The Year of Our Lord 1778

Bishop Events

May to August

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 May	36.7	Ordained Deacon	José da Costa e Torres †	Deacon	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
34.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste-Marie de Maillé de la Tour-Landry †	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop of Rennes, France
67.4	Ordained Bishop	Anton Maria Martin von Stegner †	Titular Bishop of Corycus	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
5 May	63.2	Died	Scipione Ardoino Alcontres, C.R. †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
7 May		Succeeded	Andrew Donnellan †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
100.3	Died	Peter O’Donnellan †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
9 May		Born	Antun Giuriceo †		Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
10 May	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Rubio-Benedicto Herrero †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
11 May	77.1	Died	Armand Bazin de Bezons †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
17 May	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Antonín Theodor Colloredo von Wallsee und Mels †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
72.8	Resigned	Pietro di Gennaro †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
19 May		Born	José Gómez y Navas, T.O.R. †		Bishop of Málaga, Spain
22 May		Born	Joaquín Abarca Blaque †		Bishop of León, Spain
23 May	69.7	Died	Heinrich Joseph von Nitschke †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
24 May	64.4	Died	Govaart-Geeraard van Eersel †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
26 May	52.9	Died	Diego Genovesi †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
78.4	Died	Eugene (Owen) Geoghegan †	Coadjutor Bishop of Meath, Ireland
28 May	67.5	Died	Anton Maria Martin von Stegner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
29 May	63.1	Resigned	Joseph Rolin de Morel de Mons †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France	Bishop Emeritus
31 May	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie Cuchot d’Herbain †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
Jun	80.6	Died	Pietro Antonio Zuccheri †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
1 Jun	53.8	Confirmed	Jacques-Thomas Astesan, O.P. †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
51.3	Elevated to Cardinal	József Batthyány †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
53.8	Appointed	Lothar Breidbach zu Bürresheim, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
53.8	Appointed	Lothar Breidbach zu Bürresheim, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Ierichus	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
52.1	Appointed	Giambattista Ettore Caracciolo, C.R. †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
57.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Cornaro †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
63.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Francisco Javier Delgado y Venegas †	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
53.5	Appointed	Ignatius Dłuski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
53.5	Appointed	Ignatius Dłuski †	Titular Bishop of Hebron	Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
53.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Giuseppe Filippa della Martiniana †	Cardinal, Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
41.8	Appointed	Cayetano Franco y Monroy †	Archbishop of Guatemala
51.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Joannes-Henricus von Frankenberg †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen, Belgium
59.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Tommaso Maria Ghilini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
56.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Romoaldo Guidi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro
54.7	Confirmed	François-Gaspard de Jouffroy de Gonssans †	Bishop of Le Mans, France
65.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Dominique de La Rochefoucauld †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
36.2	Confirmed	Charles de La Font de Savines †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France	Bishop Emeritus
41.4	Appointed	Baltazar Jaime Martínez de Compañón †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
44.6	Confirmed	Vittorio Filippo Melano di Portula, O.P. †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
71.2	Appointed	Nicola Molinari, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ravello e Scala, Italy	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
74.2	Selected	Antônio de São José Moura Marinho, O.E.S.A. †	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
48.4	Appointed	Francesco Polesini †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
56.3	Confirmed	Lorenzo Potenza †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy	Bishop of Sarno, Italy
43.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Louis-René-Edouard de Rohan-Guéménée †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
51.2	Selected	Emmanuel Felix Soares (de Santa Catarina), O.C.D. †	Bishop of Cochin, India	Archbishop of Goa, India
36.2	Appointed	Benedetto Solari, O.P. †	Bishop of Noli, Italy
65.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Fernando de Sousa e Silva †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
40.9	Appointed	August Franz von Strauß (Strauss) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
40.9	Appointed	August Franz von Strauß (Strauss) †	Titular Bishop of Samaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
43.4	Appointed	François-Philippe Taboureau, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Cydonia (Agia, Canea)
54.3	Selected	Manuel Tavares Coutinho da Silva †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
65.6	Appointed	Michele Tafuri †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy
6 Jun	45.2	Selected	Nathaniel Johann Heinrich Bürger, O.F.M. Ref. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China	Vicar Apostolic
50.4	Selected	Flaviano Giacomo Stefano Salustri, O.A.D. †	Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China
7 Jun	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Giambattista Ettore Caracciolo, C.R. †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
71.2	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Molinari, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ravello e Scala, Italy	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
56.3	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Potenza †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy	Bishop of Sarno, Italy
36.2	Ordained Bishop	Benedetto Solari, O.P. †	Bishop of Noli, Italy
8 Jun	74.3	Died	Filippo Mornati †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
23.0	Ordained Deacon	Samuel Cyryl Stefanowicz †	Deacon of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine	Archbishop
13 Jun	23.0	Ordained Priest	Stefano d’Elia †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum
23.1	Ordained Priest	Alessandro Maria Pagani †	Priest	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
14 Jun	42.4	Selected	Alexandre-Joseph-Alexis de Bruyère de Chalabre †	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France
78.7	Died	Michele Maria Capece Galeota, C.R. †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
37.5	Selected	Jean-Auguste de Chastenet de Puységur †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
15 Jun	40.3	Appointed	Teodozy Wisłocki, O.S.B.M. †	Administrator of Supraśl (Ukrainian), Belarus	Bishop
17 Jun	23.7	Ordained Deacon	Adrianus van Dongen †	Deacon of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium	Vicar Apostolic of Breda, Netherlands
19 Jun	24.1	Ordained Priest	Michele Sanseverino †	Priest	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
21 Jun	36.8	Ordained Priest	José da Costa e Torres †	Priest	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
44.7	Ordained Bishop	Vittorio Filippo Melano di Portula, O.P. †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
25 Jun	33.2	Appointed	Gaetano Maria Mantegazza (Montegazza), B. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù, Myanmar	Vicar Apostolic
33.2	Appointed	Gaetano Maria Mantegazza (Montegazza), B. †	Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Palaestina	Vicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù, Myanmar
27 Jun	27.0	Ordained Priest	Andrés Quintian Ponte de Andrade †	Priest of Concepción, Chile	Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
29 Jun	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Lothar Breidbach zu Bürresheim, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Ierichus	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
Jul	84.2	Died	Francesco Guidi †	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
1 Jul	68.1	Died	Carlo Gagliardi †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
8 Jul	36.5	Ordained Bishop	Ignace IV Sarrouf, B.C. †	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
9 Jul	59.9	Died	Nicola Pugliesi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
12 Jul	53.9	Died	Antoni Adam Młodowski-Struś, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Volodymyr (Włodzimierz) et Brėst (Ukrainian)
13 Jul	64.1	Resigned	Joaquim Borges de Figueroa †	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Anacleto Meoro y Sánchez †		Bishop of Almería, Spain
18 Jul	37.6	Resigned	Jean-Auguste de Chastenet de Puységur †	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
19 Jul	29.6	Ordained Deacon	Benedetto Sinibaldi †	Deacon	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
20 Jul	42.5	Confirmed	Alexandre-Joseph-Alexis de Bruyère de Chalabre †	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France
45.3	Confirmed	Nathaniel Johann Heinrich Bürger, O.F.M. Ref. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China	Vicar Apostolic
48.6	Appointed	Andrea Cardamone †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
58.0	Installed	Giovanni Cornaro †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
32.7	Confirmed	Giuseppe Francesco Maria Ferraris da Genola †	Bishop of Susa, Italy	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
59.9	Installed	Tommaso Maria Ghilini †	Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
56.4	Installed	Romoaldo Guidi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro
45.9	Appointed	Johann Karl von Hohenzollern-Hechingen †	Coadjutor Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
45.9	Appointed	Johann Karl von Hohenzollern-Hechingen †	Titular Bishop of Dibon (Dibona)	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
35.5	Appointed	Ivan Dominik Juras †	Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia
55.7	Confirmed	Giuseppe Maria Langosco-Stroppiana †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
74.4	Confirmed	Antônio de São José Moura Marinho, O.E.S.A. †	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
43.1	Appointed	Antoni Narzymski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
43.1	Appointed	Antoni Narzymski †	Titular Bishop of Evaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
51.0	Appointed	Nicolas Notariis †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
37.6	Confirmed	Jean-Auguste de Chastenet de Puységur †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
50.5	Confirmed	Flaviano Giacomo Stefano Salustri, O.A.D. †	Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China
47.3	Confirmed	Antoni Maciej Sierakowski †	Bishop of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten, Poland
51.4	Confirmed	Emmanuel Felix Soares (de Santa Catarina), O.C.D. †	Bishop of Cochin, India	Archbishop of Goa, India
54.4	Confirmed	Manuel Tavares Coutinho da Silva †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
22 Jul		Born	Anton Ferdinand Holtgreven †		Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
24 Jul	59.0	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Pignatelli †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jul	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Cardamone †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
26 Jul	32.7	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Francesco Maria Ferraris da Genola †	Bishop of Susa, Italy	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
55.7	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Maria Langosco-Stroppiana †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
36.4	Ordained Bishop	Charles de La Font de Savines †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France	Bishop Emeritus
23.2	Ordained Priest	Samuel Cyryl Stefanowicz †	Priest of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine	Archbishop
30 Jul	51.4	Selected	José Campos Julián, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
2 Aug	29.7	Ordained Priest	Benedetto Sinibaldi †	Priest	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
6 Aug	57.7	Installed	Sebastián Malvar y Pinto, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
9 Aug	64.5	Died	Felice Antonio Bianchi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Modena, Italy
42.6	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre-Joseph-Alexis de Bruyère de Chalabre †	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France
35.6	Ordained Bishop	Ivan Dominik Juras †	Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia
28.4	Ordained Priest	José Pegado de Azevedo, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
14 Aug	65.7	Selected	Fernando de Sousa e Silva †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
15 Aug		Born	José María Mendizábal López de Velasco †		Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
18 Aug	92.6	Died	Augustine Cheevers, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
24 Aug	71.4	Installed	Nicola Molinari, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ravello e Scala, Italy	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
28 Aug	58.0	Resigned	Bartolomeu Manoel Mendes dos Reis †	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
30 Aug	22.9	Ordained Priest	Joaquim de Sant’Ana Carvalho †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal

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