The Year of Our Lord 1618

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	68.0	Died	Giovanni Stefano Ajazza †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
		Resigned	Aureolo Averoldi †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	William Ballantine †		Prefect of Scotland, Great Britain
		Died	Marco Antonio Bellini †	Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
		Born	Aloysius Bevilacqua †	Ferrarien	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
		Born	Stefano Brancaccio †	Naples	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
		Born	Paul Budimir, O.F.M. †	Bosnia Argentina	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
		Born	Cristoval de Castilla y Zamora †	Lucena	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
		Died	Mario Cossa †	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy
		Born	Marco Crisio †	Sappaten	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
	40.3	Appointed	Rodrigo da Cunha †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Archbishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Gonzalo de Angulo, O.M. †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
		Born	Rinaldo d’Este †	Modena, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Born	Lodovico de Morales, O.S.A. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
		Born	Francisco Domonte, O. de M. †	Sevilla	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Born	Mauritii Doria †	Tinos	Bishop of Tinos, Greece
	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean Davy Du Perron †	Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa	Archbishop of Sens, France
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Stefano Durazzo †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova, Italy
		Born	Domingo Fernández Navarrete, O.P. †	Castrojeriz	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
		Born	Louis de Fortia-Montréal †	Avenionen	Bishop of Carpentras, France
		Born	Simón García Pedrejón, O.F.M. †	Torquemada	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
	64.0	Died	Girolamo Giustiniani, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Chios (Scio), Greece
		Born	Antonio de Isla y Mena †	Urena	Bishop of Osma, Spain
		Died	Krzysztof Kazimirski †	Bishop of Kyiv (Kijów), Ukraine
	23.0	Appointed	Louis-François de La Baume de Suze †	Coadjutor Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France	Bishop
	23.0	Appointed	Louis-François de La Baume de Suze †	Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France
	34.1	Solemn Professed	Juan de Lugo y de Quiroga, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina
	54.0	Died	Lodovico Magio †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
		Born	Lodovico Magni, O.F.M. Conv. †	Mediolanen	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy
		Born	Carlo Mannello †	Aversa	Bishop Emeritus of Termoli, Italy
		Born	Fabrizio Maracchi †	Pontremoli	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
	69.0	Died	Fernando Mendoza González †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
		Born	Oleguer de Montserrat Rufet †	Barcelona	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	33.0	Ordained Priest	Ottavio Orsini †	Priest	Bishop of Segni, Italy
	59.0	Died	Vincenzo Querini †	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
		Born	Giovanni Battista Rabbia, C.R. †	Mediolanen	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
		Born	Francesco Santaggi †	Syren	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
		Born	António de Santa Maria, O.F.M. †	Lamecen	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
	67.0	Died	Francisco de Sosa, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
		Died	Kornelios Sozomenus †	Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia
		Born	Paolo Maria Spínola, C.R.S. †	Matriti, Spain	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
		Born	Emanuele Torres †	Ampudia	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
		Born	Baltasar Valdés y Noriega †	Oveten	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
		Born	Vitaliano Visconti †	Milan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
		Born	Franz Weinhart †	Innsbruck	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
		Born	Krzysztof Jan Żegocki †	Restazew	Bishop of Chełm, Poland
Jan		Appointed	Hernando de Arias y Ugarte †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
Jan		Born	Réginald Cools, O.P. †	Antwerpen	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
8 Jan	51.0	Appointed	Diego Correia Valente, S.J. †	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
	73.0	Died	Francisco Sobrino Morillas †	Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
	28.0	Appointed	François de La Valette Cornusson †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vabres, France	Bishop
	28.0	Appointed	François de La Valette Cornusson †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Bishop of Vabres, France
15 Jan		Appointed	Arnauld de Maytie †	Coadjutor Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France	Bishop
15 Jan		Appointed	Arnauld de Maytie †	Titular Bishop of Berytus	Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France
16 Jan		Died	Stephan von Seiboldsdorf †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
17 Jan		Born	Antonio Bottis, C.R.S. †	Ianuen	Bishop of Minori, Italy
29 Jan	57.1	Appointed	Francisco de Rivera y Pareja, O. de M. †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop of Michoacán, México
10 Feb	42.5	Confirmed	Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
12 Feb	49.1	Appointed	Miguel García Serrano, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
	33.7	Selected	Veit Adam Gepeckh von Arnsbach †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
	55.1	Appointed	Petrus Katich (Catich) †	Bishop of Prizren, Serbia
		Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Massimo †	Bishop of Isola, Italy
	46.1	Appointed	Antonio de Mattei (Mattheis) †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
	51.1	Appointed	Ambrogio Palumbo, O.P. †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy
	47.1	Appointed	Alexandre Scappi †	Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
14 Feb	66.1	Died	Sebastian Breuning †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
	73.1	Died	Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
	57.4	Died	Paolo Emilio Sfondrati †	Cardinal, Bishop of Cremona, Italy
17 Feb	54.1	Appointed	Scipione Cobelluzzi †	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
18 Feb	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre Scappi †	Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
24 Feb	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Petrus Katich (Catich) †	Bishop of Prizren, Serbia
Mar		Born	Benedetto Cappelletti †	Rieti	Archbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia, Italy
Mar		Died	Bonaventura Secusio, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
1 Mar		Born	Giovanni Carlo Baldovinetti, O.P. †	Florentin	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
4 Mar	28.2	Ordained Bishop	François de La Valette Cornusson †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Bishop of Vabres, France
5 Mar		Appointed	García Gil Manrique †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca, Spain	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
		Appointed	García Gil Manrique †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	45.2	Appointed	Giambattista Leni †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
		Appointed	Juan Rentería †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
	55.3	Appointed	Francesco Sforza †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
7 Mar		Died	Melchior de Marconnay †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France
11 Mar	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Ivorra †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
18 Mar	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Diego Correia Valente, S.J. †	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
21 Mar		Died	Jacques Blaes, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France
26 Mar		Appointed	Ippolito Borghese, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy	Bishop of Pienza, Italy
	46.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Henri de Gondi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Paris, France
	65.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Francisco Gómez Rojas de Sandoval †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto
	49.2	Appointed	Uberto Testa †	Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia
31 Mar	38.2	Appointed	St. Jozafat Kuncewicz, O.S.B.M. †	Archbishop
Apr		Born	Lorenzo Cibo (Cybo) †	Ianuen	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
2 Apr	49.3	Appointed	Alberto Caccano, O.P. †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
		Appointed	Ludovici du Chaine †	Coadjutor Bishop of Senez, France	Bishop
		Appointed	Ludovici du Chaine †	Titular Bishop of Argos	Bishop of Senez, France
		Appointed	Guy Hurault de l’Hospital †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Aix, France	Archbishop
		Appointed	Guy Hurault de l’Hospital †	Titular Archbishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia	Archbishop of Aix, France
14 Apr	23.3	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Antonio Geloso †	Priest	Bishop of Patti, Italy
14 Apr	75.3	Died	Giovanni Battista Zuccato †	Bishop Emeritus of Nusco, Italy
22 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Ippolito Borghese, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy	Bishop of Pienza, Italy
24 Apr	56.3	Died	Diego de Contreras, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
29 Apr		Ordained Bishop	García Gil Manrique †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
1 May	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Sforza †	Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
5 May	43.3	Died	Ramón Ivorra †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
6 May		Ordained Bishop	Jerónimo Tiedra Méndez, O.P. †	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
14 May		Appointed	Zaccaria della Vecchia †	Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy
	33.9	Confirmed	Veit Adam Gepeckh von Arnsbach †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
	51.4	Appointed	Gaspar Hap †	Titular Bishop of Aenus
	23.4	Ordained Bishop	Louis-François de La Baume de Suze †	Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France
		Appointed	Francisco Romero, O. Carm. †	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
		Appointed	Louis de Valois †	Bishop of Agde, France	Former Bishop-Elect
16 May	55.4	Appointed	Andrea Mastrillo †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
20 May		Ordained Bishop	Zaccaria della Vecchia †	Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy
	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Mastrillo †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Francisco Romero, O. Carm. †	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
22 May		Appointed	Antonio Grimani †	Coadjutor Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy	Patriarch
28 May	35.4	Appointed	Peter Wall †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
28 May	35.4	Appointed	Peter Wall †	Titular Bishop of Adramyttium	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
Jun	68.4	Resigned	Constantino Barradas †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	56.4	Died	Giuseppe Piscuglio, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
		Born	Charles-Joseph de Suarès †		Bishop of Vaison, France
24 Jun	34.0	Ordained Bishop	Veit Adam Gepeckh von Arnsbach †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
25 Jun		Appointed	Ascanio Gesualdo †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy