The Year of Our Lord 1617

Bishop Events

July to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

3 Jul 57.5 Appointed Paolo Emilio Santoro † Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy Archbishop of Urbino, Italy

36.5 Appointed Roberto Ubaldini † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy

9 Jul 41.5 Ordained Bishop Pierre Antoine Triest † Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

10 Jul Died Nicolas de la Courbe de Brée † Bishop of Saintes, France

16 Jul 57.5 Ordained Bishop Paolo Emilio Santoro † Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy Archbishop of Urbino, Italy

17 Jul 47.5 Appointed Giovanni Battista Agatich, O.S.A. † Bishop of Senj, Croatia Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia

49.2 Resigned Maffeo (Virginio Romolo) Barberini † Bishop of Spoleto, Italy Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

Died Charles de Bourgneuf de Cucé † Bishop of Nantes, France

45.5 Appointed Lorenzo Castrucci † Bishop of Spoleto, Italy

Appointed Fabrizio Landriani † Bishop of Pavia, Italy

30 Jul 45.5 Ordained Bishop Lorenzo Castrucci † Bishop of Spoleto, Italy

Appointed Pedro de Valencia † Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia

31 Jul 43.8 Confirmed Georg Friedrich Greiffenclau von Vollrads † Bishop of Worms, Germany Archbishop of Mainz, Germany

13 Aug Died François Rouxel de Médavy † Bishop of Lisieux, France

15 Aug 23.6 Ordained Bishop Balthazar de Budos † Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia Bishop of Agde, France

21 Aug 44.6 Appointed Luis Díaz Aux de Armendáriz, O. Cist. † Bishop of Jaca, Spain Bishop of Urgell, Spain

42.6 Appointed Augustin Potier de Blancmesnil † Bishop of Beauvais, France

22 Aug 20.6 Ordained Priest Pompeo Mignucci, O.S.H. † Priest of Orden de San Jerónimo Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy

30 Aug Born Hyacinthe Serroni, O.P. † Archbishop of Albi, France

Sep Died Cornelio Sozomeno † Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia

1 Sep 70.6 Died Juan Vigil de Quiñones y Labiada † Bishop of Segovia, Spain

3 Sep Ordained Bishop Petrus Pitarca, O.F.M. † Bishop of Termia (Thermae), Greece

4 Sep 49.6 Appointed Pedro de Perea (Pérez Díaz), O.S.A. † Bishop of Arequipa, Peru

10 Sep Ordained Bishop Fabrizio Landriani † Bishop of Pavia, Italy

32.6 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Sacrati † Bishop of Comacchio, Italy Bishop Emeritus

13 Sep 72.4 Died Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn † Bishop of Würzburg, Germany

17 Sep 42.7 Ordained Bishop Augustin Potier de Blancmesnil † Bishop of Beauvais, France

18 Sep 43.7 Appointed Francisco de Castro † Bishop of Guarda, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

55.7 Appointed Paolo Filomarino, C.R. † Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy

Appointed Lourenço de Távora, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Elvas, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

24 Sep 55.7 Ordained Bishop Paolo Filomarino, C.R. † Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy

29 Sep Born Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid † Archbishop of Mainz, Germany

Oct Born Michelangelo Brancavalerio † Bishop of Alatri, Italy

Died Gonçalo de Morais, O.S.B. † Bishop of Porto, Portugal

34.7 Ordained Priest Anastazy Antoni Seljava (Sielawa), O.S.B.M. † Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

2 Oct 67.7 Died Giovanni Andrea Garga, O.P. † Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece

46.7 Appointed Jerónimo Herrera y Salazar † Bishop of Guadix, Spain

Appointed Giovanni Francesco Pozzo † Bishop of Chiron, Greece

42.2 Appointed Pedro Ruiz Valdivieso † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Orense, Spain Bishop

5 Oct 42.1 Selected Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen † Bishop of Würzburg, Germany Bishop of Bamberg, Germany

22 Oct 63.5 Appointed Guillaume Gifford, O.S.B. † Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France Archbishop

63.5 Appointed Guillaume Gifford, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis in Asia Archbishop of Reims, France

26 Oct 61.6 Appointed Guillaume du Vair † Bishop of Lisieux, France

Nov Born Louis de Rechiègne Voisin de Guron † Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France

12 Nov 37.8 Ordained Bishop St. Jozafat Kuncewicz, O.S.B.M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Polotsk (Połock)-Vitebsk (Ukrainian), Belarus Archbishop

13 Nov 44.9 Appointed Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto † Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

75.2 Appointed Juan Bartolome de Bohórquez e Hinojosa, O.P. † Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

36.8 Appointed Girolamo de Franchis † Bishop of Nardò, Italy Archbishop of Capua, Italy

43.9 Appointed Odoardo Farnese † Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

15.8 Appointed Louis-François de La Baume de Suze † Coadjutor Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France Bishop

15.8 Appointed Louis-François de La Baume de Suze † Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France

50.8 Appointed Marcello Pignatelli, C.R. † Bishop of Jesi, Italy

53.8 Appointed Tomasz Pirawski † Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine

53.8 Appointed Tomasz Pirawski † Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Epiro Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine

55.0 Appointed Francesco Sforza † Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

16 Nov Born Leopoldo de’ Medici † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin

20 Nov Appointed João Coutinho † Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal Archbishop of Évora, Portugal

40.8 Appointed Gonzalo de Angulo, O.M. † Bishop of Coro, Venezuela

42.8 Appointed Ramón Ivorra † Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France

67.8 Appointed Lorenzo Mongiò Galatino, O.F.M. Obs. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Pozzuoli, Italy Bishop

24 Nov 77.8 Died Taddeo Sarti † Bishop Emeritus of Nepi e Sutri, Italy

26 Nov 36.9 Ordained Bishop Girolamo de Franchis † Bishop of Nardò, Italy Archbishop of Capua, Italy

50.9 Ordained Bishop Marcello Pignatelli, C.R. † Bishop of Jesi, Italy

27 Nov 44.9 Died Andrea Giustiniani, O.P. † Bishop of Isola, Italy

28 Nov Died Francisco Martínez de Cenicero † Bishop of Jaén, Spain

4 Dec 25.9 Appointed François Lefèvre de Caumartin † Coadjutor Bishop of Amiens, France Bishop

25.9 Appointed François Lefèvre de Caumartin † Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria Bishop of Amiens, France

Appointed Stanisław Udrzycki (Udrycki) † Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine

Appointed Stanisław Udrzycki (Udrycki) † Titular Bishop of Argos Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine

17 Dec 25.9 Succeeded François Lefèvre de Caumartin † Bishop of Amiens, France

Died Geoffrey de La Marthonie † Bishop of Amiens, France

18 Dec 52.9 Appointed Jean Davy du Perron † Coadjutor Archbishop of Sens, France Archbishop

52.9 Appointed Jean Davy du Perron † Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa Archbishop of Sens, France

47.9 Appointed Michel Raoul de La Guibourgère † Bishop of Saintes, France

21 Dec 47.9 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Battista Agatich, O.S.A. † Bishop of Senj, Croatia Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia

Died Lucas Duran, O.S. † Bishop of Albarracin, Spain

23 Dec 23.3 Ordained Deacon Plazidus Reimann, O.S.B. † Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Jul	57.5	Appointed	Paolo Emilio Santoro †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
36.5	Appointed	Roberto Ubaldini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy
9 Jul	41.5	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Antoine Triest †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
10 Jul		Died	Nicolas de la Courbe de Brée †	Bishop of Saintes, France
16 Jul	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Emilio Santoro †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
17 Jul	47.5	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Agatich, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Senj, Croatia	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
49.2	Resigned	Maffeo (Virginio Romolo) Barberini †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	Died	Charles de Bourgneuf de Cucé †	Bishop of Nantes, France
45.5	Appointed	Lorenzo Castrucci †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
	Appointed	Fabrizio Landriani †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
30 Jul	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Castrucci †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
	Appointed	Pedro de Valencia †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
31 Jul	43.8	Confirmed	Georg Friedrich Greiffenclau von Vollrads †	Bishop of Worms, Germany	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
13 Aug		Died	François Rouxel de Médavy †	Bishop of Lisieux, France
15 Aug	23.6	Ordained Bishop	Balthazar de Budos †	Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia	Bishop of Agde, France
21 Aug	44.6	Appointed	Luis Díaz Aux de Armendáriz, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
42.6	Appointed	Augustin Potier de Blancmesnil †	Bishop of Beauvais, France
22 Aug	20.6	Ordained Priest	Pompeo Mignucci, O.S.H. †	Priest of Orden de San Jerónimo	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy
30 Aug		Born	Hyacinthe Serroni, O.P. †		Archbishop of Albi, France
Sep		Died	Cornelio Sozomeno †	Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia
1 Sep	70.6	Died	Juan Vigil de Quiñones y Labiada †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
3 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Petrus Pitarca, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Termia (Thermae), Greece
4 Sep	49.6	Appointed	Pedro de Perea (Pérez Díaz), O.S.A. †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
10 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Fabrizio Landriani †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
32.6	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Sacrati †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
13 Sep	72.4	Died	Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
17 Sep	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Augustin Potier de Blancmesnil †	Bishop of Beauvais, France
18 Sep	43.7	Appointed	Francisco de Castro †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
55.7	Appointed	Paolo Filomarino, C.R. †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
	Appointed	Lourenço de Távora, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
24 Sep	55.7	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Filomarino, C.R. †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
29 Sep		Born	Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid †		Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
Oct		Born	Michelangelo Brancavalerio †		Bishop of Alatri, Italy
	Died	Gonçalo de Morais, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
34.7	Ordained Priest	Anastazy Antoni Seljava (Sielawa), O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
2 Oct	67.7	Died	Giovanni Andrea Garga, O.P. †	Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece
46.7	Appointed	Jerónimo Herrera y Salazar †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Pozzo †	Bishop of Chiron, Greece
42.2	Appointed	Pedro Ruiz Valdivieso †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Orense, Spain	Bishop
5 Oct	42.1	Selected	Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
22 Oct	63.5	Appointed	Guillaume Gifford, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France	Archbishop
63.5	Appointed	Guillaume Gifford, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis in Asia	Archbishop of Reims, France
26 Oct	61.6	Appointed	Guillaume du Vair †	Bishop of Lisieux, France
Nov		Born	Louis de Rechiègne Voisin de Guron †		Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France
12 Nov	37.8	Ordained Bishop	St. Jozafat Kuncewicz, O.S.B.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Polotsk (Połock)-Vitebsk (Ukrainian), Belarus	Archbishop
13 Nov	44.9	Appointed	Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
75.2	Appointed	Juan Bartolome de Bohórquez e Hinojosa, O.P. †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
36.8	Appointed	Girolamo de Franchis †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
43.9	Appointed	Odoardo Farnese †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
15.8	Appointed	Louis-François de La Baume de Suze †	Coadjutor Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France	Bishop
15.8	Appointed	Louis-François de La Baume de Suze †	Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France
50.8	Appointed	Marcello Pignatelli, C.R. †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
53.8	Appointed	Tomasz Pirawski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
53.8	Appointed	Tomasz Pirawski †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Epiro	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
55.0	Appointed	Francesco Sforza †	Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
16 Nov		Born	Leopoldo de’ Medici †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
20 Nov		Appointed	João Coutinho †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
40.8	Appointed	Gonzalo de Angulo, O.M. †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
42.8	Appointed	Ramón Ivorra †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
67.8	Appointed	Lorenzo Mongiò Galatino, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Pozzuoli, Italy	Bishop
24 Nov	77.8	Died	Taddeo Sarti †	Bishop Emeritus of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
26 Nov	36.9	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo de Franchis †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Marcello Pignatelli, C.R. †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
27 Nov	44.9	Died	Andrea Giustiniani, O.P. †	Bishop of Isola, Italy
28 Nov		Died	Francisco Martínez de Cenicero †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
4 Dec	25.9	Appointed	François Lefèvre de Caumartin †	Coadjutor Bishop of Amiens, France	Bishop
25.9	Appointed	François Lefèvre de Caumartin †	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria	Bishop of Amiens, France
	Appointed	Stanisław Udrzycki (Udrycki) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
	Appointed	Stanisław Udrzycki (Udrycki) †	Titular Bishop of Argos	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
17 Dec	25.9	Succeeded	François Lefèvre de Caumartin †	Bishop of Amiens, France
	Died	Geoffrey de La Marthonie †	Bishop of Amiens, France
18 Dec	52.9	Appointed	Jean Davy du Perron †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sens, France	Archbishop
52.9	Appointed	Jean Davy du Perron †	Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa	Archbishop of Sens, France
47.9	Appointed	Michel Raoul de La Guibourgère †	Bishop of Saintes, France
21 Dec	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Agatich, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Senj, Croatia	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
	Died	Lucas Duran, O.S. †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
23 Dec	23.3	Ordained Deacon	Plazidus Reimann, O.S.B. †	Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland

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