The Year of Our Lord 1797

Bishop Events

May to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

May 86.4 Died Cornelio di San Giuseppe (Giuseppe) Reina, O.C.D. † Bishop of Ispahan, Iran

8 May Born Giacomo Luigi Brignole † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index

17 May 68.1 Died Juan Antonio Gallego y Orbigo, O.F.M. Disc. † Archbishop of Manila, Philippines

21 May 24.1 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Maria Giove, O.F.M. Ref. † Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy

25 May 23.9 Ordained Priest Józef Szczepan Koźmian † Priest Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

28 May 60.6 Ordained Bishop Grgo Ilijić, O.F.M. Obs. † Titular Bishop of Ruspae

4 Jun 23.8 Ordained Deacon Giovanni Maria Bua † Deacon Archbishop of Oristano, Italy

6 Jun 23.8 Ordained Priest Giovanni Maria Bua † Priest Archbishop of Oristano, Italy

7 Jun 41.7 Appointed Cesare Brancadoro † Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith Cardinal, Archbishop of Fermo, Italy

10 Jun 22.8 Ordained Priest Carlo Tommaso Arnosio † Priest Archbishop of Sassari, Italy

24.1 Ordained Priest Ugolino Carlini † Priest Bishop of Cortona, Italy

22.5 Ordained Deacon Marcin von Dunin Sulgostowski † Deacon of Kraków, Poland Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland

45.2 Ordained Deacon Filippo Ghighi † Deacon of Arezzo, Italy Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy

23.0 Ordained Priest Johann Baptist Judas Thaddeus von Keller † Priest of Rottenburg, Germany Bishop

13 Jun Born Anton Fiałkowski † Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus

14 Jun 43.7 Selected Giovanni Battista Canaveri, C.O. † Bishop of Biella, Italy Bishop of Vercelli, Italy

50.2 Selected Giacinto della Torre, O.E.S.A. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Acqui, Italy Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

43.4 Selected Giuseppe Maria Pietro Grimaldi † Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy

63.7 Selected Vittorio Filippo Melano di Portula, O.P. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Novara, Italy Bishop

16 Jun 29.3 Ordained Priest Godehard Joseph Osthaus † Priest of Hildesheim, Germany Bishop

22 Jun 72.6 Died [Nicolas Philbert], C.M. † Bishop of [Ardennes (Constitutional), France]

24 Jun 69.7 Died Eustaquio Azara, O.S.B. † Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

Born John Joseph Hughes † Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

26 Jun Born Charles-Nicolas-Pierre Didiot † Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France

60.5 Succeeded Stefan Lewiński † Bishop of Lutzk e Ostrog (Ukrainian), Ukraine

49.7 Died Michal Mateusz Stadnicki, O.S.B.M. † Bishop of Lutzk e Ostrog (Ukrainian), Ukraine

27 Jun 61.7 Resigned [François-Antoine Brendel] † Bishop of [Bas-Rhin (Constitutional), France] Bishop Emeritus

29 Jun Born Ireneus Frederic Baraga † Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA

2 Jul Born [Anton (Antonij) Zubko] † Archbishop

3 Jul 46.9 Selected Pedro Inocencio Bejarano † Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain

4 Jul 51.5 Died Gerard Teahan (Teaghan) † Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland

15 Jul Born Bénigne-Urbain-Jean-Marie du Trousset d’Héricourt † Bishop of Autun, France

24 Jul 51.9 Appointed Gregorio (Felix Antonius Paschalis) Boari, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Comacchio, Italy

65.7 Confirmed Carlo Luigi Buronzo del Signore † Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

68.6 Appointed Francisco Javier Cabrera Velasco † Bishop of Ávila, Spain

43.8 Confirmed Giovanni Battista Canaveri, C.O. † Bishop of Biella, Italy Bishop of Vercelli, Italy

64.7 Appointed Simón Casaviella López † Bishop of Tudela, Spain

63.4 Appointed Francisco Antonio Cebrián y Valdá † Bishop of Orihuela, Spain Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain

42.3 Appointed Binkentios Coressi † Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey

55.9 Confirmed José da Costa e Torres † Bishop of Elvas, Portugal Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

48.4 Appointed Francisco Rousset de Jesús y Rosas, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Sonora, México

50.3 Confirmed Giacinto della Torre, O.E.S.A. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Acqui, Italy Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

51.8 Appointed Remigio de La Santa y Ortega † Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia Bishop of Lérida, Spain

52.3 Appointed Pedro Agustín Estévez y Ugarte † Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México

30.7 Appointed Leopold Maximilian von Firmian (Frimian) † Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

30.7 Appointed Leopold Maximilian von Firmian (Frimian) † Titular Bishop of Tiberias Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

45.0 Appointed Juan García Benito † Bishop of Tuy, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

49.1 Appointed Manuel Joaquín González de Acuña y Saenz † Bishop of Panamá

43.5 Confirmed Giuseppe Maria Pietro Grimaldi † Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy

50.1 Appointed José Antonio de la Huerta Caso † Bishop of Nicaragua

43.6 Appointed Francisco Antonio La Dueña Cisneros † Bishop of Urgell, Spain Bishop of Segorbe, Spain

74.8 Installed Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y Butrón † Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain

51.5 Appointed Nikolla Malçi † Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania

63.8 Confirmed Vittorio Filippo Melano di Portula, O.P. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Novara, Italy Bishop

65.0 Appointed Klemens August Maria von Merle † Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

65.0 Appointed Klemens August Maria von Merle † Titular Bishop of Bethsaida Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

52.8 Appointed Manuel Cayetano Muñoz Benavente † Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

52.8 Appointed Manuel Cayetano Muñoz Benavente † Titular Bishop of Lycopolis Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

57.9 Appointed Girolamo Pavesi † Bishop of Pontremoli, Italy

65.6 Appointed József Petheö † Auxiliary Bishop of Pécs, Hungary

65.6 Appointed József Petheö † Titular Bishop of Methone Auxiliary Bishop of Pécs, Hungary

51.8 Confirmed Luis Rodrigues Vilares † Bishop of Funchal, Portugal

71.5 Appointed José Antonio Sáenz Santamaría † Bishop of Segovia, Spain

53.6 Confirmed Cypriano de São José, O.F.M. Ref. † Bishop of Mariana, Brazil

50.5 Appointed Pablo Sitjar Ruata † Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain Bishop

50.5 Appointed Pablo Sitjar Ruata † Titular Bishop of Geras Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

53.1 Appointed Juan Antonio Tamayo, O.S. † Titular Bishop of Botrys

34.3 Appointed Emanuel Maria Thun † Auxiliary Bishop of Trento, Italy Bishop

34.3 Appointed Emanuel Maria Thun † Titular Bishop of Iasus Bishop of Trento, Italy

37.3 Confirmed Youssef Tian (Tyen) † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon Patriarch Emeritus

59.7 Appointed Raimondo Luigi Vecchietti † Coadjutor Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy Bishop

59.7 Appointed Raimondo Luigi Vecchietti † Titular Bishop of Erythrum Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy

49.2 Confirmed Leopold Leonhard von Thun † Bishop of Passau, Germany

25 Jul 57.9 Ordained Bishop Girolamo Pavesi † Bishop of Pontremoli, Italy

59.7 Ordained Bishop Raimondo Luigi Vecchietti † Titular Bishop of Erythrum Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy

30 Jul 51.9 Ordained Bishop Gregorio (Felix Antonius Paschalis) Boari, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Comacchio, Italy

6 Aug 43.8 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Battista Canaveri, C.O. † Bishop of Biella, Italy Bishop of Vercelli, Italy

43.5 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Maria Pietro Grimaldi † Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy

17 Aug 60.6 Died Baltazar Jaime Martínez de Compañón † Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia

18 Aug 66.5 Died Michelangelo Calandrelli, O.E.S.A. † Bishop of Acerno, Italy

21 Aug 57.5 Died Grégoire Joseph Koudsi † Archbishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Syrian), Lebanon

22 Aug Born Augustin-Magloire-Alexandre Blanchet † Bishop Emeritus of Nesqually, Washington, USA

25 Aug 40.6 Ordained Deacon Francesco Cesarei Leoni † Deacon Cardinal, Bishop of Jesi, Italy

27 Aug 40.6 Ordained Priest Francesco Cesarei Leoni † Priest Cardinal, Bishop of Jesi, Italy

77.2 Died José Gregorio Alonso de Ortigosa † Bishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

49.3 Ordained Bishop Leopold Leonhard von Thun † Bishop of Passau, Germany

28 Aug 86.9 Died Giovanni Battista Coppola † Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy

30 Aug Born José López y Crespo † Bishop of Santander, Spain

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
May	86.4	Died	Cornelio di San Giuseppe (Giuseppe) Reina, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Ispahan, Iran
8 May		Born	Giacomo Luigi Brignole †		Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
17 May	68.1	Died	Juan Antonio Gallego y Orbigo, O.F.M. Disc. †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
21 May	24.1	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Maria Giove, O.F.M. Ref. †	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
25 May	23.9	Ordained Priest	Józef Szczepan Koźmian †	Priest	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
28 May	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Grgo Ilijić, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Ruspae
4 Jun	23.8	Ordained Deacon	Giovanni Maria Bua †	Deacon	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
6 Jun	23.8	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Maria Bua †	Priest	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
7 Jun	41.7	Appointed	Cesare Brancadoro †	Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
10 Jun	22.8	Ordained Priest	Carlo Tommaso Arnosio †	Priest	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
24.1	Ordained Priest	Ugolino Carlini †	Priest	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
22.5	Ordained Deacon	Marcin von Dunin Sulgostowski †	Deacon of Kraków, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
45.2	Ordained Deacon	Filippo Ghighi †	Deacon of Arezzo, Italy	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy
23.0	Ordained Priest	Johann Baptist Judas Thaddeus von Keller †	Priest of Rottenburg, Germany	Bishop
13 Jun		Born	Anton Fiałkowski †		Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
14 Jun	43.7	Selected	Giovanni Battista Canaveri, C.O. †	Bishop of Biella, Italy	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
50.2	Selected	Giacinto della Torre, O.E.S.A. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Acqui, Italy	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
43.4	Selected	Giuseppe Maria Pietro Grimaldi †	Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
63.7	Selected	Vittorio Filippo Melano di Portula, O.P. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Novara, Italy	Bishop
16 Jun	29.3	Ordained Priest	Godehard Joseph Osthaus †	Priest of Hildesheim, Germany	Bishop
22 Jun	72.6	Died	[Nicolas Philbert], C.M. †	Bishop of [Ardennes (Constitutional), France]
24 Jun	69.7	Died	Eustaquio Azara, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	Born	John Joseph Hughes †		Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
26 Jun		Born	Charles-Nicolas-Pierre Didiot †		Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
60.5	Succeeded	Stefan Lewiński †	Bishop of Lutzk e Ostrog (Ukrainian), Ukraine
49.7	Died	Michal Mateusz Stadnicki, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Lutzk e Ostrog (Ukrainian), Ukraine
27 Jun	61.7	Resigned	[François-Antoine Brendel] †	Bishop of [Bas-Rhin (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
29 Jun		Born	Ireneus Frederic Baraga †		Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA
2 Jul		Born	[Anton (Antonij) Zubko] †		Archbishop
3 Jul	46.9	Selected	Pedro Inocencio Bejarano †	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
4 Jul	51.5	Died	Gerard Teahan (Teaghan) †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
15 Jul		Born	Bénigne-Urbain-Jean-Marie du Trousset d’Héricourt †		Bishop of Autun, France
24 Jul	51.9	Appointed	Gregorio (Felix Antonius Paschalis) Boari, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
65.7	Confirmed	Carlo Luigi Buronzo del Signore †	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
68.6	Appointed	Francisco Javier Cabrera Velasco †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain
43.8	Confirmed	Giovanni Battista Canaveri, C.O. †	Bishop of Biella, Italy	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
64.7	Appointed	Simón Casaviella López †	Bishop of Tudela, Spain
63.4	Appointed	Francisco Antonio Cebrián y Valdá †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
42.3	Appointed	Binkentios Coressi †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece	Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey
55.9	Confirmed	José da Costa e Torres †	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
48.4	Appointed	Francisco Rousset de Jesús y Rosas, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Sonora, México
50.3	Confirmed	Giacinto della Torre, O.E.S.A. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Acqui, Italy	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
51.8	Appointed	Remigio de La Santa y Ortega †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
52.3	Appointed	Pedro Agustín Estévez y Ugarte †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
30.7	Appointed	Leopold Maximilian von Firmian (Frimian) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany	Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
30.7	Appointed	Leopold Maximilian von Firmian (Frimian) †	Titular Bishop of Tiberias	Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
45.0	Appointed	Juan García Benito †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
49.1	Appointed	Manuel Joaquín González de Acuña y Saenz †	Bishop of Panamá
43.5	Confirmed	Giuseppe Maria Pietro Grimaldi †	Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
50.1	Appointed	José Antonio de la Huerta Caso †	Bishop of Nicaragua
43.6	Appointed	Francisco Antonio La Dueña Cisneros †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
74.8	Installed	Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y Butrón †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
51.5	Appointed	Nikolla Malçi †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
63.8	Confirmed	Vittorio Filippo Melano di Portula, O.P. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Novara, Italy	Bishop
65.0	Appointed	Klemens August Maria von Merle †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
65.0	Appointed	Klemens August Maria von Merle †	Titular Bishop of Bethsaida	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
52.8	Appointed	Manuel Cayetano Muñoz Benavente †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
52.8	Appointed	Manuel Cayetano Muñoz Benavente †	Titular Bishop of Lycopolis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
57.9	Appointed	Girolamo Pavesi †	Bishop of Pontremoli, Italy
65.6	Appointed	József Petheö †	Auxiliary Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
65.6	Appointed	József Petheö †	Titular Bishop of Methone	Auxiliary Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
51.8	Confirmed	Luis Rodrigues Vilares †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
71.5	Appointed	José Antonio Sáenz Santamaría †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
53.6	Confirmed	Cypriano de São José, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil
50.5	Appointed	Pablo Sitjar Ruata †	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop
50.5	Appointed	Pablo Sitjar Ruata †	Titular Bishop of Geras	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
53.1	Appointed	Juan Antonio Tamayo, O.S. †	Titular Bishop of Botrys
34.3	Appointed	Emanuel Maria Thun †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trento, Italy	Bishop
34.3	Appointed	Emanuel Maria Thun †	Titular Bishop of Iasus	Bishop of Trento, Italy
37.3	Confirmed	Youssef Tian (Tyen) †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon	Patriarch Emeritus
59.7	Appointed	Raimondo Luigi Vecchietti †	Coadjutor Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy	Bishop
59.7	Appointed	Raimondo Luigi Vecchietti †	Titular Bishop of Erythrum	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
49.2	Confirmed	Leopold Leonhard von Thun †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
25 Jul	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Pavesi †	Bishop of Pontremoli, Italy
59.7	Ordained Bishop	Raimondo Luigi Vecchietti †	Titular Bishop of Erythrum	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
30 Jul	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio (Felix Antonius Paschalis) Boari, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
6 Aug	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Canaveri, C.O. †	Bishop of Biella, Italy	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
43.5	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Maria Pietro Grimaldi †	Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
17 Aug	60.6	Died	Baltazar Jaime Martínez de Compañón †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
18 Aug	66.5	Died	Michelangelo Calandrelli, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Acerno, Italy
21 Aug	57.5	Died	Grégoire Joseph Koudsi †	Archbishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Syrian), Lebanon
22 Aug		Born	Augustin-Magloire-Alexandre Blanchet †		Bishop Emeritus of Nesqually, Washington, USA
25 Aug	40.6	Ordained Deacon	Francesco Cesarei Leoni †	Deacon	Cardinal, Bishop of Jesi, Italy
27 Aug	40.6	Ordained Priest	Francesco Cesarei Leoni †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop of Jesi, Italy
77.2	Died	José Gregorio Alonso de Ortigosa †	Bishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
49.3	Ordained Bishop	Leopold Leonhard von Thun †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
28 Aug	86.9	Died	Giovanni Battista Coppola †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
30 Aug		Born	José López y Crespo †		Bishop of Santander, Spain

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