The Year of Our Lord 1637

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Carlo Francesco Airoldi †		Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy
	20.0	Professed	Théodore-Germain Allart, O.F.M. Rec. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Recollect	Bishop of Vence, France
		Born	Denys Rizqallah Amin-Han †		Bishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
		Born	Nicolò d’Arcano †		Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
		Retired	Lucas (Luke) Archer, O. Cist. †	Abbot of Order of Cistercians	Abbot Emeritus
		Born	Diego de Baños y Sotomayor †		Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
		Born	Ginés (Ginesio) Barrientos, O.P. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
	35.9	Died	Paolo Benzoni, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Sora, Italy
	49.0	Resigned	Tommaso Carafa †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy	Bishop of Capaccio, Italy
	15.0	Professed	Lourenço de Castro, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
		Born	Nilo Catalano, O.S.B.M. †		Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo) (Albanian), Albania
	48.0	Died	Francesco Cavaliere †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
		Died	Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
		Born	Francesco Crispo †		Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
		Born	Domenico Cugia †		Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
	49.0	Died	Onorio de Verme †	Bishop of Ravello e Scala, Italy
	52.0	Resigned	Lelio Falconieri †	Apostolic Nuncio to Flanders, Belgium	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
	47.0	Died	Alphonse de La Croix de Chevrières †	Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
	31.3	Ordained Priest	Wacław Leszczyński †	Priest of Poznań, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	36.0	Appointed	György Lippay Zombori †	Bishop of Eger, Hungary	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
		Born	Charles-François de Loménie de Brienne †		Bishop of Coutances, France
	34.0	Appointed	Nykyfor Losovskyj †	Administrator of Lutzk e Ostrog (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Coadjutor Bishop of Połock (Polotsk) (Ukrainian), Belarus
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Francisco de Loyola y Vergara, O.E.S.A. †	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
		Born	Pietro Luigi Malaspina, C.R. †		Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
	52.0	Resigned	Lourenço de Mendonça †	Prelate of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
		Born	Tiberio Muscettola, C.O. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia, Italy
	38.0	Appointed	Pachomiusz Woyna Orański †	Bishop of Pińsk-Turaŭ (Ukrainian), Belarus
	33.0	Appointed	Pavlo Ovlučynškyj †	Coadjutor Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland
		Born	Antonio Sanjurjo Miranda, O.P. †		Bishop of Astorga, Spain
		Born	Andrea Arcadio Stanila †		Titular Bishop of Colonia in Armenia
	56.0	Selected	Benedikt Vinković †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
Jan		Died	Alessandro Deti (Deto) †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
1 Jan		Born	Giovanni Felice Bernabei, O.F.M. Conv. †		Vicar Apostolic
	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Cansacchi (Consacchi) †	Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
	67.0	Died	Diego Merino, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
4 Jan	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Blas Tineo Palacios, O. de M. †	Titular Bishop of Thermopylae	Auxiliary Bishop of Granada, Spain
8 Jan		Born	Francesco Juste Giusti †		Bishop of Camerino, Italy
9 Jan	55.0	Died	Paolo de Estrella, T.O.R. †	Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
12 Jan	59.0	Appointed	Girolamo Binago, C.O. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy
	59.0	Appointed	Girolamo Binago, C.O. †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia	Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy
	60.0	Appointed	Gaudius Castelli †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
		Appointed	Girolamo Lanfranchi †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy
	56.0	Appointed	Bernardino Scala †	Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
18 Jan	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Gaudius Castelli †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
18 Jan		Born	Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz y Sahagún †		Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
25 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Lanfranchi †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy
	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Nivelle, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Luçon, France
	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Bernardino Scala †	Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Tornielli †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
Feb	53.0	Died	Costantino Testa, O.P. †	Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy
5 Feb	37.0	Succeeded	Rafał Mikołaj Korsak, O.S.B.M. †	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
5 Feb	63.0	Died	Yosyf Ivan Veliamyn-Rutskyi, O.S.B.M. †	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
9 Feb	61.6	Appointed	Lelio Biscia †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
	45.1	Appointed	Alessandro Cesarini (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	61.1	Appointed	António do Rosário, O.P. †	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore	Bishop-Elect
		Appointed	Luis García Rodríguez †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
	52.1	Appointed	Alessandro (Fabrizio) Suardi †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
10 Feb	58.0	Resigned	Antonio Tornielli †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
14 Feb	47.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Altieri (Sr.) †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Todi, Italy
14 Feb	51.1	Installed	Charles Christian de Gournay †	Bishop of Toul, France
15 Feb	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Zacharias Stumpf †	Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
20 Feb	43.5	Selected	Diego Montoya Mendoza †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
22 Feb	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Piotr Gembicki †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
24 Feb	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Binago, C.O. †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia	Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy
Mar	61.1	Died	Ippolito Borghese, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Pienza, Italy
Mar	64.1	Died	Juan Serrano Ortiz, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Acerno, Italy
2 Mar	47.1	Appointed	Scipione Tancredi †	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy
	51.1	Appointed	Ascanio Turamini †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
	50.9	Appointed	Juan Velasco Acevedo †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
10 Mar	58.1	Died	Raymond de Montaigne †	Bishop of Bayonne, France
11 Mar		Selected	Gabriel de Zarate, O.P. †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
15 Mar	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Ascanio Turamini †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
16 Mar	38.2	Appointed	Pietro Paolo de’ Rustici, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
	80.2	Died	Alessandro Guidiccioni (Jr.) †	Bishop of Lucca, Italy
		Appointed	Cristoforo Tolomei †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy
		Appointed	Jean-Vincent de Tulles †	Coadjutor Bishop of Orange, France	Bishop of Lavaur, France
		Appointed	Jean-Vincent de Tulles †	Titular Bishop of Dioclea	Bishop of Lavaur, France
19 Mar	66.4	Died	Péter Pázmány, S.J. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
29 Mar	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Paolo de’ Rustici, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
30 Mar	38.2	Confirmed	Tommaso Caracciolo, C.R. †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
	58.2	Resigned	Gil Carrillo de Albornoz †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	45.2	Appointed	Marcantonio Franciotti †	Bishop of Lucca, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	45.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Marcantonio Franciotti †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy
	50.2	Confirmed	Girolamo Martini †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy
2 Apr		Born	Pietro Leoni †		Bishop of Verona, Italy
8 Apr		Died	Giovanni Battista Colonna †	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
8 Apr	63.2	Died	António da Ressurreição, O.P. †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
12 Apr	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Franz von Hatzfeld †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
13 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Jean-Vincent de Tulles †	Titular Bishop of Dioclea	Bishop of Lavaur, France
17 Apr	71.2	Died	François de Rye †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
19 Apr	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Marcantonio Franciotti †	Bishop of Lucca, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
19 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Cristoforo Tolomei †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy
20 Apr	46.3	Appointed	Alexander Sibilia †	Bishop of Capri, Italy
	41.3	Appointed	Etienne Via †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene
	50.3	Appointed	Gaspar de Villarroel, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
25 Apr		Died	Étienne de Polverel †	Bishop of Alet, France
26 Apr	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Martini †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy
May		Died	Sallustio Bartoli †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
1 May	74.9	Died	Antonio Pérez, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
1 May	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Alexander Sibilia †	Bishop of Capri, Italy
5 May		Born	Uldericus Nardi †		Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
16 May	65.3	Died	Charles-Salomon du Serre †	Bishop of Gap, France
24 May	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Juan Velasco Acevedo †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
31 May		Born	Louis Laneau, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand
Jun	46.4	Died	Alexander Sibilia †	Bishop of Capri, Italy
2 Jun	39.5	Selected	Nicolas Pavillon †	Bishop of Alet, France
14 Jun	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Le Noël du Perron †	Bishop of Angoulême, France	Bishop of Évreux, France
15 Jun	75.4	Died	Barthélémy Camelin †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
15 Jun	57.5	Succeeded	Pierre Camelin †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
20 Jun	83.4	Died	Otto Schenking †	Bishop of Wenden (Windau), Poland

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