The Year of Our Lord 1678

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	53.0	Died	Otto Reinhold Andrimont, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	15.3	Ordained Priest	Antonio Baistrocchi, O. Carm. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Vicar Apostolic of Great Mogul (Mughals), India
	18.0	Professed	Gianfrancesco Bembo, C.R.S. †	Member of Clerks Regular of Somasca	Bishop of Belluno, Italy
	32.0	Ordained Priest	Pierre Clément †	Priest	Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France
		Died	John Dooley †	Vicar Apostolic of Killala, Ireland
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Serafino Esquirro †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
		Died	Joseph †	Bishop of Mardin (Chaldean), Turkey
		Born	Patrick MacDonagh †		Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
		Appointed	Marcelo Marona, O.P. †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
		Born	Peter O’Donnellan †		Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Aeneas O’Leyne †	Priest of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland	Vicar Apostolic
	36.0	Resigned	Michel Phélypeaux de La Vrillière †	Bishop of Uzés, France	Archbishop of Bourges, France
	17.2	Solemn Vows	Agostino Pipia, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
		Born	John Talbot Stonor †		Vicar Apostolic of Midland District, England, Great Britain
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Friedrich von Tietzen-Schlütter †	Titular Bishop of Ioppe	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
		Born	José Gabriel Zapata Illescas †		Bishop of Zamora, Spain
		Born	Michał Jan Zienkowicz †		Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
	24.0	Ordained Priest	François-Nicolas Zurtannen, C.R.A. †	Priest	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
1 Jan	26.6	Ordained Priest	Edme Bélot, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viet Nam
2 Jan		Born	Carlos Bermudez de Castro †		Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
2 Jan	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Savo de’ Panicoli †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
5 Jan	74.0	Died	Lorenzo Astiria, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta
10 Jan	55.3	Appointed	Juan de Andaya y Sotomayor †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
	44.0	Appointed	Orazio Fortunato †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
	49.9	Appointed	Francesco Maria Neri †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
15 Jan		Born	Giovanni Battista Rondoni †		Bishop of Assisi, Italy
16 Jan	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero-Bocanegra y Moscoso-Osorio †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
16 Jan	48.0	Ordained Bishop	François-Placide de Baudry de Piancourt, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Mende, France
17 Jan	36.0	Selected	François-Clément de Poudenx †	Bishop of Tarbes, France
17 Jan		Born	Antonio Vladagni †		Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania
18 Jan	51.8	Died	Georges Barsony †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
19 Jan		Born	Marco Antonio De Marco †		Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
23 Jan	66.0	Ordained Bishop	Gregório dos Anjos, C.S.J. †	Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
23 Jan	68.0	Died	Diego de Sousa †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
26 Jan		Died	Tomás de Monterroso, O.P. †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
30 Jan		Born	Domenico de Marzano †		Bishop of Bova, Italy
31 Jan	59.0	Appointed	Jakub Gorecki, O.P. †	Bishop of Bacău, Romania
31 Jan	36.5	Confirmed	Henri-Félix de Tassy †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France
Feb	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Domingos de Gusmão, O.P. †	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
6 Feb	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Jakub Gorecki, O.P. †	Bishop of Bacău, Romania
13 Feb		Born	Martin von Neuzelle (Graf), O. Cist. †		Titular Bishop-Elect of Zama Major
18 Feb	61.1	Died	Bonifazio Albani, C.R.S. †	Archbishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia
18 Feb	48.1	Installed	Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
20 Feb	37.1	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste de Beaumanoir de Lavardin †	Bishop of Rennes, France
27 Feb	51.7	Ordained Priest	Francesco Crisolini †	Priest	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
28 Feb	66.9	Appointed	Giacomo Buoni †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
	47.3	Confirmed	François Le Tellier †	Bishop of Digne, France
	53.0	Appointed	Antonio de Martini †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
5 Mar	22.4	Ordained Priest	Angelo Acerno †	Priest	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Capilupi †	Priest	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Vitus Seipel, O. Praem. †	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
6 Mar	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Juan Herrero Jaraba †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
11 Mar		Died	Francesco Rinuccini (Ruccini) †	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
13 Mar	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio de Martini †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
14 Mar	54.2	Appointed	Bernardo de Carrasco y Saavedra, O.P. †	Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
	51.8	Appointed	Francesco Crisolini †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
	54.5	Appointed	Antonio del Río Colmenares †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
	40.2	Confirmed	Michel Poncet de la Rivière †	Bishop of Uzés, France
	36.9	Confirmed	Louis-Alphonse de Valbelle †	Bishop of Alet, France	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France
	56.2	Appointed	Pablo Jiménez Alejandro (Ximenes) †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy
15 Mar		Born	Dominique-Marie Varlet †		Bishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq
17 Mar		Born	Zdenko Georg Chrzepíczky von Modliskovic †		Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
20 Mar	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Pablo Jiménez Alejandro (Ximenes) †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy
21 Mar		Born	Pedro Manuel Dávila y Cárdenas †		Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
		Born	Juan Leandro Gómez de Parada Valdez y Mendoza †		Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	51.2	Appointed	Patrick Tyrrell (Tyrell), O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kilmore, Ireland	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
26 Mar	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Daniel Joseph Mayern †	Deacon of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Archbishop
26 Mar	24.2	Ordained Priest	Domenico Votta †	Priest	Bishop of Isola, Italy
27 Mar	81.3	Died	Giuseppe della Corgna (Cornea), O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto, Italy
27 Mar		Born	Adam Augustyn Wessel, O. Cist. †		Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
28 Mar	38.8	Appointed	Maurizio Bertone, C.R.S. †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
	70.4	Appointed	Antonio Bighetti †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
	46.2	Appointed	Andrea Massarenghi †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
Apr		Appointed	Grégoire Yasu Abd al-Ahad ibn Misr-Sah †	Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian), Palestine
Apr	41.2	Appointed	Denys Rizqallah Amin-Han †	Bishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
2 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Grégoire Yasu Abd al-Ahad ibn Misr-Sah †	Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian), Palestine
	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Denys Rizqallah Amin-Han †	Bishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
	47.2	Elected	Ignace Grégoire Pierre VI Shahbaddin †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
9 Apr	27.0	Ordained Priest	Aleksander Mikołaj Horain †	Priest of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
	33.2	Ordained Priest	Bogusław Leszczyński †	Priest	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Vidal Marín Fernández †	Priest	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
12 Apr	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Maurizio Bertone, C.R.S. †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
	70.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Bighetti †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
	31.2	Ordained Bishop	Charles Le Goux de la Berchère †	Bishop of Lavaur, France	Archbishop of Narbonne, France
13 Apr		Born	Francisco Salgado Quirago †		Bishop of Guadix, Spain
18 Apr	58.2	Died	Buonaccorso Buonacorsi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala
	60.8	Appointed	Lorenzo Mayers Caramuel, O. de M. †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
	39.5	Appointed	Miguel Jerónimo de Molina y Aragonés, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta	Bishop Emeritus of Lérida, Spain
	51.9	Appointed	Angelo Maria Ranuzzi †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Fano, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	86.2	Appointed	György Széchényi †	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	32.8	Confirmed	Pál Széchényi, O.S.P.P.E. †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
24 Apr	59.3	Ordained Deacon	Carlo de Ferrari †	Deacon	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Jerónimo de Molina y Aragonés, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta	Bishop Emeritus of Lérida, Spain
	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Massarenghi †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
27 Apr		Born	Giovanni Bernardino Vendemini †		Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
28 Apr		Born	Agapito Mosca †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
30 Apr	29.3	Died	Sigismondo Chigi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro
May	70.4	Died	Antonio Bighetti †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
1 May	59.3	Ordained Priest	Carlo de Ferrari †	Priest	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
3 May		Born	Nicola Saverio Albini †		Titular Archbishop of Athenae
	34.3	Ordained Priest	Alfonso de Aloysio †	Priest	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
	65.3	Died	Carlo Pellegrini †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
8 May	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Michel Poncet de la Rivière †	Bishop of Uzés, France
9 May	68.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Cigala (Cicala), C.R. †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
9 May	70.3	Appointed	Joachim Luzinszky †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
15 May	47.5	Ordained Bishop	François Le Tellier †	Bishop of Digne, France
22 May	36.8	Ordained Bishop	Juan de Santiago y León Garabito †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
22 May	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Jan Stanisław Zbąski †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
23 May	56.3	Appointed	Paolo Savelli †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
24 May		Born	Juan García Abadiano †		Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
28 May	46.4	Appointed	Giorgio Sotgia (Soggia) Serra, O.S.M. †	Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
4 Jun	35.4	Ordained Bishop	Michel Cassagnet de Tilladet †	Bishop of Mâcon, France
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Antonio Paternò †	Priest	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy
	52.8	Ordained Priest	Hermann Werner von Wolff-Metternich zu Gracht †	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop
6 Jun	38.2	Appointed	Marcantonio Barbarigo †	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece	Cardinal, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
	30.4	Confirmed	André Colbert †	Bishop of Auxerre, France
	46.4	Appointed	Domingos de Gusmão, O.P. †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
	56.4	Appointed	Carlo Felice de Matta †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
	48.4	Appointed	Piotr Mieszkowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	48.4	Appointed	Piotr Mieszkowski †	Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos, Titular Sees	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	55.2	Appointed	Salvatore Scaglione, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
7 Jun		Born	Marcello Passari †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
12 Jun	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Crisolini †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
15 Jun		Born	Lorenzo Gioeni d’Aragona †		Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
15 Jun	35.4	Resigned	Gregorio Giuseppe Gaetani de Aragonia †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
21 Jun	66.2	Died	José Bergés †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
24 Jun	35.3	Ordained Deacon	Rodrigo de Moura Telles †	Deacon	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
26 Jun	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Marcantonio Barbarigo †	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece	Cardinal, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Felice de Matta †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Scaglione, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

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