The Year of Our Lord 1678

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	82.0	Died	Juan de Arguinao y Gutiérrez, O.P. †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
	15.4	Ordained Priest	Antonio Baistrocchi, O. Carm. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Vicar Apostolic of Great Moghul (Mughals), India
	18.0	Professed	Gianfrancesco Bembo, C.R.S. †	Member of Orden de los Padres Somascos	Bishop of Belluno, Italy
	70.0	Died	Gavino Cattayna, O. Carm. †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
	32.0	Ordained Priest	Pierre Clément †	Priest	Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France
		Born	François du Verdier †	Limousin	Bishop of Angoulême, France
		Appointed	Marcelo Marona, O.P. †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
	36.0	Resigned	Michel Phélypeaux de La Vrillière †	Bishop of Uzés, France	Archbishop of Bourges, France
		Born	John Talbot Stonor †		Vicar Apostolic of Midland District, England, Great Britain
		Born	José Gabriel Zapata Illescas †	Toledo	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
1 Jan	26.6	Ordained Priest	Edme Bélot, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viêt Nam
2 Jan		Born	Carlos Bermudez de Castro †	Puebla, México	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
2 Jan	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Savo de’ Panicoli †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
5 Jan	74.0	Died	Lorenzo Astiria, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta
10 Jan	55.4	Appointed	Juan de Andaya y Sotomayor †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
	44.0	Appointed	Orazio Fortunato †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
	49.9	Appointed	Francesco Maria Neri †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
15 Jan		Born	Giovanni Battista Rondoni †	Bologna	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
16 Jan	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero-Bocanegra y Moscoso-Osorio †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
16 Jan	48.0	Ordained Bishop	François-Placide de Baudry de Piancourt, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Mende, France
17 Jan	36.0	Selected	François-Clément de Poudenx †	Bishop of Tarbes, France
17 Jan		Born	Antonius Vladagni †	Sciroccu	Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania
19 Jan		Born	Marco Antonio De Marco †	Otranto	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
23 Jan	66.1	Ordained Bishop	Gregório dos Anjos, C.S.J. †	Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
23 Jan	68.1	Died	Diogo de Sousa †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
26 Jan		Died	Tomás de Monterroso, O.P. †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
30 Jan		Born	Domenico Marzano †	Bova	Bishop of Bova, Italy
31 Jan	59.1	Appointed	Jakub Gorecki, O.P. †	Bishop of Bacău, Romania
31 Jan	39.1	Appointed	Henri-Félix de Tassy †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France
Feb	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Domingos de Gusmão, O.P. †	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
6 Feb	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Jakub Gorecki, O.P. †	Bishop of Bacău, Romania
15 Feb		Born	Giovanni Bortone †	Via Piediquindici	Titular Bishop of Diospolis in Thracia
18 Feb	61.1	Died	Bonifatius Albani, C.R.S. †	Archbishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia
18 Feb	48.2	Installed	Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
20 Feb	37.1	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste de Beaumanoir de Lavardin †	Bishop of Rennes, France
27 Feb	51.8	Ordained Priest	Franciscus Crisolini †	Priest	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
28 Feb	67.0	Appointed	Giacomo Buoni †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
	48.2	Confirmed	François Letellier †	Bishop of Digne, France
	53.1	Appointed	Antonio de Martini †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
Mar		Born	Augustyn Wessel, O. Cist. †	Czervien	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
5 Mar	22.4	Ordained Priest	Angelo Acerno †	Priest	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Capilupi †	Priest	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Vitus Seipel †	Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic	Auxiliary Bishop
6 Mar	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Juan Herrero Jaraba †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
11 Mar		Died	Francesco Rinuccini (Ruccini) †	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
13 Mar	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio de Martini †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
14 Mar	54.2	Appointed	Bernardo de Carrasco y Saavedra, O.P. †	Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
	51.9	Appointed	Franciscus Crisolini †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
	54.6	Appointed	Antonio del Río Colmenares †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
	40.2	Confirmed	Michel Poncet de la Rivière †	Bishop of Uzés, France
	38.2	Confirmed	Louis-Alphonse de Valbelle †	Bishop of Alet, France	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France
	57.2	Appointed	Paolo Ximenes †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy
15 Mar		Born	Dominique-Marie Varlet †	Paris	Bishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq
17 Mar		Born	Zdenko Georg Chrzepíczky von Modliskovic †	Sedlec	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
20 Mar	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Ximenes †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy
21 Mar		Born	Pedro Manuel Dávila Cárdenas †	Mombeltrán	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
		Born	Juan Leandro Gómez de Parada Valdez y Mendoza †	Guadalajara	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
		Appointed	Patrick Tyrrell (Tyrell), O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kilmore, Ireland	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
26 Mar	24.2	Ordained Priest	Domenico Votta †	Priest	Bishop of Isola, Italy
27 Mar	81.3	Died	Giuseppe della Corgna (Cornea), O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto, Italy
28 Mar	38.9	Appointed	Maurizio Bertone, C.R.S. †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
	70.4	Appointed	Antonio Bighetti †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
	46.2	Appointed	Andrea Massarenga †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
9 Apr	27.0	Ordained Priest	Aleksander Mikolaj Horain †	Priest	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
	33.3	Ordained Priest	Bogusław Leszczyński †	Priest	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Vidal Marin Fernandez †	Priest	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
12 Apr	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Maurizio Bertone, C.R.S. †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
	70.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Bighetti †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
	31.3	Ordained Bishop	Charles Le Goux de la Berchère †	Bishop of Lavaur, France	Archbishop of Narbonne, France
13 Apr		Born	Francisco Salgado Quirago †	Madrid	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
18 Apr	58.3	Died	Buonaccorso Buonacorsi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala
	60.9	Appointed	Lorenzo Mayers Caramuel, O. de M. †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
	39.5	Appointed	Miguel Jerónimo de Molina y Aragonés, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta	Bishop Emeritus of Lérida, Spain
	51.9	Appointed	Angelo Maria Ranuzzi †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Fano, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
		Appointed	György Széchényi †	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	32.8	Confirmed	Pál Széchényi, O.S.P.P.E. †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
24 Apr	39.6	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Jerónimo de Molina y Aragonés, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta	Bishop Emeritus of Lérida, Spain
24 Apr	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Massarenga †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
27 Apr		Born	Joannes Bernardinus Vendemini †	Cesenaten	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
28 Apr		Born	Agapito Mosca †	Pesaro, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
30 Apr	29.3	Died	Sigismondo Chigi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro
May	70.5	Died	Antonio Bighetti †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
1 May	59.4	Ordained Priest	Carlo de Ferrari †	Priest	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
3 May		Born	Nicola Saverio Albini †	Benevento	Titular Archbishop of Athenae
3 May	34.3	Ordained Priest	Alfonso de Aloysio †	Priest	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
6 May	65.3	Died	Carlo Pellegrini †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
8 May	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Michel Poncet de la Rivière †	Bishop of Uzés, France
9 May	68.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Cigala (Cicala), C.R. †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
9 May	70.4	Appointed	Joachim Luzinszky †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
15 May	48.4	Ordained Bishop	François Letellier †	Bishop of Digne, France
22 May	36.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan de Santiago y León Garabito †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
23 May	56.4	Appointed	Paolo Savelli †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
24 May		Born	Juan García Abadiano †	Segovia, Spain	Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Jun		Born	Marcello Passari †	Ariano, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
4 Jun	35.4	Ordained Bishop	Michel Cassagnet de Tilladet †	Bishop of Mâcon, France
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Antonio Paternò †	Priest	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy
	52.8	Ordained Priest	Hermann Werner von Wolf-Metternich zu Gracht †	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop
6 Jun	38.3	Appointed	Marcantonio Barbarigo †	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece	Cardinal, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
	30.4	Confirmed	André Colbert †	Bishop of Auxerre, France
	56.4	Appointed	Domingos de Gusmão, O.P. †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
	56.4	Appointed	Carlo Felice de Matta †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
	48.4	Appointed	Petrus Mieszkowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	48.4	Appointed	Petrus Mieszkowski †	Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos, Titular Sees	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	55.3	Appointed	Salvatore Scaglione, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
12 Jun	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Franciscus Crisolini †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
15 Jun		Born	Lorenzo Gioeni d’Aragona †	Palermo	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
21 Jun		Died	José Berges †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
24 Jun	35.4	Ordained Deacon	Rodrigo de Moura Telles †	Deacon	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
26 Jun	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Marcantonio Barbarigo †	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece	Cardinal, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
26 Jun	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Felice de Matta †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy