The Year of Our Lord 1785

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	24.2	Ordained Priest	Dionisio Bardaxí y Azara †	Priest	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
	61.7	Died	Nicola Bizarri †	Bishop Emeritus of Forli, Italy
		Born	Joannes Derderian †		Bishop-Elect of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Pierre Dupont de Poursat †	Priest	Bishop of Coutances, France
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Michael Francis Egan, O.F.M. Rec. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Recollect	Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Lennan †	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
		Died	Paul Leonian †	Bishop
	83.5	Died	Girolamo Lorenzi (de Laurentiis) †	Bishop of Acerno, Italy
		Born	Rafael Masoliver, O.P. †		Bishop-Elect of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
		Born	Patrick McGettigan †		Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Diego Antonio Navarro Martín de Villodras †	Priest	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
	17.4	Professed	Ignatz Albert (Joseph Ignatz Alexius) von Riegg, O.E.S.A. †	Member of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
		Died	Jean de Smyrne †	Bishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Armenian), Turkey
	41.1	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Zauli †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Jan	63.3	Died	Giovanni Battista Quasina †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
1 Jan	53.6	Selected	Ernest Johann Nepomuk von Herberstein (Herbstein) †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
6 Jan	59.8	Died	Giorgio Antonio Vareschi, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Great Mogul (Mughals), India
7 Jan		Appointed	Isaac Soffiali †	Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople (Istanbul) (Armenian), Turkey
7 Jan		Appointed	Isaac Soffiali †	Titular Bishop of Satala in Armenia	Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople (Istanbul) (Armenian), Turkey
8 Jan	34.2	Died	Joseph-Louis Coudé, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand
9 Jan	64.0	Died	Joseph-Albert de Gaston de Pollier †	Titular Bishop of Thermae Basilicae
10 Jan	53.7	Resigned	Ernest Johann Nepomuk von Herberstein (Herbstein) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany	Bishop of Linz, Austria
12 Jan		Born	Domenico Silvestri †		Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
16 Jan	62.5	Died	Bernardo Bocchini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
23 Jan	24.0	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Ferrari, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
26 Jan	83.0	Died	José Alcaraz y Belluga †	Bishop Emeritus of Tarazona, Spain
27 Jan	51.2	Selected	Manuel Azamor y Ramírez †	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
28 Jan	59.6	Resigned	Johann Heinrich von Kerens, S.J. †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
30 Jan		Born	Lorenzo Giovanni Battista Biale †		Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
30 Jan	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Kajetan Ignacy Kicki †	Titular Bishop of Soli	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
31 Jan	73.0	Died	Andrzej Ignacy Bajer (Baier) †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
31 Jan	52.5	Succeeded	Johann Karl von Hohenzollern-Hechingen †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
Feb	33.2	Resigned	Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphilj †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
5 Feb	62.0	Died	François Maria Magni (Magi), O.F.M. Ref. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hukwang, Shansi [Shanxi], and Shensi [Shaanxi], China
7 Feb	71.0	Died	Grigore Maior, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Făgăraş (Romanian), Romania
10 Feb	67.9	Resigned	Giuseppe Maria Carafa, C.R. †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
13 Feb	43.8	Died	Antonio Maria Sacconi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hukwang, Shansi [Shanxi], and Shensi [Shaanxi], China
14 Feb	36.5	Appointed	Sebastiano Alcaini, C.R.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Belluno, Italy	Bishop
	36.5	Appointed	Sebastiano Alcaini, C.R.S. †	Titular Bishop of Apollonia	Bishop of Belluno, Italy
	33.8	Appointed	Ottavio Angelelli †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
	66.6	Appointed	Francisco Armañá Font, O.E.S.A. †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
	48.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Bellisomi †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Bishop of Cesena, Italy
	46.3	Appointed	José Boltas, O.F.M. Disc. †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	68.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Carrara †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
	42.5	Appointed	Barnaba (Gregorio) Chiaramonti, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	42.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Barnaba (Gregorio) Chiaramonti, O.S.B. †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	36.5	Appointed	Antonio Codronchi †	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	54.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Nicola Colonna di Stigliano †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
	43.5	Confirmed	José da Costa e Torres †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
	51.5	Confirmed	Gianantonio Della Beretta †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	35.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Maria Doria Pamphilj †	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
	33.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphilj †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	47.7	Confirmed	Alexandre da Sagrada Familia Ferreira da Silva, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
	55.5	Appointed	Manuel Ferrer y Figueredo †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Málaga, Spain	Bishop
	68.5	Confirmed	Raimondo Fusco, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
	63.8	Appointed	Muzio Gallo †	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	63.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Muzio Gallo †	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	59.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Garampi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
	56.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni de Gregorio †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
	53.8	Confirmed	Ernest Johann Nepomuk von Herberstein (Herbstein) †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
	55.1	Confirmed	Diego de Jesus Jardim, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Olinda, Brazil	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
	48.7	Appointed	Juan Francisco Jiménez del Río †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	59.7	Confirmed	Johann Heinrich von Kerens, S.J. †	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
	62.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Livizzani Forni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
	59.8	Appointed	Teodoro Giacomo Filippo Luvini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
	45.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Manni †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
	48.9	Appointed	Antonio Martínez de la Plaza †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
	65.1	Appointed	Diego Martín Rodríguez, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
	72.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Paolo Massei †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agostino
	48.6	Confirmed	Corneille-François de Nélis †	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
	71.0	Confirmed	Michele Pes †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
	76.7	Confirmed	Aldrago Antonio de Piccardi †	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
	48.3	Appointed	Michał Jerzy Poniatowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	58.3	Appointed	Vincenzo Ranuzzi †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
	58.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Vincenzo Ranuzzi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	66.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Maria Riminaldi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
	56.2	Confirmed	Cristoforo a São Boaventura, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
	56.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Fernando Spinelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
	63.0	Succeeded	Krysztof Hilary Szembek †	Bishop of Płock, Poland
	47.7	Appointed	Juan Félix de Villegas †	Bishop of Nicaragua	Archbishop of Guatemala
18 Feb		Born	Vincenzo Andrea Grande †		Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
19 Feb	22.8	Ordained Priest	Bernardino Giovanni Battista Bollati, O.F.M. Obs. †	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Biella, Italy
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Carlo Maria Lenzi, Sch. P. †	Priest of Order of the Pious Schools	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
	23.1	Ordained Deacon	Florence MacCarthy †	Deacon of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland	Coadjutor Bishop of Cork, Ireland
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Charles-Alexandre de Richery †	Priest	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Romualdo de Souza Coelho †	Priest	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
20 Feb	36.5	Ordained Bishop	Sebastiano Alcaini, C.R.S. †	Titular Bishop of Apollonia	Bishop of Belluno, Italy
	33.8	Ordained Bishop	Ottavio Angelelli †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Teodoro Giacomo Filippo Luvini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Manni †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
	31.0	Selected	Antoine-Eustache d’Osmond †	Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France	Bishop of Nancy, France
23 Feb	65.3	Died	Lazzaro Opizio Pallavicini †	Cardinal, Secretary of State
24 Feb	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Gianantonio Della Beretta †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	24.0	Ordained Priest	João Inácio da Fonseca Manso †	Priest	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
	68.5	Ordained Bishop	Raimondo Fusco, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
28 Feb	71.1	Died	Giuseppe Maria Contesini †	Titular Archbishop of Athenae
28 Feb	84.1	Died	Jean Antoine Voricla †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
Mar	63.8	Ordained Priest	Muzio Gallo †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
1 Mar	53.5	Ceased	Ignazio Busca †	Apostolic Nuncio to Flanders, Belgium	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli
1 Mar		Born	Carlos Pereira Freire de Moura †		Bishop-Elect of Mariana, Brazil
3 Mar		Born	Ferenc di Paolo de Nádasdy-Fogaras †		Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
5 Mar		Born	Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. †		Priest of Society of Jesus
6 Mar	30.8	Ordained Priest	Mikołaj Jan Manugiewicz †	Priest	Bishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland
6 Mar	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Antonio Pablo Sieni Flannings, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Tricca	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
12 Mar	23.7	Ordained Deacon	Jacques de la Brue de Saint-Bauzile †	Deacon	Titular Bishop of Tempe
12 Mar	23.1	Ordained Priest	Florence MacCarthy †	Priest of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland	Coadjutor Bishop of Cork, Ireland
14 Mar	65.4	Died	Jean-Pierre Biord †	Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
14 Mar	63.1	Installed	Krysztof Hilary Szembek †	Bishop of Płock, Poland
17 Mar		Born	José Ignacio Sánchez Navarro †		Bishop-Elect of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
19 Mar	76.6	Died	Jean-Baptiste-Joseph de Méallet de Fargues †	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France
19 Mar	47.1	Ordained Priest	Ippolito Antonio Vincenti Mareri †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
23 Mar	53.1	Selected	Joseph de Montfalcon du Cénole †	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
25 Mar	58.6	Died	Gaetano Ginanni (Giannini) †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
26 Mar	25.7	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste de Bouillé †	Priest	Bishop of Poitiers, France
27 Mar	27.0	Ordained Priest	Jozafat Bułhak, O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	37.9	Ordained Bishop	José Carrión y Marfil †	Titular Bishop of Carystus	Bishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru
		Born	Filippo Giudice Caracciolo, C.O. †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
28 Mar	48.6	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Vinci †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio
2 Apr		Born	Francisco de Paul García Peláez †		Archbishop of Guatemala
3 Apr		Born	François-Hyacinthe-Jean Feutrier †		Bishop of Beauvais, France
3 Apr	71.2	Ordained Bishop	Michele Pes †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
4 Apr	75.1	Died	Giovanni Maria Castelvetri †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
9 Apr	58.5	Died	Francesco Condulmer †	Titular Bishop of Famagusta
9 Apr	63.2	Resigned	Charles-Antoine-Gabriel d’Osmond de Médavy †	Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France	Bishop Emeritus
11 Apr	55.6	Appointed	Esteban Antonio Aguado Rojas †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
	52.4	Appointed	Nicola Buschi †	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
	68.4	Installed	Francesco Carrara †	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
	36.0	Installed	Antonio Maria Doria Pamphilj †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
	33.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphilj †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	47.1	Appointed	Antonio Rossi †	Titular Bishop of Eucarpia	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
	36.8	Appointed	Antonio Dugnani †	Titular Archbishop of Rhodus	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	63.9	Installed	Muzio Gallo †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	56.2	Installed	Giovanni de Gregorio †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
	62.4	Installed	Carlo Livizzani Forni †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
	72.5	Installed	Paolo Massei †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agostino
	31.1	Confirmed	Antoine-Eustache d’Osmond †	Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France	Bishop of Nancy, France
	66.5	Installed	Giovanni Maria Riminaldi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
	60.2	Confirmed	Tadeusz Teodozy Rostocki, O.S.B.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop
	34.6	Appointed	Luigi Ruffo Scilla †	Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	56.4	Installed	Fernando Spinelli †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
	88.3	Died	Louis-Marie de Suarès d’Aulan †	Bishop Emeritus of Acqs (Dax), France
	63.4	Died	Juan Varela Fondevilla y Verea †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	48.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Vinci †	Titular Archbishop of Berytus	Apostolic Nuncio
	47.2	Appointed	Ippolito Antonio Vincenti Mareri †	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
17 Apr	46.5	Ordained Bishop	José Boltas, O.F.M. Disc. †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	45.1	Selected	Jean-Baptiste de Chabot †	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France	Bishop Emeritus of Mende, France
	64.0	Ordained Bishop	Muzio Gallo †	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Diego de Jesus Jardim, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Olinda, Brazil	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
20 Apr	80.2	Died	Bernardin-Louis Foucquet †	Archbishop Emeritus of Embrun, France
24 Apr	22.9	Ordained Priest	Francesco Alciati †	Priest	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Buschi †	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
	34.6	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Ruffo Scilla †	Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Vinci †	Titular Archbishop of Berytus	Apostolic Nuncio
29 Apr		Born	Michel’ Angelo Sorrentino †		Bishop of Marsi, Italy
30 Apr	34.6	Appointed	Luigi Ruffo Scilla †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

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