The Year of Our Lord 1655

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	29.0	Ordained Priest	Pascual de Aragón-Córdoba-Cardona y Fernández de Córdoba †	Priest of Toledo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop
	72.0	Died	Tommaso d’Ancora (Ariconi), C.R. †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy
		Born	Antonio de Arrigaga y Agüero, O.S.A. †	Vallisoletan, Spain	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
		Ordained Bishop	Juan Arroyo †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Appointed	Louis Barbier de La Rivière †	Bishop of Langres, France
		Born	Jean-Baptiste-Armand Bazin de Besons †	Montis Pessulani	Archbishop of Rouen, France
	43.0	Died	Lodovico Betti †	Bishop of Osimo, Italy
		Died	Francesco Boyl, O. de M. †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
	64.0	Resigned	Marcantonio Bragadin †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Johannes Brassert †	Priest of Speyer, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	71.0	Died	Vincenzo Bucchi (Buschio) †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
		Born	Eligio Caracciolo, C.R. †	Napoli	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
		Born	Bernardo di Cariñena, O. de M. †	Casbas	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	58.0	Died	Giantommaso Gastaldi, O.P. †	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy
	83.0	Died	Lorenzo Castrucci †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
		Born	Pierre de Charritz de Ruthie †	Oloron	Bishop of Rieux, France
		Died	Gaetano Cossa, C.R. †	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
		Born	Valentinus Constantinus Czulski †	Wesolovien	Auxiliary Bishop of Chełm, Poland
		Died	Martino Denti de’ Cipriani, B. †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
	69.0	Died	Francesco Antonio Depace †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy
		Born	Jacques des Maretz †	Soissons	Archbishop of Auch, France
		Born	Henri du Puget †	Tolosan	Bishop of Digne, France
		Born	Fortunato Durante †	Albi	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
	34.0	Ordained Bishop	Henri de Villars †	Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Arabia	Archbishop of Vienne, France
		Died	Francesco Antonio Frasella, O.F.M. Conv. †	Apostolic Administrator of Japan
		Died	Gregorius Frasini (Fassino), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania
		Died	García Gil Manrique †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
		Born	Manuel Antonio Gómez de Silva †	Santiago	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Guillaume de La Brunetière du Plessis-Gesté †	Priest	Bishop of Saintes, France
		Born	José Pérez de Lanciego Eguiluz y Mirafuentes, O.S.B. †	Viana, Spain	Archbishop of México, Federal District
		Born	Raimondo Lezzoli, O.P. †	Milan, Italy	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
	31.8	Ordained Priest	Karl von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn †	Priest of Salzburg, Austria	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
		Born	Arthus de Lionne, M.E.P. †	Paris, France	Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan), China
		Born	Jean-Claude de La Poype de Vertrieu †	Cornod	Bishop of Poitiers, France
		Born	Antonius Simon de Magny †	Carnoten	Bishop-Elect of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France
	32.0	Ordained Priest	Jan Małachowski †	Priest of Lviv, Ukraine	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
		Died	Francisco Naranjo, O.P. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
		Resigned	Louis de Nogaret de La Valette †	Bishop of Mirepoix, France	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
		Born	Manuel Francisco Navarrete y Ladrón de Guevara †	El Ciego	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
		Died	Didier Palleti, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Nice, France
	54.0	Died	Raffaele Pizzorno, O.M. †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
	59.0	Ordained Bishop	François de Robles †	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
	54.9	Appointed	Giulio Rospigliosi †	Secretary of the Secretariat of State	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	55.0	Resigned	Martin Saudrius von Sternfeld †	Prefect of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany	Prefect Emeritus
		Appointed	Bernhard von Schrattenbach, O. Cist. †	Prefect of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
	72.0	Died	Antin Selava †	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ruthenian), Ukraine
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Ambrosio Ignacio Spínola y Guzmán †	Priest	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Wenzeslaus von Thun †	Priest of Passau, Germany	Bishop
	64.0	Resigned	Marco Antonio Tomati †	Bishop of Bitetto, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Oxendios Verzar (Werczireski) †	Botosani	Titular Bishop of the Titular See
	56.0	Died	Francisco de Zapata y Mendoza †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
Jan		Born	Nicolò Rocco †	Napoli	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
Jan		Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Zandemaria †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
1 Jan	50.0	Selected	Juan de Paredes, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
1 Jan		Died	Jan Zamoyski, O.P. †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
6 Jan		Born	Andrea Sarnelli †	Bracigliano	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
7 Jan	55.9	Resigned	Fabio Chigi †	Secretary of the Secretariat of State	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
7 Jan	80.7	Died	Giovanni Battista Pamphilj †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
12 Jan		Born	Fausto Guidotti †	Offida	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
14 Jan		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Ferruzzo, C.O. †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
21 Jan	76.1	Died	Fernando Andrade Sotomayor †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
30 Jan	47.6	Died	Andrea Massa †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
2 Feb		Died	Sébastien Zamet †	Bishop of Langres, France
10 Feb		Born	Alessandro Dolfi †	Bologna	Bishop of Fano, Italy
12 Feb		Born	Marco Giustiniani †	Venice	Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy
14 Feb		Born	Jacques-Nicolas de Colbert †	Paris	Archbishop of Rouen, France
15 Feb	73.6	Died	Pier Luigi Carafa (Sr.) †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tricarico, Italy
19 Feb	75.1	Died	Diego Castejón Fonseca †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
6 Mar		Appointed	Martín Velasco y Molina †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
7 Mar	24.2	Ordained Priest	Louis Aube de Roquemartine †	Priest	Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France
7 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Fernando de Sada Azcona †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
11 Mar	34.2	Died	Giulio Cesare Borea †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
13 Mar	57.2	Died	Bernhard Frick †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
13 Mar	24.5	Ordained Priest	Jean-Ferdinand Van Beughem †	Priest	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
14 Mar	61.1	Died	Pietro Francesco Costa †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
18 Mar	86.4	Died	Richard Smith †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of England, Great Britain
19 Mar	26.3	Ordained Priest	Matthias Starck †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
7 Apr	56.2	Elected	Fabio Chigi †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
10 Apr		Born	Gian Andrea Moscarelli †	Beneventan	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
18 Apr	56.2	Installed	Fabio Chigi †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Died	Marco Gradenigo †	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
	55.3	Succeeded	Hieronymus Gradenigo †	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
21 Apr		Appointed	Jan Leszczyński †	Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
		Appointed	Francesco Lombardi †	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
	44.3	Appointed	Flaminio Marcellino †	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
	65.2	Appointed	Berthold Nihus †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
	65.2	Appointed	Berthold Nihus †	Titular Bishop of Missene (Mysia)	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
29 Apr	59.9	Appointed	Ägidius Gelenius †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
29 Apr	59.9	Appointed	Ägidius Gelenius †	Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Asia	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
1 May		Born	Felipe Antonio Gil Taboada †	Bergazos	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
2 May		Selected	Louis de Nogaret de La Valette †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
4 May	60.3	Died	Francesco Peretti di Montalto †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
9 May	41.6	Died	Karl Ferdinand von Vasa (Wasa) †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
11 May	53.4	Appointed	Jan Gembicki †	Bishop of Płock, Poland	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
13 May		Born	Michelangelo dei Conti †	Rome	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
14 May		Appointed	Pierre-Louis Cazet de Vautorte †	Bishop of Lectoure, France	Bishop of Vannes, France
	47.4	Appointed	Giovanni Stefano Donghi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
	51.4	Appointed	Giulio Gabrielli †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	41.7	Installed	Jean-François-Paul de Gondi de Retz †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	49.4	Appointed	Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez †	Bishop of Coria, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Appointed	Juan de Montiel †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
	38.4	Appointed	Paolo Emilio Rondinini †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, Bishop of Assisi, Italy
	58.4	Appointed	Giangiacomo Teodoro Trivulzio †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
16 May		Selected	Louis-Hercule de Lévis-Ventadour †	Bishop of Mirepoix, France
16 May		Born	George Witham †	Cliffe Hall, Yorkshire	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
22 May	25.6	Ordained Priest	Muzio Soriano †	Priest	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
22 May	23.1	Ordained Priest	Michael Ludovicus Tevenardi, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
28 May		Born	Juan Bautista Alvarez de Toledo, O.F.M. †	San Salvador, El Salvador	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
31 May		Appointed	Pedro de Barrientos Lomelin †	Bishop of Durango, México
	81.6	Died	Jacques Boonen †	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	41.4	Selected	Kazimierz Florian Czartoryski †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	51.4	Appointed	Francesco Gheri †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
	39.3	Appointed	Friedrich von Hessen-Darmstadt, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
	44.4	Appointed	Hieronim Wladysław Sanguszko †	Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland
	45.4	Appointed	Jan Stefan Wydżga †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
Jun		Resigned	Giovanni Mihele de Curtis, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece	Bishop Emeritus
Jun	59.4	Died	Jacobus Philippus Tomasini †	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
6 Jun	65.3	Ordained Bishop	Berthold Nihus †	Titular Bishop of Missene (Mysia)	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
14 Jun	38.3	Appointed	Gregorio Carducci †	Bishop of Valva, Italy
	38.3	Appointed	Gregorio Carducci †	Bishop of Sulmona, Italy	Bishop of Valva, Italy
	37.5	Appointed	Marco Crisio †	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
	50.5	Appointed	Nicolò Leti †	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	40.5	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Paggi, B. †	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy
	64.5	Appointed	Paolo Piromalli, O.P. †	Archbishop of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
20 Jun		Died	Hector d’Ouvrier †	Bishop of Nîmes, France
		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Ferruzzo, C.O. †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Paggi, B. †	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy
21 Jun	25.5	Ordained Priest	Ignaas-August van Grobbendonck Schetz †	Priest	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
23 Jun		Born	Honoré Quiqueran de Beaujeu †	Arles	Bishop of Castres, France
25 Jun		Born	Rinaldo d’Este †
27 Jun	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Carducci †	Bishop of Valva, Italy