The Year of Our Lord 1597

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Giovanni Stefano Aiazza †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
		Born	Gabriel de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson †		Bishop of Rodez, France
		Ordained Bishop	Miguel de Benavides, O.P. †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
		Appointed	Jean-François Bordini †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
	40.0	Appointed	Charles de Bourbon-Navarre †	Archbishop of Rouen, France	Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Jérôme Centelles †	Bishop of Cavaillon, France
		Died	Leonardo Fernandes de Sá †	Bishop of Macau, China
	78.0	Confirmed	Philippe du Bec †	Archbishop of Reims, France
		Appointed	Giuseppe Ferryerio †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
		Appointed	Andreas Hofmann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
		Born	Victor Le Bouthilier †	Paris	Archbishop of Tours, France
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
		Died	Ascanio Piccolomini †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
		Died	Alfonso Porzio †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Ambrosius Seibaeus †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
		Appointed	Diogo de Sousa †	Bishop of Miranda, Portugal	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
		Born	Agustín Spínola Basadone †	Genova, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Neidhart von Thüngen †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
		Appointed	Léonard de Trapes †	Archbishop of Auch, France
		Born	Giangiacomo Teodoro Trivulzio †	Milan	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo
		Appointed	Tommaso Zerula †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
4 Jan	19.2	Confirmed	Ferdinand Herzog von Bayern †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
8 Jan		Appointed	Francisco de Tolosa, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Tui, Spain
11 Jan		Died	Simon de Maillé de Brézé †	Archbishop of Tours, France
20 Jan		Appointed	Thomas Strong †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
24 Jan	45.1	Appointed	Pompeio Arrigoni †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
29 Jan		Appointed	Juan de Labrada †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
7 Feb	35.1	Appointed	François de La Guesle †	Archbishop of Tours, France
16 Feb		Died	Gilbert Genebrard, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Aix, France
	42.1	Appointed	Eucharius Sang †	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
	42.1	Appointed	Eucharius Sang †	Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
27 Feb	64.2	Appointed	Juan Vila †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
5 Mar	59.0	Died	Pedro Cerbuna Negro †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
10 Mar		Appointed	Pedro Jaime †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
21 Mar		Born	Juan Alonso y Ocón †	Villa de Ocón, Spain	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
26 Mar	64.1	Appointed	Fernando Suárez Figueroa †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
14 Apr	44.6	Appointed	Camillo Borghese †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
14 Apr		Appointed	Francisco Martínez de Cenicero †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
19 May		Died	Jaime Casador †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
26 May	50.4	Died	Christoph Weilhamer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
27 May	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Camillo Borghese †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
28 May	50.4	Appointed	Martín Aspi Sierra †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
28 May		Appointed	Pedro Portocarrero †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
11 Jun	62.7	Appointed	Francisco Reinoso Baeza †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
16 Jun	25.5	Confirmed	Henri de Gondi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Paris, France
16 Jun	64.5	Resigned	Pierre de Gondi †	Bishop of Paris, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
23 Jun		Born	Thomas Henrici †	Gent	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
6 Jul	64.5	Ordained Bishop	Juan Vila †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
19 Jul		Born	Ranuccio (Ranuzio) Scotti (Scotto) †	Parma	Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
23 Jul	74.8	Died	Gabriele Paleotti †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
23 Jul	66.6	Succeeded	Alfonso Paleotti †	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
28 Jul		Appointed	Juan Antonio Diaz de Salcedo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
14 Aug		Died	Luis García Haro de Sotomayor †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
17 Aug		Appointed	Juan García †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
18 Aug	65.6	Appointed	Ludovico Madruzzo †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
28 Aug		Born	Giambattista Spada †	Lyon, France	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of the Titular See
1 Sep	49.7	Appointed	Bernard Maciejowski †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
6 Sep		Born	Philipp Friedrich Reichsfreiherr von Breuner †	St. Margarethen	Bishop of Wien, Austria
15 Sep	72.1	Appointed	François-Marie Tarugi †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
23 Sep		Born	Francesco Barberini (Sr.) †	Florence	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
24 Sep	64.7	Died	Juan Vila †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
19 Oct		Died	Cristóbal Robuster Senmanat †	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela, Spain
30 Oct		Born	Henri Arnauld †	Paris	Bishop of Angers, France
Nov	58.8	Died	Pedro de Azuaga, O.F.M. †	Bishop-Elect of Santiago de Chile
8 Nov	63.9	Died	Juan Bautista Pérez Rubert †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
10 Nov		Appointed	Bartolomé de la Plaza, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
10 Nov	50.9	Appointed	Domingo de Salinas, O.P. †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
14 Nov	11.1	Appointed	Leopold Erzherzog von Österreich †	Coadjutor Bishop of Passau, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
17 Dec	24.3	Ordained Priest	Johannes Pelcking, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
21 Dec	71.0	Died	Pedro de Aragón †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain

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