The Year of Our Lord 1654

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Giacomo Accarisi †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy
		Died	Alessandro Argoli †	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
		Born	Luigi (Ludovico) Capuano (de Capua) †	Napoli	Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
		Born	Amandus Victorinus Cieszeyko, O.P. †	Vilnen	Bishop of Bacău, Romania
	45.0	Ordained Priest	Eugenius Albertus d’Allamont †	Priest	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
		Born	François d’Argouges †	Paris	Bishop of Vannes, France
		Born	Joachim-Joseph d’Estaing de Saillans †	Claromontan	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
	42.0	Died	Giovanni de la Cruz, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
		Appointed	Stanisław Domaniewski †	Titular Bishop of Mactaris
		Died	Giovanni de Fossé †	Bishop of Castres, France
		Died	Andrzej Gembicki †	Bishop of Luceoria o Łuck, Ukraine
		Appointed	Jean-Dominique Ithier †	Bishop of Glandèves, France
		Born	Jonas Jeronimas Krišpinas †	Samogitien	Bishop of Žemaitija (Samogizia o Tels; Zmudz), Lithuania
	46.0	Appointed	Pedro de Lencastre, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal	Archbishop Emeritus
	29.8	Ordained Priest	Damian Hartard von Leyen-Hohengeroldseck †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Archbishop
		Appointed	Gerolamo Lomellini †	Bishop of Todi, Italy
		Born	Teodor Wolff von Ludinghausen †	Lixna	Bishop of Chełm, Poland
		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. †	Rivadavia, Spain	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
		Born	Jacques-Antoine Phélypeaux †	Paris	Bishop of Lodève, France
	28.2	Ordained Priest	St. Oliver Plunkett †	Priest	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
		Born	Isaias Popovich, O.S.Bas. †	Zagabrien	Titular Bishop of Plataea
		Born	Pietro Alessandro Procaccini †	Pennen	Bishop of Avellino-Frigento, Italy
	65.0	Died	Vincenzo Rabatta †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
		Born	Martin de Ratabon †	Paris	Bishop Emeritus of Viviers (Aps), France
		Born	Jacopo Maria Rossi †	Napoli	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
	49.0	Resigned	Mátyás Tarnóczy †	Official of Spiš, Slovakia	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
		Died	Francisco de Zapata y Mendoza †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
4 Jan	34.0	Ordained Bishop	Camillo Massimo (Massimi) †	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia
5 Jan	57.4	Died	Benedikt Orsini, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
10 Jan		Born	Giovanni Maria Gabrielli, O. Cist. †	Città di Castello	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana
10 Jan		Born	Domenico Votta †	Cusentin	Bishop of Isola, Italy
12 Jan	69.0	Appointed	Domenico Campanella, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
	51.0	Appointed	Francisco Camps y Moles †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
		Appointed	Franciscus Coccalini, O.S.Hier. †	Bishop of Trogir (Traù), Croatia
	38.8	Appointed	Ulisse Orsini †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy
	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, Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia
18 Jan	69.0	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Campanella, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
20 Jan		Born	Filoteo Zassi, O.S.B.M. †	Mezzoiuso	Vicar Apostolic of Durrës (Durazzo) (Albanian), Albania
24 Jan	70.1	Died	Richard Pauli-Stravius †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
26 Jan	61.1	Appointed	Enrique Peralta y Cárdenas †	Bishop of Almería, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
29 Jan	66.3	Installed	Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
Feb		Born	Alessandro Calvi-Organi †	Praten	Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy
Feb		Died	Pierre Camelin †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
3 Feb	37.1	Selected	Guidobald von Thun †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
5 Feb		Died	Kaspar Münster, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
9 Feb	36.1	Appointed	Mauritii Doria †	Bishop of Tinos, Greece
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 von Österreich †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria	Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
28 Feb	23.2	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo del Mastro (de Magistris), O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
Mar		Born	Francesco Frosini †	Pistorien	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
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
		Appointed	Francesco Gozzadini †	Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
	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, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	56.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Giambattista Spada †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono
4 Mar	37.2	Confirmed	Guidobald von Thun †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
7 Mar		Born	Franz Julian von Braida †	Znaim	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
9 Mar	58.2	Appointed	Gabriel Adarzo de Santander, O. de M. †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
9 Mar	40.2	Appointed	Carlo Rossetti †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy
13 Mar	33.9	Ordained Priest	Bernardino León de la Rocha †	Priest	Bishop of Coria, Spain
13 Mar	48.2	Selected	Tommaso de Sarria, O.P. †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy	Archbishop of Taranto, 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
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Frans van Horenbeke †	Priest	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
22 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Francesco Gozzadini †	Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
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
	54.3	Appointed	Natalis Caridei †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
	44.5	Installed	Ottavio Acquaviva d’Aragona (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia
		Born	Gabriel de Arregui y Gutiérrez, O.F.M. †	Buenos Aires	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
	41.4	Confirmed	François Faure †	Bishop of Amiens, France
	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 (Octaviae)	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede
	60.2	Confirmed	Pierre de Marca †	Archbishop of Toulouse, France	Archbishop of Paris, France
	66.2	Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Paravicini †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
	32.0	Installed	Carlo Pio di Savoia †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	56.6	Installed	Giambattista Spada †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono
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
7 Apr	22.9	Ordained Priest	Filippo Tani, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
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
13 Apr	46.3	Appointed	Bonaventura D’Avalos, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
19 Apr		Born	Pietro Zorzi †	Venetiis	Titular Bishop of Chalcis in Syria
26 Apr		Born	Marcelino Siuri Navarro †	Elche	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
May		Born	Ferdinand Paul Ernest de Berlo de Brus †	Namur	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
May	55.3	Died	Franciszek Dołmat Isajkowski †	Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland
4 May	33.6	Appointed	Jean Antoine Blavier, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	33.6	Appointed	Jean Antoine Blavier, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Dionysias	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Liège, Belgium
		Appointed	Agostino Franciotti †	Titular Archbishop of Trapezus
5 May		Died	Juan Garcilaso de la Vega †	Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala
5 May		Died	Thomas Walsh †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
10 May	23.2	Ordained Priest	Wilhelm 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	Selected	Hugo Eberhard 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
Jun	68.4	Died	Blas Tineo Palacios, O. de M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Granada, Spain
1 Jun		Appointed	Marcello Anania †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
		Appointed	Angelo Maria Ciria, O.S.M. †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
	40.4	Appointed	Francesco Antonio De Luca †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	61.4	Appointed	Francesco Tello de Leon, C.R. †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
7 Jun	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Antonio De Luca †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jun	61.5	Ordained Bishop	Enrique Peralta y Cárdenas †	Bishop of Almería, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
14 Jun	61.5	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Tello de Leon, C.R. †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
22 Jun		Confirmed	Giovanni Camponeschi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
		Appointed	Giuseppe Corti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
		Appointed	Giuseppe Corti †	Titular Bishop of Sebastea	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
	35.5	Appointed	Marco Antonio Pisanelli †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy	Bishop of Sora, Italy
	32.1	Appointed	Mauro Promontorio, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
24 Jun	32.1	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
27 Jun		Appointed	Garcia Ruiz Cabeza †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
29 Jun	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Camille de Neufville de Villeroy †	Archbishop of Lyon, France