The Year of Our Lord 1626

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Pascual de Aragón-Córdoba-Cardona y Fernández de Córdoba †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
		Born	Gaspar Alphonsus Álvares, S.J. †		Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
	67.1	Appointed	Ottavio Bandini †	Prefect of the Congregation of Ecclesiastical Immunity	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
		Born	Ferdinando Bazan y Manriquez †		Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	47.0	Resigned	Alderano Bellati (Bellatto) †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	55.0	Appointed	Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
		Born	Alessandro Caprara †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
		Born	Bernardino Corniani †		Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia
		Born	Vittorio Nicolino della Chiesa †		Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
		Born	Alfonso Bernardo de los Ríos y Guzmán, O.SS.T. †		Archbishop of Granada, Spain
		Born	Giuseppe de Lazzara †		Bishop of Alife, Italy
		Died	Denis Delfino †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
		Died	Giuseppe Delfino †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
		Born	Luís de Sousa †		Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
		Born	Tommaso de Franchi †		Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Bernhard Frick †	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Lucas García Miranda †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
		Born	Simón García Pedrejón, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
		Died	Ettore Gironda †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
		Died	Adam Górski, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Bacău, Romania
		Born	Sébastien de Guémadeuc †		Bishop of Saint-Malo, France
		Appointed	Youssef Habib Akouri †	Bishop	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
		Ordained Bishop	Youssef Habib Akouri †	Bishop	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
		Born	Johann Kaspar Kühner †		Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
	49.0	Died	Ovidio Lupari †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
	57.0	Died	Ottavio Mancini †	Bishop Emeritus of Cavaillon, France
		Born	Manuel de Mollinedo Angulo †		Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
		Born	Antonio Molinari †		Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
	67.0	Died	Lorenzo Nieto y Corrales Montero Nieto, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	33.2	Ordained Priest	Gregorio Panzani, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
	31.9	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán †	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus	Patriarch Emeritus of West Indies, Spain
	63.0	Died	Gregorio Pomodoro †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
		Died	Juan Rentería †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
		Born	Christoph de Rojas y Spinola, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
	52.0	Appointed	Yosyf Ivan Veliamyn-Rutskyi, O.S.B.M. †	Administrator of Chełm (Ukrainian), Poland	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	41.0	Resigned	Alfonso Sacrati †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Bernardo Mateo Sánchez de Castellar †		Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
		Died	Bernardino de Salazar y Frías †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
	32.0	Died	Rodolfo Rodolfi-Sforza †	Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia
	58.0	Died	Felice Siliceo †	Bishop of Troia, Italy
		Ordained Priest	Annibale Sillano †	Priest	Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy
	34.0	Ordained Priest	Alexander Sokołowski †	Priest	Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine
		Born	Friedrich von Tietzen-Schlütter †		Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
	21.0	Ordained Priest	Mikołaj Torosowicz †	Priest	Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
	42.0	Resigned	Cosimo de Torres †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
	72.0	Died	Francesco Ubaldi †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia
		Born	Franz Emmerich Kaspar von Waldbott von Bassenheim †		Bishop-Elect of Worms, Germany
	51.0	Selected	Jan Wężyk †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
4 Jan	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Baltasar Borja †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
7 Jan	36.0	Appointed	Lazzaro Carafino †	Bishop of Como, Italy
	57.2	Resigned	Desiderio Scaglia, O.P. †	Bishop of Como, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Juan de la Torre Ayala †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
11 Jan		Died	Fabrizio Caracciolo †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
13 Jan	44.0	Died	João de Lencastre †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
18 Jan	38.0	Succeeded	Pierre de Villars (III) †	Archbishop of Vienne, France
	79.0	Died	Jérôme de Villars †	Archbishop of Vienne, France
	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Cristóbal Martínez de Salas, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Panamá
19 Jan	41.0	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Astalli †	Bishop of Troia, Italy
	50.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Lelio Biscia †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
	30.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi Caetani †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
	61.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Giacomo Cavalieri (Caballero) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio
	46.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
	62.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Berlinghiero Gessi †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
	39.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Marzio Ginetti †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	21.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Enrique Guzmán de Haros †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest
	27.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Ernst Adalbert von Harrach zu Rohrau †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	16.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Nicolas François de Lorraine-Vaudémont †	In Pectore	Former Bishop-Elect
	53.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Denis-Simon de Marquemont †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
	51.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Pamphilj †	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	38.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Giulio Cesare Sacchetti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	33.7	Appointed	Deodato (Zanucca) Scaglia, O.P. †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
	31.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Bernardino Spada †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	46.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Domenico Spinola †	Cardinal, Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
	68.0	Appointed	Juan Venido Castilla, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
	45.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Girolamo Vidoni †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Quattro Coronati
	61.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Laudivio Zacchia †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
23 Jan	70.0	Died	Decio Carafa †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
24 Jan	58.2	Died	Jakob Fugger von Kirchberg Weissen Horn †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
25 Jan	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Pamphilj †	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
28 Jan	49.0	Appointed	Giacomo Fagagna (Faganeo), O.S.H. †	Bishop of Korčula (Curzola, Cursola), Croatia
Feb	68.0	Died	Vincenzo Caputo †	Bishop of Andria, Italy
1 Feb	12.0	Confirmed	Leopold Wilhelm von Österreich †	Bishop of Passau, Germany	Bishop-Elect
6 Feb	57.0	Selected	Michael Ophovius, O.P. †	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
9 Feb	50.6	Installed	Lelio Biscia †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
	30.6	Installed	Luigi Caetani †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
	61.1	Installed	Giacomo Cavalieri (Caballero) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio
	31.1	Appointed	Maurizio Centini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
	37.1	Appointed	Giovanni Delfino †	Bishop of Belluno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	40.2	Appointed	Bartolomeo Giustiniani †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
	53.3	Installed	Denis-Simon de Marquemont †	Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
	57.3	Appointed	Desiderio Scaglia, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy
	29.9	Appointed	Gilles de Souvre †	Bishop of Auxerre, France
	46.1	Installed	Giovanni Domenico Spinola †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
	61.1	Installed	Laudivio Zacchia †	Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
13 Feb	40.1	Appointed	Charles Christian de Gournay †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toul, France	Bishop
13 Feb	40.1	Appointed	Charles Christian de Gournay †	Titular Bishop of the Titular See	Bishop of Toul, France
14 Feb	56.1	Appointed	Giovanni Collesius, O.F.M. Obs. †	Apostolic Administrator of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Stefaniaco e Benda, Albania
15 Feb	31.1	Ordained Bishop	Maurizio Centini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
15 Feb	33.7	Ordained Bishop	Deodato (Zanucca) Scaglia, O.P. †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
21 Feb	52.2	Died	Odoardo Farnese †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
22 Feb	37.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Delfino †	Bishop of Belluno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
22 Feb	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Bartolomeo Giustiniani †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
25 Feb		Died	Giovanni Maria Belletti †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
25 Feb	52.1	Died	Henryk Firlej †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
Mar		Appointed	Antoine Barile, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Temnus
2 Mar	53.2	Appointed	Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	34.1	Appointed	Francesco Boncompagni †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	46.0	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Deti †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	74.7	Appointed	Domenico Ginnasi †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	64.1	Appointed	Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
		Appointed	Camillo Moro †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
	50.7	Selected	Sixt Werner von Vogt von Altensumerau und Prasberg †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
3 Mar		Born	Georges Barsony †		Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
7 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Ferruzzo, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
8 Mar	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Ivkovich, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Scardona (Skradin), Croatia
10 Mar	65.1	Died	Garcerán Albañell †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
16 Mar	30.2	Appointed	Ippolito Aldobrandini (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
	34.1	Appointed	Francesco Boncompagni †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	39.2	Appointed	Sebastião de Matos de Noronha †	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
	51.2	Appointed	Hector de Monte †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
	41.1	Appointed	Carlo Emmanuele Pio di Savoia †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	69.2	Appointed	Raffaele Rastelli, C.R. †	Bishop of Capri, Italy
	38.2	Appointed	Giulio Cesare Sacchetti †	Bishop of Fano, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	33.1	Appointed	Maurizio di Savoia †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
24 Mar		Born	Johann Markus Rossetti †		Bishop of Pedena, Austria
25 Mar	33.6	Ordained Bishop	Johann Balthasar Liesch von Hornau †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Armenia	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
25 Mar	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Hector de Monte †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
28 Mar	24.4	Ordained Priest	Johann Melchior Söllner †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
30 Mar	28.2	Confirmed	Henri de Baradat †	Bishop of Noyon, France
31 Mar		Resigned	Antonio Díaz †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
1 Apr		Born	Lodovico Septala †		Bishop of Cremona, Italy
3 Apr	63.2	Died	François de Donnadieu, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France
7 Apr	76.0	Died	Andrés Pacheco †	Bishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Spain
10 Apr		Born	Franz Egon von Fürstenberg †		Bishop of Strasbourg, France
11 Apr	74.5	Died	Andrés Balaguer Salvador, O.P. †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
11 Apr	29.2	Selected	Gilles Boutault †	Bishop of Aire, France	Bishop of Évreux, France
12 Apr		Born	François Picquet †		Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq
13 Apr	25.2	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Bonzi †	Bishop of Béziers, France
14 Apr	54.1	Appointed	Maciej Łubieński †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
19 Apr	39.5	Resigned	Leopold Ferdinand von Österreich †	Bishop-Elect of Passau, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
19 Apr	39.5	Resigned	Leopold Ferdinand von Österreich †	Bishop-Elect of Strasbourg, France	Former Bishop-Elect of Passau, Germany
27 Apr	44.3	Confirmed	Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu, O. Cart. †	Archbishop of Aix, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
	50.3	Appointed	Hugh McCaughwell, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	71.3	Ordained Bishop	João de Portugal, O.P. †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
	47.3	Appointed	Thomas Walsh †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
2 May		Died	Gilles de Septres †	Bishop of Toulon, France
4 May	43.3	Appointed	Alessandro Strozzi †	Bishop of Andria, Italy	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
10 May		Died	Juan Estelrich †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
13 May		Succeeded	Grzegorz Michałowicz †	Bishop of Pińsk-Turaŭ (Ukrainian), Belarus
13 May		Died	Paizjusz (Paisij) Onikiewicz-Sachowski (Onyskevyc Saxovskyj) †	Bishop of Pińsk-Turaŭ (Ukrainian), Belarus
15 May		Appointed	Antonio Díaz †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy
15 May	49.3	Resigned	Lorenzo Tramalli †	Apostolic Internuncio to Naples, Italy	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
16 May		Born	Francesco Buonvisi †		Cardinal, Bishop of Lucca, Italy
16 May		Born	Francesco Crisolini †		Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
17 May	60.3	Ordained Bishop	François de Rye †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia	Archbishop of Besançon, France
19 May		Born	Angelo Maria Ranuzzi †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
22 May		Died	Juan Hoces †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
23 May	71.3	Died	Hermann Ottemberg †	Bishop of Arras, France
27 May	29.4	Appointed	Giuseppe della Corgna (Cornea), O.P. †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto, Italy
	50.4	Appointed	Giovanni Battista de Paola †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
	50.9	Confirmed	Sixt Werner von Vogt von Altensumerau und Prasberg †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
30 May	52.0	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Pamphilj †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
30 May	38.4	Resigned	Giulio Cesare Sacchetti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
Jun		Born	Daniel de Cosnac †		Archbishop of Aix, France
1 Jun	29.5	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe della Corgna (Cornea), O.P. †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto, Italy
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista de Paola †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Strozzi †	Bishop of Andria, Italy	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
6 Jun	41.4	Appointed	Fabio Lagonissa †	Apostolic Collector to Portugal	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
6 Jun	32.3	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta †	Apostolic Collector to Portugal	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
7 Jun	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Sebastião de Matos de Noronha †	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Hugh McCaughwell, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Walsh †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
14 Jun		Born	Lodovico Malaspina, O. Carm. †		Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
19 Jun	71.5	Died	Agustín Antolínez, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
21 Jun	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu, O. Cart. †	Archbishop of Aix, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
21 Jun	21.4	Died	Enrique Guzmán de Haros †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest
22 Jun		Died	Gian Gerolamo Campanili †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
	46.5	Installed	Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
	61.4	Appointed	Gutiérrez Bernardo de Quirós (Quiróz) †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
	48.4	Appointed	Łukasz Kaliński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
	48.4	Appointed	Łukasz Kaliński †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Epiro	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
	57.4	Confirmed	Michael Ophovius, O.P. †	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
29 Jun	62.4	Died	Scipione Cobelluzzi †	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
		Died	Teodosij Teodor Meleško †	Bishop of Chełm (Ukrainian), Poland
		Ordained Bishop	Teodosij Teodor Meleško †	Bishop of Chełm (Ukrainian), Poland

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