The Year of Our Lord 1748

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Charles Berington †		Vicar Apostolic of Midland District, England, Great Britain
	15.9	Professed	Joaquín Company Soler, O.F.M. Obs. †	Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
		Born	Henry Conwell †		Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	15.0	Professed	Tommaso Maria Francone, C.R. †	Member of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Gaspard-Augustin Laurent de Sainte-Agnès, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
		Appointed	Antonios Mhasseb †	Bishop of Jbeil {Byblos} (Maronite), Lebanon
		Born	Nicolao Lorenzo Timoni †		Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
1 Jan	72.6	Died	Giovanni Giuseppe Falletti †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
7 Jan	52.2	Died	Francesco Antonio Cavalcanti, C.R. †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
9 Jan		Born	[Jean-Baptiste Dumouchel] †		Bishop Emeritus of [Gard (Constitutional), France]
10 Jan	47.0	Confirmed	John O’Brien †	Bishop of Cloyne and Ross, Ireland
10 Jan	51.0	Confirmed	Richard Walsh †	Bishop of Cork, Ireland
11 Jan	41.7	Selected	Miguel de Bulhões e Souza, O.P. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
11 Jan	38.2	Selected	Gerardo de São José, O.P. †	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
14 Jan	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Pál Štefan Forgách †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
20 Jan	54.6	Installed	Pedro Felipe de Azúa e Iturgoyen †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Jan	50.2	Appointed	Francisco Cuartero Lumbreras †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
21 Jan	54.6	Installed	Pedro Miguel Argandoña Pastene Salazar †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
22 Jan	70.1	Died	Raimondo Pecchioli, O.P. †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
24 Jan	78.0	Died	Joseph-Louis de Cohorn de La Palun †	Bishop of Vaison, France
29 Jan	56.4	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Baratta, C.O. †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
	36.7	Appointed	Pasquale Teodoro Basta †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
	52.0	Confirmed	Jean-Marie de Catelan †	Bishop of Rieux, France
	51.6	Appointed	Ferdinando Mandarini †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
	49.0	Appointed	Benito Marín, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
	33.8	Appointed	Domenico Morelli †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	44.5	Confirmed	Manuel José Rubio y Salinas †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
31 Jan	43.5	Died	Józef Antoni Łaszcz †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine
Feb	75.0	Retired	Gaspard de La Valette de Thomas †	Bishop of Autun, France	Bishop Emeritus
4 Feb	36.7	Ordained Bishop	Pasquale Teodoro Basta †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
4 Feb	33.8	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Morelli †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
5 Feb		Born	João António Binet Pincio †		Bishop Emeritus of Lamego, Portugal
8 Feb	73.2	Resigned	Sergio Pola †	Titular Bishop of Famagusta
9 Feb	73.2	Died	Sergio Pola †	Bishop Emeritus of Famagusta	Titular Bishop
10 Feb		Born	Jean-Joseph-Victor de Castellane-Adhémar †		Bishop of Senez, France
14 Feb	58.3	Died	Georges-Lazare Berger de Charancy †	Bishop of Montpellier, France
17 Feb	71.5	Resigned	Pietro Agostino Scorza (Scortia) †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Feb	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Baratta, C.O. †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
18 Feb		Born	Francisco Javier Mier y Campillo †		Bishop Emeritus of Almería, Spain
19 Feb	41.8	Confirmed	Miguel de Bulhões e Souza, O.P. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
	50.3	Appointed	Nicola Cioffi †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
	57.2	Confirmed	José Alfonso Meléndez, O.F.M. Disc. †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	41.5	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Mora, C.O. †	Titular Bishop of Famagusta	Bishop of Adria, Italy
	38.3	Confirmed	Gerardo de São José, O.P. †	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
	51.7	Confirmed	Leopold Maria Joseph von Spaur †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
20 Feb	78.9	Died	Filippo Tipaldi †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
21 Feb		Born	Antonio Bergosa y Jordán †		Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
21 Feb	77.4	Died	Raffaele Cosimo de’ Girolami †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
24 Feb		Born	Fortunato Maria Pinchetti †		Bishop Emeritus of Amelia, Italy
25 Feb	27.2	Ordained Deacon	Jerónimo Rogado do Carvalhal e Silva †	Deacon	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
28 Feb	61.3	Selected	Tommaso Ignatius Antonio Sersale, C.R. †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
29 Feb		Born	Pierre Magny, M.E.P. †		Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères
Mar	64.9	Selected	Louis-François-Renaud de Villeneuve †	Bishop of Montpellier, France
2 Mar		Born	Bernardo Maria (Hercules Antonio Vincent) Carenzoni, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Feltre, Italy
2 Mar	64.6	Appointed	Carlo Alberto Guidobono Cavalchini †	Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
3 Mar	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Daniel O’Reilly †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
4 Mar	47.2	Confirmed	André-Jean-Baptiste-Dominique de Castellane †	Bishop of Glandèves, France
	57.7	Appointed	Matías Escalzo Acedo †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
	49.7	Died	Juan Antonio Oruña †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
	31.7	Appointed	Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
6 Mar	36.4	Selected	Giulio Cesare Gandolfi †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
7 Mar		Born	Francesco Chiarchiaro †		Titular Bishop of Lampsacus
9 Mar	32.7	Ordained Deacon	Antoni Wacław Betański †	Deacon	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
	23.5	Ordained Deacon	Lothar Breidbach zu Bürresheim, O.S.B. †	Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Jerónimo Rogado do Carvalhal e Silva †	Priest	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Antonius von Herberstein, C.R. †	Deacon of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Teodoro Giacomo Filippo Luvini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
	30.5	Selected	Lev Sheptytskyi (Szeptycki), O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
11 Mar		Born	Nicola Carelli †		Bishop of Conversano, Italy
14 Mar	74.2	Died	Nicolas de Malezieu †	Bishop of Lavaur, France
15 Mar		Born	Henri de Chambre d’Urgons †		Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
17 Mar	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Francesco Mora, C.O. †	Titular Bishop of Famagusta	Bishop of Adria, Italy
17 Mar	24.3	Ordained Priest	Anastasij Szeptycki †	Priest	Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland
18 Mar	52.0	Selected	Dominique (Wilhelm Philipp) Gentis, O.P. †	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
18 Mar	34.5	Selected	Antoine de Malvin de Montazet †	Bishop of Autun, France	Archbishop of Lyon, France
19 Mar	26.1	Ordained Deacon	Krysztof Hilary Szembek †	Deacon of Poznań, Poland	Bishop of Płock, Poland
24 Mar	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Benito Marín, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
24 Mar	26.1	Ordained Priest	Krysztof Hilary Szembek †	Priest of Poznań, Poland	Bishop of Płock, Poland
27 Mar		Born	Joseph Anton Gall †		Bishop of Linz, Austria
28 Mar	90.7	Died	Domenico Ballati-Nerli, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
30 Mar	32.7	Ordained Priest	Antoni Wacław Betański †	Priest	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Károly Esterházy de Galántha †	Priest of Esztergom, Hungary	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
		Born	Jozef Kluch †		Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
31 Mar	28.0	Ordained Deacon	Giovanni Francesco Albani †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
1 Apr	60.3	Appointed	Francisco Díaz Santos y Bullón †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	36.5	Confirmed	Giulio Cesare Gandolfi †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	71.1	Appointed	Mario Millini (Mellini) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
	61.4	Confirmed	Tommaso Ignatius Antonio Sersale, C.R. †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
	68.9	Appointed	Matteo Trigona †	Titular Archbishop of Iconium	Bishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy
2 Apr		Born	Mykhaylo Bradács †		Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
	50.5	Died	Gaetano Fraccagnani †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
	42.3	Selected	Isidoro Sánchez de Luna, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno, Italy
7 Apr	30.2	Selected	Jean-Baptiste-Joseph de Fontanges †	Bishop of Lavaur, France
	71.2	Died	Basilio Matranga, O.S.B.M. †	Archbishop of Achrida (Ochrida), Bulgaria
		Born	Carlo Maria Rosini †		Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
	61.4	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Ignatius Antonio Sersale, C.R. †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
9 Apr	32.9	Selected	Joseph Rolin de Morel de Mons †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France	Bishop Emeritus
11 Apr	56.6	Died	Giovanni Battista Baratta, C.O. †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
12 Apr	53.4	Died	Juan Bautista Ferrer y Castro †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
13 Apr	22.5	Ordained Deacon	Ignaz Koller †	Deacon	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
17 Apr		Born	Custodio de Santa Ana d’Almeida, O.A.D. †		Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
17 Apr		Born	Leopold Leonhard von Thun †		Bishop of Passau, Germany
19 Apr	76.2	Died	Eugénio Boto da Silva †	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
26 Apr		Born	Alessandro Malvasia †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
28 Apr	66.3	Died	Juraj Branjug †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie de Catelan †	Bishop of Rieux, France
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Benedetto Andrea Doria †	Priest	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	24.8	Ordained Deacon	Tomaz da Encarnação da Costa e Lima, C.R.S.A. †	Deacon of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine	Bishop of Olinda, Brazil
	36.5	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Cesare Gandolfi †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Leopold Maria Joseph von Spaur †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
30 Apr	66.7	Died	Alessandro degli Abbati †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
30 Apr	43.9	Selected	Francesco Maria Testa †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy

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