The Year of Our Lord 1608

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July to December

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Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

4 Jul 51.6 Resigned Jacques Davy du Perron † Administrator of Évreux, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens, France

35.5 Appointed Giambattista Leni † Bishop of Mileto, Italy Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy

60.5 Appointed Guillaume de Péricard † Bishop of Évreux, France

5 Jul 35.2 Succeeded Giovanni (Giannettino) Doria † Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

Died Diego Haëdo † Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

7 Jul 17.9 Appointed Charles de Habsburg (d’Autriche-Styrie) † Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

14 Jul 33.5 Appointed Paolo Orsini, O.P. † Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy

20 Jul 35.5 Ordained Bishop Giambattista Leni † Bishop of Mileto, Italy Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy

28 Jul 60.5 Appointed Wojciech Baranowski † Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

39.5 Appointed Johann Schöner † Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany

39.5 Appointed Johann Schöner † Titular Bishop of Athyra Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany

Aug 42.5 Died Giacomo Candido † Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy

50.5 Died Modesto Gavazzi, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Alife, Italy

2 Aug 75.4 Died Fernando Suárez de Figueroa † Bishop of Zamora, Spain

5 Aug Succeeded Jean de Tulles † Bishop of Orange, France

Died Jean de Tulles † Bishop of Orange, France

10 Aug 11.6 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Battista Civalli, O.F.M. Conv. † Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Palaestina Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia

12 Aug 65.6 Died Jan Gniazdowski, O. Cist. † Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland

31 Aug 60.6 Ordained Bishop Guillaume de Péricard † Bishop of Évreux, France

Sep 54.6 Died Giulio Calvo d’Albeto † Bishop of Sora, Italy

63.6 Died Ilario Cortesi, C.R. † Bishop of Policastro, Italy

2 Sep 62.6 Died Jerónimo Xavierre, O.P. † Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Preachers

10 Sep 62.4 Confirmed Anne d’Escars de Givry (de Pérusse), O.S.B. † Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France

36.6 Appointed Pierre Fenouillet † Bishop of Montpellier, France

42.6 Appointed Filippo Spinelli † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva Cardinal, Bishop of Aversa, Italy

50.6 Appointed Ottavio Viale † Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy

11 Sep 37.9 Died Alexandre de Bragança † Archbishop of Évora, Portugal

Born Giovanni Battista Morra † Bishop of Isola, Italy

12 Sep Died Flaminio Filonardi † Bishop of Aquino, Italy

14 Sep 50.7 Ordained Bishop Ottavio Viale † Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy

15 Sep Born Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

60.7 Installed Guillaume de Péricard † Bishop of Évreux, France

17 Sep Born Cesare Facchinetti † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

19 Sep Born Alfonso Michele Litta † Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

56.7 Died Alfonso Visconte, C.O. † Cardinal, Bishop of Spoleto, Italy

20 Sep Ordained Priest Giovanni Battista Pontano (Montano) † Priest Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy

21 Sep 50.7 Ordained Bishop Felipe Marimón Salvador † Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy

29 Sep Died Carlo Carafa † Bishop of Boiano, Italy

Oct 21.7 Professed Gaspar de Villarroel, O.E.S.A. † Member of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia

10 Oct 43.5 Appointed Isidoro Aliaga, O.P. † Bishop of Albarracin, Spain Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

13 Oct Born José Fageda, O.S.H. † Bishop of Tortosa, Spain

43.0 Died Gregorio (Pompilio) Servanzi, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Trevico, Italy

Appointed Andrzej Wilczyński † Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland

Appointed Andrzej Wilczyński † Titular Bishop of Teodosia Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland

15 Oct 64.7 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 40.5 Appointed Maffeo (Virginio Romolo) Barberini † Bishop of Spoleto, Italy Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

Nov Born Gavino Cattayna, O. Carm. † Archbishop of Sassari, Italy

2 Nov 36.8 Ordained Bishop Pierre Fenouillet † Bishop of Montpellier, France

5 Nov 45.8 Appointed Maciej Pstrokoński † Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

41.9 Appointed Michelangelo Tonti † Titular Archbishop of Nazareth Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena, Italy

10 Nov 36.8 Appointed Fabrizio Degli Afflitti † Bishop of Boiano, Italy

44.8 Appointed Pedro Manso † Patriarch of West Indies, Spain

50.8 Appointed Luis Pereira de Miranda † Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde

16 Nov Elected Youssef Makhlouf el-Douaihy el-Ehdeni † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

41.9 Ordained Bishop Michelangelo Tonti † Titular Archbishop of Nazareth Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena, Italy

17 Nov 46.8 Appointed Girolamo Asteo, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Veroli, Italy

63.8 Appointed Juan González de Mendoza, O.S.A. † Bishop of Popayán, Colombia

19 Nov 76.8 Died Antonio Agelli, C.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Acerno, Italy

Died Péter Radovits † Bishop of Vác, Hungary

23 Nov 46.8 Ordained Bishop Girolamo Asteo, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Veroli, Italy

36.8 Ordained Bishop Fabrizio Degli Afflitti † Bishop of Boiano, Italy

24 Nov 25.8 Elevated to Cardinal Luigi Capponi † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy

26.8 Appointed Filippo Filonardi † Bishop of Aquino, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

72.8 Died Giovanni Battista Giorgi, O.S.B. † Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia

35.8 Elevated to Cardinal Giambattista Leni † Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy

50.8 Elevated to Cardinal Lanfranco Margotti † Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy

46.8 Appointed Varlerius Seta, O.S.M. † Bishop of Alife, Italy

41.9 Elevated to Cardinal Michelangelo Tonti † Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena, Italy

42.8 Elevated to Cardinal Fabrizio Verallo † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Severo, Italy

26 Nov 64.2 Died Luís de Figueiredo e Lemos † Bishop of Funchal, Portugal

27 Nov Died Nuno de Noronha † Bishop of Guarda, Portugal

4 Dec 48.9 Died Tommaso Monti, C.R. † Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy

5 Dec 54.9 Died Sebastiano Aroldi, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Rethymo (Calamona), Greece

7 Dec 46.9 Ordained Bishop Varlerius Seta, O.S.M. † Bishop of Alife, Italy

8 Dec Born Luigi Omodei (Sr.) † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina

10 Dec 49.9 Resigned Ottavio Belmosto (Belmusti) † Bishop of Aleria, France Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

30.9 Appointed Johannes Brenner † Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany

30.9 Appointed Johannes Brenner † Titular Bishop of Symbalia (Cembalo, Balaclawa) Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany

25.9 Installed Luigi Capponi † Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy

61.9 Died Nicolas de Villars † Bishop of Agen, France

35.9 Appointed Giambattista Leni † Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy

50.9 Installed Lanfranco Margotti † Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy

33.9 Appointed Domenico Rivarola † Bishop of Aleria, France Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Nazareth

42.0 Installed Michelangelo Tonti † Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena, Italy

42.9 Installed Fabrizio Verallo † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agostino Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Severo, Italy

14 Dec Selected Franjo Ergelski Hasanović † Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia

15 Dec 65.9 Appointed Giovanni Francesco Leoni † Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy

21 Dec 65.9 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Francesco Leoni † Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy

24 Dec Appointed Gian Gerolamo Campanili † Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy Bishop of Isernia, Italy

28 Dec 26.9 Ordained Bishop Filippo Filonardi † Bishop of Aquino, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

33.9 Ordained Bishop Domenico Rivarola † Bishop of Aleria, France Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Nazareth

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
4 Jul	51.6	Resigned	Jacques Davy du Perron †	Administrator of Évreux, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens, France
35.5	Appointed	Giambattista Leni †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
60.5	Appointed	Guillaume de Péricard †	Bishop of Évreux, France
5 Jul	35.2	Succeeded	Giovanni (Giannettino) Doria †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	Died	Diego Haëdo †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
7 Jul	17.9	Appointed	Charles de Habsburg (d’Autriche-Styrie) †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
14 Jul	33.5	Appointed	Paolo Orsini, O.P. †	Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
20 Jul	35.5	Ordained Bishop	Giambattista Leni †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
28 Jul	60.5	Appointed	Wojciech Baranowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
39.5	Appointed	Johann Schöner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
39.5	Appointed	Johann Schöner †	Titular Bishop of Athyra	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
Aug	42.5	Died	Giacomo Candido †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy
50.5	Died	Modesto Gavazzi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
2 Aug	75.4	Died	Fernando Suárez de Figueroa †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
5 Aug		Succeeded	Jean de Tulles †	Bishop of Orange, France
	Died	Jean de Tulles †	Bishop of Orange, France
10 Aug	11.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Civalli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
12 Aug	65.6	Died	Jan Gniazdowski, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
31 Aug	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Guillaume de Péricard †	Bishop of Évreux, France
Sep	54.6	Died	Giulio Calvo d’Albeto †	Bishop of Sora, Italy
63.6	Died	Ilario Cortesi, C.R. †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
2 Sep	62.6	Died	Jerónimo Xavierre, O.P. †	Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
10 Sep	62.4	Confirmed	Anne d’Escars de Givry (de Pérusse), O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
36.6	Appointed	Pierre Fenouillet †	Bishop of Montpellier, France
42.6	Appointed	Filippo Spinelli †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva	Cardinal, Bishop of Aversa, Italy
50.6	Appointed	Ottavio Viale †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
11 Sep	37.9	Died	Alexandre de Bragança †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
	Born	Giovanni Battista Morra †		Bishop of Isola, Italy
12 Sep		Died	Flaminio Filonardi †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy
14 Sep	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Ottavio Viale †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
15 Sep		Born	Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
60.7	Installed	Guillaume de Péricard †	Bishop of Évreux, France
17 Sep		Born	Cesare Facchinetti †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
19 Sep		Born	Alfonso Michele Litta †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
56.7	Died	Alfonso Visconte, C.O. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
20 Sep		Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Pontano (Montano) †	Priest	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
21 Sep	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Felipe Marimón Salvador †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
29 Sep		Died	Carlo Carafa †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
Oct	21.7	Professed	Gaspar de Villarroel, O.E.S.A. †	Member of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
10 Oct	43.5	Appointed	Isidoro Aliaga, O.P. †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
13 Oct		Born	José Fageda, O.S.H. †		Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
43.0	Died	Gregorio (Pompilio) Servanzi, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Trevico, Italy
	Appointed	Andrzej Wilczyński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
	Appointed	Andrzej Wilczyński †	Titular Bishop of Teodosia	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
15 Oct	64.7	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	40.5	Appointed	Maffeo (Virginio Romolo) Barberini †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
Nov		Born	Gavino Cattayna, O. Carm. †		Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
2 Nov	36.8	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Fenouillet †	Bishop of Montpellier, France
5 Nov	45.8	Appointed	Maciej Pstrokoński †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
41.9	Appointed	Michelangelo Tonti †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth	Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena, Italy
10 Nov	36.8	Appointed	Fabrizio Degli Afflitti †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
44.8	Appointed	Pedro Manso †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
50.8	Appointed	Luis Pereira de Miranda †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
16 Nov		Elected	Youssef Makhlouf el-Douaihy el-Ehdeni †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
41.9	Ordained Bishop	Michelangelo Tonti †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth	Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena, Italy
17 Nov	46.8	Appointed	Girolamo Asteo, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
63.8	Appointed	Juan González de Mendoza, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
19 Nov	76.8	Died	Antonio Agelli, C.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Acerno, Italy
	Died	Péter Radovits †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
23 Nov	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Asteo, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
36.8	Ordained Bishop	Fabrizio Degli Afflitti †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
24 Nov	25.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi Capponi †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy
26.8	Appointed	Filippo Filonardi †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
72.8	Died	Giovanni Battista Giorgi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
35.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Giambattista Leni †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
50.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Lanfranco Margotti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
46.8	Appointed	Varlerius Seta, O.S.M. †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
41.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Michelangelo Tonti †	Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena, Italy
42.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Fabrizio Verallo †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Severo, Italy
26 Nov	64.2	Died	Luís de Figueiredo e Lemos †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
27 Nov		Died	Nuno de Noronha †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
4 Dec	48.9	Died	Tommaso Monti, C.R. †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
5 Dec	54.9	Died	Sebastiano Aroldi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Rethymo (Calamona), Greece
7 Dec	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Varlerius Seta, O.S.M. †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
8 Dec		Born	Luigi Omodei (Sr.) †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
10 Dec	49.9	Resigned	Ottavio Belmosto (Belmusti) †	Bishop of Aleria, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
30.9	Appointed	Johannes Brenner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
30.9	Appointed	Johannes Brenner †	Titular Bishop of Symbalia (Cembalo, Balaclawa)	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
25.9	Installed	Luigi Capponi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy
61.9	Died	Nicolas de Villars †	Bishop of Agen, France
35.9	Appointed	Giambattista Leni †	Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
50.9	Installed	Lanfranco Margotti †	Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
33.9	Appointed	Domenico Rivarola †	Bishop of Aleria, France	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
42.0	Installed	Michelangelo Tonti †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola	Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena, Italy
42.9	Installed	Fabrizio Verallo †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agostino	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Severo, Italy
14 Dec		Selected	Franjo Ergelski Hasanović †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
15 Dec	65.9	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Leoni †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
21 Dec	65.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Francesco Leoni †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
24 Dec		Appointed	Gian Gerolamo Campanili †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
28 Dec	26.9	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Filonardi †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
33.9	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Rivarola †	Bishop of Aleria, France	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Nazareth

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