The Year of Our Lord 1666

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	61.5	Resigned	Louis Abelly †	Bishop of Rodez, France	Bishop Emeritus
	63.2	Died	Francesco (Franjo) Andrijašević (de Andreis, Andronico) †	Bishop of Nona (Nin), Croatia
		Born	Antonio Balsarini †		Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey
		Born	Andr�s Berkes †		Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa
	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Marcjan Michal Białłozor (Bilozor), O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Pińsk-Turaŭ (Ukrainian), Belarus	Archbishop of Połock (Polotsk) (Ukrainian), Belarus
		Born	Jan Kazimierz de Alten Bokum †		Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Alessandro Bonaventura †	Priest	Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
	79.0	Died	Gasparo Cecchinelli †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
	34.6	Appointed	Flavio Chigi (Sr.) †	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Born	Louis Philippe d’Auneau de Vis� †		Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France
	47.0	Appointed	Antonio del Buffalo, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sig�enza, Spain	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
	19.3	Ordained Priest	Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Mart�n, O. de M. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
		Born	Giacinto Dragonetti, C.O. †		Bishop of Marsi, Italy
		Born	Miguel Estela, O.M. †		Bishop of Jaca, Spain
		Born	Atanasio Esterriga Trajan�uregui †		Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
	62.0	Appointed	Nicolas French †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
		Born	Bartolome Gascon †		Titular Bishop of Iasus
		Born	Juan G�mez de Neva y Fr�as †		Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
		Born	Louis-Fran�ois-Gabriel de H�nin-Li�tard †		Archbishop of Embrun, France
	47.0	Appointed	Judocus Houbraken †	Vicar Apostolic of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
		Born	Jos� Xir�n de Alvarado, O.P. †		Bishop of Nicaragua
	34.1	Selected	Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch Lip�t †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Diego de La Cueva y Aldana †	Priest	Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
		Born	Luigi Maria Lucini, O.P. †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto
		Born	Terence MacMahon (McMahon) †		Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
	69.0	Died	Vincenzo Milani †	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
		Born	Georgius Martonffi †		Bishop of Transilvania, Erd�ly, Siebenb�rgen, Romania
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Ambrose O’Madden †	Priest	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
	48.0	Appointed	Myxajlo Paškovskyj †	Bishop of Smoleńsk (Ukrainian), Poland
	78.0	Died	Juan de Ribera, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
	69.0	Died	Antonio Severoli †	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
	40.3	Selected	Ignaas August Schetz van Grobbendonck †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
		Born	Stefan Wierzbowski †		Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
3 Jan	23.5	Ordained Deacon	Peter Creagh †	Deacon	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
3 Jan	65.0	Died	Gy�rgy Lippay Zombori †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
9 Jan		Born	Tom�s Jos� Ruiz Montes †		Bishop of Cartagena (en Espa�a)
11 Jan	67.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Caro †	Bishop of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy
		Appointed	Filippo de Monti †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	67.0	Died	Johannes Thuanus †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
	83.0	Appointed	Marco Antonio Tomati †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
17 Jan	64.0	Died	Giacomo Corradi †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Filippo de Monti †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	83.0	Ordained Bishop	Marco Antonio Tomati †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
20 Jan		Born	Manuel Jos� de Santa Mar�a y Salazar †		Bishop of Lugo, Spain
23 Jan	56.0	Died	Juan P�rez Guti�rrez, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain
24 Jan	59.0	Died	Giambattista del Giudice †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
26 Jan		Born	Simone Paolo Aleotti †		Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy
1 Feb	40.0	Appointed	Pascual de Arag�n-C�rdoba-Cardona y Fern�ndez de C�rdoba †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	54.0	Died	Bonifacio Agliardi (Alliardi), C.R. †	Bishop of Adria, Italy
	53.9	Appointed	Jos� Berg�s †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
	40.5	Selected	Eugenius Albertus d’Allamont †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
5 Feb		Born	Pietro Vincenzo Platamone, O.P. †		Bishop of Lipari, Italy
7 Feb	23.6	Ordained Priest	Peter Creagh †	Priest	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
8 Feb	74.1	Died	Marcantonio Franciotti †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy
12 Feb		Born	Valentinus Matthias Arcemberski †		Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kij�w and Czernihow), Ukraine
12 Feb		Died	Annibale Sillano †	Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy
14 Feb	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Albert Belin, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Belley, France
14 Feb	25.4	Ordained Priest	James Stritch †	Priest
15 Feb	58.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Innico Caracciolo (Sr.) †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	49.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Giannicol� Conti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	45.2	Appointed	Antonio Graziani †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
	57.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Alfonso Michele Litta †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	37.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Giacomo Filippo Nini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
	42.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy
	51.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Cesare Maria Antonio Rasponi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
	61.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Roberti (de’ Vittori) †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
	53.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Giulio Spinola †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy
	43.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista del Tinto, O. Carm. †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
	48.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Vitaliano Visconti †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
22 Feb	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista del Tinto, O. Carm. †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
24 Feb		Born	Johann Franz Riccilli (Riccius) †		Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France
26 Feb	36.3	Died	Armand de Bourbon †	Abbot Emeritus of Cluny, France
28 Feb	40.1	Ordained Bishop	Pascual de Arag�n-C�rdoba-Cardona y Fern�ndez de C�rdoba †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
1 Mar		Born	Carlos Alam�n Ferrer †		Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
	39.1	Appointed	Giulio Caracciolo, C.R. †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	34.7	Appointed	Fran�ois de Co�tlogon-M�jusseaume †	Coadjutor Bishop of Quimper, France	Bishop
	34.7	Appointed	Fran�ois de Co�tlogon-M�jusseaume †	Titular Bishop of Madaurus	Bishop of Quimper, France
	34.1	Confirmed	Jean-Baptiste de Sade †	Bishop of Cavaillon, France
7 Mar	49.2	Selected	Guidobald von Thun †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
14 Mar		Born	Jean-Jacques Bouhier de Lantenay †		Bishop Emeritus of Dijon, France
14 Mar	34.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste de Sade †	Bishop of Cavaillon, France
15 Mar	49.2	Installed	Giannicol� Conti †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina	Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	41.6	Installed	Neri Corsini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo, Italy
	37.2	Installed	Giacomo Filippo Nini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
	42.7	Installed	Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy
	51.2	Installed	Cesare Maria Antonio Rasponi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
17 Mar	66.6	Resigned	Joseph-Marie de Suar�s †	Bishop of Vaison, France	Bishop Emeritus
18 Mar		Born	Giuseppe Riganti †		Bishop of Teramo, Italy
20 Mar	40.3	Ordained Priest	Ludovico Ciogni †	Priest	Bishop of Venafro, Italy
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Francesco Dominquez, O.E.S.A. †	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Guy de S�ve de Rochechouart †	Priest	Bishop of Arras, France
21 Mar		Born	Francesco Maria Muscettola, C.R. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy
25 Mar	16.5	Professed	St. Giuseppe Maria Tomasi di Lampedusa, C.R. †	Member of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
28 Mar	23.5	Ordained Priest	Fran�ois Bouthillier de Chavigny †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Troyes, France
29 Mar	29.3	Confirmed	Pierre-Armand du Camboust de Coislin †	Cardinal, Bishop of Orl�ans, France
	49.2	Appointed	Giannicol� Conti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	36.2	Appointed	Francesco de’ Marini †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	42.8	Appointed	Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Tommaso Pinelli, C.R. †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
		Appointed	Stefano Ugolini †	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
1 Apr	60.6	Died	Wacław Leszczyński †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
3 Apr		Born	Joseph (a Jesu Maria) Fonseca, O.P. †		Auxiliary Bishop of �vora, Portugal
9 Apr	24.7	Ordained Priest	Pedro de Lepe Orantes (Lope y Dorantes) †	Priest	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
11 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Stefano Ugolini †	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
14 Apr		Died	Ottaviano Carafa †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
18 Apr	34.8	Ordained Bishop	Fran�ois de Co�tlogon-M�jusseaume †	Titular Bishop of Madaurus	Bishop of Quimper, France
19 Apr		Born	Gisbertus Van der Asdonck †		Vicar Apostolic of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
20 Apr		Born	Jaime de Mimbela, O.P. †		Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
22 Apr	62.3	Resigned	Giacomo Altoviti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
23 Apr	55.3	Selected	Gabriel de Voyer de Paulmy d’Argenson †	Bishop of Rodez, France
27 Apr		Born	Francesco Maria Pitoni †		Titular Bishop of Himeria
May	62.3	Ordained Bishop	Gonzalo Bravo de Grajera †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Bishop of Coria, Spain
1 May	44.8	Selected	Guillaume Le Boux †	Bishop of P�rigueux (Vesuna), France
	42.3	Selected	Gabriel de Roquette †	Bishop of Autun, France
		Born	Lorenzo Tartagni †		Bishop Emeritus of Veroli, Italy
2 May	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Giannicol� Conti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
2 May	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy
5 May	51.3	Appointed	Cesare Biandr� (Biandrati) †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
	37.7	Appointed	Francescantonio de Marco †	Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy
	57.6	Installed	Alfonso Michele Litta †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	39.3	Appointed	Ambrogio Maria Piccolomini, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
	45.9	Appointed	Sisto Maria Pironti, O.P. †	Bishop of Sarno, Italy
9 May	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Cesare Biandr� (Biandrati) †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Francescantonio de Marco †	Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy
	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Ambrogio Maria Piccolomini, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Sisto Maria Pironti, O.P. †	Bishop of Sarno, Italy
12 May	34.3	Selected	Hugues de Bar †	Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France	Bishop of Lectoure, France
15 May		Born	Luigi Forni †		Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia, Italy
16 May	64.5	Died	Johann Melchior S�llner †	Auxiliary Bishop of W�rzburg, Germany
26 May	63.5	Died	Antoine d’Arbaut de Bargemont †	Bishop of Sisteron, France
30 May	24.2	Ordained Priest	Ottavio del Rosso †	Priest	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
Jun	48.4	Resigned	Stefano Brancaccio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
6 Jun	23.6	Ordained Priest	Giulio Dalla Rosa †	Priest	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
7 Jun	75.9	Resigned	Emilio Bonaventura Altieri †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Bernardino de C�rdenas Ponce, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
	41.6	Appointed	Claudio Ciccolini †	Bishop of Forli, Italy
		Appointed	Vasco Jacinto de Contreras y Valverde †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
	40.8	Confirmed	Eugenius Albertus d’Allamont †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
	46.6	Appointed	Antonio Fern�ndez del Campo Angulo y Velasco †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain	Bishop of Ja�n, Spain
	53.5	Appointed	Giacomo Franzoni †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
12 Jun	45.5	Installed	Ludovico Giustiniani, O.S.M. †	Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
13 Jun	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Claudio Ciccolini †	Bishop of Forli, Italy
13 Jun	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Franzoni †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
15 Jun	71.1	Selected	Gy�rgy Szelepcs�nyi †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
17 Jun	71.2	Died	Carlo de’ Medici †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
19 Jun	27.2	Ordained Priest	Henri de Barillon †	Priest	Bishop of Lu�on, France
19 Jun	23.2	Ordained Priest	Callisto Lodigeri, O.S.M. †	Priest of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy
20 Jun	29.5	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Armand du Camboust de Coislin †	Cardinal, Bishop of Orl�ans, France
20 Jun		Born	Michele Guardia †		Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
27 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Francisco Verd�n y Molina †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, M�xico	Bishop of Michoac�n, M�xico

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