The Year of Our Lord 1639

Bishop Events

July to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Jul Died Benedetto Rezzani † Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France

2 Jul 15.9 Professed Pedro Tris Lacal, O. Carm. † Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Bishop of Albarracin, Spain

11 Jul 42.5 Appointed Benedetto Cappello † Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy

51.5 Appointed Tommaso Carafa † Bishop of Capaccio, Italy

Appointed Luca Stella † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Padova {Padua}, Italy Bishop

13 Jul Died Gaspar do Rego da Fonseca † Bishop of Porto, Portugal

16 Jul Appointed Fernando Montero Espinosa † Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines Archbishop of Manila, Philippines

20 Jul 52.5 Died João da Rocha, S.J. † Coadjutor Patriarch of Ethiopia

21 Jul 64.5 Died Pierre Cornulier † Bishop of Rennes, France

23 Jul Born Nicola Cirillo † Bishop of Nicastro, Italy

68.4 Died Pedro González de Mendoza, O.F.M. † Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain

29 Jul Born Andrea Francolisio (d’Aquino) † Bishop Emeritus of Tricarico, Italy

31 Jul 36.5 Selected Henri de La Mothe-Houdancourt † Bishop of Rennes, France Archbishop of Auch, France

7 Aug 42.5 Ordained Bishop Benedetto Cappello † Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy

8 Aug 58.6 Resigned Malatesta Baglioni † Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor Bishop of Assisi, Italy

43.6 Resigned Giorgio (Gregorio) Bolognetti † Apostolic Nuncio to France Bishop Emeritus of Rieti, Italy

Resigned Lorenzo Campeggi † Apostolic Nuncio to Spain Bishop of Senigallia, Italy

33.6 Appointed Francesco Clerico, C.R. † Bishop of Belcastro, Italy

51.8 Appointed Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, O.S.B. † Bishop of Durango, México Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

41.6 Appointed Gaspare Mattei † Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia

55.6 Appointed Jacinto Minuarte † Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain

55.6 Appointed Jacinto Minuarte † Titular Bishop of Maronea Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain

Appointed Michael Rezzi (Resti) † Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia), Italy

42.0 Appointed Ranuccio (Ranuzio) Scotti Douglas † Apostolic Nuncio to France Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, Italy

9 Aug Died Lorenzo Campeggi † Bishop of Senigallia, Italy

15 Aug Born Cesare Sperelli † Bishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy

Born Sperello Sperelli † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy

21 Aug 41.7 Ordained Bishop Nicolas Pavillon † Bishop of Alet, France

70.9 Died Desiderio Scaglia, O.P. † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy

5 Sep 41.9 Confirmed Philipp Friedrich von Breuner † Bishop of Wien, Austria

30.9 Appointed Cesare Facchinetti † Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

41.6 Appointed Gaspare Mattei † Titular Archbishop of Athenae Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia

6 Sep 30.9 Appointed Cesare Facchinetti † Apostolic Nuncio to Spain Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

86.6 Died Agostino Galamini, O.P. † Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy

7 Sep 57.6 Died Georg Hammer † Auxiliary Bishop of Magdeburg, Germany

18 Sep 50.4 Ordained Bishop Francisco Diego Alarcón y Covarrubias † Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

Ordained Bishop Wacław Paprocki † Titular Bishop of Margarita Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

24 Sep 24.0 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Saggese † Priest Bishop of Ravello e Scala, Italy

27 Sep 46.6 Died Louis de Nogaret de La Valette † Cardinal, Former Archbishop-Elect of Toulouse, France

3 Oct 48.7 Appointed Marcantonio Bragadin † Bishop of Vicenza, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

41.7 Appointed Michael Chumer (Chumberg), O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Christopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia

41.7 Confirmed Michael Chumer (Chumberg), O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia

53.7 Appointed Mauro Diego (Marcos) de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, O.S.B. † Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México

Appointed Mikołaj Krasicki † Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine

Appointed Mikołaj Krasicki † Titular Bishop of Argos Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine

60.7 Appointed Bernardo Lacabra † Bishop of Barbastro, Spain Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy

40.7 Appointed Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana, O. Cist. † Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia

Appointed Thomas Marnavich, O.F.M. † Bishop of Bosnia (Bosna, Diacovar, Diakovar), Croatia

34.7 Appointed Marco Morosini † Bishop of Treviso, Italy Bishop of Brescia, Italy

39.2 Appointed Bl. Juan de Palafox y Mendoza † Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México Bishop of Osma, Spain

42.7 Appointed Antonio Severoli † Titular Archbishop of Nazareth Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia

42.7 Resigned Antonio Severoli † Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia Archbishop Emeritus

40.7 Appointed Johannes Thuanus † Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria

5 Oct 77.7 Died Plácido Pacheco de Haro, O.S.B. † Bishop of Plasencia, Spain

9 Oct 31.0 Ordained Bishop Cesare Facchinetti † Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

34.7 Ordained Bishop Marco Morosini † Bishop of Treviso, Italy Bishop of Brescia, Italy

16 Oct 31.8 Ordained Bishop Juan Coello Ribera y Sandoval † Bishop of Zamora, Spain Bishop of Plasencia, Spain

28 Oct Selected Juan Bautista Verchi de Campania (Visco), O.F.M. † Bishop of Tortosa, Spain Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy

30 Oct 41.8 Ordained Bishop Gaspare Mattei † Titular Archbishop of Athenae Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia

5 Nov 38.8 Selected José Valle de la Cerda, O.S.B. † Bishop of Badajoz, Spain

14 Nov 44.8 Died Maurizio Centini, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Mileto, Italy

17 Nov Selected Ramón Sentmenat y Lanuza † Bishop of Vic, Spain Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

23 Nov 75.8 Died Timoteo Castelli, O.P. † Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy

24 Nov Died Dinis de Melo e Castro † Bishop of Guarda, Portugal

25 Nov 90.8 Died François de Péricard † Bishop of Avranches, France

27 Nov 56.2 Ordained Bishop Arthus de Lionne † Bishop of Gap, France

30 Nov Born Giovanni Giuseppe Maria Orsini, C.R.L. † Bishop of Vercelli, Italy

8 Dec 64.1 Died Diego Rueda Rico † Bishop of Tuy, Spain

11 Dec 57.9 Selected Benedetto Mandina, C.R. † Bishop of Tropea, Italy

40.9 Ordained Bishop Johannes Thuanus † Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria

17 Dec 25.9 Ordained Priest Pál Hoffmann † Priest Bishop of Pécs, Hungary

18 Dec 53.9 Ordained Bishop Mauro Diego (Marcos) de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, O.S.B. † Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México

19 Dec 50.9 Appointed Francesco Arcudio, C.R. † Bishop of Nusco, Italy

37.8 Confirmed Pierre de Broc † Bishop of Auxerre, France

47.9 Appointed Marcantonio Franciotti † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy

51.9 Appointed Ladislas Hosszutotky † Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania

33.9 Appointed Sebastiano Pisani † Bishop of Ceneda, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy

52.9 Appointed Giovanni Paolo Savio † Bishop of Adria, Italy

20 Dec 34.2 Appointed Antoine Godeau † Bishop of Vence, France

23 Dec 44.9 Appointed Timoteo Pérez Vargas, O.C.D. † Titular Bishop of Lystra Bishop Emeritus of Ispahan, Iran

44.9 Resigned Timoteo Pérez Vargas, O.C.D. † Bishop of Ispahan, Iran Bishop Emeritus

44.9 Resigned Timoteo Pérez Vargas, O.C.D. † Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq Bishop Emeritus of Ispahan, Iran

Selected Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés † Bishop of Guadix, Spain Bishop of Coria, Spain

25 Dec 50.9 Ordained Bishop Francesco Arcudio, C.R. † Bishop of Nusco, Italy

26 Dec 42.3 Installed Philipp Friedrich von Breuner † Bishop of Wien, Austria

27 Dec 39.5 Ordained Bishop Bl. Juan de Palafox y Mendoza † Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México Bishop of Osma, Spain

33.9 Ordained Bishop Sebastiano Pisani † Bishop of Ceneda, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy

28 Dec 28.7 Ordained Priest Ferdinando Tiberius Gonzaga † Priest Bishop of Mantova, Italy

30 Dec 64.4 Died Fernando Valdés Llano † Archbishop of Granada, Spain

31 Dec 17.5 Professed Giovanni Battista del Tinto, O. Carm. † Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Jul		Died	Benedetto Rezzani †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
2 Jul	15.9	Professed	Pedro Tris Lacal, O. Carm. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
11 Jul	42.5	Appointed	Benedetto Cappello †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
51.5	Appointed	Tommaso Carafa †	Bishop of Capaccio, Italy
	Appointed	Luca Stella †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Bishop
13 Jul		Died	Gaspar do Rego da Fonseca †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
16 Jul		Appointed	Fernando Montero Espinosa †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
20 Jul	52.5	Died	João da Rocha, S.J. †	Coadjutor Patriarch of Ethiopia
21 Jul	64.5	Died	Pierre Cornulier †	Bishop of Rennes, France
23 Jul		Born	Nicola Cirillo †		Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
68.4	Died	Pedro González de Mendoza, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
29 Jul		Born	Andrea Francolisio (d’Aquino) †		Bishop Emeritus of Tricarico, Italy
31 Jul	36.5	Selected	Henri de La Mothe-Houdancourt †	Bishop of Rennes, France	Archbishop of Auch, France
7 Aug	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Benedetto Cappello †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
8 Aug	58.6	Resigned	Malatesta Baglioni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
43.6	Resigned	Giorgio (Gregorio) Bolognetti †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Bishop Emeritus of Rieti, Italy
	Resigned	Lorenzo Campeggi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
33.6	Appointed	Francesco Clerico, C.R. †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
51.8	Appointed	Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Durango, México	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
41.6	Appointed	Gaspare Mattei †	Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
55.6	Appointed	Jacinto Minuarte †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
55.6	Appointed	Jacinto Minuarte †	Titular Bishop of Maronea	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
	Appointed	Michael Rezzi (Resti) †	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia), Italy
42.0	Appointed	Ranuccio (Ranuzio) Scotti Douglas †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
9 Aug		Died	Lorenzo Campeggi †	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
15 Aug		Born	Cesare Sperelli †		Bishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy
	Born	Sperello Sperelli †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy
21 Aug	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Nicolas Pavillon †	Bishop of Alet, France
70.9	Died	Desiderio Scaglia, O.P. †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy
5 Sep	41.9	Confirmed	Philipp Friedrich von Breuner †	Bishop of Wien, Austria
30.9	Appointed	Cesare Facchinetti †	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
41.6	Appointed	Gaspare Mattei †	Titular Archbishop of Athenae	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
6 Sep	30.9	Appointed	Cesare Facchinetti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
86.6	Died	Agostino Galamini, O.P. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
7 Sep	57.6	Died	Georg Hammer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Magdeburg, Germany
18 Sep	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Diego Alarcón y Covarrubias †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
	Ordained Bishop	Wacław Paprocki †	Titular Bishop of Margarita	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
24 Sep	24.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Saggese †	Priest	Bishop of Ravello e Scala, Italy
27 Sep	46.6	Died	Louis de Nogaret de La Valette †	Cardinal, Former Archbishop-Elect of Toulouse, France
3 Oct	48.7	Appointed	Marcantonio Bragadin †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
41.7	Appointed	Michael Chumer (Chumberg), O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Christopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
41.7	Confirmed	Michael Chumer (Chumberg), O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
53.7	Appointed	Mauro Diego (Marcos) de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
	Appointed	Mikołaj Krasicki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
	Appointed	Mikołaj Krasicki †	Titular Bishop of Argos	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
60.7	Appointed	Bernardo Lacabra †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
40.7	Appointed	Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
	Appointed	Thomas Marnavich, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bosnia (Bosna, Diacovar, Diakovar), Croatia
34.7	Appointed	Marco Morosini †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
39.2	Appointed	Bl. Juan de Palafox y Mendoza †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México	Bishop of Osma, Spain
42.7	Appointed	Antonio Severoli †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
42.7	Resigned	Antonio Severoli †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
40.7	Appointed	Johannes Thuanus †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
5 Oct	77.7	Died	Plácido Pacheco de Haro, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
9 Oct	31.0	Ordained Bishop	Cesare Facchinetti †	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
34.7	Ordained Bishop	Marco Morosini †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
16 Oct	31.8	Ordained Bishop	Juan Coello Ribera y Sandoval †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
28 Oct		Selected	Juan Bautista Verchi de Campania (Visco), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
30 Oct	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Gaspare Mattei †	Titular Archbishop of Athenae	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
5 Nov	38.8	Selected	José Valle de la Cerda, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
14 Nov	44.8	Died	Maurizio Centini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
17 Nov		Selected	Ramón Sentmenat y Lanuza †	Bishop of Vic, Spain	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
23 Nov	75.8	Died	Timoteo Castelli, O.P. †	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
24 Nov		Died	Dinis de Melo e Castro †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
25 Nov	90.8	Died	François de Péricard †	Bishop of Avranches, France
27 Nov	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Arthus de Lionne †	Bishop of Gap, France
30 Nov		Born	Giovanni Giuseppe Maria Orsini, C.R.L. †		Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
8 Dec	64.1	Died	Diego Rueda Rico †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain
11 Dec	57.9	Selected	Benedetto Mandina, C.R. †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
40.9	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Thuanus †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
17 Dec	25.9	Ordained Priest	Pál Hoffmann †	Priest	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
18 Dec	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Mauro Diego (Marcos) de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
19 Dec	50.9	Appointed	Francesco Arcudio, C.R. †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
37.8	Confirmed	Pierre de Broc †	Bishop of Auxerre, France
47.9	Appointed	Marcantonio Franciotti †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy
51.9	Appointed	Ladislas Hosszutotky †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
33.9	Appointed	Sebastiano Pisani †	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
52.9	Appointed	Giovanni Paolo Savio †	Bishop of Adria, Italy
20 Dec	34.2	Appointed	Antoine Godeau †	Bishop of Vence, France
23 Dec	44.9	Appointed	Timoteo Pérez Vargas, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Lystra	Bishop Emeritus of Ispahan, Iran
44.9	Resigned	Timoteo Pérez Vargas, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Ispahan, Iran	Bishop Emeritus
44.9	Resigned	Timoteo Pérez Vargas, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq	Bishop Emeritus of Ispahan, Iran
	Selected	Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain	Bishop of Coria, Spain
25 Dec	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Arcudio, C.R. †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
26 Dec	42.3	Installed	Philipp Friedrich von Breuner †	Bishop of Wien, Austria
27 Dec	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Juan de Palafox y Mendoza †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México	Bishop of Osma, Spain
33.9	Ordained Bishop	Sebastiano Pisani †	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
28 Dec	28.7	Ordained Priest	Ferdinando Tiberius Gonzaga †	Priest	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
30 Dec	64.4	Died	Fernando Valdés Llano †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
31 Dec	17.5	Professed	Giovanni Battista del Tinto, O. Carm. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy

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