The Year of Our Lord 1775

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	70.0	Resigned	Julien-François Becquet, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Prefect Emeritus
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Charles Berington †	Priest of London District, England, Great Britain	Vicar Apostolic of Midland District, England, Great Britain
		Born	Pacifico Deani, O.F.M. †		Former Bishop-Elect of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
		Born	Jerónimo do Barco, O.F.M. Ref. †		Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Marie-Jean-Philippe Dubourg †	Priest	Bishop of Limoges, France
		Born	Edmund French, O.P. †		Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
	49.1	Resigned	Giuseppe Garampi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Cardinal, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Ambrosio Llano †	Priest	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Patrick MacMullan †	Priest of Down and Connor, Ireland	Bishop
		Resigned	Maurice Poussin †	Prefect of French Guiana-Cayenne, Antilles	Prefect Emeritus
		Born	Myles Prendergast, O.C.D. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Verapoly, India
		Appointed	Agapit Qonaisser †	Bishop
		Ordained Bishop	Agapit Qonaisser †	Bishop
	33.4	Incardinated	Ignacy Jan Zygmunt von Raczyński †	Priest of Poznań, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
		Appointed	Charles Robillard †	Prefect of French Guiana-Cayenne, Antilles	Prefect Emeritus
	40.5	Incardinated	Valentin Philipp Anton Schmidt †	Priest of Speyer, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	82.0	Died	Grégoire Sciukrallah Jaroue †	Archbishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Syrian), Lebanon
	27.2	Incardinated	Michal Mateusz Stadnicki, O.S.B.M. †	Priest	Bishop of Lutzk e Ostrog (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	47.7	Appointed	Friedrich Wilhelm von Westphalen †	Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
Jan	82.8	Died	Giustino Girolamo Bagnesi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy
1 Jan	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Dominik Piotr Karwosiecki, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Byblus	Bishop of Bacău, Romania
2 Jan		Born	Nicola Giuseppe Ugo †		Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
8 Jan		Born	Felice Greco †		Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy
18 Jan	84.0	Died	Francesco Alessandro Odoardi †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
19 Jan	99.6	Died	João da Silva Ferreira †	Bishop of Tanger, Morocco
19 Jan	65.3	Died	Eugenio Benedetto Scaramuccia †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
26 Jan	74.6	Died	Henri-Gabriel van Gameren †	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
29 Jan	64.2	Died	Nicolas (Angelo Odardo) Stefanini †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
4 Feb	78.5	Died	Ferdinando Maria de Rossi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
5 Feb	93.0	Died	Domenico Antonio Peronaci †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
11 Feb	72.3	Died	Alonso Francos Arango †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
12 Feb	68.1	Died	Peter Creagh †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
12 Feb	49.0	Succeeded	William Egan †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
15 Feb	57.1	Elected	Giovanni Angelico Braschi †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
15 Feb		Born	José Talayero Royo, O.P. †		Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
20 Feb	68.3	Died	Jean-Joseph Chapelle de Saint-Jean de Jumilhac †	Archbishop of Arles, France
22 Feb	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Angelico Braschi †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
24 Feb	53.7	Selected	Anton Zlatarić †	Bishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
26 Feb	34.8	Selected	François Cittadella †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
	36.3	Selected	Bl. Jean-Marie du Lau d’Allemans †	Archbishop of Arles, France
	45.4	Selected	Dominique Maria de Santini †	Bishop of Nebbio, France	Bishop Emeritus
27 Feb	43.7	Selected	Franz Philipp von Inzaghi †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy	Bishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
Mar	49.4	Resigned	Guido Calcagnini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
2 Mar	41.4	Resigned	Marcantonio Conti †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	38.7	Resigned	Jules-Basile Ferron de La Ferronnays †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France	Bishop of Lisieux, France
	36.9	Resigned	Joachim-François-Mamert de Conzié †	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France	Archbishop of Tours, France
	56.5	Resigned	Henri-Marie-Bernardin de Rosset de Ceilhes de Fleury †	Archbishop of Tours, France	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
6 Mar	39.5	Selected	János Szily †	Auxiliary Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
9 Mar		Born	Gabriele Maria de Marchis †		Titular Bishop of Tiberiopolis
9 Mar	53.1	Selected	Krysztof Hilary Szembek †	Coadjutor Bishop of Płock, Poland	Bishop
11 Mar	23.4	Ordained Priest	Paolo Lamberto D’Allègre †	Priest	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
13 Mar	54.7	Appointed	Agustín de Alvarado y Castillo †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
	67.5	Appointed	Rocco Maria Barsanti, C.R.M. †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
	30.1	Selected	Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
	54.7	Appointed	Domenico Maria Clavarini, O.P. †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
	46.1	Appointed	Pellegrino Consalvi †	Bishop of Fano, Italy
	52.6	Appointed	Charles-Bernard Collin de Contrisson †	Auxiliary Bishop of Laon, France
	52.6	Appointed	Charles-Bernard Collin de Contrisson †	Titular Bishop of Thermopylae	Auxiliary Bishop of Laon, France
	45.2	Selected	Jan Józef Dembowski †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine	Bishop
	62.9	Confirmed	Francesco Antonio Deplano †	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy
	56.1	Confirmed	Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.1	Confirmed	Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal †	Bishop of Worms, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany
	38.7	Confirmed	Jules-Basile Ferron de La Ferronnays †	Bishop of Bayonne, France	Bishop of Lisieux, France
	38.8	Appointed	Domingo Ramón Fernández Angulo †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain
	55.1	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno-Talenti †	Titular Archbishop of Myra	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
	36.9	Appointed	Józef Kazimierz Kossakowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten, Poland
	36.9	Appointed	Józef Kazimierz Kossakowski †	Titular Bishop of Cinna	Bishop of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten, Poland
	48.0	Appointed	Tomás Lorenzana Butrón †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
	41.3	Appointed	Adam Stanisław Naruszewicz †	Coadjutor Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
	41.3	Appointed	Adam Stanisław Naruszewicz †	Titular Bishop of Emmaüs	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
	47.9	Appointed	Francisco Navarro Acevedo †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
	60.4	Appointed	Gennaro Antonio de Simone †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	50.1	Appointed	Blas Manuel Sobrino y Minayo †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
	58.2	Appointed	Simon Spalatin †	Bishop of Korčula (Curzola, Cursola), Croatia	Bishop of Ossero (Osor), Croatia
	61.4	Appointed	Girolamo Spínola †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
14 Mar		Born	Manoel Joaquim Gonçalves de Andrade †		Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
17 Mar	38.2	Selected	László Kollonitz †	Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
19 Mar	67.5	Ordained Bishop	Rocco Maria Barsanti, C.R.M. †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Pellegrino Consalvi †	Bishop of Fano, Italy
	34.3	Ordained Deacon	Joseph Christian Franz de Paula zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein †	Deacon	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Simon Spalatin †	Bishop of Korčula (Curzola, Cursola), Croatia	Bishop of Ossero (Osor), Croatia
20 Mar	73.4	Died	Pedro Antonio de Barroeta Angel †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
21 Mar	47.7	Selected	Jan Alojzy Aleksandrowicz †	Coadjutor Bishop of Chełm, Poland	Bishop
21 Mar	45.7	Selected	Antoni Onufry Okęcki †	Coadjutor Bishop of Poznań, Poland	Bishop
22 Mar	62.5	Appointed	Carlo Vittorio Amedeo delle Lanze †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
24 Mar		Born	Giuseppe-Maria Lais †		Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
25 Mar	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno-Talenti †	Titular Archbishop of Myra	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
26 Mar	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Maria Clavarini, O.P. †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
27 Mar	74.8	Died	Ottavio Maria de Mari, C.R.S. †	Bishop of Savona, Italy
29 Mar	52.9	Appointed	Francesco Carafa della Spina di Traetto †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
1 Apr	75.2	Died	Pierre Mauclerc de la Musanchère †	Bishop of Nantes, France
1 Apr	22.6	Ordained Priest	Christoph Emanuel (Krzysztof Emanuel) von Schimonski-Schimoni †	Priest of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Bishop
2 Apr	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Bernard Collin de Contrisson †	Titular Bishop of Thermopylae	Auxiliary Bishop of Laon, France
3 Apr	56.4	Installed	Pasquale Acquaviva d’Aragona †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
	47.6	Appointed	Antonio Maria Ambiveri †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
	47.6	Appointed	Antonio Maria Ambiveri †	Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Asia	Auxiliary Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
	33.5	Confirmed	Sébastien-Michel Amelot †	Bishop of Vannes, France	Bishop Emeritus
	44.1	Installed	Innocenzo Conti †	Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
	41.5	Appointed	Marcantonio Conti †	Titular Archbishop of Damascus	Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy
	44.2	Confirmed	Guillaume-Joseph d’Abzac de Mayac †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France
	69.2	Appointed	Juan Manuel Garcia de Vargas y Ribera, O. de M. †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
	41.2	Appointed	Francesco Giliberti †	Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia
	49.8	Confirmed	Johann Heinrich von Kerens, S.J. †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
	60.4	Appointed	Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi Von Waal Und Sonnenthurn †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	38.4	Appointed	Michał Jerzy Poniatowski †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kraków, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	56.6	Confirmed	Henri-Marie-Bernardin de Rosset de Ceilhes de Fleury †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
	36.0	Appointed	Domenico Spinucci †	Titular Bishop of Targa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
	61.4	Appointed	Girolamo Spínola †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	61.8	Appointed	Antonio Eugenio Visconti †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
5 Apr	81.5	Died	Simon Nikolaus Eusebius von Montjoye-Hirsingen (von Froberg) †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
5 Apr		Born	Franciszek di Paolo Pawłowski †		Bishop of Płock, Poland
8 Apr	49.5	Appointed	Guido Calcagnini †	Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal Household	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
9 Apr	49.1	Selected	Jean-Auguste Frétat de Sarra †	Bishop of Nantes, France
	35.2	Selected	Jean-Baptiste-Joseph de Lubersac †	Bishop of Tréguier, France	Bishop Emeritus of Chartres, France
		Born	Vitaliano Provenzano †		Auxiliary Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
11 Apr	68.2	Died	Meletius Kovács †	Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
13 Apr	63.0	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Antonio Deplano †	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy
15 Apr	22.7	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Coppola †	Priest	Titular Archbishop of Myra
17 Apr	23.1	Ordained Priest	John Chisholm †	Priest of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain	Vicar Apostolic
17 Apr	36.1	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Spinucci †	Titular Bishop of Targa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
19 Apr	52.5	Selected	Gerolamo Dandolfi (Landolfi) †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
19 Apr	65.3	Selected	Giuseppe Sparano †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
22 Apr	35.0	Resigned	François Cittadella †	Bishop of Nebbio, France	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
23 Apr	33.6	Ordained Bishop	Sébastien-Michel Amelot †	Bishop of Vannes, France	Bishop Emeritus
24 Apr	44.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Leonardo Antonelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	36.4	Confirmed	Bl. Jean-Marie du Lau d’Allemans †	Archbishop of Arles, France
	78.3	Died	Jerzy Mikołaj Hylzen †	Bishop Emeritus of Smoleńsk, Poland
	43.9	Confirmed	Franz Philipp von Inzaghi †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy	Bishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
	38.3	Confirmed	László Kollonitz †	Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
	39.6	Appointed	János Szily †	Auxiliary Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
	39.6	Appointed	János Szily †	Bishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
	75.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Bernardino de Vecchi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
	53.8	Confirmed	Anton Zlatarić †	Bishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
26 Apr	60.7	Died	Giovanni Evangelista Stefanini †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
27 Apr		Born	Pietro Ostini †		Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
30 Apr	45.3	Ordained Deacon	Jan Józef Dembowski †	Deacon	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
	37.1	Ordained Bishop	Józef Kazimierz Kossakowski †	Titular Bishop of Cinna	Bishop of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten, Poland
	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Gennaro Antonio de Simone †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

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