The Year of Our Lord 1599

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Martim Afonso de Melo †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
		Born	Juan Aguirre y Gorozpe †	Tecamachalco	Bishop of Durango, México
		Appointed	Tommasi Balbani †	Bishop of Penne-Atri, Italy
		Appointed	Albert de Bellièvre †	Archbishop of Lyon, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.0	Appointed	Guillaume de Berghes †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
	46.3	Resigned	Camillo Borghese †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Born	Pietro Maria Borghese †	Siena, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Crisogono
		Appointed	João de Bragança †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
		Born	Filippo Casoni †	Sarzana	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
	32.0	Ordained Priest	Diego Correia Valente, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
		Born	Pedro de Reina Maldonado †	Lima, Peru	Bishop-Elect of Santiago de Cuba
	55.8	Resigned	Pierre de Villars (II) †	Archbishop of Vienne, France	Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Jérôme de Villars †	Archbishop of Vienne, France
	54.0	Resigned	Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
		Born	Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana, O. Cist. †	Madrid, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
		Died	Jaime Miguel Miguélez †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese
		Appointed	Horace Montano †	Archbishop of Arles, France
		Resigned	Tadeo O'Farrell (MacEoga), O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Clonfert, Ireland
		Born	Johannes Thuanus †	Grosotto	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
		Born	Girolamo Verospi †	Rome	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
		Resigned	Marcantonio Visia (Vitia) †	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	24.0	Ordained Priest	August Wiederin von Ottersbach †	Priest	Prefect of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
9 Jan	58.7	Died	Pierre d'Espinac †	Archbishop of Lyon, France
20 Jan	19.1	Professed	Luis de Cañizares, O.M. †	Member of Minimi	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
21 Jan	49.9	Died	Anton Graf von Schaumberg †	Bishop-Elect of Minden, Germany
22 Jan	48.5	Died	Silvio Savelli †	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople, Turkey
1 Feb	58.1	Appointed	Feliciano Figueroa †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
		Appointed	Diego González Samaniego †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
	60.1	Appointed	Lorenzo Asensio Otaduy Avendaño †	Bishop of Avila, Spain
	46.1	Appointed	Onofre Reart †	Bishop of Elne, France	Bishop Emeritus of Gerona, Spain
		Appointed	Francisco Velarde de la Cuenca †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
4 Feb	43.7	Appointed	Johann Philipp von Gebsattel †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Bishop-Elect
13 Feb		Born	Fabio Chigi †	Siena	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
14 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Francisco Velarde de la Cuenca †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
17 Feb	58.1	Appointed	Pedro Castro Nero †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
22 Feb	65.1	Died	Garcia de Loaysa Giron †	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
3 Mar	56.4	Elevated to Cardinal	St. Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino, S.J. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
	47.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Bonviso Bonvisi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	64.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Guillaume de St-Marcel d'Avançon †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Embrun, France
	30.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Alessandro d'Este †	Cardinal, Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
	28.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
	61.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Arnaud d'Ossat †	Cardinal, Bishop of Bayeux, France
	24.4	Elevated to Cardinal	François d'Escoubleau de Sourdis †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
	52.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Bernardo Sandoval Rojas †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	47.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Alfonso Visconti †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy
10 Mar	46.5	Appointed	Camillo Borghese †	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
14 Mar	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean du Bec (-Crespin) †	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France
17 Mar	56.5	Installed	St. Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino, S.J. †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
	47.7	Installed	Bonviso Bonvisi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	39.2	Appointed	Bertrand d'Eschaux (de Chaux) †	Bishop of Bayonne, France	Archbishop of Tours, France
	28.6	Appointed	Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
	61.7	Installed	Arnaud d'Ossat †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio	Cardinal, Bishop of Bayeux, France
29 Mar	30.4	Appointed	Juan Esteban (Giovanni Stefano) Ferrero, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
19 Apr	29.2	Appointed	Heinrich von Knöringen †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
		Appointed	Fulvio Passerini †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
	53.0	Appointed	Bernardo Sandoval Rojas †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
24 Apr		Died	Diego Aponte Quiñones, O.S. †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
May	29.2	Ordained Priest	Heinrich von Knöringen †	Priest of Augsburg, Germany	Bishop
1 May	30.5	Ordained Bishop	Juan Esteban (Giovanni Stefano) Ferrero, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
1 May	74.3	Died	Johann von Schönenberg †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
2 May	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Feliciano Figueroa †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
21 May		Appointed	Tommaso Vannini †	Bishop of Avellino-Frigento, Italy
26 May	28.8	Appointed	Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
30 May	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Onofre Reart †	Bishop of Elne, France	Bishop Emeritus of Gerona, Spain
Jun	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México
5 Jun	24.3	Ordained Priest	Pierre Bérulle, Orat. †	Cardinal, Priest
13 Jun	29.4	Ordained Bishop	Heinrich von Knöringen †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
13 Jun	47.8	Ordained Priest	Lothar von Metternich †	Priest of Trier, Germany	Archbishop
5 Jul	48.0	Appointed	Bonviso Bonvisi †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
5 Jul	24.7	Appointed	François d'Escoubleau de Sourdis †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
8 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Albert de Bellièvre †	Archbishop of Lyon, France	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Diego González Samaniego †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
18 Jul	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Castro Nero †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
19 Jul	44.2	Confirmed	Johann Philipp von Gebsattel †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Bishop-Elect
2 Aug	33.6	Confirmed	Ferenc Forgách de Ghymes †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
7 Aug	47.9	Appointed	Lothar von Metternich †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
17 Aug	37.6	Appointed	Agustín Dávila y Padilla, O.P. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
18 Aug	12.9	Confirmed	Leopold Erzherzog von Österreich †	Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Former Bishop-Elect of Passau, Germany
2 Sep		Born	Antonio Paiño Sevilla †	Medina de Ríoseco	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
8 Sep	29.0	Ordained Bishop	Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
13 Sep		Appointed	Francisco Ortega, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
27 Sep	50.7	Appointed	Diego Chaves Casas (de Yepes), O.S.H. †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
	44.7	Appointed	Alfonso Coloma Sa †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
	48.7	Appointed	Francisco Virgili †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
30 Sep		Born	Girolamo Farnese †	Parma	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura
10 Oct	58.8	Appointed	Fernando Niño de Guevara †	Archbishop of the Titular See	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
11 Oct	48.1	Confirmed	Lothar von Metternich †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
24 Oct	64.8	Ordained Bishop	Reginaldo de Lizárraga, O.P. †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile	Bishop of Paraguay
29 Oct	57.8	Appointed	Gregor Helfenstein †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
29 Oct	57.8	Appointed	Gregor Helfenstein †	Titular Bishop of Azotus	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
7 Nov		Born	Carlo Emanuele Freiherr von Madruzzo †	Issogne	Bishop of Trento, Italy
8 Nov	32.9	Appointed	Bonifazio Caetani †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
21 Nov		Died	Cristóbal Vela Tavera †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
23 Nov		Appointed	Alfonso Vidal, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
27 Nov	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Niño de Guevara †	Archbishop of the Titular See	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
28 Nov	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Coloma Sa †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
28 Nov	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Virgili †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
1 Dec	68.0	Died	Nicolás de Ramos y Santos, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
4 Dec	79.9	Died	Bernardino Gómez Miedes †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
13 Dec	49.4	Died	Enrico Caetani †	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
15 Dec		Appointed	Pedro Guerrero †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy
15 Dec	43.0	Appointed	Francisco Rodríguez, S.J. †	Archbishop of Angamalé, India	Archbishop of Cranganore, India
21 Dec	25.2	Ordained Bishop	François d'Escoubleau de Sourdis †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France

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