The Year of Our Lord 1655

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	29.0	Ordained Priest	Pascual de Aragón-Córdoba-Cardona y Fernández de Córdoba †	Priest of Toledo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop
		Ordained Bishop	Juan Arroyo †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	36.0	Died	Józef Mokosiej Bakowiecki, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Volodymyr (Włodzimierz) et Brėst (Ukrainian)
	43.0	Died	Lodovico Betti †	Bishop of Osimo, Italy
	60.0	Died	Francesco Boyl, O. de M. †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Johann Brassert †	Priest of Speyer, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	70.9	Died	Vincenzo Bucchi (Buschio) †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
		Born	François de Carbonnel de Canisy †		Bishop Emeritus of Limoges, France
		Born	Bernardo di Cariñena Ipenza y Saulini, O. de M. †		Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	59.0	Died	Giovanni Tomaso Gastaldi, O.P. †	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy
	83.0	Died	Lorenzo Castrucci †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
		Born	Pierre de Charrite de Ruthie †		Bishop of Rieux, France
	47.0	Died	Juan Coello Ribera y Sandoval †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
		Born	Walenty Konstantyn Czulski †		Auxiliary Bishop of Chełm, Poland
		Died	Martino Denti de’ Cipriani, B. †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
	69.0	Died	Francesco Antonio Depace †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy
		Born	Jacques des Maretz †		Archbishop of Auch, France
		Born	Henri du Puget †		Bishop of Digne, France
		Born	Fortunato Durante †		Bishop of Squillace, Italy
		Born	Thomas Flynn †		Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
		Died	Gregorius Frasini (Fassino), O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania
		Died	García Gil Manrique †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
		Born	Manuel Antonio Gómez de Silva †		Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
	31.1	Professed	Giovanni Paolo Inurea (Invrea), O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Guillaume de La Brunetière du Plessis-Gesté †	Priest	Bishop of Saintes, France
		Born	Raimondo Lezzoli, O.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
	31.7	Ordained Priest	Karl von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn †	Priest of Salzburg, Austria	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
		Born	Arthus de Lionne, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China
		Born	Augustyn Aleksander Łodziata †		Bishop of Chełm (Ukrainian), Poland
		Ordained Bishop	Nicolás Martínez, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Bishop of Osma, Spain
	32.0	Ordained Priest	Jan Małachowski †	Priest of Lviv, Ukraine	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
		Died	Francisco Naranjo, O.P. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
	57.0	Resigned	Louis de Nogaret de La Valette †	Bishop of Mirepoix, France	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
		Died	Attilio Orsini †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
	54.0	Died	Raffaele Pizzorno, O.M. †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
		Appointed	Jan Michał Pociej, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Volodymyr (Włodzimierz) et Brėst (Ukrainian)
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Jerónimo Salas Malo de Esplugas †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
	55.0	Resigned	Martin Saudrius von Sternfeld †	Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany	Prefect Emeritus
		Appointed	Bernhard von Schrattenbach, O. Cist. †	Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Wenzeslaus von Thun †	Priest of Passau, Germany	Bishop
	64.0	Resigned	Marco Antonio Tomati †	Bishop of Bitetto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Oxendios Verzar (Werczireski) †		Titular Bishop of the Titular See
	56.0	Died	Francisco de Zapata y Mendoza †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
Jan		Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Zandemaria †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
1 Jan	24.5	Ordained Deacon	Carlo Barberini †	Deacon	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
	50.0	Selected	Juan de Paredes, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
		Died	Jan Chrzciciel Zamoyski, O.P. †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
6 Jan		Born	Nicolò Rocco †		Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
6 Jan		Born	Andrea Sarnelli †		Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
7 Jan	55.9	Resigned	Fabio Chigi †	Secretary of State	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
7 Jan	80.6	Died	Giovanni Battista Pamphilj †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
10 Jan	55.0	Ordained Bishop	François Servien †	Bishop of Bayeux, France
12 Jan		Born	Fausto Guidotti †		Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
14 Jan	53.0	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Ferruzzo, C.O. †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
21 Jan	76.0	Died	Fernando Andrade Sotomayor †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2 Feb	68.0	Died	Sébastien Zamet †	Bishop of Langres, France
9 Feb		Born	Jean-Claude de La Poype de Vertrieu †		Bishop of Poitiers, France
10 Feb		Born	Alessandro Dolfi †		Bishop of Fano, Italy
12 Feb		Born	Marco Giustiniani †		Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy
14 Feb		Born	Jacques-Nicolas de Colbert †		Archbishop of Rouen, France
15 Feb	73.5	Died	Pier Luigi Carafa (Sr.) †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tricarico, Italy
19 Feb	75.1	Died	Diego Castejón Fonseca †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
3 Mar	24.4	Ordained Priest	Jean-Ferdinand Van Beughem †	Priest	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
7 Mar	24.2	Ordained Priest	Louis Aube de Roquemartine †	Priest	Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France
7 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Fernando de Sada Azcona †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
8 Mar		Born	Raimundo Caballero, O.S.B. †		Bishop-Elect of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
11 Mar	34.1	Died	Giulio Cesare Borea †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
13 Mar	57.1	Died	Bernhard Frick †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
14 Mar	61.0	Died	Pietro Francesco Costa †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
18 Mar	86.3	Died	Richard Smith †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of England (and Wales), Great Britain
19 Mar	26.2	Ordained Priest	Matthias Starck †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
Apr	55.1	Appointed	Giulio Rospigliosi †	Secretary of State	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
7 Apr	56.1	Elected	Fabio Chigi †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
10 Apr		Born	Gian Andrea Moscarelli †		Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
18 Apr	56.1	Installed	Fabio Chigi †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
21 Apr	28.8	Confirmed	Daniel de Cosnac †	Bishop of Valence and Die, France	Archbishop of Aix, France
		Confirmed	Bernardo de Izaguirre de los Reyes †	Bishop of Panamá	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
		Appointed	Jan Leszczyński †	Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
	60.3	Appointed	Francesco Lambardi †	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
	44.3	Appointed	Flaminio Marcellino †	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
	65.2	Appointed	Berthold Nihus †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
	65.2	Appointed	Berthold Nihus †	Titular Bishop of Missene (Mysia)	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
29 Apr	59.8	Appointed	Ägidius Gelenius †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
29 Apr	59.8	Appointed	Ägidius Gelenius †	Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Asia	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
1 May		Born	Felipe Antonio Gil Taboada †		Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
2 May	57.3	Selected	Louis de Nogaret de La Valette †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
4 May	60.3	Died	Francesco Peretti di Montalto †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
8 May	69.3	Selected	Juan Pérez Delgado †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
9 May	41.5	Died	Karol Ferdynand Vasa †	Bishop-Elect of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
12 May		Resigned	Marcello Anania †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
13 May		Born	Michelangelo dei Conti †		Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
13 May		Appointed	Marcantonio Oddi †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Perugia, Italy
14 May	38.3	Appointed	Pierre-Louis Cazet de Vautorte †	Bishop of Lectoure, France	Bishop of Vannes, France
	67.6	Appointed	Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
	47.3	Appointed	Giovanni Stefano Donghi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
	51.3	Appointed	Giulio Gabrielli †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	41.6	Installed	Jean-François-Paul de Gondi de Retz †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	49.3	Appointed	Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez †	Bishop of Coria, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Appointed	Juan de Montiel †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
		Confirmed	Miguel Pérez de Nueros †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
	38.3	Appointed	Paolo Emilio Rondinini †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, Bishop of Assisi, Italy
	58.3	Appointed	Giangiacomo Teodoro Trivulzio †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
		Confirmed	Martín Velasco y Molina †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
	45.3	Appointed	Jan Stefan Wydżga †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	50.3	Appointed	Mateo Sagade (Zaga de) Bugueiro †	Archbishop of México, Federal District	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
16 May	42.3	Selected	Louis-Hercule de Lévis-Ventadour †	Bishop of Mirepoix, France
16 May		Born	George Witham †		Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
17 May	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Flaminio Marcellino †	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
22 May	25.6	Ordained Priest	Muzio Soriano †	Priest	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
22 May	23.0	Ordained Priest	Michael Ludovicus Tevenardi, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
26 May	68.4	Selected	Francisco Guerra, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
28 May		Born	Juan Bautista Alvarez de Toledo, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
31 May		Appointed	Pedro de Barrientos Lomelin †	Bishop of Durango, México
	38.4	Confirmed	Kazimierz Florian Czartoryski †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	51.4	Appointed	Francesco Gheri †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
	39.2	Appointed	Friedrich von Hessen-Darmstadt, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
	44.4	Appointed	Hieronim Wladysław Lubartowicz de Kovel Sanguszko †	Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland
Jun		Resigned	Giovanni Mihele de Curtis, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece	Bishop Emeritus
		Ordained Bishop	Jan Michał Pociej, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Volodymyr (Włodzimierz) et Brėst (Ukrainian)
	59.4	Died	Jacob Philippe Tomasini †	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
6 Jun	65.3	Ordained Bishop	Berthold Nihus †	Titular Bishop of Missene (Mysia)	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
8 Jun		Confirmed	Partenij Petro Petrovyc Rotosynskyj, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
14 Jun		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Brescia †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
	38.2	Appointed	Gregorio Carducci †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
	37.4	Appointed	Marco Crisio †	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
	50.4	Appointed	Nicolò Leti †	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	40.4	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Paggi, B. †	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy
	64.4	Appointed	Paolo Piromalli, O.P. †	Archbishop of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
	40.4	Appointed	Mátyás Tarnóczy †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
20 Jun		Died	Hector d’Ouvrier †	Bishop of Nîmes, France
	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Ferruzzo, C.O. †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Paggi, B. †	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy
23 Jun		Born	Honoré Quiqueran de Beaujeu †		Bishop of Castres, France
25 Jun		Born	Rinaldo d’Este †
27 Jun	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Carducci †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
27 Jun	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Gheri †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
30 Jun	81.7	Died	Jacques Boonen †	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

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