru	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	31.3	Confirmed	Ferdinand-Maximilien-Mériadec de Rohan-Guéménée †	Archbishop of Bordeaux, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France
18 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Rafael de Castello de Vide, O.F.M. Ref. †	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
18 Mar	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Micillo †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
19 Mar	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Martino Bianchi †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
	38.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Capece †	Bishop of Oria, Italy
	61.1	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Maria de Tarsia, O.M. †	Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy
	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Luigi del Giudice, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
20 Mar	60.2	Appointed	Simon Ambros Stock †	Titular Bishop of the Titular See
25 Mar	24.7	Ordained Priest	Pietro Delenda †	Priest	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
25 Mar	23.7	Ordained Priest	Richard O’Reilly †	Priest	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
27 Mar	68.1	Selected	Giovanni Carmine Pellerano, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta	Bishop Emeritus
28 Mar	43.8	Died	Antonius Urbański †	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
30 Mar	24.4	Ordained Priest	Charles Mannay †	Priest of Clermont, France	Bishop of Rennes, France
31 Mar	27.2	Ordained Priest	Francesco Giovanni Scutellari Ajani †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Ioppe
2 Apr		Born	Pierre-Alexandre Coupperie, S.M.M. †		Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq
3 Apr		Born	Vicente Román y Linares, O. Praem. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
6 Apr	76.0	Died	Blas Roldán, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
7 Apr	49.2	Appointed	Denis Maguire, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
8 Apr	33.8	Ordained Bishop	Jules-Basile Ferron de La Ferronnays †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France	Bishop of Lisieux, France
8 Apr	31.4	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinand-Maximilien-Mériadec de Rohan-Guéménée †	Archbishop of Bordeaux, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France
10 Apr		Appointed	Patrick Brady, O.F.M. Rec. †	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
10 Apr	42.2	Appointed	John Carpenter †	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
11 Apr		Born	Pietro Ignazio Marolda, C.Ss.R. †		Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
14 Apr	26.8	Ordained Priest	Pietro Leopardi †	Priest of Recanati e Loreto, Italy	Titular Bishop of Akka
14 Apr	83.2	Died	William Laurence York, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Western District, England, Great Britain
20 Apr	64.1	Died	Franz Christoph von Hutten zu Stolzenfels †	Cardinal, Bishop of Speyer, Germany
22 Apr	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Henri de Bruyère de Chalabre †	Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France
	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Karl Aloys von Königsegg und Rothenfels †	Titular Bishop of Myrina	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Born	Pierre-Joseph Rey †		Bishop of Annecy, France
	71.1	Died	Zsigmond Antal Sztojka de Sala et Kricsfalva †	Bishop Emeritus of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania
26 Apr	47.3	Appointed	Giovanni Crisostomo de Clugny, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo) (Albanian), Albania
29 Apr	72.2	Ordained Bishop	Antoni Gorczyński †	Titular Bishop of Coronea	Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
29 Apr	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Nicolò Antonio Spínola, O.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Naupactus
2 May	90.4	Died	Giacomo Oddi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
3 May	57.2	Died	Mátyás János Huberth †	Priest
13 May	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Crisostomo de Clugny, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo) (Albanian), Albania
15 May	69.7	Died	Giuseppe Maria Centini †	Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
19 May	78.8	Died	Gilbert-Gaspard de Montmorin de Saint-Hérem de La Chassaigne †	Bishop of Langres, France
20 May	22.0	Ordained Deacon	Leopold Leonhard von Thun †	Deacon of Passau, Germany	Bishop
28 May	53.6	Appointed	Orazio Berarducci †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
	43.6	Appointed	Francesco Condulmer †	Titular Bishop of Famagusta
	49.6	Appointed	Francisco de los Ríos y Armengol, O.P. †	Bishop of Panamá
	61.2	Appointed	Nicola Ferri †	Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy
	62.1	Appointed	Antonio Gómez de la Torre y Jaraveitia †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
	50.8	Confirmed	Giovanni Morosini, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop of Verona, Italy
	68.3	Confirmed	Giovanni Carmine Pellerano, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta	Bishop Emeritus
	41.6	Appointed	Adelmo Gennaro Pignatelli di Belmonte, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
	73.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Pozzobonelli †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
29 May	49.2	Selected	Damian August Philipp Karl von Limburg-Styrum †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
2 Jun	21.6	Ordained Deacon	Mikołaj Bykowski, O.P. †	Deacon of Order of Friars Preachers	Titular Bishop of Troas
2 Jun		Appointed	Grégoire Joseph Lenze †	Archbishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Syrian), Lebanon
3 Jun	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Orazio Berarducci †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
	42.4	Ordained Bishop	John Carpenter †	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
	62.1	Ordained Bishop	José Vicente Díaz Bravo, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Durango, México
	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Morosini, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop of Verona, Italy
	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Adelmo Gennaro Pignatelli di Belmonte, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
8 Jun		Born	Anton Alois Buchmayer †		Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
8 Jun	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Jozef Kluch †	Deacon	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
9 Jun		Born	Francesco Alberini †		Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Angelo Antonio Anselmi †	Priest	Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy
		Born	Ferdinando Maria Pignatelli, C.R. †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	24.2	Ordained Priest	John Young †	Priest of Limerick, Ireland	Bishop
12 Jun	52.1	Selected	Ivan Krstitelj Paxy †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
13 Jun		Born	António Maurício Ribeiro †		Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal
16 Jun	72.0	Died	François-Ernest de Salm-Reifferscheid †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
19 Jun		Born	Pedro Paulo de Figuereido da Cunha e Melo †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
24 Jun	56.7	Ordained Bishop	Tomás de Azpuru Ximénez †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	34.8	Selected	Jérôme-Marie Champion de Cicé †	Bishop of Rodez, France	Archbishop of Aix, France
	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Fernández Tobar †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain
	31.9	Selected	César-Guillaume de La Luzerne †	Bishop of Langres, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	30.8	Ordained Priest	Girolamo Pavesi †	Priest	Bishop of Pontremoli, Italy

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