The Year of Our Lord 1661

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	39.0	Selected	Ignace André Akhidjan †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
		Born	Joseph-Pierre de Castellane †		Bishop of Fréjus, France
		Died	Stanisław Czuryło †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
	43.0	Appointed	Rinaldo d’Este †	Abbot of Cluny, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	61.3	Died	Jacques de La Haye, O.S.Sp. †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
	18.0	Professed	Vincenzo Maria Durazzo, C.R. †	Member of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Bishop of Savona, Italy
	51.0	Died	Francesco Maria Falcucci †	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz y Sahagún †	Priest	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
		Died	Francesco Antonio Frasella, O.F.M. Conv. †	Apostolic Administrator of Japan
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Anselmo Gómez de la Torre, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Tuy, Spain
		Born	Jean-Marie Henriau †		Bishop of Boulogne (-Sur-Mer), France
	30.6	Ordained Priest	Juan de Isla †	Priest	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	55.0	Died	Petar Kačić, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Makarska, Croatia
	15.0	Professed	Jan Franciszek Kurdwanowski, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
	58.0	Selected	Henri de La Mothe-Houdancourt †	Archbishop of Auch, France
		Born	Louis Le Bel, O.F.M. Rec. †		Titular Bishop of Bethleem
	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Pedro-Fernando Manjarrés de Heredia †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
		Born	Giovanni Donato Mezzafalce †		Vicar Apostolic of Chekiang {Ce-Kiam}, China
	56.0	Died	Salvatore Mulas Pirella †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
		Born	Fabricius Gabriel (Carbry) O’Kelly †		Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
	61.0	Died	Gabriel Ortiz de Orbé †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
		Born	James O’Shielt, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
		Died	William O’Shiel †	Vicar Apostolic of Clonmacnoise, Ireland
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa †	Priest	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Girolamo Passarelli †	Priest	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
		Born	Bernard-François de Poudenx de Castillon †		Bishop of Marseille, France
		Born	Manuel a Santa Catharina, O. Carm. †		Bishop of Angola e Congo
		Born	Pierre de Baglion de la Salle de Saillant †		Bishop of Mende, France
		Born	Emmanuel a Santo Antonio, O.P. †		Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
		Died	Antonio de San Gregorio, O.F.M. †	Bishop-Elect of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
		Born	Krzysztof Adrian Skrzetuski, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop-Elect of Bacău, Romania
	24.0	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Arcadio Stanila †	Bishop	Titular Bishop of Colonia in Armenia
	58.8	Died	Juan Vélez †	Bishop-Elect of Cebu, Philippines
		Born	Thomas Dominic Williams, O.P. †		Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
4 Jan		Born	Michele Gallo Vandeinde †		Bishop Emeritus of Capri, Italy
6 Jan	44.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Spinucci †	Priest	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
9 Jan		Born	Sigmund Carl von Castel-Barco †		Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
12 Jan		Born	Paolino Sandulli, O.S.B. †		Titular Bishop of Castoria
14 Jan		Born	Angelo Galzerin, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
23 Jan	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Maciej Bystram †	Titular Bishop of Argos	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
24 Jan		Appointed	Girolamo Codebò †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
	25.3	Ordained Deacon	Godefroid-Udalric de La Margelle †	Deacon of Roermond, Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	65.1	Died	Johann Flugi d’Apremont †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
25 Jan	25.3	Ordained Priest	Godefroid-Udalric de La Margelle †	Priest of Roermond, Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
26 Jan	56.0	Died	Diego García de Trasmiera †	Bishop-Elect of Zamora, Spain
30 Jan	26.3	Ordained Priest	Filippo Neri degli Altoviti †	Priest	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
30 Jan	59.6	Died	Dietrich Adolf von der Reck †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
31 Jan		Died	Laurent de Chery †	Coadjutor Bishop of Nevers, France
Feb	67.0	Resigned	Ignazio Ciantes, O.P. †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
Feb	61.3	Ordained Bishop	Agustín Muñoz de Sandoval †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
2 Feb	24.7	Professed	Pier Matteo Petrucci, C.O. †	Member of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
3 Feb		Born	Nicola Spinelli †		Bishop of Ugento, Italy
5 Feb		Born	Giuseppe de Fusco †		Titular Bishop of Bethsaida
7 Feb	68.0	Died	Georgius Pauli-Stravius †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
8 Feb	31.1	Selected	Nicolas de Colbert †	Bishop of Luçon, France	Bishop of Auxerre, France
11 Feb		Died	Adam Kos †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
11 Feb	68.1	Died	Pierre Nivelle, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Luçon, France
13 Feb		Born	Cesare Francesco Lucini, O.P. †		Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
16 Feb		Born	Giovanni Antonio Ruggiero †		Bishop of Vieste, Italy
21 Feb	64.1	Appointed	Jean-Jacques Fauche de Domprel †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
	49.1	Appointed	Maciej Marian Kurski, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	49.1	Appointed	Maciej Marian Kurski, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Aenos	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	51.1	Confirmed	Francisco de Zárate y Terán †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
22 Feb	31.4	Selected	François de Nesmond †	Bishop of Bayeux, France
23 Feb	37.1	Selected	Ulrich de Mont †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
23 Feb	40.0	Selected	Andrzej Olszowski †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
27 Feb		Ordained Priest	Giovanni Antonio Melzi †	Priest	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
28 Feb	43.4	Selected	Hyacinthe Serroni, O.P. †	Bishop of Mende, France	Archbishop of Albi, France
28 Feb	48.8	Selected	Mathieu Thoreau †	Bishop of Dol, France
8 Mar		Born	Curzio Origo †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eustachio
9 Mar	58.6	Died	Jules Raymond (Giulio Raimondo) Mazarin (Mazzarino) †	Cardinal, Abbot of Cluny, France
9 Mar	64.1	Died	Jan Karol Dowgiałło Zawisza †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
10 Mar	50.1	Selected	Gennaro De Andrea †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
11 Mar	64.1	Died	Gilles Boutault †	Bishop of Évreux, France
12 Mar	27.2	Ordained Deacon	Ernst von Trautson zu Falkenstein †	Deacon of Salzburg, Austria	Bishop of Wien, Austria
14 Mar	61.2	Appointed	Vitaliano Marescano †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
		Appointed	Federico Martinotti (Martinozzi) †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Melzi †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Pier Matteo Petrucci, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
20 Mar	32.2	Ordained Priest	Giovan Giorgio Mainardi †	Priest	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy
	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Vitaliano Marescano †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Federico Martinotti (Martinozzi) †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Antonio Melzi †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
23 Mar		Born	Juan Bautista Pes y Polo, O. Carm. †		Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae
24 Mar	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Juan de Almoguera, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	76.2	Died	John O’Cullenan †	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
	38.8	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Sanz Lozano †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
25 Mar	33.5	Ordained Deacon	Humbertus Guilielmus de Precipiano †	Deacon	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
27 Mar	33.5	Ordained Priest	Humbertus Guilielmus de Precipiano †	Priest	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
30 Mar	45.0	Appointed	Friedrich von Hessen-Darmstadt, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio	Cardinal, Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
Apr	61.5	Died	Agustín Muñoz de Sandoval †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
4 Apr	66.2	Died	Juan Francisco Arnaldo Isasi †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
4 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Charles François de La Vieuxville †	Bishop of Rennes, France
5 Apr		Appointed	Gothard Jan Tyzenhaus †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland
5 Apr		Appointed	Gothard Jan Tyzenhaus †	Titular Bishop of Methone	Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland
11 Apr	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Arnauld-François de Maytie †	Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France
13 Apr	68.8	Died	Bernardo Caballero Paredes †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
14 Apr		Born	Giovanni Vincenzo Castelli, O.P. †		Bishop of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
15 Apr		Born	Juan Montalbán Gómez, O.P. †		Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
15 Apr		Born	Paolo Stabile, O.M. †		Bishop of Bova, Italy
16 Apr		Born	François-Hyacinthe de Ploeuc de Timeur †		Bishop of Quimper, France
20 Apr	34.4	Selected	Ferdinand von Fürstenberg †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
23 Apr		Born	Didaco Di Pace †		Bishop of Sarno, Italy
24 Apr	29.3	Ordained Priest	Matteo Cosentino †	Priest	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
26 Apr	43.3	Died	Louis de Fortia-Montréal †	Bishop of Carpentras, France
May		Died	Rodrigo de Cárdenas, O.P. †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
1 May	64.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Jacques Fauche de Domprel †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
7 May		Born	Francisco Dorda, O. Cist. †		Bishop of Solsona, Spain
10 May	63.8	Died	Ranuccio (Ranuzio) Scotti Douglas †	Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
11 May		Ordained Bishop	Cipriano Medina, O.P. †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
15 May	72.3	Died	Jacques Raoul de La Guibourgère †	Bishop of La Rochelle, France
19 May		Born	Francesco Andrea Grassi †		Bishop of Caorle, Italy
24 May	47.6	Died	Simeone Difnico †	Bishop of Feltre, Italy
30 May	31.4	Confirmed	Nicolas de Colbert †	Bishop of Luçon, France	Bishop of Auxerre, France
	54.4	Appointed	Placide-Louis du Chemin, O.S.B. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq	Bishop
	54.4	Appointed	Placide-Louis du Chemin, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Neocaesarea in Bithynia	Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq
	34.6	Confirmed	Ferdinand von Fürstenberg †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
	62.0	Confirmed	Anastasio Vives de Rocamora, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
2 Jun	64.8	Resigned	Sebastian Denich †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
5 Jun	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Placide-Louis du Chemin, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Neocaesarea in Bithynia	Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq
6 Jun	34.6	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinand von Fürstenberg †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
7 Jun		Born	Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha †		Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
11 Jun	22.4	Ordained Priest	Martín de Ascargorta †	Priest of Granada, Spain	Archbishop
	23.9	Ordained Deacon	Stjepan Seliščević †	Deacon	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
	27.4	Ordained Priest	Ernst von Trautson zu Falkenstein †	Priest of Salzburg, Austria	Bishop of Wien, Austria
12 Jun	23.5	Ordained Deacon	Eustachy Stanisław Kotowicz †	Deacon of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland
13 Jun		Born	Manuel de Mimbela y Morlans, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
21 Jun	35.8	Ordained Priest	Ignaas August Schetz van Grobbendonck †	Priest	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
26 Jun	23.6	Ordained Priest	Eustachy Stanisław Kotowicz †	Priest of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland
29 Jun	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Zárate y Terán †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain

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