The Year of Our Lord 1789

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Abraham †	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
		Ordained Bishop	Abraham †	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
		Born	Basile Mansur Asmar †		Archbishop Emeritus of Gazireh (Gezira) (Chaldean), Turkey
	16.7	Professed	Franz Ferdinand (Johann Franz) Fritz, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
	34.7	Ordained Priest	Alexis Pótsy †	Priest	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
	24.6	Ordained Priest	Pedro Rodriguez de Miranda, O. de M. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
	21.8	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Maria (Carlo) Velzi, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
4 Jan	41.5	Selected	Henri-Charles du Lau d’Allemans †	Bishop of Grenoble, France
	38.0	Ordained Bishop	Antoine-Félix de Leyris d’Esponchez †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
	34.9	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord †	Bishop of Autun, France
5 Jan	67.2	Died	Giambattista Muggiasca †	Bishop of Como, Italy
6 Jan	51.6	Succeeded	Franz Egon von Fürstenberg †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
	51.6	Succeeded	Franz Egon von Fürstenberg †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz †	Priest	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
	61.7	Died	Friedrich Wilhelm von Westphalen †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
10 Jan	69.5	Died	Domenico Orsini d’Aragona †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
11 Jan	25.4	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-François-Martial de Loménie †	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sens, France
11 Jan	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Johann Nepomuk von Wolf †	Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
12 Jan		Born	Joseph Rosati, C.M. †		Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
15 Jan		Born	Vincenzo Menchi †		Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
15 Jan		Born	Antonio María Sánchez Cid y Carrascal, C.O. †		Bishop of Coria, Spain
17 Jan	78.2	Died	Andrea Negroni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
18 Jan	72.2	Died	Gaspar de Bragança †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
18 Jan		Born	Salvador Sanz Grado †		Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
19 Jan	63.4	Died	Santiago José Hechavarría y Elguesúa †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
20 Jan	46.8	Died	Cirillo Antonini †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy
20 Jan	46.2	Died	Pedro Luis Ozta Múzquiz †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
28 Jan	58.3	Selected	Francesco Vanni, C.R. †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
29 Jan	70.3	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Riminaldi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Feb	71.3	Died	Gennaro Giordano †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
3 Feb		Born	Girolamo Conversini †		Bishop of Cortona, Italy
3 Feb	50.0	Selected	Francisco Gomes de Avelar, C.O. †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
7 Feb	18.0	Professed	Roman Sebastian (Franz Xaver) Zängerle, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
8 Feb	40.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Anton Gall †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
8 Feb	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Victorius (Franciscus Xaverius) Schweizer, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Gabala	Vicar Apostolic of Great Mogul (Mughals), India
16 Feb	68.9	Died	Giuseppe Coppula †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
16 Feb		Born	Angelo Filipponi †		Bishop Emeritus of Nardò, Italy
17 Feb	73.8	Died	Paolo Francesco Giustiniani, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
22 Feb	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Joannes Baptist Jesich †	Titular Bishop of Oreus	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste Marie Scipion Ruffo (Roux) de Bonneval †	Bishop of Senez, France	Bishop Emeritus
	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Nicolao Lorenzo Timoni †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
24 Feb	44.9	Installed	François de Fontanges †	Archbishop of Toulouse, France	Bishop of Autun, France
24 Feb	66.7	Selected	Felipe José de Tres-Palacios y Verdeja †	Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
27 Feb	80.7	Resigned	Giuseppe Aluffi †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
1 Mar	40.9	Installed	Joseph Anton Gall †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
2 Mar		Born	Mario Giuseppe Mirone †		Bishop of Noto, Italy
7 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	Emmanuele Custo †	Priest	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Josef Knauer †	Priest of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Bishop
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Francisco de São Luiz (Manoel Justiniano) Saraiva, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Wenceslas Urban von Stuffler †	Priest of Brno, Czechia	Bishop
11 Mar		Born	António Bernardo da Fonseca Monís †		Bishop of Porto, Portugal
13 Mar	38.2	Installed	Antoine-Félix de Leyris d’Esponchez †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
15 Mar	44.2	Died	John Dunne †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
28 Mar	23.1	Ordained Priest	Johann Martin Manl †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
28 Mar	24.2	Ordained Priest	Jean-François de Saunhac-Belcastel †	Priest	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
29 Mar	68.7	Died	Giovanni Cornaro †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
29 Mar		Born	Luigi Fransoni †		Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
30 Mar	57.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Tommaso Antici †
	55.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Joseph Franz Anton von Auersperg †	Cardinal, Bishop of Passau, Germany
	48.9	Confirmed	Jozafat Bastašić (Bastasyc), O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
	36.3	Appointed	Giovanni Martino Bernardoni Baccolo †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Bishop Emeritus
	46.1	Appointed	Ignazio-Gaetano Boncompagni-Ludovisi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	57.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Stefano Borgia †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
	57.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Ignazio Busca †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli
	49.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Filippo Campanelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
	63.3	Appointed	Marcin Chyczewski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	63.3	Appointed	Marcin Chyczewski †	Titular Bishop of Torone	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	50.7	Appointed	Martino Cordella †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
	52.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Vittorio Maria Baldassare Gaetano Costa d’Arignano †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	50.4	Appointed	Ignatius Darabanth, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
	44.7	Appointed	Giovanni Devoti †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	41.7	Confirmed	Henri-Charles du Lau d’Allemans †	Bishop of Grenoble, France
	40.0	Appointed	Antonio Maria Doria Pamphilj †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria ad Martyres	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
	60.4	Appointed	Antonio Feliú y Centena †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
	74.1	Appointed	Raniero Finocchietti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
	50.2	Confirmed	Francisco Gomes de Avelar, C.O. †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
	52.0	Confirmed	Adalbert (Wilhelm Adolph Heinrich) von Harstall, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	56.1	Confirmed	Ignace-François de Joannis de Verclos †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
	66.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y Butrón †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
	32.5	Resigned	José Maria de Melo, C.O. †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	64.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval †	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
	48.3	Appointed	José Pérez Calama †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
	50.4	Appointed	Giacinto Ignazio Pellegrini, O.P. †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
	54.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Sentmenat y Castellá †	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
	66.8	Confirmed	Felipe José de Tres-Palacios y Verdeja †	Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
	58.5	Confirmed	Francesco Vanni, C.R. †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
	49.2	Appointed	Antonio Felice Zondadari †	Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena, Italy
1 Apr	61.6	Resigned	Alexandre da Silva Pedrosa Guimarães †	Bishop of Macau, China	Bishop Emeritus
3 Apr	49.9	Died	Pierre de Séguiran †	Bishop of Nevers, France
7 Apr	70.2	Died	Giacinto Archiopoli †	Titular Bishop of Callipolis
8 Apr	23.4	Ordained Priest	Franz Arnold Melchers †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
11 Apr	24.0	Ordained Priest	Pietro Consiglio †	Priest	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Nicolaus Ferrarelli †	Priest	Titular Archbishop of Myra
	63.8	Died	Baldassare Barone de Moncada †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
12 Apr		Born	Bartol Bozanić †		Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
		Born	St. Antonio Maria Gianelli †		Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Mariano Zaralli, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Magydus	Vicar Apostolic of Hukwang, Shansi [Shanxi], and Shensi [Shaanxi], China
13 Apr	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Giacinto Ignazio Pellegrini, O.P. †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
14 Apr	44.7	Ordained Deacon	Giovanni Devoti †	Deacon	Bishop Emeritus of Anagni, Italy
19 Apr	67.5	Died	Luis da Anunciação Azevedo, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Angola e Congo
	36.4	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Martino Bernardoni Baccolo †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Bishop Emeritus
	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Martino Cordella †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
	44.7	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Devoti †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Anagni, Italy
	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Henri-Charles du Lau d’Allemans †	Bishop of Grenoble, France
	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Ignace-François de Joannis de Verclos †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
	62.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Gabriel de Olivares y Benito †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México	Bishop of Durango, México
26 Apr	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Gomes de Avelar, C.O. †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
26 Apr	57.9	Installed	Franz Philipp von Inzaghi †	Bishop of Gradisca (d’Isonzo), Italy	Bishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
1 May	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Ángel Velarde y Bustamante †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
3 May	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Devoti †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
4 May	69.3	Died	Diego Martín Rodríguez, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
4 May		Born	Carlo Romanò †		Bishop of Como, Italy
10 May	53.2	Ordained Bishop	José Andrés de Achurra y Núñez del Arco †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
17 May	63.9	Died	Marco Aurelio Balbis Bertone †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
17 May	67.8	Selected	Louis-Jérême de Suffren de Saint-Tropez †	Bishop of Nevers, France
21 May		Born	Juan Manuel de Irrizarri y Peralta †		Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
24 May	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Adalbert (Wilhelm Adolph Heinrich) von Harstall, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
27 May		Born	Lorenzo Simonetti †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
29 May	52.0	Appointed	Franz Egon von Fürstenberg †	Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
30 May	66.3	Selected	Juan Manuel Moscoso y Peralta †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
Jun	71.2	Died	Michel Joseph de Laulanhier †	Titular Bishop of Aegae
2 Jun		Born	Letterio Turchi †		Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
6 Jun	26.3	Ordained Priest	Pietro Antonio Cirio †	Priest of Acqui, Italy	Bishop of Susa, Italy
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Denis-Antoine-Luc de Frayssinous †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior
	33.2	Ordained Priest	Lorenzo Litta †	Priest	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Residence of Bishops
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Rocca †	Priest	Bishop of Larino, Italy
	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Camillo Giovanni Rossi †	Deacon	Bishop Emeritus of San Severo, Italy
	28.6	Ordained Priest	Jacques-Louis-David de Séguin des Hons †	Priest	Bishop of Troyes, France
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Pietro Giovanni Zanardi †	Priest	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy
7 Jun	54.0	Died	François-Joseph-Emmanuel de Crussol d’Uzès d’Amboise †	Bishop of La Rochelle, France
7 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Julio Maria Pecori (d’Ameno), O.F.M. Ref. †	Titular Bishop of Arad	Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey
14 Jun	44.2	Selected	François de Bovet †	Bishop of Sisteron, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse, France
15 Jun	62.3	Died	Giacinto Francesco Rolfi, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy
18 Jun	54.6	Selected	Giuseppe Bertieri, O.A.D. †	Bishop of Como, Italy	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
28 Jun	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Fernando del Portillo y Torres, O.P. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia

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