The Year of Our Lord 1616

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Ordained Bishop	Abraham †	Archbishop of Urmyā {Urmia, Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
		Born	Diego de Aguilar, O.P. †		Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
	23.7	Ordained Priest	José de Argáiz Pérez †	Priest	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
		Born	Paul Aussem †		Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Born	Rainutius Baschi †		Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
		Died	Diego de Borja, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
		Born	Alfonso Bravo de Laguna, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Nicaragua
		Died	Ottaviano Capece †	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
	56.0	Died	Giacomo Antonio Caporali †	Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy
		Born	Giacomo Circio †		Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
	68.0	Died	Giovanni Battista Comparini †	Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy
	42.9	Succeeded	Antoine de Coues †	Bishop of Condom, France	Bishop Emeritus
	76.0	Died	Jean du Chemin †	Bishop of Condom, France
	56.0	Resigned	Marc’Antonio de Dominis †	Archbishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Antonio de São Dionysio, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Pedro de São Agostinho Figueira de Cunha Lobo, O.S.A. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
		Born	Francesco Maria Febei †		Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
	61.0	Died	Cristovão de Jesu Fonseca, O.SS.T. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal
		Born	Girolamo Gastaldi †		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 Ávila, Spain
		Born	Roger de Harlay de Cési †		Bishop of Lodève, France
		Died	Jesu-Yab †	Archbishop of Urmyā {Urmia, Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
	44.0	Appointed	Orazio Lancellotti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
		Born	Giacinto Libelli, O.P. †		Archbishop of Avignon, France
		Born	Franz von Lodron †		Bishop of Gurk, Austria
	54.0	Appointed	Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo †	Cardinal-Priest of San Cesareo in Palatio	Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
		Born	Matías de Moratinos y Santos †		Bishop of Segovia, Spain
	31.9	Ordained Priest	Sebastian Müller †	Priest of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
		Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Pérez de Grado †	Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
	33.0	Succeeded	Carlo Pinto †	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
		Died	Sebastiano Raynaldi †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
		Born	Juan Riquelme †		Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Died	Cornelius Ryan (O’Mulrian), O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
		Resigned	Matteo Sanudo †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Succeeded	Matteo Sanudo †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
		Born	Diego Sarmiento Valladares †		Bishop Emeritus of Plasencia, Spain
	76.0	Resigned	Taddeo Sarti †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Deodato (Zanucca) Scaglia, O.P. †	Priest	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
	56.0	Resigned	Guillaume Simonin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Mytrofan Druckyj Sokolynskyj †		Bishop of Smoleńsk (Ukrainian), Russian Federation
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Piotr Jan Sokołowski †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Pedro de Solier y Vargas, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
		Born	Domenico Tafuri, O.SS.T. †		Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy
		Died	Fulvio Tesorieri †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
		Died	Fabio Tempestivi †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
		Born	Thomas Tomassoni, O.P. †		Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Pedro de Valencia †	Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
9 Jan	76.0	Died	Giulio Rossino †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
11 Jan		Born	Girolamo Borghese, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Pienza, Italy
		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 Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	24.0	Installed	Alessandro Orsini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa 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 Santa Sabina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	69.0	Installed	Orazio Spínola †	Cardinal-Priest of San 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	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Antonio Galderisi †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
27 Jan	40.0	Appointed	Cosimo de’ Bardi †	Bishop of Carpentras, France	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	43.0	Appointed	Angelo Gozzadini †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece	Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy
	39.0	Appointed	Giovanni Sanctatus, O.P. †	Bishop of Rethymo (Calamona), Greece
31 Jan	25.0	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Bonzi †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia	Coadjutor Bishop of Béziers, France
31 Jan	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Sanctatus, O.P. †	Bishop of Rethymo (Calamona), Greece
7 Feb	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Cosimo de’ Bardi †	Bishop of Carpentras, France	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
8 Feb		Appointed	Paolo Emilio Filonardi †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
	44.9	Appointed	Pedro González de Mendoza, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
	70.1	Appointed	António (de Santa Maria) Lencastre, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
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 Ciaia †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
	44.1	Appointed	Manuel Afonso de Guerra †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
	68.1	Appointed	Felipe Tarsis de Acuña, O.S. †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
27 Feb	50.1	Appointed	Alfonso Mesía de Tovar †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
27 Feb	26.9	Ordained Priest	Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval †	Priest of Toledo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop
28 Feb	32.1	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Della Ciaia †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
28 Feb		Born	Friedrich von Hessen-Darmstadt, O.S.Io.Hieros. †		Cardinal, Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
29 Feb	49.2	Appointed	José González Díez, O.P. †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
7 Mar	64.1	Died	Rui Pires da Veiga †	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
12 Mar		Died	Simone Rao Grimaldi †	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
13 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Cristóbal de Lobera y Torres †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
13 Mar	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Jacob Maximilien Villain †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
14 Mar	54.5	Appointed	Hernando de Arias y Ugarte †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	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
	19.2	Professed	Antonio Vigo, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Lima, Peru
19 Mar	27.2	Ordained Priest	Johann Sternenberg (de Dusseldorf) †	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
	46.2	Appointed	Evangelista Tornioli, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
Apr	68.2	Succeeded	Ermolao Barbaro †	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
	61.2	Died	Diodato Gentile, O.P. †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
	49.3	Ordained Bishop	José González Díez, O.P. †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
4 Apr	64.2	Died	Pompeio Arrigoni †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
		Born	Pierre de Gassion †		Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France
	56.2	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	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Savelli †	Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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		Died	Timoteo Berardi, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Noli, Italy
	73.2	Died	Giulio Giustiniani †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	50.2	Appointed	Diego Guzmán de Haros †	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
19 Apr		Appointed	Paolo Emilio Filonardi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
19 Apr		Born	Wojciech Izdebski †		Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
20 Apr		Born	Bandino Accarigi †		Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
25 Apr	26.3	Ordained Priest	István Sennyey †	Priest	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
27 Apr	70.1	Died	Francesco Barbaro †	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
May	53.3	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
	48.7	Appointed	Henri-François van der Burch †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
3 May		Ordained Bishop	Achille Caracciolo †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
17 May	17.0	Professed	Anastasio Vives de Rocamora, O. Carm. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop Emeritus of Segorbe, Spain
18 May	23.2	Appointed	Henri d’Escoubleau de Sourdis †	Bishop of Maillezais, France	Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
	21.1	Installed	Carlo de’ Medici †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Appointed	Antonio Díaz †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Vincenzo Lanteri, C.O. †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
	40.3	Appointed	László Majthényi †	Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia
		Appointed	Dionisio Martini, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
	44.3	Appointed	Eustachy Wołłowicz †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
19 May	81.3	Resigned	Ludovico Taverna †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
19 May	56.3	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	50.3	Died	Filippo Spinelli †	Cardinal, Bishop of Aversa, Italy
30 May	42.4	Appointed	Henryk Firlej †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	58.4	Appointed	Francisco González Zárate (de Gamarra) †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain
	46.4	Appointed	Felipe Guimerá, O. de M. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
		Appointed	Gavino Manconi †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
	53.4	Appointed	Gregorio Pomodoro †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
5 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Antonio Díaz †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
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 †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
13 Jun	31.4	Appointed	Guillaume Fouquet de la Varenne †	Bishop of Angers, France
	37.7	Appointed	Fabiano Giustiniano 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
19 Jun	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Fabiano Giustiniano Giustiniani, C.O. †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
		Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Lanteri, C.O. †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Dionisio Martini, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
24 Jun	69.4	Died	Orazio Spínola †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
26 Jun	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Michelangelo Seghizzi, O.P. †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
27 Jun		Resigned	Antonio Grimani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
27 Jun	42.4	Appointed	Pietro Valier (Valerio) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy

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