The Year of Our Lord 1606

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	75.0	Resigned	Marcello Acquaviva †	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.0	Appointed	Attilio Amalteo †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	37.7	Appointed	Maffeo Barberini †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Born	Milanus Benzio †	Venice	Bishop of Canea (Cydonia, Egée), Greece
		Born	Gabriel de Boislève †	Andegaven	Bishop of Avranches, France
	40.0	Resigned	Innocenzo Del Bufalo-Cancellieri †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Domenico Cennini †	Clusin	Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
		Died	Angelo Cesi †	Bishop of Todi, Italy
		Born	Bonaventura Claverio, O.F.M. Conv. †	Vigilien	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
		Born	Francesco Clerico, C.R. †	Panormitan	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
		Died	João da Costa †	Prelate of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		Resigned	Paolo De Curtis, C.R. †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio de Alzega (Alcega), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
	61.0	Resigned	Giovanni Delfino †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Balthasar de los Reyes, O.S.Hier. †	Riaza	Bishop of Coria, Spain
		Born	Charles-Auguste de Sales †		Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
		Died	Marco Antonio del Tufo †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
		Died	Octavianus della Vipera †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
		Died	François Fléhard †	Bishop of Grenoble, France
	66.0	Died	Juan Gurrea †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
		Appointed	Bartholomeu Lagarto †	Prelate of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
		Died	Bartholomeu Lagarto †	Bishop-Elect of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		Born	Giovanni Battista Lanfranchi, C.R. †	Napoli	Bishop of Avellino-Frigento, Italy
		Died	Pedro de León †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
		Born	Anne de Lévis-Ventadour †		Archbishop of Bourges, France
		Born	Francesco Maria Mancini †	Rome	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Matteo in Merulana
		Born	Rodrigo de Mandia y Parga †	Ferrol	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
		Died	Giulio Cesare Mariconda, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
		Appointed	Vincenzo Meligne †	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
		Born	Filiberto Milliet de Faverges, C.R.L. †	Torino	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
		Born	Marco Antonio Mandosio †	Roma	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Antonio Onorati †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
		Died	Gian Paolo Palenteri, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy
		Born	Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont †	Beaumont	Archbishop of Paris, France
		Born	Dionisio Pérez Escobosa †	Almazul	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
		Died	Vincenzo Petrolini †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
		Succeeded	Tommaso Piolatto (Biolato), C.R.L. †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
		Born	Sebastiano Pisani †	Venice	Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
		Born	Michel Poncet †	Paris	Archbishop of Bourges, France
		Born	Giovanni Battista Repucci †	Beneventan	Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
		Resigned	Leonardus Roselli †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Lorenzo Sampero †	Sassari	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Sanna †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
	40.0	Resigned	Galeazzo Sanvitale †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Vincentius Saporiti †	Monte Rosso	Bishop of Nebbio, France
		Born	Tommaso de Sarria, O.P. †	Pontevedra	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
		Born	Maxmilián Rudolf Schleinitz †	Warnsdorf	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czech Republic
		Born	Jean-Jacques Séguier de La Verrière †		Bishop of Nimes, France
		Born	Diego de Silva y Pacheco, O.S.B. †	Santiago de Compostela	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
	70.6	Resigned	Domenico Toschi †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Alberto Valier †	Bishop of Verona, Italy
		Born	Girolamo Valvassori, O.S.A. †	Mediolanen	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
9 Jan	46.0	Appointed	Giacomo Antonio Caporali †	Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy
16 Jan	51.0	Appointed	Juan Bautista Acevedo Muñoz †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
	58.0	Appointed	Mateo Burgos Moraleja, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
	62.0	Appointed	Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
	61.0	Appointed	Juan (Giovanni) de Rada, O.F.M. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Patti, Italy	Bishop
20 Jan	58.1	Died	Francisco de Ávila †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme
24 Jan		Appointed	Mateus da Costa Aborim †	Prelate of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
30 Jan		Appointed	Antonio Benegas Figueroa †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
	40.1	Appointed	Innocenzo Del Bufalo-Cancellieri †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, Italy
	45.8	Appointed	Ascanio Colonna †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	31.3	Appointed	François d’Escoubleau de Sourdis †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
	54.6	Appointed	Domenico Ginnasi †	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
9 Feb		Died	Balthasar Wurer †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
13 Feb		Appointed	Eugenio Cattaneo, B. †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
20 Feb		Appointed	Giovanni Luigi Pasolini, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Segni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
20 Feb		Appointed	Giovanni Severini †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
24 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Eugenio Cattaneo, B. †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
24 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Severini †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
27 Feb		Appointed	Fabritius Cocci †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
		Appointed	Stephan Nebelmair †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
		Appointed	Stephan Nebelmair †	Titular Bishop of Halmiros	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
6 Mar	55.2	Died	Zbynék Berka z Dubé a Liepé †	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
19 Mar	39.2	Appointed	Juan de Valle y Arredondo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus
Apr		Born	Ascanio Cassiano †	Terra Montis Regalis Reatin	Bishop of Andria, Italy
3 Apr	34.3	Appointed	Theobald Mansharter †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
3 Apr	34.3	Appointed	Theobald Mansharter †	Titular Bishop of Daulia	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
10 Apr	47.5	Resigned	Ottavio Bandini †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
10 Apr		Appointed	Alessandro Strozzi †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
12 Apr	68.3	Died	Diego de Romano y Govea (Vitoria) †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
17 Apr	47.3	Appointed	Lorenzo Nieto y Corrales Montero Nieto, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
20 Apr	51.3	Died	Alfonso Coloma Sa †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
24 Apr	61.3	Appointed	Alessio Geromoaddi †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
	66.3	Appointed	Ludovico Riva (Ripa) †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
		Appointed	Claude du Vergier †	Bishop of Lavaur, France
26 Apr		Died	Marcantonio Bizzoni †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
28 Apr	51.3	Resigned	Juan Bautista Acevedo Muñoz †	Bishop of Valladolid, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
1 May	74.3	Died	Arnaud Sorbin †	Bishop of Nevers, France
5 May	46.3	Appointed	Fabrizio Verallo †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
10 May	46.4	Appointed	Tomeo Confetto †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
14 May	27.7	Ordained Priest	Fabiano Giustiniani, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
17 May	50.4	Appointed	Decio Carafa †	Titular Archbishop of Damascus	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
18 May	31.2	Died	Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati
23 May		Born	Jean Caramuel y Lobkowitz, O. Cist. †	Madrid	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
	68.4	Died	St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	75.1	Died	Agostino Valier (Valeri, Valieri) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
28 May	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Fabrizio Verallo †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
31 May	45.5	Appointed	Valentin Mohr, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
31 May	45.5	Appointed	Valentin Mohr, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
Jun		Died	Offredo de Offredi †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy
2 Jun	48.4	Appointed	Felipe Marimón †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
5 Jun	46.2	Appointed	Ascanio Colonna †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
5 Jun	55.7	Appointed	Antonio Zapata y Cisneros †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
11 Jun	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Ascanio Colonna †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
12 Jun		Appointed	Octavius Saraceni †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy
19 Jun		Died	Sebastiano Barnaba †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
		Succeeded	Gaspare Cardoso, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
		Appointed	Dionysius Delfino †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
24 Jun		Born	Gabriel de Esparza Pérez †	Pamplona	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain