The Year of Our Lord 1754

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	57.2	Appointed	Jacinto Aguado y Chacón †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Bishop of Osma, Spain
		Born	Crescenzio Cavalli, O.F.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of Hukwang, Shansi [Shanxi], and Shensi [Shaanxi], China
	25.0	Appointed	Joseph VI Estephan †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	44.0	Converted	Michael Fadel †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
		Born	Tobias Georg Ghebragzer †		Titular Archbishop of Adulis
		Born	Patrick Lambert, O.F.M. Ref. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Newfoundland, Canada
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Francisco López Sánchez †	Priest	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
	62.9	Resigned	Mario Antonio Maffei †	Vicar Apostolic of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
	19.6	Ordained Priest	Yves-Alexandre de Marbeuf †	Priest	Archbishop of Lyon, France
		Born	Marco Negri †		Bishop of Sapë, Albania
		Died	Gerasimos Saigh, B.C. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
		Born	Charles Tuohy †		Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
		Born	Ignace Siméon Zora †		Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
Jan	47.2	Resigned	Luigi Gualterio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
1 Jan	42.9	Ordained Deacon	Antonio Branciforte Colonna †	Deacon	Cardinal, Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
1 Jan	38.2	Ordained Priest	Niccolò Oddi, S.J. †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
3 Jan		Born	Giuseppe Maria Pietro Grimaldi †		Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
4 Jan	74.9	Died	François-Firmin Trudaine †	Bishop of Senlis, France
5 Jan		Born	Columbano Giovanni Battista Carlo Gaspare Chiaverotti, O.S.B. †		Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
6 Jan		Born	Amedeo Bruno di Samone †		Bishop of Cuneo, Italy
10 Jan	73.7	Resigned	Nicolas-Joseph de Paris †	Bishop of Orléans, France
14 Jan	73.0	Died	Giacomo Bonanno, C.R. †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
	42.1	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-Marie Bron †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
	42.1	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-Marie Bron †	Titular Bishop of Aegae	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
	60.0	Appointed	Xaverius Giustiniani †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
	78.7	Resigned	Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	38.8	Appointed	Vincenzo Malvezzi Bonfioli †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	38.4	Appointed	Giovanni Carlo Molinari †	Titular Archbishop of Damascus	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
	29.0	Confirmed	Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval †	Bishop of Orléans, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
	38.3	Appointed	Niccolò Oddi, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	46.3	Confirmed	Antonín Petr Příchovský z P$#345;íchovic †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Hradec Králové, Czechia	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	47.1	Appointed	Niccolò Serra †	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Mitylene
	38.2	Appointed	Benedetto Zuzzeri (Zuzeri) †	Archbishop of Sardica (Sredek, Sofia), Bulgaria
17 Jan	54.6	Selected	Nicolò Caracciolo, C.R. †	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	78.8	Died	Filippo Maria de Monti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
	63.9	Selected	Marcello Papiniano-Cusani †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Jan	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Niccolò Oddi, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
20 Jan	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Niccolò Serra †	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Mitylene
24 Jan	77.2	Died	Giovanni Battista Barni †	Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
27 Jan	38.4	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Carlo Molinari †	Titular Archbishop of Damascus	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
27 Jan	78.1	Died	Giuseppe Francesco Rossi †	Bishop of Venafro, Italy
28 Jan	53.8	Appointed	Filippo Acciaioli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
28 Jan		Born	Giovanni Francesco Toppia †		Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
29 Jan		Born	Blas Joaquín Álvarez de Palma †		Archbishop of Granada, Spain
2 Feb	43.0	Ordained Priest	Antonio Branciforte Colonna †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Xaverius Giustiniani †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
		Born	Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord †
3 Feb	70.0	Died	François-Joseph Robuste de Laubarière †	Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France
4 Feb	47.4	Selected	Johann Baptist von Thurn Valsassina †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
6 Feb	43.0	Died	Bartolomé de Narváez y Berrio †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
6 Feb		Born	Antoine-Eustache d’Osmond †		Bishop of Nancy, France
7 Feb	64.0	Died	Manuel López Aguirre †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
8 Feb	62.8	Died	Francesco Lanfreschi †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
8 Feb	60.0	Resigned	Giuseppe Spinelli †	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
9 Feb	38.4	Appointed	Giovanni Carlo Molinari †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
10 Feb	55.3	Appointed	Ignazio Michele Crivelli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia
	29.1	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval †	Bishop of Orléans, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
	47.2	Appointed	Niccolò Serra †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Mitylene
	25.0	Ordained Deacon	Feliks Paweł Turski †	Deacon	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
11 Feb	61.8	Appointed	Francisco Xavier Aranha †	Coadjutor Bishop of Olinda, Brazil	Bishop
	61.8	Appointed	Francisco Xavier Aranha †	Titular Bishop of Thermopylae	Bishop of Olinda, Brazil
	43.0	Appointed	Antonio Branciforte Colonna †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica	Cardinal, Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
	43.1	Confirmed	Joseph-Amédée de Broglie †	Bishop of Angoulême, France
	52.1	Appointed	Manuel de Matos, O.F.M. Disc. †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
	63.9	Confirmed	Marcello Papiniano-Cusani †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.6	Appointed	Antonino Sersale †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	51.4	Appointed	Johann Georg Franz von Stinglheim †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
	51.4	Appointed	Johann Georg Franz von Stinglheim †	Titular Bishop of Botrys	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
15 Feb		Born	Mateo Delgado y Moreno †		Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
17 Feb	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Branciforte Colonna †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica	Cardinal, Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
	41.3	Selected	Claude Drouas de Boussey †	Bishop of Toul, France
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Feliks Paweł Turski †	Priest	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
24 Feb	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste-Marie Bron †	Titular Bishop of Aegae	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
25 Feb	40.3	Appointed	Girolamo Spínola †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
26 Feb		Born	Juan Nepomuceno de Lera y Cano †		Bishop of Segovia, Spain
27 Feb	83.4	Died	Tomás de Almeida †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
3 Mar	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Amédée de Broglie †	Bishop of Angoulême, France
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Ernest Johann Nepomuk von Herberstein (Herbstein) †	Priest of Freising, Germany	Bishop of Linz, Austria
	21.6	Ordained Deacon	Klemens August Maria von Merle †	Deacon of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
4 Mar	83.1	Died	Alessandro Maria Litta †	Bishop Emeritus of Cremona, Italy
5 Mar		Born	José González de Cándamo y Cauniego †		Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
6 Mar	62.1	Died	Juan González Melgarejo †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
7 Mar	48.3	Selected	Isidoro Sánchez de Luna, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno, Italy
9 Mar	23.9	Ordained Priest	Michael Chomiński †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
	68.2	Selected	José Manoel da Câmara †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Franciszek Kandyd Ossoliński, O.F.M. Conv. †	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine
10 Mar		Born	Jean-Marie Cliquet de Fontenay †		Archbishop of Bourges, France
10 Mar	34.3	Ordained Deacon	Lazzaro Opizio Pallavicini †	Deacon	Cardinal, Secretary of State
12 Mar	55.3	Resigned	Alberico Archinto †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Cardinal, Secretary of State
16 Mar		Born	Giuseppe Della Casa †		Bishop of Alatri, Italy
16 Mar	79.3	Died	Charles-François d’Hallencourt de Dromesnil †	Bishop of Verdun, France
17 Mar	33.0	Selected	Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure †	Bishop of Senlis, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen, Belgium
17 Mar		Born	Alexis Pótsy †		Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
18 Mar	24.2	Ordained Deacon	Diego de Jesus Jardim, O.S.H. †	Deacon of Orden de San Jerónimo	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
19 Mar	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Malvezzi Bonfioli †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	34.3	Ordained Priest	Lazzaro Opizio Pallavicini †	Priest	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	58.1	Died	Giuseppe Maria Ruffo †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
20 Mar	66.0	Died	Giuseppe Livizzani Mulazzani †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia
24 Mar	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Johann Georg Franz von Stinglheim †	Titular Bishop of Botrys	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
28 Mar	49.5	Selected	Anton Ludovico Antinori, C.O. †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	54.4	Selected	Domenico Saverio Pulci-Doria †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
	49.8	Selected	Francesco Maria Testa †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
29 Mar	63.3	Died	Thomas Nechich †	Bishop of Nona (Nin), Croatia
30 Mar	33.2	Ordained Priest	Francesco Maria Gentile †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Luni e Sarzana, Italy
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Franz Philipp von Inzaghi †	Priest of Salzburg, Austria	Bishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Antoine-Eléonore-Léon Le Clerc de Juigné †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
31 Mar	57.5	Died	Hilario a Jesu Costa, O.A.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
Apr	40.4	Resigned	Girolamo Spínola †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
1 Apr	42.9	Confirmed	Jan-Robert Caïmo †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
	54.8	Confirmed	Nicolò Caracciolo, C.R. †	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	54.4	Appointed	Michele Casati, C.R. †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
	50.4	Appointed	Juan Francisco Manrique Lara †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
	34.4	Appointed	Lazzaro Opizio Pallavicini †	Titular Archbishop of Naupactus	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	44.2	Confirmed	Louis-Henri de Rochefort d’Ally †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France
2 Apr	42.6	Selected	Giacomo Lieto †	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy
3 Apr	84.9	Died	Charles-Daniel-Gabriel de Pestel de Levis de Tubières de Caylus †	Bishop of Auxerre, France
5 Apr	67.7	Died	Luigi Gherardi †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
6 Apr	84.2	Died	Philippus Bavestrelli †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
7 Apr	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Nicolò Caracciolo, C.R. †	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Michele Casati, C.R. †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
	34.4	Ordained Bishop	Lazzaro Opizio Pallavicini †	Titular Archbishop of Naupactus	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Tomicich †	Archbishop of Skopje, North Macedonia	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Apr	38.5	Appointed	Niccolò Oddi, S.J. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
13 Apr	56.2	Selected	Antun Becić †	Bishop of Scardona (Skradin), Croatia	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Diego de Jesus Jardim, O.S.H. †	Priest of Orden de San Jerónimo	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Saverio Pirelli †	Priest	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Antonio Stefano Trevisan †	Priest	Bishop of Scardona (Skradin), Croatia
14 Apr	61.8	Died	Giuseppe Alfonso Miroglio †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
14 Apr	74.7	Died	Fabrizio Antonio Salerni †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy
18 Apr	47.6	Confirmed	Johann Baptist von Thurn Valsassina †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
20 Apr	62.6	Died	Nicolò Leopoldo Lomellini †	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy
21 Apr	27.3	Ordained Priest	Federico Maria Giovanelli †	Priest of Venezia {Venice}, Italy	Patriarch
	57.0	Ordained Bishop	José Gómez †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
		Born	Mikołaj Jan Manugiewicz †		Bishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland
	32.8	Selected	Aymard-Chrétien-François-Michel de Nicolay †	Bishop of Verdun, France
22 Apr	49.6	Confirmed	Anton Ludovico Antinori, C.O. †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	60.9	Died	Pedro Felipe de Azúa e Iturgoyen †	Archbishop Emeritus of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
	41.5	Confirmed	Claude Drouas de Boussey †	Bishop of Toul, France
	62.1	Died	Louis-Bernard de La Taste, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Bethleem
	34.4	Appointed	Lazzaro Opizio Pallavicini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	48.4	Confirmed	Isidoro Sánchez de Luna, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno, Italy
	51.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonino Sersale †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	49.9	Confirmed	Francesco Maria Testa †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
	56.5	Appointed	Luigi Maria Torreggiani †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
25 Apr	54.1	Resigned	Filippo Acciaioli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
27 Apr	32.4	Appointed	Marcantonio Marcolini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
27 Apr	68.5	Died	Costantino Vigilante †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
28 Apr		Born	Jean Lambert de Hannotte †		Titular Bishop of Teos
	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Henri de Rochefort d’Ally †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France
	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Johann Baptist von Thurn Valsassina †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
29 Apr	72.4	Died	Alessandro Tanara †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

✠