The Year of Our Lord 1774

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	23.0	Professed	St. Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Estefan El-Khazen †	Priest	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
		Died	Euthyme Fadel (Maalouly) †	Bishop of Fourzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Francesco Luigi Fontana, B. †	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
		Appointed	Gregory Petros V Kupelian †	Bishop of Adana (Armenian), Turkey	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
		Ordained Bishop	Gregory Petros V Kupelian †	Bishop of Adana (Armenian), Turkey	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	17.5	Professed	Josef Chrysostomus Pauer †	Member of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Pál Rosos †	Priest	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
	23.9	Ordained Priest	James Jerome Sharrock, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
		Born	Edward Bede Slater, O.S.B. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mauritius
	15.8	Professed	Franz Ignaz von Streber †	Member of Other	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
	22.9	Ordained Priest	François-Marie-Fortuné de Vintimille †	Priest	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Emidio Ziucci †	Priest	Titular Archbishop of Damascus
Jan	58.7	Appointed	Giovanni Carlo Boschi †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of Regular Discipline	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
Jan	80.0	Died	Niccolò de Rosa †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
3 Jan	28.6	Selected	Józef Ignacy Tadeusz Rybiński †	Coadjutor Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Bishop
4 Jan		Born	Taddeo Garzilli (Garzillo) †		Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
7 Jan	66.2	Died	Antoine Clériade de Choiseul-Beaupré †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
	86.4	Died	Guillaume d’Hugues de la Motte †	Archbishop of Vienne, France
	41.9	Succeeded	Franciszek Kandyd Ossoliński, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine
	71.9	Died	Józef Andrzej Załuski †	Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine
9 Jan	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Franz de Paula Xaver Ludwig Jakob von Breuner †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
9 Jan	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinand Christoph von Waldburg-Zeil †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
13 Jan	39.7	Ordained Priest	Nicolas Champenois, M.E.P. †	Priest	Superior of Karnatic Mission / Pondicherry, India
13 Jan	66.0	Died	Michael Triali †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
14 Jan	65.9	Resigned	Louis-Albert de Lezay-Marnézia †	Bishop of Évreux, France	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jan	52.0	Resigned	François de Narbonne-Lara †	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop of Évreux, France
16 Jan	48.4	Selected	Raymond de Durfort †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
	32.2	Ordained Bishop	Franz Karl Maria Cajetan von Firmian †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
	43.6	Selected	Pierre-Augustin Godard de Belbœuf †	Bishop of Avranches, France
	43.5	Selected	Joseph-François de Malide †	Bishop of Montpellier, France
17 Jan	53.2	Appointed	Martin Nugk von Lichtenhoff †	Prefect of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
19 Jan	56.1	Appointed	Francesco Antonio Marcucci †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
19 Jan	66.5	Died	Pedro Jacinto Valente, O. do Cristo †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
22 Jan		Born	Giuseppe-Maria de Letto (Leto) †		Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
23 Jan	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Auguste Frétat de Sarra †	Bishop of Tréguier, France	Bishop of Nantes, France
25 Jan	65.5	Died	Apollinare Peruzzini, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
28 Jan		Born	Luigi Canestrari, O.M. †		Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
30 Jan	58.9	Selected	Jean-Georges Lefranc de Pompignan †	Archbishop of Vienne, France	Archbishop Emeritus
30 Jan	42.4	Ordained Bishop	José Joaquim Justiniano Mascarenhas Castello Branco †	Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3 Feb		Born	Nicola Caputo de’ Marchesi di Cerreto †		Bishop of Lecce, Italy
3 Feb	70.7	Died	Gianbattista Colombini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
12 Feb	37.7	Selected	Marie-Joseph de Galard de Terraube †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
16 Feb	50.5	Installed	Miguel António Barreto de Meneses †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
16 Feb	55.8	Installed	Antonio Macarulla Minguilla de Aguilain †	Bishop of Durango, México
18 Feb	36.4	Selected	Barthélemy-Louis-Martin de Chaumont de La Galaisière †	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France	Bishop Emeritus
18 Feb	62.6	Died	Karl Michael von Attems (Attembs) †	Archbishop of Gorizia (Görz), Italy
24 Feb	66.5	Died	Carlo Parlati, C.P.O. †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
	32.3	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Joseph-Georges Pigneau de Béhaine, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Adraa	Vicar Apostolic of Cochin {Cocincina}, Viet Nam
	54.8	Ordained Bishop	João Marcelino dos Santos Homem Aparício †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
25 Feb	52.4	Resigned	Étienne-François-Xavier des Michels de Champorcin †	Bishop of Senez, France	Bishop of Toul, France
25 Feb	43.6	Resigned	Joseph-François de Malide †	Bishop of Avranches, France	Bishop of Montpellier, France
27 Feb	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Matej Franjo Krtica (Kertiza) †	Bishop of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia
27 Feb		Born	Manuel Martínez Ferro, O. de M. †		Bishop of Málaga, Spain
28 Feb	42.2	Confirmed	Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Marie de Beauvais †	Bishop of Senez, France	Bishop Emeritus
	40.4	Appointed	Marcantonio Conti †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	53.3	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste du Plessis d’Argentré †	Titular Bishop of Thagaste	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
	50.5	Confirmed	François-Gaspard de Jouffroy de Gonssans †	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop of Le Mans, France
	40.4	Appointed	Franciszek Komornicki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
	40.4	Appointed	Franciszek Komornicki †	Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
	71.4	Appointed	Jean Ignace de La Ville †	Titular Bishop of Tricomia
	28.8	Appointed	Józef Ignacy Tadeusz Rybiński †	Titular Bishop of Evaria	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	28.8	Confirmed	Józef Ignacy Tadeusz Rybiński †	Coadjutor Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Bishop
5 Mar	62.2	Died	Franz Josef von Gondola, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany
6 Mar	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Victoriano López Gonzalo †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
7 Mar	90.6	Died	Carlo Alberto Guidobono Cavalchini †	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
12 Mar	60.2	Selected	Giuseppe Capocchiani †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
12 Mar		Born	Georg Prünster †		Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
13 Mar	23.0	Ordained Priest	Józef Leon Łopaciński †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
16 Mar	48.6	Died	Giannagostino Gradenigo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy
17 Mar		Born	Johann Wilhelm Bausch †		Bishop of Limburg, Germany
18 Mar		Born	Luigi Gazzoli †		Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
19 Mar	25.4	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Cingari †	Priest	Bishop of Cagli, Italy
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Camillo Cattaneo della Volta †	Priest	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
	58.4	Died	Lucas Ramírez Galán, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain
20 Mar	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Marie de Beauvais †	Bishop of Senez, France	Bishop Emeritus
	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste du Plessis d’Argentré †	Titular Bishop of Thagaste	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	François-Gaspard de Jouffroy de Gonssans †	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop of Le Mans, France
24 Mar	43.6	Died	Romedius Marie Leopold von Sarentheim †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
25 Mar	22.9	Ordained Priest	Ottavio Angelelli †	Priest	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
29 Mar	43.7	Installed	Pedro de Melo e Brito da Silveira Alvim †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
31 Mar	72.1	Died	Giuseppe Antonio Passanti †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy
1 Apr	65.8	Died	Giovanni de Vita †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy
6 Apr	54.2	Died	Angelo Luigi Gioviio, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
8 Apr		Born	José Manuel Fernández de Córdoba y Meló †		Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
9 Apr		Born	Juan Antonio Rivadeneyra †		Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
10 Apr	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Franciszek Komornicki †	Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
10 Apr	71.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean Ignace de La Ville †	Titular Bishop of Tricomia
11 Apr	73.8	Died	Isidoro Cossío y Bustamente Diaz Santos †	Bishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
13 Apr	70.2	Died	Agustín Manuel Camacho y Rojas, O.P. †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
	38.9	Appointed	Francisco de Lemos de Faria Pereira Coutinho †	Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Lycia	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
	38.9	Confirmed	Francisco de Lemos de Faria Pereira Coutinho †	Coadjutor Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal	Bishop
14 Apr	48.6	Resigned	Raymond de Durfort †	Bishop of Montpellier, France	Archbishop of Besançon, France
	59.2	Died	Juan Carlos de Vilches y Cabrera †	Bishop of Nicaragua
	59.1	Resigned	Jean-Georges Lefranc de Pompignan †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Vienne, France
15 Apr	71.5	Died	Jean Ignace de La Ville †	Titular Bishop of Tricomia
17 Apr	74.8	Died	Nicolò Caracciolo, C.R. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
17 Apr	78.5	Died	Michael Angelus Giacomelli †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
18 Apr	60.3	Confirmed	Giuseppe Capocchiani †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
	52.5	Confirmed	Étienne-François-Xavier des Michels de Champorcin †	Bishop of Toul, France
	50.8	Confirmed	Tomaz da Encarnação da Costa e Lima, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Olinda, Brazil
	47.1	Confirmed	António Freire Gameiro de Sousa †	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal
	43.9	Confirmed	Pierre-Augustin Godard de Belbœuf †	Bishop of Avranches, France
	52.2	Confirmed	François de Narbonne-Lara †	Bishop of Évreux, France
	58.9	Appointed	François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Archbishop of Albi, France
	78.4	Appointed	Fabrizio Serbelloni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	50.1	Appointed	Felipe Antonio Solano Marín †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
24 Apr	60.3	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Capocchiani †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
24 Apr	50.1	Selected	Philippe Damien de Hoensbroeck †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
May	67.2	Died	Domenico Micillo †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
7 May	67.3	Died	Manuel Antonio Palmero y Rallo †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
8 May	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Marcantonio Conti †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
9 May	48.7	Confirmed	Raymond de Durfort †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
	45.7	Appointed	Dominik Piotr Karwosiecki, O.F.M. Conv. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bacău, Romania	Bishop
	45.7	Appointed	Dominik Piotr Karwosiecki, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Byblus	Bishop of Bacău, Romania
	59.2	Confirmed	Jean-Georges Lefranc de Pompignan †	Archbishop of Vienne, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.8	Confirmed	Joseph-François de Malide †	Bishop of Montpellier, France
	43.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Pasquale Rogani †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
10 May	62.4	Died	József Károly Zbiško †	Bishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia
12 May		Born	José Higinio Madalengoitia y Sanz de Zárate †		Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
14 May		Born	Isidoro Bonifacio López Pulido, O.P. †		Bishop of Segovia, Spain
15 May	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Augustin Godard de Belbœuf †	Bishop of Avranches, France
15 May	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Pasquale Rogani †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
16 May	60.3	Died	Nicolaus Radovani †	Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
16 May	41.3	Died	Giorgio Stay †	Bishop-Elect of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
17 May	83.3	Died	James Butler (1st) †	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
	32.3	Succeeded	James Butler (2nd) †	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
		Born	Johann Baptist Judas Thaddeus von Keller †		Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany
18 May		Born	Diego Capece †		Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
22 May	25.1	Ordained Priest	Thomas Bray †	Priest	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
22 May	29.0	Ordained Bishop	Józef Ignacy Tadeusz Rybiński †	Titular Bishop of Evaria	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
23 May	50.8	Selected	Rudolf Joseph von Edling †	Archbishop of Gorizia (Görz), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
24 May	44.3	Selected	Guillaume-Louis du Tillet †	Bishop of Orange, France
26 May	43.2	Resigned	Innocenzo Conti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
27 May		Born	Juan José Cabarcas González y Argüello †		Bishop of Panamá
28 May	22.9	Ordained Priest	Sebastiano Brisciano †	Priest of Siracusa, Italy	Titular Bishop of Hippos
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Etienne-Jean-Baptiste des Galois de la Tour †	Priest	Archbishop of Bourges, France
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Pierre Magny, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
	21.8	Ordained Deacon	Christoph Emanuel (Krzysztof Emanuel) von Schimonski-Schimoni †	Deacon of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Bishop
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Michele Spinelli, C.R. †	Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
29 May	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Tomaz da Encarnação da Costa e Lima, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Olinda, Brazil
6 Jun	55.5	Appointed	Giovanni Carsana †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
	38.0	Confirmed	Marie-Joseph de Galard de Terraube †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
	42.1	Appointed	Alonso Marcos de Llanes Argüelles †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	34.4	Appointed	Walenty Wołczacki, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Tamasus
7 Jun		Born	Martino Leonardo Brandaglia †		Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
11 Jun	66.5	Died	Emmerich Joseph von Breidbach zu Bürresheim †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
11 Jun	24.0	Ordained Priest	Omobono Offredi †	Priest of Cremona, Italy	Bishop
12 Jun	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Felipe Antonio Solano Marín †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
24 Jun		Born	Giuseppe Pietro Antonio Palma, O. Carm. †		Bishop of Avellino, Italy
25 Jun	72.7	Died	Daniel-Bertrand de Langle †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France
25 Jun	88.4	Resigned	François-André Roussel de Tilly †	Bishop of Orange, France	Bishop Emeritus
27 Jun	29.0	Appointed	Pietro Delenda †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
	38.4	Appointed	Giampaolo Dolfin, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
	44.4	Confirmed	Guillaume-Louis du Tillet †	Bishop of Orange, France
	44.4	Appointed	Onofrio Maria Ginnari †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy
	38.1	Appointed	Thomas Mariagni †	Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
	50.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Bernardino Pecci, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy
	39.5	Appointed	Nicolò Rossetti †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
	50.9	Confirmed	Rudolf Joseph von Edling †	Archbishop of Gorizia (Görz), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus

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