Deceased Cardinals

a.d. 1740 – 1749

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Cardinals (43)
1740.01.11ItalyCardinal Gianantonio Davia († 79)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1737.02.11 – 1740.01.11)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Rimini (Italy) (1698.03.10 – 1726.12.07)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Index (1737? – 1740.01.11)

1740.01.22ItalyCardinal Giberto Bartolomeo Borromeo († 68)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1717.05.10 – 1740.01.22)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1714.01.17 – 1740.01.22)

1740.02.29ItalyCardinal Pietro Ottoboni († 72)

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1738.09.03 – 1740.02.29)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso in commendum (1725.01.29 – 1740.02.29)

Vice-Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery (1689.11.14 – 1740.02.29)

Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (1730 – 1740.02.29)

Secretary of Commission of Roman and Universal Inquisition (1726.06.14 – 1740.02.29)

1740.03.12ItalyCardinal Giambattista Altieri († 66)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1739.01.26 – 1740.03.12)

Camerlengo emeritus of Sacred College of Cardinals (1732.03.03 – 1733.01.19)

1740.06.02ItalyCardinal Leandro Porzia, O.S.B. Cas. († 66)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1728.09.20 – 1740.06.02)

Bishop emeritus of Bergamo (Italy) (1728.04.12 – 1730.11.18)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Index (1740.01 – 1740.06.02)

1740.06.24ItalyCardinal Serafino Cenci († 64)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura (1735.06.27 – 1740.06.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy) (1733.12.18 – 1740.06.24)

1740.12.13ItalyCardinal Benedetto Odescalchi-Erba († 61)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1725.01.29 – 1740.12.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Milano (Italy) (1712.10.05 – 1736.12.06)

1741.05.16ItalyCardinal Giacomo Lanfredini († 60)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico (1734.04.12 – 1741.05.16)

Bishop emeritus of Osimo (Italy) (1734.09.15 – 1740.09.15)

Bishop emeritus of Cingoli (Italy) (1734.09.15 – 1740.09.15)

1741.05.21ItalyCardinal Bartolomeo Ruspoli († 43)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano (1730.11.22 – 1741.05.21)

Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith (1724 – 1728)

1741.08.03ItalyCardinal Lorenzo Altieri († 70)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (1730.07.24 – 1741.08.03)

1741.09.25ItalyCardinal Marcello Passari († 63)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli (1733.12.02 – 1741.09.25)

1741.11.20FranceCardinal Melchior de Polignac († 80)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli (1725.12.19 – 1741.11.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France) (1726.02.20 – 1741.11.20)

1742.02.20ItalyCardinal Marcellino Corio († 77)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Adriano al Foro (1739.09.30 – 1742.02.20)

Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church emeritus of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1734.08.06 – 1739.07.15)

1742.09.18ItalyCardinal Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti, O.P. († 78)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1738.09.26 – 1742.09.18)

Patriarch emeritus of Jerusalem (1728.04.29 – 1729.03.23)

Camerlengo emeritus of Sacred College of Cardinals (1735.01.17 – 1736?)

1742.12.09ItalyCardinal Carlo Vincenzo Maria Ferreri Thaon, O.P. († 60)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (1729.12.23 – 1742.12.09)

Bishop of Vercelli (Italy) (1729.12.23 – 1742.12.09)

1742.12.23ItalyCardinal Gaetano Stampa († 75)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1740.09.16 – 1742.12.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) (1737.05.06 – 1742.12.23)

1743.01.12ItalyCardinal Camillo Cibo († 61)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli (1741.12.20 – 1743.01.12)

Patriarch emeritus of Constantinople (1718.02.11 – 1729.03.23)

Prefect emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1725.07.06 – 1729.03.23)

1743.01.27ItalyCardinal Pietro Maria Pieri, O.S.M. († 66)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1734.04.12 – 1743.01.27)

Prior General emeritus of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites) (1725 – 1734.05)

1743.01.29FranceCardinal André-Hercule de Fleury († 89)

Bishop emeritus of Fréjus (France) (1698.05.18 – 1715.05.03)

1743.01.30ItalyCardinal Nicolò del Giudice († 82)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria ad Martyres (1725.07.23 – 1743.01.30)

Prefect emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1715.05.07 – 1725.06.11)

1743.02.08ItalyVenerable Cardinal Pier Marcellino Corradini († 84)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1734.12.15 – 1743.02.08)

Pro-Datary of His Holiness emeritus of Apostolic Dataria (1721.05.12 – 1730)

1743.02.22SpainCardinal Luis Antonio Belluga y Moncada, C.O. († 80)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1738.09.03 – 1743.02.22)

Bishop emeritus of Cartagena (Spain) (1705.02.09 – 1724.09.11)

Camerlengo emeritus of Sacred College of Cardinals (1728.01.26 – 1729.02.07)

1743.03.04ItalyCardinal Prospero Colonna († 80)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria (1739.11.16 – 1743.03.04)

1743.04.05ItalyCardinal Francesco Antonio Finy († 73)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1743.03.11 – 1743.04.05)

Bishop emeritus of Avellino (Italy) (1722.07.06 – 1726.07.29)

Master of Papal Chamber emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1726.06.13 – 1728.01.26)

1743.08.10ItalyCardinal Luigi Pico della Mirandola († 74)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1740.08.29 – 1743.08.10)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (1730.07 – 1743.08.10)

1743.08.19GermanyCardinal Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn († 66)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace (1726.12.23 – 1743.08.19)

Bishop of Konstanz (Germany) (1740.07.12 – 1743.08.19)

Bishop of Speyer (Germany) (1719.11.30 – 1743.08.19)

1744.08.30SpainCardinal Gaspar de Molina y Oviedo, O.E.S.A. († 65)

Bishop of Málaga (Spain) (1734.05.05 – 1744.08.30)

1744.10.24ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Firrao († 74)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1740.08.29 – 1744.10.24)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Aversa (Italy) (1730.12.11 – 1734.09.26)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars (1738.08.27 – 1744.10.24?)

Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1737.11.29 – 1744.10.24?)

1744.11.12FranceCardinal Léon Potier de Gesvres († 88)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bourges (France) (1694.08.30 – 1729.03.05)

1745.01.17ItalyCardinal Luigi Maria Lucini, O.P. († 79)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1743.09.23 – 1745.01.17)

1745.11.20ItalyCardinal Bartolomeo Massei († 82)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino (1731.01.08 – 1745.11.20)

Archbishop-Bishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy) (1731.05.21 – 1745.11.20)

1746.02.20PolandCardinal Jan Aleksander Lipski († 55)

Bishop of Kraków (Poland) (1732.12.19 – 1746.02.20)

1746.08.27ItalyCardinal Carlo Leopoldo Calcagnini († 67)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli (1743.09.23 – 1746.08.27)

Dean emeritus of Sacred Roman Rota (1734.09.01 – 1743.09.09)

1747.01.16ItalyCardinal Carlo Maria Marini († 79)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (1741.08.07 – 1747.01.16)

1747.03.20ItalyCardinal Troiano Acquaviva d’Aragona († 51)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1733.01.19 – 1747.03.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Monreale (Italy) (1739.05.04 – 1747.03.20)

1747.03.21ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Accoramboni († 74)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1743.03.11 – 1747.03.21)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Imola (Italy) (1728.04.12 – 1739)

1747.03.21ItalyCardinal Vincenzo Petra († 84)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1740.09.16 – 1747.03.21)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith (1727.01.10 – 1747.03.21)

Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (1730.07 – 1747.03.21)

1747.04.23FranceCardinal Henri-Oswald de la Tour d’Auvergne de Bouillon († 75)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1740.09.16 – 1747.04.23)

Abbot nullius of Cluny (France) (1715.03.02 – 1747.04.23)

1747.09.28PolandCardinal Philip Ludwig von Sinzendorf († 48)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (1730.08.14 – 1747.09.28)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1732.09.03 – 1747.09.28)

1747.10.04PortugalCardinal João da Motta e Silva († 62)
1748.02.21ItalyCardinal Raffaele Cosimo De Girolami († 77)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1743.09.23 – 1748.02.21)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars (1744.11.10 – 1748.02.21)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics (1743.09.23 – 1748.02.21)

1749.07.16FranceCardinal Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan de Soubise († 75)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio (1721.06.16 – 1749.07.16)

Bishop of Strasbourg (France) (1704.04.09 – 1749.07.16)

1749.08.20ItalyCardinal Raniero Felice Simonetti († 73)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1747.05.15 – 1749.08.20)

Bishop of Viterbo (Italy) (1748.05.06 – 1749.08.20)

Bishop of Tuscanella (Italy) (1748.05.06 – 1749.08.20)

See Also

Cardinals by Consistory

Cardinals by Name

Cardinals by Religious Order

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