The Year of Our Lord 1798

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Clément Badra †	Archbishop of Gibail {Jbeil) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo Bernardino Beltrão Freire †	Bishop of Pinhel, Portugal
	57.2	Selected	[Jean-Baptiste Blampoix] †	Bishop of [Aube (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
	67.5	Selected	[Antoine Butaud-Dupoux] †	Bishop of [Allier (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Adrian Butrymowicz, O.S.B.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brėst (Ukrainian)
	44.4	Appointed	Jakub Ignacy Dederko †	Bishop of Minsk, Belarus
	52.2	Installed	Remigio de La Santa y Ortega †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
	69.7	Selected	[Michel-Joseph Dufraisse] †	Bishop of [Cher (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
	22.3	Ordained Priest	Agustin Fernández de Córdoba †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia
	30.2	Ordained Priest	Francisco Garcia Cantarines †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
		Died	Arseniusz Główniewski, O.S.B.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Volodymyr (Włodzimierz) et Brėst (Ukrainian)
	21.5	Ordained Deacon	Jan Marceli Gutkowski †	Deacon of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Janów Podlaski (Podlaska o Janów), Poland
	86.0	Died	Henri Hachette des Portes, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Glandèves, France
	60.9	Selected	[Nicolas Jacquemin] †	Bishop of [Cayenne (Constitutional), Antilles]	Bishop Emeritus
		Ordained Priest	Julius-Antoine †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Diarbekir (Amida) (Syrian), Turkey
		Born	Jerome-Simon Sindjari (Kacha, Tiktik) †		Archbishop Emeritus of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Mihail (Mychajlo) Lewicki (Levyckyj) †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	65.9	Ordained Bishop	Raimundo Melchor Magi Gómez, O. de M. †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
		Ordained Bishop	Athanase IV Matar †	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Charles O’Donnell †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
	28.1	Ordained Priest	Vicente Ramos y García †	Priest of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Former Bishop-Elect of Segorbe, Spain
		Born	Marijan Šunjić, O.F.M. Obs. †		Vicar Apostolic of Bosnia (Bosna, Diacovar, Diakovar), Croatia
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Edward Bede Slater, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mauritius
1 Jan	91.9	Died	Hyacinthus Maria Barberio, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Bitetto, Italy
4 Jan		Born	Wilhelm Arnoldi †		Bishop of Trier, Germany
6 Jan		Born	Melchior Ferdinand Joseph von Diepenbrock †		Cardinal, Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
10 Jan	62.8	Selected	Diego Gregorio Cadello †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
12 Jan		Born	Giuseppe Maria Galligari †		Bishop Emeritus of Narni, Italy
14 Jan	85.4	Died	Anselmo Rodríguez Merino, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
16 Jan		Born	Antonio Cerezano Camarena †		Archbishop-Elect of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
17 Jan	79.0	Died	Martial-Louis de Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire †	Bishop of Poitiers, France
23 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Clément Badra †	Archbishop of Gibail {Jbeil) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
29 Jan	64.7	Confirmed	Philip Bandini †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
	62.9	Confirmed	Diego Gregorio Cadello †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	64.8	Confirmed	Fabrizio Cimino, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Oria, Italy
	58.6	Confirmed	Annibale Di Leo †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
	57.3	Confirmed	Alfonso Maria Freda †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
	51.3	Appointed	Gioacchino de Gemmis †	Titular Bishop of Lystra	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
	62.8	Appointed	Gabriele Maria Genghi †	Titular Bishop of Dura
	62.8	Confirmed	Nicola Martini †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
	59.1	Confirmed	Gerardo Mele †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
	58.0	Confirmed	Giuseppe Maria de Mellis †	Bishop of Aquino e Pontecorvo, Italy
	64.1	Confirmed	Giovanni Vincenzo Monforte †	Bishop of Nola, Italy	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	49.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Paccaroni, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia
	40.3	Confirmed	Michele Palmieri †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
	61.6	Confirmed	Vincenzo Maria Parruco Tries, O.P. †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
	61.5	Confirmed	Carlo Pellegrini †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	59.6	Confirmed	Francesco Ubaldo Maria Romanzi †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy
	51.6	Confirmed	Filippo Speranza †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy	Bishop of Capaccio, Italy
	59.9	Confirmed	Serafino (Michelangelo) Vitale, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
	64.4	Appointed	Gaetano Vitolo †	Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae
Feb	57.2	Resigned	Carlo Francesco Maria Caselli, O.S.M. †	Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Cardinal, Bishop of Parma, Italy
2 Feb	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Philip Bandini †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
	64.8	Ordained Bishop	Fabrizio Cimino, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Oria, Italy
	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Annibale Di Leo †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Maria Freda †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
	62.8	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Martini †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Gerardo Mele †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Maria de Mellis †	Bishop of Aquino e Pontecorvo, Italy
	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Paccaroni, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia
	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Michele Palmieri †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
	61.7	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Maria Parruco Tries, O.P. †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
	61.5	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Pellegrini †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Ubaldo Maria Romanzi †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy
	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Speranza †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy	Bishop of Capaccio, Italy
	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Serafino (Michelangelo) Vitale, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
4 Feb	61.0	Ordained Bishop	[Nicolas Jacquemin] †	Bishop of [Cayenne (Constitutional), Antilles]	Bishop Emeritus
4 Feb	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Dominique Lacombe †	Bishop of [Gironde (Constitutional), France]	Bishop of Angoulême, France
5 Feb		Born	Philippe-Olympe Gerbet †		Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
7 Feb		Born	Jean-Antoine-Marie Foulquier †		Bishop Emeritus of Mende, France
9 Feb	36.9	Appointed	Charles Sughrue †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
10 Feb		Born	Nicola Abrate †		Apostolic Administrator of Terni, Italy
	50.5	Selected	Claude-François-Marie Primat, C.O. †	Bishop of [Rhône-et-Loire (Constitutional), France]	Archbishop of Toulouse, France
	81.1	Died	Simon Spalatin †	Bishop of Ossero (Osor), Croatia
11 Feb	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Christoph Emanuel (Krzysztof Emanuel) von Schimonski-Schimoni †	Titular Bishop of Lerus	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
11 Feb	73.3	Died	[Augustin Sibille] †	Bishop Emeritus of [Aube (Constitutional), France]
12 Feb		Born	Telmo Maceira †		Bishop of Tuy, Spain
13 Feb		Born	Vicente Benigno Carrión, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
16 Feb		Born	Filippo Artico †		Bishop of Asti, Italy
17 Feb		Born	Giovanni Battista Montixi †		Bishop of Iglesias, Italy
18 Feb		Born	Giuseppe Maria Pietro Raffaele Castellani, O.E.S.A. †		Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
20 Feb		Born	Gregorio Maria Fistilli †		Bishop Emeritus of Capaccio, Italy
25 Feb	62.4	Selected	[Dominique-Paul Villa] †	Bishop of [Pyrénées-Orientales (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
27 Feb		Born	Fernando Argüelles Miranda †		Bishop of Astorga, Spain
28 Feb		Born	Jérôme (Étienne) Rouchouze, SS.CC. †		Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Oceania, Pacific (Oceania)
Mar		Born	Bernardino Panzacchi, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
2 Mar		Born	Carmelo Valenti, C.Ss.R. †		Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
3 Mar	23.9	Ordained Priest	José Manuel Fernández de Córdoba y Meló †	Priest	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
	56.2	Selected	[Joseph Monin], O. Praem. †	Bishop of [Ardennes (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Pietro Ostini †	Priest	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
4 Mar	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Ramón José Arce †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain	Patriarch Emeritus of West Indies, Spain
4 Mar	66.1	Ordained Bishop	Joaquín Company Soler, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
6 Mar	77.1	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Álvarez de Faria y Sánchez Zarzosa †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
8 Mar	34.7	Selected	[François Étienne] †	Bishop of [Vaucluse (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
10 Mar	49.7	Installed	Manuel Joaquín González de Acuña y Saenz †	Bishop of Panamá
11 Mar	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Vila y Campos †	Bishop of Menorca, Spain	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
12 Mar	38.1	Appointed	Abdullah Blibl †	Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)
12 Mar	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Abdullah Blibl †	Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)
15 Mar		Born	Józef Alojzy Pukalski †		Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
17 Mar		Born	Nicola Sterlini †		Bishop of Calvi e Teano, Italy
18 Mar	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Gioacchino de Gemmis †	Titular Bishop of Lystra	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
	62.9	Ordained Bishop	Gabriele Maria Genghi †	Titular Bishop of Dura
	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Joaquín Sánchez Cutanda †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
	64.5	Ordained Bishop	Gaetano Vitolo †	Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae
20 Mar	72.8	Died	Ange-François de Talaru de Chalmazel †	Bishop of Coutances, France
24 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe-Maria de Letto (Leto) †	Priest	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
25 Mar	32.7	Ordained Bishop	José Casquete Prado, O.S. †	Titular Bishop of Cisamus
25 Mar	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Juan Antonio Tamayo, O.S. †	Titular Bishop of Botrys
26 Mar		Born	Pierre-Dominique-Marcellin Bonamie, SS.CC. †		Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
29 Mar		Born	Vincenzo Rozzolino †		Bishop of Caserta, Italy
31 Mar		Born	Jacques-Marie-Joseph Baillès †		Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France
31 Mar	53.3	Died	Carlo Fabi †	Bishop of Amelia, Italy
3 Apr		Born	Modesto (Luigi Eugenio) Contratto, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop of Acqui, Italy
7 Apr	24.5	Ordained Priest	Michele Barone †	Priest	Bishop of Capaccio, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe-Maria Lais †	Priest	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
	74.1	Died	Manuel Tavares Coutinho da Silva †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
16 Apr		Born	Alessandro Domenico Varesini †		Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
17 Apr	44.2	Appointed	Blas Joaquín Álvarez de Palma †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	44.2	Appointed	Blas Joaquín Álvarez de Palma †	Titular Bishop of Assuras	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	57.7	Appointed	Diego Santamaría Cevallos, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
22 Apr	56.5	Selected	[Yves-Marie Audrein] †	Bishop of [Finistère (Constitutional), France]
26 Apr		Born	Charles-François Baillargeon †		Archbishop of Québec, Canada
29 Apr	66.7	Selected	[Jean-Baptiste Aubert] †	Bishop of [Bouches-du-Rhône (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
	34.8	Ordained Bishop	[François Étienne] †	Bishop of [Vaucluse (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
	69.4	Died	Cristoforo a São Boaventura, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
		Born	Rudolf von Thysebaert †		Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia
30 Apr		Born	Nicolas-Théodore Olivier †		Bishop of Évreux, France
2 May		Born	Thomas Joseph Brown, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Newport and Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
2 May		Born	Célestine René Laurent Guynemer de la Hailandière †		Bishop Emeritus of Vincennes, Indiana, USA
6 May	66.7	Ordained Bishop	[Jean-Baptiste Aubert] †	Bishop of [Bouches-du-Rhône (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
6 May	62.6	Ordained Bishop	[Dominique-Paul Villa] †	Bishop of [Pyrénées-Orientales (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
8 May	55.3	Appointed	James Murphy †	Coadjutor Bishop of Clogher, Ireland	Bishop
8 May	55.3	Appointed	James Murphy †	Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Macedonia	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
13 May	58.5	Selected	[Jean-Baptiste Demandre] †	Bishop of [Doubs (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
13 May	73.1	Died	Jean-Joseph-Marie de Guernes †	Bishop of Aleria, France
14 May	25.3	Ordained Priest	Klemens August Droste zu Vischering †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
15 May	76.3	Died	Michael Angelo Monticelli †	Bishop of Isola, Italy
24 May	75.7	Died	Jean-Baptiste Miroudot Du Bourg, O. Cist. †	Bishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq
25 May	66.4	Appointed	Stefano Borgia †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect
27 May	63.2	Ordained Bishop	Diego Gregorio Cadello †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
27 May	50.9	Ordained Bishop	José Antonio de la Huerta Caso †	Bishop of Nicaragua
29 May	62.4	Died	Petro Bielański (Bilyanskyi) †	Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
30 May	23.0	Ordained Priest	József Kopácsy †	Priest	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
1 Jun	51.4	Resigned	[Ignace de Cazeneuve] †	Bishop of [Hautes-Alpes (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
2 Jun	22.5	Ordained Priest	Antonio-Maria Casabianca †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Galtelli-Nuoro (Galtelly Nori), Italy
4 Jun		Born	Jean-Honoré Bara †		Bishop of Châlons, France
6 Jun	57.2	Died	Lourenço Correa de Sá e Benevides †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
6 Jun	49.5	Selected	Francisco Sisternes de Oblites †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
8 Jun	50.4	Died	Charles Berington †	Vicar Apostolic of Midland District, England, Great Britain
9 Jun	57.9	Died	Wilhelm Joseph Leopold Willibald von Baden †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
10 Jun		Born	Cosimo Barnaba Corsi †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
		Born	José Antônio dos Reis †		Bishop of Cuiabá, Brazil
	42.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Spina †	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova, Italy
	47.0	Appointed	Domenico Ventapane †	Titular Bishop of Tium
11 Jun	37.2	Ordained Bishop	Charles Sughrue †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
15 Jun	64.6	Selected	[Jean-Baptiste Royer] †	Bishop of [Paris (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jun	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Blas Joaquín Álvarez de Palma †	Titular Bishop of Assuras	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Inocencio Bejarano †	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
	58.6	Ordained Bishop	[Jean-Baptiste Demandre] †	Bishop of [Doubs (Constitutional), France]	Bishop Emeritus
19 Jun		Born	Jan Valerián Jirsík †		Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
29 Jun	39.2	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Stanislao Gentili †	Priest	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy

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