The Year of Our Lord 1638

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Jean-Baptiste Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan †		Archbishop of Arles, France
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Matteo Avanian, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia
		Born	Antonio de Brizuela y Salamanca †		Bishop of Jaén, Spain
	61.0	Died	Gaudius Castelli †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
		Born	Fulvio Crivelli (Cribelli) †		Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
		Born	Stanisław Kazimierz Dąmbski †		Bishop of Kraków, Poland
	35.1	Ordained Priest	Antoine d’Arbaut de Bargemont †	Priest	Bishop of Sisteron, France
		Born	Jean-Baptiste d’Estampes de Valançay †		Bishop of Marseille, France
	60.0	Died	Loreto Di Franco (De Franchis) †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
		Died	Zanobi de’ Medici, O.P. †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
	62.0	Died	António do Rosário, O.P. †	Bishop-Elect of Malacca, Singapore
		Born	Francisco de San José Pedro Mesía y Portocarrero, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Málaga, Spain
		Born	Giovanni Emblaviti †		Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
		Born	Diego Evelino Hurtado de Compostela (Vélez) †		Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
	29.0	Selected	György Jakusics †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
		Died	Jesu-Yab †	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Bartholomäus Kobolt von Tambach †	Titular Bishop of Lampsacus	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
	60.0	Died	Benedetto Landi †	Bishop Emeritus of Fossombrone, Italy
		Born	Diego de La Cueva y Aldana †		Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
		Appointed	Jean-Simon Le Nestorien †	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
		Ordained Bishop	Jean-Simon Le Nestorien †	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
		Born	Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan †		Bishop of Le Mans, France
		Born	Marc Mallier du Houssay †		Bishop of Tarbes, France
	53.0	Selected	Annibale Mascambruno †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
		Born	Fernando Manuel de Mejía †		Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
		Born	Francesco Maria Moles, C.R. †		Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy
		Born	Armand de Monchy d’Hocquincourt †		Bishop of Verdun, France
	63.0	Died	Orazio Muscettola †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
		Died	Girolamo Parisani †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
		Born	Michel Poncet de la Rivière †		Bishop of Uzés, France
		Born	Giuseppe Ponzi †		Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
	61.0	Died	Bogusław Radoszewski †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
	66.0	Died	Sarkis Rizzi †	Bishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
		Born	Athanasius Safar †		Bishop of Mardin (Syrian), Turkey
		Born	Stefano Sculco †		Bishop Emeritus of Gerace, Italy
	19.2	Professed	Matthäus Ferdinand Sobek von Bilenberg, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
		Born	Leone Strozzi, O.S.B. †		Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
		Selected	Barthélemy Supersaxo †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland	Priest
		Born	Domenico Tarugi †		Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
		Born	Manuel Torquemada, O. de M. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
		Born	Antonio Tortorelli, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Trivento, Italy
	37.0	Ordained Bishop	José Valle de la Cerda, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Almería, Spain	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
	21.0	Ordained Priest	Gerolamo Visconti †	Priest	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
		Born	Jan Stanisław Witwicki †		Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Died	Gabriel de Zarate, O.P. †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
		Born	Domenico de Zaoli (Zaulis) †		Bishop Emeritus of Veroli, Italy
		Born	Jerónimo Zolivera †		Bishop of Teruel, Spain
1 Jan		Died	Antonio Brunachio †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
3 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Francesco Antonio Biondo, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Capri, Italy	Bishop of Ortona a Mare e Campli, Italy
3 Jan	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Ippolito Campioni, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
7 Jan	69.0	Died	Sebastiano Ricci †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
7 Jan		Born	Benedetto Giacinto Sangermano †		Bishop of Nusco, Italy
10 Jan	32.4	Ordained Bishop	Marquard von Schenk von Castell †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
11 Jan		Born	Bl. Niels Stensen †		Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany
15 Jan	51.0	Appointed	Marco Antonio Coccini †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop of Imola, Italy
		Appointed	Gaspare Conturla †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
	51.0	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Falesi, O.P. †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
		Appointed	Francesco Tontori (Tontolo), C.R.S. †	Bishop of Ischia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Marco Antonio Coccini †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop of Imola, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Gaspare Conturla †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Falesi, O.P. †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Francesco Tontori (Tontolo), C.R.S. †	Bishop of Ischia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
27 Jan	76.3	Died	Hernando de Arias y Ugarte †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
27 Jan		Died	Ascanio Gesualdo †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
4 Feb		Born	José de Oliveira, O.E.S.A. †		Bishop Emeritus of Angola e Congo
6 Feb		Born	Johann Ignaz Dlouhovesky de Longavilla †		Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
9 Feb	73.1	Died	Gutiérrez Bernardo de Quirós (Quiróz) †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
13 Feb	37.1	Appointed	Petăr Bogdan Bakšič, O.F.M. Obs. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sardica (Sredek, Sofia), Bulgaria	Archbishop of Sardica (Sredek, Sofia), Bulgaria
13 Feb	37.1	Appointed	Petăr Bogdan Bakšič, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Callipolis	Archbishop of Sardica (Sredek, Sofia), Bulgaria
26 Feb		Appointed	Francesco Antonio Frasella, O.F.M. Conv. †	Apostolic Administrator of Japan
Mar	65.1	Died	Paolo Cajatia †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
1 Mar		Born	Baldassare de Benavente, O. de M. †		Bishop of Potenza, Italy
		Appointed	Attilio Orsini †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
		Appointed	Tommaso Salviati †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
		Appointed	Francesco Surgenti (Sorgente), C.R. †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
		Appointed	Felice Tamburelli †	Bishop of Sora, Italy
	71.1	Appointed	Tegrimus Tegrimi †	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
2 Mar	39.1	Appointed	Ottavio Branciforte †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
3 Mar	34.1	Appointed	Matthieu de Castro Malo, C.O. †	Vicar Apostolic of Idalcan / Deccan / Bijapur, India	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
14 Mar	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Cipriano Arcón (Azcon) †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
14 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Felice Tamburelli †	Bishop of Sora, Italy
15 Mar	61.2	Installed	Diego de Zambrana de Villalobos y Cordero †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
21 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Attilio Orsini †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
22 Mar	52.9	Confirmed	Diego Arce Reinoso †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Plasencia, Spain
22 Mar	42.2	Appointed	João Mendes de Távora †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
Apr	53.2	Died	Alessandro (Fabrizio) Suardi †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
1 Apr	78.2	Died	Annibale D’Afflitto †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
5 Apr	68.2	Died	Auguste de Forbin de Solliers †	Bishop of Toulon, France
18 Apr		Died	Luis García Rodríguez †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
19 Apr		Appointed	Dionisio Bussotti, O.S.M. †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Carcarasio †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
		Appointed	Agostino Ferentillo †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
	44.2	Appointed	Andrzej Gembicki †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
		Appointed	Fabio Magnesi †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
	48.0	Appointed	Henri Sylvius, O.S.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Belgium
	48.0	Appointed	Henri Sylvius, O.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Dionysias	Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Belgium
25 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Dionisio Bussotti, O.S.M. †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Carcarasio †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Agostino Ferentillo †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Fabio Magnesi †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
May	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Henri Sylvius, O.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Dionysias	Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Belgium
2 May	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Gaspar de Villarroel, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
6 May		Born	Carlo Bichi †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
6 May	52.5	Died	Corneille Janssen †	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
11 May		Died	Giambattista Visconti, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
14 May	43.6	Appointed	Claude D’Achey †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
16 May	52.4	Died	Hildebrand Jost †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
23 May	61.3	Died	Ludovicus Galbiati †	Bishop of Acerno, Italy
27 May	63.4	Died	Jan Wężyk †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
29 May	28.0	Ordained Priest	Francesco Alberti di Poja †	Priest of Trento, Italy	Bishop
30 May	59.4	Died	Matteo Granito †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
9 Jun		Died	Ambrosio de Córdoba, O.P. †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
13 Jun		Appointed	Juan de la Torre Ayala †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
14 Jun		Appointed	Manuel da Cunha †	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
	41.2	Appointed	Juan Alonso y Ocón †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
		Appointed	Antonio del Pezzo †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
	70.4	Appointed	Francisco de la Serna y Rimaga Salazar, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
15 Jun	50.8	Died	Apollinaris de Almeida, S.J. †	Coadjutor Patriarch of Ethiopia
18 Jun		Born	Ippolito Vicentini †		Bishop of Rieti, Italy
20 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Antonio del Pezzo †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
21 Jun		Appointed	Pietro Corsetto †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
	78.4	Died	Roland Hébert †	Archbishop of Bourges, France
		Appointed	Francisco Pérez Roya †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
	63.4	Appointed	Gonzalo Sánchez de Somoza Quiroga †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
		Appointed	Roberto Strozzi †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
22 Jun	53.4	Died	Krzysztof Charbicki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
24 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Pietro Corsetto †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
27 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Roberto Strozzi †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
28 Jun	77.4	Died	Pierre du Vair †	Bishop of Vence, France

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