The Year of Our Lord 1654

Bishop Events

July to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

6 Jul 57.5 Appointed Marius Ambroise Capello, O.P. † Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium

56.9 Appointed Girolamo Gradenigo † Titular Bishop of Famagusta Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy

59.5 Appointed François de Robles † Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium

69.5 Confirmed Jan Tarnowski † Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine

8 Jul 80.5 Died Cristóbal de Torres, O.P. † Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia

12 Jul Died Antonio Calderón † Archbishop of Granada, Spain Archbishop-Elect

Born Gregorio Selleri, O.P. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agostino

14 Jul Born Tommaso Bonaventura della Gherardesca † Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy

25 Jul Born Agostino Steffani † Vicar Apostolic of Upper and Lower Saxony (Hanover, Northern Germany), Germany

26 Jul Born Didacus Álvares † Archbishop Emeritus of Cranganore (Angamala), India

27 Jul 62.3 Appointed José de Argáiz Pérez † Archbishop of Granada, Spain

Appointed Fernando de Sada Azcona † Bishop of Huesca, Spain

28 Jul Selected Bernardo de Izaguirre de los Reyes † Bishop of Panamá Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia

9 Aug 57.6 Ordained Bishop Dionisio de Cimbrón, O. Cist. † Bishop of Concepción, Chile

16 Aug 58.6 Died Roberto Fontana † Bishop of Modena, Italy

23 Aug Born Francesco Maria d’Aste, C.R. † Archbishop of Otranto, Italy

26 Aug Born Ascanius Gonzaga † Titular Archbishop of Colossae

Sep Died Giovanni de Fossé † Bishop of Castres, France

52.6 Died Muzio de Rosis † Bishop of Teano, Italy

2 Sep 54.6 Selected Gaspare Litago † Archbishop of Sassari, Italy

4 Sep Born Charles-Madeleine Frézeau de Frèzelière † Bishop of La Rochelle, France

6 Sep 61.6 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Corti † Titular Bishop of Sebastea Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

8 Sep 49.6 Died Albert von Priamis † Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia

13 Sep 57.6 Ordained Bishop Marius Ambroise Capello, O.P. † Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium

19 Sep 24.0 Ordained Priest Giovanni Geronimo (Girolamo) Doria, C.R.S. † Priest of Clerks Regular of Somasca Bishop of Nebbio, France

24.8 Ordained Priest Simon Gaudenti † Priest Bishop of Ossero (Osor), Croatia

20 Sep 29.1 Ordained Priest Eugenius Albertus d’Allamont † Priest Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

21 Sep 33.7 Ordained Priest Jean de Forcoal † Priest Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France

24 Sep 37.7 Ordained Bishop Guidobald von Thun † Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria

27 Sep 62.7 Ordained Bishop György Széchényi † Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary

Oct 57.7 Died Pompeo Mignucci, O.S.H. † Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy

38.7 Died Thomas Tomassoni, O.P. † Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy

2 Oct 62.6 Appointed Jean de Wachtendonck † Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

4 Oct 49.7 Died Marco Morosini † Bishop of Brescia, Italy

5 Oct 41.1 Appointed Baccio Aldobrandini † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo

55.7 Appointed Bernardo Atayde de Lima Perera † Bishop of Ávila, Spain

41.7 Appointed Carlo Gualterio † Archbishop of Fermo, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

49.7 Appointed Giacinto Tarugi (Torisi), O.P. † Bishop of Venosa, Italy

6 Oct Born Stefano Fogliani † Bishop of Modena, Italy

7 Oct 60.0 Died Claude D’Achey † Archbishop of Besançon, France

11 Oct 59.7 Ordained Bishop François de Robles † Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium

19 Oct 37.3 Appointed Federico Borromeo (Jr.) † Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} Cardinal, Secretary of State

35.7 Confirmed Bernard Coignet de Marmiesse † Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans (or Conserans), France

Appointed Pietro Frescobaldi † Bishop of San Miniato, Italy

Appointed Giovanni Mastelloni † Bishop of Vieste, Italy

Appointed Jan Chrzciciel Zamoyski, O.P. † Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine

24 Oct Died Dionisio Bussotti, O.S.M. † Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy

43.5 Appointed Carlo Carafa della Spina, C.R. † Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy

28 Oct Ordained Bishop Pietro Frescobaldi † Bishop of San Miniato, Italy

Ordained Bishop Giovanni Mastelloni † Bishop of Vieste, Italy

29 Oct Appointed Charles-Emmanuel de Gorrevod † Archbishop of Besançon, France Archbishop-Elect

Nov 43.5 Resigned Carlo Carafa della Spina, C.R. † Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy

Born Francesco Federico Giordani † Titular Archbishop of Melitene

1 Nov 39.5 Appointed Georg Sigismund Müller † Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany

39.5 Appointed Georg Sigismund Müller † Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Augustamnica Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany

5 Nov 44.0 Died Francesco Carducci † Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy

6 Nov Born Francisco Olaso Hipenza, O.S.A. † Bishop of Lérida, Spain

9 Nov Appointed Nicolás Martínez, O.S.H. † Bishop of Astorga, Spain Bishop of Osma, Spain

54.8 Confirmed François Servien † Bishop of Bayeux, France

Appointed Giuseppe Zandemaria † Bishop of Piacenza, Italy

11 Nov Born José de Sousa Castelo Branco † Bishop Emeritus of Funchal, Portugal

Selected Martín Velasco y Molina † Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia

14 Nov Born Pierre de Sabatier † Bishop of Amiens, France

26 Nov 65.4 Died Giovanni Battista Altieri (Sr.) † Cardinal, Bishop of Todi, Italy

28 Nov 37.4 Appointed Federico Borromeo (Jr.) † Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland Cardinal, Secretary of State

30 Nov 37.5 Ordained Bishop Federico Borromeo (Jr.) † Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} Cardinal, Secretary of State

Dec Resigned Francesco Gaetano † Apostolic Nuncio to Spain Titular Archbishop of Rhodus

Died Calanio della Ciaja † Bishop of Nardò, Italy

38.9 Died Louis de La Rochefoucauld † Bishop of Lectoure, France

6 Dec 48.9 Ordained Priest Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez † Priest Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain

7 Dec Appointed Juan Arroyo † Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

Appointed Juan Arroyo † Titular Bishop of Utica Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

Born Esteban Bellido Guevara † Bishop of Palencia, Spain

44.6 Appointed Pietro Vito Ottoboni † Bishop of Brescia, Italy Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

57.9 Appointed Jerónimo Salas Malo de Esplugas † Bishop of Albarracin, Spain

70.9 Appointed Paolo Squillanti † Bishop of Teano, Italy

8 Dec 32.1 Appointed Maximilian Gandolf von Kuenburg † Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria

10 Dec 22.0 Ordained Priest Miguel Pontich, O.F.M. † Priest Bishop of Gerona, Spain

11 Dec Died Pietro Frescobaldi † Bishop of San Miniato, Italy

12 Dec 47.0 Appointed Andrzej Trzebicki † Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland Bishop of Kraków, Poland

13 Dec 70.9 Ordained Bishop Paolo Squillanti † Bishop of Teano, Italy

49.9 Ordained Bishop Giacinto Tarugi (Torisi), O.P. † Bishop of Venosa, Italy

62.8 Ordained Bishop Jean de Wachtendonck † Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

19 Dec 23.5 Ordained Priest Alessandro Adezario, C.R.L. † Priest of Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour of the Lateran Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia

22.2 Ordained Deacon Tommaso Guzzoni, C.O. † Deacon of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri Bishop Emeritus of Sora, Italy

23.1 Ordained Priest Henri Provana, O.C.D. † Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites Bishop of Nice, France

20 Dec 24.2 Ordained Deacon Michele Antonio Vibò † Deacon of Torino {Turin}, Italy Archbishop

21 Dec 24.2 Ordained Priest Michele Antonio Vibò † Priest of Torino {Turin}, Italy Archbishop

27 Dec 41.9 Ordained Bishop Carlo Gualterio † Archbishop of Fermo, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

44.6 Ordained Bishop Pietro Vito Ottoboni † Bishop of Brescia, Italy Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

29 Dec Born Jean-Baptiste-Armand Bazin de Bezons † Archbishop of Rouen, France

30 Dec 47.5 Died Andrea Massa † Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy

31 Dec 26.9 Ordained Priest Francesco Maria Neri † Priest Bishop of Venosa, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
6 Jul	57.5	Appointed	Marius Ambroise Capello, O.P. †	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
56.9	Appointed	Girolamo Gradenigo †	Titular Bishop of Famagusta	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
59.5	Appointed	François de Robles †	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
69.5	Confirmed	Jan Tarnowski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
8 Jul	80.5	Died	Cristóbal de Torres, O.P. †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
12 Jul		Died	Antonio Calderón †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain	Archbishop-Elect
	Born	Gregorio Selleri, O.P. †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agostino
14 Jul		Born	Tommaso Bonaventura della Gherardesca †		Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
25 Jul		Born	Agostino Steffani †		Vicar Apostolic of Upper and Lower Saxony (Hanover, Northern Germany), Germany
26 Jul		Born	Didacus Álvares †		Archbishop Emeritus of Cranganore (Angamala), India
27 Jul	62.3	Appointed	José de Argáiz Pérez †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	Appointed	Fernando de Sada Azcona †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
28 Jul		Selected	Bernardo de Izaguirre de los Reyes †	Bishop of Panamá	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
9 Aug	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Dionisio de Cimbrón, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
16 Aug	58.6	Died	Roberto Fontana †	Bishop of Modena, Italy
23 Aug		Born	Francesco Maria d’Aste, C.R. †		Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
26 Aug		Born	Ascanius Gonzaga †		Titular Archbishop of Colossae
Sep		Died	Giovanni de Fossé †	Bishop of Castres, France
52.6	Died	Muzio de Rosis †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
2 Sep	54.6	Selected	Gaspare Litago †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
4 Sep		Born	Charles-Madeleine Frézeau de Frèzelière †		Bishop of La Rochelle, France
6 Sep	61.6	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Corti †	Titular Bishop of Sebastea	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
8 Sep	49.6	Died	Albert von Priamis †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
13 Sep	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Marius Ambroise Capello, O.P. †	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
19 Sep	24.0	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Geronimo (Girolamo) Doria, C.R.S. †	Priest of Clerks Regular of Somasca	Bishop of Nebbio, France
24.8	Ordained Priest	Simon Gaudenti †	Priest	Bishop of Ossero (Osor), Croatia
20 Sep	29.1	Ordained Priest	Eugenius Albertus d’Allamont †	Priest	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
21 Sep	33.7	Ordained Priest	Jean de Forcoal †	Priest	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
24 Sep	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Guidobald von Thun †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
27 Sep	62.7	Ordained Bishop	György Széchényi †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
Oct	57.7	Died	Pompeo Mignucci, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy
38.7	Died	Thomas Tomassoni, O.P. †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
2 Oct	62.6	Appointed	Jean de Wachtendonck †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
4 Oct	49.7	Died	Marco Morosini †	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
5 Oct	41.1	Appointed	Baccio Aldobrandini †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
55.7	Appointed	Bernardo Atayde de Lima Perera †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain
41.7	Appointed	Carlo Gualterio †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
49.7	Appointed	Giacinto Tarugi (Torisi), O.P. †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
6 Oct		Born	Stefano Fogliani †		Bishop of Modena, Italy
7 Oct	60.0	Died	Claude D’Achey †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
11 Oct	59.7	Ordained Bishop	François de Robles †	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
19 Oct	37.3	Appointed	Federico Borromeo (Jr.) †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}	Cardinal, Secretary of State
35.7	Confirmed	Bernard Coignet de Marmiesse †	Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans (or Conserans), France
	Appointed	Pietro Frescobaldi †	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
	Appointed	Giovanni Mastelloni †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy
	Appointed	Jan Chrzciciel Zamoyski, O.P. †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
24 Oct		Died	Dionisio Bussotti, O.S.M. †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
43.5	Appointed	Carlo Carafa della Spina, C.R. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
28 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Pietro Frescobaldi †	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Mastelloni †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy
29 Oct		Appointed	Charles-Emmanuel de Gorrevod †	Archbishop of Besançon, France	Archbishop-Elect
Nov	43.5	Resigned	Carlo Carafa della Spina, C.R. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
	Born	Francesco Federico Giordani †		Titular Archbishop of Melitene
1 Nov	39.5	Appointed	Georg Sigismund Müller †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
39.5	Appointed	Georg Sigismund Müller †	Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Augustamnica	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
5 Nov	44.0	Died	Francesco Carducci †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
6 Nov		Born	Francisco Olaso Hipenza, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Lérida, Spain
9 Nov		Appointed	Nicolás Martínez, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Bishop of Osma, Spain
54.8	Confirmed	François Servien †	Bishop of Bayeux, France
	Appointed	Giuseppe Zandemaria †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
11 Nov		Born	José de Sousa Castelo Branco †		Bishop Emeritus of Funchal, Portugal
	Selected	Martín Velasco y Molina †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
14 Nov		Born	Pierre de Sabatier †		Bishop of Amiens, France
26 Nov	65.4	Died	Giovanni Battista Altieri (Sr.) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Todi, Italy
28 Nov	37.4	Appointed	Federico Borromeo (Jr.) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Cardinal, Secretary of State
30 Nov	37.5	Ordained Bishop	Federico Borromeo (Jr.) †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}	Cardinal, Secretary of State
Dec		Resigned	Francesco Gaetano †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
	Died	Calanio della Ciaja †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
38.9	Died	Louis de La Rochefoucauld †	Bishop of Lectoure, France
6 Dec	48.9	Ordained Priest	Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez †	Priest	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
7 Dec		Appointed	Juan Arroyo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	Appointed	Juan Arroyo †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	Born	Esteban Bellido Guevara †		Bishop of Palencia, Spain
44.6	Appointed	Pietro Vito Ottoboni †	Bishop of Brescia, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
57.9	Appointed	Jerónimo Salas Malo de Esplugas †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
70.9	Appointed	Paolo Squillanti †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
8 Dec	32.1	Appointed	Maximilian Gandolf von Kuenburg †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
10 Dec	22.0	Ordained Priest	Miguel Pontich, O.F.M. †	Priest	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
11 Dec		Died	Pietro Frescobaldi †	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
12 Dec	47.0	Appointed	Andrzej Trzebicki †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
13 Dec	70.9	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Squillanti †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Giacinto Tarugi (Torisi), O.P. †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
62.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean de Wachtendonck †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
19 Dec	23.5	Ordained Priest	Alessandro Adezario, C.R.L. †	Priest of Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour of the Lateran	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
22.2	Ordained Deacon	Tommaso Guzzoni, C.O. †	Deacon of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop Emeritus of Sora, Italy
23.1	Ordained Priest	Henri Provana, O.C.D. †	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Bishop of Nice, France
20 Dec	24.2	Ordained Deacon	Michele Antonio Vibò †	Deacon of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Archbishop
21 Dec	24.2	Ordained Priest	Michele Antonio Vibò †	Priest of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Archbishop
27 Dec	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Gualterio †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
44.6	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Vito Ottoboni †	Bishop of Brescia, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
29 Dec		Born	Jean-Baptiste-Armand Bazin de Bezons †		Archbishop of Rouen, France
30 Dec	47.5	Died	Andrea Massa †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
31 Dec	26.9	Ordained Priest	Francesco Maria Neri †	Priest	Bishop of Venosa, Italy

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