The Year of Our Lord 1676

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	17.9	Entered	Francesco Giuseppe Arborio di Gattinara, B. †	Member of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	51.0	Resigned	Johann Brassert †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
		Born	Pedro del Cañizo Losa y Valera †		Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
		Born	Godefroid-Maurice de Conflans †		Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Manuel da Natividade, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo
		Born	Louis-Pierre de La Tour du Pin-Montauban †		Bishop of Toulon, France
	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio de São Dionysio, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
	62.0	Died	Martín de Espinosa y Monzón †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
		Died	Quintilianus Gentilucci †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina, Italy
		Died	Pedro Alencastre †	Titular Archbishop of Side
		Born	Manuel Lopes Simões †		Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Charles Maigrot, M.E.P. †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Fukien (Kuiceu), China
		Born	Juan Domingo Manzano Carvajal †		Bishop of Jaca, Spain
		Born	Dionysios Mondinòs †		Bishop of Milo
		Died	Denys Benham Mourabbi †	Bishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
	81.9	Died	Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán †	Patriarch Emeritus of West Indies, Spain
		Born	Antonio Pimentel, S.J. †		Archbishop of Cranganore (Angamala), India
	59.3	Died	Lussorio Roger (Rogger) †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio de Sangro, C.R. †	Bishop of Troia, Italy
	34.4	Appointed	Juan de Santiago y León Garabito †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
1 Jan	63.5	Died	Giovanni Battista Falvo †	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
7 Jan		Born	Sebastião de Andrade Peçanha †		Archbishop Emeritus of Goa, India
7 Jan	75.0	Died	Pietro de Vico †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
12 Jan		Born	João de Sousa de Castelo-Branco †		Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
15 Jan	31.0	Selected	Johann Franz Christoph von Talmberg †	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia
16 Jan	63.9	Confirmed	Johann von Goës (Goess) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Gurk, Austria
17 Jan	49.0	Died	Francesco Tirotta †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
19 Jan		Died	Pietro Gambacorta, C.R. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
20 Jan		Born	João de Faro, O.F.M. Ref. †		Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
24 Jan		Born	Cayetano Benítez de Lugo, O.P. †		Bishop of Zamora, Spain
26 Jan		Born	Ascanio Argelati †		Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
29 Jan		Died	Charles François de La Vieuxville †	Bishop of Rennes, France
29 Jan		Born	Sebastián Lorenzo Pizarro, O.S.Bas. †		Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
30 Jan	66.0	Died	Orazio degli Albizzi †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
1 Feb		Resigned	Guido Bentivoglio, C.R. †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
2 Feb	63.9	Ordained Bishop	Johann von Goës (Goess) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Gurk, Austria
3 Feb	33.3	Selected	François Bouthillier de Chavigny †	Bishop of Rennes, France	Bishop Emeritus of Troyes, France
4 Feb		Born	Carlo Francesco Airoldi †		Titular Archbishop of Side
11 Feb	48.6	Installed	Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño †	Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala	Archbishop of México, Federal District
13 Feb		Born	Nicola Preti Castriota †		Bishop Emeritus of Vieste, Italy
15 Feb	64.1	Died	Juan de la Calle y Heredia, O. de M. †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
16 Feb	61.1	Installed	Gaetano Garimberti, C.R. †	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
16 Feb	24.0	Ordained Priest	Johann Christoph Haus †	Priest of Basel, Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop
20 Feb	41.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Mosti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
22 Feb	39.5	Selected	Louis de Lascaris d’Urfé †	Bishop of Limoges, France
23 Feb	79.2	Resigned	Giuseppe della Corgna (Cornea), O.P. †	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24 Feb	69.1	Appointed	Alessandro Crescenzi, C.R.S. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Recanati e Loreto, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	56.6	Confirmed	Peter Philipp von Dernbach †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
	33.1	Appointed	Gregorio Giuseppe Gaetani de Aragonia †	Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
	48.1	Appointed	Agostino Isimbardi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
	51.9	Confirmed	Damian Hartard von Leyen-Hohengeroldseck †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
	51.9	Confirmed	Damian Hartard von Leyen-Hohengeroldseck †	Bishop of Worms, Germany	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
		Appointed	Girolamo Orsaja, O.M. †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
	48.5	Appointed	Bernardino Rocci †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Orvieto, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
25 Feb	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Aloysius Bevilacqua †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
25 Feb	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Mosti †	Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
28 Feb		Born	Dionigi Pieragostini †		Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy
29 Feb	21.7	Ordained Deacon	Ferdinand Paul Ernest de Berlo de Brus †	Deacon	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
29 Feb	22.9	Ordained Priest	Domenico Catalani †	Priest	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
1 Mar	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Agostino Isimbardi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
1 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Orsaja, O.M. †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
2 Mar	71.0	Died	Juan de Almoguera, O.SS.T. †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
5 Mar	44.1	Died	György Pongrácz †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
11 Mar		Born	Vincenzo Santini †		Apostolic Nuncio to Poland
13 Mar	55.1	Died	Gabriel Díaz Vara y Calderón †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
14 Mar	33.5	Installed	Johann Friedrich von Waldstein, O.Cr. †	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
15 Mar	33.2	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Giuseppe Gaetani de Aragonia †	Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
21 Mar	22.2	Ordained Deacon	Giovanni Battista Capilupi †	Deacon	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
		Ordained Priest	Angelo Gabriele Gautieri, O.F.M. Ref. †	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania
	36.5	Ordained Priest	Cesare Sperelli †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy
22 Mar	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Agustín Antolínez, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
22 Mar	80.2	Died	Simone Carafa Roccella, C.R. †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
23 Mar	66.2	Installed	Mario Alberizzi †	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
	34.2	Confirmed	Antoine-Benoît de Clermont-Tonnerre †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
	50.2	Appointed	Giuseppe de Lazzara †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
	32.7	Confirmed	Hardouin Fortin de la Hoguette †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France	Archbishop of Sens, France
	28.9	Appointed	Vincenzo Cavalli (Gaballi) †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
	63.2	Appointed	Giovanni Gambacorta, C.R. †	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
	46.5	Installed	Philip Thomas Howard of Norfolk, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
	48.4	Installed	Galeazzo Marescotti †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
	34.2	Confirmed	Michel Phélypeaux de La Vrillière †	Bishop of Uzés, France	Archbishop of Bourges, France
	45.2	Appointed	Agustín de Serralde, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
	45.2	Appointed	Agustín de Serralde, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Citrus	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
	33.0	Installed	Fabrizio Spada †	Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	51.2	Appointed	Wojciech Stawowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
	51.2	Appointed	Wojciech Stawowski †	Titular Bishop of Petra in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Born	Antonio Maria Vantini †		Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy
25 Mar	27.6	Ordained Priest	Chryzostom Benedykt Gniński, O. Cist. †	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
25 Mar	22.9	Ordained Priest	Gaspare Gori-Mancini, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Priest of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem	Bishop of Malta
31 Mar	45.2	Selected	Antonio de León y Becerra †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
31 Mar	39.2	Selected	Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz y Sahagún †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
Apr	76.3	Died	Natale Caridei †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
Apr	34.2	Ordained Bishop	Alonso Antonio de San Martín †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
1 Apr		Born	Juan Garcia Avello y Castrillón †		Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
4 Apr	26.2	Ordained Priest	Guillaume Bochart de Champigny †	Priest	Bishop of Valence, France
	33.2	Appointed	Gregorio Giuseppe Gaetani de Aragonia †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Johann Sigmund Zeller von und zu Leibersdorf †	Priest of Regensburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
9 Apr	62.2	Died	Francesco Antonio De Luca †	Bishop Emeritus of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
14 Apr		Born	Joseph Heinrich von Braitenbücher †		Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
15 Apr		Born	Clemente Comenge Avio †		Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
19 Apr	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe de Lazzara †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
	29.0	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Cavalli (Gaballi) †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Thomas Angelus Passante, Sch. P. †	Priest of Order of the Pious Schools	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
20 Apr		Born	Andrea Carlovich †		Bishop of Arbe (Rab), Croatia
21 Apr		Born	Giovanni Andrea Schiano †		Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
22 Apr		Appointed	John Dooley †	Vicar Apostolic of Killala, Ireland
26 Apr	34.3	Ordained Bishop	Antoine-Benoît de Clermont-Tonnerre †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
26 Apr	63.3	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Gambacorta, C.R. †	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
27 Apr	61.3	Appointed	Ivan de Andreis †	Bishop of Trogir (Traù), Croatia
		Died	Domenico de’ Marini †	Titular Archbishop of Teodosia
	46.3	Appointed	Francesco de’ Marini †	Titular Archbishop of Teodosia	Bishop Emeritus of Molfetta, Italy
	52.6	Appointed	Antonio del Río Colmenares †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
	51.3	Appointed	Paolo Filocamo †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
	58.8	Appointed	Lorenzo Mayers Caramuel, O. de M. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
	32.3	Appointed	Charles de Pradel †	Titular Bishop of Marcopolis	Bishop of Montpellier, France
	32.3	Confirmed	Charles de Pradel †	Coadjutor Bishop of Montpellier, France	Bishop
	35.5	Appointed	Domenico Sorrentino †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
	61.3	Confirmed	Jean de Vintimille du Luc †	Bishop of Toulon, France
3 May	32.8	Ordained Bishop	Hardouin Fortin de la Hoguette †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France	Archbishop of Sens, France
3 May	86.3	Died	François de Lafayette †	Bishop of Limoges, France
6 May	44.3	Appointed	Martin Ferdinand Brückner von Brückenstein †	Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany
9 May	57.5	Selected	Antonio de Azcona Umberto †	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
10 May	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Antonio del Río Colmenares †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Filocamo †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Mayers Caramuel, O. de M. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
11 May		Born	Diego Felipe Gómez de Angulo †		Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
13 May	33.8	Appointed	Peter Creagh †	Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
		Died	Onofrio de Ponte †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
		Born	Antonio Tasca †		Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia
	49.3	Appointed	Patrick Tyrrell (Tyrell), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
14 May	76.3	Died	Mikołaj Romanow Świrski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chełm, Poland
18 May	76.3	Died	Luís de Cifuentes y Sotomayor, O.P. †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
20 May		Born	Serafino Cenci †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
24 May	73.3	Died	Federico Sforza †	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
26 May	33.9	Ordained Bishop	Peter Creagh †	Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
28 May		Born	Sigismund von Kollonitsch †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
29 May	74.5	Died	Diego de Humanzoro Carantia, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Chile
1 Jun	57.4	Died	Karl Kaspar von Leyen-Hohengeroldseck †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
1 Jun	42.3	Succeeded	Johann Hugo von Orsbeck †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
2 Jun		Born	Francesco Maria Loyero †		Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
7 Jun	34.4	Ordained Bishop	Michel Phélypeaux de La Vrillière †	Bishop of Uzés, France	Archbishop of Bourges, France
9 Jun	55.4	Selected	Nicolás de Ulloa y Hurtado de Mendoza, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
12 Jun		Born	Johann Moritz Gustav von Manderscheid-Blankenheim †		Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
14 Jun	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Tyrrell (Tyrell), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
18 Jun	36.8	Resigned	Andrea Francolisio (d’Aquino) †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
19 Jun		Born	Ottavio Gasparini †		Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
22 Jun	66.4	Appointed	Mario Alberizzi †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Tivoli, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	56.9	Confirmed	Alfonso Álvarez Barba Ossorio, O. Carm. †	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
	33.7	Confirmed	François Bouthillier de Chavigny †	Bishop of Rennes, France	Bishop Emeritus of Troyes, France
	37.2	Appointed	Domenico Gallesi †	Bishop of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy
	53.4	Appointed	Jan Małachowski †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
	52.4	Appointed	Gerolamo Priuli, C.R.S. †	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
	35.0	Confirmed	Jaroslav František Ignác von Sternberg (Šternberka) †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
	59.4	Appointed	Adolph Gottfried Volusius †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
	59.4	Appointed	Adolph Gottfried Volusius †	Titular Bishop of Diocletiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
24 Jun	71.0	Died	François de Bosquet †	Bishop of Montpellier, France
24 Jun	32.4	Succeeded	Charles de Pradel †	Bishop of Montpellier, France
28 Jun	32.4	Ordained Bishop	Charles de Pradel †	Bishop of Montpellier, France
28 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Ignatius Rosa †	Bishop of Andros, Greece
30 Jun	53.4	Appointed	Mark Forstall (Forestal), O.S.A. †	Bishop of Kildare, Ireland	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland

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