The Year of Our Lord 1608

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	60.0	Appointed	Wojciech Baranowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	49.0	Resigned	Ottavio Belmosto (Belmusti) †	Bishop of Aleria, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Marinus Bizzius †	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
		Appointed	Benjamin de Brichanteau †	Coadjutor Bishop of Laon, France	Bishop
		Appointed	Benjamin de Brichanteau †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Bishop of Laon, France
		Ordained Bishop	Benjamin de Brichanteau †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Bishop of Laon, France
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Jean-Pierre Camus †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Belley, France
		Installed	Agustín de Carvajal, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Panamá	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
		Died	Jérôme Centelles †	Bishop of Cavaillon, France
	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Juan de Cervantes †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
		Died	Alphonse d'Elbène †	Bishop of Albi, France
		Appointed	Ettore Diotallevi †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy	Bishop of Fano, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Stefano Donghi †	Genoa	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
		Died	Luís de Figueiredo e Lemos †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
	72.0	Died	Melchior Giedroyc †	Bishop of Samogizia o Tels (Zmudz), Lithuania
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	García Guerra, O.P. †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
		Born	Pedro de Lencastre †	Azeitão	Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
		Born	Andrzej Leszczyński †	Goluchów	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Resigned	Juan López, O.P. †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Francesco Maria Macchiavelli †	Florence	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Giacomo Macedonio †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
		Born	Ferdinand de Neufville de Villeroy †	Rome, Italy	Bishop of Chartres, France
		Died	Nuno de Noronha †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
		Died	Jorge de Padilla, O.P. †	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
	60.0	Appointed	Guillaume de Péricard †	Bishop of Evreux, France
		Born	Francesco Angelo Rapaccioli †	Collescipoli	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Johannes Kaspar Stredele †	Priest of Wien, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
	33.0	Appointed	Ján Telegdy †	Bishop of Vrhbosna, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
	48.0	Died	Antonio Valente, O.P. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
	66.0	Died	Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
	31.0	Ordained Priest	Diego de Zambrana de Villalobos y Cordero †	Priest	Bishop of Santiago de Chile
Jan	37.0	Died	Fabriziio Perugini †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
7 Jan	56.0	Appointed	Simón Bauzá, O.P. †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
	61.0	Appointed	Juan Castro, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
	46.0	Installed	Giovanni Garzia Millini †	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
19 Jan	60.0	Died	Bernard Maciejowski †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
28 Jan		Appointed	Pomponio de Magistris †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
3 Feb	27.1	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Ubaldini †	Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
4 Feb		Appointed	Baltazar de Covarrubias y Múñoz, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México
	34.9	Appointed	Giovanni (Giannettino) Doria †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Palermo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop
	34.9	Appointed	Giovanni (Giannettino) Doria †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
5 Feb		Died	Blasius Laubich †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
10 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Pomponio de Magistris †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
11 Feb		Appointed	Felipe Tarsis de Acuña †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
27 Feb		Appointed	Berenguer Bardaxi Alagón y Espés, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
3 Mar	55.2	Appointed	Onofre Reart †	Bishop of Vic, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Gerona, Spain
3 Mar	57.2	Appointed	Francisco Terrones del Caño †	Bishop of León, Spain
10 Mar	57.2	Appointed	Prudencio Sandobal, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Tui, Spain	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
27 Mar		Died	Vicente Roca de la Serna †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
Apr	60.3	Died	Antonio de Santo Estevão, O.P. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
20 Apr	53.3	Died	Alfonso Coloma Sa †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
1 May	26.3	Ordained Priest	Georges Hammer †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Magdeburg, Germany
4 May	35.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni (Giannettino) Doria †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
12 May	52.6	Confirmed	Francesco Vendramin †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
18 May	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Prudencio Sandobal, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Tui, Spain	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
23 May	62.2	Appointed	Anne de Perusse d'Escars de Giury, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
26 May	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Vendramin †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
28 May	54.9	Appointed	Juan de Cervantes †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
		Appointed	Domingo Valderrama y Centeno, O.P. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of La Paz, Bolivia	Bishop
	75.4	Appointed	Diego Vázquez de Mercado †	Bishop of Manila, Philippines	Archbishop
2 Jun	48.4	Appointed	Gonzalo de Salazar, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México
2 Jun	61.4	Appointed	Cristóbal Rodríguez Juárez (Suárez), O.P. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
8 Jun	53.4	Died	Juan Bautista Acevedo Muñoz †	Bishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
9 Jun	57.4	Died	Štefan Szuhay †	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
11 Jun	82.8	Died	François-Marie Tarugi †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy
4 Jul	35.5	Appointed	Giambattista Leni †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
5 Jul	35.3	Succeeded	Giovanni (Giannettino) Doria †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
5 Jul		Died	Diego Haëdo †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
14 Jul		Died	Pedro Brandão, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
14 Jul		Appointed	Paolo Orsini †	Bishop of Montalto, Italy
20 Jul	35.6	Ordained Bishop	Giambattista Leni †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
28 Jul	39.6	Appointed	Johann Schöner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
28 Jul	39.6	Appointed	Johann Schöner †	Titular Bishop of Athyra	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
2 Aug	75.5	Died	Fernando Suárez Figueroa †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
8 Sep		Appointed	Ottavio Viale †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
8 Sep	62.7	Died	Jerónimo Xavierre, O.P. †	Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
10 Sep	62.4	Confirmed	Anne de Perusse d'Escars de Giury, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
11 Sep	38.0	Died	Alexandre de Bragança †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
11 Sep	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Johann Schöner †	Titular Bishop of Athyra	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
15 Sep		Born	Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi †	Bologna	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
15 Sep	60.7	Installed	Guillaume de Péricard †	Bishop of Evreux, France
17 Sep		Born	Cesare Facchinetti †	Bologna	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
19 Sep		Born	Alfonso Michele Litta †	Milan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
19 Sep	56.7	Died	Alfonso Visconti †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy
21 Sep	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Felipe Marimón †	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
29 Sep		Died	Carlo Carafa †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
10 Oct	43.5	Appointed	Isidoro Aliaga, O.P. †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
14 Oct		Died	Pedro de Agurto, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
21 Oct	47.8	Died	Valentin Mohr, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
27 Oct	40.6	Appointed	Maffeo Barberini †	Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
5 Nov	42.8	Appointed	Michelangelo Tonti †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth	Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena, Italy
10 Nov		Appointed	Fabrizio Degli Afflitti †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
		Appointed	Pedro Manso †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
	50.9	Appointed	Luis Pereira de Miranda †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
16 Nov	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Michelangelo Tonti †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth	Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena, Italy
17 Nov	63.9	Appointed	Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
24 Nov	26.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi Capponi †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy
	26.9	Appointed	Filippo Filonardi †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	35.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Giambattista Leni †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
	50.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Lanfranco Margotti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	42.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Michelangelo Tonti †	Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena, Italy
	48.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Fabrizio Verallo †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Severo, Italy
10 Dec	30.9	Appointed	Johannes Brenner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
	26.9	Installed	Luigi Capponi †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy
	35.9	Appointed	Giambattista Leni †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
	50.9	Installed	Lanfranco Margotti †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	33.9	Appointed	Domenico Rivarola †	Bishop of Aleria, France	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
	42.9	Installed	Michelangelo Tonti †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola	Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena, Italy
	48.9	Installed	Fabrizio Verallo †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Severo, Italy
21 Dec	27.0	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Filonardi †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
28 Dec	34.0	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Rivarola †	Bishop of Aleria, France	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Nazareth

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