The Year of Our Lord 1717

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Giuseppe Davanzati †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy
		Died	François Maurice Gontier †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
		Resigned	Diego Ladrón de Guevara †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Kornylij Lebeckyj, O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Order of St. Basil the Great	Bishop of Foreign Diocese
		Appointed	Alfonso Mariconda, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
		Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Massillon †	Bishop of Clermont, France
		Born	Andrzej Mikolaj Stanislaw Kostka Mlodziejowski †		Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Appointed	Ludwik Karol Ogiński †	Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland
		Born	Bernardo Pinto Ribeiro Seixas †		Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
	45.4	Ordained Priest	Franz Ludwig Reichsfreiherr von Schenk von Castell †	Priest of Eichstätt, Germany	Bishop
1 Jan	62.1	Died	Esteban Bellido Guevara †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
2 Jan	48.3	Appointed	Pompeio Aldrovandi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Montefiascone, Italy
2 Jan	65.6	Died	Edme Bélot, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viêt Nam
5 Jan		Born	Tomasz Ignacy Zienkowicz †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania
12 Jan	75.9	Died	Taddeo Luigi dal Verme †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
11 Feb	23.7	Ordained Priest	Pedro Miguel Argandoña Pastene Salazar †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
14 Mar	55.2	Appointed	José Esquivel Castillejos, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
14 Mar	55.2	Appointed	José Esquivel Castillejos, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Lycopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
15 Mar	45.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Giberto Borromeo †	Cardinal, Bishop of Novara, Italy
15 Mar	39.7	Appointed	Juan José de Escalona y Calatayud †	Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México
7 Apr	58.8	Died	Lamberto Manuel López †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain
10 Apr		Born	Manuel Fernández Torres †	Fontiveros	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
11 Apr		Born	Francisco (Martinez) Polanco (López de Lorena) †	Cianca y Parvayón, Spain	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México
12 Apr	30.3	Appointed	Antonio Claudio Alvarez de Quiñones †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
12 Apr	62.5	Appointed	Stefano Fogliani †	Bishop of Modena, Italy
15 Apr		Appointed	Adeodato Summantico †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
25 Apr	62.6	Ordained Bishop	Stefano Fogliani †	Bishop of Modena, Italy
27 Apr		Born	Antonio Jorge y Galván †	Zaragoza	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
8 May	72.4	Died	Mateo Foncillas Mozárabe †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
10 May	47.4	Appointed	Gottfried Reichsritter Langwerth von Simmern †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
	47.4	Appointed	Gottfried Reichsritter Langwerth von Simmern †	Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
	59.4	Appointed	Pedro Magaña, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
15 May		Born	Giuseppe Maria Carafa †		Bishop of Mileto, Italy
30 May	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan José de Escalona y Calatayud †	Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México
1 Jun	65.0	Died	Franz Theodor Reichsritter von Guttenberg †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
7 Jun	73.4	Died	Pedro Granell †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
26 Jun	35.6	Ordained Bishop	Claude-Antoine Duding †	Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland
2 Jul	60.3	Appointed	José Espejo Cisneros †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
11 Jul	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Gottfried Reichsritter Langwerth von Simmern †	Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
11 Jul	59.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Magaña, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
12 Jul	53.1	Appointed	Giulio Alberoni †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Adriano al Foro	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain
	53.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Giulio Alberoni †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain
	69.6	Appointed	Francesco del Giudice †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy
	59.5	Appointed	Francisco Ochoa Mendarozqueta y Arzamendi †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
	52.5	Appointed	Luis Francisco Romero †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
18 Jul	35.0	Ordained Priest	Johann Wilhelm Reichsfreiherr von Twickel †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
24 Jul	44.6	Appointed	Joseph Anton Reichfreiherr von Delmestri von Schönberg †	Coadjutor Bishop of Trieste, Italy	Bishop
19 Aug	74.6	Died	Manuel de Santo Tomás Mendoza, O.P. †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
27 Aug		Born	Francesco Saverio de Zelada †	Rome	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
Sep		Died	Ambrose MacDermott, O.P. †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
17 Sep	49.7	Appointed	Jean-Jacques Tessier de Quéralay †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand	Vicar Apostolic
17 Sep	49.7	Appointed	Jean-Jacques Tessier de Quéralay †	Titular Bishop of Rosalia	Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand
18 Sep	24.4	Ordained Priest	Jean de Caulet †	Priest	Bishop of Grenoble, France
18 Sep	34.1	Ordained Priest	Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn †	Priest of Basel, Switzerland	Bishop
21 Sep	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Ochoa Mendarozqueta y Arzamendi †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
25 Sep	40.9	Died	Franz Karl Reichsgraf von Kaunitz-Rietberg †	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
26 Sep		Born	Julián Gascueña Herráiz, O.F.M. †	Gascueña	Bishop of Avila, Spain
28 Sep	84.7	Died	Francesco Martelli †	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
1 Oct	50.8	Appointed	Pedro Mejorada, O.P. †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Bishop-Elect
	57.8	Appointed	Juan Muñoz de la Cueva, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
	63.4	Appointed	Marcelino Siuri Navarro †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
2 Oct	47.8	Appointed	Louis de La Vergne de Tressan †	Bishop of Nantes, France	Archbishop of Rouen, France
11 Oct	51.6	Appointed	Carlos Alamán Ferrer †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
31 Oct	44.4	Ordained Priest	Christoph Franz Reichsfreiherr von Hutten †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop
16 Nov	79.0	Died	Manuel Arias y Porres, O.S.H. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
22 Nov	60.9	Appointed	Salvador Rodríguez Castelblanco, T.O.R. †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
25 Nov	53.9	Died	Antonio María Casiani, O.S.Bas. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
27 Nov		Born	Francesco Antonio Marcucci †	Force	Bishop of Montalto, Italy
1 Dec		Born	François-Armand-Auguste de Rohan-Soubise-Ventadour †	Paris	Cardinal, Bishop of Strasbourg, France
5 Dec	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan Muñoz de la Cueva, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
6 Dec	53.5	Appointed	Giulio Alberoni †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
10 Dec		Born	Maximilian Augustinus Christoph Reichsfreiherr von Rodt †	Kehl	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
15 Dec	62.0	Died	Juan Miguélez Mendaña †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
17 Dec	43.0	Died	Pedro Sanz de la Vega y Landaverde, O. de M. †	Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
21 Dec	56.0	Ordained Bishop	José Esquivel Castillejos, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Lycopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
23 Dec	72.3	Died	António Vasconcelos e Sousa †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
27 Dec		Born	Giovanni Angelico Braschi †	Cesena	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
30 Dec		Died	Adam Daemen †	Vicar Apostolic of Foreign Vicariate

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