The Year of Our Lord 1779

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Patrick Burke †		Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
		Born	William Fraser (Frazer) †		Bishop of Arichat, Nova Scotia, Canada
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Patrick Lambert, O.F.M. Ref. †	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Newfoundland, Canada
		Born	Basilio López †		Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)
	17.9	Professed	Polikarp Antoni Augustyn Marciejewski, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Auxiliary Bishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland
	44.4	Appointed	Václav Josef Mayer, O. Praem. †	Abbot of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines
	68.5	Died	Juan José Priego y Caro, O.P. †	Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)
	17.9	Professed	José Maria de Santa Anna Noronha, O.S.P.P.E. †	Member of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
		Died	Domenico di Valdagno, O.F.M. Ref. †	Vicar Apostolic of Smirne, Turkey
1 Jan	24.1	Ordained Priest	Gregor Tarkovič (Tárkovits) †	Priest of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia
4 Jan		Born	John-Louis Pastre †		Prefect Emeritus of Bourbon, Réunion
7 Jan		Born	Judas José Romo y Gamboa †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
9 Jan	66.4	Died	Andrea Ratti †	Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto
10 Jan	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Laurent-Michel Eon de Cély †	Bishop of Apt, France	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan	23.0	Ordained Priest	Pietro Mola †	Priest	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
11 Jan	51.4	Resigned	John Butler, S.J. †	Bishop-Elect of Limerick, Ireland	Priest of Society of Jesus
17 Jan		Born	Lorenzo Parigini †		Bishop of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
17 Jan	77.8	Died	Kazimierz Rokitnicki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
24 Jan	25.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Maria Pietro Grimaldi †	Priest of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
Feb	60.6	Appointed	Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Gerdil, B. †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Index	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
2 Feb	67.5	Died	Antonio Leli †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina, Italy
2 Feb	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Antoni Maciej Sierakowski †	Bishop of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten, Poland
3 Feb	51.7	Died	Marco Giuseppe Cornaro (Corner) †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
3 Feb	67.0	Died	Jean-Louis de La Marthonie de Caussade †	Bishop of Meaux, France
6 Feb	29.9	Ordained Deacon	Georg Karl Ignaz von Fechenbach zu Laudenbach †	Deacon of Mainz, Germany	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
8 Feb		Born	José de Moura Coutinho †		Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
8 Feb	71.1	Died	Andrés Pérez Bermúdez, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
9 Feb	62.0	Died	Giuseppe Francesco Maria della Torre †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
11 Feb	71.2	Died	Giuseppe Antonio Piperni †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
18 Feb	29.9	Ordained Priest	Georg Karl Ignaz von Fechenbach zu Laudenbach †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
18 Feb	71.0	Died	Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
19 Feb	47.2	Selected	József Ferenc Pierer, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
20 Feb	48.6	Resigned	Johann Nepomuk Augustin von Hornstein zu Hohenstoffen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
21 Feb		Born	Giovanni Ferrini, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop Emeritus of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
25 Feb	57.1	Appointed	Denis Conway †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
27 Feb	58.6	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Cornaro †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
27 Feb	23.0	Ordained Priest	Antón Mákay †	Priest	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
28 Feb	40.1	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Joseph Plunkett †	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
28 Feb	33.4	Selected	Camille-Louis-Apollinaire de Polignac †	Bishop of Meaux, France	Bishop Emeritus
1 Mar	54.5	Appointed	Cayetano Adsor Paredes †	Titular Archbishop of Selymbria	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
	61.3	Confirmed	Giovanni Antonio Arras Minutili †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
	60.4	Confirmed	João António Barbosa Soares †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
	60.0	Appointed	Zacharias Coccopalmieri †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
	46.4	Appointed	Jacinto Carlos da Silveira †	Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	48.3	Confirmed	Vicente do Espirito Santo, O.A.D. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe	Prelate of Goiás, Brazil
	72.3	Appointed	Joaquín Herrera Bárcena, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
	49.3	Appointed	Francisco José Marán †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile	Bishop of Santiago de Chile
	59.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Pignatelli †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina	Bishop Emeritus of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
	56.3	Confirmed	Domingos da Encarnação Pontével, O.P. †	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil
	40.4	Appointed	Karl Godefried von Rosenthal †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia
	40.4	Appointed	Karl Godefried von Rosenthal †	Titular Bishop of Capharnaum	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia
	46.1	Appointed	Joaquín Santiyán y Valdivieso †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
	52.3	Confirmed	Francisco de São Simão, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
	54.9	Appointed	Felipe Antonio Solano Marín †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
	66.2	Confirmed	Fernando de Sousa e Silva †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	59.1	Appointed	Bernardo Velarde Velarde †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
2 Mar		Born	Diego Antonio Elizondo y Prado †		Bishop of Concepción, Chile
	49.8	Died	Ignaz Franz Stanislaus von Spaur †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
	63.2	Died	Franz Xaver Twrdy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
4 Mar		Born	João da Purificação Marques Perdigão, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Olinda, Brazil
7 Mar	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Zacharias Coccopalmieri †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
11 Mar	81.9	Died	Louis-César-Constantin de Rohan-Guémené-Montbazon †	Cardinal, Bishop of Strasbourg, France
11 Mar	44.4	Succeeded	Louis-René-Edouard de Rohan-Guéménée †	Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar		Born	Giacinto Pippi †		Bishop of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy
14 Mar		Born	Vincenzo Annovazzi †		Bishop Emeritus of Anagni, Italy
14 Mar	22.2	Ordained Deacon	Tommaso Maria Raimondo Leopoldo Arezzo †	Deacon	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
18 Mar	48.5	Selected	Franz Ludwig von Erthal †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
19 Mar	22.2	Ordained Priest	Tommaso Maria Raimondo Leopoldo Arezzo †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
19 Mar	24.5	Ordained Priest	Sigmund Christoph von Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg †	Priest of Salzburg, Austria	Bishop Emeritus of Chiemsee, Germany
20 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	Jean-François Martin de Boisville †	Priest	Bishop of Dijon, France
		Born	Simon William Gabriel Bruté de Rémur †		Bishop of Vincennes, Indiana, USA
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Guilelmus Zerbi †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
22 Mar		Born	Nicola-Maria Laudisio, C.Ss.R. †		Bishop of Policastro, Italy
22 Mar	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Karl Godefried von Rosenthal †	Titular Bishop of Capharnaum	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia
23 Mar	70.9	Died	Antonio Gómez de la Torre y Jaraveitia †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
23 Mar		Born	Ippolito Niccolai †		Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy
24 Mar	40.3	Died	Girolamo Enrico Beltramini-Miazzi †	Bishop of Feltre, Italy
25 Mar	38.7	Ordained Deacon	Wilhelm Joseph Leopold Willibald von Baden †	Deacon of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
25 Mar	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Baltazar Jaime Martínez de Compañón †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
2 Apr		Born	Francisco de La Puente, O.P. †		Bishop of Segovia, Spain
3 Apr	38.7	Ordained Priest	Wilhelm Joseph Leopold Willibald von Baden †	Priest of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	27.6	Ordained Priest	Agostino Colaianni †	Priest	Bishop of Sora, Italy
	22.7	Ordained Deacon	Nicolas-Alexis Ondernard †	Deacon	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
5 Apr		Born	Bruno Maria Tedeschi †		Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
6 Apr	78.9	Died	Niccolò Borgia †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
7 Apr	66.4	Died	Giuseppe Maria de Leone †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
8 Apr	100.2	Died	Jean Estefan †	Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
11 Apr	41.0	Ordained Priest	Stefano Giustiniani †	Priest	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
12 Apr	48.5	Selected	Franz Ludwig von Erthal †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
16 Apr		Born	Patrick Kelly †		Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
17 Apr		Born	Anzelm Wojciech Brodziszewski †		Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
18 Apr	61.5	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Antonio Arras Minutili †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Domingos da Encarnação Pontével, O.P. †	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil
	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Juan Antonio Sánchez, O.F.M. Disc. †	Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de São Simão, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
21 Apr	54.8	Selected	Carlo Giuseppe Filippa della Martiniana †	Cardinal, Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
23 Apr	80.9	Died	Diego Antonio de Parada †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
25 Apr	72.4	Ordained Bishop	Joaquín Herrera Bárcena, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
25 Apr	22.9	Ordained Deacon	Antonio Leonardis da Lucinico †	Deacon of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy	Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy
2 May	60.6	Ordained Bishop	João António Barbosa Soares †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
2 May	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Obellar, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Ruspae	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
9 May	52.3	Died	John MacDonald †	Vicar Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain
21 May	58.8	Died	Johann Ignace von Franken-Siersdorf †	Vicar Apostolic of Upper and Lower Saxony (Hanover, Northern Germany), Germany
23 May	56.0	Installed	Antonio Caballero y Góngora †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
24 May	61.7	Died	Lev Sheptytskyi (Szeptycki), O.S.B.M. †	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
26 May		Born	Giovanni de’ Conti Sabbioni †		Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy
26 May	60.6	Selected	Joseph Philipp Franz von Spaur †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
29 May	25.3	Ordained Priest	Columbano Giovanni Battista Carlo Gaspare Chiaverotti, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Antonio Leonardis da Lucinico †	Priest of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy	Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Josef Chrysostomus Pauer †	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
30 May	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Cayetano Adsor Paredes †	Titular Archbishop of Selymbria	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
30 May	66.5	Ordained Bishop	Fernando de Sousa e Silva †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
3 Jun		Born	Johann Stanislaus Kutowski †		Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
9 Jun	55.5	Died	Atanazy Andrzej Szeptycki (Sheptyskyi), O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland
12 Jun		Born	Gaetano Balletti †		Bishop of Cervia, Italy
15 Jun		Born	Giovanni Domenico (Biagio) Stefanelli, O.P. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy
19 Jun		Born	Joseph Karl von Schuberth †		Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
20 Jun	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Denis Conway †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
20 Jun	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Jacinto Carlos da Silveira †	Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
26 Jun	66.6	Died	Juan Manuel Argüelles †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
29 Jun	24.3	Ordained Deacon	Kajetan Augustyn Warteresiewicz †	Deacon of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine	Archbishop
30 Jun	76.3	Died	José Francisco Losada Quiroga †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain

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