The Year of Our Lord 1615

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Antonio de Aragón-Córdoba-Cardona y Fernández de Córdoba †	Lucena	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon
		Born	Jacques Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan †	Grignan	Bishop of Uzés, France
		Appointed	Martim Afonso Mexia (de Tovar) †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
	67.0	Died	Wojciech Baranowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	74.0	Resigned	Metello Bichi †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Tommaso Brandolino †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
	93.0	Died	Afonso de Castelo-Branco †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
		Died	Horace Capponi †	Bishop of Carpentras, France
		Appointed	João da Gama †	Bishop of Miranda, Portugal
		Born	Joseph de Montpezat de Carbon †	Saint-Martory	Archbishop of Toulouse, France
		Died	Henri d'Escoubleau de Sourdis †	Bishop of Maillezais, France
		Appointed	Pedro Fernández Zorrilla †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
	33.0	Resigned	Filippo Filonardi †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Gabriel-Philippe de Froullay de Tessé †		Bishop of Avranches, France
		Born	Gaetano Garimberti, C.R. †	Parma	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
	60.6	Appointed	Benedetto Giustiniani †	Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
	27.7	Resigned	Ferdinando Gonzaga †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico
		Born	Antoine-Pierre de Grammont, O.S.B. †		Archbishop of Besançon, France
		Died	Giorgio Lazzari †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
		Born	John Leyburn †		Vicar Apostolic of England, Great Britain
		Resigned	Pedro Ponce de Léon †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Alessandro Petrucci †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
		Born	Lorenzo Raggi †	Genoa	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Born	Cesare Maria Antonio Rasponi †	Ravenna	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina
		Born	Cosme Roger †		Bishop of Lombez, France
	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Pedro de Solier y Vargas, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
		Appointed	Paolo Tolosa, C.R. †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
	48.0	Appointed	François Van Der Burch †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
	55.0	Resigned	Fabrizio Verallo †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
12 Jan	75.0	Appointed	Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
		Appointed	Scipione Pasquali †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
	42.0	Appointed	Cesare Ventimiglia †	Bishop of Terracina, Italy
21 Jan		Born	Laurenz Aidinger †	Erding	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
8 Feb	55.1	Appointed	Christoph Weber †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
8 Feb	55.1	Appointed	Christoph Weber †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
9 Feb	60.0	Appointed	Luis Fernández de Córdoba †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
23 Feb		Born	Johann Franz Reichsgraf von Preysing-Hohenaschau †	München	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
13 Mar		Born	Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello †	Spinazzola	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
24 Mar	66.2	Installed	François Buisseret †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
20 Apr		Born	Georg Sigismund Müller †	Rottenburg	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
1 May	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Christoph Weber †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
2 May	66.3	Died	François Buisseret †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
17 May		Born	Virginio Orsini †	Rome	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
7 Jun		Died	Pedro Manrique, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
13 Jun	22.1	Ordained Priest	Jost Knab †	Priest of Lausanne, Switzerland	Bishop
6 Jul	37.8	Confirmed	Rodrigo da Cunha †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
6 Jul		Appointed	Diego Ordóñez, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
20 Jul	61.6	Installed	Jean de Bonsi †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente	Cardinal, Bishop of Béziers, France
20 Jul	68.8	Appointed	Sancho Dávila Toledo †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
3 Aug		Appointed	Francisco Martínez de Cenicero †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
13 Aug		Appointed	Francisco Martínez Cenicero †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
17 Aug	57.6	Appointed	Francisco González Zárate (de Gamarra) †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Bishop of Avila, Spain
18 Aug		Died	Antonio de Cáceres, O.P. †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
23 Aug	29.6	Succeeded	François de Harlay de Champvallon †	Archbishop of Rouen, France	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Aug	53.2	Died	François de Joyeuse †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
7 Sep		Born	Giuseppe Saggese †	Carpineto Superiore	Bishop of Ravello-Scala, Italy
16 Sep	57.7	Appointed	Ottavio Bandini †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
	50.7	Appointed	Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
		Appointed	Lorenzo Pérez de Grado †	Bishop of Paraguay
	74.7	Appointed	Antonio Maria Sauli †	Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
19 Sep	73.7	Died	Juan Alvarez de Caldas †	Bishop of Avila, Spain
20 Sep		Born	Giambattista Spínola (Sr.) †	Madrid, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova, Italy
28 Sep		Born	Giberto Borromeo †	Milan	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo
28 Sep	45.7	Appointed	Giacomo Serra †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace
6 Oct	64.9	Died	Carlo Bascapè, B. †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
13 Oct		Born	Giambattista Zeccadoro †	Roma	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
16 Oct	49.8	Died	Ferenc Forgách de Ghymes †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
22 Oct		Died	Benedykt Woyna (Wojna) †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
26 Oct		Appointed	Pedro de São Agostinho Figueira de Cunha Lobo, O.S.A. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
6 Nov		Appointed	Cristóbal Lobera Torres †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
7 Nov		Born	Raimondo Capizucchi, O.P. †	Rome	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli
8 Nov	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Rodrigo da Cunha †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
15 Nov		Born	Verissimo de Lencastre †	Lisboa	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
16 Nov	57.9	Appointed	Ferdinando Taverna †	Cardinal, Bishop of Novara, Italy
16 Nov		Appointed	Juan Zapata Osorio †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
17 Nov		Died	Antonio Idiáquez Manrique †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
30 Nov		Died	Francisco de la Cueva, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
2 Dec	20.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo de' Medici †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
	21.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Vincenzo Gonzaga †
	71.9	Died	Alonso González Aguilar †	Bishop of León, Spain
	40.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Louis III de Guise †	Cardinal, Archbishop-Elect of Reims, France
	63.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Melchior Klesl †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Bishop
	26.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	41.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Tiberio Muti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	23.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Alessandro Orsini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin
	41.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Giulio Savelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	53.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Gabriel Trejo y Paniagua †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
	34.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Roberto Ubaldini †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy
	60.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Vendramin †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
3 Dec		Died	Carlo Conti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
16 Dec	57.0	Resigned	Ulpiano (Volpiano) Volpi †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
19 Dec	51.0	Died	Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
20 Dec		Died	Berenguer Bardaxi Alagón y Espés, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
22 Dec		Died	Diego Ordóñez, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain

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