The Year of Our Lord 1627

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	60.2	Resigned	Antonio Albergati †	Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	50.0	Died	Giovanni Atzori †	Bishop-Elect of Bosa, Italy
	58.0	Died	Carlo Bornio †	Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy
		Resigned	Juan Bravo Lagunas, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Giulio Caracciolo, C.R. †		Bishop Emeritus of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
		Died	Sixtus Carcanus, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gurk, Austria
	62.7	Resigned	Cristóforo Chrisostome Carletti, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Termia (Thermae), Greece
	41.1	Appointed	Juan Cebrián Pedro, O. de M. †	Master General of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
		Ordained Bishop	Louis de Claret †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France
	24.1	Ordained Deacon	Antoine d’Arbaut de Bargemont †	Deacon	Bishop of Sisteron, France
		Born	Juan Grande Santos de San Pedro †		Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Born	Luis de Lemos y Usategui, O.S.A. †		Bishop Emeritus of Concepción, Chile
		Died	Nicola Maria Madaffari †	Bishop of Bova, Italy
		Born	Juan Marín y Rodezno †		Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
	33.8	Resigned	Louis de Nogaret de La Valette †	Archbishop of Toulouse, France	Cardinal, Former Archbishop-Elect
	37.0	Ordained Priest	Petras Parčevskis †	Priest	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
		Born	Ambrogio Maria Piccolomini, O.S.B. †		Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
		Born	Niccolò Radulovich †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
		Born	Andreas Daniel von Rauchnach †		Bishop of Pedena, Austria
		Born	Gianfrancesco Riccamonti, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Cervia, Italy
		Died	Maurizio Ricci †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
		Died	Ippolito Riva, C.R. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
	46.0	Resigned	Francesco Saluzzo †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	István Sennyey †		Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
		Born	Louis-Marie-Armand de Simiane de Gordes †		Bishop of Langres, France
		Born	Francesco Tirotta †		Bishop of Squillace, Italy
		Born	Andrea Tontoli †		Bishop of Vieste, Italy
		Resigned	Francesco Trivulzio †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
		Born	Patrick Tyrrell (Tyrell), O.F.M. †		Bishop of Meath, Ireland
		Born	Édouard Valot †		Bishop Emeritus of Nevers, France
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Juan Vélez †	Priest	Bishop-Elect of Cebu, Philippines
	56.0	Appointed	Fabrizio Verospi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
		Born	Clemente Vieira, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Angra, Portugal
		Born	Jan Konstanty Wożuczyński †		Auxiliary Bishop of Chełm, Poland
Jan		Died	Vincenzo Landinelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Albenga, Italy
3 Jan	54.0	Died	Luis Díaz Aux de Armendáriz, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	48.2	Died	Fabiano Giustiniano Giustiniani, C.O. †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	52.0	Died	Domenico Rivarola †	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
4 Jan	60.0	Selected	Francisco López de Mendoza †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
6 Jan		Born	Juan de Porras y Atienza †		Bishop of Coria, Spain
8 Jan	22.0	Ordained Bishop	Mikołaj Torosowicz †	Bishop	Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
9 Jan		Selected	João Coutinho †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
9 Jan		Selected	Dinis de Melo e Castro †	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
11 Jan	46.0	Died	Raymond de La Marthonie †	Bishop of Limoges, France
14 Jan		Selected	Pedro Fernández Zorrilla †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
14 Jan	60.1	Selected	José González Díez, O.P. †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
27 Jan	49.2	Confirmed	Rodrigo da Cunha †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal	Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal
		Appointed	Giovanni de Fossé †	Coadjutor Bishop of Castres, France	Bishop
		Appointed	Giovanni de Fossé †	Titular Bishop of Coronea	Bishop of Castres, France
	53.2	Appointed	Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza y Ribera †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	37.0	Confirmed	István Sennyey †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
	33.9	Confirmed	Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
8 Feb	61.1	Appointed	Nicola Benigno †	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
	49.1	Confirmed	Paul Boudot †	Bishop of Arras, France
		Appointed	João Pimenta de Abreu †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
	30.3	Appointed	Agostino Priuli †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
		Appointed	Francisco do Soveral, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo
12 Feb	64.1	Installed	Charles Miron †	Archbishop of Lyon, France
14 Feb		Selected	Justino Antolínez Burgos †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
14 Feb	37.1	Ordained Bishop	René Leclerc, O.M. †	Bishop of Glandèves, France
27 Feb	49.1	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Rieti, Italy
27 Feb	32.8	Resigned	Bernardino Spada †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
28 Feb		Born	Antonio Papa †		Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
1 Mar	57.1	Appointed	Domingos de Assumpção, O.P. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
	31.6	Resigned	Luigi Caetani †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	43.1	Appointed	Girolamo Costanzo †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
	36.1	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Deti (Deto) †	Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
		Appointed	Theodorus Pelleoni, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
	29.1	Appointed	Antonio Santacroce †	Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
		Appointed	Giulio Saraceni †	Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia
2 Mar	49.1	Appointed	Francesco Traina †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
3 Mar	51.1	Died	Pedro de Mata y Haro, C.R. †	Bishop of Capaccio, Italy
4 Mar		Born	Juan Tomás de Rocaberti, O.P. †		Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
6 Mar	52.1	Died	Hieronymus Otto Agricola †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
6 Mar	48.1	Died	Cipriano Pavoni, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
7 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Theodorus Pelleoni, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
7 Mar	65.1	Selected	Juan Torres de Osorio †	Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
8 Mar	56.1	Appointed	Nicola Bellolatto †	Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy
10 Mar		Died	Francesc Senjust, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
12 Mar	39.2	Installed	Giulio Cesare Sacchetti †	Bishop of Fano, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
13 Mar	42.1	Appointed	Fabio Lagonissa †	Apostolic Nuncio to Flanders, Belgium	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
14 Mar	30.2	Ordained Bishop	Gilles Boutault †	Bishop of Aire, France	Bishop of Évreux, France
14 Mar	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Traina †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
18 Mar	50.2	Selected	Ambrogio Machin, O. de M. †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
19 Mar	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Benigno †	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
19 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Giulio Saraceni †	Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia
20 Mar	58.2	Appointed	Agostino Gradenigo †	Coadjutor Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy	Patriarch
21 Mar	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Bellolatto †	Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy
21 Mar	29.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Santacroce †	Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
22 Mar	34.8	Appointed	Bernardo Caballero Paredes †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
	39.6	Appointed	Apollinaris de Almeida, S.J. †	Coadjutor Patriarch of Ethiopia
	39.6	Appointed	Apollinaris de Almeida, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea	Coadjutor Patriarch of Ethiopia
		Appointed	Juan de Guevara, C.R.M. †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
	56.2	Appointed	Antonio Lambardi †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
	55.4	Appointed	Pedro Magarola Fontanet †	Bishop of Vic, Spain	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
		Appointed	Gavino Magliano †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
		Appointed	José Palafox Palafox †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
	29.6	Appointed	Ranuccio (Ranuzio) Scotti Douglas †	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	52.2	Confirmed	Jan Wężyk †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
25 Mar	34.2	Ordained Priest	Georgius Pauli-Stravius †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
29 Mar	32.2	Succeeded	Pierre Habert de Montmort †	Bishop of Cahors, France
29 Mar		Died	Siméon-Étienne de Popian †	Bishop of Cahors, France
31 Mar	42.2	Selected	Annibale Mascambruno †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
3 Apr	65.2	Died	Giovanni Linati †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
3 Apr		Born	Carolus Salvatori †		Bishop of Assisi, Italy
7 Apr	56.2	Died	Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
10 Apr		Died	Muzio Cinquini †	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
11 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Juan de Guevara, C.R.M. †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
11 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Gavino Magliano †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
12 Apr	50.2	Appointed	Lorenzo Tramalli †	Apostolic Collector to Portugal	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
13 Apr		Born	Giuseppe Consoli †		Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
14 Apr	54.3	Appointed	Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	65.2	Appointed	Giovanni Garzia Mellini (Millini) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	42.2	Appointed	Carlo Emmanuele Pio di Savoia †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	66.2	Confirmed	Serafino Rinaldo (de Nuceria), O.P. †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
16 Apr		Died	Hieronim Cielecki †	Bishop of Płock, Poland
	51.2	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Lancellotti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Bishop of Nola, Italy
	29.2	Appointed	Antonio Santacroce †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
17 Apr		Resigned	Antonio Díaz †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy
	32.9	Appointed	Cesare Monti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	41.6	Appointed	Armand-Jean du Plessis de Richelieu †	Coadjutor Abbot of Cluny, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France
18 Apr	36.2	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Deti (Deto) †	Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Lambardi †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
	29.7	Ordained Bishop	Ranuccio (Ranuzio) Scotti Douglas †	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
25 Apr	43.3	Ordained Bishop	John Roche †	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
27 Apr	66.3	Died	Serafino Rinaldo (de Nuceria), O.P. †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
28 Apr	38.3	Appointed	Paul Aldringen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France
	38.3	Appointed	Paul Aldringen †	Titular Bishop of Tripolis in Phoenicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France
	53.6	Confirmed	Georg Friedrich Greiffenclau von Vollrads †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
	65.3	Appointed	Gabriel Trejo y Paniagua †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Málaga, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
1 May	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Paul Aldringen †	Titular Bishop of Tripolis in Phoenicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France
	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Jan Baikowski †	Titular Bishop of Aenos	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	45.3	Ordained Priest	Daniel Zeno †	Priest	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
2 May	32.3	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Habert de Montmort †	Bishop of Cahors, France
9 May	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Emmanuele Pio di Savoia †	Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
10 May	22.9	Selected	Léonor de Goyon de Matignon (I) †	Bishop of Coutances, France	Bishop Emeritus of Lisieux, France
17 May	49.3	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Rieti, Italy
	60.5	Confirmed	José González Díez, O.P. †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	55.3	Confirmed	Hernando Guerrero, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
	31.3	Appointed	Remigiusz Koniecpolski †	Bishop of Chełm, Poland
	38.3	Appointed	Charles de Montchal †	Archbishop of Toulouse, France
	33.3	Appointed	Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain	Patriarch Emeritus
	65.0	Appointed	Antonio Pérez, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
	56.3	Appointed	Alessandro Scappi †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
	31.3	Appointed	Jerzy Tyszkiewicz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop
	31.3	Appointed	Jerzy Tyszkiewicz †	Titular Bishop of Methone	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
20 May	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Luis de Cañizares, O.M. †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
21 May		Born	Francesco Antonio Boscaroli, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop of Caorle, Italy
27 May	57.4	Appointed	Luis de Brito de Menezes, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Cochin, India
29 May	27.0	Ordained Priest	Ulrich Grappler von Trappenburg †	Priest of Passau, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
30 May	35.0	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo Caballero Paredes †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
30 May	29.8	Installed	Ranuccio (Ranuzio) Scotti Douglas †	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
3 Jun	41.4	Selected	Luis Jiménez, O. de M. †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy
5 Jun		Born	Giovanni Battista De Pace, C.O. †		Bishop of Capaccio, Italy
14 Jun		Confirmed	João Coutinho †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
14 Jun		Confirmed	Pedro Fernández Zorrilla †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
16 Jun	57.4	Selected	Cristóbal de la Cámara y Murga †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
27 Jun	30.4	Confirmed	Gilles Boutault †	Bishop of Aire, France	Bishop of Évreux, France

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