The Year of Our Lord 1639

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Martino Alfieri †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
	18.2	Professed	Jean Antoine Blavier, O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Liège, Belgium
	74.8	Died	Domingo Cano de Haro, O.P. †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
		Appointed	Dinis de Melo e Castro †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
		Died	Dinis de Melo e Castro †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
		Appointed	Patrizio Donati †	Bishop of Minori, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Gaspar do Rego da Fonseca †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
	61.0	Resigned	Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Pedro Homem Albernaz †	Prelate of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		Appointed	Bernadino Lavizzi †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
	50.0	Appointed	Jan Lipski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Appointed	Marco Morosini †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
		Born	Jan Kazimierz Opaliński, O. Cist. †		Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland
	64.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Pamphilj †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Council	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Nicolas Pavillon †	Bishop of Alet, France
		Born	Felice Rospigliosi †	Pistoia	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata de’ Goti
		Died	Giulio Antonio Santoro †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
	39.0	Ordained Priest	Martin Saudrius von Sternfeld †	Priest of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany	Prefect Emeritus
	41.5	Appointed	Ranuccio (Ranuzio) Scotti (Scotto) †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
		Born	John Baptist Sleyne †	Midleton	Bishop of Cork, Ireland
	41.0	Resigned	Antonio Santacroce †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Henri-Félix de Tassy †		Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France
	63.4	Died	Fernando Valdés Llano †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	57.0	Appointed	Francesco Vitelli †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
	74.0	Died	Francisco Zamudio y Abendano, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
10 Jan	55.0	Appointed	Juan Queipo de Llano Flores †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
27 Jan	68.1	Died	Fabrizio Verospi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
28 Jan		Born	Ferdinand Schröffel †	Olomouc	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
30 Jan	24.5	Ordained Priest	Adam Lorenz Reichsgraf von Törring-Stein †	Priest of Salzburg, Austria	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
7 Feb		Appointed	Antonio Ricciulli †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
7 Feb	63.3	Appointed	Diego Rueda Rico †	Bishop of Tui, Spain
8 Feb	52.5	Died	Johann Anton Tritt von Wilderen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
16 Feb		Born	Giovanni Giacomo Cavallerini †	Rome	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
4 Mar		Born	Henri de Barillon †		Bishop of Luçon, France
12 Mar	89.2	Died	Domenico Ginnasi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
22 Mar		Appointed	Feliciano de la Vega Padilla †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
28 Mar	61.5	Appointed	Guido Bentivoglio d'Aragona †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Appointed	Giusto (Juste) Guérin, B. †	Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
	70.2	Appointed	Marcello Lante della Rovere †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
	61.2	Appointed	Carlo Emmanuele Pio di Savoia †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
	61.2	Appointed	Carlo Emmanuele Pio di Savoia †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
	54.5	Appointed	Giulio Roma †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
	65.2	Appointed	Giulio Savelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
2 Apr	63.8	Appointed	Diego Salcedo Benacos †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
3 Apr		Appointed	Esteban de Esmir †	Coadjutor Bishop of Huesca, Spain	Bishop
3 Apr		Appointed	Esteban de Esmir †	Titular Bishop of Castoria	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
6 Apr	75.4	Died	Berlinghiero Gessi †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
8 Apr	69.3	Died	Alfonso de Requeséns Fenollet, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
10 Apr	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Juan Queipo de Llano Flores †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
11 Apr	31.3	Appointed	Juan Coello Ribera y Sandoval †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
	50.0	Appointed	Francisco Díaz Alarcón y Covarrubias †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
	39.5	Appointed	Girolamo Farnese †	Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters)	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura
15 Apr		Born	Leandro Colloredo, C.O. †	Colloredo di Montalbano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere
26 Apr	39.6	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Farnese †	Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters)	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura
2 May	69.3	Appointed	Alfonso de Requeséns Fenollet, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Vic, Spain	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
16 May	42.2	Installed	Juan Alonso y Ocón †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
27 May		Born	Alessandro Ciceri, S.J. †	Como, Italy	Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China
30 May	67.4	Appointed	Alonso de Franco y Luna †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
	47.1	Appointed	Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México	Archbishop of México, Federal District
	57.4	Appointed	Diego Serrano Sotomayor, O. de M. †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
31 May		Died	Fernando Núñez Sagredo, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
3 Jun	41.7	Appointed	Philipp Friedrich Reichsfreiherr von Breuner †	Bishop of Wien, Austria
11 Jun	40.3	Appointed	Fabio Chigi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
19 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Esteban de Esmir †	Titular Bishop of Castoria	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
25 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Giusto (Juste) Guérin, B. †	Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
27 Jun	44.8	Appointed	Bartolomé de Benavente y Benavides †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
		Appointed	Vicente Agustín Clavería †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy	Archbishop of Alghero, Italy
	35.3	Appointed	Girolamo Colonna †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
11 Jul	52.5	Appointed	Tommaso Carafa †	Bishop of Capaccio, Italy
16 Jul		Appointed	Fernando Montero Espinosa †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
23 Jul	68.5	Died	Pedro González de Mendoza, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
8 Aug	51.8	Appointed	Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Durango, México	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
	55.6	Appointed	Jacinto Minuarte †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
	55.6	Appointed	Jacinto Minuarte †	Titular Bishop of Maronea	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
15 Aug		Born	Sperello Sperelli †	Assisi	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy
21 Aug	72.6	Died	Desiderio Scaglia, O.P. †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy
26 Aug		Died	Francisco Villafañe †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
5 Sep	42.0	Confirmed	Philipp Friedrich Reichsfreiherr von Breuner †	Bishop of Wien, Austria
	31.0	Appointed	Cesare Facchinetti †	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
	41.7	Appointed	Gaspare Mattei †	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Atene
	41.7	Appointed	Gaspare Mattei †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Atene
6 Sep	31.0	Appointed	Cesare Facchinetti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
6 Sep	86.7	Died	Agostino Galamini, O.P. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
7 Sep	57.7	Died	Georges Hammer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Magdeburg, Germany
18 Sep	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Díaz Alarcón y Covarrubias †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
27 Sep	46.6	Died	Louis de Nogaret de La Valette †	Cardinal, Former Archbishop-Elect of Toulouse, France
3 Oct	48.8	Appointed	Marcantonio Bragadin †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	41.8	Appointed	Michael Chumer, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
	41.8	Appointed	Michael Chumer, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Christopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
	53.8	Appointed	Mauro Diego (Marcos) de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México
		Appointed	Bernardo Lacabra †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	40.8	Appointed	Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
	39.3	Appointed	Juan de Palafox y Mendoza †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México	Bishop of Osma, Spain
		Appointed	Antonio Severoli †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
		Resigned	Antonio Severoli †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
	40.8	Appointed	Johannes Thuanus †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
5 Oct	77.8	Died	Plácido Pacheco de Haro, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
9 Oct	31.1	Ordained Bishop	Cesare Facchinetti †	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
11 Oct	31.8	Appointed	Francesco Maria Macchiavelli †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
16 Oct	31.8	Ordained Bishop	Juan Coello Ribera y Sandoval †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
8 Dec	64.2	Died	Diego Rueda Rico †	Bishop of Tui, Spain
18 Dec	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Mauro Diego (Marcos) de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México
19 Dec	48.0	Appointed	Marcantonio Franciotti †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy
26 Dec	42.3	Installed	Philipp Friedrich Reichsfreiherr von Breuner †	Bishop of Wien, Austria
27 Dec	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Durango, México	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
27 Dec	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Juan de Palafox y Mendoza †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México	Bishop of Osma, Spain

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