The Year of Our Lord 1717

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	50.9	Died	Valentinus Matthias Arcemberski †	Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine
	24.6	Ordained Priest	François-Charles de Béringhen d’Armainvilliers †	Priest	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
		Born	Joseph-Dominique de Cheylus †	Avignon	Bishop of Bayeux, France
	54.4	Died	Hyacinthus Lucas Czermiński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
		Born	Gennaro Giordano †	Napoli	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Nicolaus Givovich †	Priest	Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia
		Resigned	Diego Ladrón de Guevara †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Kornylij Lebeckyj, O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Foreign Diocese
	45.4	Ordained Priest	Franz Ludwig von Schenk von Castell †	Priest of Eichstätt, Germany	Bishop
		Born	Felix Josephus Hubertus de Wavrans †	Tournay	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
Jan	70.6	Died	Giovanni Uva, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy
1 Jan	62.1	Died	Esteban Bellido Guevara †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
2 Jan	48.3	Appointed	Pompeio Aldrovandi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
2 Jan	65.6	Died	Edme Bélot, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
4 Jan	73.0	Appointed	Francesco Onofrio Hodierna †	Bishop of Valva, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
4 Jan	73.0	Appointed	Francesco Onofrio Hodierna †	Bishop of Sulmona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Valva, Italy
5 Jan		Born	Tomasz Ignacy Zienkowicz †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania
7 Jan		Born	Henri-Louis-René Des Nos †	Ernée	Bishop of Verdun, France
10 Jan	23.6	Ordained Priest	Bernardino Vari †	Priest	Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy
11 Jan	74.3	Died	Silvius de Cavalieri †	Titular Archbishop of Athenae
12 Jan	75.9	Died	Taddeo Luigi dal Verme †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
24 Jan		Born	Joannes Bapt. Badoer †	Pago	Titular Bishop of Sidon
29 Jan	52.8	Selected	Armand-Pierre de la Croix de Castries †	Archbishop of Tours, France	Archbishop of Albi, France
Feb	82.0	Died	Francesco Antonio Leopardi †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
7 Feb	23.9	Ordained Priest	Alexander Działyński †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
11 Feb	23.7	Ordained Priest	Pedro Miguel Argandoña Pastene Salazar †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
11 Feb		Born	Antonius Bucci †	Grottaglie	Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Caria
14 Feb	35.1	Professed	Ioan Constantin Giurgiu Patachi (Nemes de Pataky), O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian), Romania
17 Feb	41.3	Died	Dondazio Alessio Malvicini Fontana †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
25 Feb	61.1	Died	Filippo della Torre †	Bishop of Adria, Italy
7 Mar	61.3	Ordained Bishop	João de Brito e Vasconcelos †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
7 Mar	32.5	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Campagnoli †	Priest	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
10 Mar	58.4	Died	Joseph-Maurel du Chaffaut †	Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France
12 Mar		Born	Giuseppe Ippoliti †	Pistoia	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
13 Mar	22.9	Ordained Priest	Ciro de Alteriis †	Priest	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
14 Mar	55.2	Selected	José Esquivel Castillejos, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
15 Mar	45.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Giberto Bartolomeo Borromeo †	Cardinal, Bishop of Novara, Italy
		Born	Giuseppe Maria Carafa †	Nolan	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
	39.7	Appointed	Juan José de Escalona y Calatayud †	Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop of Michoacán, México
	52.4	Appointed	Carlo Francesco Giocoli †	Bishop of Capaccio, Italy
20 Mar	83.2	Died	Onofrio Costantini †	Titular Archbishop of Derbe
23 Mar		Born	Giuseppe Maria Pilo, O. Carm. †	Sassari	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
1 Apr		Born	Joaquim Xavier Botelho de Lima †	Ulixbonen	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
7 Apr	58.8	Died	Lamberto Manuel López †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain
10 Apr		Born	Manuel Fernández Torres †	Fontiveros	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
11 Apr		Born	Francisco (Martinez) Polanco (López de Lorena) †	Cianca y Parvayón, Spain	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
11 Apr	22.9	Ordained Priest	Nicola Stanislavich, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary
12 Apr	30.3	Appointed	Antonio Claudio Alvarez de Quiñones †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
	54.9	Appointed	Flaminio Dondi, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina, Italy	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
	54.9	Appointed	Flaminio Dondi, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Abdera	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
	62.5	Appointed	Stefano Fogliani †	Bishop of Modena, Italy
	72.3	Resigned	Nicolaus Gabrieli †	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
	58.4	Appointed	Adeodato Summantico, O.S.A. †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
	40.3	Appointed	Jan Feliks Szaniawski †	Titular Bishop of Capsus	Bishop of Chełm, Poland
17 Apr	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Flaminio Dondi, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Abdera	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
23 Apr	26.9	Ordained Priest	Jan Aleksander Lipski †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop of Kraków, Poland
25 Apr	62.6	Ordained Bishop	Stefano Fogliani †	Bishop of Modena, Italy
25 Apr	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Adeodato Summantico, O.S.A. †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
27 Apr		Born	Antonio Jorge y Galván †	Zaragoza	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
May	71.3	Died	Francesco Masones y Nin †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
		Born	João Rafael de Mendonça, O.S.H. †	Lisbon	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
	64.3	Died	Biagio Terzi †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
		Born	Giuseppe Vincentini †	Reatin	Titular Archbishop of Nicosia
2 May		Born	Bonaventura Calcagnini †	Gaeta	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
3 May		Born	Joannes Calcagnini †	Caietan	Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy
3 May		Born	Pierre-Augustin-Bernardin de Rosset de Rocozel de Fleury †	Pérignan	Bishop of Chartres, France
8 May	72.4	Died	Mateo Foncillas Mozárabe †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
10 May	51.4	Appointed	Marcus Andriaski †	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria	Archbishop of Sardica (Sredek, Sofia), Bulgaria
	58.2	Appointed	Giosafatte (Giosafat) Battistelli †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
	45.7	Installed	Giberto Bartolomeo Borromeo †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alessio	Cardinal, Bishop of Novara, Italy
	47.4	Appointed	Gottfried Langwerth von Simmern †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
	47.4	Appointed	Gottfried Langwerth von Simmern †	Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
	59.4	Appointed	Pedro Magaña, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
	53.7	Appointed	Tommaso Ruffo †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy
13 May		Born	Antonius D’Afflitto, C.R. †	Lizzanello	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
14 May		Born	Antonio Bonifacio Coelho †	Couilhao	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
21 May		Born	Alessandro Pisani †	Parma	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
22 May	22.9	Ordained Priest	Octavius Antonius Baiardi †	Priest	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Franciscus Antonius de los Reyes †	Priest	Bishop of Oria, Italy
	36.6	Ordained Priest	Antonio Guglielmi †	Priest	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Isidoro Pitellia, O.M. †	Priest of Order of the Minims	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Francesco de Santa Rosa de Viterbo, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China
30 May	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan José de Escalona y Calatayud †	Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop of Michoacán, México
30 May	46.0	Ordained Priest	Virgilio Giannotti †	Priest	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
1 Jun	65.0	Died	Franz Theodor von Guttenberg †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
4 Jun		Born	Giuseppe Francesco Maria della Torre †	Genova	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
7 Jun	73.4	Died	Pedro Granell †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
11 Jun		Born	Giovanni Rondinelli †	Ferrara	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
11 Jun		Born	Domenico Russo †	Napoli	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
12 Jun	77.4	Died	Diego Ladrón de Guevara †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
12 Jun	48.2	Appointed	Filippo Tipaldi †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
14 Jun	55.5	Appointed	Maciej Józef Ancuta †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop
	55.1	Appointed	Matthaeus Giannicio †	Bishop of Scardona (Skradin), Italy
	50.5	Appointed	Josaphat Parysowicz, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Bacău, Romania
	61.9	Appointed	Daniele Sansoni †	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
15 Jun	74.2	Died	Fabrizio Spada †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
20 Jun	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Laghi, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Loryma	Vicar Apostolic of Shansi {Scian-Si} (Chan-Si), China
20 Jun	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Tipaldi †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
22 Jun		Born	Paolino Pace †	Mormanno	Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
26 Jun	35.6	Ordained Bishop	Claude-Antoine Duding, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland