The Year of Our Lord 1631

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Pedro de Alagón y de Cardona †		Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
		Appointed	Julián Alvear (Alvera) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
		Appointed	Julián Alvear (Alvera) †	Titular Bishop of Siriensis	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
		Died	Benedetto Baaz (Vaez) †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
		Born	Ágoston Benkovich, O.S.P.P.E. †		Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
		Born	Antoine-François Bertier †		Bishop of Rieux, France
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Jodok Brendt Hopner †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany
		Died	Virgilio Cappone †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
	48.0	Died	Modernus (Fabrizio) Caracciolo Piscizi †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
		Died	Sebastiano Carta †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Corderiña Vega, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
		Born	Antonio de León y Becerra †		Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
		Born	Juan de los Ríos y Berriz †		Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
		Born	Alberto de São Gonçalo da Silva, O.S.A. †		Archbishop of Goa, India
		Born	Melchior de Escuda Aybar †		Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	16.0	Professed	Gaetano Garimberti, C.R. †	Member of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Fintan Kieffer, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus
		Born	Francesco de Mandietta (Mendieta), O.SS.T. †		Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
		Died	Alvaro Mendoza, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
	41.0	Ordained Priest	Richard Paul Stravius †	Priest of Liège, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	64.8	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Parcero de Castro, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
	63.0	Died	Pedro de Perea (Pérez Díaz), O.S.A. †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
		Born	Sebastiano Perissi †		Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
		Died	Marsilio Peruzzi †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
	48.0	Died	Paulus Pucciarelli, O.P. †	Bishop of Andros, Greece
	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Puigmartí Funes, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
	57.0	Appointed	Yosyf Ivan Veliamyn-Rutskyi, O.S.B.M. †	Administrator of Volodymyr (Włodzimierz) et Brėst (Ukrainian)	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
		Born	Agustín de Serralde, O.F.M. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Born	Ignace Grégoire Pierre VI Shahbaddin †		Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
		Born	Alessandro Strozzi †		Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
		Born	Francesco Antonio Triveri, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
		Died	Pedro de Valencia †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
		Born	Edward Wesley †		Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
	70.0	Died	Franciszek Zajerski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
Jan		Died	Luca Castellini, O.P. †	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
8 Jan	51.0	Appointed	Francesco Bibilia †	Bishop of Isola, Italy
	36.4	Appointed	Persio Caracci †	Bishop of Larino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Sigismondo Taddei †	Bishop of Bitetto, Italy	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
12 Jan	21.0	Ordained Priest	Giambattista Ventriglia †	Priest	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
13 Jan		Appointed	James Fallon †	Vicar Apostolic of Achonry, Ireland
18 Jan		Born	Giuseppe Pianetti †		Bishop of Todi, Italy
21 Jan	65.0	Died	Diego Guzmán de Haros †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
23 Jan	42.0	Selected	Jacques Raoul de La Guibourgère †	Bishop of Saintes, France	Bishop of La Rochelle, France
27 Jan	50.0	Appointed	Pompeo Coronini †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
27 Jan	38.9	Appointed	Nicolas de Netz †	Bishop of Orléans, France
28 Jan	71.0	Died	Gonzalo Hernandez y Hermosillo y Gonzalez, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Durango, México
29 Jan		Born	Vincenzo de Magistris (del Mastro), O.P. †		Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
2 Feb	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Fulcran de Barrès †	Bishop of Agde, France
10 Feb	49.1	Appointed	Feliciano de la Vega Padilla †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia	Archbishop of México, Federal District
	49.1	Appointed	Paolo de Estrella, T.O.R. †	Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
	58.1	Confirmed	Juan López de Agurto de la Mata †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
	66.1	Confirmed	Pedro Moya Arjona †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain
		Confirmed	Juan de Santander, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
	51.1	Confirmed	Manoel Telles de Brito, O.P. †	Archbishop of Goa, India
		Confirmed	Ambrosio Vallejo Mejía, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
11 Feb		Born	Wilhelm von Vintler von Runkelstein †		Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
13 Feb		Appointed	Kaspar Münster, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
13 Feb		Appointed	Kaspar Münster, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Asia	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
15 Feb	49.5	Selected	Anton Wolfradt †	Bishop of Wien, Austria
3 Mar		Born	Francesco Picarelli †		Bishop of Narni, Italy
8 Mar		Died	Juan Portocarrero, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
8 Mar		Succeeded	Antonio Viedma Chaves, O.P. †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
9 Mar	31.1	Confirmed	Rafał Mikołaj Korsak, O.S.B.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop
10 Mar	33.1	Appointed	Antonio Santacroce †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
11 Mar	68.1	Died	Miguel Santos de Sampedro †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
15 Mar	39.2	Ordained Priest	György Széchényi †	Priest of Esztergom, Hungary	Archbishop
17 Mar	73.2	Died	Juan Venido Castilla, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
19 Mar	55.2	Died	Joachim Morochowski, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Volodymyr (Włodzimierz) et Brėst (Ukrainian)
24 Mar		Confirmed	Nicolas de Grillier †	Bishop of Bazas, France	Bishop of Uzés, France
	59.1	Appointed	Maciej Łubieński †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	33.5	Appointed	Agustín Spínola Basadone †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	62.2	Appointed	Abraham Wojna †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
28 Mar	64.3	Died	José González Díez, O.P. †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
31 Mar	49.6	Died	Pierre Paunet, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France
Apr		Ordained Bishop	Luis Córdoba Ronquillo, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
7 Apr	38.2	Appointed	Gaspard Bobek †	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
		Appointed	Marco Giustiniani †	Bishop of Verona, Italy
	46.2	Appointed	Martín de León Cárdenas, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	58.2	Appointed	Adam Nowodworski †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Confirmed	János Pyber de Gyerkény †	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
13 Apr		Born	Edmund Sinnhuber (Sinhuber), O.S.B. †		Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict
15 Apr		Born	Pierre de Bonzi †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Narbonne, France
18 Apr	55.2	Died	Cosimo de’ Bardi †	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
21 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Kaspar Münster, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Asia	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
27 Apr	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Nicolas de Netz †	Bishop of Orléans, France
28 Apr	51.3	Appointed	Albertus Aliprandi †	Bishop of Andros, Greece
	38.7	Died	Charles de Lorraine-Chaligny, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Verdun, France
	47.2	Appointed	Sebastian Müller †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
	47.2	Appointed	Sebastian Müller †	Titular Bishop of Adramyttium	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
1 May	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Sebastian Müller †	Titular Bishop of Adramyttium	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
3 May		Born	Filippo Tani, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
7 May	61.0	Died	Giovanni Tiepolo †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
10 May		Born	Flavio Chigi (Sr.) †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
12 May	47.3	Confirmed	Jean Jaubert de Barrault †	Archbishop of Arles, France
	36.3	Appointed	Maurizio Centini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
	29.3	Appointed	Gaspard de Daillon du Lude †	Bishop of Agen, France	Bishop of Albi, France
		Appointed	Alfonso Pandolfi †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
		Appointed	Melchiorre Pirella †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
	35.3	Appointed	Carlo (Zanucca) Scaglia, Can. Reg. S.Geor †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
		Appointed	Dionisio Tomacelli, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy
	60.3	Appointed	Francisco Villafañe †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain	Bishop of Osma, Spain
	67.3	Appointed	Diego Zúñiga Sotomayor †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
15 May		Born	Isidoro Sariñana y Medina Cuenca †		Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
18 May		Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Pandolfi †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
18 May		Ordained Bishop	Dionisio Tomacelli, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy
25 May	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga, O.P. †	Bishop of Osma, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
26 May		Appointed	Martin Bonaccina †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
		Appointed	Martin Bonaccina †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	53.4	Installed	Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alessio	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Rieti, Italy
	37.3	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta †	Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	49.8	Confirmed	Anton Wolfradt †	Bishop of Wien, Austria
Jun		Ordained Bishop	Nicolas de Grillier †	Bishop of Bazas, France	Bishop of Uzés, France
1 Jun	35.4	Ordained Bishop	Carlo (Zanucca) Scaglia, Can. Reg. S.Geor †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
3 Jun		Born	François de Coëtlogon-Méjusseaume †		Bishop of Quimper, France
5 Jun	54.4	Appointed	Meletiy Maksym Smotrytskyi (Smotrycki) †	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia
8 Jun		Born	Alfonso Enríquez de Santo Tomás, O.P. †		Bishop of Málaga, Spain
9 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Martin Bonaccina †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
9 Jun		Died	Antonio Viedma Chaves, O.P. †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
11 Jun		Born	Alessandro Adezario, C.R.L. †		Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
	51.5	Appointed	Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
	60.4	Appointed	Merkelis Elijaševičius Heliaszewich (Geišas) †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
12 Jun		Born	Ercole Domenico Monanni †		Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
15 Jun	56.4	Died	Leonardo Tritonio †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
16 Jun	69.4	Died	Tomás Espinosa †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
22 Jun	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Imre Lósy †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
22 Jun	38.4	Died	André Le Porc de la Porte †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France
25 Jun		Born	Juan Bautista Sorribas, O. Carm. †		Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
26 Jun		Installed	Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

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