The Year of Our Lord 1656

Bishop Events

July to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Jul Died Martino Megali † Bishop of Bova, Italy

2 Jul Ordained Bishop Raimondo Castelli † Bishop of Narni, Italy

Ordained Bishop Giacomo Vianoli † Titular Bishop of Famagusta Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy

3 Jul 32.8 Ordained Priest Antonio del Río Colmenares † Priest Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy

7 Jul 52.9 Died Lorenzo Pollicini † Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy

9 Jul 57.9 Ordained Bishop Federico (Tommaso) Carpegna, C.R. † Bishop of Rimini, Italy

16 Jul Ordained Bishop Pedro de Barrientos Lomelin † Bishop of Durango, México

Ordained Bishop Juan de Montiel † Bishop of Santiago de Cuba

67.5 Ordained Bishop André du Saussay † Bishop of Toul, France

23 Jul 80.5 Died Giovanni Battista Lancellotti † Bishop of Nola, Italy

24 Jul 64.5 Appointed Bernardo Cardona † Bishop of Gerona, Spain

Selected Luis Alfonso de Los Cameros † Archbishop of Monreale, Italy Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

Appointed Ivan Antun Zboronac † Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro Bishop Emeritus

25 Jul 61.5 Ordained Bishop Georges Rizqallah Beseb’ely † Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon Patriarch

Ordained Bishop Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas (Mendoza) † Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México Bishop Emeritus

51.5 Ordained Bishop Mateo Sagade (Zaga de) Bugueiro † Archbishop of México, Federal District Bishop of Cartagena (en España)

26 Jul Born Michał Bartłomiej Tarło † Bishop of Poznań, Poland

Aug 67.5 Died Alessandro Rossi † Bishop of Ariano, Italy

3 Aug Born Francesco Maria Federico Carafa, C.R. † Bishop of Nola, Italy

59.5 Died Giangiacomo Teodoro Trivulzio † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo

4 Aug 56.5 Died Ludovico Serristori † Bishop of Cortona, Italy

6 Aug Ordained Bishop Ivan Antun Zboronac † Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro Bishop Emeritus

10 Aug 35.6 Ordained Priest Rodolfo Dulcino † Priest Bishop of Squillace, Italy

12 Aug Born Claude Visdelou, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Kweichow [Guizhou], China

16 Aug Born Léon Potier de Gesvres † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France

20 Aug Selected Francisco de la Cruz, O.P. † Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia

22 Aug 63.0 Died Jacques Lescot, O.S.A. † Bishop of Chartres, France

24 Aug 61.2 Died Ägidius Gelenius † Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany

28 Aug Appointed Ferdinando Apicello † Bishop of Larino, Italy

30.7 Appointed Joannes Gregorius Ardizzoni, C.R. † Bishop of Ajaccio, France

71.7 Confirmed Juan del Pozo Horta, O.P. † Bishop of Segovia, Spain

70.6 Appointed Fernando de Quesada † Bishop of Cádiz, Spain

Appointed Francesco Rinuccini (Ruccini) † Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy

50.6 Appointed Lorenzo Sampero † Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy

30 Aug Installed Juan de Montiel † Bishop of Santiago de Cuba

Sep Died Maria Giuseppe Avila, O.P. † Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy

46.6 Died Francesco Massucci † Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy

1 Sep Born Bernardino Egidio Recchi † Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy

6 Sep 65.6 Selected André Creusen † Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

Born Guillaume Dubois † Cardinal, Archbishop of Cambrai, France

10 Sep 65.6 Selected Miguel Ferrer † Bishop of Tuy, Spain

Ordained Bishop Francesco Rinuccini (Ruccini) † Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy

18 Sep 48.7 Appointed Teodoro Balbo † Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

72.7 Appointed Andrés Bravo de Salamanca † Bishop of Cartagena (en España) Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain

58.7 Appointed Juan Pérez de Vega (López de Vega) † Bishop of León, Spain

57.7 Appointed Francisco Roger, O.P. † Bishop of Solsona, Spain

21 Sep 37.7 Ordained Priest Maurizio Piccardi † Priest Bishop of Sora, Italy

22 Sep Selected Pietro Jerónimo Martínez y Rubio † Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

23 Sep 26.3 Ordained Priest Vincenzo Bonifacio † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Famagusta

23.4 Ordained Priest Ildefonso Vargas y Abarca, O.E.S.A. † Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras

Oct 48.7 Died Pirro Luigi Castellomata † Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia), Italy

2 Oct 42.7 Died Franciscus Perrone † Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy

7 Oct 60.7 Died Tommaso Imperato † Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy

Born Vittorio Mazzocca, O.P. † Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia

8 Oct 59.7 Installed Dionisio de Cimbrón, O. Cist. † Bishop of Concepción, Chile

10 Oct Born Pietro Spínola, O.F.M. Ref. † Bishop of Ajaccio, France

12 Oct 59.5 Died Juan Alonso y Ocón † Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia

13 Oct Died Juan Juániz de Echalar † Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain

14 Oct Selected Antonio Piña (Peña) y Hermosa † Bishop of Salamanca, Spain Bishop of Jaén, Spain

15 Oct Died Giacinto Subiani, O.P. † Archbishop of Smirne, Turkey

16 Oct 44.7 Appointed Carlo Bonelli † Titular Archbishop of Corinthus Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

67.7 Appointed Martín de Bonilla Granada † Bishop of Ávila, Spain

35.7 Appointed Tommaso Brancaccio † Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy Bishop of Nardò, Italy

45.2 Appointed François Foucquet † Coadjutor Archbishop of Narbonne, France Archbishop

Confirmed Luis Alfonso de Los Cameros † Archbishop of Monreale, Italy Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

47.7 Appointed Lorenzo Martinozzi, O.S.B. † Bishop of Montalcino, Italy

50.7 Appointed Philibert Milliet de Faverges, C.R.L. † Bishop of Aosta, Italy Bishop of Ivrea, Italy

47.7 Appointed Celio Piccolomini † Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena, Italy

50.7 Confirmed Tommaso de Sarria, O.P. † Archbishop of Trani, Italy Archbishop of Taranto, Italy

Appointed Giovanni Battista Volpi † Bishop of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy

59.7 Appointed Jan Karol Dowgiałło Zawisza † Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

22 Oct 43.8 Ordained Bishop Tomasz Wieyski (Ujejski) † Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

28 Oct 45.8 Succeeded Charles de Bourlon (Bourbon) † Bishop of Soissons, France

67.4 Died Simon Le Gras † Bishop of Soissons, France

29 Oct 44.8 Ordained Bishop Carlo Bonelli † Titular Archbishop of Corinthus Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

47.8 Ordained Bishop Celio Piccolomini † Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena, Italy

31 Oct 23.7 Selected Louis Foucquet † Bishop of Agde, France

56.8 Died Paul Milliet de Challes † Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France

Nov 63.8 Died Isidoro della Robbia, O.S.B. † Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy

5 Nov 48.8 Ordained Bishop Teodoro Balbo † Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

Born Giovanni Vincenzo de Filippi, O.S.M. † Bishop of Caorle, Italy

47.8 Ordained Bishop Lorenzo Martinozzi, O.S.B. † Bishop of Montalcino, Italy

10 Nov 70.8 Died Fabio Olivadisi † Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy

12 Nov 37.8 Ordained Bishop Bernard Coignet de Marmiesse † Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans (or Conserans), France

15 Nov 47.8 Appointed Celio Piccolomini † Apostolic Nuncio to France Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena, Italy

16 Nov 44.8 Appointed Carlo Bonelli † Apostolic Nuncio to Spain Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

17 Nov 78.0 Died Cristóbal Guzmán Santoyo † Bishop of Palencia, Spain

22 Nov Born Girolamo Lucini † Titular Bishop of Capsus

30 Nov 39.6 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Delfino † Titular Archbishop of Thagaste Cardinal, Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy

37.3 Died Johann Franz von Schönau † Bishop of Basel, Switzerland

Dec 36.3 Resigned Camillo Massimi † Apostolic Nuncio to Spain Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

58.9 Died Orazio Monaldi † Bishop of Perugia, Italy

2 Dec Born Vitale Giuseppe de’ Buoi † Bishop of Perugia, Italy

4 Dec Died Luigi Grimani † Bishop of Bergamo, Italy

5 Dec 73.9 Resigned Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † Apostolic Nuncio to France Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy

6 Dec 69.1 Died Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, O.S.B. † Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

14 Dec Selected Tomás Manso, O.F.M. † Bishop of Nicaragua

16 Dec Died Juan Arroyo † Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

17 Dec 64.9 Ordained Bishop Bernardo Cardona † Bishop of Gerona, Spain

47.9 Ordained Bishop Diego Escolano y Ledesma † Bishop of Mallorca, Spain Archbishop of Granada, Spain

55.2 Ordained Bishop Francisco Crespín de Valldaura i Brizuela, O.P. † Bishop of Vic, Spain

21 Dec Born Pietro Giovanni Battista Puccini † Bishop of Cortona, Italy

22 Dec 38.0 Selected Johann Konrad von Roggenbach † Bishop of Basel, Switzerland

23 Dec Died Youhanna Bawwab el-Safrawi † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

27 Dec 50.9 Ordained Bishop Philibert Milliet de Faverges, C.R.L. † Bishop of Aosta, Italy Bishop of Ivrea, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Jul		Died	Martino Megali †	Bishop of Bova, Italy
2 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Raimondo Castelli †	Bishop of Narni, Italy
	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Vianoli †	Titular Bishop of Famagusta	Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy
3 Jul	32.8	Ordained Priest	Antonio del Río Colmenares †	Priest	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
7 Jul	52.9	Died	Lorenzo Pollicini †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
9 Jul	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Federico (Tommaso) Carpegna, C.R. †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
16 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Pedro de Barrientos Lomelin †	Bishop of Durango, México
	Ordained Bishop	Juan de Montiel †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
67.5	Ordained Bishop	André du Saussay †	Bishop of Toul, France
23 Jul	80.5	Died	Giovanni Battista Lancellotti †	Bishop of Nola, Italy
24 Jul	64.5	Appointed	Bernardo Cardona †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
	Selected	Luis Alfonso de Los Cameros †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	Appointed	Ivan Antun Zboronac †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jul	61.5	Ordained Bishop	Georges Rizqallah Beseb’ely †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon	Patriarch
	Ordained Bishop	Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas (Mendoza) †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México	Bishop Emeritus
51.5	Ordained Bishop	Mateo Sagade (Zaga de) Bugueiro †	Archbishop of México, Federal District	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
26 Jul		Born	Michał Bartłomiej Tarło †		Bishop of Poznań, Poland
Aug	67.5	Died	Alessandro Rossi †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
3 Aug		Born	Francesco Maria Federico Carafa, C.R. †		Bishop of Nola, Italy
59.5	Died	Giangiacomo Teodoro Trivulzio †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
4 Aug	56.5	Died	Ludovico Serristori †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
6 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Ivan Antun Zboronac †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Bishop Emeritus
10 Aug	35.6	Ordained Priest	Rodolfo Dulcino †	Priest	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
12 Aug		Born	Claude Visdelou, S.J. †		Vicar Apostolic of Kweichow [Guizhou], China
16 Aug		Born	Léon Potier de Gesvres †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
20 Aug		Selected	Francisco de la Cruz, O.P. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
22 Aug	63.0	Died	Jacques Lescot, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Chartres, France
24 Aug	61.2	Died	Ägidius Gelenius †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
28 Aug		Appointed	Ferdinando Apicello †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
30.7	Appointed	Joannes Gregorius Ardizzoni, C.R. †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
71.7	Confirmed	Juan del Pozo Horta, O.P. †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
70.6	Appointed	Fernando de Quesada †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
	Appointed	Francesco Rinuccini (Ruccini) †	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
50.6	Appointed	Lorenzo Sampero †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
30 Aug		Installed	Juan de Montiel †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
Sep		Died	Maria Giuseppe Avila, O.P. †	Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy
46.6	Died	Francesco Massucci †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
1 Sep		Born	Bernardino Egidio Recchi †		Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy
6 Sep	65.6	Selected	André Creusen †	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	Born	Guillaume Dubois †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Cambrai, France
10 Sep	65.6	Selected	Miguel Ferrer †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain
	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Rinuccini (Ruccini) †	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
18 Sep	48.7	Appointed	Teodoro Balbo †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
72.7	Appointed	Andrés Bravo de Salamanca †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
58.7	Appointed	Juan Pérez de Vega (López de Vega) †	Bishop of León, Spain
57.7	Appointed	Francisco Roger, O.P. †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
21 Sep	37.7	Ordained Priest	Maurizio Piccardi †	Priest	Bishop of Sora, Italy
22 Sep		Selected	Pietro Jerónimo Martínez y Rubio †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
23 Sep	26.3	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Bonifacio †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Famagusta
23.4	Ordained Priest	Ildefonso Vargas y Abarca, O.E.S.A. †	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
Oct	48.7	Died	Pirro Luigi Castellomata †	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia), Italy
2 Oct	42.7	Died	Franciscus Perrone †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
7 Oct	60.7	Died	Tommaso Imperato †	Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
	Born	Vittorio Mazzocca, O.P. †		Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
8 Oct	59.7	Installed	Dionisio de Cimbrón, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
10 Oct		Born	Pietro Spínola, O.F.M. Ref. †		Bishop of Ajaccio, France
12 Oct	59.5	Died	Juan Alonso y Ocón †	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
13 Oct		Died	Juan Juániz de Echalar †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
14 Oct		Selected	Antonio Piña (Peña) y Hermosa †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
15 Oct		Died	Giacinto Subiani, O.P. †	Archbishop of Smirne, Turkey
16 Oct	44.7	Appointed	Carlo Bonelli †	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia
67.7	Appointed	Martín de Bonilla Granada †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain
35.7	Appointed	Tommaso Brancaccio †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
45.2	Appointed	François Foucquet †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Narbonne, France	Archbishop
	Confirmed	Luis Alfonso de Los Cameros †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
47.7	Appointed	Lorenzo Martinozzi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy
50.7	Appointed	Philibert Milliet de Faverges, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
47.7	Appointed	Celio Piccolomini †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania	Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena, Italy
50.7	Confirmed	Tommaso de Sarria, O.P. †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Volpi †	Bishop of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy
59.7	Appointed	Jan Karol Dowgiałło Zawisza †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
22 Oct	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Tomasz Wieyski (Ujejski) †	Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
28 Oct	45.8	Succeeded	Charles de Bourlon (Bourbon) †	Bishop of Soissons, France
67.4	Died	Simon Le Gras †	Bishop of Soissons, France
29 Oct	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Bonelli †	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia
47.8	Ordained Bishop	Celio Piccolomini †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania	Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena, Italy
31 Oct	23.7	Selected	Louis Foucquet †	Bishop of Agde, France
56.8	Died	Paul Milliet de Challes †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
Nov	63.8	Died	Isidoro della Robbia, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
5 Nov	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Teodoro Balbo †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
	Born	Giovanni Vincenzo de Filippi, O.S.M. †		Bishop of Caorle, Italy
47.8	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Martinozzi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy
10 Nov	70.8	Died	Fabio Olivadisi †	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
12 Nov	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Coignet de Marmiesse †	Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans (or Conserans), France
15 Nov	47.8	Appointed	Celio Piccolomini †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena, Italy
16 Nov	44.8	Appointed	Carlo Bonelli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia
17 Nov	78.0	Died	Cristóbal Guzmán Santoyo †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
22 Nov		Born	Girolamo Lucini †		Titular Bishop of Capsus
30 Nov	39.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Delfino †	Titular Archbishop of Thagaste	Cardinal, Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
37.3	Died	Johann Franz von Schönau †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
Dec	36.3	Resigned	Camillo Massimi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia
58.9	Died	Orazio Monaldi †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy
2 Dec		Born	Vitale Giuseppe de’ Buoi †		Bishop of Perugia, Italy
4 Dec		Died	Luigi Grimani †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
5 Dec	73.9	Resigned	Nicolò Guidi di Bagno †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy
6 Dec	69.1	Died	Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
14 Dec		Selected	Tomás Manso, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Nicaragua
16 Dec		Died	Juan Arroyo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
17 Dec	64.9	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo Cardona †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Diego Escolano y Ledesma †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Crespín de Valldaura i Brizuela, O.P. †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
21 Dec		Born	Pietro Giovanni Battista Puccini †		Bishop of Cortona, Italy
22 Dec	38.0	Selected	Johann Konrad von Roggenbach †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
23 Dec		Died	Youhanna Bawwab el-Safrawi †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
27 Dec	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Philibert Milliet de Faverges, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy

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