The Year of Our Lord 1797

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	24.8	Ordained Priest	José Buenaventura Arias Bergara †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Mérida, Venezuela
	60.7	Selected	[Matthieu Asselin] †	Bishop of [Pas-de-Calais (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
	79.6	Died	Bonaventura Calcagnini †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
		Born	Efisio Casula †		Former Bishop-Elect of Alghero, Italy
	29.6	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Michel-Marie Double †	Priest	Bishop of Tarbes, France
	49.8	Ceased	Giovanni Filippo Gallarati Scotti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
		Born	Georges Hurmuz, C.M.V. †		Abbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia
	26.0	Ordained Priest	James Magauran †	Priest	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
	36.0	Ordained Priest	Ramón Ignacio Méndez †	Priest	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	22.2	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Gasparo Mezzofanti †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
	27.4	Ordained Priest	Johann Theodor van der Noot †	Priest of Trier, Germany	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Luxembourg
		Born	Paolo Sardi, O.F.M. Conv. †		Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) of Moldavia
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Filip Felicjan Szumborski, O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Chełm and Bełz (Ukrainian), Poland
		Born	Józef Twarowski †		Auxiliary Bishop of Janów Podlaski (Podlaska o Janów), Poland
	57.2	Died	Angelo Maria (Giuseppe Caesar Augustus) Vassalli, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
	73.4	Died	Francesco Saverio de Vivo †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
10 Jan	50.7	Appointed	Thomas Hussey †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
14 Jan	69.9	Died	[Pierre-Anastase Torné] †	Bishop Emeritus of [Cher (Constitutional), France]
18 Jan		Born	Juan Alfonso Albuquerque Berión †		Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
21 Jan		Born	Auguste Allou (Alloux) †		Bishop of Meaux, France
1 Feb	75.5	Died	Ferdynand Onufry Kicki †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
2 Feb	51.0	Died	Mikeli Kryezezi (Criesesi) †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
8 Feb	80.4	Died	Alonso de Solís Marroquín y Gragera, O.S. †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
9 Feb	50.1	Appointed	Charles O’Donnell †	Coadjutor Bishop of Derry, Ireland	Bishop
9 Feb	50.1	Appointed	Charles O’Donnell †	Titular Bishop of Capsus	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
11 Feb		Born	Antonio Herrán y Zaldúa †		Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
11 Feb	40.9	Appointed	Lorenzo Litta †	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Residence of Bishops
12 Feb		Born	John Timon, C.M. †		Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
13 Feb	64.9	Died	Giuseppe Rossi †	Titular Archbishop of Nicosia
14 Feb	65.9	Appointed	Marcello Cortenovis, B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù, Myanmar
	65.9	Appointed	Marcello Cortenovis, B. †	Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia	Vicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù, Myanmar
	51.1	Appointed	Luigi Grondona, B. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù, Myanmar
	51.1	Appointed	Luigi Grondona, B. †	Titular Bishop of Calydon	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Ava e Pegù, Myanmar
15 Feb		Born	Etienne Jean François Le Herpeur †		Bishop of Martinique (Fort-de-France e Saint Pierre), Antilles
18 Feb		Born	Pietro Antonio Garibaldi †		Apostolic Nuncio to France
19 Feb	76.1	Died	Jerónimo Rogado do Carvalhal e Silva †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
22 Feb	80.1	Died	Joseph-Dominique de Cheylus †	Bishop of Bayeux, France
25 Feb	79.4	Selected	[Augustin-Jean-Charles Clément] †	Bishop of [Seine-et-Oise (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
26 Feb	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Hussey †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
26 Feb	75.9	Died	Damian August Philipp Karl von Limburg-Styrum †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
1 Mar	73.7	Died	Franz de Paula Xaver Ludwig Jakob von Breuner †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
3 Mar	61.8	Appointed	Vincenzo Labini, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Titular Archbishop of Rhodus	Bishop of Malta
10 Mar	65.3	Appointed	Carlo Luigi Buronzo del Signore †	Apostolic Administrator of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Mar	79.5	Ordained Bishop	[Augustin-Jean-Charles Clément] †	Bishop of [Seine-et-Oise (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
16 Mar	45.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphilj †	Secretary of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
16 Mar	45.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphilj †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Sacred Consulta	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
18 Mar	65.5	Resigned	Ignazio Busca †	Secretary of State	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli
19 Mar		Born	Jean-Baptiste Boucho, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Malacca-Singapore
19 Mar	69.4	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Matienzo †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
23 Mar	71.0	Died	Francisco Cuadrillero Mota †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
23 Mar		Born	Manoel de Monte Rodrigues de Araújo †		Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
28 Mar		Born	Annibale-Raffaele Montalcini, C.Ss.R. †		Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
30 Mar	42.6	Selected	Bernardo Bernardino Beltrão Freire †	Bishop of Pinhel, Portugal
30 Mar	50.8	Selected	José António Pinto de Mendonça Arrais †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
1 Apr	27.3	Ordained Priest	Thomas Gillow †	Priest of Northern District, England, Great Britain
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Kyran Marum †	Priest of Ossory, Ireland	Bishop
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Thomas Penswick †	Priest of Northern District, England, Great Britain	Vicar Apostolic
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Tomasuolo †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy
	42.5	Appointed	Sigmund Christoph von Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
3 Apr	68.8	Died	Juan Francisco Armada Araujo †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
7 Apr	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Sigmund Christoph von Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
8 Apr	75.7	Died	Salvatore Ventimiglia, C.O. †	Bishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
15 Apr	23.0	Ordained Priest	Johann Wilhelm Bausch †	Priest of Trier, Germany	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Johann Georg Maria Lorenz Bossi †	Priest of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop of Chur-Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
	22.0	Ordained Deacon	Vitaliano Provenzano †	Deacon of Catanzaro, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
22 Apr	58.1	Selected	Philipp Franz Wilderich Nepomuk von Walderdorf †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany

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