The Year of Our Lord 1683

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	46.0	Died	Carlo Francesco Airoldi †	Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne
		Born	Georgius Casimirus Ancuta †	Vilnius	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
		Born	Siméon VII Awad †	Hasroun, Lebanon	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	11.1	Selected	Joseph Clemens von Bayern von Wittelsbach †	Coadjutor Bishop of Regensburg, Germany	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Born	Jean-Mathias de Barthélemy de Gramont de Lanta †	Tolosan	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
	76.0	Died	Andrea Bogdani (Bogadano) †	Archbishop Emeritus of Skopje, Macedonia
	50.0	Resigned	Fernando Correia de Lacerda †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Jean-Baptiste de Champflour †	Clermont	Bishop of Mirepoix, France
		Born	Giuseppe Suares de la Concha †		Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
	49.8	Resigned	Carlo Galgano †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Léonor III de Goyon de Matignon †	Torigni-sur-Vire	Bishop of Coutances, France
		Born	Samuel Ozga †	Leopolien	Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine
		Appointed	Raffaele Parrillo †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
	62.0	Died	Stefano Ricciardi †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Eftimios Saifi †	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	45.0	Resigned	Bl. Niels Stensen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany
	58.6	Resigned	Marcantonio Vicentini †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
11 Jan	41.0	Appointed	Giovanni Caprioli †	Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy
	61.0	Appointed	Valerio de São Raimundo, O.P. †	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
	51.0	Appointed	Ignazio Della Zerda, O.S.A. †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
	51.0	Appointed	Diego Ventura Fernández de Angulo, O.F.M. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Avila, Spain	Bishop
	53.1	Confirmed	Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg †	Cardinal, Bishop of Strasbourg, France
	57.0	Appointed	Bernardo Mateo Sánchez de Castellar †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
	68.0	Appointed	Benito Ignacio Salazar Goiri, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	31.2	Ordained Priest	Seweryn Szczuka †	Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
	45.0	Confirmed	Jerónimo Zolivera †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain
13 Jan		Born	Louis-François-Gabriel d’Orléans de La Motte †	Carpentras	Bishop of Amiens, France
19 Jan	54.0	Died	Álvaro de São Boaventura, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
21 Jan		Born	Sebastián José Victoria Emparán y Loyola, O.S.H. †	Azpeitia	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
26 Jan		Died	Placide-Louis du Chemin, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq
31 Jan	74.4	Died	Cesare Facchinetti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Feb	52.1	Died	Francesco de Mandietta (Mendieta), O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
2 Feb		Born	Fortunato Tamburini, O.S.B. †	Modena, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto
3 Feb		Born	Francisco Antonio Bustamante Jiménez †	Logroño	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
5 Feb	69.1	Died	Giovanni Battista de Luca †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati
5 Feb	73.1	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Maximus Stainer von Pleinfelden †	Titular Bishop of Selymbria	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
10 Feb	67.2	Died	Pedro Roche Noguera, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
11 Feb	72.1	Died	Ludwig Wilhelm Benz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
15 Feb	74.4	Appointed	Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
	59.8	Appointed	Decio Azzolini (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	46.1	Confirmed	Diego de Baños y Sotomayor †	Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	69.6	Appointed	Alderano Cibo †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
	46.1	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Giberti †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy	Bishop of Fano, Italy
	50.0	Appointed	Giacomo Antonio Morigia, B. †	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Pavia, Italy
	61.1	Confirmed	Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo, O. de M. †	Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala
	72.8	Appointed	Pietro Vito Ottoboni †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	60.9	Appointed	Carlo Pio di Savoia †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
		Appointed	Vladislaus Silnicki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
		Appointed	Vladislaus Silnicki †	Titular Bishop of Thermopylae	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
	51.1	Appointed	Alfonso Santacruz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	51.1	Appointed	Alfonso Santacruz †	Titular Bishop of Methone	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
21 Feb	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Giberti †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy	Bishop of Fano, Italy
22 Feb	24.3	Ordained Priest	Adeodato Summantico, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
26 Feb	65.7	Died	Lorenzo Mayers Caramuel, O. de M. †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
28 Feb	63.2	Died	Joseph von Rabatta †	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
7 Mar		Born	Tomás Montaño y Aarón †	Mexico	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
8 Mar	48.2	Confirmed	Francisco Antonio Caballero †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
	61.2	Confirmed	Juan de Rojas y Asúa, O. de M. †	Bishop of Nicaragua
	53.2	Confirmed	Miguel Lorenzo de Frías y Espinel †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
	55.2	Appointed	Miguel Jeronimo Fuenbuena, O.P. †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
	55.2	Appointed	João dos Prazeres, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
13 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Carlo Pignatelli, C.R. †	Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
13 Mar	23.7	Ordained Priest	Antonio San Felice †	Priest	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
18 Mar	78.2	Died	Giovanni Granafei †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
21 Mar	69.2	Died	Stefano Agostini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Humbertus Guilielmus de Precipiano †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	68.2	Ordained Bishop	Benito Ignacio Salazar Goiri, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
24 Mar	61.2	Installed	Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo, O. de M. †	Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala
24 Mar	34.4	Appointed	Michele Carlo Visdomini Cortigiani †	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
25 Mar	65.5	Died	Michelangelo Brancavalerio †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
25 Mar	28.4	Ordained Priest	José de Sousa Castelo Branco †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Funchal, Portugal
29 Mar	43.2	Appointed	Urbano Sacchetti †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
Apr	53.3	Ordained Priest	Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg †	Priest of Strasbourg, France	Cardinal, Bishop
Apr	87.3	Died	Paolo Pellegrini †	Bishop of Capri, Italy
1 Apr		Died	Ondrej Sebestyén †	Official of Spiš, Slovakia
2 Apr		Born	Louis-François-Renaud de Villeneuve †	Aix	Bishop of Montpellier, France
3 Apr	23.2	Ordained Priest	Michele Maria Dentice †	Priest	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
	49.8	Ordained Priest	Bernardinus Marchese †	Priest	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Simeone Viglini (Veglini) †	Priest	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
4 Apr	65.3	Ordained Bishop	Domingo Fernández Navarrete, O.P. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
4 Apr		Born	Matteo (Marcello) Sacco †	Mottae S. Luciae	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
7 Apr	33.0	Selected	Ferdinando de Rojas (Roxas) †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
10 Apr	61.3	Ordained Bishop	Juan de Rojas y Asúa, O. de M. †	Bishop of Nicaragua
13 Apr		Appointed	José Jiménez de Samaniego, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
14 Apr		Born	Georg Xaver Marotti †	Rijeka	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
17 Apr	24.3	Ordained Priest	Domenico Antonio Menafra †	Priest	Bishop of Acerno, Italy
21 Apr	39.2	Selected	Sigmund Christoph von Herberstein †	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Bishop Emeritus
24 Apr	63.8	Died	Peter Philipp von Dernbach †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
24 Apr		Born	Angelo Maria Volanti, O.P. †	Ragusin	Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
26 Apr		Appointed	François Picquet †	Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq
26 Apr		Born	Antonio Alejandro Sarmiento Sotomayor, O.S.B. †	Parroquia de San Jorge de Riva de Vea	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
1 May	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg †	Cardinal, Bishop of Strasbourg, France
1 May		Born	Diego Felipe Perea Magdaleno †	Orgaz	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
2 May	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Urbano Sacchetti †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
10 May	61.4	Ordained Bishop	Valerio de São Raimundo, O.P. †	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
10 May	48.4	Appointed	Baltasar de Figueroa, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
13 May		Born	Juan de Galabis, O. Praem. †	Robledillo de Gata, Spain	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
13 May	48.5	Died	Giannotto Gualterio †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
16 May	55.4	Ordained Bishop	João dos Prazeres, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
22 May	40.4	Selected	Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín, O. de M. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
24 May	39.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Ottavio Attavanti †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
	41.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Felice Barlacci †	Bishop of Narni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	45.4	Confirmed	Diego de La Cueva y Aldana †	Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
	49.9	Appointed	Bernardinus Marchese †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
25 May	70.4	Died	Giovanni Gambacorta, C.R. †	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
26 May		Born	Agostino Rivarola †	Ianuen	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
29 May		Died	Giovanni de Andreis †	Bishop of Trogir (Traù), Croatia
30 May	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Ottavio Attavanti †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Felice Barlacci †	Bishop of Narni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Bernardinus Marchese †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
	34.6	Ordained Bishop	Michele Carlo Visdomini Cortigiani †	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
31 May	44.8	Appointed	Konrad Wilhelm von Werdenau †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop-Elect
6 Jun	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Lorenzo de Frías y Espinel †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
10 Jun	39.1	Selected	Marquard Sebastian von Schenk von Stauffenberg †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
12 Jun	24.1	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Grisconi, Sch. P. †	Priest of Order of the Pious Schools	Bishop of Vieste, Italy
13 Jun		Died	Girolamo Orsaja, O.M. †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
14 Jun	40.5	Appointed	Agostino Fieschi, C.R. †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
	50.5	Appointed	Stefano Ghirardelli †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
	40.5	Appointed	Giambattista Quaranta †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
20 Jun	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Agostino Fieschi, C.R. †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Stefano Ghirardelli †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Giambattista Quaranta †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
24 Jun	26.7	Ordained Priest	Pietro Spínola, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
26 Jun	56.7	Died	Ferdinand von Fürstenberg †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
30 Jun	18.9	Selected	Franz Ludwig am Rhein zu Neuburg †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Archbishop-Elect of Mainz, Germany