Cardinals Created by Pius VI (1778-85)

1. Cardinal Francisco Javier Delgado y Venegas

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain)

Born:	1714.12.18 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1761.07.26
Created Cardinal:	1778.06.01
Died:	1781.12.10 († 66)

Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain) (1761.05.25 – 1768.12.19)

Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1768.12.19 – 1776.05.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1776.05.20 – 1781.12.10)

Patriarch of Indias Occidentales (1778.03.30 – 1781.12.10)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1778.06.01 – 1781.12.10)

2. Cardinal Dominique de La Rochefoucauld

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France)

Born:	1712.09.12 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1747
Created Cardinal:	1778.06.01
Died:	1800.09.23 († 88)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France) ([1747.05.01] 1747.05.29 – 1759.06.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France) ([1759.04.25] 1759.06.02 – 1800.09.23)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1778.06.01 – 1800.09.23)

3. Cardinal Johann Heinrich von Frankenberg

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium)

Born:	1726.09.18 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1749.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1759
Created Cardinal:	1778.06.01
Died:	1804.06.11 († 77)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium) (1759.05.28 – 1802.04.18)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1778.06.01 – 1804.06.11)

4. Cardinal József Batthyány

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary)

Born:	1727.01.30 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1751.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1759
Created Cardinal:	1778.06.01
Died:	1799.10.22 († 72)

Bishop of Transilvania (Romania) (1759.07.13 – 1760.12.15)

Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania) (1759.07.13 – 1760.12.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary) (1760.12.15 – 1776.05.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary) (1776.05.20 – 1799.10.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola (1782.04.19 – 1799.10.22)

5. Cardinal Tommaso Maria Ghilini

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva
former Ecclesiastical Superior of Batavia (Netherlands)

Born:	1718.08.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1760.03.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1763.07.24
Created Cardinal:	1778.06.01
Died:	1787.04.04 († 68)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Batavia (Netherlands) (1763 – 1775)

Titular Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece) (1763.07.18 – 1778.06.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1778.07.20 – 1783.02.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (1783.02.17 – 1787.04.04)

6. Cardinal Carlo Giuseppe Filippa della Martiniana

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto
former Bishop of Vercelli (Italy)

Born:	1724.06.19 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1749.03.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1757.08.07
Created Cardinal:	1778.06.01
Died:	1802.12.07 († 78)

Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (France) (1757.05.25 – 1779.07.12)

Bishop of Vercelli (Italy) (1779.07.12 – 1802.12.07)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1800.04.02 – 1802.12.07)

7. Cardinal Louis-René-Eduard de Rohan-Guéménée

former Bishop of Strasbourg (France)

Born:	1734.09.25 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1760.05.18
Created Cardinal:	1778.06.01
Died:	1803.02.16 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Canopus (1760.03.24 – 1778.06.01)

Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg (France) ([1759.11.22] 1760.03.24 – 1779.03.11)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1778.06.01 – 1803.02.16)

Bishop of Strasbourg (France) (1779.03.11 – 1801.11.29)

8. Cardinal Fernando de Sousa e Silva

former Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal)

Born:	1712.12.05 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1739.05.10
Created Cardinal:	1778.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1779.03.01
Died:	1786.04.11 († 73)

Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal) (1778.06.01 – 1786.04.11)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1778.06.01 – 1786.04.11)

9. Cardinal Giovanni Cornaro

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio
former Commendatory Abbot of Santa Maria di Sesto (Italy)

Born:	1720.06.30 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:	1778.06.01
Ordained Priest:	1779.02.27
Died:	1789.03.29 († 68)

Commendatory Abbot of Santa Maria di Sesto (Italy) (1768 – 1786)

Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1775.12.02 – 1778.06.01)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio (1778.07.20 – 1789.03.29)

10. Cardinal Romoaldo Guidi

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro
former Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Good Government

Born:	1722.02.05 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:	1778.06.01
Died:	1780.04.23 († 58)

Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Good Government (1766.09.26 – 1780.04.23)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro (1778.07.20 – 1780.04.23)

Consistory of 1779.07.12 (2)

1. Cardinal Franziskus von Paula Herzan von Harras

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme
former Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary)

Born:	1755.04.05 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1779.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1800.05.18
Died:	1804.06.01 († 49)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati (1780.12.11 – 1782.09.13)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1782.09.13 – 1788.04.07)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1788.03.10 – 1789)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1788.04.07 – 1804.06.01)

Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary) (1800.05.12 – 1804.06.01)

[2] Cardinal Alessandro Mattei

former Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri
former Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy)

Born:	1744.02.20 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1768.02.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1777.02.23
Created Cardinal in pectore:	1779.07.12
Revealed as Cardinal:	1782.05.22
Died:	1820.04.20 († 76)

Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy) (1777.02.17 – 1800.04.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1782.05.27 – 1786.04.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli (1786.04.03 – 1800.04.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Ferrara (Italy) (1800.04.02 – 1807.01.05)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1800.04.02 – 1809.03.27)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1809.03.27 – 1814.09.26)

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1814.09.26 – 1820.04.20)

Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1814.09.26 – 1820.04.20)

Consistory of 1780.12.11 (1)

1. Cardinal Paolo Francesco Antamori

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio
former Bishop of Orvieto (Italy)

Born:	1712.11.14 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1780.12.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1781.02.11
Died:	1795.12.04 († 83)

Bishop of Orvieto (Italy) (1780.12.11 – 1795.12.04)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1781.04.02 – 1795.12.04)

Consistory of 1782.12.16 (2)

1. Cardinal Giuseppe Maria Capece Zurlo, C.R.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)

Born:	1711.01.03 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1733.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1756.05.27
Created Cardinal:	1782.12.16
Died:	1801.12.31 († 90)

Bishop of Calvi (Italy) (1756.05.24 – 1782.12.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) (1782.12.16 – 1801.12.31)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme (1783.02.17 – 1801.12.31)

[2] Cardinal Raniero Finocchietti

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata alla Suburra

Born:	1715.01.20 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal in pectore:	1782.12.16
Revealed as Cardinal:	1787.12.17
Died:	1793.10.11 († 78)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria (1788.03.10 – 1789.03.30)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata alla Suburra (1789.03.30 – 1793.10.11)

Consistory of 1784.09.20 (1)

1. Cardinal Giovanni Andrea Archetti

former Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
former Archbishop-Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (Italy)

Born:	1731.09.11 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1775.09.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1775.09.17
Created Cardinal:	1784.09.20
Died:	1805.11.05 († 74)

Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon (1775.09.11 – 1784.09.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio (1785.06.27 – 1800.04.02)

Archbishop-Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (Italy) (1795.06.01 – 1805.11.05)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1800.04.02 – 1805.11.05)

Consistory of 1785.02.14 (14)

1. Cardinal Giuseppe Garampi

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo
former Archbishop-Bishop of Corneto (Italy)
former Archbishop-Bishop of Montefiascone

Born:	1725.10.29 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1749.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1772.02.09
Created Cardinal:	1785.02.14
Died:	1792.05.04 († 66)

Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives (1751.07.09 – 1772.01.27)

Titular Archbishop of Beirut (Lebanon) (1772.01.27 – 1776.05.20)

Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary (1776.03.16 – 1785.02.14)

Archbishop-Bishop of Montefiascone (1776.05.20 – 1792.05.04)

Archbishop-Bishop of Corneto (Italy) (1776.05.20 – 1792.05.04)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1786.04.03 – 1792.05.04)

2. Cardinal Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphilj

former Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
former Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia in commendum
former Pro-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera

Born:	1751.11.11 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1773.07.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1773.08.22
Created Cardinal:	1785.02.14
Died:	1816.02.10 († 64)

Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Trachea (1773.02.27 – 1785.02.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1785.04.11 – 1802.09.20)

Pro-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1801.11.10 – 1814.05.19)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1802.09.20 – 1803.09.26)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1803.09.26 – 1814.09.26)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia in commendum (1803.09.26 – 1816.02.10)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1814.09.26 – 1816.02.10)

Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1814.09.26 – 1816.02.10)

3. Cardinal Vincenzo Ranuzzi

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva
former Archbishop-Bishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy)

Born:	1726.10.01 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1760.04.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1775.09.17
Created Cardinal:	1785.02.14
Died:	1800.10.27 († 74)

Titular Archbishop of Tyrus (1775.09.11 – 1785.02.14)

Archbishop-Bishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy) (1785.02.14 – 1800.10.27)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (1787.09.28 – 1800.10.27)

4. Cardinal Nicola Colonna di Stigliano

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio

Born:	1730.07.15 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1776.04.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1776.05.28
Created Cardinal:	1785.02.14
Died:	1796.03.30 († 65)

Titular Archbishop of Sebastia (1776.05.20 – 1785.02.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio (1786.07.24 – 1796.03.30)

5. Cardinal Barnaba Chiaramonti, O.S.B. Cas. (later Pope Pius VII)

former Supreme Pontiff

Born:	1742.08.14 (Cesena, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1765.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1782.12.21
Created Cardinal:	1785.02.14
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:	1800.03.14
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:	1800.03.21
Died:	1823.08.20 (Roma, Italy † 81)

Bishop of Tivoli (Italy) (1782.12.16 – 1785.02.14)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1785.02.14 – 1816.03.08)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1785.06.27 – 1800.03.14)

Supreme Pontiff (1800.03.14 [1800.03.21] – 1823.08.20)

6. Cardinal Muzio Gallo

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia
former Bishop of Viterbo (Italy)
former Bishop of Tuscanella

Born:	1721.04.15 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1785.02.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1785.04.17
Died:	1801.12.13 († 80)

Bishop of Tuscanella (1785.02.14 – 1801.12.13)

Bishop of Viterbo (Italy) (1785.02.14 – 1801.12.13)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1785.04.11 – 1801.12.13)

7. Cardinal Giovanni De Gregorio (Italo-Albanese Rite)

former Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio
former Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

Born:	1729.01.20 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1785.02.14
Died:	1791.07.11 († 62)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1757 – 1791.07.11)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio (1785.04.11 – 1791.07.11)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1789.03.30 – 1790)

8. Cardinal Giovanni Maria Riminaldi

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite
former Dean of Sacred Roman Rota

Born:	1718.10.04 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1785.02.14
Died:	1789.10.12 († 71)

Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota (1760.03.04 – 1784?)

Dean of Sacred Roman Rota (1784? – 1785.02.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo (1785.04.11 – 1787.01.29)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite (1787.01.29 – 1789.10.12)

9. Cardinal Paolo Massei

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino

Born:	1712.09.30 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1785.02.14
Died:	1785.06.09 († 72)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino (1785.04.11 – 1785.06.09)

10. Cardinal Francesco Carrara

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite
former Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Born:	1716.11.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1785.02.14
Died:	1793.03.26 († 76)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati (1785.04.11 – 1791.04.11)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1790.03.29 – 1791)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite (1791.04.11 – 1793.03.26)

11. Cardinal Fernando Spinelli

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin
former Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera

Born:	1728.11.09 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:	1785.02.14
Died:	1795.12.18 († 67)

Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1778.06.05 – 1785.02.14)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro (1785.04.11 – 1789.08.03)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria (1789.08.03 – 1790.11.29)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin (1790.11.29 – 1795.12.18)

12. Cardinal Antonio Maria Doria Pamphilj

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata
former Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

Born:	1749.03.28 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:	1785.02.14
Died:	1821.01.31 († 71)

Master of Papal Chamber of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1780.12.11 – 1785.02.14)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano (1785.04.11 – 1789.03.30)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria ad Martyres (1789.03.30 – 1800.04.02)

Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals (1798.03.12 – 1821.01.31)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (1800.04.02 – 1821.01.31)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (1801? – 1821.01.31?)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1818.03.16 – 1819)

Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria (1818.03.16 – 1819.03.29)

13. Cardinal Carlo Livizzani Forni

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite

Born:	1722.11.01 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:	1785.02.14
Ordained Priest:	1794.04.13
Died:	1802.07.01 († 79)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Adriano al Foro (1785.04.11 – 1794.02.21)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite (1794.02.21 – 1802.07.01)

[14] Cardinal Carlo Bellisomi

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede

Born:	1736.07.30 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1763.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1775.09.24
Created Cardinal in pectore:	1785.02.14
Revealed as Cardinal:	1794.02.21
Died:	1808.08.09 († 72)

Titular Archbishop of Tianæ (1775.09.11 – 1794.02.21)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace (1795.12.18 – 1807.09.18)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1807.09.18 – 1808.08.09)