The Year of Our Lord 1777

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Jean Accari †	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Francesco Bertazzoli †	Priest of Imola, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
	33.4	Resigned	Jean-Jacques Bouguet, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Prefect Emeritus
	73.7	Resigned	Juan Tomás de Boxadors y Sureda de San Martín, O.P. †	Master General of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto
	49.9	Appointed	Pierre-François Cassiet †	Prefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Prefect Emeritus
	17.1	Entered	Inocêncio António das Neves Portugal, O. Carm. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop-Elect of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
		Born	Juan Fernández de Sotomayor y Picón †		Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Bernardo García y Hernández (Fernandez Perdigon), O.F.M. Disc. †	Priest of Order of Discalced Friars Minor	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Juan Domingo González de la Reguera †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
		Born	Ignace Pierre Jarweh (Jaroue, Djarwé) †		Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	33.0	Incardinated	Anton Kautschitz †	Priest of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
	27.4	Ordained Priest	Dominique Lacombe †	Priest	Bishop of Angoulême, France
		Born	Benito Lascano y Castillo †		Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
	54.0	Resigned	François Maria Magni (Magi), O.F.M. Ref. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hukwang, Shansi [Shanxi], and Shensi [Shaanxi], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Born	Laurence O’Donnell †		Bishop of Galway, Ireland
		Born	Oliver O’Kelly †		Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
		Appointed	Louis François Radel †	Prefect of French Guiana-Cayenne, Antilles
	40.1	Incardinated	Franz von Raigesfeld, S.J. †	Priest of Trieste, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
		Resigned	Charles Robillard †	Prefect of French Guiana-Cayenne, Antilles	Prefect Emeritus
		Born	Nicolaus Rodrigues Pereira de Borja, C.M. †		Bishop-Elect of Macau, China
		Appointed	Simon-Jesu-Yab †	Bishop of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean), Iran
		Ordained Bishop	Simon-Jesu-Yab †	Bishop of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean), Iran
	46.6	Incardinated	Sigismund Anton von Hohenwart, S.J. †	Priest of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Archbishop
Jan	74.9	Died	Franz Anton von Engel in Wagrain †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary
1 Jan		Born	Gaspar Cos y Soberón †		Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
2 Jan	61.9	Died	Urbano Paracciani Rutili †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
6 Jan	79.2	Died	Luigi Maria Torreggiani †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
11 Jan	43.8	Appointed	Nathaniel Johann Heinrich Bürger, O.F.M. Ref. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hukwang, Shansi [Shanxi], and Shensi [Shaanxi], China	Vicar Apostolic of Nanking [Nanjing], China
	43.8	Appointed	Nathaniel Johann Heinrich Bürger, O.F.M. Ref. †	Titular Bishop of Dercos (Dercus)	Vicar Apostolic of Nanking [Nanjing], China
	66.7	Died	Carlo Augusto Peruzzini, B. †	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
		Born	Adeodato Venturini, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Pontremoli, Italy
12 Jan	61.1	Ordained Bishop	Franz Xaver Twrdy †	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
18 Jan		Born	Domenico Angelini †		Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (-Farfa), Italy
19 Jan	67.0	Died	Henri-Jacques de Montesquiou-Poylobon †	Bishop of Sarlat, France
19 Jan	39.6	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Johann Kaspar von Thun und Hohenstein †	Titular Bishop of Thyatira	Bishop of Passau, Germany
25 Jan	79.4	Died	Francesco Rivera †	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
26 Jan		Born	Robert Gradwell †		Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of London District, England, Great Britain
30 Jan		Born	José Vicente de Unda †		Bishop of Mérida, Venezuela
30 Jan	48.1	Resigned	Giacinto Amedeo Vagnone †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
31 Jan	64.2	Died	Ján Gustíni-Zubrohlavský (Gusztinyi) †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
Feb	23.0	Ordained Priest	Isidoro Pérez de Celis, M.I. †	Priest of Order of the Ministers of the Sick	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
6 Feb	54.0	Died	Santiago Hernández, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
14 Feb	55.5	Resigned	Bernardino Giraud †	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
17 Feb	57.0	Selected	József Bajzáth †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
	61.7	Appointed	Antonio Casali †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria ad Martyres
	60.1	Confirmed	Joseph-Dominique de Cheylus †	Bishop of Bayeux, France
	58.6	Appointed	Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Gerdil, B. †	Titular Bishop of Dibon (Dibona)	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
	63.6	Appointed	Antonio Manuel Hartalejo López, O. de M. †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
	60.5	Appointed	Lorenzo Lay y Anzano, O.P. †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
	32.9	Appointed	Alessandro Mattei †	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	43.7	Selected	Ignác Nagy de Séllye †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
	48.0	Confirmed	Louis-Marie de Nicolay †	Bishop of Cahors, France
	57.6	Appointed	Domenico Orsini d’Aragona †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
	67.1	Appointed	Giovanni Pergolini †	Bishop of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
	37.1	Appointed	Luigi Maria Pirelli, C.R. †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy	Archbishop of Trani e Bisceglie, Italy
	67.3	Appointed	Józef Prószyński †	Titular Bishop of Mennith
	52.4	Appointed	Francisco Antonio Iglesia Cajiga, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras	Bishop of Michoacán, México
	41.4	Selected	János Szily †	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
	40.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Terzi †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
	58.3	Appointed	Baltasar Yusta y Navarro †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
23 Feb		Born	Mariano Brasca Bartocci †		Bishop Emeritus of Amelia, Italy
	33.0	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Mattei †	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	37.1	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Maria Pirelli, C.R. †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy	Archbishop of Trani e Bisceglie, Italy
24 Feb	72.6	Died	Marco de Simone †	Bishop of Troia, Italy
24 Feb	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Maria Terzi †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
27 Feb	68.3	Died	Johann Baptist Anton von Federspiel †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
2 Mar	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Gerdil, B. †	Titular Bishop of Dibon (Dibona)	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
2 Mar	67.5	Died	Marco Molin, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
3 Mar		Born	Franciso López Borricón †		Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
3 Mar		Born	Luigi Ugolini †		Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
4 Mar	86.0	Died	Pierre-Herman Dosquet, P.S.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
8 Mar	46.2	Selected	Felix Willem Antonius Brenart †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
9 Mar	22.8	Ordained Priest	Jean Lambert de Hannotte †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Teos
	63.6	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Manuel Hartalejo López, O. de M. †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
	51.2	Ordained Bishop	István Nagy †	Titular Bishop of Themiscyra	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Marie de Nicolay †	Bishop of Cahors, France
	56.8	Ordained Bishop	György Richvaldszky †	Titular Bishop of Tanagra	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
11 Mar	81.2	Died	Francisco Javier de Luna Victoria y Castro †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
13 Mar		Born	Pedro José de Fonte y Hernández Miravete †		Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
15 Mar		Born	Manuel Pires de Azevedo Loureiro †		Bishop of Beja, Portugal
15 Mar	28.0	Ordained Priest	Franz Xaver von Neveu †	Priest of Basel, Switzerland	Bishop
20 Mar	69.1	Died	Jean-François-Joseph de Rochechouard de Faudoas †	Cardinal, Bishop of Laon, France
21 Mar		Born	José Miguel Gordoa y Barrios †		Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
23 Mar	53.6	Installed	Esteban Lorenzo de Tristán y Esmenota †	Bishop of Nicaragua	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
29 Mar	24.3	Ordained Priest	François de Pierre de Bernis †	Priest	Archbishop of Rouen, France
29 Mar		Born	Antonio Perchiacca †		Bishop of Trivento, Italy
1 Apr	79.9	Died	Giuseppe Agostino Delbecchi, Sch. P. †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
3 Apr	58.0	Died	Gabriel Jan Podoski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
6 Apr	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Paul Dovanlia †	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
6 Apr	28.4	Ordained Deacon	Karl Friedrich von Wendt †	Deacon of Hildesheim, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
7 Apr	75.0	Died	Salvator dos Reis, S.J. †	Archbishop of Cranganore (Angamala), India
8 Apr	28.4	Ordained Priest	Karl Friedrich von Wendt †	Priest of Hildesheim, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
11 Apr	65.9	Selected	Imre Christovich (Kristovich) †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary
15 Apr		Born	Bl. Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleitheim †		Bishop of Trento, Italy
16 Apr	61.2	Selected	Dionys von Rost †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
19 Apr	64.0	Selected	Antoni Kazimierz Ostrowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
20 Apr	66.6	Died	Giovanni Battista Bavestrelli †	Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey
20 Apr	76.3	Died	Francesco Franco †	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
21 Apr	74.3	Died	Charles-Marie de Quélen †	Titular Bishop of Bethleem
22 Apr	46.4	Appointed	Domenico Pignatelli di Belmonte, C.R. †	Superior General of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
30 Apr		Born	Fortunato de São Boaventura, O. Cist. †		Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
1 May	53.9	Resigned	Franz de Paula Xaver Ludwig Jakob von Breuner †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
2 May	67.0	Died	György Klimó †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
4 May	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Lay y Anzano, O.P. †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
4 May		Born	José Agustín de la Sierra Mercado †		Bishop of La Serena, Chile
6 May	53.1	Died	Buenaventura Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda †	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
7 May	64.3	Died	Stefan Sylwester Rudnicki-Lubieniecki, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Lutsk and Ostroh (Ukrainian), Ukraine
10 May	70.1	Died	Francesco Castellini †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
11 May		Born	Vincenz Eduard Milde †		Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
12 May	57.2	Confirmed	József Bajzáth †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
	46.4	Confirmed	Felix Willem Antonius Brenart †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
	69.8	Appointed	Juan Bautista Cervera, O.F.M. Disc. †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
	62.2	Appointed	Juan Ignacio de la Rocha †	Bishop of Michoacán, México
	56.3	Appointed	Giovanni Giacomo Onorati †	Bishop of Troia, Italy
	69.4	Appointed	Andrés Pérez Bermúdez, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
	38.1	Appointed	Domenico Spinucci †	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
14 May	70.2	Died	Juan Sáenz de Bururaga †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
16 May	49.3	Appointed	Anthony Coyle †	Coadjutor Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland	Bishop
	49.3	Appointed	Anthony Coyle †	Titular Bishop of Loryma	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
	53.3	Appointed	Hugh O’Reilly †	Coadjutor Bishop of Clogher, Ireland	Bishop
	53.3	Appointed	Hugh O’Reilly †	Titular Bishop of Curium	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
17 May	38.2	Ordained Priest	Philipp Franz Wilderich Nepomuk von Walderdorf †	Priest of Trier, Germany	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
22 May		Born	Luis María Borbón y Vallábriga †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
24 May	23.0	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Antonio de Fulgure, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
	43.4	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Vincenzo Monforte †	Priest	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Konrad (Jodocus Meinrad) Tanner von Arth, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
29 May	86.3	Died	Mario Antonio Maffei †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
31 May	32.9	Appointed	Vincenz Joseph Franz Sales von Schrattenbach †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia	Bishop of Brno, Czechia
1 Jun	29.1	Ordained Deacon	Custodio de Santa Ana d’Almeida, O.A.D. †	Deacon of Agostiniani Scalzi	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
1 Jun	44.8	Ordained Deacon	Johann Karl von Hohenzollern-Hechingen †	Deacon of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
4 Jun	42.9	Appointed	Cyprian Stecki †	Bishop of Lutsk and Ostroh (Ukrainian), Ukraine
6 Jun	29.1	Ordained Priest	Custodio de Santa Ana d’Almeida, O.A.D. †	Priest of Agostiniani Scalzi	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
7 Jun		Born	Giovanni Battista Rossi †		Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
8 Jun	38.2	Ordained Bishop	John Thomas Troy, O.P. †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
9 Jun	56.6	Selected	Matej Frantisek von Chorinsky †	Bishop of Brno, Czechia
9 Jun		Born	Ângelo de Nossa Senhora da Boa-Morte, O.F.M. Disc. †		Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
11 Jun	48.3	Installed	Joseph-Vincent de Beni †	Bishop of Carpentras, France	Bishop Emeritus
20 Jun		Born	Jean-Jacques Lartigue, P.S.S. †		Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
22 Jun		Born	Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz †		Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	57.3	Ordained Bishop	József Bajzáth †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
	63.1	Died	Ludwig Philipp Behelm †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
	22.3	Ordained Priest	Raffaele Longobardi †	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
23 Jun	52.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Vincenzo Maria Altieri †	In Pectore
	45.2	Appointed	Filippo d’Aprile †	Bishop of Teano, Italy	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
	70.6	Appointed	Francesco Antonio Attaffi †	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
	58.3	Appointed	Vasilije Božičković (Bosicskovich), O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
	45.2	Confirmed	Benedetto Cervone †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
	50.9	Appointed	Juan Díaz de La Guerra †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
	50.8	Confirmed	Moyses Drágosi †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
	47.9	Appointed	Manuel Ferrer y Figueredo †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Zamora, Spain	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
	44.5	Appointed	Tommaso Maria Francone, C.R. †	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
	59.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Gerdil, B. †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
	55.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Andrea Gioannetti, O.S.B. †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	52.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Bernardino Honorati †	Cardinal, Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
	47.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Ottavio Manciforte Sperelli †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop
	55.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Marcantonio Marcolini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
	44.1	Confirmed	Ignác Nagy de Séllye †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
	64.2	Confirmed	Antoni Kazimierz Ostrowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	49.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Guglielmo Pallotta †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	32.1	Appointed	Józef Ignacy Tadeusz Rybiński †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	49.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Gregorio Antonio Maria Salviati †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
	41.8	Confirmed	János Szily †	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
24 Jun	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Filippo d’Aprile †	Bishop of Teano, Italy	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
	70.6	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Antonio Attaffi †	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Benedetto Cervone †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
29 Jun	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Felix Willem Antonius Brenart †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
	44.9	Ordained Priest	Johann Karl von Hohenzollern-Hechingen †	Priest of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
	20.8	Professed	José Maria de Melo, C.O. †	Member of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
30 Jun	68.7	Died	Nicola Gagliardi †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy

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