The Year of Our Lord 1673

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	59.0	Died	Eugene Conwell †	Vicar Apostolic of Derry, Ireland
		Born	Benito Crespo y Monroy, O.S. †		Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
		Installed	Patrick Duffy, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Martín de Espinosa y Monzón †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
	61.7	Died	Ferdinando Tiberius Gonzaga †	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
		Died	Jean †	Bishop of Seert (Chaldean), Turkey
		Born	Gaspard de La Valette de Thomas †		Bishop Emeritus of Autun, France
	52.0	Appointed	Daniel Mackey †	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
		Born	Carlo Massa †		Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
	36.5	Resigned	Francesco Nerli (Jr.) †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Assisi, Italy
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Patrick O’Donnelly †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Dromore, Ireland
	22.2	Ordained Priest	Johann Peter von Quentell †	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Died	Manuel de Sousa e Almada †	Prelate of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		Born	Pedro de Tapiz y Garcia †		Bishop of Durango, México
1 Jan		Born	Louis-Nicolas Charléty, C.R.A. †		Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
1 Jan	60.0	Died	Carlo Gualterio †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
3 Jan	67.0	Died	Giovanni Battista Lanfranchi, C.R. †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
3 Jan		Born	Giovanni Macario Valenti †		Bishop of Conversano, Italy
4 Jan	23.9	Appointed	Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Council	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
6 Jan	43.3	Died	Wenzeslaus von Thun †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
8 Jan	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio do Espirito Santo, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo
14 Jan	33.0	Selected	Daniel-Louis de Baradat †	Bishop of Vabres, France
15 Jan		Died	Carlo Antonio Agudio †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
16 Jan	48.4	Selected	Michel Amelot de Gournay †	Archbishop of Tours, France
	33.0	Appointed	Paolo Caravita, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
	34.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Felice Rospigliosi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
	39.0	Appointed	Angelus Veniero (Venerius) †	Bishop of Tinos and Mykonos, Greece
18 Jan		Born	Christopher Butler †		Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
22 Jan	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Manuel de Mollinedo Angulo †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
26 Jan		Born	Camillo de Mari, C.R. †		Bishop of Aleria, France
29 Jan	33.0	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Caravita, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
29 Jan	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Angelus Veniero (Venerius) †	Bishop of Tinos and Mykonos, Greece
30 Jan	67.0	Appointed	Baltasar de los Reyes, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
	70.0	Confirmed	Diego Antonio Francés de Urrutigoyti y Lerma †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
	43.2	Appointed	Simon Gaudenti †	Bishop of Ossero (Osor), Croatia
	52.0	Confirmed	Giacomo Ferdinando de Gorizzutti †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
	57.0	Appointed	Giacinto Libelli, O.P. †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
	52.5	Appointed	Camillo Massimi †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia
	35.1	Appointed	Gerolamo Passarelli †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
		Born	Tommaso Torelli †		Bishop of Forli, Italy
2 Feb	59.0	Died	Jeronim de Andreis †	Bishop of Korčula (Curzola, Cursola), Croatia
	31.7	Ordained Priest	Francesco Jany †	Priest	Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia
	50.0	Ordained Priest	Mikołaj Stefan Pac †	Priest	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
5 Feb	22.0	Ordained Deacon	Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †	Deacon of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
5 Feb	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Friedrich von Hessen-Darmstadt, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
6 Feb		Born	Wenzel Franz Karl Koschinsky von Koschín †		Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia
6 Feb		Born	Tomás Marín (Marino), O.P. †		Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
12 Feb	55.3	Succeeded	Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
12 Feb	67.5	Died	Johann Philipp von Schönborn †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
14 Feb	68.1	Died	Carlo Roberti (de’ Vittori) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
15 Feb		Appointed	Manuel Pessoa de Figueiredo †	Prelate of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
15 Feb		Born	Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn †		Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
16 Feb		Died	Francesco Gozzadini †	Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
18 Feb	55.7	Died	Federico Borromeo (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Secretary of State
24 Feb	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Giacinto Libelli, O.P. †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
25 Feb	22.0	Ordained Deacon	Antonio Botado de Foios Pereira, O.S.A. †	Deacon	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Costa †	Priest	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Angelus d’Ongnies et d’Estrées, O.F.M. Cap. †	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
27 Feb	40.3	Appointed	Giuseppe di Giacomo †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
	65.1	Confirmed	Juan de Escalante Turcios y Mendoza †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
	33.5	Appointed	Andrea Francolisio (d’Aquino) †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	60.2	Appointed	Giacomo Franzoni †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	51.1	Confirmed	Aleksander Michał Kotowicz †	Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
	51.1	Appointed	Ferdinandus Pállfy ab Erdöd †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
	34.1	Installed	Felice Rospigliosi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli)	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
5 Mar	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Juan Álvarez Osorio †	Bishop of León, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
5 Mar	41.1	Ordained Bishop	André Furtado de Mendonça †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
9 Mar		Born	Bartolomeo Pucci Franceschi †		Bishop of Pescia, Italy
11 Mar	51.1	Ordained Priest	Carlo Falconi †	Priest	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
11 Mar	45.1	Selected	Sebastian von Pötting-Persing †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
12 Mar	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe di Giacomo †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
	33.6	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Francolisio (d’Aquino) †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Simon Gaudenti †	Bishop of Ossero (Osor), Croatia
	35.2	Ordained Bishop	Gerolamo Passarelli †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
13 Mar	62.1	Died	Carlo de’ Vecchi †	Bishop Emeritus of Chiusi, Italy
	51.1	Appointed	Carlo Falconi †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
	60.1	Appointed	Carlo Pellegrini †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
	63.4	Selected	Johann Hartmann von Rosenbach †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
	32.4	Appointed	Domenico Sorrentino †	Bishop of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
	62.3	Appointed	Pietro Vidoni (Sr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lodi, Italy
16 Mar		Born	Franjo Vernić †		Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia
18 Mar	23.6	Ordained Priest	Tobias Ján Becker †	Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia
	23.1	Ordained Deacon	Biagio Gambaro †	Deacon	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
	29.2	Ordained Priest	Charles de Pradel †	Priest	Bishop of Montpellier, France
19 Mar		Born	João Cardoso Castelo †		Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
19 Mar	23.1	Ordained Priest	Biagio Gambaro †	Priest	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
22 Mar	47.5	Resigned	Federico Baldeschi (Ubaldi) Colonna †	Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
22 Mar	52.2	Installed	Jean de Forcoal †	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
30 Mar		Born	Nicolas François Camanis, C.R.A. †		Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
Apr		Born	Francisco de Vasconcellos, S.J. †		Bishop of Cochin, India
1 Apr	60.2	Selected	Francisco Lara †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
1 Apr	35.2	Ordained Priest	Benedetto Giacinto Sangermano †	Priest	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
8 Apr	36.2	Resigned	Carlo Francesco Airoldi †	Apostolic Internuncio to Belgium	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy
9 Apr	59.0	Died	Cristovão da Silveira, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Goa, India
15 Apr	65.2	Died	Alonso Francisco Dou †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
15 Apr	56.2	Died	Mikołaj Jan Prażmowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
16 Apr	30.2	Ordained Bishop	Jacques de Goyon de Matignon †	Bishop of Condom, France	Bishop Emeritus
	60.2	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Pellegrini †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
	32.5	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Sorrentino †	Bishop of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
23 Apr		Born	Jacques de Forbin-Janson †		Archbishop of Arles, France
26 Apr	84.3	Died	Miguel Escartín Arbeza, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
29 Apr	40.1	Appointed	Marcello Durazzo †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy
3 May	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinandus Pállfy ab Erdöd †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
5 May	67.3	Died	Baltasar de los Reyes, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
8 May	16.5	Professed	Vittorio Mazzocca, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
16 May		Born	Charles du Plessis d’Argentré †		Bishop of Tulle, France
19 May	56.3	Died	Giovanni Antonio Capobianco †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
20 May		Born	Christoph Franz von Hutten †		Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
28 May	50.4	Appointed	Diego de Castrillo †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
28 May	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Ferdinando de Gorizzutti †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
29 May	53.9	Appointed	Alfonso Álvarez Barba Ossorio, O. Carm. †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
	62.4	Appointed	Stefano de Gaspare †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
	62.2	Appointed	Francisco de Rois y Mendoza, O. Cist. †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	69.4	Appointed	Francisco de Rojas-Borja y Artés †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cartagena (en España)	Bishop
	44.4	Appointed	Diego Ros de Medrano †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
30 May		Born	Johann Anton Wallreuther †		Auxiliary Bishop of Worms, Germany
Jun	58.2	Appointed	Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello †	Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
1 Jun	19.1	Entered	Francisco Spinola, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Priest
11 Jun	62.4	Ordained Bishop	Stefano de Gaspare †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
12 Jun	47.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Federico Baldeschi (Ubaldi) Colonna †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	33.4	Confirmed	Daniel-Louis de Baradat †	Bishop of Vabres, France
	56.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Bassdonna †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica
	54.4	Appointed	Pier Maria Bichi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy
	53.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Girolamo Casanate †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
	40.6	Appointed	Jean-Louis de Fromentières †	Bishop of Aire, France
	57.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Girolamo Gastaldi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
		Born	João de Mendonça †		Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
	37.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Nerli (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Assisi, Italy
15 Jun		Died	José Ninot y Bardera †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
23 Jun		Born	Michele Orsi †		Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
26 Jun	36.4	Appointed	Carlo Francesco Airoldi †	Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy
	54.4	Appointed	Juan Asensio Barrios, O. de M. †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
	60.4	Confirmed	Francisco Lara †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	32.2	Confirmed	Adrian von Riedmatten (V) †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
27 Jun	69.2	Died	Cesare Cancellotti, C.O. †	Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
29 Jun	24.6	Ordained Deacon	Marcantonio Chenevix †	Deacon	Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy
29 Jun		Born	Alexius Antonius von Nassau †		Titular Archbishop of Trapezus

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