The Year of Our Lord 1778

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	61.7	Died	Gaspare Barletta †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Fabijan Blasković †	Bishop of Makarska, Croatia
	62.7	Died	Giuseppe Cacace †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
	17.3	Professed	Roque José Carpegna Díaz, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
	48.5	Ordained Bishop	José Díaz de Lamadrid, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
	21.7	Professed	Jean-Louis Florens, M.E.P. †	Member of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China
		Died	Basile Jelghaf †	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	52.0	Died	Josyf Lepkovskyj †	Bishop of Smoleńsk (Ukrainian), Russian Federation
		Born	Tomás de Portes e Infante †		Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	36.0	Appointed	Ignace IV Sarrouf, B.C. †	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
	63.0	Ordained Bishop	José Antonio Humeres y Miranda †	Bishop of Panamá
	74.6	Died	Giovan Filippo Leonardo Vitetta †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Peter Waldron †	Priest	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
		Born	Yosafat Ihnatiy Zharskyi, O.S.B.M. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Žyrovyci (Ukrainian), Lithuania
Jan	80.6	Died	Gaspar Negri †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
Jan	52.2	Resigned	Luigi Valenti Gonzaga †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
1 Jan		Born	Ferdinand Corbi †		Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
1 Jan		Born	Pierre de Glory †		Titular Bishop of Macri
3 Jan		Born	Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski †		Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
4 Jan	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Anne-Luc (Falcombelle) de Ponte d’Albaret †	Bishop of Sarlat, France
4 Jan		Born	Paolo Polidori †		Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
11 Jan	69.6	Died	Jan Dominik Łopaciński †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
18 Jan	62.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan Ignacio de la Rocha †	Bishop of Michoacán, México
23 Jan		Born	Gennaro Pasca †		Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy
24 Jan		Died	Daniel O’Kearney †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
25 Jan	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Apolinaire de La Tour du Pin-Montauban †	Bishop of Nancy, France	Bishop of Troyes, France
28 Jan	48.2	Appointed	Gherardo Cortenovis, B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù, Myanmar
28 Jan	48.2	Appointed	Gherardo Cortenovis, B. †	Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Pisidia	Vicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù, Myanmar
29 Jan	43.0	Appointed	Manuel Obellar, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
29 Jan	43.0	Appointed	Manuel Obellar, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Ruspae	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
30 Jan		Born	Angelo-Andrea Zottoli †		Auxiliary Bishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
1 Feb	54.0	Succeeded	Antoni Młodowski, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Volodymyr (Włodzimierz) et Brėst (Ukrainian)
	60.4	Succeeded	Lev Sheptytskyi (Szeptycki), O.S.B.M. †	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	80.0	Died	Felicjan Filip Wołodkowicz (Volodkovyc) †	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
3 Feb		Born	Alessandro Giustiniani †		Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
4 Feb	16.1	Professed	Fernando Cano Almirante, O.F.M. Obs. †	Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
4 Feb	81.0	Died	Adam Wojna Orański †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
8 Feb	63.0	Died	Adam Dwertitsch (Dvertisch) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
8 Feb	53.1	Died	Ermenold Piesport, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
9 Feb	50.5	Died	Pedro Ángel de Espiñeira, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
14 Feb	48.0	Selected	Jan Stefan Giedroyć †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
14 Feb	46.9	Selected	Antoni Maciej Sierakowski †	Bishop of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten, Poland
15 Feb	23.0	Ordained Priest	Paolo Bartoli †	Priest	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
15 Feb	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Ferdynand Onufry Kicki †	Titular Bishop of Targa	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
16 Feb	63.3	Died	Giuseppe de Rossi †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
22 Feb		Born	Michele Basilio Clari (Clary), O.S.B.I. †		Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
24 Feb	49.9	Ordained Deacon	Alfonso Airoldi †	Deacon	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
1 Mar	50.0	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Airoldi †	Priest	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
1 Mar	73.5	Died	Anton Ludovico Antinori, C.O. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
6 Mar	71.2	Died	Francisco Pallás y Faro, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Fukien (Kuiceu), China
7 Mar		Appointed	Juan a Santa Margarita, O.C.D. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Malabar, India	Vicar Apostolic
7 Mar		Appointed	Juan a Santa Margarita, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria	Vicar Apostolic of Malabar, India
11 Mar	33.4	Selected	Giuseppe Capecelatro †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Mar	22.0	Ordained Deacon	Antón Mákay †	Deacon	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
14 Mar	45.3	Died	Francesco Lucerna Rorengo di Rorà †	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
15 Mar	23.4	Ordained Deacon	Silvestar Bubanović, O.S.B.M. †	Deacon of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
19 Mar	23.4	Ordained Priest	Silvestar Bubanović, O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
21 Mar	65.5	Died	Juan Lorenzo Irigoyen Dutari †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
24 Mar	79.2	Died	Daniel O’Reilly †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
24 Mar	54.2	Succeeded	Hugh O’Reilly †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
25 Mar	53.7	Selected	Jacques-Thomas Astesan, O.P. †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
	57.1	Died	Francesco Ignazio Guiso †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
	44.4	Selected	Vittorio Filippo Melano di Portula, O.P. †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
26 Mar		Born	Francesco Saverio Gargiulo †		Titular Bishop of Thyatira
28 Mar	54.6	Resigned	François-Gaspard de Jouffroy de Gonssans †	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop of Le Mans, France
30 Mar	33.5	Confirmed	Giuseppe Capecelatro †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.7	Confirmed	Antonín Theodor Colloredo von Wallsee und Mels †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
	50.6	Appointed	Jean-Marie Cuchot d’Herbain †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	50.6	Appointed	Jean-Marie Cuchot d’Herbain †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
	63.2	Appointed	Francisco Javier Delgado y Venegas †	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
	44.4	Confirmed	François-Camille de Duranti de Lironcourt †	Titular Bishop of Bethleem
	59.7	Appointed	Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Gerdil, B. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
	48.1	Confirmed	Jan Stefan Giedroyć †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
	56.2	Installed	Andrea Gioannetti, O.S.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	41.2	Confirmed	Louis-André de Grimaldi †	Bishop of Noyon, France
	34.3	Confirmed	Jean-Baptiste-Marie de Maillé de la Tour-Landry †	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop of Rennes, France
	52.5	Appointed	Pedro Rubio-Benedicto Herrero †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
	38.3	Confirmed	Louis-Hector-Honoré-Maxime de Sabran †	Bishop of Laon, France
	67.3	Appointed	Anton Maria Martin von Stegner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	67.3	Appointed	Anton Maria Martin von Stegner †	Titular Bishop of Corycus	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	52.4	Installed	Luigi Valenti Gonzaga †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
1 Apr	32.4	Selected	Giuseppe Francesco Maria Ferraris da Genola †	Bishop of Susa, Italy	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
1 Apr	55.4	Selected	Giuseppe Maria Langosco-Stroppiana †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
2 Apr		Born	Maximos Givaid (Jouwed) †		Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
3 Apr	56.2	Selected	Lorenzo Potenza †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy	Bishop of Sarno, Italy
4 Apr	24.2	Ordained Priest	Andrea Lucibello †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
5 Apr	23.9	Ordained Deacon	Flórián Kovács †	Deacon	Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
8 Apr	38.4	Ordained Priest	Ioan (Janos) Bob (Babb) †	Priest	Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian), Romania
10 Apr	50.6	Appointed	John Butler, S.J. †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland	Former Bishop-Elect
12 Apr	33.5	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Capecelatro †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Apr		Died	Emanuello Rao-Torres †	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
18 Apr	23.9	Ordained Priest	Flórián Kovács †	Priest	Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
18 Apr	78.2	Died	Stanislaus Wykowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
19 Apr		Born	Attilio Fiascaini †		Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
19 Apr	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Sebastián Malvar y Pinto, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
20 Apr	18.3	Selected	Youhanan VIII Hormez †	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
20 Apr		Born	Manuel Vicuña Larraín †		Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
21 Apr	36.1	Selected	Charles de La Font de Savines †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France	Bishop Emeritus
22 Apr	73.0	Died	Guglelmo Camaldari †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
26 Apr	27.7	Ordained Priest	Ernst Maria Ferdinand von Bissingen-Nieppenburg †	Priest of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	44.5	Ordained Bishop	François-Camille de Duranti de Lironcourt †	Titular Bishop of Bethleem
	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Hector-Honoré-Maxime de Sabran †	Bishop of Laon, France

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