The Year of Our Lord 1683

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	25.8	Professed	Juan Álvaro Cienfuegos Villazón, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy
		Born	Georgius Casimirus Ancuta †		Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
	39.3	Appointed	Emmanuel-Theódose de la Tour d’Auvergne de Bouillon †	Abbot of Cluny, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Born	Siméon VII Awad †		Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	11.0	Selected	Joseph Clemens von Bayern von Wittelsbach †	Coadjutor Bishop of Regensburg, Germany	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Resigned	Henri Bertrand de Beuvron †	Abbot of Cluny, France	Abbot Emeritus
	78.0	Died	Andrija Bogdani †	Archbishop Emeritus of Skopje, North Macedonia
	50.0	Resigned	Fernando Correia de Lacerda †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Jean-Baptiste de Champflour †		Bishop of Mirepoix, France
	19.3	Entered	Louis-François Du Plessis de Mornay, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
	49.7	Resigned	Carlo Galgano †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Léonor III de Goyon de Matignon †		Bishop of Coutances, France
		Born	Florian (Florijan) Hrebnicki (Hrebnyckyj) †		Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
		Appointed	Youssef Moubarak al Rayfouni †	Bishop
		Ordained Bishop	Youssef Moubarak al Rayfouni †	Bishop
		Born	Samuel Jan Ożga †		Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine
		Appointed	Raffaele Parrillo †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
	62.0	Died	Stefano Ricciardi †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
	40.0	Appointed	Eftimios Saifi †	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Eftimios Saifi †	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Marko Zorčić, O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Vicar Apostolic of Valachia (Križevci), Croatia
	44.9	Resigned	Bl. Niels Stensen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany
11 Jan	41.0	Appointed	Giovanni Bernardo Capreoli †	Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy
	61.0	Appointed	Valerio de São Raimundo, O.P. †	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
	51.0	Appointed	Ignazio de La Cerda (Della Zerda), O.S.A. †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
	51.0	Confirmed	Diego Ventura Fernández de Angulo, O.F.M. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ávila, Spain	Bishop
	53.1	Confirmed	Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg †	Cardinal, Bishop of Strasbourg, France
	57.0	Appointed	Bernardo Mateo Sánchez de Castellar †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
	67.9	Appointed	Benito Ignacio Salazar Goiri, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	31.2	Ordained Priest	Seweryn Szczuka †	Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
	45.0	Confirmed	Jerónimo Zolivera †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain
13 Jan		Born	Louis-François-Gabriel d’Orléans de La Motte †		Bishop of Amiens, France
17 Jan	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Ágoston Benkovich, O.S.P.P.E. †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
19 Jan	54.0	Died	Manuel de Noroña, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
21 Jan		Born	Sebastián José Emparán y Loyola, O.S.H. †		Bishop of Urgell, Spain
30 Jan	74.3	Died	Cesare Facchinetti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Feb	52.0	Died	Francesco de Mandietta (Mendieta), O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
2 Feb		Born	Fortunato Tamburini, O.S.B. †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto
3 Feb		Born	Francisco Antonio Bustamante Jiménez †		Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
5 Feb	69.0	Died	Giovanni Battista de Luca †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati
10 Feb	67.1	Died	Pedro Roche Noguera, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
11 Feb	72.1	Died	Ludwig Wilhelm Benzi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
11 Feb	64.1	Died	Vincenzo Giovannelli, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Pult (Pulati), Albania
15 Feb	74.4	Appointed	Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	59.8	Appointed	Decio Azzolini (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	46.1	Confirmed	Diego de Baños y Sotomayor †	Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	69.5	Appointed	Alderano Cibo †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
	51.1	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Giberti †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy	Bishop of Fano, Italy
	49.9	Appointed	Giacomo Antonio Morigia, B. †	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Pavia, Italy
	51.1	Confirmed	Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo, O. de M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
	72.8	Appointed	Pietro Vito Ottoboni †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	60.8	Appointed	Carlo Pio di Savoia †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
		Appointed	Vladislaus Silnicki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
		Appointed	Vladislaus Silnicki †	Titular Bishop of Thermopylae	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
	51.1	Appointed	Alfonso de Santa Cruz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	51.1	Appointed	Alfonso de Santa Cruz †	Titular Bishop of Methone	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
17 Feb	60.1	Died	Mark Forstall (Forestal), O.S.A. †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
18 Feb	59.1	Died	Joseph von Rabatta †	Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
21 Feb	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Giberti †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy	Bishop of Fano, Italy
22 Feb	24.2	Ordained Priest	Adeodato Summantico, O.E.S.A. †	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
28 Feb	65.7	Died	Lorenzo Mayers Caramuel, O. de M. †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
Mar	68.1	Died	Maurice Durcan †	Vicar Apostolic of Achonry, Ireland
7 Mar		Born	Tomás Montaño y Aarón †		Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
8 Mar	48.1	Confirmed	Francisco Antonio Caballero †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
	61.1	Confirmed	Juan de Rojas y Asúa, O. de M. †	Bishop of Nicaragua
	52.8	Confirmed	Miguel Lorenzo de Frías y Espinel †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
	55.1	Confirmed	Miguel Jeronimo Fuenbuena, O.P. †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
	55.1	Appointed	João dos Prazeres, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
13 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Carlo Pignatelli, C.R. †	Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
13 Mar	23.6	Ordained Priest	Antonio San Felice †	Priest	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
14 Mar	73.2	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Maximus Stainer von Pleinfelden †	Titular Bishop of Selymbria	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
18 Mar	78.2	Died	Giovanni Granafei †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
21 Mar	69.2	Died	Stefano Agostini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
	49.7	Ordained Deacon	Bernardin Marchese †	Deacon	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Humbertus Guilielmus de Precipiano †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	68.1	Ordained Bishop	Benito Ignacio Salazar Goiri, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	28.3	Ordained Deacon	José de Sousa Castelo Branco †	Deacon	Bishop Emeritus of Funchal, Portugal
24 Mar	51.2	Installed	Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo, O. de M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
25 Mar	65.4	Died	Michelangelo Brancavalerio †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
25 Mar	28.3	Ordained Priest	José de Sousa Castelo Branco †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Funchal, Portugal
29 Mar	43.2	Appointed	Urbano Sacchetti †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
Apr	86.2	Died	Paolo Pellegrini †	Bishop of Capri, Italy
1 Apr		Died	Ondrej Sebestyén †	Official of Spiš, Slovakia
2 Apr		Born	Louis-François-Renaud de Villeneuve †		Bishop of Montpellier, France
3 Apr	23.2	Ordained Priest	Michele Maria Dentice †	Priest	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
	49.7	Ordained Priest	Bernardin Marchese †	Priest	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Simeone Veglini †	Priest	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
4 Apr	65.2	Ordained Bishop	Domingo Fernández Navarrete, O.P. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
4 Apr		Born	Matteo (Marcello) Sacchi †		Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
5 Apr	46.2	Died	Carlo Francesco Airoldi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy
7 Apr	32.9	Selected	Ferdinando de Rojas (Roxas) †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
8 Apr		Born	Claude Bouhier †		Bishop of Dijon, France
10 Apr	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Juan de Rojas y Asúa, O. de M. †	Bishop of Nicaragua
14 Apr		Born	Georg Xaver Marotti †		Bishop of Pedena, Austria
17 Apr	24.2	Ordained Priest	Domenico Antonio Menafra †	Priest	Bishop of Acerno, Italy
21 Apr	39.1	Selected	Sigmund Christoph von Herberstein †	Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia	Bishop Emeritus
22 Apr	63.8	Died	Peter Philipp von Dernbach †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
24 Apr		Born	Angelo Maria (Jean Luc) Volanti, O.P. †		Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
26 Apr	57.0	Appointed	François Picquet †	Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq
26 Apr		Born	Antonio Alejandro Sarmiento Sotomayor, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
1 May	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg †	Cardinal, Bishop of Strasbourg, France
1 May		Born	Diego Felipe de Perea Magdaleno †		Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
2 May	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Urbano Sacchetti †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
9 May		Born	Juan de Galabis, O. Praem. †		Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
10 May	61.3	Ordained Bishop	Valerio de São Raimundo, O.P. †	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
10 May	48.3	Appointed	Baltasar de Figueroa, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
13 May	48.4	Died	Giannotto Gualterio †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
16 May	55.3	Ordained Bishop	João dos Prazeres, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
22 May	36.7	Selected	Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín, O. de M. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
24 May	39.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Ottavio Attavanti †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
	50.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Felice Barlacci †	Bishop of Narni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	62.3	Appointed	José Jiménez de Samaniego, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
	45.3	Confirmed	Diego de La Cueva y Aldana †	Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
	49.8	Appointed	Bernardin Marchese †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
	34.5	Appointed	Michele Carlo Visdomini Cortigiani †	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
25 May	70.3	Died	Giovanni Gambacorta, C.R. †	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
26 May		Born	Agostino Rivarola †		Bishop of Albenga, Italy
29 May	68.4	Died	Ivan de Andreis †	Bishop of Trogir (Traù), Croatia
30 May	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Ottavio Attavanti †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Felice Barlacci †	Bishop of Narni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Bernardin Marchese †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
	34.5	Ordained Bishop	Michele Carlo Visdomini Cortigiani †	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
31 May	44.8	Appointed	Konrad Wilhelm von Werdenau †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop-Elect
Jun	76.4	Died	Gerard Farrell †	Vicar Apostolic of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
6 Jun	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Lorenzo de Frías y Espinel †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
10 Jun	39.0	Selected	Marquard Sebastian von Schenk von Stauffenberg †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
12 Jun	23.5	Ordained Deacon	Stefano Cupilli, C.R.S. †	Deacon of Clerks Regular of Somasca	Archbishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Grisconi, Sch. P. †	Priest of Order of the Pious Schools	Bishop of Vieste, Italy
	23.7	Ordained Deacon	Anton Ignaz Müntzer †	Deacon of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
13 Jun		Died	Girolamo Orsaja, O.M. †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
14 Jun	40.4	Appointed	Agostino Fieschi, C.R. †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
	50.4	Appointed	Stefano Ghirardelli †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
	40.4	Appointed	Giambattista Quaranta †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
20 Jun	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Agostino Fieschi, C.R. †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Stefano Ghirardelli †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Giambattista Quaranta †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
24 Jun	26.7	Ordained Priest	Pietro Spínola, O.F.M. Ref. †	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
26 Jun	56.6	Died	Ferdinand von Fürstenberg †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
29 Jun	24.9	Ordained Deacon	Fulvio Salvi †	Deacon	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy
30 Jun	18.9	Selected	Franz Ludwig am Rhein zu Neuburg †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Archbishop-Elect of Mainz, Germany

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