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
		Born	Ippolito Aldobrandini (Jr.) †	Rome	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio
		Appointed	Charles de Balzac (Balsac) †	Bishop of Noyon, France
		Born	Alessandro Bichi †	Siena	Cardinal, Bishop of Carpentras, France
		Appointed	Horace Capponi †	Bishop of Carpentras, France
		Resigned	Alessandro Centurione †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	75.0	Died	Agustín de Cisneros Montesa †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
		Died	François-Annibal d'Estrées †	Bishop of Noyon, France
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Cornelius Gobelius †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
		Born	Nicolaas de Haudion †		Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
	54.0	Appointed	Matthias Hovius †	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	57.0	Appointed	Mathias Lambrecht †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
		Appointed	Giovanni Myra †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
	32.0	Appointed	Pietro Giorgio Odescalchi †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
	43.5	Resigned	Ottaviano Paravicini †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	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
		Resigned	Giovanni Battista Valier †	Bishop of Belluno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Marino Zorzi †	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
8 Jan	35.7	Appointed	Guido Pepoli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio
10 Jan	59.0	Died	Gianfrancesco Morosini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
15 Jan	55.0	Appointed	Metello Bichi †	Bishop of Sovana-Pitigliano, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy
15 Jan		Appointed	Alessandro Boccabarile †	Bishop of Ortona, Italy	Bishop of Ortona a Mare e Campli, Italy
7 Feb	57.1	Appointed	Pedro de Azuaga, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Bishop-Elect
		Appointed	Alfonso Laso Sedeño †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
	45.1	Appointed	Minuccio Minucci †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
11 Feb	34.1	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo †	Coadjutor Bishop of Trento, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
12 Feb	55.3	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
10 Mar	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Minuccio Minucci †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
10 Mar		Appointed	Matteo Rivarola, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
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 y 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	58.8	Died	Filippo Sega †	Cardinal, Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
31 May	68.7	Died	John Leslie †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
5 Jun	44.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Pompeio Arrigoni †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
	48.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Francisco de Ávila †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme
	37.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Ottavio Bandini †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
	57.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Cesare Baronio, Orat. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo
	23.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	51.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Gian Francesco Biandrate di San Giorgio Aldobrandini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy
	50.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Lorenzo Bianchetti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna
	43.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Camillo Borghese †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	30.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Bartolomeo Cesi (Cesa) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
	49.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Cornaro (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
	50.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Anne de Perusse d'Escars de Giury, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
	62.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Mantica †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo
	55.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Fernando Niño de Guevara †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	59.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Lorenzo Priuli †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
	45.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Silvio Savelli †	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
	70.8	Elevated to Cardinal	François-Marie Tarugi, Orat. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy
10 Jun	43.9	Appointed	Flaminio Piatti †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace
18 Jun		Died	Alfonso Guerra, O.P. †	Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México
21 Jun	44.5	Installed	Pompeio Arrigoni †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
	37.7	Appointed	Ottavio Bandini †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
	57.8	Installed	Cesare Baronio, Orat. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo
	23.6	Installed	Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	51.2	Installed	Gian Francesco Biandrate di San Giorgio Aldobrandini †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente	Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy
	50.8	Installed	Lorenzo Bianchetti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna
	43.8	Installed	Camillo Borghese †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	30.5	Installed	Bartolomeo Cesi (Cesa) †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico (Octaviae)	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
	49.5	Installed	Francesco Cornaro (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
	62.3	Installed	Francesco Mantica †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Adriano al Foro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo
	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
	43.5	Appointed	Martín Terrer Valenzuela, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
25 Jun	37.7	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
10 Jul	30.5	Appointed	Ferenc Forgách de Ghymes †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
29 Jul		Appointed	Luigi Lollino †	Bishop of Belluno, Italy
4 Aug		Born	Sebastian Denich †	Ingolstadt	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
9 Aug		Appointed	Henri van Cuyk †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
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 von Hatzfeld †	Crottorf	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
14 Sep	63.9	Died	Francisco de Toledo Herrera, S.J. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina
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
4 Nov		Died	Manuel de Gouveia †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
Dec	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Maximiliano de Austria †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Dec		Appointed	Lelio Landi †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
2 Dec	59.9	Installed	Lorenzo Priuli †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
		Appointed	Claudio Rangoni †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
	71.3	Installed	François-Marie Tarugi, Orat. †	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 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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