The Year of Our Lord 1621

Bishop Events

May to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 43.3 Appointed Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno † Apostolic Nuncio to Flanders, Belgium Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Rieti, Italy

56.3 Resigned Lucio Sanseverino † Apostolic Nuncio to Flanders, Belgium Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy

2 May 25.5 Ordained Bishop Ludovico Ludovisi † Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy

Born Girolamo Prignano † Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy

5 May 48.4 Appointed Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese in Agone Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

38.3 Appointed Luigi Capponi † Cardinal-Priest of San Carlo ai Catinari Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy

55.3 Appointed Bartolomeo Cesi (Cesa) † Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy

51.3 Appointed Thomas Dease † Bishop of Meath, Ireland

9 May Ordained Bishop Pietro Dini † Archbishop of Fermo, Italy

12 May 69.3 Resigned Sigismondo Donati † Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy

56.3 Appointed Laudivio Zacchia † Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy

13 May Born Bartolomeo Menatti † Bishop of Lodi, Italy

16 May 68.3 Ordained Bishop Pietro Campori † Cardinal, Bishop of Cremona, Italy

36.6 Ordained Bishop Giulio Roma † Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy

52.6 Ordained Bishop Desiderio Scaglia, O.P. † Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy

17 May 72.2 Appointed Ottavio Accoramboni † Archbishop of Urbino, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

25.3 Installed Ippolito Aldobrandini (Jr.) † Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Nuova Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio

41.6 Installed Guido Bentivoglio d’Aragona † Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

29.3 Installed Francesco Boncompagni † Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

55.3 Appointed Antonio Caetani (Jr.) † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy

67.3 Appointed Antonio Corrionero † Bishop of Salamanca, Spain

49.2 Appointed Maciej Łubieński † Bishop of Chełm, Poland Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

Appointed Agostino Morosini † Titular Archbishop of Damascus

54.3 Installed Francesco Sacrati † Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana Cardinal, Bishop of Cesena, Italy

40.3 Appointed Roberto Ubaldini † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alessio Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy

21 May 37.3 Appointed Cosimo de Torres † Apostolic Nuncio to Poland Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy

23 May Born Domenico Trucchi † Bishop Emeritus of Mondovi, Italy

Jun 45.9 Died Pedro Ruiz Valdivieso † Bishop of Orense, Spain

1 Jun Ordained Bishop Agostino Morosini † Titular Archbishop of Damascus

7 Jun 33.4 Appointed Aurelio Archinto † Bishop of Como, Italy

71.4 Resigned Filippo Archinto † Bishop of Como, Italy Bishop Emeritus

34.4 Appointed Bernardo Florio, O.S.C. † Bishop of Canea (Cydonia, Egée), Greece Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

Appointed Pedro Herrera Suárez, O.P. † Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain Bishop of Tarazona, Spain

51.4 Appointed Juan Martínez de Peralta, O.S.H. † Bishop of Tuy, Spain Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain

38.4 Appointed Paulus Pucciarelli, O.P. † Bishop of Andros, Greece

13 Jun 34.4 Ordained Bishop Bernardo Florio, O.S.C. † Bishop of Canea (Cydonia, Egée), Greece Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

38.4 Ordained Bishop Paulus Pucciarelli, O.P. † Bishop of Andros, Greece

Died Juan Zapata Osorio † Bishop of Zamora, Spain

16 Jun 29.5 Ordained Priest Johann Christoph von Liechtenstein † Priest of Salzburg, Austria Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany

18 Jun 46.4 Died Louis III de Guise de Lorraine † Cardinal, Archbishop-Elect of Reims, France

21 Jun 41.5 Appointed Pierre Camelin † Coadjutor Bishop of Fréjus, France Bishop

41.5 Appointed Pierre Camelin † Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia Bishop of Fréjus, France

Appointed Guillaume Le Blanc † Bishop of Coutances, France Bishop-Elect

49.4 Appointed Caesar Nardi, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Ossero (Osor), Croatia

24.8 Appointed Benedikt Orsini, O.F.M. † Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania

23 Jun 75.5 Appointed Giovanni Delfino † Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy

44.4 Appointed Matteo Priuli † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marco

29 Jun 54.4 Ordained Bishop Pedro Carranza Salinas, O. Carm. † Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

30 Jun Born Guillaume Le Boux † Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France

2 Jul 47.5 Ordained Bishop Odoardo Farnese † Bishop of Sabina Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

4 Jul 67.5 Died Jean de Bonsi † Cardinal, Bishop of Béziers, France

5 Jul Appointed Rinaldo Scarlicchio † Bishop of Trieste, Italy Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia

8 Jul 42.5 Resigned Francesco Diotallevi † Apostolic Nuncio to Poland Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy

11 Jul 33.5 Ordained Bishop Aurelio Archinto † Bishop of Como, Italy

12 Jul Died Agostinho Ribeiro † Bishop of Angra, Portugal

13 Jul 61.6 Died Albrecht von Austria (Österreich) † Former Archbishop-Elect of Toledo, Spain

14 Jul 43.5 Died Pierre de Donnauld † Coadjutor Bishop of Mirepoix, France

21 Jul 55.5 Appointed Pietro Budi † Bishop of Sapë, Albania

32.5 Appointed Francesco Cavaliere † Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy

47.5 Elevated to Cardinal Marco Antonio Gozzadini † Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy

56.5 Elevated to Cardinal Lucio Sanseverino † Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy

1 Aug 36.5 Ordained Bishop Pedro Antón Serra † Bishop of Lérida, Spain

3 Aug 65.4 Died Guillaume du Vair † Bishop of Lisieux, France

4 Aug 65.5 Appointed Pietro Francesco Montorio † Apostolic Nuncio to Germany Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy

9 Aug 42.6 Appointed Giuseppe Acquaviva † Titular Archbishop of Thebae

Appointed Francesc Senjust, O.S.B. † Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France Bishop of Gerona, Spain

11 Aug 61.6 Died Christophe de L’Estang † Bishop of Carcassonne, France

33.3 Succeeded Vitalis de L’Estang † Bishop of Carcassonne, France

14 Aug 33.6 Died Arthur d’Épinay de Saint Luc † Bishop of Marseille, France

15 Aug 51.6 Ordained Bishop Tomás de la Torre Gibaja, O.P. † Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione) Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina

22 Aug 55.6 Ordained Bishop Pietro Budi † Bishop of Sapë, Albania

47.6 Selected Nicolas Coëffeteau, O.P. † Bishop of Marseille, France Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France

25.0 Ordained Bishop Benedikt Orsini, O.F.M. † Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania

24 Aug 84.6 Died Ippolito Fabiani, O.S.A. † Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy

28 Aug 71.6 Appointed Jacques de Vény d’Arbouze † Abbot of Cluny, France Abbot Emeritus

30 Aug 47.6 Installed Marco Antonio Gozzadini † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy

56.6 Installed Lucio Sanseverino † Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy

Appointed João de Valladares, O.S.A. † Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal Bishop of Porto, Portugal

31 Aug 78.9 Appointed St. Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino, S.J. † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	43.3	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno †	Apostolic Nuncio to Flanders, Belgium	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Rieti, Italy
56.3	Resigned	Lucio Sanseverino †	Apostolic Nuncio to Flanders, Belgium	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
2 May	25.5	Ordained Bishop	Ludovico Ludovisi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	Born	Girolamo Prignano †		Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy
5 May	48.4	Appointed	Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese in Agone	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
38.3	Appointed	Luigi Capponi †	Cardinal-Priest of San Carlo ai Catinari	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy
55.3	Appointed	Bartolomeo Cesi (Cesa) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
51.3	Appointed	Thomas Dease †	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
9 May		Ordained Bishop	Pietro Dini †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
12 May	69.3	Resigned	Sigismondo Donati †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
56.3	Appointed	Laudivio Zacchia †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
13 May		Born	Bartolomeo Menatti †		Bishop of Lodi, Italy
16 May	68.3	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Campori †	Cardinal, Bishop of Cremona, Italy
36.6	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Roma †	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
52.6	Ordained Bishop	Desiderio Scaglia, O.P. †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy
17 May	72.2	Appointed	Ottavio Accoramboni †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
25.3	Installed	Ippolito Aldobrandini (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Nuova	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
41.6	Installed	Guido Bentivoglio d’Aragona †	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
29.3	Installed	Francesco Boncompagni †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
55.3	Appointed	Antonio Caetani (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
67.3	Appointed	Antonio Corrionero †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
49.2	Appointed	Maciej Łubieński †	Bishop of Chełm, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	Appointed	Agostino Morosini †	Titular Archbishop of Damascus
54.3	Installed	Francesco Sacrati †	Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana	Cardinal, Bishop of Cesena, Italy
40.3	Appointed	Roberto Ubaldini †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alessio	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy
21 May	37.3	Appointed	Cosimo de Torres †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
23 May		Born	Domenico Trucchi †		Bishop Emeritus of Mondovi, Italy
Jun	45.9	Died	Pedro Ruiz Valdivieso †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
1 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Agostino Morosini †	Titular Archbishop of Damascus
7 Jun	33.4	Appointed	Aurelio Archinto †	Bishop of Como, Italy
71.4	Resigned	Filippo Archinto †	Bishop of Como, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
34.4	Appointed	Bernardo Florio, O.S.C. †	Bishop of Canea (Cydonia, Egée), Greece	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
	Appointed	Pedro Herrera Suárez, O.P. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
51.4	Appointed	Juan Martínez de Peralta, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
38.4	Appointed	Paulus Pucciarelli, O.P. †	Bishop of Andros, Greece
13 Jun	34.4	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo Florio, O.S.C. †	Bishop of Canea (Cydonia, Egée), Greece	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
38.4	Ordained Bishop	Paulus Pucciarelli, O.P. †	Bishop of Andros, Greece
	Died	Juan Zapata Osorio †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
16 Jun	29.5	Ordained Priest	Johann Christoph von Liechtenstein †	Priest of Salzburg, Austria	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
18 Jun	46.4	Died	Louis III de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal, Archbishop-Elect of Reims, France
21 Jun	41.5	Appointed	Pierre Camelin †	Coadjutor Bishop of Fréjus, France	Bishop
41.5	Appointed	Pierre Camelin †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Bishop of Fréjus, France
	Appointed	Guillaume Le Blanc †	Bishop of Coutances, France	Bishop-Elect
49.4	Appointed	Caesar Nardi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Ossero (Osor), Croatia
24.8	Appointed	Benedikt Orsini, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
23 Jun	75.5	Appointed	Giovanni Delfino †	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy
44.4	Appointed	Matteo Priuli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
29 Jun	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Carranza Salinas, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
30 Jun		Born	Guillaume Le Boux †		Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France
2 Jul	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Odoardo Farnese †	Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
4 Jul	67.5	Died	Jean de Bonsi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Béziers, France
5 Jul		Appointed	Rinaldo Scarlicchio †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy	Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
8 Jul	42.5	Resigned	Francesco Diotallevi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy
11 Jul	33.5	Ordained Bishop	Aurelio Archinto †	Bishop of Como, Italy
12 Jul		Died	Agostinho Ribeiro †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
13 Jul	61.6	Died	Albrecht von Austria (Österreich) †	Former Archbishop-Elect of Toledo, Spain
14 Jul	43.5	Died	Pierre de Donnauld †	Coadjutor Bishop of Mirepoix, France
21 Jul	55.5	Appointed	Pietro Budi †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
32.5	Appointed	Francesco Cavaliere †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
47.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Marco Antonio Gozzadini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy
56.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Lucio Sanseverino †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
1 Aug	36.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Antón Serra †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
3 Aug	65.4	Died	Guillaume du Vair †	Bishop of Lisieux, France
4 Aug	65.5	Appointed	Pietro Francesco Montorio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy
9 Aug	42.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Acquaviva †	Titular Archbishop of Thebae
	Appointed	Francesc Senjust, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
11 Aug	61.6	Died	Christophe de L’Estang †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
33.3	Succeeded	Vitalis de L’Estang †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
14 Aug	33.6	Died	Arthur d’Épinay de Saint Luc †	Bishop of Marseille, France
15 Aug	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Tomás de la Torre Gibaja, O.P. †	Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
22 Aug	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Budi †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
47.6	Selected	Nicolas Coëffeteau, O.P. †	Bishop of Marseille, France	Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
25.0	Ordained Bishop	Benedikt Orsini, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
24 Aug	84.6	Died	Ippolito Fabiani, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy
28 Aug	71.6	Appointed	Jacques de Vény d’Arbouze †	Abbot of Cluny, France	Abbot Emeritus
30 Aug	47.6	Installed	Marco Antonio Gozzadini †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio	Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy
56.6	Installed	Lucio Sanseverino †	Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
	Appointed	João de Valladares, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
31 Aug	78.9	Appointed	St. Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino, S.J. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy

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