The Year of Our Lord 1727

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	24.2	Ordained Priest	Alonso Francos Arango †	Priest	Bishop of Orense, Spain
	53.1	Appointed	Paolo Basile, O.F.M. Obs. †	Minister General of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Martin du Bellay †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Fr�jus, France
		Born	Marie-Joseph Green de Saint-Marsault †		Titular Bishop of Pergamum
	38.0	Selected	Paul-Alexandre de Gu�net †	Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomi�res, France
		Born	Gjon Logorezzi (Logoreci) †		Bishop of Sap�, Albania
		Born	John MacDonald †		Vicar Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain
	20.5	Professed	Joachim-Enjobert de Martiliat, M.E.P. †	Member of La Soci�t� des Missions Etrang�res	Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China
	66.0	Died	Nicola Portoghese, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece
Jan	66.2	Resigned	Agostino Pipia, O.P. †	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
Jan	68.1	Died	Camillo Spreti †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
1 Jan	50.6	Ordained Priest	Serafino Cenci †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Lomellini, O.P. †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
		Born	Manuel Nicol�s Rojas y Argando�a †		Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
3 Jan	49.0	Died	Jos� Gabriel Zapata Illescas †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
4 Jan	84.7	Died	Giuseppe Sacripante †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
5 Jan	35.1	Ordained Bishop	Renato Massa †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
6 Jan	16.0	Professed	Giuseppe Maria Capece Zurlo, C.R. †	Member of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
9 Jan		Born	Michel-Fran�ois de Cou�t du Vivier de Lorry †		Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle, France
10 Jan	64.1	Appointed	Vincenzo Petra †	Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
12 Jan	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Pedro del Ca�izo Losa y Valera †	Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Claude-L�once-Octavien d’Antelmy †	Bishop of Grasse, France
	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Fran�ois de Macheco de Pr�meaux †	Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans (or Conserans), France
19 Jan	63.7	Ordained Bishop	Jos� Garc�a Fern�ndez, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sig�enza, Spain
19 Jan	23.1	Ordained Deacon	Filippo Niccol� Spinelli †	Deacon	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
20 Jan	48.7	Appointed	Nicola Saverio Albini †	Titular Bishop of Leuce	Titular Archbishop of Athenae
	52.9	Appointed	Stephan von Clodh (Cloth), O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	52.9	Appointed	Stephan von Clodh (Cloth), O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Derbe	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	72.8	Appointed	Lorenzo Cozza, O.F.M. Obs. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
	75.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Renato Imperiali †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
	51.8	Appointed	Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	28.3	Confirmed	Claude-Louis de La Ch�tre †	Bishop of Agde, France
	30.4	Appointed	Antonio Nani †	Titular Bishop of Priene	Archbishop of Corf�, Greece
	57.4	Appointed	Epifanio di Napoli, O.S.B.M. †	Titular Bishop of Lystra
	40.7	Appointed	Bernard-Antoine Pizzella †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia
	47.0	Appointed	Thomas John Francis de Strickland de Sizorghe †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
	58.0	Appointed	Antonio Francesco Valenti †	Titular Archbishop of Teodosia
21 Jan	74.0	Resigned	Juan Navarro Gilaberte, O. de M. †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
21 Jan		Born	[Pierre-Anastase Torn�] †		Bishop Emeritus of [Cher (Constitutional), France]
26 Jan	36.5	Ordained Bishop	Fran�ois de Baglion de la Salle †	Bishop of Arras, France
	30.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Filippo Cauti †	Titular Bishop of Erythrae
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Giusto de Marco, C.R. †	Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Francesco Valenti †	Titular Archbishop of Teodosia
29 Jan		Born	Pierre-Fran�ois Cassiet †		Prefect Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
30 Jan		Born	J�zsef Batthy�ny †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
Feb	74.0	Died	Juan Navarro Gilaberte, O. de M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Albarracin, Spain
3 Feb	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Saverio Albini †	Titular Bishop of Leuce	Titular Archbishop of Athenae
5 Feb		Born	Salvador Biempica y Sotomayor †		Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), M�xico
5 Feb	28.8	Ordained Deacon	Aleksander Kazimierz Horain †	Deacon	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
6 Feb		Born	Ant�nio Freire Gameiro de Sousa †		Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal
6 Feb		Born	Pasquale Maria Mastrilli, C.R. †		Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
8 Feb		Born	Ludwik J�zef de Mathy †		Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
9 Feb	22.9	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Lancellotti, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Isola, Italy
	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Epifanio di Napoli, O.S.B.M. †	Titular Bishop of Lystra
		Born	[Jean-Baptiste Rom�e de Villeneuve] †		Bishop of [Basses-Alpes (Constitutional), France]
10 Feb		Born	Jos� da Av�-Maria Leite da Costa e Silva, O.SS.T. †		Bishop of Angra, Portugal
12 Feb	56.7	Resigned	Antonio Righi †	Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bishop Emeritus
16 Feb	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Giuseppe Falletti †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
16 Feb	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Nin †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
17 Feb		Born	Jos� Campos Juli�n, O.C.D. †		Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
20 Feb		Born	Gjergji Junki (Giunchi) †		Bishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
21 Feb	40.8	Ordained Bishop	Bernard-Antoine Pizzella †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia
22 Feb		Born	Francesco Maria Locatelli †		Cardinal, Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
22 Feb	47.6	Selected	Domingo (Damiano) Polou †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
23 Feb	23.4	Succeeded	Johann Theodor von Bayern †	Bishop of Freising, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
23 Feb	77.3	Died	Johann Franz von Eckher von Kapfing und Liechteneck †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
24 Feb	43.5	Ordained Priest	Carlo Alberto Guidobono Cavalchini †	Priest	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
		Born	Giacinto Francesco Rolfi, O.E.S.A. †		Bishop of Iglesias, Italy
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Filippo Niccol� Spinelli †	Priest	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
26 Feb		Born	Emmanuel Felix Soares (de Santa Catarina), O.C.D. †		Archbishop of Goa, India
28 Feb		Born	Giovanni Nani †		Bishop of Brescia, Italy
6 Mar	61.1	Died	Miguel Estela, O.M. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
6 Mar	84.1	Resigned	Francesco Onofrio Hodierna †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
7 Mar		Born	Tom�s Lorenzana Butr�n †		Bishop of Gerona, Spain
8 Mar	25.1	Ordained Priest	Franz Anton von Engel in Wagrain †	Priest	Bishop of Csan�d, Hungary
	25.0	Ordained Deacon	Giuseppe Antonio Passanti †	Deacon	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Zsigmond Antal Sztojka de Sala et Kricsfalva †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Transilvania, Erd�ly, Siebenb�rgen, Romania
9 Mar	61.3	Selected	Raimundo Rub�, O. Cart. †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
10 Mar		Died	Raimondo Gallani, O.P. †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
12 Mar		Born	Friedrich Ludwig Franz von Wangen zu Geroldseck †		Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
13 Mar	59.4	Resigned	Girolamo Crispi †	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
13 Mar	40.8	Resigned	Felipe It�rbide (Yturibe), O. Carm. †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
14 Mar	30.2	Ordained Deacon	Bonaventura MacDonnell, O.F.M. †	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
15 Mar	84.2	Died	Jacques de Goyon de Matignon †	Bishop Emeritus of Condom, France
16 Mar	49.8	Ordained Priest	Maffeo Niccol� Farsetti †	Priest	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	56.3	Ordained Priest	Giacomo Lanfredini †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	30.5	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Nani †	Titular Bishop of Priene	Archbishop of Corf�, Greece
17 Mar	52.7	Succeeded	Pietro Carlo Benedetti †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
	39.3	Appointed	Francesco Girolamo Bona †	Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey
	56.8	Confirmed	Nicola Cani, O.P. †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
	39.1	Appointed	Pietro Antonio Corsignani †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
	58.2	Appointed	Tom�s Crespo Ag�ero †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	61.6	Confirmed	Imre Esterh�zy, O.S.P.P.E. †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	49.8	Appointed	Maffeo Niccol� Farsetti †	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	66.1	Confirmed	Angelo Galzerin, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
	61.2	Appointed	Bartolome Gascon †	Titular Bishop of Iasus
	46.1	Appointed	Antonio Saverio Gentili †	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	84.2	Appointed	Francesco Onofrio Hodierna †	Titular Bishop of Berytus	Bishop Emeritus of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
	46.4	Appointed	Matteo Odierna, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
	40.8	Appointed	Felipe It�rbide (Yturibe), O. Carm. †	Titular Archbishop of Side	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
	73.3	Died	Carlo Giacinto Lascaris, O.P. †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
	82.5	Appointed	Vincenzo Magnati †	Titular Bishop of Megara
	42.8	Appointed	Juan Francisco Navarro Salvador y Gilabert †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
	51.1	Appointed	Sebasti�n Lorenzo Pizarro, O.S.Bas. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
	63.3	Confirmed	Salvatore Ruyu †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
	66.1	Appointed	Paolino Sandulli, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Castoria
	47.0	Appointed	Tommaso Severi †	Titular Bishop of Tricomia
	40.3	Appointed	Tom�s del Valle, O.P. †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain	Bishop of C�diz, Spain
	50.9	Appointed	Antonio Maria Vantini †	Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy
23 Mar	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Stephan von Clodh (Cloth), O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Derbe	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Saverio Gentili †	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	28.4	Ordained Bishop	Michał Ignacy Kunicki †	Titular Bishop of Arsino� in Arcadia	Auxiliary Bishop of Krak�w, Poland
		Born	Francisco Navarro Acevedo †		Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Maria Vantini †	Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy
25 Mar	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Antonio Corsignani †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Teodor Kazimierz Czartoryski †	Priest	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Matteo Odierna, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
		Born	Joseph-Marie Paget †		Bishop Emeritus of Gen�ve {Geneva}, Switzerland
	66.2	Ordained Bishop	Paolino Sandulli, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Castoria
		Born	Gabriel Wodzyński †		Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland
28 Mar	72.2	Selected	Manuel Antonio G�mez de Silva †	Bishop of Popay�n, Colombia
29 Mar	24.8	Ordained Priest	Wojciech Stanisław Leski, O. Cist. †	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
30 Mar	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Severi †	Titular Bishop of Tricomia
Apr	59.1	Died	Giuseppe Galliani †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy
1 Apr	78.5	Died	Louis-Armand Champion de Cic� †	Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand
	26.2	Ordained Priest	John O’Brien †	Priest of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland	Bishop of Cloyne and Ross, Ireland
	59.2	Succeeded	Jean-Jacques Tessier de Qu�ralay, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand
4 Apr	70.2	Died	Wilhelm von Leslie †	Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
5 Apr		Born	Vicente Ferreira da Rocha, O.P. †		Bishop of Castelo Branco, Portugal
	81.6	Died	Lorenzo Gherardi †	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
		Born	Charles-Fran�ois-SIm�on de Saint-Simon de Vermandois de Rouvroy de Sandricourt †		Bishop of Agde, France
		Born	Friedrich Wilhelm von Westphalen †		Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
6 Apr	41.9	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Fabrizio de Capua †	Priest	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
7 Apr	58.2	Confirmed	John Armstrong †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
	57.2	Confirmed	Neal (Nelano) Conway †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
	47.2	Confirmed	Bernard MacMahon (McMahon) †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	63.2	Confirmed	Teige McCarthy Rabagh †	Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland
10 Apr		Born	[Jean Joseph Brival] †		Bishop of [Corr�ze (Constitutional), France]
10 Apr		Born	Jos� Gonz�lez Laso Santos de San Pedro †		Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
12 Apr	34.6	Ordained Priest	Nicola Manciforte †	Priest	Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
12 Apr	32.6	Ordained Priest	Alberico Simonetta †	Priest	Bishop of Como, Italy
14 Apr	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Maffeo Niccol� Farsetti †	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
15 Apr		Born	Francisco Gabriel de Olivares y Benito †		Bishop of Durango, M�xico
18 Apr		Born	Giuseppe de Rosa †		Bishop of Policastro, Italy
23 Apr	58.4	Installed	Nicol�s Carlos G�mez de Cervantes y Vel�zquez de la Cadena †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, M�xico
23 Apr		Born	Juan Llano y Ponte †		Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
27 Apr	29.0	Ordained Priest	Aleksander Kazimierz Horain †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania

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