The Year of Our Lord 1772

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	21.7	Ordained Priest	Adrijan Holovnja (Hołownia), O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Auxiliary Bishop of Žyrovyci (Ukrainian), Lithuania
		Born	Giovanni Stephano Masala †		Former Bishop-Elect of Iglesias, Italy
	28.9	Professed	Jean-Didier de Saint Martin, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China
		Born	Domenico Secondi, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop Emeritus of Assisi, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Gregory Stapleton †	Priest of Northern District, England, Great Britain	Vicar Apostolic of Midland District, England, Great Britain
		Born	Paulo a Santo Tomas de Aquino, O.P. †		Archbishop of Cranganore (Angamala), India
1 Jan		Born	Giovanni Alessandro Muzi †		Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
		Born	Gabriele Papa †		Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
		Born	José Manuel Plaza de la Tejera, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
6 Jan		Born	Giuseppe Maria Bozzi †		Bishop of Mantova, Italy
7 Jan	51.0	Died	Marijan Bogdanović, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bosnia (Ottoman), Croatia
16 Jan	52.5	Selected	Franz Karl von Velbrück †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
18 Jan		Born	Antonio de Franci †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
22 Jan	61.7	Appointed	Louis-Philippe-François Mariauchau d’Esgly †	Coadjutor Bishop of Québec, Canada	Bishop
22 Jan	61.7	Appointed	Louis-Philippe-François Mariauchau d’Esgly †	Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum	Bishop of Québec, Canada
23 Jan	60.0	Installed	Jean de Cairol de Madaillan †	Bishop of Grenoble, France	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jan	75.1	Resigned	Louis-Marie de Suarès d’Aulan †	Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jan	61.8	Died	Joannes Dominicus (Michael Antonius) Chiavassa, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Great Mogul (Mughals), India
26 Jan	24.4	Ordained Deacon	Alexander Cameron †	Deacon of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
27 Jan	70.8	Confirmed	Antonio Alcalde y Barriga, O.P. †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	50.6	Confirmed	Antoine-René Bardonnenche †	Bishop of Vence, France
	60.4	Appointed	Carl Laurenz Cardona †	Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany
	46.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Garampi †	Titular Archbishop of Berytus	Cardinal, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
	44.4	Appointed	[Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel] †	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland	Bishop of [Paris (Constitutional), France]
	44.4	Appointed	[Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel] †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Bishop of [Paris (Constitutional), France]
	45.5	Confirmed	Charles-Auguste Le Quien de La Neufville †	Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France	Bishop Emeritus
	34.0	Appointed	Louis-Charles de Machault †	Titular Bishop of Europus	Bishop Emeritus of Amiens, France
	34.0	Confirmed	Louis-Charles de Machault †	Coadjutor Bishop of Amiens, France	Bishop Emeritus
	76.0	Appointed	Francesco Maria Piccolomini †	Titular Archbishop of Perge	Bishop Emeritus of Pienza, Italy
	76.0	Resigned	Francesco Maria Piccolomini †	Bishop of Pienza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
31 Jan		Born	José María de Jesús Belaunzarán y Ureña, O.F.M. Ref. †		Bishop Emeritus of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
2 Feb	24.5	Ordained Priest	Alexander Cameron †	Priest of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	66.2	Ordained Bishop	Jan Václav Xaver Frey von Freyenfels †	Titular Bishop of Marcopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Michele de Vincenti †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Erythrum
9 Feb	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Garampi †	Titular Archbishop of Berytus	Cardinal, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Gaspard-Augustin Laurent de Sainte-Agnès, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Joaquín Santiyán y Valdivieso †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
13 Feb		Born	Ludovico Tevoli †		Titular Archbishop of Athenae
15 Feb		Born	Andrew Scott †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Western District, Scotland, Great Britain
16 Feb	71.0	Ordained Priest	Cristóvão de Almeida Soares e Brito †	Priest	Bishop of Pinhel, Portugal
22 Feb	48.6	Installed	Miguel António Barreto de Meneses †	Bishop of Bragança, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
22 Feb		Born	Pier Francesco Brunaccini, O.S.B. †		Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
24 Feb	75.3	Died	Nicola Perrelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro
28 Feb	25.6	Ordained Priest	Jean Labartette, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Cochin {Cocincina}, Viet Nam
1 Mar	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Auguste Le Quien de La Neufville †	Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France	Bishop Emeritus
2 Mar		Born	José Buenaventura Arias Bergara †		Vicar Apostolic of Mérida, Venezuela
4 Mar	66.5	Died	Manuel Antonio de Murillo y Argáiz †	Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
7 Mar		Born	Thomas Penswick †		Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
13 Mar		Born	Giovanni Bindi Sergardi †		Bishop of Montalcino, Italy
14 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Nicola Carelli †	Priest of Conversano, Italy	Bishop
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Bernardo Maria (Hercules Antonio Vincent) Carenzoni, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Feltre, Italy
	39.7	Selected	Jérôme Joseph Franz de Paula Colloredo von Wallsee und Mels †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
	23.4	Ordained Deacon	Felix von Stubenberg †	Deacon of Salzburg, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Johann Nepomuk von Dankesreither †	Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
15 Mar	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Antoine-René Bardonnenche †	Bishop of Vence, France
15 Mar	34.2	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Charles de Machault †	Titular Bishop of Europus	Bishop Emeritus of Amiens, France
20 Mar	47.2	Appointed	Joseph Balithian †	Archbishop of Mardin (Armenian), Turkey	Bishop
20 Mar	61.3	Died	Ludovico Emanuele del Carretto †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
22 Mar	50.1	Selected	Josip Galjuf (Gallyuff) †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
	44.5	Ordained Bishop	[Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel] †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Bishop of [Paris (Constitutional), France]
	36.0	Selected	Bl. François-Joseph de La Rochefoucauld-Bayers †	Bishop of Beauvais, France
		Born	Carlo Emmanuelle Sardagna de Hohenstein †		Bishop Emeritus of Cremona, Italy
27 Mar		Born	Ignazio Ranaldi, C.O. †		Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
28 Mar	67.2	Died	Lucretius-Henri-François de La Tour du Pin Montauban †	Bishop of Riez, France
29 Mar		Born	Domenico Narni Mancinelli †		Bishop of Caserta, Italy
30 Mar	65.5	Appointed	Francesco Maria Banditi, C.R. †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
	60.6	Confirmed	Enrico Celaja †	Bishop of Oria, Italy
	48.2	Confirmed	François-Fiacre de Grave †	Bishop of Valence, France
	53.6	Appointed	Giovanni Tommaso Gallarati Ghislieri †	Titular Bishop of Paros
	58.8	Appointed	Francisco Garrido de la Vega †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
		Born	Tommaso Antonio Gigli, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
	46.1	Confirmed	Ferdinand-Marie de Lobkowitz †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
	42.4	Appointed	Iledfonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
	43.2	Confirmed	Gabriel-Louis de Rougé †	Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France
	58.2	Confirmed	Govaart-Geeraard van Eersel †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
	52.7	Confirmed	Franz Karl von Velbrück †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
31 Mar	78.9	Died	Vincenzo Acqua †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
Apr	79.5	Died	Dominico Maria Saporiti †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
Apr	63.6	Died	Luigi Satta †	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy
1 Apr		Born	Franz Ferdinand (Johann Franz) Fritz, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
2 Apr	71.5	Died	Pietro Budmani †	Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
4 Apr	30.4	Ordained Priest	Niccolò Laparelli †	Priest of Cortona, Italy	Bishop
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Marchese †	Priest	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas †	Priest of Santiago de Cuba	Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Carlo Maria Rosini †	Priest	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
5 Apr	65.5	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Maria Banditi, C.R. †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
5 Apr	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Enrico Celaja †	Bishop of Oria, Italy
7 Apr		Born	Michele Amatore Lobetti †		Bishop of Asti, Italy
12 Apr	44.2	Selected	François de Clugny †	Bishop of Riez, France
15 Apr	46.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Garampi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Cardinal, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
22 Apr		Born	José Jorge de Torres y Estans †		Bishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
24 Apr	64.0	Died	José Vicente Díaz Bravo, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Durango, México
26 Apr	48.3	Ordained Bishop	François-Fiacre de Grave †	Bishop of Valence, France
	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel-Louis de Rougé †	Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France
	52.7	Ordained Priest	Franz Karl von Velbrück †	Priest	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
29 Apr	71.2	Selected	Cristóvão de Almeida Soares e Brito †	Bishop of Pinhel, Portugal
30 Apr	51.2	Selected	Francesco Maria Sorgo Bobali, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
1 May	31.0	Ordained Priest	Lorenzo Caleppi †	Priest	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
1 May	45.9	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Lotrecchi †	Priest	Bishop of Todi, Italy
2 May	50.2	Died	Atanasie Rednic, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian), Romania
3 May	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Franz Karl von Velbrück †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
7 May	75.6	Died	Michele di Tarsia, C.P.O. †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
10 May	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinand-Marie de Lobkowitz †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
17 May		Born	Kapriel (Gabriel) Khoudeyd (Hadid) †		Bishop of Alep (Armenian), Syria
17 May	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Jakub Walerian Tumanowicz †	Titular Archbishop of Camachus	Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
20 May	66.6	Died	Jacopo Gaetano Nicolò Inghirami †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
22 May	75.3	Retired	Étienne-René Potier de Gesvres †	Bishop of Beauvais, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
23 May		Born	John Murphy †		Bishop of Cork, Ireland
25 May	57.2	Installed	Manuel Jiménez Pérez, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
27 May	75.4	Died	Pedro Anselmo Sánchez de Tagle †	Bishop of Michoacán, México
1 Jun	51.8	Appointed	Tiberio Borghesi †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
	44.4	Confirmed	François de Clugny †	Bishop of Riez, France
	63.4	Appointed	Sebastian Maria Landolina Nava †	Auxiliary Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
	63.4	Appointed	Sebastian Maria Landolina Nava †	Titular Bishop of Medea	Auxiliary Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
	45.2	Appointed	Francesco Maria Locatelli †	Cardinal, Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
	39.8	Appointed	Johann Andreas Seelmann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
	39.8	Appointed	Johann Andreas Seelmann †	Titular Bishop of Tremithus	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
4 Jun		Born	Antonio Podestá †		Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
4 Jun		Born	Francesco Tassinari †		Bishop of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
6 Jun	23.6	Ordained Priest	Mikołaj Bykowski, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Titular Bishop of Troas
6 Jun	69.4	Died	Francesco Ferrante †	Bishop of Andria, Italy
7 Jun	61.6	Selected	Nicolas (Angelo Odardo) Stefanini †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
8 Jun	261.4	Beatified	Bl. Paolo (Scipione) Burali d’Arezzo, C.R. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
8 Jun	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Maria Locatelli †	Cardinal, Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
10 Jun	51.3	Selected	Francesco Ignazio Guiso †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
13 Jun	24.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Anton Gall †	Priest of Speyer, Germany	Bishop of Linz, Austria
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Jean-Francis de Mallian †	Priest	Bishop-Elect of Saint-Flour, France
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Lorenzo Girolamo Mattei †	Priest	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
	62.4	Died	Louis-Henri de Rochefort d’Ally †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Felix von Stubenberg †	Priest of Salzburg, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
17 Jun		Born	Juan Antonio Díez Merino, O.P. †		Bishop of Menorca, Spain
	46.2	Selected	Giovanni Ignazio Gautier †	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy
	45.4	Selected	Giuseppe Maria Incisa Beccaria †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
	40.6	Selected	Antonio Romano Malingri †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
	52.7	Selected	Gioacchino Michele Radicati, O.P. †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
	45.8	Selected	Giulio Cesare Viancini †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Biella, Italy	Bishop
21 Jun	44.4	Ordained Bishop	François de Clugny †	Bishop of Riez, France
21 Jun	30.8	Ordained Deacon	Szczepan Hołowczyc †	Deacon	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
22 Jun	40.0	Confirmed	Jérôme Joseph Franz de Paula Colloredo von Wallsee und Mels †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
	76.2	Appointed	Diego Bernardo de Peredo y Navarrete †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
	45.9	Appointed	Juan Díaz de La Guerra †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
	60.4	Confirmed	Henri Hachette des Portes, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Glandèves, France
	36.3	Confirmed	Bl. François-Joseph de La Rochefoucauld-Bayers †	Bishop of Beauvais, France
	42.5	Appointed	Francesco Polesini †	Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
24 Jun		Born	Jan Kajetan Cywiński †		Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
	48.4	Selected	Joseph-François d’Andigné de la Chasse †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France	Bishop Emeritus
	42.9	Selected	Jean-François de La Marche †	Bishop of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France
	77.9	Died	Scipione de’ Lorenzi †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
26 Jun	59.4	Died	Pierre Chapelle de Jumilhac de Cubjac †	Bishop of Lectoure, France
28 Jun	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan Díaz de La Guerra †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
28 Jun	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Johann Andreas Seelmann †	Titular Bishop of Tremithus	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany

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