The Year of Our Lord 1598

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	68.0	Resigned	Amador Arrais (de Mondoza), O. Carm. †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Volumnio Bandinelli †	Siena	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of the Titular See
		Appointed	Alessandro Borghi †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Simon Bratulich †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany	Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
		Born	Michael Chumer, O.F.M. †	Grgar	Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
		Ordained Bishop	Bartolomé de la Plaza, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
	51.8	Resigned	Anne de Perusse d'Escars de Giury, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Lisieux, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
		Born	Bernhard Frick †	Hachen	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
		Ordained Bishop	Paul Hurault de l'Hospital †	Archbishop of Aix, France
		Born	Gaspare Mattei †	Rome	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Atene
	78.0	Died	Donald McGonagle (MacGongail) †	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
		Appointed	Orazio Montani (Montano) †	Archbishop of Arles, France
	11.2	Appointed	Leopold Erzherzog von Österreich †	Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Former Bishop-Elect of Passau, Germany
	38.3	Appointed	Claudio Rangoni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Domingo de Salinas, O.P. †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
		Born	Benito Sanchez de Herrera †	Navas de Jorquera	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
		Died	Silvio de Sainte-Croix †	Archbishop of Arles, France
		Born	Antonio Santacroce †	Rome	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
	58.3	Resigned	Cesare Speciano (Speciani) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
		Resigned	Balthasar Wurer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan		Born	Louis Doni d'Attichy †	Paris	Bishop of Autun, France
11 Feb	44.1	Appointed	Jean de Bonsi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Béziers, France
16 Feb	50.1	Appointed	Alonso Avalos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
16 Feb		Appointed	Diego Corrêa de Souza †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
18 Feb	46.1	Succeeded	Luis Cerqueira, S.J. †	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
18 Feb	56.1	Died	Pedro Martins, S.J. †	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
1 Mar	26.2	Ordained Bishop	Henri de Gondi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Paris, France
3 Mar		Died	Jean Sarrazin, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
11 Mar	51.8	Appointed	Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México
	40.2	Appointed	Hector Valladares †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
	40.2	Appointed	Hector Valladares †	Bishop of Tanger, Morocco	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
	70.2	Died	Juan Velázquez de las Cuevas, O.P. †	Bishop of Avila, Spain
26 Mar		Born	Johannes Truchseß von Waldburg-Wolfegg †	Waldsee	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
2 Apr		Appointed	Francisco Arévalo de Zuaco †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
3 Apr		Appointed	Domingo de Ulloa, O.P. †	Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México
3 Apr	70.0	Appointed	Pedro Junco Posada †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
21 Apr	50.3	Resigned	Bernard Maciejowski †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
5 May		Appointed	Francisco Robuster Sala †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
18 May	39.4	Appointed	Johann Jakob Mirgel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
18 May	39.4	Appointed	Johann Jakob Mirgel †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
21 May	21.7	Died	Philipp Wilhelm Herzog von Bayern †	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Regensburg, Germany
25 May	58.4	Appointed	Antonio Calderón de León †	Bishop of Panamá	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
25 May		Appointed	Juan Pedrosa, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
28 May		Installed	Ignacio Santibáñez, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
2 Jun	71.4	Died	Scipione Lancellotti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Salvatore in Lauro
Jul		Died	Pedro Gómez (Fernández) de Córdoba, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala
2 Jul	55.8	Appointed	Sigmund Friedrich Graf Fugger von Kirchberg †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
19 Jul		Installed	Diogo Correia †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
26 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Francisco Arévalo de Zuaco †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
8 Aug		Died	Juan Dimas Loris †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
14 Aug		Died	Ignacio Santibáñez, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
15 Aug		Born	Juan Piñeiro Osorio †	Villena	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
16 Aug	64.6	Ordained Bishop	Garcia de Loaysa Giron †	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
31 Aug		Appointed	Diego Aponte Quiñones, O.S. †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
31 Aug	63.7	Appointed	Reginaldo de Lizárraga, O.P. †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile	Bishop of Paraguay
6 Sep	70.4	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Junco Posada †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
18 Sep	58.7	Confirmed	Jean du Bec (-Crespin) †	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France
		Appointed	Gonzalo Gutiérrez Montilla †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
		Appointed	Jorge de Padilla, O.P. †	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
30 Sep	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Jean de Bonsi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Béziers, France
6 Oct	53.0	Died	Johann Otto von Gemmingen †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
8 Oct		Appointed	Bernardino Morra †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
13 Oct	56.1	Confirmed	Sigmund Friedrich Graf Fugger von Kirchberg †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
18 Oct	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Alonso Avalos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
30 Oct		Appointed	Charles de Bourgneuf †	Bishop of Nantes, France	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Malo, France
4 Nov		Born	Ernst Adalbert von Harrach zu Rohrau †	Wien	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
8 Nov		Born	François de Villemontée †	Paris	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France
24 Nov	53.9	Died	Peter Binsfeld †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
25 Nov		Appointed	Juan López, O.P. †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
26 Dec	53.7	Died	Neidhart von Thüngen †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany

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