The Year of Our Lord 1597

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Pedro de Agurto, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
		Born	Gabriel de Voyer de Paulmy d’Argenson †		Bishop of Rodez, France
		Died	Giovanni Balbi †	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
		Died	Masseo Bardi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
		Born	Pierre de Bedacier, O.S.B. †	Turonen	Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
	40.0	Appointed	Charles de Bourbon-Navarre †	Archbishop of Rouen, France	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Gilles Boutault †	Tours	Bishop of Evreux, France
		Born	Paolo Brizio, O.F.M. †	Bra	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
		Born	Benedetto Cappello †	Venice	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
		Born	Alfonso Castiglion Morelli †	Roma	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
		Born	Giantommaso Gastaldi, O.P. †	Alassio Albinganen	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy
		Born	Dionisio de Cimbrón, O. Cist. †	Autol, Spain	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
		Born	Giovanni Battista Civalli, O.F.M. Conv. †	San Gennesio	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
		Born	Francesco Colonna †	Milazzo	Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy
		Died	Leonardo Fernandes de Sá †	Bishop of Macau, China
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
		Born	Alessandro Egizio †	Minervinen	Bishop of Andria, Italy
		Born	Juan Manuel de Espinosa, O.S.B. †	Sevilla	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
		Born	Jean-Jacques Fauche de Domprel †	Pontarier	Archbishop of Besançon, France
		Born	Dominicus Ferro †	Campi Marani	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
		Succeeded	Giuseppe Ferrerio †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
		Born	Sebastiano Gentili †	Foligno	Bishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy
		Died	Antonio Giannotti da Montagnana †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
		Born	Victor Le Bouthilier †	Paris	Archbishop of Tours, France
		Born	Franciscus Manola †	Spalati	Bishop of Korčula (Curzola, Cursola), Croatia
	26.0	Ordained Priest	João Manuel de Ataíde †	Priest	Archbishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
		Born	Cherubino Manzoni, O.F.M. †	Napoli	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
		Appointed	Ludovico Martelli †	Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
		Born	Gerolamo Mascambruno †	Beneventi	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
		Born	Pompeo Mignucci, O.S.H. †	Offida	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy
		Born	Vincenzo Milani †	Tarvisii	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
		Born	Antonio Montecatino †	Ferrariae	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
	37.0	Died	Alessandro Papatodoro †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
		Died	Alfonso Porzio †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
		Born	Paul Posilovich, O.F.M. †	Glamoch	Bishop of Duvno, Bosnia and Herzegovina
		Born	Antonio Severoli †	Faventiae	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Ambrosius Seibaeus (Seybeus) †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
		Ordained Bishop	Ignacio Santibáñez, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
		Born	Agustín Spínola Basadone †	Genova, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Born	Giovanni Spennazzi †	Senen	Bishop of Pienza, Italy
		Born	Giangiacomo Teodoro Trivulzio †	Milan, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
4 Jan	19.2	Confirmed	Ferdinand von Bayern †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
8 Jan		Appointed	Giulio Caracciolo †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Bishop
		Appointed	Francisco de Tolosa, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Tui, Spain
	46.0	Appointed	Tommaso Zerula †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
11 Jan	18.3	Professed	Fabiano Giustiniani, C.O. †	Member of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
11 Jan		Died	Simon de Maillé de Brézé †	Archbishop of Tours, France
18 Jan		Born	Pietro Antonio Spinelli †	Torre	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
20 Jan		Appointed	Thomas Strong †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
24 Jan	45.1	Appointed	Pompeio Arrigoni †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
		Appointed	Sinolfo Benci †	Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy
		Appointed	Cosimo de Angelis †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
		Appointed	Raffaele Inviziati †	Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
	62.8	Appointed	Francesco Mantica †	Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
29 Jan		Appointed	Juan de Labrada, O.P. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
29 Jan	38.1	Appointed	Vincenzo Querini †	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
5 Feb	55.1	Died	Lorenzo Vittori †	Archbishop of Candia, Greece
7 Feb	36.1	Appointed	François de La Guesle †	Archbishop of Tours, France
16 Feb	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Maximiliano de Austria †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
16 Feb		Died	Gilbert Genebrard, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Aix, France
27 Feb	64.2	Appointed	Juan Vila †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
28 Feb		Died	Abraham †	Archbishop of Angamalé, India
5 Mar	59.0	Died	Pedro Cerbuna Negro †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
13 Mar	74.2	Died	Marcantonio Colonna (Sr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
21 Mar		Born	Juan Alonso y Ocón †	Villa de Ocón, Spain	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
23 Mar		Installed	Claudio Rangoni †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
26 Mar		Appointed	Guitard de Ratte †	Bishop of Montpellier, France
26 Mar	64.1	Appointed	Fernando Suárez Figueroa †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
14 Apr	46.3	Appointed	Guillaume de Berghes †	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
		Appointed	Jacques Blaes, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France
	44.6	Appointed	Camillo Borghese †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	55.3	Appointed	Celso Mancini †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy
		Appointed	Francisco Martínez de Cenicero †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
		Appointed	Bartolomeo Peretti †	Bishop of Marsi, Italy
21 Apr	49.3	Installed	Francisco de Ávila †	Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
21 Apr	56.3	Installed	Fernando Niño de Guevara †	Cardinal-Priest of San Biagio dell’Anello	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
27 Apr		Died	Gabriele Del Monte †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
13 May		Died	Ascanio Piccolomini †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
17 May		Professed	Vincenzo Lanteri, C.O. †	Member of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
19 May		Died	Jaime Casador †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
21 May		Appointed	Arnauld de Maytie de Mauléon †	Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France
22 May		Born	Karel van den Bosch †	Brussel	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
22 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
Jun	36.4	Ordained Bishop	François de La Guesle †	Archbishop of Tours, France
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	65.5	Resigned	Pierre de Gondi †	Bishop of Paris, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
23 Jun		Born	Thomas Henrici †	Gent	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
28 Jun		Died	Vincenzo Cutelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
4 Jul		Appointed	Tommaso Contarini †	Archbishop of Candia, Greece
4 Jul		Appointed	Diogo de Sousa †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
6 Jul	64.5	Ordained Bishop	Juan Vila †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
19 Jul		Born	Ranuccio (Ranuzio) Scotti Douglas †	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 Nicaragua
31 Jul		Died	Maggiorano Maggiorani (Majorano) †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy
14 Aug		Died	Luis García Haro de Sotomayor †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
17 Aug		Appointed	Juan García †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
18 Aug	77.4	Appointed	Pedro de Deza Manuel †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
		Appointed	Andreas Hofmann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
		Appointed	Andreas Hofmann †	Titular Bishop of Symbalia (Cembalo)	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
	65.6	Appointed	Ludovico Madruzzo †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
	60.6	Appointed	Girolamo Rusticucci †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	65.2	Appointed	Giulio Antonio Santorio †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
		Appointed	Jacques de Serres †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
	47.2	Appointed	Simeone Tagliavia d’Aragonia †	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
24 Aug	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
28 Aug		Born	Giambattista Spada †	Lyon, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
6 Sep		Born	Philipp Friedrich von Breuner †	St. Margarethen	Bishop of Wien, Austria
13 Sep		Died	Antonio Lombardo †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
15 Sep		Appointed	Charles de Balzac (Balsac) †	Bishop of Noyon, France
		Appointed	Nicolas de Briroy †	Bishop of Coutances, France
	72.1	Appointed	François-Marie Tarugi, C.O. †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
23 Sep		Born	Francesco Barberini (Sr.) †	Florence, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
24 Sep	64.7	Died	Juan Vila †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
5 Oct		Died	Luca Antonio Resta †	Bishop of Andria, Italy
5 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Tolosa, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Tui, Spain
13 Oct		Born	Sebastiano Sorrentino †	Cava	Bishop of Troia, Italy
19 Oct	73.8	Died	Cristóbal Senmanat y Robuster †	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela, Spain
30 Oct		Born	Henri Arnauld †	Paris	Bishop of Angers, France
Nov		Ordained Bishop	Miguel de Benavides, O.P. †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
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	43.9	Succeeded	Jean Daffis †	Bishop of Lombez, France
		Appointed	Bartolomé de la Plaza, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
		Appointed	Leonardus Roselli †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	50.9	Appointed	Domingo de Salinas, O.P. †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
		Appointed	Jan Tarnowski †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
11 Nov	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Neytard von Thüngen †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
14 Nov	11.1	Appointed	Leopold Ferdinand von Österreich †	Coadjutor Bishop of Passau, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
17 Nov		Appointed	Luca Antonio Gigli †	Coadjutor Bishop of Alatri, Italy	Bishop
		Appointed	Luca Antonio Gigli †	Titular Bishop of Paphus	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
		Appointed	Lucas Antonio Lilius †	Titular Bishop of Paphus
23 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Jacques Blaes, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France
Dec	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Calderón de León †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
		Born	Ambrosio Fracassini, O.P. †	Brixiae	Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia
		Died	Bonaventura Furlani, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
		Succeeded	Luca Antonio Gigli †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Juan de Labrada, O.P. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
12 Dec		Died	Cesare Nores †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
17 Dec		Died	Hercules Tassoni †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
20 Dec	24.3	Ordained Priest	Johannes Pelking (Pelcking), O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
21 Dec	71.0	Died	Pedro de Aragón †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain