The Year of Our Lord 1631

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Pedro de Alagó y de Cardona †	Calaritan	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
		Born	Armand de Béthune †	Paris	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Jodok Brendt †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany
		Died	Virgilio Cappone †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
	48.0	Died	Modernus (Fabrizio) Caracciolo Piscizi †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
		Died	Sebastiano Carta †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Corderiña Vega, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
		Appointed	Feliciano de la Vega Padilla †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia	Archbishop of México, Federal District
		Born	Alberto de São Gonçalo da Silva †	Amarante	Archbishop of Goa, India
		Born	Luís da Silva Teles †		Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
		Born	Melchior de Escuda Aybar †		Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Appointed	Henryk Firlej †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	16.0	Professed	Gaetano Garimberti, C.R. †	Member of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
	42.0	Appointed	Jacques Raoul de La Guibourgère †	Bishop of Saintes, France	Bishop of La Rochelle, France
	58.9	Appointed	Maciej Łubieński †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	67.0	Died	Pierre François Maletti, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Nice, France
		Born	Francesco de Mandietta (Mendieta), O.SS.T. †	Matriti	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
		Born	João de Melo †	Elboren	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
		Died	Alvaro Mendoza, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
	47.0	Ordained Priest	Richard Pauli-Stravius †	Priest of Liège, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	64.8	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Parcero de Castro, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
	63.0	Died	Pedro de Perea (Pérez Díaz), O.S.A. †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
		Born	Sebastiano Perissi †	Senen	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
		Died	Marsilio Peruzzi †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Puigmartí Funes, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
		Appointed	Miguel Da Cruz Rangal, O.P. †	Bishop of Cochin, India
		Born	Alessandro Strozzi †	Florentin	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Mátyás Tarnóczy †	Priest	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
		Appointed	Manoel Telles, O.P. †	Archbishop of Goa, India
		Born	Francesco Antonio Triveri, O.F.M. Conv. †	Biella	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
		Died	Pedro de Valencia †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
	70.0	Died	Franciszek Zajerski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
Jan		Died	Luca Castellini, O.P. †	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
Jan		Born	Vincenzo del Mastro (de Magistris), O.P. †	Napoli	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
8 Jan	51.0	Appointed	Francesco Bibilia †	Bishop of Isola, Italy
	36.5	Appointed	Persio Caracci †	Bishop of Larino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Sigismondo Taddei †	Bishop of Bitetto, France	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
12 Jan	21.0	Ordained Priest	Giambattista Ventriglia †	Priest	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
13 Jan		Appointed	James Fallon †	Vicar Apostolic of Achonry, Ireland
18 Jan		Born	Giuseppe Pianetti †	Aesin	Bishop of Todi, Italy
21 Jan	65.1	Died	Diego Guzmán de Haros †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
27 Jan	50.1	Appointed	Pompeo Coronini †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
		Appointed	Nicolas de Netz †	Bishop of Orléans, France
		Appointed	Ambrosio Vallejo Mejía, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
28 Jan		Died	Gonzalo Hernandez y Hermosillo y Gonzalez, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Durango, México
10 Feb	51.1	Confirmed	Juan López de Agurto de la Mata †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
	66.1	Appointed	Pedro Moya Arjona †	Bishop of Tui, Spain
		Appointed	Juan de Santander, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
13 Feb		Appointed	Kaspar Münster, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
13 Feb		Appointed	Kaspar Münster, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Asia	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
15 Feb	48.6	Selected	Anton Wolfradt †	Bishop of Wien, Austria
3 Mar		Born	Francesco Picarelli †	Sarnano	Bishop of Narni, Italy
8 Mar		Died	Juan Portocarrero, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
8 Mar		Succeeded	Antonio Viedma Chaves, O.P. †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
10 Mar	33.2	Appointed	Antonio Santacroce †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
11 Mar		Born	Wilhelm von Vintler von Runkelstein †	Brixen	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
17 Mar	73.2	Died	Juan Venido Castilla, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
24 Mar		Confirmed	Nicolaus Grillier †	Bishop of Bazas, France
	34.2	Appointed	Agustín Spínola Basadone †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Appointed	Abraomas Voina (Wojna) †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
28 Mar	64.4	Died	José González Díez, O.P. †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
31 Mar		Died	Petrus Paunet, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France
Apr		Ordained Bishop	Luis Córdoba Ronquillo, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
7 Apr		Appointed	Marco Giustiniani †	Bishop of Verona, Italy
	46.3	Appointed	Martín de León Cárdenas, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	58.3	Appointed	Adam Nowodworski †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Confirmed	János Pyber de Gyerkény †	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
15 Apr		Born	Pierre de Bonzi †	Florence	Cardinal, Archbishop of Narbonne, France
18 Apr	55.3	Died	Cosimo de’ Bardi †	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
21 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Kaspar Münster, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Asia	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
28 Apr	51.3	Appointed	Albertus Aliprandi †	Bishop of Andros, Greece
	38.8	Died	Charles de Lorraine-Chaligny, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Verdun, France
	47.3	Appointed	Sebastian Müller †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
	47.3	Appointed	Sebastian Müller †	Titular Bishop of Adramyttium	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
1 May	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Sebastian Müller †	Titular Bishop of Adramyttium	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
3 May		Born	Filippo Tani, O.S.B. †	Albanen	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
7 May		Died	Giovanni Tiepolo †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
10 May		Born	Flavio Chigi (Sr.) †	Siena, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
12 May	47.4	Confirmed	Jean Jaubert de Barrault †	Archbishop of Arles, France
	39.4	Appointed	Maurizio Centini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
		Appointed	Gaspard de Daillon du Lude †	Bishop of Agen, France	Bishop of Albi, France
		Appointed	Alfonso Pandolfi †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
		Appointed	Melchiorre Pirella †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
	36.4	Appointed	Carolus Scaglia, Can. Reg. S.Geor †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
		Appointed	Francisco Villafañe †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain	Bishop of Osma, Spain
	67.4	Appointed	Diego Zúñiga Sotomayor †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
15 May		Born	Isidoro Sariñana y Medina Cuenca †	México	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
18 May		Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Pandolfi †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
22 May		Appointed	Dionisio Tomacelli, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy
25 May	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga, O.P. †	Bishop of Osma, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
26 May		Appointed	Martinus Bonaccina †	Titular Bishop of Utica
	53.4	Installed	Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alessio	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Rieti, Italy
	37.3	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta †	Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	48.9	Confirmed	Anton Wolfradt †	Bishop of Wien, Austria
Jun		Born	Ercole Domenico Monanni †	Toscana	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
3 Jun		Born	François de Coëtlogon-Méjusseaume †	Saint-Brieuc	Bishop of Quimper, France
5 Jun	53.4	Appointed	Meletiy Smotrytskyi †	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia
8 Jun		Born	Alfonso Enríquez de Santo Tomás, O.P. †	Vélez-Málaga	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
9 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Martinus Bonaccina †	Titular Bishop of Utica
9 Jun		Died	Antonio Viedma Chaves, O.P. †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
11 Jun		Born	Alessandro Adezario, C.R.L. †	Bergamo	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
	51.6	Appointed	Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
		Appointed	Merkelis Elijaševičius Geišas †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
15 Jun	56.5	Died	Leonardo Tritonio †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
16 Jun		Died	Tomás Espinosa †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
22 Jun	38.5	Died	André Le Porc de la Porte †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France
26 Jun		Installed	Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México