The Year of Our Lord 1669

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July to December

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Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Jul Born Epifanio de Neapoli, O.S.B. † Troina Titular Bishop of Lystra

2 Jul 48.5 Died Martin Geiger † Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany

Died Sebastiano Leopardi † Bishop of Venafro, Italy

4 Jul 32.1 Appointed Louis Laneau, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand

32.1 Appointed Louis Laneau, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Metellopolis Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand

8 Jul Born Gaston-Jean-Baptiste-Louis de Noailles † Paris Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France

9 Jul 43.7 Appointed St. Oliver Plunkett † Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

12 Jul 58.5 Died Bernardino d’Aragona † Bishop of Bova, Italy

15 Jul 47.6 Appointed Antonio Baldo † Bishop of Chioggia, Italy

41.5 Confirmed Charles Brulart de Genlis † Archbishop of Embrun, France

41.5 Appointed Serafino Corio, C.R. † Bishop of Lodi, Italy

Appointed Bernardo de Izaguirre Reyes † Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia

Appointed Ladislas Jonnart † Archbishop of Cambrai, France

49.3 Confirmed Bernardino León de la Rocha † Bishop of Tui, Spain Bishop of Coria, Spain

59.8 Appointed Francisco de Loyola y Vergara, O.S.A. † Bishop of Concepción, Chile

41.8 Appointed Antonio Primi, O.F.M. † Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina

21 Jul 47.6 Ordained Bishop Antonio Baldo † Bishop of Chioggia, Italy

41.8 Ordained Bishop Antonio Primi, O.F.M. † Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina

22 Jul Born Marco Antonio de Rosa † Cava de' Tirreni Bishop of Policastro, Italy

23 Jul 54.5 Died Laurenz Aidinger † Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria

56.6 Selected Gilbert de Choiseul du Plessis Praslin † Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

Born Johann Matthias von Eyss † Vallendar Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany

26 Jul 25.2 Ordained Priest Carlo Nicola de Massa † Priest Bishop of Venafro, Italy

26.7 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Mastellone † Priest Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy

Aug Born Domenico De Pace † Lucerin Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy

Born Muzio de Vecchi † Sulmona Bishop of Marsi, Italy

3 Aug 44.9 Selected Alphonse de Berghes † Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

5 Aug 38.6 Appointed Pedro de Alagó y de Cardona † Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy Bishop of Mallorca, Spain

44.3 Appointed Giovanni Battista Amati † Bishop of Nocera Umbra, Italy

25.9 Elevated to Cardinal Emmanuel-Theódose de la Tour d’Auvergne de Bouillon † Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy

34.6 Elevated to Cardinal Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero-Bocanegra y Moscoso-Osorio † In Pectore Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

Appointed Matías de Moratinos y Santos † Bishop of Astorga, Spain Bishop of Segovia, Spain

33.6 Confirmed Jean-Armand de Rotondy de Biscarras † Bishop of Lodève, France Bishop of Béziers, France

11 Aug 47.6 Ordained Bishop James Phelan † Bishop of Ossory, Ireland

12 Aug 56.9 Died Louis de Vendôme † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico (Campitelli)

19 Aug 48.6 Appointed Tommaso Brancaccio † Bishop of Nardò, Italy

49.6 Appointed Giovanni Evangelista Parzaghi, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

55.6 Appointed Jacobus Pedicini, C.R.M. † Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy

52.6 Confirmed Wilderich von Walderdorff † Bishop of Wien, Austria

24 Aug Died Jan Tarnowski † Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine

25 Aug 44.3 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Battista Amati † Bishop of Nocera Umbra, Italy

Born Bartolomeo Gambadoro † Monte Gargano Bishop of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy

55.6 Ordained Bishop Jacobus Pedicini, C.R.M. † Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy

29 Aug 37.8 Selected Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch Lipót † Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary

30 Aug 59.2 Selected François de Baillencourt † Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

Sep Born Tommaso Di Grazia † Napoli Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

1 Sep 43.8 Appointed Ludovico Ciogni † Bishop of Venafro, Italy

49.7 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Evangelista Parzaghi, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

8 Sep 54.7 Ordained Bishop Mikolaj Słupski † Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

9 Sep 58.7 Appointed Blasius de Aguinaga † Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru

58.7 Appointed Blasius de Aguinaga † Titular Bishop of Dara Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru

50.7 Appointed Alfonso Álvarez Barba Ossorio, O. Carm. † Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy

44.7 Appointed Otto Reinhold Andrimont, O.S.A. † Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

44.7 Appointed Otto Reinhold Andrimont, O.S.A. † Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in Isauria Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic

68.7 Appointed Azon Ariosti † Archbishop of Avignon, France

50.7 Appointed Juan Asensio Barrios, O. de M. † Bishop of Lugo, Spain Bishop of Jaén, Spain

39.7 Appointed Marco Antonio Contestabile † Bishop of Bova, Italy

47.9 Confirmed Sigmund Alphons von Thun † Bishop of Trento, Italy Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

12 Sep 60.3 Died Adrian Walenburch † Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

13 Sep 42.0 Selected Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet † Bishop of Condom, France Bishop of Meaux, France

54.7 Selected Jean de Vintimille du Luc † Bishop of Digne, France Bishop of Toulon, France

14 Sep Died Vincenzo Roviglioni † Bishop of Bovino, Italy

21 Sep 23.7 Ordained Priest Giovanbattista Caracciolo, C.R. † Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular Bishop of Calvi, Italy

22 Sep 68.7 Ordained Bishop Azon Ariosti † Archbishop of Avignon, France

29 Sep 52.7 Ordained Bishop Wilderich von Walderdorff † Bishop of Wien, Austria

30 Sep 49.4 Selected Lancelot de Gottignies † Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands

Oct Born Caius Asterius Toppi † Theatin Titular Bishop of Milevum

7 Oct 36.8 Appointed Giovanni Antonio de Camillis † Bishop of Milos (Melos), Greece

12 Oct Ordained Bishop William Burgat † Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland

15 Oct Born Gaetano Iovone † Felitto Bishop of Alife, Italy

17 Oct 46.5 Died Castracane De’ Castracani † Bishop of Cagli, Italy

18 Oct 77.8 Died Eugene Sweeney † Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland

20 Oct 46.2 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Vittorio Alberti d’Enno † Priest of Trento, Italy Bishop

22 Oct Born Domenico Maria Cedronio, O.P. † Rocca d'Evandro Bishop of Bitonto, Italy

3 Nov 74.8 Died Giovanni Antonio Geloso † Bishop of Patti, Italy

Born Bogusław Korwin Gosiewski † Lozdzieje Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland

4 Nov Born Johann Bernhard Mayer † Lauda Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany

20 Nov Born Bernardo Jiménez Cascante † Cascante Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

21 Nov 59.0 Died Alexander Dirre † Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic

25 Nov 64.9 Died Charles-François d’Anglure de Bourlémont † Archbishop of Toulouse, France

26 Nov 61.9 Died Giovanni Stefano Donghi † Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy

29 Nov 39.4 Elevated to Cardinal Nicolò Acciaioli † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)

79.4 Elevated to Cardinal Emilio Bonaventura Altieri † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

60.1 Elevated to Cardinal Giovanni Bona † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme

49.9 Elevated to Cardinal Buonaccorso Buonacorsi † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Scala

59.2 Elevated to Cardinal Carlo Cerri † Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy

Born Giovanni Pietro Faccolli † Licien Bishop of Troia, Italy

34.9 Elevated to Cardinal Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero-Bocanegra y Moscoso-Osorio † Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

75.9 Elevated to Cardinal Francesco Nerli (Sr.) † Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy

66.9 Elevated to Cardinal Lazzaro Pallavicino † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina

30 Nov 44.1 Ordained Bishop St. Oliver Plunkett † Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

Dec Died Giuseppe Battaglia † Bishop of Montemarano, Italy

Born Alessandro Zondadari † Siena Archbishop of Siena, Italy

2 Dec Appointed Domenico de’ Marini † Titular Archbishop of Teodosia

54.9 Appointed Josephus Eusanio, O.S.A. † Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia Titular Bishop of Porphyreon

73.9 Appointed Domenico Gianuzzi † Titular Bishop of Dioclea

64.9 Appointed Nestor Rita † Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Lycia Titular Archbishop of Sebaste in Cilicia

3 Dec 55.9 Appointed Stefano Agostini † Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina

4 Dec Appointed Paulus Garbinati † Titular Bishop of Nabala

9 Dec 46.7 Resigned Decio Azzolini (Jr.) † Secretary of the Secretariat of State Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus

69.9 Died Giulio Rospigliosi † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

10 Dec 38.7 Selected Pierre de Bonzi † Archbishop of Toulouse, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Narbonne, France

12 Dec Died Luca Torreggiani (Torrigiani) † Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy

19 Dec Born Gottfried Langwerth von Simmern † Hattenheim Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

22 Dec 26.8 Ordained Priest Fabrizio Spada † Priest Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

26 Dec Born Zozuno Valignari † Theatin Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica

29 Dec Born Tomás Vidal y de Nin, O. Cist. † Tarragona, Spain Archbishop of Messina, Italy

30 Dec 61.0 Died Diegue della Chiesa † Bishop of Nice, France

31 Dec Born Honoré-François Grimaldi de Monaco † Paris Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Jul		Born	Epifanio de Neapoli, O.S.B. †	Troina	Titular Bishop of Lystra
2 Jul	48.5	Died	Martin Geiger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
	Died	Sebastiano Leopardi †	Bishop of Venafro, Italy
4 Jul	32.1	Appointed	Louis Laneau, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand
32.1	Appointed	Louis Laneau, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Metellopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand
8 Jul		Born	Gaston-Jean-Baptiste-Louis de Noailles †	Paris	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France
9 Jul	43.7	Appointed	St. Oliver Plunkett †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
12 Jul	58.5	Died	Bernardino d’Aragona †	Bishop of Bova, Italy
15 Jul	47.6	Appointed	Antonio Baldo †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
41.5	Confirmed	Charles Brulart de Genlis †	Archbishop of Embrun, France
41.5	Appointed	Serafino Corio, C.R. †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	Appointed	Bernardo de Izaguirre Reyes †	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
	Appointed	Ladislas Jonnart †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
49.3	Confirmed	Bernardino León de la Rocha †	Bishop of Tui, Spain	Bishop of Coria, Spain
59.8	Appointed	Francisco de Loyola y Vergara, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
41.8	Appointed	Antonio Primi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina
21 Jul	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Baldo †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
41.8	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Primi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina
22 Jul		Born	Marco Antonio de Rosa †	Cava de' Tirreni	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
23 Jul	54.5	Died	Laurenz Aidinger †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
56.6	Selected	Gilbert de Choiseul du Plessis Praslin †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
	Born	Johann Matthias von Eyss †	Vallendar	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
26 Jul	25.2	Ordained Priest	Carlo Nicola de Massa †	Priest	Bishop of Venafro, Italy
26.7	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Mastellone †	Priest	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy
Aug		Born	Domenico De Pace †	Lucerin	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy
	Born	Muzio de Vecchi †	Sulmona	Bishop of Marsi, Italy
3 Aug	44.9	Selected	Alphonse de Berghes †	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
5 Aug	38.6	Appointed	Pedro de Alagó y de Cardona †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
44.3	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Amati †	Bishop of Nocera Umbra, Italy
25.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Emmanuel-Theódose de la Tour d’Auvergne de Bouillon †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
34.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero-Bocanegra y Moscoso-Osorio †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	Appointed	Matías de Moratinos y Santos †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
33.6	Confirmed	Jean-Armand de Rotondy de Biscarras †	Bishop of Lodève, France	Bishop of Béziers, France
11 Aug	47.6	Ordained Bishop	James Phelan †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
12 Aug	56.9	Died	Louis de Vendôme †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico (Campitelli)
19 Aug	48.6	Appointed	Tommaso Brancaccio †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
49.6	Appointed	Giovanni Evangelista Parzaghi, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
55.6	Appointed	Jacobus Pedicini, C.R.M. †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
52.6	Confirmed	Wilderich von Walderdorff †	Bishop of Wien, Austria
24 Aug		Died	Jan Tarnowski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
25 Aug	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Amati †	Bishop of Nocera Umbra, Italy
	Born	Bartolomeo Gambadoro †	Monte Gargano	Bishop of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy
55.6	Ordained Bishop	Jacobus Pedicini, C.R.M. †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
29 Aug	37.8	Selected	Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch Lipót †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
30 Aug	59.2	Selected	François de Baillencourt †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
Sep		Born	Tommaso Di Grazia †	Napoli	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
1 Sep	43.8	Appointed	Ludovico Ciogni †	Bishop of Venafro, Italy
49.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Evangelista Parzaghi, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
8 Sep	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Mikolaj Słupski †	Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
9 Sep	58.7	Appointed	Blasius de Aguinaga †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
58.7	Appointed	Blasius de Aguinaga †	Titular Bishop of Dara	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
50.7	Appointed	Alfonso Álvarez Barba Ossorio, O. Carm. †	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
44.7	Appointed	Otto Reinhold Andrimont, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
44.7	Appointed	Otto Reinhold Andrimont, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in Isauria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
68.7	Appointed	Azon Ariosti †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
50.7	Appointed	Juan Asensio Barrios, O. de M. †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
39.7	Appointed	Marco Antonio Contestabile †	Bishop of Bova, Italy
47.9	Confirmed	Sigmund Alphons von Thun †	Bishop of Trento, Italy	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
12 Sep	60.3	Died	Adrian Walenburch †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
13 Sep	42.0	Selected	Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet †	Bishop of Condom, France	Bishop of Meaux, France
54.7	Selected	Jean de Vintimille du Luc †	Bishop of Digne, France	Bishop of Toulon, France
14 Sep		Died	Vincenzo Roviglioni †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
21 Sep	23.7	Ordained Priest	Giovanbattista Caracciolo, C.R. †	Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Bishop of Calvi, Italy
22 Sep	68.7	Ordained Bishop	Azon Ariosti †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
29 Sep	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Wilderich von Walderdorff †	Bishop of Wien, Austria
30 Sep	49.4	Selected	Lancelot de Gottignies †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
Oct		Born	Caius Asterius Toppi †	Theatin	Titular Bishop of Milevum
7 Oct	36.8	Appointed	Giovanni Antonio de Camillis †	Bishop of Milos (Melos), Greece
12 Oct		Ordained Bishop	William Burgat †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
15 Oct		Born	Gaetano Iovone †	Felitto	Bishop of Alife, Italy
17 Oct	46.5	Died	Castracane De’ Castracani †	Bishop of Cagli, Italy
18 Oct	77.8	Died	Eugene Sweeney †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
20 Oct	46.2	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Vittorio Alberti d’Enno †	Priest of Trento, Italy	Bishop
22 Oct		Born	Domenico Maria Cedronio, O.P. †	Rocca d'Evandro	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
3 Nov	74.8	Died	Giovanni Antonio Geloso †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
	Born	Bogusław Korwin Gosiewski †	Lozdzieje	Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland
4 Nov		Born	Johann Bernhard Mayer †	Lauda	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
20 Nov		Born	Bernardo Jiménez Cascante †	Cascante	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
21 Nov	59.0	Died	Alexander Dirre †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
25 Nov	64.9	Died	Charles-François d’Anglure de Bourlémont †	Archbishop of Toulouse, France
26 Nov	61.9	Died	Giovanni Stefano Donghi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
29 Nov	39.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Nicolò Acciaioli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
79.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Emilio Bonaventura Altieri †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
60.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Bona †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme
49.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Buonaccorso Buonacorsi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Scala
59.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Cerri †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
	Born	Giovanni Pietro Faccolli †	Licien	Bishop of Troia, Italy
34.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero-Bocanegra y Moscoso-Osorio †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
75.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Nerli (Sr.) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
66.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Lazzaro Pallavicino †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina
30 Nov	44.1	Ordained Bishop	St. Oliver Plunkett †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
Dec		Died	Giuseppe Battaglia †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy
	Born	Alessandro Zondadari †	Siena	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
2 Dec		Appointed	Domenico de’ Marini †	Titular Archbishop of Teodosia
54.9	Appointed	Josephus Eusanio, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
73.9	Appointed	Domenico Gianuzzi †	Titular Bishop of Dioclea
64.9	Appointed	Nestor Rita †	Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Lycia	Titular Archbishop of Sebaste in Cilicia
3 Dec	55.9	Appointed	Stefano Agostini †	Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina
4 Dec		Appointed	Paulus Garbinati †	Titular Bishop of Nabala
9 Dec	46.7	Resigned	Decio Azzolini (Jr.) †	Secretary of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
69.9	Died	Giulio Rospigliosi †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
10 Dec	38.7	Selected	Pierre de Bonzi †	Archbishop of Toulouse, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Narbonne, France
12 Dec		Died	Luca Torreggiani (Torrigiani) †	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
19 Dec		Born	Gottfried Langwerth von Simmern †	Hattenheim	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
22 Dec	26.8	Ordained Priest	Fabrizio Spada †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
26 Dec		Born	Zozuno Valignari †	Theatin	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
29 Dec		Born	Tomás Vidal y de Nin, O. Cist. †	Tarragona, Spain	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
30 Dec	61.0	Died	Diegue della Chiesa †	Bishop of Nice, France
31 Dec		Born	Honoré-François Grimaldi de Monaco †	Paris	Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France