The Year of Our Lord 1771

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	23.0	Ordained Priest	Etienne-Marie de Boulogne †	Priest	Bishop of Troyes, France
	44.1	Elected	Nicolas de Luce, O. Praem. †	Abbot of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines
		Resigned	Charles Louis Joseph Destable †	Prefect of French Guiana-Cayenne, Antilles	Prefect Emeritus
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Charles-François Duperrier-Dumourier †	Priest	Bishop of Bayeux, France
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Józef Gabriel Gembart †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
	22.1	Ordained Priest	Jan Klemens Gołaszewski †	Priest	Bishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Manoel de Jesus, O.E.S.A. †	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
		Born	Edward Kernan †		Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
	69.2	Died	Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta †	Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
		Born	James Magauran †		Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
	56.3	Appointed	Mario Marefoschi Compagnoni †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
	56.3	Appointed	Mario Marefoschi Compagnoni †	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan Manuel Moscoso y Peralta †	Titular Bishop of Tricomia	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
		Appointed	Maurice Poussin †	Prefect of French Guiana-Cayenne, Antilles	Prefect Emeritus
	54.0	Resigned	Jean Tasbasian †	Archbishop of Mardin (Armenian), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
Jan	73.7	Died	Pietro Paolo Carta †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
Jan	68.1	Died	José Domingo Rivero †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
10 Jan	62.6	Died	Filippo Maria Pirelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
11 Jan	69.9	Died	Francesco Antonio Granata †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
13 Jan	23.4	Ordained Priest	Camillo Campanelli †	Priest	Bishop of Perugia, Italy
13 Jan	77.0	Died	Xaverius Giustiniani †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
15 Jan	57.6	Died	Isidro Carvajal Lancaster †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
15 Jan		Born	Antonio José Ferreira de Sousa †		Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
16 Jan	38.9	Selected	János Bradács, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
19 Jan	69.0	Died	Paul Godefroid de Berlo de Franc-Douaire †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
20 Jan		Born	Roman Sebastian (Franz Xaver) Zängerle, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Seckau, Austria
24 Jan		Born	Nicolás Joaquín de Arteta y Calisto †		Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
27 Jan	48.3	Appointed	Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y Butrón †	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
31 Jan	66.1	Died	Clemente José Colaço Leitão, S.J. †	Bishop of Cochin, India
Feb	49.1	Resigned	Marcantonio Marcolini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
10 Feb		Born	Marcos Antônio de Souza †		Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
15 Feb	78.2	Died	Filippo Josiah Caucci †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
23 Feb	24.1	Ordained Priest	James Lanigan †	Priest of Ossory, Ireland	Bishop
24 Feb	53.2	Ordained Priest	Maximilian Augustin Christoph von Rodt †	Priest	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
27 Feb	39.0	Resigned	Jean-de-Dieu-Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé †	Bishop of Lavaur, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tours, France
4 Mar	65.1	Appointed	Hyacinthus Maria Barberio, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Bitetto, Italy
	75.1	Appointed	Ludovico Calini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
	42.6	Appointed	Francisco Javier Calvo †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
	67.1	Appointed	Agustín Manuel Camacho y Rojas, O.P. †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
	64.4	Appointed	Miguel González Bobela †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	64.4	Appointed	Miguel González Bobela †	Titular Bishop of Carystus	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	56.0	Appointed	Manuel Jiménez Pérez, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
	31.5	Appointed	Niccolò Marcacci †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
	41.7	Confirmed	Antoni Onufry Okęcki †	Bishop of Chełm, Poland	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	67.8	Appointed	Juan Portugal de la Puebla †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
	47.2	Appointed	Giacomo Antonio Riccardini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria	Bishop Emeritus
	56.6	Appointed	Giovanni Evangelista Stefanini †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
	42.1	Confirmed	Feliks Paweł Turski †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
8 Mar	45.1	Appointed	William Egan †	Coadjutor Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland	Bishop
	45.1	Appointed	William Egan †	Titular Bishop of Sura	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
	71.1	Appointed	Eugene (Owen) Geoghegan †	Coadjutor Bishop of Meath, Ireland
	71.1	Appointed	Eugene (Owen) Geoghegan †	Titular Bishop of Madaurus	Coadjutor Bishop of Meath, Ireland
10 Mar	65.1	Ordained Bishop	Hyacinthus Maria Barberio, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Bitetto, Italy
	31.6	Ordained Bishop	Niccolò Marcacci †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Antonio Riccardini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria	Bishop Emeritus
14 Mar	45.2	Succeeded	Josyf Lepkovskyj †	Bishop of Smoleńsk (Ukrainian), Poland
14 Mar	67.2	Died	Iraklij (Herakliusz) Lisanski (Lisanskyj), O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Smoleńsk (Ukrainian), Poland
15 Mar	24.8	Ordained Priest	Dominic Bellew †	Priest of Armagh, Ireland	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
16 Mar	24.9	Ordained Priest	Cesare Muni e Forno †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Messina, Italy
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Guglielmo Stagno †	Priest of Messina, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Gennaro Maria Guevara Suardo, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
17 Mar	25.8	Ordained Priest	Wilhelm Florentin von Salm-Salm †	Priest of Strasbourg, France	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
17 Mar	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Evangelista Stefanini †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
18 Mar	58.2	Died	Antoine-Joseph D’Amat de Volx †	Bishop of Senez, France
18 Mar		Born	Modesto Farina †		Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
21 Mar	49.4	Selected	Luis da Anunciação Azevedo, O.P. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo	Bishop Emeritus
	65.9	Selected	José de Jesus Maria Cayetano Carvalho, O.P. †	Bishop of Castelo Branco, Portugal
	56.8	Selected	Joaquim Borges de Figueroa †	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	53.8	Selected	João Rafael de Mendonça, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Pinhel, Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
	62.5	Selected	João Evangelista Pereira da Silva, T.O.R. †	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
	53.1	Selected	Manoel da Ressurreição, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
24 Mar	72.9	Died	István Pucz †	Bishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
26 Mar	75.1	Died	Luis Antonio Fernández de Córdoba Portocarrero Guzmán y Aguilar †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
27 Mar	75.2	Died	Jean-Marie de Catelan †	Bishop of Rieux, France
30 Mar	22.3	Ordained Deacon	Lipót Perlaki Somogy †	Deacon of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
30 Mar	22.8	Ordained Deacon	Johann Prokop von Schaffgotsch †	Deacon of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
Apr	22.3	Ordained Deacon	Gregory Stapleton †	Deacon of Northern District, England, Great Britain	Vicar Apostolic of Midland District, England, Great Britain
1 Apr	23.0	Ordained Priest	Jozef Kluch †	Priest	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
3 Apr	74.9	Died	Ludwig Hatteisen, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
14 Apr	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Antoni Onufry Okęcki †	Bishop of Chełm, Poland	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
15 Apr	86.4	Died	Feliciano de Nossa Senhora †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
17 Apr	72.7	Died	Johann Karl Leopold von Scharffenberg †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
19 Apr	66.2	Died	Paulus Campsi †	Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania
22 Apr	66.6	Died	Francisco Fernández Játiva †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
22 Apr		Born	Matteo Franco, C.P.O. †		Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
25 Apr		Born	Francesco Saverio (di Sant’Anna) Pescetto, O.C.D. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Verapoly, India
28 Apr	49.6	Selected	Étienne-François-Xavier des Michels de Champorcin †	Bishop of Senez, France	Bishop of Toul, France
	45.3	Selected	Pierre-Joseph de Lastic-Lescure †	Bishop of Rieux, France	Bishop Emeritus
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Ludovico Ludovici (Ludovico), O.F.M. Obs. †	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
4 May	58.6	Selected	Nicolau Joaquim Torel da Cunha Manuel †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
5 May		Born	Faustino Zucchini †		Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
7 May	70.9	Died	Mattaeus Caraman †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
8 May		Born	Johann Jakob Humann †		Bishop of Mainz, Germany
8 May		Born	Dominique-Marie Savy †		Bishop Emeritus of Aire, France
10 May	49.2	Died	Andrea Tortora †	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
11 May		Born	Charles de Douhet d’Auzers †		Bishop of Nevers, France
13 May	78.7	Died	Aleixo de Miranda Henriques, O.P. †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
21 May	34.0	Ordained Priest	Thomas Johann Kaspar von Thun und Hohenstein †	Priest of Passau, Germany	Bishop
25 May	29.3	Ordained Priest	James Butler (2nd) †	Priest	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
	21.5	Ordained Deacon	Václav (Wenzel) Léopold von Chlumčansky †	Deacon of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Archbishop
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Bernardo Maria della Torre †	Priest	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
	23.5	Ordained Deacon	Josef František Hurdalek †	Deacon	Bishop Emeritus of Litoměřice, Czechia
	22.5	Ordained Deacon	Karl Franz von Lodron †	Deacon of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Bishop
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Gioacchino Maria Mancusi (Mancuso) †	Priest	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Tomasz Nowiński, C.R.S. Sepul. †	Priest of Other	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Johann Prokop von Schaffgotsch †	Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
26 May	23.6	Ordained Priest	Michal Mateusz Stadnicki, O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Order of the Pious Schools	Bishop of Lutzk e Ostrog (Ukrainian), Ukraine
30 May	49.6	Died	Giuseppe Pitocco †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
Jun	64.9	Died	Giovanni Antonio Castelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
1 Jun	56.8	Selected	Jakub Walerian Tumanowicz †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine	Archbishop
13 Jun	41.3	Appointed	Giovanni Ottavio Manciforte Sperelli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Teodosia
13 Jun	54.1	Selected	João Rafael de Mendonça, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
17 Jun	57.5	Appointed	Manuel de Abad e Illanar, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
	56.3	Confirmed	Scipione Ardoino Alcontres, C.R. †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
	49.6	Confirmed	Luis da Anunciação Azevedo, O.P. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo	Bishop Emeritus
	39.3	Confirmed	Jean-de-Dieu-Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé †	Archbishop of Aix, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tours, France
	66.2	Confirmed	José de Jesus Maria Cayetano Carvalho, O.P. †	Bishop of Castelo Branco, Portugal
	39.2	Confirmed	Jean-Antoine de Castellane Saint-Mauris †	Bishop of Lavaur, France	Bishop Emeritus
	49.7	Confirmed	Étienne-François-Xavier des Michels de Champorcin †	Bishop of Senez, France	Bishop of Toul, France
	54.1	Appointed	Manuel Fernández Torres †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
	57.0	Confirmed	Joaquim Borges de Figueroa †	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	49.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Bernardino Giraud †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy
	41.3	Appointed	Giovanni Ottavio Manciforte Sperelli †	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Teodosia
	54.1	Confirmed	João Rafael de Mendonça, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Pinhel, Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
	48.4	Appointed	Juan Manuel Moscoso y Peralta †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	62.8	Confirmed	João Evangelista Pereira da Silva, T.O.R. †	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
	53.4	Confirmed	Manoel da Ressurreição, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
	55.2	Appointed	Joaquín Antonio Sánchez Ferragudo †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
	51.8	Confirmed	Inácio de São Caetano, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Penafiel, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	58.7	Confirmed	Nicolau Joaquim Torel da Cunha Manuel †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
	58.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Eugenio Visconti †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
		Born	José María Irigoyen y Munoz Cano †		Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
21 Jun	48.5	Died	Guillaume Piguel, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cochin {Cocincina}, Viet Nam
22 Jun	68.7	Died	Martín Barcia Carrascal †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
22 Jun	66.9	Died	Manoel de Santa Ines Ferreira, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
23 Jun	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Ottavio Manciforte Sperelli †	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Teodosia
24 Jun	22.1	Professed	Francesco Antonio Nanni, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of Teramo, Italy
25 Jun	79.0	Died	Filippo Gentile †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
26 Jun	69.2	Died	Joseph Bruno de Bausset-Roquefort †	Bishop of Béziers, France
28 Jun	65.0	Died	Augustin-François-Annibal de Farcy de Cuillé †	Bishop of Quimper, France
29 Jun	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Miguel González Bobela †	Titular Bishop of Carystus	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain

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