The Year of Our Lord 1671

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	30.5	Ordained Priest	Otto Wilhelm von Bronckhorst zu Gronsfeld, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
	44.0	Resigned	Giulio Caracciolo, C.R. †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	65.0	Died	Bonaventura Claverio, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
		Born	Manuel Coutinho †		Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Bernardino (Antonio) della Chiesa, O.F.M. Ref. †	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China
	39.0	Resigned	Hugues de Bar †	Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France	Bishop of Lectoure, France
	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Borja †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
		Born	Jean d’Yse (d’Ize) de Saléon †		Archbishop of Vienne, France
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Louis Habert de Montmort †	Priest	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
		Appointed	Lucas Korbassi †	Bishop of Cyprus (Maronite)
		Ordained Bishop	Lucas Korbassi †	Bishop of Cyprus (Maronite)
		Appointed	Leonce †	Bishop of Saidnaya (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
		Ordained Bishop	Leonce †	Bishop of Saidnaya (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
		Born	John Linegar †		Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Manrique de Guzmán †	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
	70.8	Ordained Bishop	António de Mendonça †	Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal
	19.0	Ordained Priest	William O’Daly †	Priest	Bishop of Kilfenora, Ireland
	42.0	Appointed	Giacomo Rospigliosi †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
	35.0	Resigned	Jean-Armand de Rotondy de Biscarras †	Bishop of Lodève, France	Bishop of Béziers, France
		Died	Bonaventura Rousseau †	Auxiliary Bishop of Verdun, France
		Appointed	Francisco da Silveira Dias †	Prelate of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	55.0	Appointed	Mytrofan Druckyj Sokolynskyj †	Bishop of Smoleńsk (Ukrainian), Russian Federation
		Born	Pedro Solerá Montoya †		Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Konstantyn Józef Zieliński †	Priest	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
Jan	36.7	Selected	Jules Mascaron, C.O.I. †	Bishop of Tulle, France	Bishop of Agen, France
Jan		Died	Sancho Pardo Cárdenas y Figueroa †	Bishop of Panamá
1 Jan	65.0	Died	Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont †	Archbishop of Paris, France
4 Jan	34.0	Ordained Bishop	Nicolò d’Arcano †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
	45.3	Selected	François de Harlay de Champvallon †	Archbishop of Paris, France
	35.2	Ordained Priest	Domenico Pacifico †	Priest	Bishop of Teano, Italy
	33.0	Ordained Bishop	Stefano Sculco †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
5 Jan	46.3	Selected	Michel Amelot de Gournay †	Bishop of Lavaur, France	Archbishop of Tours, France
		Born	Alessandro Maria Litta †		Bishop Emeritus of Cremona, Italy
	56.0	Selected	Cosme Roger, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Lombez, France
	35.0	Selected	Jean-Armand de Rotondy de Biscarras †	Bishop of Béziers, France
	65.0	Selected	Jean-Jacques Séguier de La Verrière †	Bishop of Nîmes, France
6 Jan		Born	Charles-François de Châteauneuf de Rochebonne †		Archbishop of Lyon, France
6 Jan		Died	Carlo Spinola, O.S.M. †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
8 Jan	38.2	Selected	Étienne Le Camus †	Cardinal, Bishop of Grenoble, France
11 Jan	32.5	Ordained Bishop	Ippolito Vicentini †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy
16 Jan	53.2	Selected	Louis de Rechiègne Voisin de Guron †	Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France
16 Jan	66.4	Selected	François de Rouxel de Médavy †	Archbishop of Rouen, France
19 Jan	61.0	Appointed	Mario Alberizzi †	Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
	41.0	Appointed	Francisco Barreto †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
	64.0	Appointed	Egidio (Carlo) Colonna, O.S.B. †	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	64.0	Appointed	Alessandro Crescenzi, C.R.S. †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
	40.2	Appointed	Luis de Sousa †	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal
	41.0	Appointed	Francesco de’ Marini †	Titular Archbishop of Amasea	Bishop Emeritus of Molfetta, Italy
	61.0	Appointed	Diego de Sousa †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
	51.0	Appointed	Carlo Vaini †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
	47.0	Appointed	Pompeo Varese †	Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto	Apostolic Nuncio to France
25 Jan	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Mario Alberizzi †	Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse de Berghes †	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	35.0	Ordained Priest	Charles-Antoine de la Garde de Chambonas †	Priest	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France
26 Jan	46.6	Appointed	Marcantonio Vincentini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
28 Jan	54.0	Selected	Pierre-Louis Cazet de Vautorte †	Bishop of Vannes, France
	39.0	Selected	Hugues de Bar †	Bishop of Lectoure, France
		Selected	Charles de Rosmadec †	Archbishop of Tours, France
Feb	34.6	Resigned	Francesco Nerli (Jr.) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Assisi, Italy
1 Feb	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Andreas Daniel von Rauchnach †	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
15 Feb	46.5	Ordained Priest	Michel Amelot de Gournay †	Priest of Lavaur, France	Archbishop of Tours, France
15 Feb		Born	Arcangelo Maria Luc Thomas Ciccarelli, O.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Ugento, Italy
21 Feb	22.9	Ordained Priest	François Balbe de Berton de Crillon †	Priest	Archbishop of Vienne, France
22 Feb	75.1	Died	Miguel de Cárdenas, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
	22.0	Ordained Deacon	Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †	Deacon of Order of Friars Preachers	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	55.1	Died	Juan Riquelme †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
23 Feb	53.7	Installed	Federico Borromeo (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agostino	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	45.7	Installed	Gasparo Carpegna †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli)	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
	59.8	Appointed	Ferdinando Tiberius Gonzaga †	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
	45.5	Confirmed	François de Harlay de Champvallon †	Archbishop of Paris, France
	50.5	Installed	Camillo Massimi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia
	39.3	Appointed	Henri Provana, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Nice, France
	33.5	Appointed	Giovanni Stefano Sanarica (Senarega), O.S.B. †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
	46.1	Appointed	Andreas Zmajević †	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
24 Feb	22.0	Ordained Priest	Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
24 Feb	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Pompeo Varese †	Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto	Apostolic Nuncio to France
28 Feb	61.1	Appointed	Mario Alberizzi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
	35.1	Selected	Charles-Antoine de la Garde de Chambonas †	Bishop of Lodève, France	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France
	47.1	Appointed	Pompeo Varese †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to France
1 Mar	29.6	Ordained Bishop	Johann Joseph von Breuner †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Armenia	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	85.0	Died	Marzio Ginetti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinando Tiberius Gonzaga †	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
2 Mar	55.9	Resigned	Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello †	Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
7 Mar		Born	Kaspas Ignaz von Künigl zu Ehrenburg †		Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
7 Mar	78.7	Died	Jerónimo Rodríguez de Valderas, O. de M. †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
8 Mar	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Pedro de Copons i de Teixidor †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Henri Provana, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Nice, France
	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Roche Noguera, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
	33.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Stefano Sanarica (Senarega), O.S.B. †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
9 Mar		Born	Pier Secondo Radicati de Cocconato †		Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
11 Mar	81.6	Died	Louis du Chaine †	Bishop of Senez, France
14 Mar	22.9	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Maria Bondola, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy
14 Mar	36.1	Ordained Priest	Francesco Antonio Leopardi †	Priest	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
15 Mar	37.9	Ordained Deacon	Giovanni Cito †	Deacon	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
15 Mar	36.2	Ordained Bishop	Kyprian Żochowski (Zhokhovskyj), O.S.B.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Polotsk (Połock)-Vitebsk (Ukrainian), Belarus	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
18 Mar	48.1	Appointed	Agnelo Alfieri, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Giovinazzo, Italy
	60.7	Confirmed	François de Baillencourt †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
	78.9	Appointed	Francesco Maria Brancaccio †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	75.7	Appointed	Ulderico Carpegna †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	45.8	Appointed	Gasparo Carpegna †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
	49.2	Selected	Lourenço de Castro, O.P. †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
	63.2	Appointed	Angelo della Noca, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.2	Appointed	Rinaldo d’Este †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	41.2	Appointed	Domenico Massimo †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
	55.8	Appointed	Virginio Orsini, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	62.2	Appointed	Celio Piccolomini †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena, Italy
	75.2	Resigned	Ascanio Piccolomini d’Aragona †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Mar	38.0	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Cito †	Priest	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
28 Mar	26.2	Ordained Deacon	Bogusław Leszczyński †	Deacon	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
28 Mar	29.2	Ordained Priest	François-Clément de Poudenx †	Priest	Bishop of Tarbes, France
30 Mar	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Massimo †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
30 Mar	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Virginio Orsini, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Apr	38.2	Resigned	Lorenzo Trotti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
1 Apr	65.2	Died	Dionisio Pérez Escobosa †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
4 Apr		Installed	Ladislas Jonnart †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
12 Apr	37.2	Selected	Louis-Anne Aubert de Villeserin †	Bishop of Senez, France
13 Apr		Born	Paolo de Mercurio †		Bishop of Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy
17 Apr		Resigned	Filippo Jacobio (Giacomo) †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
18 Apr		Died	Carlo Azzolini †	Bishop Emeritus of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
20 Apr	63.3	Appointed	Bonaventura D’Avalos, O.S.A. †	Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia	Bishop Emeritus of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
	36.3	Appointed	Niccolò Della Ciaia †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
	36.9	Confirmed	Jean de Gaillard de Longjumeau †	Bishop of Apt, France
	73.3	Appointed	Vincenzo Maffia, O.P. †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
21 Apr	43.2	Died	Serafino Corio, C.R. †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
21 Apr		Born	Giovanni Battista Mesmer †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
22 Apr	33.6	Selected	Louis de Thomassin †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vence, France	Bishop of Sisteron, France
23 Apr	18.1	Professed	José Gasch (Casch), O.M. †	Member of Order of the Minims	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
26 Apr	62.4	Selected	Gavino Cattayna, O. Carm. †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
26 Apr	36.3	Ordained Bishop	Niccolò Della Ciaia †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy

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