The Year of Our Lord 1642

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Martin Afonso de Melo †		Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Laurenz Aidinger †	Priest of Wien, Austria	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Théodore-Germain Allart, O.F.M. Rec. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Recollect	Bishop of Vence, France
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Carlo Baldovinetti, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
		Born	Pierre-François Beauvau de Rivau †		Bishop of Sarlat, France
		Born	Lucio Borghesi †		Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
	12.2	Appointed	Armand de Bourbon †	Abbot of Cluny, France	Abbot Emeritus
		Born	Johann Peter Burmann †		Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Born	Giovanni Bernardo Capreoli †		Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy
		Born	Michele Caro †		Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece
		Born	Antoine-Benoît de Clermont-Tonnerre †		Bishop of Fréjus, France
		Born	Francisco de Aguiar y Seijas y Ulloa †		Archbishop of México, Federal District
		Died	Franjo Ergelski Hasanović †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
		Born	Bartolomé Espejos y Cisneros †		Bishop of Málaga, Spain
	33.2	Appointed	Cesare Facchinetti †	Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	57.0	Appointed	Lelio Falconieri †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
		Born	Francisco Fernández de Angulo †		Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
		Born	Bonaventure Joseph Giffard †		Vicar Apostolic of London District, England, Great Britain
		Ordained Priest	Wenzel Wilhelm von Hofkirchen †	Priest of Salzburg, Austria	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
	67.0	Died	Thomas Ivkovich, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Scardona (Skradin), Croatia
		Born	Martin Bernhard Just von Friedenfeld †		Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Mikołaj Krosnowski †	Bishop of Wenden (Windau), Poland	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
		Born	Léon de La Lane †		Bishop of Bayonne, France
		Died	Fabrizio Landriani †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
		Died	Gregoire Nagy Falvy †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
		Born	Scipione Negrelli †		Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy
		Born	João Franco de Oliveira †		Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
	25.0	Ordained Priest	John O’Mollony †	Priest	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
	52.0	Resigned	Richard Paul Stravius †	Apostolic Internuncio to Flanders, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Born	Michel Phélypeaux de La Vrillière †		Archbishop of Bourges, France
		Born	Gerhard Potcamp †		Titular Archbishop-Elect of Thebae
		Born	François-Clément de Poudenx †		Bishop of Tarbes, France
		Born	Carlo Riggio †		Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
		Born	César de Sabran †		Bishop of Glandèves, France
	48.9	Resigned	Maurizio di Savoia †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
		Born	Alonso Antonio de San Martín †		Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
		Died	Marcello Stella †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
	42.0	Appointed	Nikolaus Aliprandi de Thomasis †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
	42.0	Appointed	Nikolaus Aliprandi de Thomasis †	Titular Bishop of Spitalensis	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Nikolaus Aliprandi de Thomasis †	Titular Bishop of Spitalensis	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
		Born	Carolus de Tilly †		Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Adolph Gottfried Volusius †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
		Died	Juan de Zapata y Figueroa †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Jan	61.0	Died	Gian Gaspare Melis †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy
1 Jan	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Henri de La Mothe-Houdancourt †	Bishop of Rennes, France	Archbishop of Auch, France
3 Jan		Born	Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón de Robledo, O.SS.T. †		Archbishop of Lima, Peru
5 Jan		Died	Francisco do Soveral, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo
12 Jan	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
13 Jan	72.0	Died	Simon Brosius Horstein †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	49.6	Confirmed	Bernardo Caballero Paredes †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
	67.0	Appointed	Paolo Ciera, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
	30.0	Confirmed	Diego de Guevara y Estrada †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
		Appointed	Nicolas Albert Gniewosz de Olexow †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	63.3	Appointed	Vincenzo (Gaspare) Maculani, O.P. †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	42.0	Confirmed	Cristóbal de la Mancha y Velazco, O.P. †	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	48.0	Appointed	Giovanni Mauro, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
	41.4	Appointed	Giovanni Domenico Moroli, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
14 Jan	72.0	Selected	Antonio Corderiña Vega, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
18 Jan	33.3	Resigned	Cesare Facchinetti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
18 Jan	55.0	Appointed	Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
19 Jan	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Josse Bouckaert †	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Ascanio Filomarino †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	63.3	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo (Gaspare) Maculani, O.P. †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
26 Jan	35.8	Ordained Bishop	Ascanio Cassiani †	Bishop of Andria, Italy
	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Nicolaas de Haudion †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Mauro, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Domenico Moroli, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
2 Feb	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Richard Paul Stravius †	Titular Bishop of Dionysias	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
6 Feb		Died	Dionisio Tomacelli, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy
8 Feb	55.8	Died	Juan Velasco Acevedo †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
9 Feb	67.1	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Ciera, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
	62.1	Died	Imre Lósy †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	62.1	Ordained Bishop	Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Panamá
10 Feb	20.3	Selected	Max Heinrich von Bayern †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop
	59.1	Installed	Pierdonato Cesi (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
	59.1	Installed	Ascanio Filomarino †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	38.1	Appointed	Giulio Gabrielli †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	38.1	Installed	Giulio Gabrielli †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Nuova	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	63.4	Installed	Vincenzo (Gaspare) Maculani, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
	26.7	Installed	Virginio Orsini, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Octaviae)	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	47.1	Installed	Francesco Peretti di Montalto †	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
	49.1	Installed	Ottaviano Raggi †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agostino	Cardinal, Bishop of Aleria, France
	43.1	Appointed	Girolamo Verospi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
	43.1	Installed	Girolamo Verospi †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese in Agone	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
17 Feb		Born	Ottavio del Rosso †		Bishop of Volterra, Italy
17 Feb	55.1	Selected	Francisco Guerra, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
24 Feb	77.1	Ordained Bishop	Johann Platzgummer †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
25 Feb		Born	Albert de Hornes †		Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
3 Mar	18.5	Confirmed	Albrecht Sigmund von Bayern †	Coadjutor Bishop of Freising, Germany	Bishop-Elect
10 Mar	41.1	Appointed	Edmund Dempsey, O.P. †	Bishop of Leighlin, Ireland
	42.1	Appointed	Heber MacMahon (McMahon) †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
	49.1	Appointed	Isidoro della Robbia, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
	42.1	Appointed	Bruno Sciamanna †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
	47.1	Appointed	Andrea Soffiani †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
14 Mar		Died	Antonio González Acevedo †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
16 Mar	49.9	Ordained Bishop	José de Argáiz Pérez †	Bishop of Almería, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
16 Mar	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Isidoro della Robbia, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
17 Mar	60.2	Died	Jakub Zadzik †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
19 Mar		Born	Giuseppe Sacripante †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
24 Mar	32.0	Appointed	Tommaso D’Avalos, O.P. †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
	45.2	Appointed	Sebastiano Gentili †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy
	42.0	Appointed	Pacifico Trasi (Trani), O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Cagli, Italy
	67.7	Appointed	Juan Valenzuela Velázquez †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
29 Mar		Born	Domenico Morelli †		Bishop of Lucera, Italy
30 Mar	32.0	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso D’Avalos, O.P. †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
30 Mar	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Sebastiano Gentili †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy
31 Mar	61.2	Died	Pedro Rosales Encio †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
Apr	30.2	Died	Diego de Guevara y Estrada †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1 Apr		Born	Alfonso Francesco Dominquez, O.E.S.A. †		Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
5 Apr	25.7	Ordained Priest	Ippolito Berarducci, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
5 Apr	25.5	Ordained Priest	Johann Christoph von Freyberg-Allmendingen †	Priest of Augsburg, Germany	Bishop
6 Apr	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Pacifico Trasi (Trani), O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Cagli, Italy
15 Apr	46.7	Died	Luigi Caetani †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
23 Apr	51.3	Selected	Diego Chueca †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Bishop of Teruel, Spain
27 Apr	25.4	Ordained Priest	Antonio de Aragón-Córdoba-Cardona y Fernández de Córdoba †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon
	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Gabrielli †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Verospi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
28 Apr	55.3	Appointed	Bernardo Florio, O.S.C. †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
	52.3	Appointed	Alessandro Sperelli, C.O. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
	52.3	Appointed	Alessandro Sperelli, C.O. †	Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Caria	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
	61.3	Confirmed	Benedikt Vinković †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
May	28.0	Appointed	Antonio Bichi †	Apostolic Internuncio to Belgium	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
May		Ordained Bishop	Nicolas Albert Gniewosz de Olexow †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
1 May	58.3	Died	Cosimo de Torres †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
4 May		Died	Claude de Saint-Bonnet de Thoiras †	Bishop Emeritus of Nîmes, France
4 May	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Sperelli, C.O. †	Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Caria	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
10 May		Confirmed	Pierre Maurice Odet, C.R.A. †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
12 May		Born	Franciscus Antonius von und zu Losenstein †		Coadjutor Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
17 May	20.6	Confirmed	Max Heinrich von Bayern †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop
19 May		Born	Francisco Alvarez de Quiñones †		Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
21 May		Born	Lorenzo Maria Fieschi (de Flisco) †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
	42.7	Selected	Antonio Paiño Sevilla †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	73.5	Selected	Juan (de la Serna) Sánchez Alonso de Guevara, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
22 May	48.0	Appointed	Bernardino Spada †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
23 May	67.3	Appointed	Paolo Ciera, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
26 May	50.4	Appointed	Andrés Aguado de Valdés, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
	72.5	Appointed	Antonio (Marcello) Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	36.4	Appointed	Milano Bencio †	Bishop of Canea (Cydonia, Egée), Greece
	54.4	Appointed	Pietro Paolo Bonsi †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
	51.4	Installed	Marcantonio Bragadin †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy
	72.4	Confirmed	Antonio Corderiña Vega, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
	42.4	Confirmed	Denis de La Barde †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France
	34.4	Installed	Francesco Maria Macchiavelli †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
	50.4	Confirmed	Charles Vialart de Saint-Paul, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Avranches, France
	28.7	Appointed	Félix Vialart de Herse †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France
27 May		Died	Gonzalo Chacón Velasco y Fajardo †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
29 May	42.4	Ordained Bishop	John de Burgh †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
		Born	Guillermo Goñalons, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Solsona, Spain
	42.4	Died	Nikolaus Aliprandi de Thomasis †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
1 Jun	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Andrés Aguado de Valdés, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
1 Jun	36.4	Ordained Bishop	Milano Bencio †	Bishop of Canea (Cydonia, Egée), Greece
5 Jun		Born	Giambattista Rubini †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy
6 Jun		Born	Louis-Alphonse de Suarès †		Bishop of Vaison, France
13 Jun		Born	Ambrogio Croce, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
15 Jun	43.4	Died	Pietro Maria Borghese †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Crisogono
15 Jun	34.4	Ordained Bishop	Andrzej Leszczyński †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
16 Jun	45.4	Appointed	Francesco Colonna †	Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy
	56.4	Confirmed	Juan de Espinoza y Orozco, O.P. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
	55.4	Confirmed	Francisco Guerra, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
		Appointed	Gerolamo de Paduano, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
	45.4	Appointed	Pavao Posilović, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Scardona (Skradin), Croatia	Bishop of Duvno, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	35.4	Appointed	Maurizio Solaro (di Moretta) †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
	46.4	Appointed	Jacob Philippe Tomasini †	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
22 Jun	35.4	Ordained Bishop	Maurizio Solaro (di Moretta) †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
22 Jun	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Jacob Philippe Tomasini †	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
24 Jun		Born	Simão da Gama †		Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
29 Jun	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Colonna †	Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy
		Born	Peter Creagh †		Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
	45.4	Ordained Priest	Gerolamo Mascambruno †	Priest	Bishop of Isernia, Italy

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