The Year of Our Lord 1621

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Gabriel de Almeida, O. Cist. †		Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
		Died	Albert de Bellièvre †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lyon, France
		Born	Pjetër Bogdani †		Archbishop of Skopje, North Macedonia
		Born	Giulio Cesare Borea †		Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
		Born	Prospero Bottini †		Titular Archbishop of Myra
		Born	Tommaso Brancaccio †		Bishop of Nardò, Italy
	81.0	Died	Antonio Calderón de León †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
		Appointed	Antonio Canopolo †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
		Born	Bartolomeo Capra †		Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
		Born	Sebastián Catalán †		Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
		Born	Giacinto Maria Conigli, O.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
	49.1	Appointed	Ignazio (Giovanni Battista) Imberti, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Rhétie (Rezia, Rhaetia), Switzerland
		Born	Scipione Costaguti †		Titular Archbishop of Cartagine
		Died	Tomás Dávalos de Aragón †	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Sebastian Denich †	Priest of Regensburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Francesco Di Giangirolamo †		Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
		Born	Gabriel Díaz Vara y Calderón †		Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
		Born	Tommaso de Rosa †		Bishop of Policastro, Italy
		Born	Rodolfo Dulcino †		Bishop of Squillace, Italy
		Born	Henri de Villars †		Archbishop of Vienne, France
		Born	Jacques de Fieux †		Bishop of Toul, France
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Johann Flugi d’Apremont †	Priest of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop
		Born	Jean de Forcoal †		Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
	47.3	Resigned	André Frémyot †	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Francesco Fortezza †		Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
		Born	Martin Geiger †		Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
		Born	Matteo di Génnaro †		Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
		Died	Annibale Ginnasi †	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
		Born	Giacomo Ferdinando de Gorizzutti †		Bishop of Trieste, Italy
	53.0	Died	Diego Guevara, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
	30.4	Ordained Bishop	Charles de Habsburg (d’Autriche-Styrie) †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Thomas Henrici †	Priest of Lausanne, Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
	22.1	Ordained Priest	Ernst Adalbert von Harrach zu Rohrau †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
		Died	Simoni Jeçi †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
		Born	José Jiménez de Samaniego, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
		Born	Daniel Mackey †		Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
		Born	João da Madre de Deus Araújo, O.F.M. †		Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
		Born	Orazio Mattei †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
		Ordained Bishop	Fernando de Ocampo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
		Succeeded	Fernando de Ocampo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
	67.0	Ordained Bishop	Luis Jerónimo Oré, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Edmund O’Reilly †	Priest	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
		Died	Pasquale Padavino, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Arbe (Rab), Croatia
	66.0	Died	Giorgio Perpignani †	Bishop of Canea (Cydonia, Egée), Greece
	54.0	Died	Marcello Pignatelli, C.R. †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
		Confirmed	Jeronim Jeremija Poczapowski †	Bishop of Lutsk and Ostroh (Ukrainian), Ukraine
		Born	Bartolomeo Polla †		Archbishop of Naxos, Greece
	51.0	Appointed	Alfonso de Requeséns Fenollet, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
		Born	Stefano Ricciardi †		Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
	71.0	Died	Szymon Rudnicki †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
		Born	Denis Sanguin de Livry †		Bishop of Senlis, France
		Succeeded	Just de Serres, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
		Born	Emmanuel a Santo Ludovico, O.F.M. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Goa, India
		Died	Alessandro Strozzi †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
		Born	Nicolás de Ulloa y Hurtado de Mendoza, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
	47.0	Resigned	Pietro Valier (Valerio) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
	16.0	Ordained Priest	Kaspar Zeiler †	Priest of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
Jan	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Garcerán Albañell †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
Jan	40.0	Appointed	Roberto Ubaldini †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy
2 Jan	20.0	Professed	Fabio dos Reis Fernandes, O. Carm. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
4 Jan	56.0	Died	Jerzy Zamoyski †	Bishop of Chełm, Poland
6 Jan		Born	Baltasar Tomás Carbonell y Sánchez, O.P. †		Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
7 Jan	54.0	Died	Francisco Pereira, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
9 Jan		Appointed	Paolo de Curtis, C.R. †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
9 Jan	36.0	Died	Guillaume Fouquet de la Varenne †	Bishop of Angers, France
11 Jan	48.1	Appointed	Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	41.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Guido Bentivoglio d’Aragona †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	54.0	Appointed	Etienne de Brito, S.J. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cranganore (Angamala), India	Archbishop
	54.0	Appointed	Etienne de Brito, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Salona	Archbishop of Cranganore (Angamala), India
		Appointed	Barthelemy Butler †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wenden (Windau), Poland
		Appointed	Barthelemy Butler †	Titular Bishop of Samaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Wenden (Windau), Poland
	54.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Cennini de’ Salamandri †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Appointed	Pedro de Oviedo Falconi, O. Cist. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
	52.6	Appointed	Alessandro d’Este †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio	Cardinal, Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
	47.0	Appointed	Odoardo Farnese †	Cardinal-Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	44.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Cesare Gherardi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Camerino, Italy
	38.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Eitel Friedrich von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen †	Cardinal, Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
	27.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Louis de Nogaret de La Valette †	Cardinal, Former Archbishop-Elect of Toulouse, France
	43.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Stefano Pignatelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via
	36.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Giulio Roma †	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
		Appointed	Francisco Romero, O. Carm. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop
	52.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Desiderio Scaglia, O.P. †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy
	23.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Agustín Spínola Basadone †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	47.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Valier (Valerio) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
17 Jan	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean-François de Sales †	Titular Bishop of Chalcedon	Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
27 Jan		Born	Andrzej Olszowski †		Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
28 Jan	68.3	Died	Camillo Borghese †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
28 Jan	71.0	Died	Jacques de Serres †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
Feb	50.0	Appointed	Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Index	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
2 Feb		Died	Giambattista Brivio †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
9 Feb	67.0	Elected	Alessandro Ludovisi †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
10 Feb	49.8	Died	Pietro Aldobrandini †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
12 Feb	78.1	Died	Ladislao d’Aquino †	Cardinal, Bishop of Venafro, Italy
14 Feb	67.0	Installed	Alessandro Ludovisi †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
15 Feb	25.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Ludovico Ludovisi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
15 Feb	50.1	Appointed	Simon Mascarenhas, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo
17 Feb	68.1	Resigned	Onofre Reart †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
19 Feb	61.1	Died	Giacomo Sannesio †	Cardinal, Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
21 Feb		Born	Andrea Tamantini †		Bishop of Cagli, Italy
Mar	68.1	Installed	Francisco Gómez Rojas de Sandoval †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto
3 Mar	67.1	Appointed	Jean de Bonsi †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio	Cardinal, Bishop of Béziers, France
	38.1	Appointed	Luigi Capponi †	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	59.1	Appointed	Felice Centini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
	47.2	Appointed	Odoardo Farnese †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	44.1	Installed	Cesare Gherardi †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio	Cardinal, Bishop of Camerino, Italy
	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Moncada †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
	43.1	Installed	Stefano Pignatelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via
	36.4	Installed	Giulio Roma †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
	52.4	Installed	Desiderio Scaglia, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy
	47.1	Installed	Pietro Valier (Valerio) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
11 Mar		Appointed	Donatus Dowling †	Vicar Apostolic of Kildare, Ireland
12 Mar		Appointed	Innocenzo Massimi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Bishop of Catania, Italy
14 Mar	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Capponi †	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
17 Mar	46.2	Appointed	Silvestro Andreozzi †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
	68.2	Appointed	Pietro Campori †	Cardinal, Bishop of Cremona, Italy
		Appointed	Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
	32.5	Appointed	Ottavio Corsini †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
	49.2	Appointed	Pier Paolo Crescenzi †	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Appointed	Guillaume Du Nozet †	Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria
		Appointed	Diofebo Farnese †	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	32.6	Appointed	Alfonso Gonzaga †	Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
		Appointed	Honorius Griffagni, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
	47.3	Appointed	Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza y Ribera †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Plasencia, Spain
	25.3	Appointed	Ludovico Ludovisi †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	25.3	Installed	Ludovico Ludovisi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	47.2	Appointed	Diego Pereda, O.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	47.2	Appointed	Diego Pereda, O.S. †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	36.5	Appointed	Giulio Roma †	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
	28.1	Installed	Maurizio di Savoia †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Nuova
	52.4	Appointed	Desiderio Scaglia, O.P. †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy
	37.2	Appointed	Cosimo de Torres †	Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
		Confirmed	Benito Rodriguez Valtodano (Baltodano), O.S.B. †	Bishop of Nicaragua
19 Mar		Born	José Antonio de Lencastre, O. Carm. †		Bishop Emeritus of Leiria, Portugal
21 Mar	32.6	Ordained Bishop	Ottavio Corsini †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
23 Mar	59.2	Died	Ireneo (Francesco) Brasavola, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy
26 Mar		Resigned	Paolo Emilio Filonardi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
26 Mar	46.8	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Pamphilj †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
27 Mar	62.4	Appointed	Ottavio Bandini †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
	66.8	Died	Benedetto Giustiniani †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	25.4	Appointed	Ludovico Ludovisi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
		Died	Giulio Cesare Segni †	Bishop Emeritus of Rieti, Italy
28 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Honorius Griffagni, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
29 Mar	71.7	Appointed	Francesco Maria Bourbon Del Monte Santa Maria †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	50.2	Appointed	Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	53.2	Appointed	Francesco Cereo de Mayda, O.M. †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy
	55.2	Appointed	Bartolomeo Cesi (Cesa) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
	46.4	Appointed	François d’Escoubleau de Sourdis †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
	53.2	Appointed	Manuel Esteban Muniera, O. de M. †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
	35.2	Appointed	Cristoforo Memmolo, C.R. †	Bishop of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy
	51.2	Appointed	Agostino Solaro di Moretta †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Toschi †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy
		Appointed	Francesco Trivulzio †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
		Appointed	Francesco Trivulzio †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
2 Apr	54.3	Resigned	Francesco Cennini de’ Salamandri †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Esteban Muniera, O. de M. †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
		Appointed	Alessandro di Sangro †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
4 Apr	41.5	Resigned	Guido Bentivoglio d’Aragona †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
4 Apr	32.6	Appointed	Ottavio Corsini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
6 Apr	19.2	Succeeded	Louis-François de La Baume de Suze †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France
6 Apr		Died	Jean de L’Hôtel †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France
10 Apr	24.2	Ordained Priest	Paolo Brizio, O.F.M. Obs. †	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
10 Apr	25.0	Ordained Priest	Alessandro Sergardi †	Priest	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy
12 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Guillaume Du Nozet †	Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria
		Born	Francesco Maidalchini †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
	37.2	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Scarron †	Bishop of Grenoble, France
13 Apr	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Agostino Solaro di Moretta †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
15 Apr	63.2	Resigned	Ludovico Sarego †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus of Adria, Italy
15 Apr	50.2	Appointed	Alessandro Scappi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
17 Apr	37.2	Appointed	Carlo Carafa †	Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
17 Apr		Resigned	Ascanio Gesualdo †	Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
18 Apr	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Silvestro Andreozzi †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Diofebo Farnese †	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	32.7	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Gonzaga †	Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
	35.2	Ordained Bishop	Cristoforo Memmolo, C.R. †	Bishop of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy
19 Apr	25.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Ippolito Aldobrandini (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
	36.2	Appointed	Pedro Antón Serra †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
	29.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Boncompagni †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	32.7	Appointed	Philibert de Brichanteau †	Bishop of Laon, France
	55.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Caetani (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
	38.2	Appointed	Luigi Capponi †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy
	54.4	Installed	Francesco Cennini de’ Salamandri †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	34.2	Appointed	Ferdinando Confalone †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
	52.9	Appointed	Alessandro d’Este †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
		Appointed	Pietro Dini †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Mascardi †	Bishop of Nebbio, France
	54.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Sacrati †	Cardinal, Bishop of Cesena, Italy
	28.2	Appointed	Maurizio di Savoia †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
22 Apr		Died	Cesare Del Pezzo †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
25 Apr	29.3	Ordained Bishop	Louis Dinet †	Bishop of Mâcon, France
		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Mascardi †	Bishop of Nebbio, France
	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Cosimo de Torres †	Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Francesco Trivulzio †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
30 Apr	30.3	Died	Domenico Bonzi †	Coadjutor Bishop of Béziers, France

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