The Year of Our Lord 1646

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Marcantonio Agazzi †		Bishop of Ceneda, Italy
		Born	Alvaro Benavente, O.E.S.A. †		Vicar Apostolic of Kiam-Si {Kiangsi}, China
		Born	Hippolyte de Béthune †		Bishop of Verdun, France
		Born	Giuseppe Maria Bottari, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia
		Born	Johann Brunetti †		Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
		Born	Jean-Baltazar de Cabanes de Viens †		Bishop of Vence, France
		Born	Francisco de Carvajal y Luna, O.S. †		Titular Bishop of Caffa
		Born	Valeriano Chierichelli †		Bishop Emeritus of Ferentino, Italy
		Born	Pierre Clément †		Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France
		Died	Franciscus Cruta †	Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania
		Died	Gaspar Gajosa †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
		Born	Andrew Giffard †		Priest
		Born	Andras József Illyés †		Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania
		Born	Henri-Guillaume Le Jay †		Bishop of Cahors, France
		Died	Francesco Leonardi †	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
	31.0	Ordained Priest	John Leyburn †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of England (and Wales), Great Britain
		Born	Dominic Maguire, O.P. †		Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
		Died	Giovanni Mascardi †	Bishop of Nebbio, France
		Born	Francesco Masones y Nin †		Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
		Born	Ladislav Maťašovský †		Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
		Born	Benito de Omaña †		Bishop of Jaén, Spain
		Born	Juan Pérez Carpintero, O. Praem. †		Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
		Born	Franciszek Mikołaj Prażmowski †		Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
		Born	Giovanni Rasponi †		Bishop of Forli, Italy
		Born	Bernard (Bertrand) de Sénaux †		Bishop of Autun, France
	57.0	Died	Francesco Sperelli †	Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy
		Born	Miguel Juan de Taverner y Rubí †		Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
		Born	Jean-Baptiste de Verthamon †		Bishop of Pamiers, France
		Born	Ercole Visconti †		Apostolic Nuncio
		Died	Nicolás de Zaldívar y Zapata, O.S.A. †	Bishop-Elect of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
		Ordained Bishop	Martín de Zelaya (Celaya) y Oláriz †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
4 Jan		Born	Giovanbattista Caracciolo, C.R.S. †		Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
6 Jan	56.0	Died	Kaspar Karas von Rhomstein †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
8 Jan		Appointed	Pier Luigi Carafa, C.R. †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
	64.4	Resigned	Pier Luigi Carafa (Sr.) †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	51.0	Appointed	Pomponio Spreti †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
9 Jan		Born	Peter Anton Gaus von Homberg †		Bishop of Pedena, Austria
11 Jan		Born	Konstantyn Józef Zieliński †		Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
12 Jan	77.2	Died	Juan (de la Serna) Sánchez Alonso de Guevara, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
13 Jan		Died	Fabrice de La Bourdaisière †	Bishop of Cavaillon, France
14 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Pier Luigi Carafa, C.R. †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
14 Jan	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Pomponio Spreti †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
18 Jan		Appointed	George Bielavich, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia
18 Jan	52.0	Died	Bernard Pinelli, C.R. †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
20 Jan	53.9	Died	Nicolas de Netz †	Bishop of Orléans, France
Feb	64.0	Died	Francesco Vitelli †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
5 Feb	69.0	Appointed	Wojciech Lipnicki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
	69.0	Appointed	Wojciech Lipnicki †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
		Appointed	Fernando Montero Espinosa †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
	60.0	Appointed	Luis Venegas Figueroa †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
		Appointed	Maffeo Vitale, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
6 Feb	33.0	Confirmed	Gilbert de Choiseul du Plessis Praslin †	Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
9 Feb		Born	Orazio Minimi †		Bishop of Segni, Italy
11 Feb	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Cristofor Segni †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
11 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Maffeo Vitale, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
19 Feb	36.1	Appointed	Domenico Carnevale †	Bishop of Isola, Italy
	59.1	Appointed	Marco Antonio Coccini †	Bishop of Imola, Italy
	60.0	Appointed	Marzio Ginetti †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	41.1	Appointed	Stefano Martini †	Bishop of Noli, Italy
	51.8	Appointed	Bernardino Spada †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	50.1	Resigned	Mario Theodoli †	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	59.1	Appointed	Francisco Villagutiérrez Chumacero, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	59.1	Appointed	Francisco Villagutiérrez Chumacero, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Troas	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
22 Feb		Selected	Balthasar Grangier de Liverdis †	Bishop of Tréguier, France
24 Feb	23.5	Ordained Priest	Diego Lozano González, O. Carm. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
1 Mar		Died	Félix Guzmán, O.P. †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
2 Mar		Born	Johann Kasimir Röls †		Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
11 Mar	36.1	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Carnevale †	Bishop of Isola, Italy
11 Mar	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Stefano Martini †	Bishop of Noli, Italy
14 Mar	65.2	Died	Pompeo Coronini †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
18 Mar	64.2	Died	William Therry †	Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland
19 Mar	49.2	Died	Kasper Działyński †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
24 Mar	70.2	Died	Carlo Bovi †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
24 Mar	62.7	Selected	Juan Merino López, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
25 Mar		Born	Marco Battista Battaglini †		Bishop of Cesena, Italy
25 Mar		Born	Domenico Diez de Aux †		Bishop of Gerace, Italy
31 Mar	33.2	Ordained Priest	Johann Bischopinck †	Priest of Osnabrück, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
3 Apr	58.2	Selected	Ladislas Hosszutotky †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
6 Apr	59.4	Died	Jean Bernard d’Angeloch †	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
7 Apr	68.2	Died	Biagio Proto de Rossi †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
8 Apr	33.2	Ordained Bishop	Gilbert de Choiseul du Plessis Praslin †	Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
9 Apr	44.2	Appointed	Gabriel Haug †	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France
	44.2	Appointed	Gabriel Haug †	Titular Bishop of Tripolis in Phoenicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France
		Appointed	Donato Pascasio, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
12 Apr	63.7	Died	Jean (Michel) d’Estress †	Bishop of Lectoure, France
16 Apr		Born	Benito de Sala y de Caramany, O.S.B. †		Cardinal, Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
22 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Donato Pascasio, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
23 Apr	45.9	Appointed	Ulrich Grappler von Trappenburg †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
	45.9	Appointed	Ulrich Grappler von Trappenburg †	Titular Bishop of Lampsacus	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
		Appointed	Samuel Martineau de Turé †	Bishop of Bazas, France
		Appointed	Stanisław Zaremba, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine
24 Apr	65.3	Died	Juan Ortiz de Zárate †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
26 Apr	49.5	Selected	Antonio Marenzi †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
27 Apr		Died	Basile Cacace, C.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ravenna, Italy
May	60.3	Died	Cristoforo Memmolo, C.R. †	Bishop of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy
4 May	38.3	Selected	Andrzej Leszczyński †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
6 May	30.3	Selected	Louis de La Rochefoucauld †	Bishop of Lectoure, France
8 May	40.3	Selected	Bonaventura Claverio, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
8 May	75.2	Died	Philippe Cospéan †	Bishop of Lisieux, France
12 May		Appointed	Alessandro Salzilla †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy
12 May		Born	Giovanni Uva, O.F.M. †		Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy
14 May		Born	Antonio della Marra, C.R. †		Bishop of Carinola (Calina), Italy
14 May	90.3	Died	François de La Béraudière †	Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France
17 May		Born	Étienne de Champflour †		Bishop of La Rochelle, France
23 May	86.3	Died	Richard Arthur †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
23 May		Succeeded	Edmund O’Dwyer †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
28 May	58.0	Appointed	Joseph de Bergaigne, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
	57.2	Appointed	Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	37.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Jan Kazimierz Waza, S.J. †
31 May	64.4	Died	Benedetto Mandina, C.R. †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
Jun		Ordained Priest	Giacomo Carafa †	Priest	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
9 Jun	28.4	Ordained Deacon	Louis de Fortia-Montréal †	Deacon	Bishop of Carpentras, France
14 Jun	47.4	Died	Ottavio Branciforte †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
17 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Samuel Martineau de Turé †	Bishop of Bazas, France
20 Jun		Died	Arnauld de Maytie †	Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France
25 Jun	37.7	Appointed	Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	32.7	Appointed	Simeone Difnico †	Bishop of Nona (Nin), Croatia	Bishop of Feltre, Italy
	68.4	Selected	Juan Gutiérrez †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
	40.4	Appointed	Petar Kačić, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Makarska, Croatia
	76.3	Died	Heinrich von Knöringen †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
		Appointed	Ascanio Maffei †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
		Appointed	Mario Montani †	Bishop of Nocera Umbra, Italy
	15.5	Succeeded	Sigmund Franz von Österreich †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
	50.4	Appointed	Juan Ruiz de Colmenero †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	50.4	Appointed	Alessandro Tassi †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
	41.4	Appointed	Kaspar Zeiler †	Apostolic Administrator of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
27 Jun	52.9	Died	Achille d’Estampes de Valançay †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro

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