The Year of Our Lord 1624

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Pompeo Angelotti †	Rieti	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
		Ordained Priest	Bernardo Atayde de Lima Perera †	Priest	Bishop of Avila, Spain
		Resigned	Iñigo Brizuela Artiaga, O.P. †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Bernardo de Carrasco y Saavedra, O.P. †	Zaña, Peru	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
		Born	Manoel a Nativitate do Nascimento, O.S.H. †	Lisbonne, Portugal	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
		Died	Marc'Antonio de Dominis †	Archbishop Emeritus of Split (Spalato), Croatia
		Died	François-Etienne Dulci, O.P. †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
		Born	Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita †	Santa Fe de Bogotá	Bishop of Panamá
		Died	Paolo Emilio Filonardi †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
		Appointed	Mario Filonardi †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
	50.0	Appointed	Henryk Firlej †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Born	Carlo Labia, C.R. †		Bishop of Adria, Italy
		Resigned	Vincenzo Landinelli †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Eustache Le Séneschal de Carcado †		Bishop of Tréguier, France
		Appointed	Innocenzo Massimo †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
		Born	João de Melo †		Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
		Died	Scipione Pasquali †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Etienne de Puget †	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Bishop of Marseille, France
		Born	Gabriel de Roquette †	Toulouse	Bishop of Autun, France
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Otto (Johann Theodor) von Senheim, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
	49.0	Appointed	Ján Telegdy †	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
	49.0	Appointed	Ján Telegdy †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
	49.0	Appointed	Jan Wężyk †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
1 Jan		Born	Ulrich de Mont †	Lugnez	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
10 Jan		Born	Wilhelm Jakob Rinck von Balderstein †	Birseck	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
16 Jan		Born	Pierre Lambert de la Motte, M.E.P. †	Lisieux, France	Vicar Apostolic of Cochin {Cocincina}, Viêt Nam
29 Jan	54.1	Appointed	Juan Martínez de Peralta, O.S.H. †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
4 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Diego Cabeza de Vaca †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
10 Feb	64.5	Died	Wawrzyniec Gembicki †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
18 Feb	67.1	Died	Francisco Rodríguez, S.J. †	Archbishop of Cranganore, India
24 Feb		Appointed	Scipione Agnelli †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
26 Feb	34.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Altieri (Sr.) †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Todi, Italy
2 Mar		Died	Ottaviano Garzadori †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
8 Mar	52.2	Died	Manuel Afonso de Guerra †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
10 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Gonzalo López de Ocampo †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
11 Mar	69.1	Appointed	Luis Fernández de Córdoba †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Appointed	Fulgenzio Gallucci, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
	56.3	Confirmed	Philipp Christoph Reichsritter von Sötern †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
12 Mar	34.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Altieri (Sr.) †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Todi, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Ottavio Broglia †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Fausto Caffarelli †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
		Born	Damian Hartard Reichsfreiherr von Leyen-Hohengeroldseck †	Trier	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
13 Mar	47.2	Died	Matteo Priuli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco
17 Mar	58.2	Died	Antonio Caetani (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
17 Mar	28.7	Succeeded	Luigi Caetani †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
18 Mar	50.2	Appointed	Pietro Valier †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
29 Mar	42.7	Appointed	Pier Luigi Carafa (Sr.) †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
29 Mar		Appointed	Juan Hoces †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
Apr	42.7	Ordained Priest	Pier Luigi Carafa (Sr.) †	Priest of Tricarico, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
Apr		Ordained Bishop	Francisco do Soveral, O.S.A. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
6 Apr	33.7	Ordained Priest	Emilio Bonaventura Altieri †	Priest	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
6 Apr	37.3	Died	Nikolaus Freiherr von Wolkenstein †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
13 Apr	71.3	Died	William Bishop †	Vicar Apostolic of England, Great Britain
15 Apr	73.3	Appointed	Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo, O. de M. †	Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México
15 Apr		Appointed	Miguel Santos de Sampedro †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
26 Apr	43.1	Appointed	Anton Crosini von Bonporto †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Bishop
26 Apr	43.1	Appointed	Anton Crosini von Bonporto †	Titular Bishop of Belline	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
27 Apr	62.3	Appointed	Plácido Tosantos Medina, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
29 Apr	47.6	Appointed	Gregorio de Alarcón, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
29 Apr	38.6	Resigned	Armand-Jean du Plessis de Richelieu †	Bishop of Luçon, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
May		Born	Henri Fuchs †	Fribourg	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Lausanne, Switzerland
1 May		Born	Johann Daniel von Gudenus †	Marburg	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
13 May	56.0	Died	Alessandro d'Este †	Cardinal, Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
13 May		Born	Aleksander Kazimierz Sapieha †	Maciejowie	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
29 May	79.4	Appointed	Alfonso López Gallo †	Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
		Appointed	Melchor Moscoso Sandoval †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	62.4	Appointed	Juan Torres de Osorio †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain	Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
2 Jun	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Pier Luigi Carafa (Sr.) †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
2 Jun	32.5	Appointed	Johann Christoph Graf von Liechtenstein †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
Jul	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio de Alarcón, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
1 Jul	70.5	Appointed	Agustín Antolínez, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	44.5	Appointed	Luis de Cañizares, O.M. †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
	72.4	Appointed	Melchior Klesl †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace	Cardinal, Bishop of Wien, Austria
6 Jul	42.5	Died	Ottavio Ridolfi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
12 Jul		Professed	Tomás Manso, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
15 Jul	43.0	Appointed	Pier Luigi Carafa (Sr.) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tricarico, Italy
15 Jul	32.6	Ordained Bishop	Johann Christoph Graf von Liechtenstein †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
19 Jul		Appointed	Martín Fernández Portocarrero †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
26 Jul	39.6	Appointed	Giovanni Pietro Volpi †	Coadjutor Bishop of Novara, Italy	Bishop
29 Jul		Appointed	Giovanni della Robbia, O.P. †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
29 Jul	61.6	Appointed	Diego Vela Becerril †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain	Bishop of Tui, Spain
Aug	47.9	Died	Gregorio de Alarcón, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
1 Aug		Born	Stephan Weinberger †	Abensberg	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
14 Aug		Died	David Kearney †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
15 Aug		Born	Michel Amelot de Gournay †	Paris	Archbishop of Tours, France
18 Aug		Died	Francisco de la Cámara y Raya, O.P. †	Bishop of Panamá
18 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Francisco Sotomayor, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
30 Aug	62.7	Died	Plácido Tosantos Medina, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
Sep		Died	Diego Mardones, O.P. †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
8 Sep		Succeeded	Guy Hurault de l'Hospital †	Archbishop of Aix, France
8 Sep		Died	Paul Hurault de l'Hospital †	Archbishop of Aix, France
12 Sep		Died	Giovanni Giacomo Macedonio †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
14 Sep	14.8	Succeeded	Nicolas François de Lorraine-Vaudémont †	Bishop of Toul, France
16 Sep	66.7	Appointed	Ottavio Bandini †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
	51.8	Appointed	Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal,
	53.2	Appointed	Gregorio Pedrosa Casares, O.S.H. †	Bishop of León, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
	40.7	Appointed	Cosimo de Torres †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
17 Sep		Died	Ottavio Viale †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
25 Sep		Appointed	Ludovico Serristori †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
7 Oct	40.8	Appointed	Juan Arauz Díaz, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
	55.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio (Marcello) Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. †	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	25.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Maria Borghese †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Crisogono
	40.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Lorenzo Magalotti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
8 Oct	46.8	Died	Marcos Teixeira de Mendonça †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
13 Oct	53.8	Died	Simon Mascarenhas, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
Nov		Ordained Bishop	Martín Fernández Portocarrero †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
7 Nov		Died	Marcantonio Genovesi †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
13 Nov	27.1	Appointed	Francesco Barberini (Sr.) †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
	55.9	Appointed	Antonio (Marcello) Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	25.9	Installed	Pietro Maria Borghese †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Crisogono
	40.9	Installed	Lorenzo Magalotti †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
17 Nov	64.9	Died	Fabrizio Verallo †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Severo, Italy
29 Nov		Appointed	Pier Francesco Costa †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
	56.1	Appointed	Richard Smith †	Vicar Apostolic of England, Great Britain	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	56.1	Appointed	Richard Smith †	Titular Bishop of Chalcedon	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of England, Great Britain
30 Nov	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto †	Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal,
9 Dec		Died	Tomás Cortés de Sangüesa †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain
15 Dec	71.1	Died	Jerónimo Bautista Lanuza, O.P. †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
16 Dec	41.0	Appointed	Lorenzo Magalotti †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy

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