The Year of Our Lord 1626

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Pascual de Aragón-Córdoba-Cardona y Fernández de Córdoba †	Palau de la Riera	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
		Born	Alessandro Caprara †	Bologna	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo
		Born	Alonso Bernardo de Ríos y Guzmán, O.SS.T. †	Córdoba	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
		Born	Giuseppe de Lazzara †	Roma	Bishop of Alife, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Ferrero, O.P. †	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Bernhard Frick †	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Lucas García Miranda †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
		Born	Sébastien de Guémadeuc †		Bishop of Saint-Malo, France
		Born	James Lynch †		Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
		Appointed	Charles Miron †	Archbishop of Lyon, France
		Resigned	Melchor Moscoso Sandoval †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	67.0	Died	Lorenzo Nieto y Corrales Montero Nieto, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	32.0	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán †	Archbishop of the unknown of Titular See	Patriarch Emeritus of West Indies, Spain
	48.0	Appointed	Carlo Emmanuele Pio di Savoia †	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
		Appointed	João de Portugal, O.P. †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
		Died	Juan Rentería †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
		Appointed	Antonio Ricciulli †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy	Archbishop of Cosenza e Bisignano, Italy
		Born	Christoph de Rojas y Spinola, O.F.M. †	Geldern, Netherlands	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
	60.0	Appointed	François de Rye †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia	Archbishop of Besançon, France
		Died	Bernardino de Salazar y Frías †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México
	59.0	Resigned	Desiderio Scaglia, O.P. †	Bishop of Como, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Friedrich von Tietzen †	Hannover	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
	42.0	Resigned	Cosimo de Torres †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
		Born	Franz Emmerich Kaspar Reichsfreiherr von Waldbott von Bassenheim †	Bassenheim	Bishop-Elect of Worms, Germany
	51.0	Appointed	Jan Wężyk †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Appointed	Abraham Woyna (Wojna) †	Bishop of Samogizia o Tels (Zmudz), Lithuania	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
4 Jan	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Baltasar Borja †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
7 Jan		Appointed	Juan de la Torre Ayala †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
18 Jan		Succeeded	Pierre de Villars (III) †	Archbishop of Vienne, France
		Died	Jérôme de Villars †	Archbishop of Vienne, France
	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Cristóbal Martínez de Salas, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Panamá
19 Jan	30.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi Caetani †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
	62.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Berlinghiero Gessi †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
	27.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Ernst Adalbert Reichsgraf von Harrach zu Rohrau †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
	53.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Denis-Simon de Marquemont †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
	51.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Pamphilj †	Patriarch of the unknown of Titular See	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	40.0	Appointed	Giulio Cesare Sacchetti †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	40.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Giulio Cesare Sacchetti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	31.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Bernardino Spada †	Cardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
	46.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Giandomenico Spinola †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
	68.0	Appointed	Juan Venido Castilla, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
	61.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Laudivio Zacchia †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Montefiascone, Italy
24 Jan	58.3	Died	Jakob Fugger †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
25 Jan	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Pamphilj †	Patriarch of the unknown of Titular See	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
1 Feb	12.1	Confirmed	Leopold Wilhelm Erzherzog von Österreich †	Bishop of Passau, Germany	Bishop-Elect
9 Feb	53.4	Installed	Denis-Simon de Marquemont †	Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
	59.1	Appointed	Desiderio Scaglia, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy
	46.1	Installed	Giandomenico Spinola †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
25 Feb	52.1	Died	Henryk Firlej †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
2 Mar	34.1	Appointed	Francesco Boncompagni †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	64.2	Appointed	Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
	50.8	Appointed	Sixt Werner Reichsfreiherr von Vogt von Altensumerau und Prasberg †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Bishop-Elect
16 Mar	48.2	Appointed	Carlo Emmanuele Pio di Savoia †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
16 Mar	40.2	Appointed	Giulio Cesare Sacchetti †	Bishop of Fano, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
24 Mar		Born	Johann Markus Rosetti †	Ljubljana	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
25 Mar	33.6	Ordained Bishop	Johann Balthasar Liesch von Hornau †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis ad Iaterum	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław, Poland
28 Mar	24.4	Ordained Priest	Johann Melchior Söllner †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
7 Apr	76.0	Died	Andrés Pacheco †	Bishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Spain
10 Apr		Born	Franz Egon Fürst von Fürstenberg †	Heiligenberg	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
11 Apr	74.5	Died	Andrés Balaguer Salvador, O.P. †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
19 Apr	39.5	Resigned	Leopold Erzherzog von Österreich †	Bishop-Elect of Passau, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
19 Apr	39.5	Resigned	Leopold Erzherzog von Österreich †	Bishop-Elect of Strasbourg, France	Former Bishop-Elect of Passau, Germany
27 Apr	44.3	Confirmed	Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu †	Archbishop of Aix, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
27 Apr		Appointed	Thomas Walsh †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
10 May		Died	Juan Estelrich †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
16 May		Born	Francesco Buonvisi †	Lucca	Cardinal, Bishop of Lucca, Italy
19 May		Born	Angelo Maria Ranuzzi †	Bologna	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
22 May		Died	Juan Hoces †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
27 May	51.0	Confirmed	Sixt Werner Reichsfreiherr von Vogt von Altensumerau und Prasberg †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Bishop-Elect
30 May	52.1	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Pamphilj †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
Jun		Born	Daniel de Cosnac †		Archbishop of Aix, France
19 Jun	72.5	Died	Agustín Antolínez, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
21 Jun	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu †	Archbishop of Aix, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
22 Jun		Died	Gian Gerolamo Campanili †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
22 Jun	61.5	Appointed	Gutiérrez Bernardo de Quirós (Quiróz) †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México
7 Jul	54.5	Installed	Cristóbal Martínez de Salas, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Panamá
8 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Thomas Walsh †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
19 Jul	68.5	Ordained Bishop	Juan Venido Castilla, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
20 Jul		Appointed	Diego Vargas †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
23 Jul		Born	Karl Franz Neander von Petersheide †	Neisse	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław, Poland
24 Aug	56.6	Appointed	Diego Merino, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
25 Aug	44.6	Died	Alfonso Pozzi †	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
31 Aug		Born	François Pallu, M.E.P. †	Tours, France	Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
6 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Ferrero, O.P. †	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
7 Sep	68.7	Appointed	Ottavio Bandini †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
	80.7	Appointed	Francisco Olivares Maldonado, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	29.7	Appointed	Agustín Spínola Basadone †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
16 Sep	64.7	Appointed	Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
16 Sep	54.0	Died	Denis-Simon de Marquemont †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
17 Sep	73.2	Died	Johann Schweikard von Kronberg †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
28 Sep	35.7	Ordained Priest	Marcantonio Bragadin †	Priest of Venezia {Venice}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy
10 Oct	12.8	Appointed	Leopold Wilhelm Erzherzog von Österreich †	Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Bishop-Elect of Passau, Germany
13 Oct	66.8	Died	Domingo (Pedro) de Oña, O. de M. †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
14 Oct		Died	Miguel Angulo Gómez de Carvajal, O.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
20 Oct	53.1	Appointed	Georg Friedrich Greiffenclau von Vollrads †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
21 Oct		Born	Ferdinand Reichsfreiherr von Fürstenberg †	Bilstein	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
1 Dec		Died	Antoine de Hennin †	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
3 Dec	65.9	Appointed	Afonso Furtado de Mendonça †	Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal
6 Dec	80.2	Died	Sancho Dávila Toledo †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
12 Dec		Born	Gianfrancesco Ginetti †	Rome	Cardinal, Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
13 Dec	68.9	Died	Francisco González Zárate (de Gamarra) †	Bishop of Avila, Spain
26 Dec	30.0	Appointed	Victor Le Bouthilier †	Bishop of Boulogne (-Sur-Mer), France	Archbishop of Tours, France

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