The Year of Our Lord 1654

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	55.0	Died	Giacomo Accarisi †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy
	53.7	Resigned	Francesco Boccapaduli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
	24.2	Resigned	Armand de Bourbon †	Abbot of Cluny, France	Abbot Emeritus
		Born	Luigi (Ludovico) Capuani (Capulani) †		Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
		Born	Eligio Caracciolo, C.R. †		Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
		Born	Amand Wiktoryn Czeszejko, O.P. †		Bishop of Bacău, Romania
		Born	François d’Argouges †		Bishop of Vannes, France
		Born	Joachim-Joseph d’Estaing de Saillans †		Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
	42.0	Died	Giovanni de la Cruz, O.F.M. †	Bishop-Elect of Trivento, Italy
	60.0	Died	Andrzej Gembicki †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
		Died	Nicolas Albert Gniewosz de Olexow †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
		Born	Jonas Jeronimas Krišpinas †		Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
	55.0	Appointed	Andrzej Kvaśnicki-Złoty †	Bishop of Pińsk-Turaŭ (Ukrainian), Belarus	Bishop of Smoleńsk (Ukrainian), Russian Federation
	29.8	Ordained Priest	Damian Hartard von Leyen-Hohengeroldseck †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Archbishop
		Appointed	Gerolamo Lomellini †	Bishop of Todi, Italy
		Born	Benito Madueño y Ramos †		Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	51.4	Appointed	Jules Raymond (Giulio Raimondo) Mazarin (Mazzarino) †	Cardinal, Abbot of Cluny, France
		Born	Donagh McCarthy †		Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland
		Born	Ambrose O’Connor, O.P. †		Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
		Born	Anselmo de la Peña, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
		Born	Jacques-Antoine Phélypeaux †		Bishop of Lodève, France
		Born	Isaias Popović, O.S.B.M. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Valachia (Križevci), Croatia
		Born	Pietro Alessandro Procaccini †		Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
	65.0	Died	Vincenzo Rabatta †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
		Born	Martin de Ratabon †		Bishop Emeritus of Viviers (Aps), France
		Born	Jacopo Maria Rossi †		Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
		Died	Andrzej Śrzedziński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
		Born	Hedeon Šumljanškyj †		Bishop of Smoleńsk (Ukrainian), Russian Federation
		Born	Melchior Tasbasian †		Bishop of Mardin (Armenian), Turkey
		Born	Gerard Tellin (Teeling) †		Priest
1 Jan	29.0	Ordained Priest	John Brenan †	Priest	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
1 Jan	28.1	Ordained Priest	St. Oliver Plunkett †	Priest	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
4 Jan	33.4	Ordained Bishop	Camillo Massimi †	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia
5 Jan	57.3	Died	Benedikt Orsini, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
10 Jan		Born	Giovanni Maria Gabrielli, O. Cist. †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
	33.4	Appointed	Camillo Massimi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia
		Born	Domenico Votta †		Bishop of Isola, Italy
12 Jan		Appointed	Antonio Calderón †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain	Archbishop-Elect
	72.3	Appointed	Domenico Campanella, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
	51.0	Appointed	Francisco Camps de la Carrera y Molés †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
		Appointed	Franciscus Coccalini, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Trogir (Traù), Croatia
		Appointed	Luis Alfonso de Los Cameros †	Bishop of Patti, Italy	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	47.3	Appointed	Camille de Neufville de Villeroy †	Archbishop of Lyon, France
	38.7	Appointed	Ulisse Orsini †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy
	56.0	Confirmed	Benedicto Sánchez de Herrera †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
13 Jan		Born	Antonio de Silva, S.J. †		Former Bishop-Elect of Nanking [Nanjing], China
18 Jan	72.3	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Campanella, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
18 Jan	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Benedicto Sánchez de Herrera †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
20 Jan		Born	Filoteo Zassi, O.S.B.M. †		Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo) (Albanian), Albania
24 Jan	64.0	Died	Richard Paul Stravius †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
24 Jan	52.3	Selected	Francisco Crespín de Valldaura i Brizuela, O.P. †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
25 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Louis de Bernage †	Bishop of Grasse, France
		Ordained Bishop	Luis Alfonso de Los Cameros †	Bishop of Patti, Italy	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	38.8	Ordained Bishop	Ulisse Orsini †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy
26 Jan	61.0	Appointed	Enrique Peralta y Cárdenas †	Bishop of Almería, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
26 Jan	52.0	Confirmed	Michel Tuboeuf †	Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France	Bishop of Castres, France
3 Feb	37.1	Selected	Guidobald von Thun †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
4 Feb	74.2	Died	Pierre Camelin †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
4 Feb		Died	Kaspar Münster, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
9 Feb	36.1	Appointed	Mauritii Doria †	Bishop of Tinos and Mykonos, Greece
15 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Stanisław Domaniewski †	Titular Bishop of Margarita	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
15 Feb	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Jost (Jodok) Knab †	Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland
20 Feb		Born	Innokentiy Ivan Vynnytskyi (Winnicki), O.S.B.M. †		Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland
21 Feb		Died	Esteban de Esmir †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
25 Feb	23.2	Confirmed	Sigmund Franz von Österreich †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
28 Feb	23.0	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo de Magistris (del Mastro), O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
1 Mar		Born	Alessandro Calvi-Organi †		Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy
1 Mar	36.1	Ordained Bishop	Mauritii Doria †	Bishop of Tinos and Mykonos, Greece
2 Mar	60.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Albizzi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
	30.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Decio Azzolini (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	38.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Giberto Borromeo †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
	62.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Prospero Caffarelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto
	44.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Ottavio Acquaviva d’Aragona (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
		Appointed	Francesco Gozzadini †	Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
	41.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Gualterio †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
	42.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Lorenzo Imperiali †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
	31.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Pio di Savoia †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	56.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Giambattista Spada †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
4 Mar	37.2	Confirmed	Guidobald von Thun †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
7 Mar		Born	Franz Julian von Braida †		Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
7 Mar		Born	Gabriel de Arregui y Gutiérrez, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
9 Mar	57.2	Appointed	Gabriel Adarzo de Santander y Martínez de Viaín, O. de M. †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
	49.1	Appointed	Diego del Castillo y Arteaga †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
	40.1	Appointed	Carlo Rossetti †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy
13 Mar	48.1	Selected	Tommaso de Sarria, O.P. †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
21 Mar	40.5	Succeeded	Jean-François-Paul de Gondi de Retz †	Archbishop of Paris, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	70.2	Died	Jean-François de Gondi †	Archbishop of Paris, France
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Frans van Horenbeke †	Priest	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
	23.1	Ordained Deacon	Wilhelm von Vintler von Runkelstein †	Deacon of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
22 Mar	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Adarzo de Santander y Martínez de Viaín, O. de M. †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
22 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Francesco Gozzadini †	Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
23 Mar	60.4	Installed	Francesco Albizzi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
	30.9	Installed	Decio Azzolini (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	38.4	Installed	Giberto Borromeo †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
	62.2	Installed	Prospero Caffarelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto
	54.3	Appointed	Natale Caridei †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
	44.5	Installed	Ottavio Acquaviva d’Aragona (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
	41.3	Confirmed	François Faure †	Bishop of Amiens, France
		Born	Francesco Frosini †		Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
	41.2	Installed	Carlo Gualterio †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Pancrazio	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
	42.0	Installed	Lorenzo Imperiali †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
	32.9	Appointed	Francesco Maidalchini †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Octaviae)	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
	60.1	Confirmed	Pierre de Marca †	Archbishop of Toulouse, France	Archbishop of Paris, France
	66.1	Appointed	Gian Antonio Paravicini †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
	31.9	Installed	Carlo Pio di Savoia †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	56.5	Installed	Giambattista Spada †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
27 Mar	69.2	Selected	Jan Tarnowski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
29 Mar		Born	José Díez Santos de San Pedro †		Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
Apr	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso de la Peña Montenegro †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
1 Apr		Born	Lorenzo Cozza, O.F.M. Obs. †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
4 Apr	35.3	Ordained Priest	Johann Konrad von Roggenbach †	Priest of Basel, Switzerland	Bishop
5 Apr		Born	Francisco Spinola, S.J. †		Priest of Society of Jesus
6 Apr	66.2	Ordained Bishop	Gian Antonio Paravicini †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
7 Apr	22.9	Ordained Priest	Filippo Tani, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
8 Apr		Born	John Wallace †		Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
12 Apr	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Michel Tuboeuf †	Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France	Bishop of Castres, France
13 Apr	46.2	Appointed	Bonaventura D’Avalos, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
13 Apr		Appointed	Jean-Dominique Ithier, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Glandèves, France
18 Apr	63.2	Selected	Hugo Eberhard von Cratz von Schraffenstein †	Bishop of Worms, Germany
19 Apr		Born	Pietro Zorzi †		Titular Bishop of Chalcis in Syria
26 Apr	59.6	Died	Alessandro Argoli †	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
26 Apr		Born	Marcelino Siuri Navarro †		Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
27 Apr		Appointed	Marcello Anania †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
May	55.3	Died	Franciszek Dołmat Isajkowski †	Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland
May	43.3	Ordained Priest	Flaminio Marcellino †	Priest	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
4 May	33.5	Appointed	Jean Antoine Blavier, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	33.5	Appointed	Jean Antoine Blavier, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Dionysias	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Liège, Belgium
	24.3	Appointed	Agostino Franciotti †	Titular Archbishop of Trapezus	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany
	75.3	Died	Thomas Walsh †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
5 May		Died	Juan Garcilaso de la Vega †	Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
10 May	24.3	Ordained Bishop	Agostino Franciotti †	Titular Archbishop of Trapezus	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany
10 May	23.2	Ordained Priest	Wilhelm von Vintler von Runkelstein †	Priest of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
14 May		Born	Joseph-Ignace de Foresta Colongue †		Bishop Emeritus of Apt, France
23 May	54.3	Selected	François Servien †	Bishop of Bayeux, France
31 May		Born	Ferdinand Paul Ernest de Berlo de Brus †		Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
31 May	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Natale Caridei †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
Jun	68.4	Died	Blas Tineo Palacios, O. de M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Granada, Spain
1 Jun		Appointed	Marcello Anania †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
	43.6	Appointed	Angelo Maria Ciria Panvini, O.S.M. †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
	40.4	Appointed	Francesco Antonio De Luca †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	60.4	Appointed	Francesco Tello de León, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
4 Jun	39.4	Ordained Priest	Gregory (Grégoire) Luo Wenzao (Lou, López), O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China
5 Jun	62.4	Died	Charles-Jacques de Gelas de Léberon †	Bishop of Valence and Die, France
7 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Marcello Anania †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Antonio De Luca †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	25.4	Ordained Deacon	Patrick Russell †	Deacon of Dublin, Ireland	Archbishop
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Patrick Russell †	Priest of Dublin, Ireland	Archbishop
14 Jun	61.4	Ordained Bishop	Enrique Peralta y Cárdenas †	Bishop of Almería, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
14 Jun	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Tello de León, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
18 Jun	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Maria Ciria Panvini, O.S.M. †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
21 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Jean-Dominique Ithier, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Glandèves, France
22 Jun		Confirmed	Giovanni Camponeschi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
	61.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Corti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	61.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Corti †	Titular Bishop of Sebastea	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	35.4	Appointed	Marco Antonio Pisanelli †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy	Bishop of Sora, Italy
	32.0	Appointed	Mauro Promontorio, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
24 Jun	28.0	Selected	Daniel de Cosnac †	Bishop of Valence and Die, France	Archbishop of Aix, France
	35.4	Ordained Bishop	Marco Antonio Pisanelli †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy	Bishop of Sora, Italy
	32.0	Ordained Bishop	Mauro Promontorio, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
		Ordained Priest	Johann Stieff von Kränzen †	Priest of Salzburg, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop of Gurk, Austria
27 Jun	54.4	Appointed	Garcia Ruiz Cabezas †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
28 Jun		Selected	Miguel Pérez de Nueros †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
29 Jun	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Camille de Neufville de Villeroy †	Archbishop of Lyon, France

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