The Year of Our Lord 1638

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Jean-Baptiste Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan †		Archbishop of Arles, France
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Matteo Avanisensis, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia
		Born	Pierre-François Beauvau de Rivau †	Turonen	Bishop of Sarlat, France
		Born	Henri de Briqueville †		Bishop of Cahors, France
		Born	Antonio de Brizuela y Salamanca †	Burgen	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
		Born	Fulvio Crivelli (Cribelli) †	Napoli	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
		Born	Stanisław Kazimierz Dąmbski †	Lubańiec	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
		Born	Jean-Baptiste d’Estampes de Valançay †	Neufvy	Bishop of Marseille, France
	60.0	Died	Loreto Di Franco (De Franchis) †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
		Born	Francisco de San José Pedro Mesía y Portocarrero, O.F.M. †	Madrid	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
		Born	Giovanni Emblaviti †	Boven	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
		Born	Diego Evelino Hurtado de Compostela (Vélez) †	Santiago de Compostela	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
		Born	Felipe Galindo Chávez y Pineda, O.P. †	Veracruz	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
		Appointed	Hugues de Labatut †	Bishop of (Saint-Bernard de) Comminges, France
	60.0	Died	Benedetto Landi †	Bishop Emeritus of Fossombrone, Italy
		Born	Diego de La Cueva y Aldana †	Madrid	Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
		Born	Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan †	Beziers	Bishop of Le Mans, France
		Born	Marc Mallier du Houssay †	Venetiis	Bishop of Tarbes, France
	53.0	Selected	Annibale Mascambruno †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
		Appointed	João Mendes de Távora †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
		Born	Guillaume de Meschatin †	Bituricen	Bishop of Gap, France
		Born	Francesco Maria Moles, C.R. †	Napoli	Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy
		Born	Armand de Monchy d’Hocquincourt †	Noviomen	Bishop of Verdun, France
	63.0	Died	Orazio Muscettola †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
		Born	Michel Poncet de la Rivière †	Paris	Bishop of Uzés, France
		Born	Giuseppe Ponzi †	Corigliano	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
	61.0	Died	Bogusław Radoszewski †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
		Born	Athanasius Safar †	Mardin	Bishop of Mardin ed Amida (Syrian), Iraq
	19.3	Professed	Matthäus Ferdinand Sobek von Bilenberg, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
		Born	Leone Strozzi, O.S.B. †	Florence	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
		Appointed	Barthélemy Supersaxo †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
		Born	Domenico Tarugi †	Ferrara	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
		Appointed	Nikolaus Aliprandi von Thomasis †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
		Died	Christophorus Tolomei †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy
		Born	Antonio Tortorelli, O.F.M. †	S. Joannis Rotundi	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
	37.0	Ordained Bishop	José Valle de la Cerda, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Almería, Spain	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
		Died	Gabriel de Zarate, O.P. †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
		Born	Domenico de Zaoli (Zaulis) †	Valencia	Bishop Emeritus of Veroli, Italy
		Born	Jerónimo Zolivera †	Barbastren	Bishop of Teruel, Spain
1 Jan		Died	Antonio Brunachio †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
3 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Francesco Antonio Biondo, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Capri, Italy	Bishop of Ortona a Mare e Campli, Italy
3 Jan	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Ippolito Campioni, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
7 Jan	69.0	Died	Sebastiano Ricci †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
7 Jan		Born	Benedetto Giacinto Sangermano †	Bisignanen	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
10 Jan	32.4	Ordained Bishop	Marquard von Schenk von Castell †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
11 Jan		Born	Bl. Niels Stensen †	Kobenhavn	Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany
15 Jan	51.0	Appointed	Marco Antonio Coccini †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop of Imola, Italy
		Appointed	Gaspare Conturla †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
	51.0	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Falesi, O.P. †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
		Appointed	Francesco Tontori (Tontolo), C.R.S. †	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
24 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Gaspare Conturla †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Falesi, O.P. †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Francesco Tontori (Tontolo), C.R.S. †	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
27 Jan		Died	Hernando de Arias y Ugarte †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
27 Jan		Died	Ascanio Gesualdo †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
Feb		Born	Baldassare de Benavente, O. de M. †	Salamantin	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
4 Feb		Born	José de Oliveira, O.S.A. †	Guimaraes	Bishop Emeritus of Angola e Congo, Angola
6 Feb		Born	Johann Ignaz Dlouhovesky †	Praha	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
9 Feb	73.1	Died	Gutiérrez Bernardo de Quirós (Quiróz) †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
13 Feb	6.1	Appointed	Petrus Deodatus, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sardica (Sredek, Sofia), Bulgaria	Archbishop of Sardica (Sredek, Sofia), Bulgaria
13 Feb	6.1	Appointed	Petrus Deodatus, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Callipolis	Archbishop of Sardica (Sredek, Sofia), Bulgaria
26 Feb		Appointed	Francesco Antonio Frasella, O.F.M. Conv. †	Apostolic Administrator of Japan
Mar	65.2	Died	Paolo Cajatia †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
1 Mar		Appointed	Attilio Orsini †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
		Appointed	Tommaso Salviati †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
		Appointed	Francesco Surgenti (Sorgente), C.R. †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
		Appointed	Felice Tamburelli †	Bishop of Sora, Italy
2 Mar		Appointed	Ottavio Branciforte †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
14 Mar	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Cipriano Arcón (Azcon) †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
14 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Felice Tamburelli †	Bishop of Sora, Italy
15 Mar	61.2	Installed	Diego de Zambrana de Villalobos y Cordero †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile	Bishop of Santiago de Chile
21 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Attilio Orsini †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
22 Mar	52.9	Confirmed	Diego Arce Reinoso †	Bishop of Avila, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Plasencia, Spain
Apr	53.3	Died	Alessandro (Fabrizio) Suardi †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
1 Apr		Died	Annibale D’Afflitto †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
18 Apr		Died	Luis García Rodríguez †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
19 Apr		Appointed	Dionisio Bussotti, O.S.M. †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Carcarasio †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
		Appointed	Agostino Ferentillo †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
		Appointed	Andrzej Gembicki †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
		Appointed	Fabio Magnesi †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
25 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Dionisio Bussotti, O.S.M. †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Carcarasio †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Agostino Ferentillo †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Fabio Magnesi †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
May		Died	Matteo Granito †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
2 May	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Gaspar de Villarroel, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
6 May		Born	Carlo Bichi †	Siena, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
6 May	53.3	Died	Cornelius Janssen †	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
11 May		Died	Giambattista Visconti, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
14 May	43.7	Appointed	Claude D’Achey †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
16 May	52.5	Died	Hildebrand Jost †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
23 May	61.4	Died	Ludovicus Galbiati †	Bishop of Acerno, Italy
27 May	63.4	Died	Jan Wężyk †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
29 May	28.0	Ordained Priest	Francesco Alberti di Poja †	Priest of Trento, Italy	Bishop
Jun		Born	Ippolito Vicentini †	Rieti	Bishop of Rieti, Italy
9 Jun		Died	Ambrosio de Córdoba, O.P. †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
13 Jun		Appointed	Juan de la Torre Ayala †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
14 Jun	41.2	Appointed	Juan Alonso y Ocón †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
14 Jun		Appointed	Antonio del Pezzo †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
15 Jun		Died	Apollinaris de Almeida, S.J. †	Coadjutor Patriarch of Ethiopia
20 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Antonio del Pezzo †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
21 Jun		Appointed	Pietro Corsetto †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
	78.5	Died	Roland Hébert †	Archbishop of Bourges, France
		Appointed	Francisco Pérez Roy †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
	63.5	Appointed	Gonzalo Sánchez de Somoza Quiroga †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
		Appointed	Roberto Strozzi †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
22 Jun		Died	Krzysztof Charbicki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
24 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Pietro Corsetto †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
27 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Roberto Strozzi †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
7 Jul		Born	Johann Michael von Spaur und Valör †	Val di Non	Bishop of Trento, Italy
19 Jul	42.5	Died	Ippolito Aldobrandini (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
28 Jul	31.0	Appointed	Antonio Barberini (Jr.), O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
28 Jul	46.6	Appointed	Alessandro Cesarini (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
Aug		Born	Custodio do Pinho †	Salsete	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria
Aug	32.6	Died	Marco Antonio Mandosio †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
9 Aug		Born	Giovanni Francesco Miller †	Gorizia	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
9 Aug		Born	Konrad Wilhelm von Werdenau †	Dettingen	Bishop-Elect of Würzburg, Germany
18 Aug		Appointed	Jean Duval, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq
18 Aug		Appointed	Jean Duval, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ispahan, Iran	Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq
22 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Jean Duval, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq
25 Aug		Died	Gaspar Gil y Miravete de Blancas †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
30 Aug		Appointed	Simone Carafa Roccella, C.R. †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
30 Aug		Appointed	Juan Pastor, O.M. †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
Sep	36.7	Died	Giulio Diotallevi †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
11 Sep		Died	Juan de la Torre Ayala †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
12 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Simone Carafa Roccella, C.R. †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
12 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Juan Pastor, O.M. †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
13 Sep		Appointed	Miguel Beltrán Castellón †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
	38.4	Appointed	Francesco Boccapaduli †	Bishop of Valva, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
	38.4	Appointed	Francesco Boccapaduli †	Bishop of Sulmona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
	50.7	Appointed	Pietro Paolo Bonsi †	Bishop of Acerno, Italy	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
	46.4	Appointed	Francesco Maria Brancaccio †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
	46.7	Resigned	Alessandro Cesarini (Jr.) †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
19 Sep		Died	Lodovico Cinci †	Bishop of Todi, Italy
21 Sep	38.5	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Boccapaduli †	Bishop of Valva, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
25 Sep	67.7	Died	Gereon Otto von Gutmann zu Sobernheim †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
26 Sep	27.9	Ordained Priest	Ludwik Stempkowski †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
28 Sep	24.7	Confirmed	Leopold Wilhelm von Österreich †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic	Bishop-Elect of Passau, Germany
28 Sep	58.7	Died	Giulio Antonio Santoro †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
Oct		Born	Miguel Jerónimo de Molina y Aragonés, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Castel d'Emposta	Bishop Emeritus of Lérida, Spain
11 Oct	43.3	Appointed	Ulderico Carpegna †	Bishop of Todi, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
17 Oct	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Marenzi †	Bishop of Pedena, Austria	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
20 Oct	63.4	Selected	Diego Salcedo Benacos †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
1 Nov		Born	Manuel Arias y Porres, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Alaejos	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
4 Nov	55.8	Died	Giovanni Francesco Gandolfo †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
6 Nov		Born	Giuseppe Labonia, O.S.A. †	Rossanen	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy
9 Nov	70.9	Died	Fernando de Vera y Zuñiga, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
10 Nov		Appointed	Angelo Pichi (Pico) †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
10 Nov		Appointed	Stefano Sauli †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
11 Nov		Died	Philibert du Sault †	Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France
14 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Angelo Pichi (Pico) †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
19 Nov	63.4	Died	Lelio Biscia †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
21 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Stefano Sauli †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
20 Dec	50.0	Appointed	Jan Lipski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Peter Franz Longinus von Kieferberg †	Priest of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany	Prefect
		Died	Juan Bautista Pellicer †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
		Appointed	Diego Sersale †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
		Appointed	Enea di Cesare Spennazzi †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
21 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Diego Sersale †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
21 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Enea di Cesare Spennazzi †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
25 Dec		Died	Giovanni Michele Rossi, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Alife, Italy