The Year of Our Lord 1591

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Andrés Aguado, O.S.A. †	Vallisoletan, Spain	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
	49.0	Appointed	Malaquías Asso, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
	49.0	Appointed	Malaquías Asso, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
		Died	Belisario Baldevino †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
		Died	Giambattista de Benedictis †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
		Died	François de Bouliers †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
		Died	Scipione Bozzuti †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
		Born	Marcantonio Bragadin †	Venezia	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Battista Brugnatelli †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
		Born	Giuseppe Candido †	Syracusan	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
	50.0	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Castrucci †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
		Died	Orazio Celsi †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Francesco Cennini de’ Salamandri †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Born	Diego Chueca †	Cálcena	Bishop of Teruel, Spain
		Born	Hugo Eberhard von Cratz von Schraffenstein †	Engers	Bishop of Worms, Germany
		Born	André Creusen †	Maastricht	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
		Born	Giovanni Battista Deti (Deto) †	Florence	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
		Born	Agazio di Somma †	Simeri	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Antonio de Paola †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
		Born	Sebastiano De Paoli †	Nepi	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
		Appointed	Francesco del Pozzo †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
		Died	Paolo Maria della Rovere †	Bishop of Cagli, Italy
		Born	Alexandre della Stufa (Lotteringhi) †		Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy
		Born	Gennaro Filomarino, C.R. †	Naples	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
		Died	Cesare Gambara †	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
		Died	Pierre de Lambert †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
		Died	Ercole Lamia †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy
		Born	Diego López de la Vega †	Tortuera	Bishop of Coria, Spain
		Died	Pio Loterio, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy
		Died	Ludovico Majorino, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
		Died	Pedro Maldonado †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
		Resigned	Antonio Migliori †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	26.1	Appointed	Philibert François (Filiberto) Milliet de Faverges †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	17.3	Professed	Johannes Pelking (Pelcking), O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
		Died	Pompilio Perotti †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
		Died	Girolamo Petroni †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
		Born	Angelo Picchetti †	Montis Celii	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
		Born	Paolo Piromalli, O.P. †	Siderno en Calabre	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
		Born	Giovanni della Robbia, O.P. †	Florentiae	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
		Died	Pompeo Rocchi †	Bishop of Cavaillon, France
		Died	Ercole Sacrati †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
		Resigned	Annibale Saraceni †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Alexander Sibilia †	Capuae	Bishop of Capri, Italy
		Resigned	Gaspare Silingardi †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy	Bishop of Modena, Italy
		Resigned	Bartolomeu Simões Pereira †	Prelate of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
		Born	Francisco Sotomayor, O.C.S. Aug. †	Lamego	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
		Appointed	Pedro Suarez de Escobar, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop-Elect
		Born	Marco Antonio Tomati †	Caravonica	Bishop Emeritus of Bitetto, France
		Resigned	Pietrantonio Vicedomini †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Nicolas Zoes (Zoesius) †	Priest	Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
7 Jan		Appointed	Mario Bolognini †	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
	36.6	Appointed	Benedetto Giustiniani †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	54.0	Appointed	Lorenzo Priuli †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
		Appointed	Bernardino Quirino, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ardjisch (Arges; Argesch), Romania
		Appointed	Francisco Robuster Sala †	Bishop of Elne, France	Bishop of Vic, Spain
8 Jan		Died	Ottaviano Pasqua †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
12 Jan	32.6	Confirmed	Andreas von Austria (Österreich) †	Coadjutor Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
13 Jan	53.0	Died	Antonio Carafa †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
14 Jan	26.4	Appointed	Federico Borromeo (Sr.) †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Leonardo Bottiglieri †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
	30.8	Appointed	Ascanio Colonna †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	49.0	Appointed	Agostino Cusani †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
	55.6	Appointed	Alessandro Ottaviano de’ Medici †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Alfonso Gregorio †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	49.2	Appointed	Domenico Pinelli (Sr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
	50.0	Appointed	Antonio Maria Sauli †	Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
	30.3	Installed	Paolo Emilio Sfondrati †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia	Cardinal, Bishop of Cremona, Italy
15 Jan		Appointed	Pedro de Moya y Contreras †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain	Archbishop of México, Federal District
20 Jan		Died	Giovanni Placido †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
23 Jan	48.5	Confirmed	Kaspar von Seckendorff †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
29 Jan	63.1	Died	Marquard von Berg †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
30 Jan	43.1	Appointed	Wojciech Baranowski †	Bishop of Płock, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	51.4	Appointed	Cesare Speciano (Speciani) †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
		Appointed	Flaminio Torricella †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy
3 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Leonardo Bottiglieri †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
8 Feb	67.1	Appointed	Giulio Canani †	Cardinal, Bishop of Modena, Italy
		Appointed	Pietro Martire Ponzone †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
	39.1	Appointed	Alfonso Visconti, C.O. †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
13 Feb		Appointed	Laurentius Laureti, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Adria, Italy
	60.1	Appointed	Alfonso Paleotti †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bologna, Italy	Archbishop
	60.1	Appointed	Alfonso Paleotti †	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
		Died	Vincenzo Torfanini †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
		Appointed	Alberto Valier †	Titular Bishop of Famagusta	Bishop of Verona, Italy
14 Feb		Resigned	François de Beaucaire de Péguillon †	Bishop of Metz, France	Bishop Emeritus
17 Feb		Died	François Thomé †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Malo, France
18 Feb		Appointed	Carlo Baldini †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
		Appointed	Vincenzo Calcio, O.P. †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
		Appointed	Pietro Ridolfi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
25 Feb	32.7	Succeeded	Andreas von Austria (Österreich) †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
3 Mar		Died	Georgius Manzolus †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
6 Mar	31.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Ottavio Acquaviva d’Aragona (Sr.) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	17.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Odoardo Farnese †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	38.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Ottaviano Paravicini †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
	38.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Flaminio Piatti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
		Appointed	Alessandro Riccardi †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
		Appointed	Pedro Rojas Henríques, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Bishop of Osma, Spain
		Appointed	Gerolamo Vela †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
11 Mar	40.2	Died	Bernhard von Waldeck †	Former Bishop-Elect of Osnabrück, Germany
12 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Riccardi †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
18 Mar		Died	Juan Ruiz de Villarán †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
18 Mar	72.2	Died	Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
20 Mar		Appointed	Ludovico Alferio †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
	56.2	Appointed	Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Appointed	Francisco Avellaneda †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
		Appointed	Vincenzo Bonardo, O.P. †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
	49.3	Appointed	Michele (Bosco) Bonelli, O.P. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
	67.2	Appointed	Giulio Canani †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Bishop of Modena, Italy
	63.5	Appointed	Tolomeo Gallio †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	50.4	Appointed	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	59.2	Appointed	Ludovico Madruzzo †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
		Appointed	Orazio Montani (Montano) †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy	Archbishop of Arles, France
		Appointed	James O’Healy †	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
	68.5	Appointed	Gabriele Paleotti †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
		Appointed	Horatius Sanminiato †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
		Appointed	Fernando de la Vega Fonseca †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
21 Mar		Died	Alexandre Canigiani †	Archbishop of Aix, France
21 Mar	45.4	Selected	Johann Otto von Gemmingen †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
24 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Gregorio †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
24 Mar	60.2	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Paleotti †	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
2 Apr	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Michele (Bosco) Bonelli, O.P. †	Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop
5 Apr	41.8	Appointed	Francesco Maria Bourbon Del Monte Santa Maria †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Comparini †	Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Costanzo †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
	31.3	Installed	Ottavio Acquaviva d’Aragona (Sr.) †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	23.8	Installed	Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont (III) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Administrator of Strasbourg, France
		Died	Piotr Myszkowski †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
		Appointed	Jerónimo Manrique de Lara †	Bishop of Avila, Spain
		Appointed	Pietro Orsini †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
	43.3	Resigned	Giovanni Evangelista Pallotta †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	38.7	Installed	Flaminio Piatti †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
	53.3	Resigned	Mariano Pierbenedetti †	Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
		Appointed	Giulio Cesare Salicini †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
15 Apr	87.3	Died	Gian Girolamo Albani †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
21 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Ludovico Alferio †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Costanzo †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Francisco Robuster Sala †	Bishop of Elne, France	Bishop of Vic, Spain
		Ordained Bishop	Gerolamo Vela †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
26 Apr		Appointed	Bartolomeo Beccari, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
	44.5	Appointed	Sancho Dávila Toledo †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
		Appointed	Paolo De Curtis, C.R. †	Bishop of Ravello, Italy	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
		Appointed	Clemente Polito †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
		Appointed	Paolo Sanvitale †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
28 Apr	59.3	Died	Ippolito de’ Rossi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Pavia, Italy
3 May		Ordained Bishop	Giulio Cesare Salicini †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
5 May		Ordained Bishop	Paolo Sanvitale †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
7 May		Died	Celso Paci †	Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy
10 May		Appointed	Andrés de Ayardis †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
	45.5	Confirmed	Johann Otto von Gemmingen †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
		Confirmed	Gilbert Genebrard, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Aix, France
		Appointed	Wawrzyniec Goślicki †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	72.6	Appointed	Nicolás de Pellevé †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
	57.2	Appointed	St. Alessandro Maria Sauli, B. †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
		Appointed	Scipione Spina †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
15 May		Appointed	Miler Cawell, O.S.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Killala, Ireland
15 May		Appointed	Martín de Salvatierra †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
20 May		Died	Vincenzo Casali †	Bishop Emeritus of Massa Marittima, Italy
26 May		Ordained Bishop	Pedro Rojas Henríques, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Bishop of Osma, Spain
28 May		Died	Giovanni Antonio Lazzari †	Bishop of Amelia, Italy
29 May		Appointed	Pompeo de Nobili †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy
3 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Scipione Spina †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
4 Jun	16.4	Professed	Antonio de Gouvea, O.S.A. †	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Titular Bishop of Cyrene
4 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Pompeo de Nobili †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy
5 Jun	22.9	Appointed	Philipp Sigismund von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop-Elect
21 Jun		Appointed	Fulvio Passerini †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy