The Year of Our Lord 1596

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Gabriel Adarzo de Santander, O. de M. †	Madrid	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
		Born	Ippolito Aldobrandini (Jr.) †	Rome, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
		Born	Juan de Arguinao y Gutiérrez, O.P. †	Civitate Regum	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
		Born	Alessandro Bichi †	Siena	Cardinal, Bishop of Carpentras, France
		Born	Tiburzio Bollini, O.S.B. †	Roma	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
		Resigned	Marin Braiani (Brajanovic), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Miguel de Cárdenas, O. Carm. †	Matriti	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
		Resigned	Alessandro Centurione †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	75.0	Died	Agustín de Cisneros Montesa †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
		Died	Matteo Colli †	Bishop of Marsi, Italy
		Born	Lorenzo della Robbia †	Florence	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
		Died	François-Annibal d’Estrées †	Bishop of Noyon, France
		Resigned	Gioia Dragomani †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy	Bishop of Pienza, Italy
		Appointed	Vincenzo del Tufo, C.R. †	Bishop of Oria, Italy
		Born	Roberto Fontana †	Mutinae	Bishop of Modena, Italy
		Died	Nicolas Fumée †	Bishop of Beauvais, France
		Born	Domenico Gianuzzi †		Titular Bishop of Dioclea
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Cornelius Gobelius †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
		Born	Nicolaas de Haudion †		Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
		Born	Tommaso Imperato †	Napoli	Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
		Born	Benedek Kisdy †	Szeisen	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
		Born	Remigiusz Koniecpolski †	Gnesnen	Bishop of Chełm, Poland
		Died	Luis Maldonado, O.F.M. †	Bishop-Elect of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
		Died	Gian Vincenzo Micheli †	Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy
		Born	Edmund O’Reilly †	Dublin	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	43.5	Resigned	Ottaviano Paravicini †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Péter Pázmány, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
		Born	Paolo Pellegrini †	Napoli	Bishop of Capri, Italy
	68.0	Ordained Priest	Papirio Picedi †	Priest	Bishop of Parma, Italy
		Died	Sarkis Rizzi el-Bkoufani †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
		Born	François de Robles †	Lille	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
		Born	Tomás Rocamora, O.P. †	Orihuela	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
		Born	Juan Ruiz de Colmenero †	Budia, Spain	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
		Born	Jerónimo Salas Malo de Esplugas †	Lamin Regalis	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
		Died	Orazio Schipano †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
	50.7	Ordained Priest	Neytard von Thüngen †	Priest of Bamberg, Germany	Bishop
		Born	Jacobus Philippus Tomasini †	Paduae	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
		Resigned	Giovanni Battista Valier †	Bishop of Belluno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Juan Vallejo †	Burgos	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
8 Jan	48.0	Appointed	Silvestro Branconi †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy
		Appointed	Vincenzo Capece, C.R. †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
	35.7	Appointed	Guido Pepoli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio
10 Jan	59.0	Died	Gianfrancesco Morosini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
13 Jan		Died	Aymar Hennequin †	Bishop of Rennes, France
15 Jan	55.0	Appointed	Metello Bichi †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy
15 Jan		Appointed	Alessandro Boccabarile †	Bishop of Ortona, Italy	Bishop of Ortona a Mare e Campli, Italy
26 Jan		Died	Gerolamo Vitale de Buoi †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy
28 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Boccabarile †	Bishop of Ortona, Italy	Bishop of Ortona a Mare e Campli, Italy
7 Feb	57.1	Appointed	Pedro de Azuaga, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Bishop-Elect
		Appointed	Alfonso Laso Sedeño †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
	45.1	Appointed	Minuccio Minucci †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
11 Feb	34.1	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo †	Coadjutor Bishop of Trento, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
12 Feb		Appointed	Hermolaus Barbaro †	Coadjutor Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy	Patriarch
		Appointed	Hermolaus Barbaro †	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
	41.1	Appointed	Cristovão de Jesu Fonseca, O.SS.T. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal
	41.1	Appointed	Cristovão de Jesu Fonseca, O.SS.T. †	Titular Bishop of Nicomedia	Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal
	55.3	Appointed	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	38.5	Appointed	Alessandro Marzi de’ Medici †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
15 Feb		Died	Louis de Berlaymont †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
17 Feb	54.1	Died	Nicolò Stizzia †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
18 Feb	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Metello Bichi †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy
18 Feb	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Matthias Van den Hove (Hovius) †	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
19 Feb	38.5	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Marzi de’ Medici †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
20 Feb		Died	Fabio Fornari †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
23 Feb		Died	Jean de L’Aubespine †	Bishop of Orléans, France
23 Feb		Died	Pedro Mártir Palomino, O.P. †	Bishop-Elect of Coro, Venezuela	Bishop
4 Mar		Appointed	Marino Zorzi (Giorgi) †	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
6 Mar		Selected	Jean Sarrazin, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
10 Mar	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Minuccio Minucci †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
11 Mar		Appointed	Dionys Burckard †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
		Appointed	Dionys Burckard †	Titular Bishop of Daulia	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
		Appointed	Giuseppe de Rossi †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Myra (Mira) †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
18 Mar	60.2	Appointed	Carlos Muñoz Serrano †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
18 Mar	49.9	Appointed	Bernardo Sandoval Rojas †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
27 Mar		Appointed	Eugenio Savino †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
Apr		Born	Alessandro Sergardi †	Senis	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy
11 Apr		Born	Martín López de Ontiveros †	Salamanca	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
29 Apr		Appointed	Matteo Rivarola, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
29 Apr	68.3	Appointed	Juan Velázquez de las Cuevas, O.P. †	Bishop of Avila, Spain
1 May	52.3	Died	António de Sousa, O.P. †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
10 May	32.4	Appointed	Pietro Giorgio Odescalchi †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
13 May	46.4	Appointed	Giovanni Stefano Ajazza †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
13 May	45.6	Appointed	Antonio Zapata y Cisneros †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
20 May	55.4	Appointed	Miguel Rangel, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
26 May	71.7	Died	Johann von Haugwitz †	Former Bishop-Elect of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
29 May		Appointed	Orazio Basilisco †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
29 May	58.8	Died	Filippo Sega †	Cardinal, Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
31 May	68.7	Died	John Leslie (Lesley) †	Bishop of Coutances, France
5 Jun	44.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Pompeio Arrigoni †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
	48.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Francisco de Ávila †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
	37.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Ottavio Bandini †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
	57.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Cesare Baronio, C.O. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
	23.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	51.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Gian Francesco Biandrate di San Giorgio Aldobrandini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy
	50.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Lorenzo Bianchetti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
	43.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Camillo Borghese †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	30.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Bartolomeo Cesi (Cesa) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
	49.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Cornaro (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
	50.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Anne d’Escars de Givry (de Pérusse), O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
	62.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Mantica †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
	55.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Fernando Niño de Guevara †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	59.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Lorenzo Priuli †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
	45.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Silvio Savelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via
	70.8	Elevated to Cardinal	François-Marie Tarugi, C.O. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy
7 Jun		Appointed	István Fehérkövy †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
10 Jun	43.9	Appointed	Flaminio Piatti †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
18 Jun		Died	Alfonso Guerra, O.M. †	Bishop of Michoacán, México
21 Jun	44.5	Installed	Pompeio Arrigoni †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
	37.7	Appointed	Ottavio Bandini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
	57.8	Installed	Cesare Baronio, C.O. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
	23.6	Installed	Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	51.2	Installed	Gian Francesco Biandrate di San Giorgio Aldobrandini †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy
	50.8	Installed	Lorenzo Bianchetti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
	43.8	Installed	Camillo Borghese †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	30.5	Installed	Bartolomeo Cesi (Cesa) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Octaviae)	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
	49.5	Installed	Francesco Cornaro (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
	62.3	Installed	Francesco Mantica †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
	46.5	Appointed	Lorenzo Monzonís Galatina, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
	45.9	Appointed	Silvio Savelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via
	44.5	Appointed	Martín Terrer Valenzuela, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
25 Jun	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Ottavio Bandini †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
28 Jun		Died	Francisco Santos García de Ontiveros y Martínez †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México