The Year of Our Lord 1656

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Juan Francisco Arnaldo Isasi †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
		Appointed	Gaspare Borghi (Burgi) †	Bishop of Penne-Atri, Italy
		Born	François de Nettancourt d'Haussonville de Vaubecourt †		Bishop Emeritus of Montauban, France
		Born	Antoine Girard de La Bornat (La Bournat) †	Auvergne	Bishop of Poitiers, France
		Born	François Gaspard de Grammont †		Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon, France
		Ordained Bishop	Ladislas Jonnart †	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
		Died	Jacques Lescot †	Bishop of Chartres, France
		Born	Kazimierz Benedykt Lezeński, O. Cist. †	Wiślica	Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia, Poland
		Died	Francesco Massucci †	Bishop of Penne-Atri, Italy
	36.0	Resigned	Camillo Massimo (Massimi) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
		Born	Juan Miguélez Mendaña †	Cubillos del Sil	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
	47.0	Ordained Priest	Celio Piccolomini †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena, Italy
		Born	Antonio Prado Sandoval y Rojas †	Olite, Spain	Bishop of the unknown of Titular See
		Appointed	Francesco Rinuccini (Ruccini) †	Bishop of Pistoia-Prato, Italy
		Born	Juan Ruiz Simón †	Tarazona	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
		Appointed	Tommaso de Sarria, O.P. †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy
	52.9	Resigned	Federico Sforza †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
		Born	Guillaume Tual †	Laurenan	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France
	43.0	Appointed	Tomasz Ujejski, S.J. †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese	Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia, Poland
16 Jan		Born	Daniel Joseph Mayer †	Stráz	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
17 Jan		Died	Jerzy Tyszkiewicz †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
21 Jan	42.0	Appointed	Leopold Wilhelm Erzherzog von Österreich †	Bishop of Wrocław, Poland	Bishop-Elect of Passau, Germany
31 Jan	45.1	Appointed	Ludwig Wilhelm Benz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
	45.1	Appointed	Ludwig Wilhelm Benz †	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
	67.1	Appointed	Miguel Escartín Arbeza, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
	72.5	Appointed	Diego Martínez Zarzosa †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
17 Feb		Died	Bernardo Atayde de Lima Perera †	Bishop of Avila, Spain
2 Mar		Appointed	Giulio M. Odescalchi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
6 Mar	41.9	Appointed	Antonio Bichi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
	44.6	Appointed	Giancarlo de' Medici †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro
	52.2	Appointed	Giulio Gabrielli †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	44.8	Resigned	Bl. Benedetto Odescalchi †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	40.8	Appointed	Virginio Orsini †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
25 Mar	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Ägidius Gelenius †	Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Lydia	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
Apr	54.3	Resigned	Giacomo Corradi †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
3 Apr	68.3	Appointed	Francisco Guerra, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
24 Apr	71.3	Died	Francesco Cherubini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
24 Apr	42.8	Appointed	Alderano Cibo †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
28 Apr	61.3	Appointed	Étienne Moreau †	Bishop of Arras, France
30 Apr	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Ludwig Wilhelm Benz †	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
1 May	67.3	Died	Domenico Cecchini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Sisto
14 May	24.6	Ordained Bishop	Toussaint de Forbin-Janson †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia	Cardinal, Bishop of Beauvais, France
16 May	23.2	Ordained Priest	Pierre de Montenbach †	Priest of Lausanne, Switzerland	Bishop
21 May	31.4	Ordained Priest	Alexander Dunbar Winchester (Winster) †	Priest	Prefect Emeritus of Scotland, Great Britain
29 May	46.4	Appointed	Juan Lozano, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
21 Jun		Installed	Diego Osorio de Escobar y Mendoza (Llamas) †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jun	39.2	Appointed	Giovanni Delfino (Dolfino) †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Aquileia, Italy	Cardinal, Patriarch
23 Jun	39.2	Appointed	Giovanni Delfino (Dolfino) †	Titular Archbishop of Thagaste	Cardinal, Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
24 Jun	38.7	Ordained Bishop	Lothar Friedrich Reichsfreiherr von Metternich-Burscheid †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
26 Jun	53.4	Appointed	Federico Sforza †	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
16 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Pedro de Barrientos Lomelin †	Bishop of Durango, Durango, México
		Ordained Bishop	Juan de Montiel †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
	67.5	Ordained Bishop	André du Saussay †	Bishop of Toul, France
25 Jul	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Mateo de Sagade (Lazo de) Bugueiro †	Archbishop of México, Federal District	Archbishop of Cartagena (en España)
3 Aug	59.6	Died	Giangiacomo Teodoro Trivulzio †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo
15 Aug		Born	Léon Potier de Gesvres †	Paris	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
24 Aug	61.2	Died	Ägidius Gelenius †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
28 Aug	71.7	Appointed	Juan del Pozo Horta, O.P. †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
30 Aug		Installed	Juan de Montiel †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
6 Sep		Born	Guillaume Dubois †	Brive la Gaillarde	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cambrai, France
23 Sep	23.5	Ordained Priest	Alonso Vargas y Barca, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
8 Oct	56.8	Installed	Dionisio de Cimbrón, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
13 Oct		Died	Juan Juániz de Echalar †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
16 Oct	44.8	Appointed	Carlo Bonelli †	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Corinthus
	47.8	Appointed	Celio Piccolomini †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania	Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena, Italy
		Appointed	Jerzy Karol Zawisza †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
27 Oct	47.8	Appointed	Celio Piccolomini †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena, Italy
28 Oct	45.8	Succeeded	Charles de Bourlon †	Bishop of Soissons, France
29 Oct	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Celio Piccolomini †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania	Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena, Italy
17 Nov	78.0	Died	Cristóbal Guzmán Santoyo †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
30 Nov	37.4	Died	Johann Franz Reichsritter von Schönau †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
Dec	73.9	Resigned	Nicolò Guidi di Bagno †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy
6 Dec	69.2	Died	Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
18 Dec	46.0	Appointed	François Foucquet †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Narbonne, France	Archbishop
22 Dec	38.0	Appointed	Johann Konrad von Roggenbach †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland

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