The Year of Our Lord 1717

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Basile Abd al-Ahad †	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
	50.8	Died	Valentinus Matthias Arcemberski †	Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine
	24.5	Ordained Priest	François-Charles de Béringhen d’Armainvilliers †	Priest	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
		Born	Joseph-Dominique de Cheylus †		Bishop of Bayeux, France
	54.3	Died	Lukasz Jacek Czermiński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
	62.8	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel de Arregui y Gutiérrez, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
	67.0	Died	Bernard Donogher †	Vicar Apostolic of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
	30.2	Ordained Priest	Francesco Riccardo Ferniani †	Priest	Bishop of Perugia, Italy
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Kornyliy (Korneliusz) Lebetskyi-Stolpovytskyi (Lebiecki), O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Volodymyr (Włodzimierz) et Brėst (Ukrainian)
		Appointed	Elias Mhasseb (ou Mohasseb) †	Bishop
	33.0	Ordained Bishop	Petrus Miserscia †	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria
		Resigned	Terence O’Donnelly †	Vicar Apostolic of Down and Connor, Ireland	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
	45.4	Ordained Priest	Franz Ludwig von Schenk von Castell †	Priest of Eichstätt, Germany	Bishop
	45.0	Appointed	Piotr Tarło †	Bishop of Inflanty (Livonia)-Pilten, Poland	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Born	Jean Tasbasian †		Archbishop Emeritus of Mardin (Armenian), Turkey
Jan	53.0	Installed	Juan de Necolalde †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
Jan	70.6	Died	Giovanni Uva, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy
1 Jan	62.0	Died	Esteban Bellido Guevara †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
2 Jan	48.2	Appointed	Pompeio Aldrovandi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
2 Jan	65.6	Died	Edme Bélot, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
3 Jan	23.5	Ordained Deacon	Bernardino Vari †	Deacon	Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy
4 Jan		Born	Giuseppe Francesco Maria della Torre †		Bishop of Albenga, Italy
4 Jan	74.0	Appointed	Francesco Onofrio Hodierna †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
5 Jan		Born	Tomasz Ignacy Zienkowicz †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania
6 Jan	41.0	Resigned	Raniero Felice Simonetti †	Apostolic Internuncio to Savoy	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
7 Jan		Born	Henri-Louis-René des Nos †		Bishop of Verdun, France
10 Jan	23.5	Ordained Priest	Bernardino Vari †	Priest	Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy
11 Jan	74.2	Died	Silvius de Cavalieri †	Titular Archbishop of Athenae
12 Jan	75.9	Died	Taddeo Luigi dal Verme †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
19 Jan	54.0	Appointed	Francisco José Castillo Albaráñez †	Apostolic Administrator of Oviedo, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop
24 Jan		Born	Giovanni Battista Badoer †		Titular Bishop of Sidon
29 Jan	52.7	Selected	Armand-Pierre de la Croix de Castries †	Archbishop of Tours, France	Archbishop of Albi, France
5 Feb	82.0	Died	Francesco Antonio Leopardi †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
7 Feb	23.9	Ordained Priest	Aleksander Działyński †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
11 Feb	23.6	Ordained Priest	Pedro Miguel Argandoña Pastene Salazar †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
11 Feb		Born	Antonio Bucci †		Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Caria
14 Feb	36.6	Professed	Ioan Constantin Giurgiu Patachi (Nemes de Pataky), O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian), Romania
17 Feb	41.3	Died	Dondazio Alessio Malvicini Fontana †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
20 Feb	23.5	Ordained Priest	János Karl Von Maltzan †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
25 Feb	59.8	Died	Filippo della Torre †	Bishop of Adria, Italy
7 Mar	61.2	Ordained Bishop	João de Brito e Vasconcelos †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
7 Mar	32.4	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Campagnoli †	Priest	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
10 Mar	58.3	Died	Joseph de Maurel du Chaffaut †	Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France
12 Mar		Born	Giuseppe Ippoliti †		Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
13 Mar	22.9	Ordained Priest	Ciro de Alteriis †	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
14 Mar	55.2	Selected	José Esquivel Castillejos, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
15 Mar	45.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Giberto Bartolomeo Borromeo †	Cardinal, Bishop of Novara, Italy
		Born	Giuseppe Maria Carafa, C.R. †		Bishop Emeritus of Mileto, Italy
	39.6	Appointed	Juan José de Escalona y Calatayud †	Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop of Michoacán, México
	52.3	Appointed	Carlo Francesco Giocoli †	Bishop of Capaccio, Italy
20 Mar	83.2	Died	Onofrio Costantini †	Titular Archbishop of Derbe
23 Mar		Born	Giuseppe Maria Pilo, O. Carm. †		Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
29 Mar	43.8	Ordained Deacon	Christoph Franz von Hutten †	Deacon of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop
1 Apr		Born	Joaquim Xavier Botelho de Lima †		Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
2 Apr	39.7	Appointed	Pier Luigi Carafa (Jr.) †	Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
4 Apr	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Maria Multedo, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Limyra	Vicar Apostolic of Malabar, India
7 Apr	58.8	Died	Lamberto Manuel López †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain
10 Apr		Born	Manuel Fernández Torres †		Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
11 Apr	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Flaminio Dondi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Abdera	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Firrao †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
		Born	Francisco (Martinez) Polanco (López de Lorena) †		Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Nicola Stanislavich, O.F.M. Obs. †	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary
12 Apr	30.2	Appointed	Antonio Claudio Alvarez de Quiñones †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
	54.8	Appointed	Flaminio Dondi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina, Italy	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
	54.8	Appointed	Flaminio Dondi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Abdera	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
	62.5	Appointed	Stefano Fogliani †	Bishop of Modena, Italy
	72.1	Resigned	Nicolaus Gabrieli †	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
	58.4	Appointed	Adeodato Summantico, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
	40.2	Appointed	Jan Feliks Szaniawski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine	Bishop of Chełm, Poland
	40.2	Appointed	Jan Feliks Szaniawski †	Titular Bishop of Capsus	Bishop of Chełm, Poland
20 Apr	53.5	Appointed	Tommaso Cervini †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
23 Apr	26.8	Ordained Priest	Jan Aleksander Lipski †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop of Kraków, Poland
25 Apr	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Stefano Fogliani †	Bishop of Modena, Italy
25 Apr	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Adeodato Summantico, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
27 Apr		Born	Antonio Jorge y Galván †		Archbishop of Granada, Spain
May	71.3	Died	Francesco Masones y Nin †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
May	64.3	Died	Biagio Terzi †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
2 May		Born	Bonaventura Calcagnini †		Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
2 May		Born	João Rafael de Mendonça, O.S.H. †		Bishop of Porto, Portugal
3 May		Born	Giovanni Calcagnini †		Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy
		Born	Pierre-Augustin-Bernardin de Rosset de Rocozel de Fleury †		Bishop of Chartres, France
		Born	Giuseppe Vincentini †		Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy
8 May	72.3	Died	Mateo Foncillas Mozárabe †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
10 May	47.3	Appointed	Marko Andrijašević (Andreassi) †	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria	Archbishop of Sardica (Sredek, Sofia), Bulgaria
	58.1	Appointed	Giosafatte (Giosafat) Battistelli †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
	45.6	Installed	Giberto Bartolomeo Borromeo †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alessio	Cardinal, Bishop of Novara, Italy
	47.3	Appointed	Gottfried Langwerth von Simmern †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
	47.3	Appointed	Gottfried Langwerth von Simmern †	Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
	59.3	Appointed	Pedro Magaña, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
	53.6	Appointed	Tommaso Ruffo †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy
11 May	34.9	Ordained Deacon	Franz Georg von Schönborn †	Deacon	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
13 May		Born	Antonio D’Afflitto, C.R. †		Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
14 May		Born	Antonio Bonifacio Coelho †		Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
18 May	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Petrus Bakich de Lach †	Bishop of Bosnia (Bosna, Diacovar, Diakovar), Croatia
21 May		Born	Alessandro Pisani †		Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
22 May	22.9	Ordained Priest	Octavius Antonius Baiardi †	Priest	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus
	22.9	Ordained Priest	François Joseph Antoine de los Reyes †	Priest	Bishop of Oria, Italy
	46.0	Ordained Deacon	Virgilio Giannotti †	Deacon	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
	36.5	Ordained Priest	Antonio Guglielmi †	Priest	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Deacon	Nikolaus (Anton Sebastian) Imfeld, O.S.B. †	Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Francesco De Novellis †	Deacon	Bishop of Sarno, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Isidoro Pitellia, O.M. †	Priest of Order of the Minims	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Francesco de Santa Rosa de Viterbo, O.F.M. Ref. †	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China
30 May	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Juan José de Escalona y Calatayud †	Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop of Michoacán, México
30 May	46.0	Ordained Priest	Virgilio Giannotti †	Priest	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
Jun	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Marko Andrijašević (Andreassi) †	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria	Archbishop of Sardica (Sredek, Sofia), Bulgaria
Jun	39.9	Resigned	Pier Luigi Carafa (Jr.) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
2 Jun	65.0	Died	Franz Theodor von Guttenberg †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
7 Jun	73.4	Died	Pedro Granell †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
10 Jun		Born	Giovanni Rondinelli †		Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
11 Jun		Born	Domenico Russo †		Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
14 Jun	55.4	Appointed	Maciej Józef Ancuta †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop
	55.0	Appointed	Matthieu Giannicio (Joanitius) †	Bishop of Scardona (Skradin), Croatia
	50.4	Appointed	Josaphat Parysowicz, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Bacău, Romania
	61.8	Appointed	Daniele Sansoni †	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
	48.2	Appointed	Filippo Tipaldi †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
15 Jun	74.2	Died	Fabrizio Spada †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
16 Jun		Born	José Laplana y Castellón †		Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
20 Jun	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Laghi, O.F.M. Ref. †	Titular Bishop of Loryma	Vicar Apostolic of Chansi and Chensi, China
20 Jun	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Tipaldi †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
22 Jun		Born	Paolino Pace †		Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
29 Jun	35.6	Ordained Bishop	Claude-Antoine Duding, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland

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