The Year of Our Lord 1596

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Ordained Bishop	Pedro de Agurto, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
		Appointed	Horace Capponi †	Bishop of Carpentras, France
	75.0	Died	Agustín de Cisneros Montesa †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
	61.0	Appointed	Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Cornelius Gobelius †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Péter Pázmány, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	68.0	Ordained Priest	Papirio Picedi †	Priest	Bishop of Parma, Italy
		Born	François de Robles †	Lille	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
		Born	Tomás Rocamora, O.P. †	Orihuela	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
		Born	Juan Ruiz de Colmenero †	Budia, Spain	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
		Ordained Bishop	Ignacio Santibáñez, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
	50.7	Ordained Priest	Neidhart von Thüngen †	Priest of Bamberg, Germany	Bishop
15 Jan	55.0	Appointed	Metello Bichi †	Bishop of Sovana-Pitigliano, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy
7 Feb	57.1	Appointed	Pedro de Azuaga, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Bishop-Elect
7 Feb		Appointed	Alfonso Laso Sedeño †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
11 Feb	34.1	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo †	Coadjutor Bishop of Trento, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
12 Feb	56.1	Appointed	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
15 Feb		Died	Louis de Berlaymont †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
18 Feb	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Metello Bichi †	Bishop of Sovana-Pitigliano, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy
23 Feb		Died	Pedro Mártir Palomino, O.P. †	Bishop-Elect of Coro, Venezuela	Bishop
6 Mar		Appointed	Jean Sarrazin, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
11 Mar		Appointed	Dionys Burckard †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
11 Mar		Appointed	Dionys Burckard †	Titular Bishop of Daulia	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
18 Mar	60.2	Appointed	Carlos Muñoz Serrano †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
18 Mar	49.9	Appointed	Bernardo Sandoval Rojas †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
11 Apr		Born	Martín López de Ontiveros †	Salamanca	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
29 Apr	68.3	Appointed	Juan Velázquez de las Cuevas, O.P. †	Bishop of Avila, Spain
13 May	45.6	Appointed	Antonio Zapata Cisneros †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
20 May	55.4	Appointed	Miguel Rangel, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
26 May	71.7	Died	Johann von Haugwitz †	Former Bishop-Elect of Meissen (Meißen), Germany
29 May		Died	Filippo Sega †	Cardinal, Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
31 May	68.7	Died	John Leslie †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
5 Jun	38.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Ottavio Bandini †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
	43.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Camillo Borghese †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	50.2	Appointed	Anne de Perusse d'Escars de Giury, O.S.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
	50.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Anne de Perusse d'Escars de Giury, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
	55.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Fernando Niño de Guevara †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	45.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Silvio Savelli †	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople, Turkey
	70.8	Elevated to Cardinal	François-Marie Tarugi †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy
18 Jun		Died	Alfonso Guerra, O.P. †	Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México
21 Jun	38.5	Appointed	Ottavio Bandini †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
	43.8	Installed	Camillo Borghese †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	46.5	Appointed	Lorenzo Monzonís Galatina, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
	45.9	Appointed	Silvio Savelli †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople, Turkey
	43.5	Appointed	Martín Terrer Valenzuela, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
25 Jun	38.5	Ordained Bishop	Ottavio Bandini †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
28 Jun		Died	Francisco Santos García de Ontiveros y Martínez †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
4 Aug		Born	Sebastian Denich †	Ingolstadt	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
12 Aug	50.6	Appointed	Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
9 Sep	59.1	Appointed	Arnaud d'Ossat †	Bishop of Rennes, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Bayeux, France
13 Sep		Born	Franz Graf von Hatzfeld †	Crottorf	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
22 Sep		Born	Antonio Marenzi †	Trieste	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
23 Sep	40.9	Appointed	Maximiliano de Austria †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
4 Oct	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Muñoz Serrano †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
27 Oct	59.3	Ordained Bishop	Arnaud d'Ossat †	Bishop of Rennes, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Bayeux, France
30 Oct		Resigned	Charles de Bourgneuf †	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France	Bishop Emeritus
30 Oct	56.8	Appointed	Jean du Bec (-Crespin) †	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France
2 Nov	24.8	Appointed	Henri de Gondi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Paris, France
Dec	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Maximiliano de Austria †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2 Dec		Appointed	Claudio Rangoni †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
2 Dec	71.3	Installed	François-Marie Tarugi †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy
15 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Jean Sarrazin, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
18 Dec	20.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Philipp Wilhelm Herzog von Bayern †	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Regensburg, Germany
	67.3	Appointed	Bartolomé de la Plaza †	Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
	43.0	Appointed	Manuel Quero Turillo †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy

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