The Year of Our Lord 1647

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Abraham †	Archbishop of Urmyā {Urmia, Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Ignace André Akhidjan †	Priest	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	72.0	Died	Crisostomo Antichi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina
		Born	Domenico Antonio Bernardini †		Bishop of Mileto, Italy
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Sebastián Catalán †	Priest	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
	37.0	Appointed	Michelangelo Catalani, O.F.M. Conv. †	Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
	73.9	Resigned	Antoine de Coues †	Bishop of Condom, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Pedro da Silva, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Cochin, India
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Miguel de Fuentes Blas y Altossano, O. Cist. †	Priest	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
		Born	Silvestre García Escalona †		Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
		Born	Alfonso Basilio Ghetaldo, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
		Died	Jan Kosakiewicz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
		Born	Mihály Kovacsóczy †		Priest
		Born	Charles Le Goux de la Berchère †		Archbishop of Narbonne, France
		Born	Andreas Matusseck †		Bishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia
		Born	Bartolomé de Mesones, O.F.M. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
		Born	Carlo Francesco Muti †		Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
		Died	Pedro Neila (Neyla) †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
		Born	Patrick O’Donnelly †		Bishop Emeritus of Dromore, Ireland
		Born	Jacques Potier de Novion †		Bishop of Évreux, France
	52.4	Ordained Priest	Beat Albrecht von Ramstein †	Priest	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
		Born	Tommaso Saladini †		Bishop of Parma, Italy
	47.0	Died	Bruno Sciamanna †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Battista Sfondrati †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
	72.0	Died	János Telegdy †	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
		Appointed	Maestro Valderas, O. de M. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Domingo de Valencia †		Bishop-Elect of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
	19.2	Ordained Priest	Francisco Varo, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
	59.0	Died	Giovanni Tommaso Venetiani †	Bishop of Troia, Italy
		Born	Mathieu Ysoré d’Hervault †		Archbishop of Tours, France
5 Jan		Born	Raphael (Franz Otmar) Gottrau, O.S.B. †		Abbot Emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
6 Jan		Born	Jean Soanen, C.O.I. †		Bishop of Senez, France
7 Jan	53.0	Appointed	Ignazio Ciantes, O.P. †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jan	76.0	Died	Zerbino Lugo †	Bishop of Feltre, Italy
17 Jan		Born	Francisco de São Jerõnimo de Andrade, C.R.S.J.E. †		Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
21 Jan	47.0	Appointed	Alphonse d’Elbène †	Bishop of Orléans, France
21 Jan	24.9	Resigned	Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphilj †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica	Cardinal,
22 Jan	35.6	Appointed	Bl. Benedetto Odescalchi †	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
27 Jan	46.0	Died	Ippolito Campioni, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
Feb	46.0	Ordained Priest	Ottavio Poderico †	Priest	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
3 Feb	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Ignazio Ciantes, O.P. †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
3 Feb		Born	Vasyl Varlam Szeptycki (Sheptyskyi) †		Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
8 Feb	67.1	Died	Domingo Abad Huerta †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain
15 Feb	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Claude Auvry †	Bishop of Coutances, France	Bishop Emeritus
18 Feb		Born	Giovanni Matteo Marchetti †		Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
	63.6	Confirmed	Juan Merino López, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
	28.1	Appointed	François de Péricard †	Bishop of Angoulême, France
	63.1	Appointed	Juan Queipo de Llano Flores †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
	21.3	Ordained Priest	Johann Kaspar Schnorf †	Priest of Basel, Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop
2 Mar		Born	Domenico Belisario de Bellis †		Bishop of Molfetta, Italy
3 Mar		Born	Joseph Simeon Cavagnini †		Bishop of Trogir (Traù), Croatia
11 Mar	47.1	Appointed	John de Burgh †	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
		Appointed	Hugh Burke, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
		Appointed	Olivier Darcy, O.P. †	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
		Appointed	Boetius Egan, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
		Appointed	Andrew Lynch †	Bishop of Kilfenora, Ireland
		Appointed	Walter Lynch †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
		Appointed	Arthur Magennis, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
	52.1	Appointed	Anthony MacGeoghegan, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Clonmacnoise, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland
	46.1	Appointed	Bl. Terence Albert O’Brien, O.P. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Emly, Ireland
	46.1	Appointed	Bl. Terence Albert O’Brien, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Calama	Coadjutor Bishop of Emly, Ireland
	44.1	Appointed	Patrick Plunkett, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
13 Mar		Born	Francesco della Marra †		Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
16 Mar	29.4	Ordained Priest	Michelangelo Brancavalerio †	Priest	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
16 Mar	28.7	Ordained Deacon	Peter Talbot †	Deacon	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
17 Mar	33.5	Ordained Bishop	Simeone Difnico †	Bishop of Nona (Nin), Croatia	Bishop of Feltre, Italy
21 Mar	72.2	Died	Paolo Ciera, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
24 Mar	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Juan de Orta y Moreno †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
25 Mar		Born	Vincenzo Cavalli (Gaballi) †		Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
26 Mar		Born	Magino Ventallol, O.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Fukien (Kuiceu), China
28 Mar		Born	Agnello Rossi, O. Carm. †		Bishop of Potenza, Italy
31 Mar	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Juan Pérez Delgado †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
Apr	79.2	Died	Francisco de la Serna y Rimaga Salazar, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
Apr		Died	Bernadino Larizza †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
8 Apr	59.2	Appointed	Robert Barry †	Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland
	36.2	Confirmed	Jacques Montrouge †	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
	57.6	Appointed	Charles de Noailles †	Bishop of Rodez, France
		Appointed	Gregorius Sepozrinski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
		Appointed	Gregorius Sepozrinski †	Titular Bishop of Spiga(z) (or Pegae)	Auxiliary Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
9 Apr		Born	João de Sousa †		Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal
10 Apr		Selected	Charles de Rosmadec †	Bishop of Vannes, France	Archbishop of Tours, France
14 Apr		Born	Martinus Steyaert †		Vicar Apostolic of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
17 Apr	70.2	Died	Aegidius Ursinus de Vivere †	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
18 Apr		Born	Antonio Polcenigo †		Bishop of Feltre, Italy
1 May	24.0	Ordained Priest	St. François-Xavier de Laval de Montmorency †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
6 May	73.3	Appointed	César Argelli (de Paltronibus) †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
	47.0	Appointed	Francesco Boccapaduli †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	56.3	Confirmed	Diego Chueca †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain
	43.3	Appointed	Bartolomeo Cresconi †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Mihele de Curtis, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece	Bishop Emeritus
	55.3	Appointed	György Széchényi †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
12 May	73.3	Ordained Bishop	César Argelli (de Paltronibus) †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
12 May	82.3	Died	Johann Platzgummer †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
14 May	51.3	Selected	Simone Carafa Roccella, C.R. †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
16 May	66.3	Died	Jacques d’Angennes †	Bishop of Bayeux, France
19 May	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Jacobus de la Torre †	Titular Bishop of Ephesus	Vicar Apostolic of Batavia (Holland Mission), Netherlands
26 May		Born	Giovanni Francesco Maria Poggi, O.S.M. †		Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
27 May	39.4	Appointed	Giovanni Ambrogio Bicuti †	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse d’Elbène †	Bishop of Orléans, France
	58.4	Confirmed	Miguel Escartín Arbeza, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
	51.4	Appointed	Tommaso Imperato †	Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
	40.4	Appointed	Raphael Levacovich, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Achrida (Ochrida), Bulgaria
	61.4	Appointed	Alessandro Masi †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
	46.4	Appointed	Ottavio Poderico †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
	29.7	Appointed	Hyacinthe Serroni, O.P. †	Bishop of Orange, France	Archbishop of Albi, France
		Appointed	Simeone de Summis, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
		Appointed	Jean-Vincent de Tulles †	Bishop of Lavaur, France
Jun		Born	Paul Godet des Marais †		Bishop of Chartres, France
2 Jun	17.6	Professed	Andrea Deodati, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Ambrogio Bicuti †	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Imperato †	Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Raphael Levacovich, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Achrida (Ochrida), Bulgaria
	38.7	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Morra †	Priest	Bishop of Isola, Italy
	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Ottavio Poderico †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
	29.7	Ordained Bishop	Hyacinthe Serroni, O.P. †	Bishop of Orange, France	Archbishop of Albi, France
		Ordained Bishop	Simeone de Summis, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
8 Jun		Born	Onofrio Montesoro †		Bishop Emeritus of Castellaneta, Italy
10 Jun	61.4	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Masi †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
15 Jun	23.1	Ordained Priest	Johann Daniel von Gudenus †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	29.4	Ordained Priest	Manuel de la Torre †	Priest	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
	28.2	Ordained Priest	Pietro Valentini †	Priest	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy
27 Jun	16.0	Professed	Juan Bautista Sorribas, O. Carm. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
30 Jun		Ordained Priest	Calanio della Ciaja †	Priest	Bishop of Nardò, Italy

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