The Year of Our Lord 1698

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	62.0	Died	Giovan Donato Giannoni Alitto †	Bishop of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Jacob IV Awad †	Bishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
		Born	Antun Becić †		Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
		Born	John Brett, O.P. †		Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
	15.9	Professed	Antonio Maria Carafa, C.R. †	Member of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
	44.0	Died	Amand Wiktoryn Czeszejko, O.P. †	Bishop of Bacău, Romania
	44.5	Died	Filippo de Cordova (de’ duchi di Suessa) †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
	67.0	Died	Juan de los Ríos y Berriz †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Jean d’Yse (d’Ize) de Saléon †	Priest	Archbishop of Vienne, France
	70.0	Appointed	Georges Khirallah Estefan †	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
	70.0	Ordained Bishop	Georges Khirallah Estefan †	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
	90.0	Died	Gregory Fallon †	Bishop of Clonmacnoise, Ireland
	43.4	Resigned	Tommaso Bonaventura della Gherardesca †	Apostolic Internuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	65.9	Died	Sebastian Glavinich †	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
		Born	Ross Roe MacMahon (McMahon) †		Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
		Born	José Morales Blanco †		Bishop of Palencia, Spain
		Born	Louis-François Néel de Christot †		Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
	25.9	Ordained Priest	García Pardiñas Villar de Francos, O. de M. †	Priest	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
		Appointed	Athanasie Anghel Popa †	Bishop	Titular Bishop
	44.0	Resigned	Isaias Popović, O.S.B.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Valachia (Križevci), Croatia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Born	Manuel Quintano Bonifaz †		Apostolic Administrator of Toledo, Spain
	63.0	Died	Francisco Rodríguez Pizaño, O.S. †	Titular Bishop of Raulia
		Died	Ignatius Rosa †	Bishop of Andros, Greece
		Born	Mark Skerret †		Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
	54.7	Appointed	Fabrizio Spada †	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	56.0	Died	Carolus de Tilly †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
4 Jan	53.0	Died	Francesco di Sobrecasas, O.P. †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
8 Jan	53.1	Died	Claude Le Tonnelier de Breteuil †	Bishop of Boulogne (-Sur-Mer), France
11 Jan		Born	João de Azevedo †		Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
12 Jan	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Ludovicus Quémeneur †	Titular Bishop of Sura
14 Jan	29.1	Selected	Márton Brajkovićs †	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
15 Jan	82.0	Died	Girolamo Borghese, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Pienza, Italy
17 Jan		Born	Antoni Gorczyński †		Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
17 Jan	70.0	Died	Giovanni Battista Pallotta †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
20 Jan	81.0	Died	Giannicolò Conti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
20 Jan		Born	Ferdinand Julius von Troyer †		Cardinal, Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
24 Jan		Born	Felipe Martín Ovejero †		Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
25 Jan	34.8	Appointed	Giulio Piazza †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Faenza, Italy
26 Jan	64.0	Died	François-Ignace de Baglion du Saillant, C.O. †	Bishop of Poitiers, France
	25.1	Ordained Deacon	Giuseppe Antonio von Delmestri von Schönberg †	Deacon of Trieste, Italy	Bishop
		Born	Pietro Antonio Raimondi †		Bishop of Capaccio, Italy
27 Jan	72.7	Appointed	Gasparo Carpegna †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
	41.7	Appointed	Bisanzio Fili †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
	63.0	Appointed	Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero-Bocanegra y Moscoso-Osorio †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	52.9	Appointed	Carlo Giuseppe Morozzo, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
	62.2	Appointed	Domenico Pacifico †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
	74.6	Appointed	Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy
	46.8	Appointed	Fabrizio Paolucci †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	39.7	Appointed	Luigi Ruzini (Ruzzini) †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
	43.2	Appointed	José de Sousa Castelo Branco †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
29 Jan		Died	Ernst August von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
Feb	46.8	Resigned	Fabrizio Paolucci †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Cardinal, Secretary of State
2 Feb	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Bisanzio Fili †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
	62.2	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Pacifico †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Stefan Bogusław Rupniewski †	Priest	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Ruzini (Ruzzini) †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
8 Feb		Appointed	Denis Delfino †	Coadjutor Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy	Patriarch
8 Feb		Appointed	Denis Delfino †	Titular Bishop of Lorea	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
9 Feb	25.1	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Antonio von Delmestri von Schönberg †	Priest of Trieste, Italy	Bishop
17 Feb	33.4	Installed	Henri-Charles du Camboust de Coislin †	Bishop of Metz, France
22 Feb	23.0	Ordained Priest	Antonio Maria Bacigalupi, O.M.D. †	Priest of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
22 Feb	24.7	Ordained Deacon	Johann Anton Wallreuther †	Deacon of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Worms, Germany
23 Feb	23.2	Ordained Deacon	Stanisław Józef Hozjusz †	Deacon	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
24 Feb	27.8	Ordained Priest	Pantaleon (Andreas) Bruns, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
28 Feb		Born	Siegmund Christoph von Schrattenbach †		Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
8 Mar		Born	Pierre-Jules-César de Rochechouard-Montigny †		Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux, France
10 Mar	32.7	Confirmed	Denis-François Bouthillier de Chavigny †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Archbishop of Sens, France
	37.4	Appointed	Gianantonio Davia †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Rimini, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	62.9	Appointed	Carlo Loffredo, C.R. †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
	41.4	Appointed	Pietro Spínola, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
15 Mar	23.3	Ordained Priest	Stanisław Józef Hozjusz †	Priest	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Franciszek Kaznowski †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Sanna †	Priest	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Johann Anton Wallreuther †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Worms, Germany
16 Mar		Born	Giovanni Battista Miceli †		Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
	29.0	Ordained Deacon	Jacques Rambert †	Deacon	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Spínola, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
19 Mar	29.0	Ordained Priest	Jacques Rambert †	Priest	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
23 Mar		Born	Franjo Thauszy †		Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
29 Mar	43.2	Selected	Jean-Baptiste-Armand Bazin de Bezons †	Archbishop of Bordeaux, France	Archbishop of Rouen, France
	35.7	Selected	Louis-Gaston Fleuriau d’Armenonville †	Bishop of Aire, France	Bishop of Orléans, France
	41.8	Selected	Antoine Girard de La Bornat (La Bournat) †	Bishop of Poitiers, France
Apr		Appointed	Gerard de Vera †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia
		Born	Aleksander Kazimierz Horain †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
		Born	István Pucz †		Bishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
3 Apr	53.2	Died	Johann Franz Christoph von Talmberg †	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia
5 Apr		Born	Charles de Saint-Albin †		Archbishop of Cambrai, France
6 Apr	28.9	Ordained Deacon	Álvaro Pires de Castro e Noronha †	Deacon	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
7 Apr	39.6	Installed	Giorgio Cornaro †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
	46.2	Appointed	Manuel Plácido de Quirós de Porras, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
	67.6	Confirmed	Johann Martin von Eyb †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
	35.2	Appointed	Muzio Gaeta (Sr.) †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	40.0	Confirmed	François de Mailly †	Archbishop of Arles, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
	34.5	Appointed	Tommaso Ruffo †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy
	82.5	Appointed	Giambattista Spínola (Sr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova, Italy
12 Apr	69.2	Died	Giovanni Vincenzo Lucchesini, O.S.M. †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
13 Apr	28.9	Ordained Priest	Álvaro Pires de Castro e Noronha †	Priest	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
	35.2	Ordained Bishop	Muzio Gaeta (Sr.) †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	34.5	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Ruffo †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy
14 Apr	17.3	Selected	Karl Joseph Ignaz von Lothringen †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Archbishop-Elect of Trier, Germany
16 Apr	42.9	Appointed	Michelangelo dei Conti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
20 Apr	32.8	Ordained Bishop	Denis-François Bouthillier de Chavigny †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Archbishop of Sens, France
22 Apr	17.5	Professed	Matteo Odierna, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
24 Apr		Born	Domenico Pasqualigo †		Bishop of Scardona (Skradin), Croatia
26 Apr		Born	Diego Antonio de Parada †		Archbishop of Lima, Peru
26 Apr	54.1	Selected	Pierre de Langle †	Bishop of Boulogne (-Sur-Mer), France
1 May		Born	Jacques-Bonne Gigault de Bellefonds †		Archbishop of Paris, France
	83.0	Died	Antoine-Pierre de Grammont, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
		Died	Pierre François Odet, C.R.A. †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
2 May	44.3	Selected	François-Nicolas Zurtannen, C.R.A. †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
4 May		Ordained Bishop	Denis Delfino †	Titular Bishop of Lorea	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
4 May	60.3	Died	Jan Stanisław Witwicki †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
10 May	34.6	Appointed	Tommaso Ruffo †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy
11 May	40.1	Ordained Bishop	François de Mailly †	Archbishop of Arles, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
11 May		Born	Gerhard Wiesner, O. Cist. †		Abbot
16 May	32.3	Appointed	Simone Paolo Aleotti †	Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy
	44.9	Appointed	Vincenzo Grimani †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
	47.6	Appointed	Johann Peter von Quentell †	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
	47.6	Appointed	Johann Peter von Quentell †	Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
18 May	32.3	Ordained Bishop	Simone Paolo Aleotti †	Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy
19 May	73.3	Died	Konstanty Samuel Lipski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
24 May	23.9	Ordained Deacon	Pietro Carlo Benedetti †	Deacon	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Archangelus Feni, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Former Archbishop-Elect of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Carlo Maria Giuseppe Fornari †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Albenga, Italy
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Sergio Pola †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Famagusta
	29.6	Ordained Deacon	Giovanni Francesco Maria Tenderini †	Deacon	Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy
	34.1	Ordained Priest	Manuel Tercero Rozas, O.E.S.A. †	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
31 May		Died	Miguel Quijada, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
Jun	68.4	Died	Dionisio Petra, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Capri, Italy
Jun	58.7	Resigned	Sperello Sperelli †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy
1 Jun		Born	Giovanni Domenico Santucci †		Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy
5 Jun	70.2	Died	Domenico Minio †	Bishop of Caorle, Italy
5 Jun		Born	Giuseppe Filippo Porporato †		Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
6 Jun		Born	Filip Felicjan Wołodkowicz (Volodkovyc), O.S.B.M. †		Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
6 Jun	50.3	Selected	Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
7 Jun		Born	François-Ernest de Salm-Reifferscheid †		Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
8 Jun	67.7	Ordained Bishop	Johann Martin von Eyb †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
10 Jun	56.7	Died	Vincenzo Maria de Rossi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
20 Jun		Born	Juan Antonio Oruña †		Bishop of Osma, Spain
24 Jun	28.5	Ordained Deacon	Gottfried Langwerth von Simmern †	Deacon of Regensburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
29 Jun	28.5	Ordained Priest	Gottfried Langwerth von Simmern †	Priest of Regensburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	75.0	Died	Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy
	43.6	Ordained Bishop	José de Sousa Castelo Branco †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
30 Jun	40.9	Resigned	Marcello d’Aste †	Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to Germany

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