The Year of Our Lord 1620

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Buonaccorso Buonacorsi †	Montesanto	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Scala
		Born	Jean d’Arenthon d’Alex †		Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
		Born	Estevão dos Santos Carneiro de Moraes, C.S.J. †	Portalegre	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	65.6	Appointed	Benedetto Giustiniani †	Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
		Born	Camillo Massimo (Massimi) †	Rome	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
		Resigned	Pietro Francesco Montorio †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Louis-Henri de Pardaillon de Gondrin †		Archbishop of Sens, France
		Died	Francisco Pereira †	Bishop of Miranda, Portugal
		Born	Joseph Graf von Rabatta †	Gorizia	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
		Appointed	Antonio Maria Sauli †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
		Appointed	Pierre Scarron †	Bishop of Grenoble, France
		Born	Kazimierz Szczuka †		Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland
	32.0	Ordained Priest	Marcos de Torres y Rueda †	Priest	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México
	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Jan Wężyk †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
2 Feb	47.1	Died	Fernando Acevedo †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
13 Feb		Born	Girolamo Casanate †	Naples	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite
17 Feb		Appointed	Jerónimo Venero Leyva †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
23 Feb	72.2	Died	Luis Sans Códol †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
23 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Jerónimo Venero Leyva †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
2 Mar		Born	Henri-Marie de Laval de Bois-Dauphin †	Le Mans	Bishop of La Rochelle, France
11 Mar	65.2	Died	Eucharius Sang †	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
12 Mar	69.2	Died	Prudencio Sandobal, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
28 Mar	75.2	Died	Nikolaus Arresdorf, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
29 Mar	38.2	Appointed	Alfonso Pozzi †	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
30 Mar	53.2	Appointed	Pedro Carranza Salinas, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
30 Mar	50.2	Appointed	Tomás de la Torre Gibaja, O.P. †	Bishop of Paraguay	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
Apr	61.3	Died	Manuel Baptista, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
5 Apr	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Pozzi †	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
6 Apr	53.3	Confirmed	Pedro Carranza Salinas, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 Apr	58.3	Appointed	Plácido Tosantos Medina, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
26 Apr		Died	Francisco Diaz de Cabrera y Córdoba, O.P. †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
May		Ordained Bishop	Ambrosio Vallejo Mejía, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
3 May	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Pelcking, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Cardicium	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
16 May		Died	Pedro de São Agostinho Figueira de Cunha Lobo, O.S.A. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
15 Jun	38.5	Installed	Alfonso Pozzi †	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
27 Jun	45.5	Died	August Wiederin von Ottersbach †	Prefect of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
9 Jul	31.4	Appointed	Gregor Kathmann von Maurugk †	Prefect of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
9 Jul	47.5	Died	Pedro de Solier y Vargas, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
20 Jul		Appointed	Juan Sentís †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
15 Aug	70.6	Died	Juan García Valdemora †	Bishop of Tui, Spain
17 Aug	56.6	Appointed	Carlos Marcelo Corni Velazquez †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
17 Aug	66.6	Appointed	Luis Jerónimo Oré, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
27 Aug		Appointed	Benito Rodriguez de Valtodano (Baltodano), O.S.B. †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
30 Aug	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Plácido Tosantos Medina, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
31 Aug	49.4	Appointed	Pietro Aldobrandini †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
29 Sep		Born	Jean Louis d'Elderen †	Tongern	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
12 Oct		Appointed	Gonzalo Hernandez y Hermosillo y Gonzalez, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Durango, Durango, México
15 Oct		Died	Alfonso Santillán Fajardo, O.P. †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
16 Oct		Born	Jean Antoine Blavier, O.F.M. Conv. †	Liege	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Liège, Belgium
16 Oct	69.8	Died	Francisco Virgili †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
16 Nov		Appointed	Garcerán Albañell †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
2 Dec	60.9	Died	Placido Marra †	Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla, Italy
14 Dec		Appointed	Pedro Moncada †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
		Appointed	Fernando de Ocampo, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Bishop
		Appointed	Fernando de Ocampo, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Usula	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
	52.1	Appointed	Bernardo de Valbuena y Villanueva †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
15 Dec	38.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Eitel Friedrich Graf von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
17 Dec	68.0	Died	Rafael Ripoz, O.P. †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France

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