The Year of Our Lord 1776

Bishop Events

May to August

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
May	75.2	Died	Stefano di Leoni †	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
1 May	24.4	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Maria Manieri, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy
5 May	59.4	Died	Johann Andreas Kaiser †	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia
8 May	58.6	Selected	Gennaro Giordano †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
9 May		Born	Thomas Maguire †		Priest of Québec, Canada
10 May	49.6	Selected	Jacques-Thomas-Joseph Wellens †	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
12 May		Born	Joaquim de Nossa Senhora de Nazareth Oliveira e Abreu, O.F.M. Ref. †		Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
55.5	Ordained Bishop	Martin Nugk von Lichtenhoff †	Titular Bishop of Cisamus	Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany
16 May		Born	Luigi Emmanuele Nicolo Lambruschini, B. †		Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
	Born	Paolo Marusci (Maruschian) †		Archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul) (Armenian), Turkey
17 May	43.3	Selected	Joseph Adam Arco †	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
19 May	27.8	Ordained Deacon	László Köszeghy von Romete †	Deacon of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary
49.5	Ordained Bishop	András Ország †	Titular Bishop of Myndus	Auxiliary Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
20 May	47.2	Appointed	Gregorio Alessandri †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
39.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Archinto †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
49.3	Appointed	József Batthyány †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
50.6	Appointed	Guido Calcagnini †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
50.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Guido Calcagnini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
40.0	Confirmed	Pierre-Marie-Madeleine Cortois de Baloré †	Bishop of Alès (Alais), France	Bishop Emeritus of Nîmes, France
45.8	Appointed	Nicola Colonna di Stigliano †	Titular Archbishop of Sebastea	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
54.9	Confirmed	Claude-Marc-Antoine d’Apchon de Corgenon †	Archbishop of Auch, France
61.4	Appointed	Francisco Javier Delgado y Venegas †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
50.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Angelo Maria Durini †	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Ancyra
31.0	Confirmed	Wilhelm Florentin von Salm-Salm †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
50.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Garampi †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
58.6	Confirmed	Gennaro Giordano †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
49.4	Appointed	Federico Maria Giovanelli †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
	Born	Joseph von Hohenzollern-Hechingen †		Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
50.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi Valenti Gonzaga †	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
36.1	Confirmed	Jacques-Joseph-François de Vogüé †	Bishop of Dijon, France
22 May	16.3	Ordained Bishop	Youhanan VIII Hormez †	Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
26 May	33.6	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Mateo Aguiriano Gómez †	Titular Bishop of Thagaste	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
	Born	Jan Marceli Gutkowski †		Bishop Emeritus of Janów Podlaski (Podlaska o Janów), Poland
54.6	Ordained Bishop	Jan Szyjkowski †	Titular Bishop of Sinope	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
28 May	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Colonna di Stigliano †	Titular Archbishop of Sebastea	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
58.6	Ordained Bishop	Gennaro Giordano †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
29 May	51.4	Selected	Peter Michael Vigil von Thun und Hohenstein †	Bishop of Trento, Italy
1 Jun	30.0	Ordained Priest	Francesco Amoroso †	Priest	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy
63.5	Ordained Deacon	Paolo Francesco Antamori †	Deacon of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
23.0	Ordained Priest	Michele Belli †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
24.8	Ordained Priest	Henri-Marie-Clauce de Bruc-Montplaisir †	Priest	Bishop of Vannes, France
69.9	Resigned	Carlo Camuzi †	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia	Bishop Emeritus
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Paul Estefan †	Archbishop of Jbeil {Byblos} (Maronite), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
28.6	Ordained Priest	Francsco Antonio Javier de Gardoqui Arriquíbar †	Cardinal, Priest of Palencia, Spain
27.9	Ordained Priest	László Köszeghy von Romete †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary
24.1	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Maria Mossi de Morano †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
23.4	Ordained Priest	Ján Baptist Richolosky †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
24.1	Ordained Priest	Claude-François de Thiollaz †	Priest of Annecy, France	Bishop
2 Jun	55.9	Installed	Agustín de Alvarado y Castillo †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
5 Jun	75.5	Died	François-Marie Le Maistre de La Garlaye †	Bishop of Clermont, France
66.4	Died	Giuseppe Sparano †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
8 Jun	52.5	Selected	Giovanni Benedetto Maria Ciuran (Civran) †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
9 Jun	63.8	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Ratti †	Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto
36.1	Ordained Bishop	Jacques-Joseph-François de Vogüé †	Bishop of Dijon, France
10 Jun	84.5	Died	Paul de Ribeyre †	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
20 Jun		Born	Jakob Brand †		Bishop of Limburg, Germany
	Born	Luigi Del Drago †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
23 Jun	25.8	Ordained Deacon	Ignacy Bardziński †	Deacon of Gniezno, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
62.4	Ordained Bishop	Felice Antonio Bianchi †	Titular Bishop of Pergamum	Auxiliary Bishop of Modena, Italy
42.1	Selected	François de Bonal (d’Aujac) †	Bishop of Clermont, France
29.5	Ordained Priest	Nicolò Saverio Gamboni †	Priest	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
55.4	Died	Benedetto Mattei †	Bishop of Marsi, Italy
53.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste Miroudot Du Bourg, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jun	24.7	Ordained Priest	Georg Franz Lock †	Priest of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany	Prefect
26 Jun		Born	Jacopo Monico †		Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
30 Jun	24.5	Ordained Deacon	Manuel de Aguiar †	Deacon	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
53.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Caballero y Góngora †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
40.1	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Marie-Madeleine Cortois de Baloré †	Bishop of Alès (Alais), France	Bishop Emeritus of Nîmes, France
25.3	Ordained Bishop	Józef Leon Łopaciński †	Titular Bishop of Tripolis in Phoenicia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
Jul	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Navarro Acevedo †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
1 Jul		Appointed	Alexander Irwin †	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
60.5	Appointed	Philip Phillips †	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
5 Jul	65.8	Resigned	Giuseppe de Vignoli †	Bishop of Carpentras, France	Bishop of Forli, Italy
6 Jul	68.2	Died	Ludovico Sabatini d’Anfora, C.P.O. †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
7 Jul	24.5	Ordained Priest	Manuel de Aguiar †	Priest	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
11 Jul		Born	José Antonio Burbano, O.E.S.A. †		Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Popayán, Colombia
13 Jul	53.2	Resigned	Nicola Bizarri †	Bishop of Forli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
42.2	Entered	Nicolas Champenois, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Superior of Karnatic Mission / Pondicherry, India
14 Jul	31.1	Ordained Bishop	Wilhelm Florentin von Salm-Salm †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
40.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Benito Antonio Quevedo y Quintano †	Cardinal, Bishop of Orense, Spain
32.6	Ordained Deacon	Wojciech Józef Skarszewski †	Deacon	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
15 Jul	39.9	Installed	Giovanni Archinto †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
43.4	Confirmed	Joseph Adam Arco †	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
50.8	Installed	Guido Calcagnini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
70.0	Appointed	Carlo Camuzi †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus	Bishop Emeritus of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
52.6	Confirmed	Giovanni Benedetto Maria Ciuran (Civran) †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
41.0	Appointed	Andrea Corsini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
50.2	Appointed	Bonifacio da Ponte, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
69.5	Appointed	Pietro Silvio di Gennaro †	Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
43.3	Appointed	Emilio Gentile †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
46.8	Confirmed	Dominique Maria de Santini †	Bishop of Nebbio, France	Bishop Emeritus
44.3	Appointed	Giovanni Domenico Straticò, O.P. †	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
65.9	Appointed	Giuseppe de Vignoli †	Bishop of Forli, Italy
49.8	Confirmed	Jacques-Thomas-Joseph Wellens †	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
18 Jul		Born	Pasquale de Nicolais †		Bishop of Nusco, Italy
21 Jul	25.8	Ordained Priest	Ignacy Bardziński †	Priest of Gniezno, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
41.1	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Corsini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Bonifacio da Ponte, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
69.5	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Silvio di Gennaro †	Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
43.3	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Gentile †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
32.6	Ordained Priest	Wojciech Józef Skarszewski †	Priest	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
44.3	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Domenico Straticò, O.P. †	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
22 Jul	64.5	Died	Charles-Gilbert de May de Termont †	Bishop of Blois, France
26 Jul	49.9	Selected	Moyses Drágosi †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
2 Aug	72.2	Died	Girolamo Palermo, C.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
4 Aug	34.5	Selected	Alexandre-François-Amédée-Adonis-Louis-Joseph de Lauzières de Thémines †	Bishop of Blois, France
24.7	Ordained Priest	Feliks Łukasz Lewiński †	Priest of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Bishop of Janów Podlaski (Podlaska o Janów), Poland
5 Aug	44.7	Died	Antonio Romano Malingri †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
11 Aug	35.0	Selected	Marie-Anne-Hippolyte Hay de Bonteville †	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France	Bishop of Grenoble, France
58.6	Ordained Bishop	Maximilian Augustin Christoph von Rodt †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
12 Aug	72.8	Died	Benedetto Veterani †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano
17 Aug	34.8	Died	Franz Karl Maria Cajetan von Firmian †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
20 Aug		Born	Manuel Bernardo Morete Bodelón †		Bishop of Astorga, Spain
24 Aug	47.5	Ordained Deacon	Joseph-Vincent de Beni †	Deacon	Bishop Emeritus of Carpentras, France
25 Aug	43.5	Installed	Joseph Adam Arco †	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
47.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph-Vincent de Beni †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Carpentras, France
26 Aug		Born	Evasio Secundo Agodino †		Bishop of Aosta, Italy
23.1	Ordained Priest	Jakub Ignacy Dederko †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Minsk, Belarus
	Died	Nicolas-Xavier Santamarie †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene

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