The Year of Our Lord 1654

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Francesco Carducci †	Bishop of Sulmona, Italy
		Appointed	Angelo Maria Ciria, O.S.M. †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
		Born	Joachim-Joseph d'Estaing de Saillans †		Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
		Born	Francesco Frosini †		Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
		Died	Franciszek Dołmat Isajkowski †	Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland
	46.0	Appointed	Pedro de Lencastre †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal	Archbishop Emeritus
	29.8	Ordained Priest	Damian Hartard Reichsfreiherr von Leyen-Hohengeroldseck †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Archbishop
		Born	Jean-Claude de La Poype de Vertrieu †		Bishop of Poitiers, France
		Born	Benito Madueño y Ramos †	Montoro	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
		Born	Miguel del Olmo Manrique †	Sigüenza	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
		Born	Anselmo de la Peña, O.S.B. †	Ribadavia, Spain	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
	28.2	Ordained Priest	St. Oliver Plunkett †	Priest	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
		Died	Vincenzo Rabatta †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
		Born	Martin de Ratabon †	Paris	Bishop Emeritus of Viviers (Aps), France
	49.0	Resigned	Matej Tarnoczy †	Official of Spiš, Slovakia	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
10 Jan		Born	Giovanni Maria Gabrielli, O. Cist. †	Città di Castello	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana
12 Jan	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Benito Sanchez de Herrera †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
13 Jan		Born	Antonio de Silva, S.J. †	Lisbon, Portugal	Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China
16 Jan	34.0	Appointed	Camillo Massimo (Massimi) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
20 Jan		Born	Filoteo Zassi, O.S.B.M. †	Mezzoiuso	Vicar Apostolic
24 Jan	70.1	Died	Richard Pauli-Stravius †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
29 Jan	66.3	Installed	Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
3 Feb	37.1	Appointed	Guidobald von Thun †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
5 Feb		Died	Kaspar Münster, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
15 Feb	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Jost Knab †	Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland
21 Feb		Died	Esteban de Esmir †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
25 Feb	23.2	Confirmed	Sigmund Franz Erzherzog von Österreich †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria	Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
2 Mar	60.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Albizzi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede
	30.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Decio Azzolini (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	38.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Giberto Borromeo †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo
	62.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Prospero Caffarelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto
	44.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Ottavio Acquaviva d’Aragona (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia
	41.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Gualterio †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
	42.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Lorenzo Imperiali †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono
	31.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Pio di Savoia †	Cardinal, Bishop of Sabina, Italy
	56.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Giambattista Spada †	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of the Titular See
4 Mar	37.2	Confirmed	Guidobald von Thun †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
7 Mar		Born	Franz Julian Graf von Braida †	Znaim	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
9 Mar	40.2	Appointed	Carlo Rossetti †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy
21 Mar		Born	José Flores Osorio †	Ponferrada	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
	40.5	Succeeded	Jean-François-Paul de Gondi de Retz †	Archbishop of Paris, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	70.2	Died	Jean-François de Gondi †	Archbishop of Paris, France
23 Mar	60.4	Installed	Francesco Albizzi †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede
	30.9	Installed	Decio Azzolini (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Adriano al Foro	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	38.5	Installed	Giberto Borromeo †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo
	62.2	Installed	Prospero Caffarelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto
	44.5	Installed	Ottavio Acquaviva d’Aragona (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia
	41.2	Installed	Carlo Gualterio †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pancrazio	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
	42.1	Installed	Lorenzo Imperiali †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono
	32.9	Appointed	Francesco Maidalchini †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede
	60.2	Confirmed	Pierre de Marca †	Archbishop of Toulouse, France	Archbishop of Paris, France
	32.0	Installed	Carlo Pio di Savoia †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Bishop of Sabina, Italy
	56.6	Installed	Giambattista Spada †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of the Titular See
29 Mar		Born	José Díez Santos de San Pedro †	Lobera de la Vega	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
1 Apr		Born	Lorenzo Cozza, O.F.M. †	Grotte di S. Lorenzo	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli
4 Apr	35.3	Ordained Priest	Johann Konrad von Roggenbach †	Priest of Basel, Switzerland	Bishop
8 Apr		Born	John Wallace †	Arbroath, Forfarshire	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
12 Apr	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Michel Tuboeuf †	Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France	Bishop of Castres, France
26 Apr		Born	Marcelino Siuri Navarro †	Elche	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
4 May	33.6	Appointed	Jean Antoine Blavier, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
4 May	33.6	Appointed	Jean Antoine Blavier, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Dionysias	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Liège, Belgium
5 May		Died	Thomas Walsh †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
10 May	23.2	Ordained Priest	Wilhelm Freiherr von Vintler von Runkelstein †	Priest of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
13 May		Born	Joseph-Ignace de Foresta †	Marseille	Bishop Emeritus of Apt, France
18 May	63.4	Appointed	Hugo Eberhard Graf von Cratz von Schraffenstein †	Bishop of Worms, Germany
18 May		Appointed	Bernardo de Izaguirre Reyes †	Bishop of Panamá	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
24 May		Appointed	Mauro Promontorio, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
Jun	68.4	Died	Blas Tineo Palacios, O. de M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Granada, Spain
24 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Mauro Promontorio, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
24 Jun		Ordained Priest	Johann Stieff von Kränzen †	Priest of Salzburg, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop of Gurk, Austria
29 Jun	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Camille de Neufville de Villeroy †	Archbishop of Lyon, France
8 Jul	80.5	Died	Cristóbal de Torres, O.P. †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
12 Jul		Born	Gregorio Selleri, O.P. †	Panicale	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino
25 Jul		Born	Agostino Steffani †	Castelfranco Veneto	Vicar Apostolic of Upper and Lower Saxony (Hanover), Germany
27 Jul	62.4	Appointed	José Argáiz Pérez †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
27 Jul		Appointed	Fernando de Sada Azcona †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
9 Aug	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Dionisio de Cimbrón, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
16 Aug		Died	Roberto Fontana †	Bishop of Modena, Italy
4 Sep		Born	Charles-Madeleine Frézeau de Frèzelière †	Poitiers	Bishop of La Rochelle, France
8 Sep	49.7	Died	Albert von Priamis †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
24 Sep	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Guidobald von Thun †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
Oct		Born	Stefano Fogliani †	Castelnovo ne' Monti	Bishop of Modena, Italy
4 Oct		Died	Marco Morosini †	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
5 Oct	41.1	Appointed	Baccio Aldobrandini †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo
		Appointed	Bernardo Atayde de Lima Perera †	Bishop of Avila, Spain
	41.8	Appointed	Carlo Gualterio †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
8 Oct	31.9	Appointed	Maximilian Gandolf Reichsgraf von Kuenburg †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
17 Oct		Died	Claude D'Achey †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
19 Oct	37.4	Appointed	Federico Borromeo (Jr.) †	Titular Patriarch of the Titular See	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
29 Oct		Appointed	Charles-Emmanuel de Gorrevod †	Archbishop of Besançon, France	Archbishop-Elect
1 Nov	39.5	Appointed	Georg Sigismund Müller †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
1 Nov	39.5	Appointed	Georg Sigismund Müller †	Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Augustamnica	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
6 Nov		Born	Francisco Olaso Hipenza, O.S.A. †	Calahorra	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
10 Nov		Died	Marcelo Lopez de Azcona †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
14 Nov		Born	Pierre de Sabatier †	Vabres	Bishop of Amiens, France
26 Nov	65.4	Died	Giovanni Battista Altieri (Sr.) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Todi, Italy
28 Nov	37.5	Appointed	Federico Borromeo (Jr.) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
7 Dec		Born	Esteban Bellido Guevara †	Granada	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
7 Dec	44.6	Appointed	Pietro Vito Ottoboni †	Bishop of Brescia, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
27 Dec	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Vito Ottoboni †	Bishop of Brescia, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

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