The Year of Our Lord 1644

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	70.0	Resigned	Paolo Arese, C.R. †	Bishop of Tortona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Miguel Beltrán Castellón †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
		Born	Andrea Brancaccio, C.R. †		Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
		Born	Eustace Browne †		Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
		Born	Gaetano Caracciolo, C.R. †		Archbishop of Conza, Italy
		Born	Francisco Cisneros y Mendoza †		Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
		Born	Edward Comerford †		Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
		Died	Clemente Confetti (Confetto) †	Bishop of Acerno, Italy
	75.0	Died	Giacomo Della Rocca †	Bishop of Termia (Thermae), Greece
	22.0	Ordained Priest	Juan de Rojas y Asúa, O. de M. †	Priest	Bishop of Nicaragua
		Born	Jean-Jacques d’Obeilh (d’Aubeil) †		Bishop of Orange, France
	51.9	Died	Giulio del Pozzo †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
		Born	Juan Víctores de Velasco, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
		Born	Giuseppe Antonio Maria Favini, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia
	76.0	Died	Ennio Filonardi †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Fontana †		Bishop of Cesena, Italy
	70.0	Died	Nicolaus de Georgiis (Zorzi) †	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
		Born	Tomaso Giustiniani, C.R.M. †		Bishop of Nebbio, France
		Born	Pedro Granell †		Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
		Born	Louis Habert de Montmort †		Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
	48.0	Died	Jean Charles Konopacki †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
		Born	Fergus Laurence Lea †		Bishop of Derry, Ireland
		Died	Alexander Liparuli †	Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy
		Died	Girolamo Magnesi †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
	59.0	Died	Annibale Mascambruno †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
	50.0	Died	Luigi Leonardo Mocenigo (Mozzenigo) †	Archbishop of Candia {Crete}, Greece
		Born	Deodat Nersesowicz †		Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
	52.0	Died	Antonio Nusco (Nuseo) †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Orozco, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Temnus	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	72.0	Died	Vincenzo Pagano, C.R. †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
		Born	Antonio Pascual †		Bishop of Vic, Spain
	81.0	Died	Giacomo Passamar †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
		Born	Charles de Pradel †		Bishop of Montpellier, France
		Born	Ludovicus Quémeneur †		Titular Bishop of Sura
		Born	Franz Caspar von Stadion †		Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
	33.1	Incardinated	Ludwik Stempkowski †	Priest	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
		Born	Gerolamo Ventimiglia, C.R. †		Bishop of Lipari, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Battista Visconti Aicardi, B. †		Bishop of Novara, Italy
	62.0	Resigned	Francesco Vitelli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
		Born	Sigmund Ignaz von Wolkenstein-Trostburg †		Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
2 Jan	67.0	Died	Giacomo Marenco †	Bishop of Nice, France
3 Jan	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Egidio (Carlo) Colonna, O.S.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Amasea	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
3 Jan	51.0	Selected	Miguel de Torres, O.P. †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
4 Jan		Born	Alfonso de Aloysio †		Bishop of Squillace, Italy
5 Jan		Born	Jean-François Salgues de Valderies de Lescure †		Bishop of Luçon, France
10 Jan		Born	Celestino Sfondrati, O.S.B. †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
13 Jan	43.0	Died	Miguel de Portugal †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
16 Jan	35.0	Appointed	Franz Virgil von Spaur und Valör †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
18 Jan	56.0	Died	Benedetto Ubaldi †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Perugia, Italy
19 Jan		Born	José Gregorio de Rojas y Velázquez †		Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
24 Jan		Died	Juan de Santander, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
25 Jan	52.0	Died	Alessandro Cesarini (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
31 Jan	30.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-François-Paul de Gondi de Retz †	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
8 Feb		Born	Pierre de La Broue †		Bishop of Mirepoix, France
10 Feb	62.1	Died	Hugues de Labatut †	Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France
13 Feb		Born	Sigmund Christoph von Herberstein †		Bishop Emeritus of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
14 Feb	62.3	Ordained Bishop	Damián Lopez de Haro y Villarda, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
17 Feb		Born	Vartan Hunanian †		Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
19 Feb	48.4	Selected	Anthyme Denis Cohon †	Bishop of Dol, France	Bishop of Nîmes, France
		Selected	Hector d’Ouvrier †	Bishop of Nîmes, France
		Appointed	Clemente Del Pezzo, C.R. †	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
Mar	25.1	Ordained Priest	James O’Phelan †	Priest of Ossory, Ireland	Bishop
1 Mar		Selected	Giovanni Torresiglia (Torrecilla Manso) †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
6 Mar		Born	Pierre de Langle †		Bishop of Boulogne (-Sur-Mer), France
	28.1	Ordained Bishop	Franz von Lodron †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
	35.1	Ordained Bishop	Franz Virgil von Spaur und Valör †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
12 Mar	30.4	Ordained Priest	Adrian von Riedmatten (IV) †	Priest of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland	Bishop
14 Mar	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Diego Chueca †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Bishop of Teruel, Spain
	39.9	Appointed	Girolamo Colonna †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
	61.2	Appointed	Nicolò Guidi di Bagno †	Titular Archbishop of Athenae	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy
	58.1	Appointed	Marzio Ginetti †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	28.8	Appointed	Virginio Orsini, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	44.1	Appointed	Giulio Rospigliosi †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	54.2	Appointed	Alessandro Sperelli, C.O. †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
19 Mar	43.2	Selected	Fernando Andrade Castro †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
23 Mar	66.2	Died	Juan García Arlés †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
27 Mar	59.9	Died	Louis de Bretel †	Archbishop of Aix, France
27 Mar	55.2	Died	Jan Madaliński, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
28 Mar	55.2	Died	Paul Aldringen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France
28 Mar	68.8	Died	Diego Salcedo Benacos †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
29 Mar	26.8	Ordained Deacon	Federico Borromeo (Jr.) †	Deacon	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Nicolò Guidi di Bagno †	Titular Archbishop of Athenae	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy
	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Rospigliosi †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
31 Mar	40.5	Selected	François Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan †	Archbishop of Arles, France
Apr	60.2	Died	Carlo Carafa †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
Apr	57.2	Resigned	Gasparo Cecchinelli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
2 Apr	46.2	Resigned	Gaspare Mattei †	Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
2 Apr	53.3	Appointed	Camillo Melzi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
6 Apr	38.6	Selected	Wacław Leszczyński †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
9 Apr		Born	Marquard Rudolf von Rodt †		Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
13 Apr	62.2	Died	André de Sauzay †	Titular Bishop of Bethleem
15 Apr	42.2	Selected	Ferdinand de Neufville de Villeroy †	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Malo, France	Bishop of Chartres, France
16 Apr		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Landi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
18 Apr	58.4	Appointed	Juan Cebrián Pedro, O. de M. †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	34.2	Appointed	Augustin Donghi, C.R. †	Bishop of Aleria, France
	69.2	Appointed	Crispin Fuk von Hradiste, O. Praem. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	69.2	Appointed	Crispin Fuk von Hradiste, O. Praem. †	Titular Bishop of Trapezus	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	57.2	Confirmed	Antonio Manunta †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
		Appointed	Pietro Mariani †	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
	56.2	Appointed	Pietro Marioni †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Zygmunt Miaskowski, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Zechia
		Confirmed	Étienne de Puget †	Bishop of Marseille, France
	51.9	Appointed	Deodato (Zanucca) Scaglia, O.P. †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
	38.6	Confirmed	Johann Philipp von Schönborn †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
	51.2	Confirmed	Miguel de Torres, O.P. †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
24 Apr	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Miguel de Torres, O.P. †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
2 May	50.8	Installed	Achille d’Estampes de Valançay †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
		Confirmed	Hector d’Ouvrier †	Bishop of Nîmes, France
	60.4	Installed	Juan de Lugo y de Quiroga, S.J. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina
		Appointed	Giacomo Raimondi †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
	37.3	Appointed	Wojciech Tolibowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	37.3	Appointed	Wojciech Tolibowski †	Titular Bishop of Lacedaemonia	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	58.7	Appointed	Pedro Urbina Montoya, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Coria, Spain	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Appointed	Nicolás de Zaldívar y Zapata, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines	Bishop-Elect
3 May	55.1	Died	Gregor Kathmann von Maurugk †	Prefect of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Marioni †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Marcos de Ostos, O. de M. †		Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
8 May		Born	Bernardino (Antonio) della Chiesa, O.F.M. Ref. †		Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China
8 May		Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Raimondi †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
12 May	56.3	Selected	Marcos de Torres y Rueda †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
14 May		Born	François-Joseph de Grammont †		Archbishop of Besançon, France
14 May		Born	Marquard Sebastian von Schenk von Stauffenberg †		Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
15 May	34.3	Ordained Bishop	Augustin Donghi, C.R. †	Bishop of Aleria, France
15 May	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Diego Martínez Zarzosa †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
23 May	64.3	Confirmed	Diego Castejón Fonseca †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
	72.3	Resigned	Pier Paolo Crescenzi †	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	55.3	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Fossati, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
		Appointed	Marco Antonio Gussio †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy	Bishop of Catania, Italy
	63.2	Appointed	Faustus Poli †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Orvieto, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
		Appointed	Enea di Cesare Spennazzi †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
	76.8	Died	Henri-François van der Burch †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
27 May	69.4	Resigned	Paolo Ciera, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
27 May	66.4	Died	Stanislaw Nieborski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
29 May		Ordained Bishop	Marco Antonio Gussio †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy	Bishop of Catania, Italy
30 May	31.4	Selected	Gilbert de Choiseul du Plessis Praslin †	Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
30 May		Born	Carlo Nicola de Massa †		Bishop of Venafro, Italy
4 Jun	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Francesco Fossati, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
13 Jun	64.5	Resigned	Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
	37.4	Appointed	Alessandro Crescenzi, C.R.S. †	Bishop of Ortona a Mare e Campli, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
	62.7	Installed	Damián Lopez de Haro y Villarda, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
	39.7	Appointed	Gianfrancesco Morosini †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
	42.4	Appointed	Ferdinand de Neufville de Villeroy †	Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia	Bishop of Chartres, France
	42.4	Confirmed	Ferdinand de Neufville de Villeroy †	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Malo, France	Bishop of Chartres, France
14 Jun	70.4	Died	Paolo Arese, C.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy
14 Jun	34.0	Selected	François-Etienne de Caulet †	Bishop of Pamiers, France
15 Jun		Born	Bernabé de Castro, O.S.A. †		Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
22 Jun	63.4	Died	Jerónimo Manrique de Lara y de Herrera, O. de M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
23 Jun		Born	Giorgio Emo †		Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
		Died	Ruggero Tritonio †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
		Died	Francisco Vega Borja, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia

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