The Year of Our Lord 1588

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	José Anglés, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
	83.0	Died	Francesco Bandini Piccolomini †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
		Born	Octave de Bellegarde †		Archbishop of Sens, France
		Died	Pedro Bonet Santamaría †	Bishop of Elne, France
		Ordained Bishop	Gaspar de Andrada (Anorada), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
	64.0	Died	Pedro de Feria (Martín Fernández), O.P. †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México
	58.0	Died	Juan de Medina Rincón y de la Vega, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México
	44.8	Appointed	Pierre de Villars (II) †	Archbishop of Vienne, France	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Francisco Guerra, O.F.M. †	Villagarcía de Campos	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
		Born	Melchor Maldonado y Saavedra, O.S.A. †	Río de la Hacha	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
		Appointed	Mateus de Medina †	Archbishop of Goa, India	Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Ascanio Piccolomini †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
		Born	Wolther Heinrich Freiherr von Strevesdorff †	Neuss	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
		Born	Marcos de Torres y Rueda †	Almazán, Spain	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México
22 Jan	36.1	Appointed	Ludovico de Torres (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
24 Jan	40.1	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Maciejowski †	Bishop of Luceoria o Łuck, Ukraine	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
29 Jan	48.1	Appointed	Andrés Capella, O. Cart. †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
30 Jan		Died	Antonio Manrique, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
31 Jan	36.1	Ordained Bishop	Ludovico de Torres (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
7 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Laso Sedeño †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
12 Feb	56.2	Appointed	Nicolás de Ramos y Santos, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
14 Feb		Died	Antonio Torres †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
19 Feb	52.1	Appointed	Sebastião de Morais de Funchal, S.J. †	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
9 Mar	68.2	Appointed	Antonio de San Miguel Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
16 Mar	41.9	Appointed	Bernardo Sandoval Rojas †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
23 Mar	53.2	Appointed	Laurentius Fabritius †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	53.2	Appointed	Laurentius Fabritius †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Appointed	Pedro Maldonado †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
27 Mar	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Sebastião de Morais de Funchal, S.J. †	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
4 May	56.4	Installed	Nicolás de Ramos y Santos, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
11 May		Appointed	Jerónimo García, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
23 May	55.4	Installed	Pierre de Gondi †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
24 May		Died	Juan Méndez de Salvatierra †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
25 May	37.4	Resigned	Bernhard Graf von Waldeck †	Bishop-Elect of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop-Elect Emeritus
27 Jul		Appointed	Agustín Gaillart, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Elne, France
7 Aug	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Laurentius Fabritius †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
8 Aug		Appointed	Pedro Brandão, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
19 Aug	52.6	Died	Sebastião de Morais de Funchal, S.J. †	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
Sep	71.7	Ordained Bishop	Bartolomé Martinez Menacho y Mesa (Mechado) †	Bishop of Panamá	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
4 Nov	26.4	Appointed	François de Joyeuse †	Archbishop of Toulouse, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
20 Dec	72.0	Installed	Bartolomé Martinez Menacho y Mesa (Mechado) †	Bishop of Panamá	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia

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