The Year of Our Lord 1655

Bishop Events

July to December

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
4 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Brescia †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
37.5	Ordained Bishop	Marco Crisio †	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
64.5	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Piromalli, O.P. †	Archbishop of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
5 Jul	45.5	Appointed	Orazio degli Albizzi †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
45.5	Appointed	Filippo Cesarini †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy	Bishop of Nola, Italy
23.7	Appointed	Toussaint de Forbin de Janson †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Cardinal, Bishop of Beauvais, France
23.7	Confirmed	Toussaint de Forbin de Janson †	Coadjutor Bishop of Digne, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Beauvais, France
50.5	Appointed	Maxmili�n Rudolf Schleinitz †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
9 Jul	45.5	Appointed	Giuseppe de Rossi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
10 Jul	50.1	Selected	Fran�ois de Bosquet †	Bishop of Montpellier, France
11 Jul	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Orazio degli Albizzi †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
52.5	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Camps de la Carrera y Mol�s †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
45.5	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Cesarini †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy	Bishop of Nola, Italy
45.5	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe de Rossi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
40.2	Ordained Bishop	Georg Sigismund M�ller †	Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Augustamnica	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Maxmili�n Rudolf Schleinitz †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
15 Jul		Installed	Jan Michał Pociej, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Volodymyr (Włodzimierz) et Brėst (Ukrainian)
17 Jul	55.5	Died	Andrea Borgia †	Bishop of Segni, Italy
18 Jul		Born	Vincenzo Corcione †		Bishop of Capaccio, Italy
20 Jul	72.5	Died	Bernard Despruets †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France
22 Jul		Born	Marino Drago †		Bishop of Korčula (Curzola, Cursola), Croatia
23 Jul	59.8	Selected	Anthyme Denis Cohon †	Bishop of N�mes, France
45.3	Selected	Juan Lozano, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
29 Jul		Born	Fulvio Astalli †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	Born	Daniele Sansoni †		Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
Aug		Born	Charles-Nicolas Taffoureau de Fontaine †		Bishop of Alet, France
1 Aug	32.7	Ordained Bishop	Maximilian Gandolf von Kuenburg †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
2 Aug	43.5	Appointed	Bonifacio Agliardi (Alliardi), C.R. †	Bishop of Adria, Italy
70.5	Appointed	Francesco Cherubini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
25.5	Appointed	Francesco de’ Marini †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Molfetta, Italy
47.5	Appointed	Giovanni Stefano Donghi †	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
46.8	Appointed	Cesare Facchinetti †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Spoleto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
35.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Guarchi †	Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece
	Appointed	Ettore Molza †	Bishop of Modena, Italy
	Appointed	Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas (Mendoza) †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), M�xico	Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Tom�š P�llfy ab Erd�d †	Bishop of Csan�d, Hungary	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
50.5	Confirmed	Juan de Paredes, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
33.3	Appointed	Carlo Pio di Savoia †	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
31.2	Appointed	Aleksander Kazimierz Sapieha †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop
31.2	Appointed	Aleksander Kazimierz Sapieha †	Titular Bishop of Methone	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
48.5	Appointed	Wojciech Tolibowski †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
3 Aug	41.5	Appointed	P�l Hoffmann †	Bishop of P�cs, Hungary
	Appointed	Bonaventura Teoli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Archbishop of Myra
8 Aug	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Bonifacio Agliardi (Alliardi), C.R. †	Bishop of Adria, Italy
70.6	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Cherubini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
25.6	Ordained Bishop	Francesco de’ Marini †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Molfetta, Italy
	Ordained Bishop	Ettore Molza †	Bishop of Modena, Italy
9 Aug	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Juan de Paredes, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
10 Aug	83.6	Died	Alfonso de la Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
21 Aug		Born	Bartolomeo Porzio †		Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
29 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Bonaventura Teoli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Archbishop of Myra
30 Aug		Appointed	Marco Antonio Bottoni (Bettoni), T.O.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Frascati, Italy
	Appointed	Marco Antonio Bottoni (Bettoni), T.O.R. †	Titular Bishop of Coronea	Auxiliary Bishop of Frascati, Italy
60.5	Appointed	Pedro Carrillo Acu�a y Bureba †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	Appointed	Giorgio Darmini †	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
27.5	Confirmed	C�sar d’Estr�es †	Bishop of Laon, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
34.6	Appointed	Henri de Villars †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Vienne, France	Archbishop
34.6	Appointed	Henri de Villars †	Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Arabia	Archbishop of Vienne, France
40.3	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Federici †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
50.6	Appointed	Francesco Gaeta (Caieta) †	Bishop of Bitetto, Italy
60.0	Confirmed	Girolamo (J�rome) Grimaldi-Cavalleroni †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Aix, France
35.3	Appointed	Sigismondo Isei †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
59.6	Appointed	Ambrogio Landucci, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
53.6	Appointed	Cherubino Malaspina, O.P. †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
40.6	Died	M�ty�s Tarn�czy †	Bishop of V�c, Hungary
31 Aug		Selected	Pedro Manero, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
Sep	49.6	Succeeded	Gabriel (Havrylo) Kolenda, O.S.B.M. †	Archbishop of Połock (Polotsk) (Ukrainian), Belarus	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
72.6	Died	Anastazy Antoni Seljava (Sielawa), O.S.B.M. †	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
5 Sep	33.4	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Pio di Savoia †	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
12 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Marco Antonio Bottoni (Bettoni), T.O.R. †	Titular Bishop of Coronea	Auxiliary Bishop of Frascati, Italy
40.4	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Federici †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
50.6	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Gaeta (Caieta) †	Bishop of Bitetto, Italy
35.3	Ordained Bishop	Sigismondo Isei †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
59.6	Ordained Bishop	Ambrogio Landucci, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
53.6	Ordained Bishop	Cherubino Malaspina, O.P. †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
18 Sep	22.9	Ordained Priest	Tommaso Guzzoni, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop Emeritus of Sora, Italy
22.9	Ordained Priest	Paolo Naldini, O.E.S.A. †	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
21 Sep	38.7	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Louis Cazet de Vautorte †	Bishop of Lectoure, France	Bishop of Vannes, France
47.8	Ordained Bishop	Andrzej Trzebicki †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Bishop of Krak�w, Poland
26 Sep	27.6	Ordained Bishop	C�sar d’Estr�es †	Bishop of Laon, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
27 Sep		Born	Angelo Acerno †		Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
65.7	Selected	Sigismond Zongor †	Bishop of V�c, Hungary	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyv�rad}, Romania
4 Oct		Born	Lothar Franz von Sch�nborn †		Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
5 Oct	49.7	Appointed	Gabriel (Havrylo) Kolenda, O.S.B.M. †	Administrator of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop
6 Oct		Born	Bernardino Scotti †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio
9 Oct		Born	Matteo Gagliani †		Bishop of Sora, Italy
10 Oct		Born	Fabritius Aurelius de Agostini †		Titular Archbishop of Amasea
16.3	Entered	Alessandro Ciceri (Cicero), S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China
11 Oct	48.1	Appointed	Antonio Barberini (Jr.), O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
	Appointed	Marcello Filonardi †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy
53.7	Appointed	Jan Gembicki †	Bishop of Płock, Poland	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
60.1	Appointed	Girolamo (J�rome) Grimaldi-Cavalleroni †	Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinit� al Monte Pincio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Aix, France
48.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Monti †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
69.7	Confirmed	Juan P�rez Delgado †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
67.8	Appointed	Giulio Cesare Sacchetti †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
66.7	Confirmed	Andr� du Saussay †	Bishop of Toul, France
61.4	Appointed	Bernardino Spada †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
50.7	Appointed	Cyrus Straserra, C.R. †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
12 Oct	75.7	Died	Francesco Adriano Ceva †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca
14 Oct	64.7	Resigned	Marcantonio Bragadin †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
16 Oct	66.7	Died	Giovanni Battista Malaspina †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
17 Oct		Ordained Priest	Guarnerio Guarnieri †	Priest	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
48.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Monti †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
50.7	Ordained Bishop	Cyrus Straserra, C.R. †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
20 Oct		Born	Agostino Cusani †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy
22 Oct		Born	Fabio Brulart de Sillery †		Bishop of Soissons, France
24 Oct	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Barberini (Jr.), O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
29.3	Ordained Bishop	Daniel de Cosnac †	Bishop of Valence and Die, France	Archbishop of Aix, France
45.8	Ordained Bishop	Jan Stefan Wydżga †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
25 Oct		Appointed	Zygmunt Czyżowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
	Appointed	Zygmunt Czyżowski †	Titular Bishop of Lacedaemonia	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
58.8	Confirmed	Juan Emanuel de Espinosa, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
	Appointed	Guarnerio Guarnieri †	Bishop of Segni, Italy	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
42.8	Confirmed	Louis-Hercule de L�vis-Ventadour †	Bishop of Mirepoix, France
	Appointed	Biagio Mazzella, O.P. †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
58.8	Appointed	Pavao Posilović, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Duvno, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Appointed	Paolo Vincenzo Rovero, B. †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
	Appointed	Ram�n Sentmenat y Lanuza †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
27 Oct		Born	Martino Dragolovich (Dragolio) †		Bishop of Nona (Nin), Croatia
	Born	Costanzo Giordano, O.C.D. †		Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
31 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Paolo Vincenzo Rovero, B. †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
Nov		Ordained Bishop	Biagio Mazzella, O.P. †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
5 Nov		Born	Francisco Rodr�guez Mendarozqueta y Z�rate †		Bishop of Sig�enza, Spain
10 Nov		Born	Marcin Załuski †		Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
15 Nov	62.8	Appointed	Louis Barbier de La Rivi�re †	Bishop of Langres, France
70.8	Died	Mart�n de Le�n C�rdenas, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	Born	Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc †		Archbishop of Paris, France
21 Nov		Born	Jo�o de Brito e Vasconcelos †		Bishop of Angra, Portugal
22 Nov		Born	Andrea Santacroce †		Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
25 Nov	54.1	Confirmed	Francisco Cresp�n de Valldaura i Brizuela, O.P. †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
29 Nov	50.9	Appointed	Gerolamo Francesco Miroglio †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
89.7	Appointed	Gregorio Parcero de Castro, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
12 Dec	17.9	Professed	Antonio Tortorelli, O.F.M. Obs. †	Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
18 Dec	22.2	Ordained Priest	Franciscus Maria Graffeo, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
23.2	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Tommaso Rovetta, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
24.2	Ordained Priest	Teofilo Testa, O.F.M. Obs. †	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
19 Dec	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Hercule de L�vis-Ventadour †	Bishop of Mirepoix, France
23.9	Ordained Priest	Domenico Menna †	Priest	Bishop of Minori, Italy
21 Dec	30.2	Ordained Priest	St. Gregorio Giovanni Gasparo Barbarigo †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
23 Dec	76.9	Died	Bernardo Lacabra †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
25 Dec	48.9	Died	Maurizio Solaro (di Moretta) †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
27 Dec	31.9	Ordained Priest	Pierre Lambert de la Motte, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Soci�t� des Missions Etrang�res	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cochin {Cocincina}, Viet Nam
68.9	Died	Francisco de Manso Zu�iga y Sola †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
31 Dec		Born	Nicolaus Antonius de Esterh�zy †		Bishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia

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