The Year of Our Lord 1617

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	86.0	Died	Marcello Acquaviva †	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
		Born	Bonifatius Albani, C.R.S. †	Bergomen	Archbishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia
		Born	Théodore-Germain Allart, O.F.M. †	Sezannen	Bishop of Vence, France
	63.0	Died	Diego de Arce, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
		Born	Antonio de Azcona Imberto †	Estella, Spain	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	71.0	Died	Barzellino de’ Barzellini †	Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy
		Born	Pietro Bassdonna †	Venice, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica
		Born	François de Batailler †		Titular Bishop of Bethleem
		Born	Giovanni Antonio Capobianco †	Franca	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
		Born	Giannicolò Conti †	Poli	Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Battista Costanzo †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
		Born	Louis d’Anglure de Bourlemont †	Anglure	Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
		Born	Philibert-Emmanuel d’Angennes de Rambouillet †	Malicorne	Bishop of Le Mans, France
	50.0	Resigned	Juan de Valle y Arredondo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Giacomo Fantuzzi (Elefantucci) †	Ravennaten	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Miguel García Serrano, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
		Born	Teodoro Gennaro, O.F.M. †	Vicentin	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
	32.5	Ordained Priest	Veit Adam Gepeckh von Arnsbach †	Priest of Freising, Germany	Bishop
		Died	Arcangelo Gualtieri, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
		Born	Roger de Harlay de Cési †		Bishop of Lodève, France
		Born	Antonio Ibarra †	Burgen	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
	57.0	Died	Valerianus Łubieniecki, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bacău, Romania
		Born	Grégoire Lo(u) Wen-tsao (López), O.P. †	Lo kia hiang	Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China
	38.0	Died	Vincenzo Martena †	Bishop of Senj, Croatia
		Born	Francesco Martinelli, C.O. †	Palermo	Bishop of Patti, Italy
	63.0	Resigned	Fernando Martins Mascarenhas †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Gonçalo de Morais, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
		Born	Niccolò Oliva, O.S.A. †	Praten	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
		Born	John O’Mollony †	Killaloe	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
		Born	Gianlucido Palombara †	Roma	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
		Born	Marziale Pellegrino, O.F.M. Conv. †	Castrovillari	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
		Born	Carlo Piscina †	Taurini	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
		Born	Luis de Pons y de Esquerrer, O.S.B. †	Mondai	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
		Born	Mikołaj Jan Prażmowski †		Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Died	Jerónimo Bernardo de Quirós, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
		Born	Louis de Rechiègne Voisin de Guron †	Anjou	Bishop of (Saint-Bernard de) Comminges, France
		Born	Giovanni Riquelme †		Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Born	Paolo Emilio Rondinini †	Rome	Cardinal, Bishop of Assisi, Italy
		Born	Giuseppe Spinucci †	Fermo	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
		Born	Francesco Tansi †	Materanen	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
		Died	Lourenço de Távora, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
		Died	Francisco Ugarte, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain
		Born	Cristoforo Vidman †	Venice, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
		Born	Federico Visconti †	Milan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
		Born	Gerolamo Visconti †	Mediolanen	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
		Born	Adolph Gottfried Volusius †	Neu-Hanau	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
		Born	Bernardo de Santa Maria Zuzarte de Andrade, C.R.S.A. †	Cantagnete, Portugal	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
Jan		Died	Orazio Giraldi †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
Jan		Born	Alvise Sagredo †	Venice	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
5 Jan	56.0	Died	Sebastián Bricianos, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
9 Jan		Appointed	Ireneo Brassavola, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy
9 Jan	37.0	Appointed	Giovanni Dominico Giaconi †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
14 Jan		Born	Wilderich von Walderdorff †	Limburg	Bishop of Wien, Austria
16 Jan	57.8	Died	Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau †	Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria
19 Jan		Died	Francesco Bennio (de Butrio), O.S.M. †	Bishop of Ravello e Scala, Italy
19 Jan	43.0	Appointed	Henryk Firlej †	Bishop of Płock, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
22 Jan	37.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Dominico Giaconi †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
22 Jan	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza y Ribera †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Plasencia, Spain
23 Jan	36.8	Appointed	Johann Paul (Giovanni Paolo) Ciurletti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
23 Jan	36.8	Appointed	Johann Paul (Giovanni Paolo) Ciurletti †	Titular Bishop of Byblus	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
24 Jan	47.1	Died	Felipe Guimerá, O. de M. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
29 Jan	20.1	Died	Giovanni Battista Civalli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
30 Jan	38.1	Appointed	Altobello Carissimi †	Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy
30 Jan	34.1	Appointed	Nicolò Spínola, C.R. †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
5 Feb	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Boonen †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
8 Feb	64.4	Died	Carlo Broglia †	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
20 Feb	45.1	Appointed	Andrzej Lipski †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
24 Feb	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Altobello Carissimi †	Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy
24 Feb	34.1	Ordained Bishop	Nicolò Spínola, C.R. †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
27 Feb		Appointed	Miguel Angel Zaragoza Heredia †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
7 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Miguel Angel Zaragoza Heredia †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
9 Mar	68.2	Died	Juan Nicolás Valdés de Carriazo †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
10 Mar		Born	Gregorio Carducci †	Roma	Bishop of Valva, Italy
12 Mar	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Péter Pázmány, S.J. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
13 Mar	55.2	Appointed	Michele Bonzi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ravello e Scala, Italy
27 Mar	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Michele Bonzi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ravello e Scala, Italy
28 Mar		Died	João da Gama †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
3 Apr	41.3	Appointed	Pierre Antoine Triest †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
3 Apr	36.3	Installed	Roberto Ubaldini †	Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy
4 Apr	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Johann Paul (Giovanni Paolo) Ciurletti †	Titular Bishop of Byblus	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
6 Apr		Born	Juan Bautista Desbach i Martorell †	Pollensa	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
10 Apr	41.3	Appointed	Julián de Cortázar †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
17 Apr	44.3	Appointed	Paolo Palumbo, C.R. †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
22 Apr		Born	Giovanni Delfino †	Venice	Cardinal, Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
May		Died	Vitalianus Visconti Borromeo †	Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto
3 May	58.3	Died	Alexeu de Jesu de Meneses, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
29 May		Born	Federico Borromeo (Jr.) †	Milan, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
Jun		Resigned	Luca Alemanni †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
Jun		Born	Lorenzo Mayers Caramuel, O. de M. †	Matriti	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
2 Jun	55.4	Installed	Gabriel Trejo y Paniagua †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
12 Jun	37.4	Appointed	Bernardo Inghirami †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
	52.4	Appointed	Stephanus Penulatius, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Rethymo, Greece
		Appointed	Alphonse Sacrati †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
13 Jun		Died	Horatius Acquaviva d’Aragona, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
18 Jun	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Stephanus Penulatius, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Rethymo, Greece
24 Jun	50.5	Died	Bonifazio Caetani †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
25 Jun	57.5	Appointed	Bertrand d’Eschaux (de Chaux) †	Archbishop of Tours, France
26 Jun		Appointed	Petrus Pitarca, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Termia (Thermae), Greece
26 Jun	60.5	Appointed	Diego Torres Altamirano, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
3 Jul		Appointed	Paolo Emilio Santoro (Santorio) †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
3 Jul	36.5	Appointed	Roberto Ubaldini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy
9 Jul	41.5	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Antoine Triest †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
17 Jul	47.5	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Agatich, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Senj, Croatia	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
	49.3	Resigned	Maffeo Barberini †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Died	Charles de Bourgneuf de Cucé †	Bishop of Nantes, France
	45.5	Appointed	Lorenzo Castrucci †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
		Appointed	Fabrizio Landriani †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
30 Jul	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Castrucci †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
30 Jul		Appointed	Pedro de Valencia †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
31 Jul	43.9	Confirmed	Georg Friedrich Greiffenclau von Vollrads †	Bishop of Worms, Germany	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
8 Aug		Died	François Rouxel de Médavy †	Bishop of Lisieux, France
21 Aug		Appointed	Luis Díaz Aux de Armendáriz, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
21 Aug		Appointed	Augustin Potier †	Bishop of Beauvais, France
22 Aug	20.6	Ordained Priest	Pompeo Mignucci, O.S.H. †	Priest of Orden de San Jerónimo	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy
30 Aug		Born	Hyacinthe Serroni, O.P. †	Rome	Archbishop of Albi, France
1 Sep	70.7	Died	Juan Vigil de Quiñones y Labiada †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
3 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Petrus Pitarca, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Termia (Thermae), Greece
4 Sep	49.7	Appointed	Pedro de Perea (Pérez Díaz), O.S.A. †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
9 Sep	72.5	Died	Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
10 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Fabrizio Landriani †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
10 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Alphonse Sacrati †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Augustin Potier †	Bishop of Beauvais, France
18 Sep		Appointed	Francisco de Castro †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
18 Sep	55.7	Appointed	Paolo Filomarino, C.R. †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
24 Sep	55.7	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Filomarino, C.R. †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
29 Sep		Born	Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid †	Burscheid	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
Oct		Born	Michelangelo Brancavalerio †	Roma	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
2 Oct		Died	Giovanni Andrea Carga, O.P. †	Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece
		Appointed	Jerónimo Herrera Salazar †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
		Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Pozzo †	Bishop of Chiron, Greece
	42.2	Appointed	Pedro Ruiz Valdivieso †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Orense, Spain	Bishop
5 Oct	42.1	Selected	Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
22 Oct	63.8	Appointed	Guillaume Gifford, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France	Archbishop
22 Oct	63.8	Appointed	Guillaume Gifford, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis in Asia	Archbishop of Reims, France
23 Oct		Appointed	Guillaume du Vair †	Bishop of Lisieux, France
12 Nov	37.9	Ordained Bishop	St. Jozafat Kuncewicz, O.S.B.M. †	Titular Bishop	Archbishop
13 Nov	45.0	Appointed	Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	75.2	Appointed	Juan Bartolome de Bohórquez e Hinojosa, O.P. †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
	36.9	Appointed	Girolamo de Franchis †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
	43.9	Appointed	Odoardo Farnese †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	50.9	Appointed	Marcello Pignatelli, C.R. †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
	55.0	Appointed	Francesco Sforza †	Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
16 Nov		Born	Leopoldo de’ Medici †	Florence, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
20 Nov		Appointed	João Coutinho †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
	40.9	Appointed	Gonzalo de Angulo, O.M. †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
	42.9	Appointed	Ramón Ivorra †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
	67.9	Appointed	Lorenzo Monzonís Galatina, O.F.M. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Pozzuoli, Italy	Bishop
24 Nov	76.9	Died	Taddeo Sarti †	Bishop Emeritus of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
26 Nov	36.9	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo de Franchis †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
26 Nov	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Marcello Pignatelli, C.R. †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
27 Nov		Died	Andrea Giustiniani, O.P. †	Bishop of Isola, Italy
28 Nov		Died	Francisco Martínez de Cenicero †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
4 Dec		Appointed	François Lefèvre de Caumartin †	Coadjutor Bishop of Amiens, France	Bishop
		Appointed	Stanisław Udrzycki (Udrycki) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
		Appointed	Stanisław Udrzycki (Udrycki) †	Titular Bishop of Argos	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
17 Dec		Succeeded	François Lefèvre de Caumartin †	Bishop of Amiens, France
17 Dec		Died	Geoffrey de La Marthonie †	Bishop of Amiens, France
18 Dec	53.0	Appointed	Jean Davy Du Perron †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sens, France	Archbishop
18 Dec	53.0	Appointed	Jean Davy Du Perron †	Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa	Archbishop of Sens, France
21 Dec		Died	Lucas Duran, O.S. †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain