The Year of Our Lord 1672

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	71.7	Appointed	Francesco Boccapaduli †	Titular Archbishop of Atene	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
	71.7	Resigned	Francesco Boccapaduli †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	45.0	Appointed	Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño †	Bishop of Durango, Durango, México	Archbishop of México, Federal District
		Appointed	Juan de Esturizada †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
		Born	Sebastián Foronda, O.S.A. †	Badajoz, Spain	Apostolic Administrator of Cebu, Philippines
		Appointed	André Furtado de Mendonça †	Bishop of Miranda, Portugal
		Born	Pierre-Guillaume de La Vieuxville †		Bishop of Bayonne, France
		Ordained Bishop	Pierre Le Neboux de La Brousse †	Bishop of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France
		Appointed	Bonawentura Madalinski †	Coadjutor Bishop of Płock, Poland	Bishop
		Appointed	Bonawentura Madalinski †	Titular Bishop of Methone	Bishop of Płock, Poland
		Died	Manuel de Noronha †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
		Born	Michel Poncet de la Rivière †	Paris	Bishop of Angers, France
		Appointed	Henri de Provana †	Bishop of Nice, France
		Died	Juan de Ribera †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
		Appointed	Álvaro de São Boaventura †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
		Appointed	Constantino Sampaio †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
		Died	Constantino Sampaio †	Bishop-Elect of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	47.0	Appointed	Alexander Dunbar Winchester (Winster) †	Prefect of Scotland, Great Britain	Prefect Emeritus
6 Jan	56.3	Died	Giberto Borromeo †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo
7 Jan	37.9	Appointed	Johann Hugo von Orsbeck †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Trier, Germany	Archbishop
12 Jan		Born	García Pardiñas Villar de Francos, O. de M. †	La Coruña	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
24 Jan	64.1	Ordained Bishop	Johann Eberhard Nidhard (Neidhardt), S.J. †	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne
30 Jan	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Cosme Roger †	Bishop of Lombez, France
3 Feb	60.1	Died	Philipp Valentin Albrecht Reichritter Voit von Rieneck †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
8 Feb	58.1	Appointed	Neri Corsini †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Arezzo, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
8 Feb	42.1	Appointed	Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros †	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
19 Feb	56.0	Ordained Priest	Friedrich Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt †	Priest of Wrocław, Poland	Cardinal, Bishop
21 Feb	34.5	Ordained Bishop	Louis de Thomassin †	Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis	Bishop of Sisteron, France
22 Feb	40.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Bernhard Gustav von Baden-Durlach, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna
	40.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Pierre de Bonzi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Narbonne, France
	29.1	Confirmed	Jacques de Goyon de Matignon †	Bishop of Condom, France	Bishop Emeritus
	23.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
9 Mar		Born	Luis Simões Brandão †	Coimbra, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Angola e Congo, Angola
15 Mar		Born	François-César Le Blanc †	Paris	Bishop of Avranches, France
21 Mar		Born	Andrés de Orbe y Larreátegui †	Ermua	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
21 Mar	56.1	Confirmed	Friedrich Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt †	Cardinal, Bishop of Wrocław, Poland
22 Mar	52.7	Appointed	Peter Philipp Reichsgraf von Dernbach †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
15 Apr	52.3	Installed	Estevão dos Santos Carneiro de Moraes, C.S.J. †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
17 Apr	34.7	Succeeded	Louis de Thomassin †	Bishop of Vence, France	Bishop of Sisteron, France
1 May		Ordained Bishop	Paul-Philippe de Chaumont †	Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France	Bishop Emeritus
1 May	168.3	Beatified	St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
4 May	58.3	Died	Luis Guillermo (Guillén) de Moncada de Aragón Luna de Peralta y de La Cerda †	Cardinal, Priest
16 May		Appointed	Cristóbal Bernardo de Quiros †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
	44.3	Elevated to Cardinal	César d'Estrées †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Laon, France
	71.4	Appointed	Fabio dos Reis Fernandes, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
	42.7	Appointed	Philip Thomas Howard of Norfolk, O.P. †	Cardinal, Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia
	64.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Johann Eberhard Nidhard (Neidhardt), S.J. †	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne
	23.3	Installed	Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	44.4	Appointed	Giacomo Rospigliosi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo
21 May		Born	Felipe Molina y Figueroa †	Arévalo, Spain	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
22 May		Appointed	Mikołaj Stefan Pac †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
5 Jun	33.3	Ordained Bishop	Henri de Barillon †	Bishop of Luçon, France
6 Jun	52.4	Died	Estevão dos Santos Carneiro de Moraes, C.S.J. †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
18 Jun	81.5	Died	Diego Chueca †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain
29 Jun	66.5	Died	Francesco Maria Mancini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Matteo in Merulana
11 Jul		Born	Giovanni Benedetti Gentilotti †	Trento	Bishop-Elect of Trento, Italy
12 Jul	25.3	Died	Charles de Rosmadec †	Archbishop of Tours, France
31 Jul		Born	Johann Baptist Haus †	Stein-Säckingen	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
8 Aug	55.2	Appointed	Federico Borromeo (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
	44.5	Installed	César d'Estrées †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Laon, France
	64.7	Installed	Johann Eberhard Nidhard (Neidhardt), S.J. †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne
	29.4	Appointed	Fabrizio Spada †	Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters)	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
10 Aug		Born	Benjamin Petre, O.S.B. †		Vicar Apostolic of London District, England, Great Britain
11 Aug		Born	Félix Bernuy Zapata y Mendoza †	Málaga	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
13 Aug	58.9	Died	Adrian von Riedmatten (Sr.) †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
14 Aug	29.4	Ordained Bishop	Fabrizio Spada †	Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters)	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
15 Aug	62.8	Died	Franz Maximilian Vaccano †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
24 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Jean de Forcoal †	Bishop of Sées, France
25 Aug	31.4	Appointed	Adrian von Riedmatten (Jr.) †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
26 Aug	67.7	Died	Mateo de Sagade (Lazo de) Bugueiro †	Archbishop of Cartagena (en España)
4 Sep	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Díaz Vara Calderón †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Johann Franz Reichsgraf von Khuen zu Liechtenberg †	Priest of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Bishop
	87.7	Died	Francisco Torres Grijalba, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
5 Sep	51.7	Appointed	Giacomo Ferdinando de Gorizzutti †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
11 Sep	71.7	Ordained Bishop	Fabio dos Reis Fernandes, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
12 Sep	58.7	Appointed	Martín de Espinosa Monzon †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
14 Sep	47.5	Ordained Priest	Johann Euchar Reichsgraf von Schenk von Castell †	Priest of Eichstätt, Germany	Bishop
24 Sep		Born	Giuseppe Accoramboni †	Castel de Preci	Cardinal, Bishop of Frascati, Italy
24 Sep	24.0	Ordained Priest	Manuel Senjust Pagés †	Priest	Bishop of Vic, Spain
27 Sep		Appointed	Léon Bacoué †	Bishop of Glandèves, France	Bishop Emeritus
27 Sep		Born	Antônio de Guadalupe, O.F.M. †	Amarante, Portugal	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
12 Oct		Died	Bernard de Sariac †	Bishop of Aire, France
28 Oct		Born	Imre Csáky †	Castle of Zips (Spis) Szepesváre	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
28 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Henri Van Halmaele †	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
30 Oct		Born	Ferdinand Oesterhoff, O. Cist. †	Münster	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
3 Nov	46.5	Appointed	Francesco Buonvisi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Cardinal, Bishop of Lucca, Italy
14 Nov	47.5	Appointed	Gasparo Carpegna †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
	40.9	Appointed	Antonio do Espirito Santo, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
	64.2	Appointed	Cesare Facchinetti †	Bishop of Palestrina, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
	64.2	Appointed	Cesare Facchinetti †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
	59.6	Appointed	Juan López †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
	58.9	Appointed	Carlo Rossetti †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy
18 Nov		Died	Azon Ariosti †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
29 Nov	40.1	Appointed	Opizio Pallavicini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
6 Dec		Born	Joseph Anton Reichfreiherr von Delmestri von Schönberg †	Cormons	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
10 Dec		Born	Dionisio Francisco Mellado Eguíluz †	Madrid	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
12 Dec	38.9	Appointed	Johann Hugo von Orsbeck †	Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
12 Dec	38.9	Confirmed	Johann Hugo von Orsbeck †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Trier, Germany	Archbishop
16 Dec	63.6	Died	Jan Kazimierz Wazy, S.J. †	Cardinal,
27 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Bonawentura Madalinski †	Titular Bishop of Methone	Bishop of Płock, Poland

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