The Year of Our Lord 1626

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Pascual de Aragón-Córdoba-Cardona y Fernández de Córdoba †	Palau de la Riera	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	47.0	Resigned	Alderano Bellati (Bellatto) †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Alessandro Caprara †	Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
		Born	Vittorio Nicolino della Chiesa †	Sanfre	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
		Born	Alonso Bernardo de Ríos y Guzmán, O.SS.T. †	Córdoba	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
		Born	Giuseppe de Lazzara †	Roma	Bishop of Alife, Italy
		Died	Dionysius Delfino †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
		Born	Luís de Sousa †	Lisboa	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
		Born	Tommaso de Franchi †	Ianuen	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Bernhard Frick †	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Lucas García Miranda †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
		Died	Ettore Gironda †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
		Died	Adam Górski, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Bacău, Romania
		Born	Sébastien de Guémadeuc †	Ploermel	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France
		Died	João de Lencastre †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
	49.0	Died	Ovidio Lupari †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
		Born	James Lynch †		Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
	63.0	Died	Ottavio Mancini †	Bishop Emeritus of Cavaillon, France
	40.0	Appointed	Sebastião de Matos de Noronha †	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
		Born	Victor-Augustin Méliand (Melrand) †	Paris	Bishop Emeritus of Alet, France
		Born	Antonio Molinari †	Januen	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
		Resigned	Melchor Moscoso Sandoval †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	67.0	Died	Lorenzo Nieto y Corrales Montero Nieto, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	33.2	Ordained Priest	Gregorio Panzani, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
	32.0	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán †	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus	Patriarch Emeritus of West Indies, Spain
		Died	João Pinto da Piedade, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Macau, China
	41.0	Appointed	Carlo Emmanuele Pio di Savoia †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	63.0	Died	Gregorio Pomodoro †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
		Died	Juan Rentería †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
		Born	Christoph de Rojas y Spinola, O.F.M. †	Geldern, Netherlands	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
		Born	Bernardo Mateo Sánchez de Castellar †	Caesaraugustan	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
		Died	Bernardino de Salazar y Frías †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
	59.0	Resigned	Desiderio Scaglia, O.P. †	Bishop of Como, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Rodolfo Rodolfi-Sforza †	Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia
	58.0	Died	Felice Siliceo †	Bishop of Troia, Italy
		Ordained Priest	Alexander Sokołowski †	Priest	Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine
		Born	Friedrich von Tietzen-Schlütter †	Hannover	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
	42.0	Resigned	Cosimo de Torres †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
	72.0	Died	Francesco Ubaldi †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia
		Born	Jerónimo Velasco, O.S.B. †	Barrio de Bureba	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
		Born	Franz Emmerich Kaspar von Waldbott von Bassenheim †	Bassenheim	Bishop-Elect of Worms, Germany
	51.0	Selected	Jan Wężyk †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
4 Jan	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Baltasar Borja †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
7 Jan	36.0	Appointed	Lazzaro Carafino †	Bishop of Como, Italy
7 Jan		Appointed	Juan de la Torre Ayala †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
11 Jan		Died	Fabrizio Caracciolo †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
18 Jan		Succeeded	Pierre de Villars (III) †	Archbishop of Vienne, France
		Died	Jérôme de Villars †	Archbishop of Vienne, France
	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Cristóbal Martínez de Salas, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Panamá
19 Jan	41.0	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Astalli †	Bishop of Troia, Italy
	50.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Lelio Biscia †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
	30.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi Caetani †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
	61.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Giacomo Cavalieri (Caballero) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio
	46.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
	62.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Berlinghiero Gessi †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
	39.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Marzio Ginetti †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	21.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Enrique Guzmán de Haros †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest
	27.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Ernst Adalbert von Harrach zu Rohrau †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
	16.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Nicolas François de Lorraine-Vaudémont †	In Pectore	Former Bishop-Elect
	53.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Denis-Simon de Marquemont †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
	51.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Pamphilj †	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	40.0	Appointed	Giulio Cesare Sacchetti †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	40.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Giulio Cesare Sacchetti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	33.7	Appointed	Deodato Scaglia, O.P. †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
	31.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Bernardino Spada †	Cardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
	46.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Domenico Spinola †	Cardinal, Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
	68.0	Appointed	Juan Venido Castilla, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
	45.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Girolamo Vidoni †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Quattro Coronati
	61.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Laudivio Zacchia †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
23 Jan	70.1	Died	Decio Carafa †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
24 Jan	58.3	Died	Jakob Fugger †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
25 Jan	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Pamphilj †	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
28 Jan	49.1	Appointed	Jacobus Faganeo (Fagagna), O.S.H. †	Bishop of Korčula (Curzola, Cursola), Croatia
Feb	49.1	Died	Vincenzo Caputo †	Bishop of Andria, Italy
1 Feb	12.1	Confirmed	Leopold Wilhelm von Österreich †	Bishop of Passau, Germany	Bishop-Elect
6 Feb	57.1	Selected	Michael Ophovius, O.P. †	Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
9 Feb	50.7	Installed	Lelio Biscia †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
	30.6	Installed	Luigi Caetani †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
	61.1	Installed	Giacomo Cavalieri (Caballero) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio
	34.1	Appointed	Maurizio Centini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Dolfin †	Bishop of Belluno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	41.1	Appointed	Bartolomeo Giustiniani †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
	53.4	Installed	Denis-Simon de Marquemont †	Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
	59.1	Appointed	Desiderio Scaglia, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy
		Appointed	Gilles de Souvre †	Bishop of Auxerre, France
	46.1	Installed	Giovanni Domenico Spinola †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
	61.1	Installed	Laudivio Zacchia †	Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
21 Feb	52.2	Died	Odoardo Farnese †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
24 Feb		Died	Giovanni Maria Belletti †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
25 Feb	52.1	Died	Henryk Firlej †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
2 Mar	53.3	Appointed	Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	34.1	Appointed	Francesco Boncompagni †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	46.0	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Deti †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	74.7	Appointed	Domenico Ginnasi †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	64.2	Appointed	Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
		Appointed	Camillo Moro †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
	50.8	Selected	Sixt Werner von Vogt von Altensumerau und Prasberg †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Bishop-Elect
7 Mar		Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Ferruzzo, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
10 Mar		Appointed	Rafail Korsak †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ruthenian), Ukraine
16 Mar	30.2	Appointed	Ippolito Aldobrandini (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
	34.2	Appointed	Francesco Boncompagni †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	51.2	Appointed	Hector de Monte †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
	41.2	Appointed	Carlo Emmanuele Pio di Savoia †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	69.2	Appointed	Raffaele Rastelli, C.R. †	Bishop of Capri, Italy
	40.2	Appointed	Giulio Cesare Sacchetti †	Bishop of Fano, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	33.2	Appointed	Maurizio di Savoia †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
17 Mar	55.2	Appointed	Hugh McCaughwell, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
24 Mar		Born	Johann Markus Rosetti †	Ljubljana	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
25 Mar	33.6	Ordained Bishop	Johann Balthasar Liesch von Hornau †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Armenia	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
25 Mar	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Hector de Monte †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
28 Mar	24.4	Ordained Priest	Johann Melchior Söllner †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
30 Mar	28.2	Confirmed	Henri de Baradat †	Bishop of Noyon, France
31 Mar		Resigned	Antonio Díaz †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
1 Apr		Born	Lodovico Settala †	Mediolanen	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
3 Apr		Died	François de Donnadieu, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France
7 Apr	76.0	Died	Andrés Pacheco †	Bishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Spain
10 Apr		Born	Franz Egon von Fürstenberg †	Heiligenberg	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
11 Apr	74.5	Died	Andrés Balaguer Salvador, O.P. †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
11 Apr	29.3	Selected	Gilles Boutault †	Bishop of Aire, France	Bishop of Evreux, France
13 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Thomas Bonzi †	Bishop of Béziers, France
19 Apr	39.5	Resigned	Leopold Ferdinand von Österreich †	Bishop-Elect of Passau, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
19 Apr	39.5	Resigned	Leopold Ferdinand von Österreich †	Bishop-Elect of Strasbourg, France	Former Bishop-Elect of Passau, Germany
27 Apr	44.3	Confirmed	Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu, O. Cart. †	Archbishop of Aix, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Hugh McCaughwell, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	71.3	Ordained Bishop	João de Portugal, O.P. †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
	47.3	Appointed	Thomas Walsh †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
May		Born	Franciscus Crisolini †	S. Sophiae	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
4 May		Appointed	Alessandro Strozzi †	Bishop of Andria, Italy	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
10 May		Died	Juan Estelrich †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
16 May		Born	Francesco Buonvisi †	Lucca	Cardinal, Bishop of Lucca, Italy
19 May		Born	Angelo Maria Ranuzzi †	Bologna	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
22 May		Died	Juan Hoces †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
23 May		Died	Hermann Ottemberg †	Bishop of Arras, France
27 May	29.5	Appointed	Giuseppe della Corgna (Cornea), O.P. †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto, Italy
	51.4	Appointed	Giovanni Battista de Paola †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
	51.0	Confirmed	Sixt Werner von Vogt von Altensumerau und Prasberg †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Bishop-Elect
30 May	52.1	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Pamphilj †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
Jun		Born	Daniel de Cosnac †		Archbishop of Aix, France
19 Jun	72.5	Died	Agustín Antolínez, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
21 Jun	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu, O. Cart. †	Archbishop of Aix, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
21 Jun	21.5	Died	Enrique Guzmán de Haros †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest
22 Jun		Died	Gian Gerolamo Campanili †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
	46.6	Installed	Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
	61.5	Appointed	Gutiérrez Bernardo de Quirós (Quiróz) †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
	57.5	Confirmed	Michael Ophovius, O.P. †	Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
29 Jun	62.5	Died	Scipione Cobelluzzi †	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library