The Year of Our Lord 1659

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	51.0	Resigned	Bonaventura D’Avalos, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Jean-Hervé Bazan de Flamanville †	Flamanville-Hague	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
		Died	Baldassarre Bonifazio †	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d'Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
	27.7	Selected	Pierre de Bonzi †	Bishop of Béziers, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Narbonne, France
		Born	Antonio Maria Brancaccio, C.R. †	Napoli	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
	61.0	Died	Tommaso Carpegna, C.R. †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
		Born	Jean de Catelan †	Toulouse	Bishop of Valence, France
		Died	Sallustio Cherubini †	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
	51.0	Resigned	Jean d’Estrade †	Bishop of Condom, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Francesco Maria Falcucci †	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
		Died	Girolamo Figini-Oddi †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
		Born	Simeón Guinda Apéztegui, O.S.A. †	Esparza	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	58.0	Died	Rodrigo Gutiérrez de Rozas †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
		Died	Fernando Heras Manrique †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
		Born	Juan José Llamas Rivas, O. Carm. †	Antequera, Spain	Bishop of Panamá
		Died	Tomás Manso, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Nicaragua
		Born	Rodrigo Marín Rubio †	Tíjola	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
	71.0	Resigned	Pietro Marioni †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Joseph-Gaspard de Montmorin de Saint-Hérem de La Chassaigne †	Auvergne	Bishop of Aire, France
		Appointed	François Amédée Milliet de Challes †	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
		Born	Ennemond Alleman de Montmartin †	Viennen	Bishop of Grenoble, France
		Born	Joannes Nicastro †		Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade
		Born	Jacinto Olivera y Pardo †	Oaxaca	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
	20.0	Ordained Priest	Jan Kazimierz Opaliński, O. Cist. †	Priest of Poznań, Poland	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
	41.0	Died	Paolo Maria Spínola, C.R.S. †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
		Born	José Ulzurrun de Asanza y Civera †	Zaragoza	Bishop of León, Spain
	42.0	Ordained Priest	Wilderich von Walderdorff †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Bishop of Wien, Austria
4 Jan		Born	Giacinto Gaetano Chiurlia (Chyurlia), O.P. †	Roma	Bishop of Giovinazzo, Italy
5 Jan		Born	Domenico Antonio Menafra †	Burgentiae Marsicen	Bishop of Acerno, Italy
13 Jan	53.9	Appointed	Filiberto Alberto Bailly, B. †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
		Appointed	Laurentina de Chery †	Coadjutor Bishop of Nevers, France
		Appointed	Laurentina de Chery †	Titular Bishop of Tripolis in Phoenicia	Coadjutor Bishop of Nevers, France
	68.0	Appointed	Agazio di Somma †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
	51.0	Appointed	Honuphrius Geronda (Gerona) †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
	45.0	Confirmed	Eustache Le Clerc de Lesseville †	Bishop of Coutances, France
	40.0	Appointed	Dominique de Ligni †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Bishop of Meaux, France
	40.0	Confirmed	Dominique de Ligni †	Coadjutor Bishop of Meaux, France	Bishop
	46.0	Appointed	Marzio Marini †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
	66.0	Appointed	Enrique Peralta y Cárdenas †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	38.0	Appointed	Bartolomeo Polla †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece
	40.1	Confirmed	Johann Konrad von Roggenbach †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
14 Jan		Died	Henri de Savoie-Nemours †	Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France
18 Jan		Born	Giovanni Battista Missiroli †	Bertinoro	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
21 Jan	77.1	Died	Camillo Melzi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
27 Jan	52.6	Appointed	Gabriel de Esparza Pérez †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
	35.1	Appointed	Carlo Labia, C.R. †	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece	Bishop of Adria, Italy
	53.4	Appointed	Wacław Leszczyński †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Appointed	Antonio de Matteis Corano †	Bishop of Sarno, Italy
	61.4	Appointed	Giambattista Spada †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
	79.1	Appointed	Alonso de San Vítores y Fransarcén, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
	72.1	Appointed	Gaspar de Villarroel, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
Feb	59.1	Died	François Servien †	Bishop of Bayeux, France
Feb	67.1	Died	Papirio Silvestri †	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
2 Feb		Selected	Attilio Pietrasanta, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
6 Feb	62.8	Installed	Martín López de Ontiveros †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
7 Feb	28.2	Appointed	Sigmund Franz von Österreich †	Bishop of Trento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
9 Feb	35.1	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Labia, C.R. †	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece	Bishop of Adria, Italy
16 Feb	32.1	Ordained Priest	Niccolò Radulovich †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
17 Feb	54.0	Appointed	Juan de Almoguera, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
17 Feb	54.1	Confirmed	Charles-François d’Anglure de Bourlémont †	Bishop of Castres, France	Archbishop of Toulouse, France
20 Feb		Born	Nicolò Gaetano Spínola †	Madrid, Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
22 Feb		Appointed	Daniel Delfino †	Coadjutor Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
26 Feb	52.2	Died	Fabrizio Savelli †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno, Italy
Mar		Born	Raimondo Asperti, O.P. †	Bergomen	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
		Born	Giosafatte (Giosafat) Battistelli †	Palazzo	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
		Born	Carlo Pignatelli, C.R. †	Napoli	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
	66.8	Died	Deodato Scaglia, O.P. †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
9 Mar	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Filiberto Alberto Bailly, B. †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
9 Mar	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Dominique de Ligni †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Bishop of Meaux, France
10 Mar	51.2	Appointed	Lodovico Morales, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
	32.2	Appointed	Niccolò Radulovich †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
		Appointed	Bernard de Sariac †	Bishop of Aire, France
12 Mar		Died	Antonio del Pezzo †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
17 Mar	47.6	Succeeded	François Foucquet †	Archbishop of Narbonne, France
17 Mar	72.2	Died	Claude de Rebé †	Archbishop of Narbonne, France
23 Mar	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Eustache Le Clerc de Lesseville †	Bishop of Coutances, France
23 Mar	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Johann Konrad von Roggenbach †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
24 Mar		Died	Miguel Ferrer †	Bishop of Tui, Spain
24 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	Alberto Mugiasca, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
27 Mar		Born	Francisco Antonio de Borja-Centelles y Ponce de Léon †	Sassari	Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
29 Mar	27.5	Ordained Priest	Antonio Perez de la Lastra †	Priest	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
30 Mar	23.1	Ordained Priest	Gottfried Kapaun von Swoykow †	Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Apr		Born	François-Maurice Gontieri (de Gonteriis) †	Turin	Archbishop of Avignon, France
4 Apr	52.3	Died	Giovanni Girolamo Lomellini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
4 Apr	34.9	Appointed	Aleksander Kazimierz Sapieha †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
6 Apr	77.3	Died	Luigi Capponi †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy
11 Apr	47.3	Selected	Arnauld-François de Maytie †	Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France
12 Apr	31.6	Ordained Priest	Giacomo Bruti †	Priest	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
21 Apr	63.8	Appointed	Ulderico Carpegna †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Todi, Italy
	55.1	Appointed	Girolamo Colonna †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
	61.3	Appointed	José de la Peña †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
	55.3	Appointed	Sebastiano Dossena, B. †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
	36.3	Appointed	Jean de Meaupéou †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France
	47.9	Appointed	Bl. Benedetto Odescalchi †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	65.2	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	61.3	Appointed	Ottaviano Prati †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
	56.3	Appointed	Federico Sforza †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
May		Born	Giuseppe Grisconi, Sch. P. †	Ravellen	Bishop of Vieste, Italy
2 May	26.2	Ordained Bishop	Louis Foucquet †	Bishop of Agde, France
4 May	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Sebastiano Dossena, B. †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
10 May	61.8	Died	Ranuccio (Ranuzio) Scotti Douglas †	Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
11 May	18.6	Professed	Placido Scoppa (Stoppa), C.R. †	Member of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
16 May	40.4	Succeeded	Dominique de Ligni †	Bishop of Meaux, France
18 May	63.4	Died	François de Robles †	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
25 May	52.4	Ordained Bishop	François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon †	Bishop of Sarlat, France
26 May		Appointed	Georges Rizqallah Beseb’el †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
26 May	38.0	Confirmed	Guillaume Le Boux †	Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France	Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France
31 May	52.4	Confirmed	François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon †	Bishop of Sarlat, France
Jun		Died	Francesco Caetani †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
Jun	77.4	Died	Alfonso Mendes, S.J. †	Patriarch of Ethiopia
5 Jun	68.4	Died	Diego López de la Vega †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
7 Jun	24.1	Ordained Priest	Alessandro Avio †	Priest	Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy
	28.7	Ordained Priest	João Duarte do Sacramento, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop-Elect of Olinda, Brazil
	30.4	Ordained Priest	Antonio Savo de’ Panicoli †	Priest	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
9 Jun		Confirmed	Giovanni Montoja de Cardona †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
		Appointed	Salvatore Mulas Pirella †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
	64.4	Appointed	Bernardo de Ontiveros, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
	75.4	Appointed	Alonso Pérez de Humanares, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Almería, Spain	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
	44.4	Appointed	Antonio Ricciulli †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
	55.4	Appointed	Giacinto Solaro di Moretta †	Bishop of Nice, France	Bishop Emeritus of Mondovi, Italy
	55.4	Appointed	Juan de Toledo, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop of León, Spain
	40.4	Confirmed	Michelangelo Vaginari, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Giovinazzo, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Carlo Valentini †	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
11 Jun	50.4	Appointed	Eugenius Albertus d’Allamont †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
13 Jun	40.4	Appointed	Marco Galli (Gallo, Gallio) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Rimini, Italy
15 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Montoja de Cardona †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Ricciulli †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Michelangelo Vaginari, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Giovinazzo, Italy
19 Jun	37.0	Selected	Antonio Sanz Lozano †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
21 Jun	28.1	Appointed	Flavio Chigi (Sr.) †	Librarian of the Vatican Library	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
23 Jun	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Eugenius Albertus d’Allamont †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
23 Jun		Appointed	Marcantonio Oddi †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy
24 Jun	45.5	Died	Pál Hoffmann †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary