The Year of Our Lord 1763

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	47.1	Appointed	Andreas Aerts †	Vicar Apostolic of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
	58.0	Appointed	Julien-François Becquet, C.S.Sp. †	Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Prefect Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
	35.3	Final Vows	John Butler, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus
	38.3	Appointed	Marcantonio Colonna (Jr.) †	Prefect of the Congregation for Residence of Bishops	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Appointed	Maximos Fakhouri †	Bishop of Akka (Melkite Greek), Israel
		Died	Eusebio Franzosini, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Smirne, Turkey
	54.6	Appointed	Innocenzo Gorgoni, O.S.B. †	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy	President Emeritus
		Appointed	Basile Jelghaf †	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
		Appointed	Jérémie Arsène Karamé †	Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria
	59.0	Appointed	Iraklij (Herakliusz) Lisanski (Lisanskyj), O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Smoleńsk (Ukrainian), Russian Federation
		Appointed	Cyril VII (François) Siaj (Siage) †	Bishop of Bosra (Melkite Greek), Syria	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
Jan	38.3	Appointed	Marcantonio Colonna (Jr.) †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
1 Jan	38.7	Selected	Charles de La Cropte de Chanterac †	Bishop of Alet, France
1 Jan	38.7	Selected	Marc-Antoine de Noé †	Bishop of Lescar, France	Bishop of Troyes, France
3 Jan		Born	Joseph Fesch †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
9 Jan	23.0	Ordained Priest	Luigi Maria Pirelli, C.R. †	Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Archbishop of Trani e Bisceglie, Italy
11 Jan		Born	Matthaeus Crasnich †		Archbishop of Skopje, North Macedonia
14 Jan	45.3	Died	Giuseppe Stanislao Concas †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
15 Jan	26.1	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Konaider †	Priest	Bishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
17 Jan	66.0	Died	Richard Walsh †	Bishop of Cork, Ireland
18 Jan	54.6	Died	Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
19 Jan		Died	Antoine-Jérôme Boyvin de Vaurouy †	Former Bishop-Elect of Perpignan-Elne, France
19 Jan	76.6	Died	Antoni Józef Żółkowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
22 Jan	62.0	Appointed	Raphael Tuki †	Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Cypro
23 Jan	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Ján Gustíni-Zubrohlavský (Gusztinyi) †	Titular Bishop of Sergiopolis	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
24 Jan	62.8	Appointed	Filippo Acciaioli †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
	56.0	Appointed	Prospero Colonna di Sciarra †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
	58.2	Appointed	Antonio De Cumis †	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
	52.4	Appointed	Antonino Ganini †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
	39.0	Confirmed	Anne-François-Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil †	Bishop of Montauban, France
	29.2	Appointed	Józef Michał Ignacy Franciszek Olędzki, Sch. P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	29.2	Appointed	Józef Michał Ignacy Franciszek Olędzki, Sch. P. †	Titular Bishop of Cambysopolis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine
	43.6	Appointed	Domenico Orsini d’Aragona †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria ad Martyres	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
	43.5	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Pignatelli †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	38.7	Appointed	Carlo Rezzonico (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	38.7	Appointed	Carlo Rezzonico (Jr.) †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	65.9	Confirmed	Charles-Antoine de la Roche-Aymon †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
	37.8	Appointed	Henry Benedict Mary Clement Stuart of York †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
25 Jan	55.9	Selected	Wilhelm Anton von der Asseburg zu Hinnenburg †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
	40.0	Appointed	François Maria Magni (Magi), O.F.M. Ref. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Hukwang, Shansi [Shanxi], and Shensi [Shaanxi], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	40.0	Appointed	François Maria Magni (Magi), O.F.M. Ref. †	Titular Bishop of Miletopolis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hukwang, Shansi [Shanxi], and Shensi [Shaanxi], China
27 Jan	59.3	Died	Johann Theodor von Bayern †	Cardinal, Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
28 Jan		Born	Joseph Walland †		Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
29 Jan	66.9	Died	Juan José de Eguiara y Eguren †	Former Bishop-Elect of Yucatán (Mérida), México
	66.1	Resigned	Jerzy Mikołaj Hylzen †	Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
	35.8	Succeeded	Gabriel Wodzyński †	Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland
30 Jan	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio De Cumis †	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
	43.8	Selected	Alexandre-César d’Anterroches †	Bishop of Condom, France
	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonino Ganini †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
	35.3	Selected	Etienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne †	Archbishop of Toulouse, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens, France
31 Jan	29.0	Selected	Joseph Franz Anton von Auersperg †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia	Cardinal, Bishop of Passau, Germany
31 Jan	79.2	Died	Felipe Manrique de Lara †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
1 Feb		Born	Jaime Fort y Puig †		Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
2 Feb	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Ignacy Augustyn Kozierowski, C.R.L.A. †	Titular Bishop of Adraa	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
2 Feb		Born	Bernardo Martínez Carnero †		Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
4 Feb		Born	Pietro Antonio Cirio †		Bishop of Susa, Italy
6 Feb		Born	Gaetano Maria de Franci, C.R.M. †		Archbishop of Trani e Nazareth e Bisceglie, Italy
7 Feb	35.8	Selected	Friedrich Wilhelm von Westphalen †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
10 Feb		Born	Cherubino Gioacchino Scali, O.F.M. Obs. †		Titular Bishop of Dionysias
11 Feb		Born	José de Jesus Maria Pinto, C.R.S.A. †		Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
24 Feb	22.9	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Thomas Vincenzo Tiberio d’Anisi, O.A.D. †	Priest of Agostiniani Scalzi	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
24 Feb	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Anne-François-Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil †	Bishop of Montauban, France
25 Feb	41.4	Resigned	Arthur-Richard Dillon †	Archbishop of Toulouse, France	Archbishop of Narbonne, France
26 Feb	68.0	Died	Carlo Francesco Casanova †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Francisco Gomes de Avelar, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
		Born	Pietro Angelo Luigi Pacifico Grati, O.S.M. †		Titular Bishop of Callinicum
27 Feb	29.3	Ordained Bishop	Józef Michał Ignacy Franciszek Olędzki, Sch. P. †	Titular Bishop of Cambysopolis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine
27 Feb		Born	Francisco José Rodrigues de Andrade †		Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
2 Mar	53.1	Died	Baldassare Cenci (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
2 Mar	67.6	Died	Romualdu Massei †	Bishop of Nebbio, France
3 Mar		Born	Joseph-Octave Plessis †		Archbishop of Québec, Canada
6 Mar	39.1	Selected	Joseph-François d’Andigné de la Chasse †	Bishop of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France	Bishop Emeritus of Chalons-sur-Saône, France
6 Mar		Born	Pietro Gravina Luzzena †		Auxiliary Bishop of Catania, Italy
9 Mar	65.5	Selected	Giovanni Antonio Borro †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
10 Mar		Born	Luc-Jean-Baptiste Bailly †		Bishop of Poitiers, France
15 Mar		Born	Antonio Maria Odescalchi †		Bishop of Jesi, Italy
18 Mar		Born	James Yorke Bramston †		Vicar Apostolic of London District, England, Great Britain
18 Mar	77.5	Died	Guido Orselli †	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
19 Mar	23.2	Ordained Priest	Boetius Egan †	Priest	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
	63.2	Ordained Deacon	Tommaso Galli †	Deacon	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
	22.0	Ordained Deacon	Johann Valentin Heimes †	Deacon of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Worms, Germany
	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Johann Baptist Lachenbauer, O.Cr. †	Deacon of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star	Bishop of Brno, Czechia
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Anton Ferdinand von Rothkirch und Panthen †	Priest of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Domenico Spinucci †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
21 Mar	74.0	Appointed	Pietro Paolo de Conti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
	41.5	Confirmed	Arthur-Richard Dillon †	Archbishop of Narbonne, France
	58.6	Appointed	Francisco Fernández Játiva †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	37.7	Appointed	Diego Genovesi †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
	50.5	Appointed	Carlo Vittorio Amedeo delle Lanze †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	35.4	Confirmed	Etienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne †	Archbishop of Toulouse, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens, France
	69.4	Confirmed	Simon Nikolaus Eusebius von Montjoye-Hirsingen (von Froberg) †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
	83.3	Appointed	Giacomo Oddi †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	81.9	Died	Stanislao Poliastri †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy	Archbishop
	67.3	Appointed	Fabrizio Serbelloni †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Born	Thomas Smith †		Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
	41.2	Appointed	José Tormo Juliá †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
	41.2	Appointed	José Tormo Juliá †	Titular Bishop of Tricomia	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
25 Mar	63.3	Ordained Priest	Tommaso Galli †	Priest	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
27 Mar	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Diego Genovesi †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
27 Mar	35.9	Ordained Priest	Friedrich Wilhelm von Westphalen †	Priest	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
28 Mar		Born	Emanuel Maria Thun †		Bishop of Trento, Italy
31 Mar	47.6	Died	Giovanni Carlo Molinari †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
1 Apr		Born	Jean-Baptiste-Marie Caffarelli †		Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France
1 Apr		Born	Vicente da Soledade e Castro, O.S.B. †		Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
3 Apr		Born	Giuseppe Prin †		Bishop of Susa, Italy
4 Apr	59.5	Died	Nicolás Gil Martínez y Malo †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
5 Apr	29.2	Died	Benigno Avenati, B. †	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul
11 Apr	56.1	Ordained Priest	Wilhelm Anton von der Asseburg zu Hinnenburg †	Priest	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
11 Apr	32.2	Selected	John Butler †	Bishop of Cork, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
12 Apr		Born	Benito María de Moxó y Francolí, O.S.B. †		Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
12 Apr	69.1	Died	Giuseppe Spinelli †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
14 Apr	64.0	Died	Francesco Paolo Carelli †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
15 Apr		Born	Manuel Fraile García †		Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
15 Apr		Born	Joseph (Josip) Salecz (Žalec) †		Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
16 Apr	32.2	Confirmed	John Butler †	Bishop of Cork, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
17 Apr	25.0	Ordained Priest	Józef Kazimierz Kossakowski †	Priest	Bishop of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten, Poland
17 Apr	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Ivan Krstitelj Paxy †	Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
18 Apr	23.5	Selected	Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen †	Bishop of Freising, Germany	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
20 Apr	46.8	Selected	Charles Nicolas Alexandre d’Oultremont †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
26 Apr	57.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Castelli †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
27 Apr	23.5	Selected	Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany

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