The Year of Our Lord 1616

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Diego de Aguilar, O.P. †	Medina de Rioseco, Spain	Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
	23.8	Ordained Priest	José Argáiz Pérez †	Priest	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
		Born	Paul Aussem †	Köln	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Succeeded	Hermolaus Barbaro †	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
		Born	Rainutius Baschi †	Urbevetan	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
		Died	Timoteo Berardi, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Noli, Italy
		Died	Deigo de Borja, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
		Born	Alfonso Bravo de Laguna, O.F.M. †	Tepeaca, México	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
		Died	Ottaviano Capece †	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
	56.0	Died	Giacomo Antonio Caporali †	Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy
		Born	Carlo Stefano Anastasio Ciceri †	Como	Cardinal, Bishop of Como, Italy
		Born	Giacomo Circio †	Monte Reale	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Battista Comparini †	Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy
	48.0	Succeeded	Antoine de Coues †	Bishop of Condom, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Manuel da Natividade, O.F.M. †	Thomar, Portugal	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
		Died	Jean du Chemin †	Bishop of Condom, France
		Resigned	Marc’Antonio de Dominis †	Archbishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Antonio de São Dionysio, O.F.M. †	Marceos, Portugal	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
		Ordained Bishop	Pedro de São Agostinho Figueira de Cunha Lobo, O.S.A. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
		Born	Francesco Maria Febei †	Orvieto	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
		Ordained Bishop	Pedro Fernández Zorrilla †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
		Born	Paolo Filocamo †	Rheginen	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
		Died	Luigi de Franchis, C.R. †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
		Born	Girolamo Gastaldi †	Taggia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
	42.0	Died	Bernardo Giustiniano †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco González Zárate (de Gamarra) †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Bishop of Avila, Spain
	44.1	Appointed	Orazio Lancellotti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
		Born	Hyacinthe Libelli, O.P. †	Citta di Castello	Archbishop of Avignon, France
		Born	Franz von Lodron †	Trento	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
	54.0	Appointed	Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Cesareo in Palatio	Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
	82.0	Died	Jacques Maistret, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval †	Priest of Toledo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop
	31.9	Ordained Priest	Sebastian Müller †	Priest of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
		Died	Alonso de Peralta †	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
		Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Pérez de Grado †	Bishop of Paraguay	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
	33.0	Succeeded	Carlo Pinti †	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
		Died	Sebastiano Rinaldi †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
		Died	Giulio Rossino †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
		Died	Cornelius Ryan (O’Mulrian), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
		Resigned	Matteo Sanudo †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Succeeded	Matteo Sanudo †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
	75.0	Resigned	Taddeo Sarti †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	António de Santa Maria †	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
		Ordained Priest	Piotr Sokołowski †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
		Born	Domenico Tafuri, O. Trin. †	Napoli	Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy
		Died	Ludovico Taverna †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
		Died	Fulvio Thesauro †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
		Died	Fabio Tempestivo †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
		Born	Thomas Tomassoni, O.P. †	Roma	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
		Died	Domingo Valderrama y Centeno, O.P. †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
		Ordained Bishop	Pedro de Valencia †	Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
Jan		Born	Girolamo Borghesi, O.S.B. †	Senen	Bishop of Pienza, Italy
11 Jan		Appointed	Juan Bravo Lagunas, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	39.0	Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Galderisi †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
	42.0	Installed	Tiberio Muti †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	24.0	Installed	Alessandro Orsini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin
	42.0	Appointed	Giulio Savelli †	Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	42.0	Installed	Giulio Savelli †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	69.0	Installed	Orazio Spínola †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Biagio dell’Anello	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
14 Jan	39.0	Died	Theodor Riphaen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
15 Jan		Died	Luca Semproni †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
17 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Juan Bravo Lagunas, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Antonio Galderisi †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
27 Jan	40.1	Appointed	Cosimo de’ Bardi †	Bishop of Carpentras, France	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	43.1	Appointed	Angelo Gozzadini †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece	Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy
		Appointed	Alfonso Mesía de Tovar †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
	39.1	Appointed	Giovanni Sanctatus, O.P. †	Bishop of Rethymo, Greece
31 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Domenico Bonzi †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia	Coadjutor Bishop of Béziers, France
7 Feb	40.1	Ordained Bishop	Cosimo de’ Bardi †	Bishop of Carpentras, France	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
8 Feb		Appointed	Paolo Emilio Filonardi †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
8 Feb	45.0	Appointed	Pedro González de Mendoza, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
14 Feb	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Gozzadini †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece	Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy
17 Feb	84.1	Died	Pierre de Gondi †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
24 Feb	32.1	Appointed	Angelo della Ciaja †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
	44.1	Appointed	Manuel Afonso de Guerra †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
		Appointed	Felipe Tarsis de Acuña, O.S. †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
28 Feb		Born	Friedrich von Hessen-Darmstadt, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Darmstadt	Cardinal, Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
29 Feb	49.3	Appointed	José González Díez, O.P. †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
12 Mar		Died	Simone Rao Grimaldi †	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
13 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Cristóbal Lobera Torres †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
14 Mar	56.6	Appointed	Wawrzyniec Gembicki †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	50.2	Appointed	Diego Guzmán de Haros †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	16.2	Professed	Antonio Vigo, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
19 Mar	27.2	Ordained Priest	Johann Sternenberg †	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
23 Mar		Appointed	Pedro Fernández Zorrilla †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
		Appointed	Alfonso Santillán Fajardo, O.P. †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
	47.2	Appointed	Evangelista Tornioli, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
Apr	49.4	Ordained Bishop	José González Díez, O.P. †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
4 Apr	64.3	Died	Pompeio Arrigoni †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
		Born	Pierre de Gassion †	Pau	Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France
	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Christoph Weber †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
5 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Paolo Emilio Filonardi †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
9 Apr	64.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Melchior Klesl †	Cardinal, Bishop of Wien, Austria
10 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Juan Zapata Osorio †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
11 Apr		Appointed	Just de Serres, O.S.B. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France	Bishop
13 Apr		Died	Andrea Sorbolonghi †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
18 Apr	50.3	Appointed	Diego Guzmán de Haros †	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
19 Apr		Born	Wojciech Izdebski †	Wierzbolów k. Wklkowyszek	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
20 Apr		Born	Bandino Accarigi †	Parma	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
May		Resigned	Charles Miron †	Bishop of Angers, France	Archbishop of Lyon, France
2 May		Appointed	Achille Caracciolo †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
		Appointed	Giuseppe Delfino †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
		Appointed	Giuseppe Delfino †	Titular Bishop of Paphus	Coadjutor Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
		Appointed	Alessandro di Sangro †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
3 May		Ordained Bishop	Achille Caracciolo †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
3 May		Appointed	Cristovão da Sá e Lisboa, O.S.H. †	Archbishop of Goa, India
18 May	21.2	Installed	Carlo de’ Medici †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
		Appointed	Antonio Díaz †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Vincenzo Lanteri, C.O. †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
		Appointed	Dionisio Martini, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
	44.4	Appointed	Eustachy Wołłowicz †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
19 May	56.4	Appointed	Paweł Wołucki †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
23 May		Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Delfino †	Titular Bishop of Paphus	Coadjutor Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
25 May	50.4	Died	Filippo Spinelli †	Cardinal, Bishop of Aversa, Italy
30 May	42.3	Appointed	Henryk Firlej †	Bishop of Luceoria o Łuck, Ukraine	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	58.4	Appointed	Francisco González Zárate (de Gamarra) †	Bishop of Avila, Spain
	46.4	Appointed	Felipe Guimerá, O. de M. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
	53.4	Appointed	Gregorio Pomodoro †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
5 Jun	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Pomodoro †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
6 Jun		Died	Gian Giacomo Diedo †	Bishop of Crema, Italy
6 Jun	43.4	Succeeded	Pietro Emo, C.R. †	Bishop of Crema, Italy
12 Jun	83.4	Died	Diego Vázquez de Mercado †	Bishop of Manila, Philippines	Archbishop
13 Jun	31.4	Appointed	Guillaume Fouquet de la Varenne †	Bishop of Angers, France
	37.7	Appointed	Fabiano Giustiniani, C.O. †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	51.4	Appointed	Michelangelo Seghizzi, O.P. †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
17 Jun	55.6	Died	Pedro Vega †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
18 Jun		Appointed	Alsono Martín de Zuñiga †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain	Bishop of Osma, Spain
19 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Dionisio Martini, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
24 Jun	69.5	Died	Orazio Spínola †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
26 Jun	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Michelangelo Seghizzi, O.P. †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy