The Year of Our Lord 1587

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Silvestro Aldobrandini, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Rome, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
		Ordained Bishop	José Anglés, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
		Born	Cipriano Arcón (Azcon) †	Lérida	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
	34.9	Ordained Bishop	Sebastian Breuning †	Titular Bishop of Adramyttium	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
		Born	Alonso de Briceño (Brizeño), O.F.M. †	Santiago, Chile	Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
		Born	Tommaso Carafa †		Bishop of Capaccio, Italy
		Resigned	Vincenzo Casali †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Giovanni Battista Centurione †	Bishop of Savona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Marco Antonio Coccini †	Roma	Bishop of Imola, Italy
		Born	Ferdinando Confalone †		Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
		Born	Girolamo Costanzo †	Napoli	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
		Born	Michael Dalmeras †		Bishop of Vaison, France
		Died	Domenico della Rovere, O.P. †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
		Resigned	François de La Tour †	Bishop of Tréguier, France	Bishop Emeritus of Quimper, France
		Died	Pierre de Villars †	Archbishop of Vienne, France
		Born	Giovanni Battista Falesi, O.P. †	Napoli	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
		Died	Guilio Floretti, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Chiron, Greece
		Born	Savino Florian, O.F.M. †	Ragusae	Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina
		Born	Bernardo Florio, O. Cruc. †	Venice	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
		Born	Lucas García Miranda †	Bujalance, Spain	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
		Born	Andrés García de Zurita †	Hispalen	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
		Died	Giacomo Guidi †	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Atri, Italy
		Ordained Priest	Andreas Hofmann †	Priest of Passau, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	63.8	Resigned	Vincenzo Lauro †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Ordained Priest	Marcus Lyresius †	Priest of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
		Born	Francisco de Manso Zuñiga y Sola †	Cañas, Spain	Bishop of Burgos, Spain
		Born	Girolamo Martini †	Napoli	Bishop of Ugento, Italy
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Valentin Mohr, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
		Born	Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli †	Rome, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
		Died	Silvio Passerini †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
	45.2	Appointed	Domenico Pinelli (Sr.) †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
		Died	Carlo Pisani †	Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy
		Born	Gangolph Ralinger †	Ralingen	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
		Born	Claude de Rebé †	Amplepuis	Archbishop of Narbonne, France
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Francisco Rodríguez, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop of Cranganore (Angamala), India
		Died	Francesco Rusticucci †	Bishop of Fano, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Paolo Savio †	Venice	Bishop of Adria, Italy
	49.4	Resigned	Filippo Sega †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Cardinal, Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
		Born	Prospero Spínola †	Genova	Bishop of Luni e Sarzana, Italy
		Born	Alessandro Tassi †	Roma	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
		Born	Paolo Teutonico †	Nola	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
		Died	Leonardo Truchi (Trucco) †	Bishop of Noli, Italy
		Died	Nicola Ugrinovich, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Smederevo (Semendria), Serbia
		Resigned	Juan Esteban de Urbieta, O.P. †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Gaspar de Villarroel, O.S.A. †	Quito	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
Jan	37.0	Confirmed	Gregor Leisentrit †	Prefect of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
3 Jan		Died	Giovanni Luigi Marescotti †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
4 Jan		Born	Nikolaus von Wolkenstein †	Bruck	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
7 Jan	21.0	Appointed	András Bathóry †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
	37.4	Appointed	Ferdinando de’ Medici †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
		Appointed	Wawrzyniec Goślicki †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	45.3	Appointed	Filippo Guastavillani †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
		Appointed	Fulvio Teofili †	Bishop of Forli, Italy
		Appointed	Leonardo Vairo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
11 Jan		Died	Diego González †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
14 Jan		Appointed	Giovanni Balbi †	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
	47.0	Installed	Girolamo Bernerio, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione	Cardinal, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	59.0	Installed	Girolamo della Rovere †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	34.0	Installed	Antonio Maria Galli †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese in Agone	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
	32.6	Appointed	Benedetto Giustiniani †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	39.9	Installed	Girolamo Mattei †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
		Appointed	Francisco Pacheco de Córdoba †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
	55.3	Installed	Costanzo de Sarnano (Torri), O.F.M. Conv. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
	54.0	Died	Alonso Velázquez †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
15 Jan		Born	Vincenzo Martinelli, O.P. †	Roma	Bishop of Venafro, Italy
21 Jan	72.0	Died	György Draskovics †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
25 Jan	44.7	Died	Georg von Kuenburg †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
28 Jan		Died	Giovanni Gerolamo Mareri †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
Feb		Died	Gómez Zapata †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
9 Feb		Died	Bartolomeu Leitão †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
18 Feb		Appointed	Claudio Marescotti, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
		Appointed	Pietro Ridolfi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
		Died	Fernando Vellosillo Barrio †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
23 Feb		Appointed	Bartolomeo Corsini †	Bishop of Bova, Italy
24 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Pietro Ridolfi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
25 Feb	56.1	Appointed	Marcello Acquaviva †	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Feb	26.9	Installed	Ascanio Colonna †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
26 Feb	50.2	Died	Giovanni Francesco Bonomigni †	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
Mar		Born	Jean Bernard d’Angeloch †	Constantien	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
Mar	31.6	Ordained Priest	Pedro Ginés Casanova †	Priest	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
2 Mar	27.9	Selected	Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Mar		Appointed	Matteo Brumani, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Nicomedia	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
9 Mar	36.1	Ordained Priest	Minuccio Minucci †	Priest	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
11 Mar		Appointed	Paulus Dembski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
11 Mar		Appointed	Paulus Dembski †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
17 Mar		Died	Fabio Mirto Frangipani †	Bishop Emeritus of Caiazzo, Italy
17 Mar		Appointed	Juan Terés †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
18 Mar		Appointed	Juan Bautista Cardona †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
23 Mar	56.4	Died	Charles d’Angennes de Rambouillet †	Cardinal, Bishop of Le Mans, France
Apr		Died	Pietro Lunello †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
4 Apr	68.3	Resigned	Diego de Salamanca, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Bishop Emeritus
6 Apr	55.5	Appointed	Costanzo de Sarnano (Torri), O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
11 Apr		Died	Ottaviano Preconio †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
20 Apr	16.3	Appointed	Alessandro Damasceni Peretti †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
	67.1	Appointed	Pedro de Deza Manuel †	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
	59.6	Appointed	Tolomeo Gallio †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	46.4	Appointed	Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alessio
	60.3	Appointed	Scipione Lancellotti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro
	26.0	Appointed	Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont (II) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio	Cardinal, Apostolic Administrator of Toul, France
	40.2	Appointed	Girolamo Mattei †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
	50.2	Appointed	Antonmaria Salviati †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Papoul, France
	55.5	Appointed	Costanzo de Sarnano (Torri), O.F.M. Conv. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
27 Apr		Appointed	Francisco de Val †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	55.3	Appointed	Ippolito de’ Rossi †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Biagio dell’Anello	Cardinal, Bishop of Pavia, Italy
		Born	Ferdinando Gonzaga †
	70.3	Appointed	Bartolomé Martinez Menacho y Mesa (Mechado) †	Bishop of Panamá	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
		Appointed	Sebastián Perea †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
5 May	54.2	Died	Giovanni Francesco Gàmbara †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
8 May		Born	Benoît-Théophile de Chevron Villette †	Turin	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
11 May	64.4	Appointed	Marcantonio Colonna (Sr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	64.6	Appointed	Gabriele Paleotti †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
		Appointed	Francesco Spera, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
23 May		Ordained Deacon	Charles de Bourgneuf de Cucé †	Deacon of Saint-Malo, France	Bishop of Nantes, France
24 May		Ordained Bishop	Francesco Spera, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
25 May	28.2	Confirmed	Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Jun	39.4	Appointed	Bernard Maciejowski †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
8 Jun		Appointed	Tadeo O’Farrell (MacEoga), O.P. †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
22 Jun		Appointed	Bonaventura Bellemo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Andros, Greece
		Appointed	Juan Ruiz de Villarán †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
	54.4	Appointed	Fernando Suárez Figueroa †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop of Zamora, Spain