(18) 1. ASTORGA Y CÉSPEDES, Diego de (1664-1734)
Birth. October 10, 1664 (1), Gibraltar, diocese of Cádiz, Spain.
Education. University of Granada, Granada (licentiate in canon law).
Priesthood. Ordained, December 17, 1689. Synodal examiner and vicar general of Cádiz, 1694. Vicar general of Ceuta, 1705. Inquisitor of the city and kingdom of Murcia, 1710.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of Barcelona, March 30, 1716. Consecrated, June 14, 1716, church of San Patricio, Lorca, diocese of Cartagena, by Luis Belluga Moncada, bishop of Cartagena, assisted by Jerónimo del Valle Ledesma, bishop of Almería, and by Diego Muñoz Baquerizo, bishop of Segorbe. Inquisitor general of Spain, March 30, 1720. Promoted to the metropolitan and primatial see of Toledo, July 22, 1720.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of November 26, 1727; never received the red hat and the title. Did not participate in the conclave of 1730, which elected Pope Clement XII.
Death. February 9, 1734, Madrid. Exposed in the metropolitan cathedral of Toledo, and buried in the chapel of the Santísimo Sacramento in that cathedral.
Bibliography. Gonzálvez, Ramón. "Astorga y Céspedes, Diego de." Diccionario de historia eclesiástica de España. 4 vols and Supplement. Dirigido por Quintín Aldea Vaquero, Tomás Marín Martínez, José Vives Gatell. Madrid : Instituto Enrique Flórez, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 1972-1975; Suplemento (1987), I, 151; Guitarte Izquierdo, Vidal. Episcopologio Español (1700-1867). Españoles obispos en españa, América, Filipinas y otros países. Rome : Instituto Español de Historia Eclesiástica, 1994. (Publicaciones del Instituto Español de Historia Eclesiástica; Subsidia; 29), p. 30, no. 106; Notizie per l'anno 1732. Rome : Nella Stamperia del Chracas, presso S. Marco al Corso, 1732, p. 80; Notizie per l'anno 1736. Rome : Nella Stamperia del Chracas, presso S. Marco al Corso, 1736, p. 202, no. 14; Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recientoris Aevi. Volumen V (1667-1730). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1952, pp. 37, 114 and 383.
(1) This is according to Notizie per l'anno 1736, p. 202, no. 14. Notizie per l'anno 1732, p. 80, says that he was born in 1666. Gonzálvez, "Astorga y Céspedes, Diego de." Diccionario de historia eclesiástica de España, I, 151, says that he was born in 1665. Guitarte Izquierdo, Episcopologio Español (1700-1867), p. 30, no. 106, says that he was born in 1664. Suite de la Clef, ou Journal historique sur les matières du tems : contenant aussi quelques nouvelles de litterature, & autres remarques curieuses. Par le sieur C. J. [Claude Jordan]. 1717-1776, 1734/01 (T35), 1734/06, p. 315, says that he was born on October 17, 1666. Ritzler, Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recientoris Aevi, V, 37 and 114, says that he was 69 years and almost four months at the time of his death; and older than 50 years in 1716, when he was elected bishop of Barcelona.
Birth. May 28, 1677, Nagy Levar (Gross-Schützen) (Velke Levare), archdiocese of Esztergom, Hungary (now Slovakia) (1). Of a family of Croatian origin. His last name is also listed as Kollonitz, or Kollonich, or Colonicz. Nephew of Cardinal Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch Lipót (1686).
Education. Studied with the Jesuits in Neuhaus, Bohemia, before going to Rome; Pontifical Roman Athenaeum of S. Apollinare, Rome; Collegio Germanico, Rome (master in theology).
Priesthood. Ordained, October 22, 1699. Canon of the cathedral chapter of Esztergom, 1700; later, archdeacon of that chapter. Royal counselor of the king of Hungary, 1705.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of Vác, Hungary, October 14, 1709. Consecrated (no information found). Transferred to the see of Vienna, July 1, 1716. Promoted to archbishop when the diocese of Vienna was elevated to metropolitan see, June 1, 1722.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of November 26, 1727. Participated in the conclave of 1730, which elected Pope Clement XII. Received the red hat and the title of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro, August 14, 1730. Member of the commission to examine the complaints of the Protestants in Hungary, 1734. Participated in the conclave of 1740, which elected Pope Benedict XIV. Opted for the title of S. Crisogono, August 29, 1740.
Death. April 12 (or 4), 1751, Vienna. Exposed and buried in the metropolitan cathedral of Vienna.
Bibliography. Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recientoris Aevi. Volumen V (1667-1730). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1952, pp. 37, 402 and 414; Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recientoris Aevi. Volumen VI (1730-1799). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1968, pp. 43 and 45.
Links. Biography, in German; another biography, also in German; and brief biographical data, also in German.
(1) This is according to Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, V, 402. Other sources indicate that he was born on May 30, 1667, in Vienna, Austria.
Birth. July 14, 1699, Paris, France. His father was the Austrian ambassador to France.
Education. Seminario Romano, Rome; obtained a doctorate in theology, November 26, 1717; and in utroque iure, both canon and civil law, December 20, 1717.
Priesthood. Ordained (no information found). Conclavist of Cardinal Álvaro Cienfuegos, S.J., in the conclave of 1721. Canon of the cathedral chapter of Cologne. Canon of the cathedral chapter of Olomouc. Canon of the cathedral chapter of Salzburg. Abbot of Pestchwar.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of Györ, Hungary, September 11, 1726. Retained the canonries in Salzburg and Olomouc. Consecrated (no information found). Granted dispensation to be electable to the sees of Salzburg and Olomouc, June 20, 1727.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of November 26, 1727. Participated in the conclave of 1730, which elected Pope Clement XII. Received the red hat and the title of S. Maria sopra Minerva, August 14, 1730. Granted dispensation to be elected to the see of Breslau, July 14, 1732. Preconized for that see, September 3, 1732. Participated in the conclave of 1740, which elected Pope Benedict XIV.
Death. September 28, 1747, Breslau. Exposed and buried in the cathedral of Breslau.
(21) 4. MOTTA E SILVA, João da (1685-1747)
Birth. August 14, 1685, Castelo Branco, diocese of Guimarães, Portugal. His last name is also listed as Mota.
Education. University of Coimbra, Coimbra (obtained a doctorate).
Priesthood. Ordained (no information found). Canon magistral of the cathedral chapter of Lisbon. Counselor to King João V of Portugal.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of November 26, 1727; never received the red hat and the title. Did not participate in the conclave of 1730, which elected Pope Clement XII. Named administrator of the archdiocese of Braga by the king of Portugal, 1732; never obtained papal confirmation; the see was vacant from 1728 to 1740. First secretary of state (equivalent to prime minister) from 1736 until his death. Did not participate in the conclave of 1740, which elected Pope Benedict XIV.
Death. October 4, 1747, Lisbon. Exposed and buried in the church of Santa Maria do Monte Carmelo, Lisbon. This church was almost totally destroyed in the earthquake of 1755.
Link. Brief biographical data in Os Cardeais Portugueses - Nota Histórica, in Portuguese.
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