The Year of Our Lord 1742

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Jean-René Asseline †		Bishop of Boulogne (-Sur-Mer), France
	22.2	Ordained Priest	Matías José de Navia Bolaños y Moscoso, O.E.S.A. †	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Bishop of Nicaragua
	15.8	Professed	Ferdinando de Vicariis, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
	14.4	Entered	Pedro Ángel de Espiñeira, O.F.M. Obs. †	Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
	59.9	Died	Miguel Bernardino de la Fuenta y Rojas †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
		Ordained Bishop	Paul †	Archbishop
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Philip Phillips †	Priest	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
		Born	Ignace IV Sarrouf, B.C. †		Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
		Died	Simon †	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
Jan	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco José de Figueredo y Victoria †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia	Archbishop of Guatemala
2 Jan	54.4	Died	Rizzardo Isolani †	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
5 Jan	89.4	Died	Giuseppe de Carolis †	Bishop of Aquino e Pontecorvo, Italy
6 Jan	24.7	Ordained Priest	Joaquim Xavier Botelho de Lima †	Priest	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
	62.6	Died	Antonio López Portillo de Guadalupe, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
	69.3	Died	Abdallah Qaraali, O.L.M. †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
8 Jan	45.4	Appointed	Ferdinando Maria de Rossi †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
8 Jan	71.4	Resigned	Filippo Carlo Spada †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
9 Jan		Born	Filippo Angelico (Antonius Maria Alexander) Becchetti, O.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Città della Pieve, Italy
9 Jan	69.8	Died	Tommaso Cervioni, O.E.S.A. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy
12 Jan	61.3	Died	Giuseppe Barone †	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
13 Jan		Born	Alexandre-François-Amédée-Adonis-Louis-Joseph de Lauzières de Thémines †		Bishop of Blois, France
18 Jan		Born	James Butler (2nd) †		Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
21 Jan	22.0	Ordained Deacon	Gaetano Maria Capece, C.R. †	Deacon of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
22 Jan	33.4	Confirmed	Jean-Baptiste-Joseph de Méallet de Fargues †	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France
	44.7	Appointed	Gaspar Negri †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
	73.0	Resigned	Alonso del Pozo y Silva †	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.9	Appointed	Pietro Antonio Raimondi †	Bishop of Capaccio, Italy
	67.2	Confirmed	Agustín Rodríguez Delgado †	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	71.5	Appointed	Filippo Carlo Spada †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
	55.1	Appointed	Francesco Antonio Spadea †	Bishop of Aquino e Pontecorvo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	55.1	Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Tria (II) †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
26 Jan		Born	Florido Pierleoni, C.O. †		Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy
28 Jan	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Jacques-Marie de Caritat de Condorcet †	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop of Lisieux, France
	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Antonio Raimondi †	Bishop of Capaccio, Italy
	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Antonio Spadea †	Bishop of Aquino e Pontecorvo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Andrea Tria (II) †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
31 Jan		Born	Giovanni Castiglione †		Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
9 Feb		Born	Michael Léopold Brigido von Marenfels und Bresoviz †		Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
11 Feb	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Henri-Gaston de Lévis-Léran †	Bishop of Pamiers, France
16 Feb	77.1	Died	Antoine Fagon †	Bishop of Vannes, France
17 Feb		Born	Charles de La Font de Savines †		Bishop Emeritus of Viviers (Aps), France
17 Feb	26.2	Ordained Priest	Franz Xaver Twrdy †	Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop
18 Feb	28.7	Ordained Bishop	Josef Maria von Thun und Hohenstein †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria	Bishop of Passau, Germany
20 Feb		Born	José de Santa Escolástica Álvares (Alves) Pereira, O.S.B. †		Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	77.4	Died	Marcellino Corio †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
	58.1	Selected	Pedro Morcillo Rubio de Auñón †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
21 Feb	65.1	Died	Pedro Salazar Góngora †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
24 Feb		Born	[Louis Alexandre Expilly] †		Bishop of [Finistère (Constitutional), France]
	32.6	Ordained Bishop	Georges-Gaspard-Alexis de Plan des Augiers †	Bishop of Die, France
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Franz Joseph Anton Joachim Schmid von Altenstadt †	Titular Bishop of Lagania	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
	73.5	Died	Hendrik Jozef van Susteren †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
28 Feb	33.0	Appointed	Donato Maria Arcangeli †	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
	48.7	Confirmed	Pedro Felipe de Azúa e Iturgoyen †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
	62.1	Confirmed	Salvador Bermúdez y Becerra †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
	48.5	Confirmed	Francesco Bernardo de Cespedes †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
	59.7	Appointed	Francesco Agnello Fragianni †	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
	49.5	Appointed	Nicola Manciforte †	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy	Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	53.6	Appointed	Silvestro Merani, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
Mar	78.1	Died	Jeronimo Herrera y Lopez †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
3 Mar	73.2	Died	Tomás Crespo Agüero †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
4 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Clemente Maria (Vincent) Bardini, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy
	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Manciforte †	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy	Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Silvestro Merani, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
5 Mar	21.5	Ordained Priest	Johann Ignace von Franken-Siersdorf †	Priest of Hildesheim, Germany	Vicar Apostolic of Upper and Lower Saxony (Hanover, Northern Germany), Germany
6 Mar	70.1	Ordained Bishop	Eugénio Boto da Silva †	Titular Bishop of Etalonia (Hetalonia)	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
9 Mar		Born	Benedetto Solari, O.P. †		Bishop of Noli, Italy
11 Mar	33.0	Ordained Bishop	Donato Maria Arcangeli †	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
17 Mar		Born	Cirillo Antonini †		Bishop of Anagni, Italy
18 Mar	75.3	Died	Domenico Taglialatela †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
24 Mar	29.3	Ordained Deacon	Charles Antoine de Grady †	Deacon of Liège, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop
30 Mar	77.3	Retired	Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Orazio della Torre †		Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
		Born	William Gregory Sharrock, O.S.B. †		Vicar Apostolic of Western District, England, Great Britain
Apr	64.2	Died	Marco Antonio De Marco †	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
2 Apr	35.5	Selected	Jean-Joseph Chapelle de Saint-Jean de Jumilhac †	Bishop of Vannes, France	Archbishop of Arles, France
	40.0	Selected	Jean-François de Chatillard de Montillet-Grenaud †	Archbishop of Auch, France
	35.2	Selected	Mathias Poncet de la Rivière †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Bishop Emeritus
	26.1	Selected	François de Révol †	Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France
4 Apr		Born	Giuseppe Marra †		Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
7 Apr	56.2	Selected	Maximiliaan-Antoon van der Noot †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
13 Apr	88.2	Died	Joachim-Joseph d’Estaing de Saillans †	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
14 Apr	61.5	Selected	Jan-Baptist de Castillion †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
17 Apr	43.6	Selected	Giuseppe Coppola, C.O. †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
18 Apr	47.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Gallarati †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	52.4	Appointed	Carlo Maria Lomellino †	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia	Bishop Emeritus of Ajaccio, France
	58.2	Confirmed	Pedro Morcillo Rubio de Auñón †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
	45.6	Appointed	Antonio Nani †	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
22 Apr	19.3	Professed	François Maria Magni (Magi), O.F.M. Ref. †	Member of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hukwang, Shansi [Shanxi], and Shensi [Shaanxi], China
22 Apr	50.3	Selected	Paul de Ribeyre †	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
25 Apr	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Gallarati †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
26 Apr		Born	Giuseppe Maria (Angelo Pietro) Bressa, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
27 Apr		Born	António da Assunção, O.E.S.A. †		Bishop-Elect of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
4 May	65.6	Died	Pedro Ayala, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ávila, Spain
5 May		Born	José (Joseph) Cariati (Kariattil) †		Archbishop of Cranganore (Angamala), India
7 May	58.4	Selected	Juan de Castañeda Velásquez y Salazar †	Bishop of Panamá	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
12 May	83.1	Died	François-Maurice Gontieri (de Gonteriis) †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
13 May		Died	Joseph V Dergham El-Khazen †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
14 May	64.1	Died	Dominique-Marie Varlet †	Bishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq
15 May	52.6	Ordained Deacon	Carlo Maria Sacripante †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli)	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
16 May	61.1	Resigned	Elias Daniel von Sommerfeld †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
17 May	59.5	Selected	Giuseppe Stella †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
19 May	38.1	Ordained Priest	Sebastiano Bonaiuti †	Priest	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
	49.5	Ordained Priest	Filippo Josiah Caucci †	Priest	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
	29.4	Ordained Priest	Charles Antoine de Grady †	Priest of Liège, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop
21 May	52.3	Died	José Ignacio Mijares Solórzano y Tobar †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
21 May	24.4	Selected	François-Armand-Auguste de Rohan-Soubise-Ventadour †	Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Cardinal, Bishop
25 May	37.3	Appointed	Paulus Campsi †	Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania
	43.7	Confirmed	Giuseppe Coppola, C.O. †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
	46.5	Appointed	Angelo Maria Marculli, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy	Bishop of Bitetto, Italy
	44.7	Appointed	Francesco Rivera †	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
	41.7	Appointed	Wacław Hieronim Sierakowski †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
	42.3	Appointed	Michele Maria Vincentini †	Titular Archbishop of Teodosia
26 May	76.1	Died	Gisbertus Van der Asdonck †	Vicar Apostolic of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
27 May	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Coppola, C.O. †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
	34.4	Selected	Jean-Louis du Lau d’Allemans †	Bishop of Digne, France
	58.8	Died	Giovanni Ferro †	Bishop of Ossero (Osor), Croatia
	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Maria Marculli, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy	Bishop of Bitetto, Italy
29 May	82.2	Died	Domingo Valentín Guerra Arteaga y Leiba †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
31 May		Born	[Antoine Adrien Lamourette], C.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of [Rhône-et-Loire (Constitutional), France]
31 May	56.4	Died	Bernardo Froilán Saavedra Sanjurjo †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
12 Jun	63.4	Died	Sigismund Felix von Schrattenbach †	Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
24 Jun	55.2	Died	Juan Angel Rodríguez, O.SS.T. †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
25 Jun	64.2	Died	Pedro Manuel Dávila y Cárdenas †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
26 Jun	87.7	Died	Stefano Fogliani †	Bishop of Modena, Italy

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