The Year of Our Lord 1623

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Martim Afonso Mexia (de Tovar) †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
	54.8	Resigned	Maffeo Barberini †	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	16.6	Professed	Jean Caramuel y Lobkowitz, O. Cist. †	Member of Order of Cistercians	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
		Died	Juan Cuenca †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
	64.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco González de Salcedo Castro †	Bishop of Santiago de Chile
	55.0	Died	Diego Guevara, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
		Born	Jan (Kazimierz) Małachowski †		Bishop of Kraków, Poland
	38.0	Ordained Priest	Christophorus Johannes Reinheld von Reichenau †	Priest of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany	Prefect
	37.0	Ordained Priest	Giulio Cesare Sacchetti †	Priest	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	28.7	Ordained Priest	Bernardino Spada †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Johannes Thuanus †	Priest of Wien, Austria	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
		Died	Jerónimo Tiedra Méndez, O.P. †	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
	42.0	Resigned	Roberto Ubaldini †	Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
6 Jan	24.2	Confirmed	Ernst Adalbert Reichsgraf von Harrach zu Rohrau †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
22 Jan	24.2	Ordained Bishop	Ernst Adalbert Reichsgraf von Harrach zu Rohrau †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
6 Feb	39.4	Appointed	Philipp Adolf von Ehrenberg †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
13 Feb	36.8	Appointed	Johann Georg Fuchs von Dornheim †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
13 Feb	48.5	Appointed	Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
19 Feb	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Jean-François de Gondi †	Archbishop of Paris, France
23 Feb	35.1	Installed	Octave de Bellegarde †	Archbishop of Sens, France
1 Mar	78.2	Died	Francisco López de Mendoza †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
5 Mar	26.2	Appointed	Agustín Spínola Basadone †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
6 Mar		Appointed	Cristóbal Lobera Torres †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
15 Mar	70.2	Appointed	William Bishop †	Vicar Apostolic of England, Great Britain
15 Mar	70.2	Appointed	William Bishop †	Titular Bishop of Chalcedon	Vicar Apostolic of England, Great Britain
17 Mar		Born	Karl Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn †	Glatz	Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
19 Mar	54.7	Died	Philipp Sigismund Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Bishop-Elect of Osnabrück, Germany
20 Mar		Appointed	Juan Molina Alvarez †	Bishop of León, Spain
	61.2	Appointed	Plácido Pacheco de Haro, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
	39.2	Installed	Cosimo de Torres †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
		Appointed	Antonio Viedma Chaves, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain	Bishop of Almería, Spain
23 Mar		Appointed	Alsono Martín de Zuñiga †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
16 Apr	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Simon Mascarenhas, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
28 Apr	40.6	Appointed	Eitel Friedrich Graf von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen †	Cardinal, Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
29 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Antonio Viedma Chaves, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain	Bishop of Almería, Spain
30 Apr		Born	Bl. François de Laval de Montmorency †	Montigny-sur-Avre, France	Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Québec, Canada
May	23.3	Ordained Priest	Dionisio de Cimbrón, O. Cist. †	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
10 May	69.4	Appointed	Agustín Antolínez, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
22 May	52.4	Appointed	Ambrosius Seibaeus †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
	52.4	Appointed	Ambrosius Seibaeus †	Titular Bishop of Misenum	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
		Appointed	Francisco Sotomayor, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
	39.4	Appointed	Cosimo de Torres †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
	42.4	Resigned	Roberto Ubaldini †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy
4 Jun	70.4	Ordained Bishop	William Bishop †	Titular Bishop of Chalcedon	Vicar Apostolic of England, Great Britain
7 Jun	49.4	Appointed	Marco Antonio Gozzadini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy
8 Jun		Born	Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni †	Rome	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy
24 Jun	26.5	Ordained Bishop	Agustín Spínola Basadone †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
8 Jul	69.5	Died	Alessandro Ludovisi †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
18 Jul	61.5	Appointed	Plácido Pacheco de Haro, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
23 Jul	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Ambrosius Seibaeus †	Titular Bishop of Misenum	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
24 Jul		Born	Giuseppe Vittorio Alberti d’Enno †	Perigne	Bishop of Trento, Italy
5 Aug		Born	Albrecht Sigmund Herzog von Bayern †	München	Bishop-Elect of Freising, Germany
6 Aug	55.3	Elected	Maffeo Barberini †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
8 Aug	59.4	Appointed	Domingo Cano de Haro, O.P. †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
24 Aug	69.6	Ordained Bishop	Agustín Antolínez, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
24 Aug		Died	Antonio Maria Sauli †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
1 Sep	49.7	Died	Marco Antonio Gozzadini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy
6 Sep	56.7	Died	Francesco Sacrati †	Cardinal, Bishop of Cesena, Italy
17 Sep	72.0	Died	Lothar von Metternich †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
25 Sep	55.8	Appointed	Philipp Christoph Reichsritter von Sötern †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
27 Sep		Born	Luis de Ayllon †	Granada	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
27 Sep	53.1	Appointed	Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
29 Sep	55.5	Installed	Maffeo Barberini †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
2 Oct	26.0	Appointed	Francesco Barberini (Sr.) †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Onofrio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
	26.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Barberini (Sr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
		Appointed	Gonzalo López de Ocampo †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	50.5	Appointed	Giovanni (Giannettino) Doria †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	52.6	Appointed	Pedro González de Mendoza, O.F.M. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Sigüenza, Spain	Bishop
	41.0	Confirmed	Eitel Friedrich Graf von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen †	Cardinal, Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
	45.8	Appointed	Carlo Emmanuele Pio di Savoia †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
5 Oct		Appointed	Francisco do Soveral, O.S.A. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
13 Oct		Died	Juan Alvarez Zapata, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
15 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Bernardino de Salazar y Frías †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México
29 Oct	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Eitel Friedrich Graf von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen †	Cardinal, Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
Nov		Died	Juan Molina Alvarez †	Bishop of León, Spain
17 Nov		Appointed	Etienne de Puget †	Apostolic Administrator of Metz, France	Bishop of Marseille, France
17 Nov		Appointed	Etienne de Puget †	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Bishop of Marseille, France
20 Nov	26.2	Installed	Francesco Barberini (Sr.) †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Onofrio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
		Appointed	Diego Cabeza de Vaca †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
	71.8	Installed	Melchior Klesl †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Bishop of Wien, Austria
	53.9	Appointed	Diego Merino, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
	36.9	Appointed	Gangolph Ralinger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
	36.9	Appointed	Gangolph Ralinger †	Titular Bishop of Daulia	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
24 Nov	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Diego Merino, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
4 Dec		Confirmed	Etienne de Puget †	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Bishop of Marseille, France
	37.9	Appointed	Giulio Cesare Sacchetti †	Bishop of Gravina, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	29.6	Appointed	Bernardino Spada †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
8 Dec	29.6	Ordained Bishop	Bernardino Spada †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
11 Dec	37.9	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Cesare Sacchetti †	Bishop of Gravina, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
18 Dec		Appointed	Francisco Sotomayor, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
20 Dec	89.6	Died	Pedro Castro Quiñones †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

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