The Year of Our Lord 1599

Bishop Events

July to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

5 Jul 47.9 Appointed Bonviso Bonvisi † Cardinal-Priest of San Biagio dell’Anello Cardinal, Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy

24.6 Appointed François d’Escoubleau de Sourdis † Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France

Appointed Juan de La Roca † Bishop of Popayán, Colombia

Appointed Valeriano Muti † Bishop of Bitetto, Italy Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy

Born Joseph-Marie de Suarès † Bishop Emeritus of Vaison, France

11 Jul Ordained Bishop Diego González Samaniego † Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain

18 Jul Appointed Vincenzo Arrigoni, O.P. † Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia

58.5 Ordained Bishop Pedro Castro Nero † Bishop of Lugo, Spain Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

Ordained Bishop Valeriano Muti † Bishop of Bitetto, Italy Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy

19 Jul 40.5 Appointed Martim Afonso de Melo † Bishop of Lamego, Portugal

34.5 Appointed Antoine de Cros † Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France

44.1 Confirmed Johann Philipp von Gebsattel † Bishop of Bamberg, Germany Bishop-Elect

50.5 Appointed Léger de Plas, O.S.B. † Bishop of Lectoure, France

Appointed Gilles de Septres † Bishop of Toulon, France

Aug 59.5 Died Mychajlo Rohoza † Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

1 Aug 40.5 Ordained Bishop François de Donadieu † Bishop of Auxerre, France Bishop Emeritus

2 Aug Appointed François Baer † Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland

Appointed François Baer † Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Arabia Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland

46.8 Resigned Camillo Borghese † Bishop of Jesi, Italy Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

41.5 Appointed Marco Agrippa Dandini † Bishop of Jesi, Italy

30.5 Appointed Gaspard Dinet † Bishop of Mâcon, France

Appointed Ascanio Parisi † Coadjutor Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy Bishop

Appointed Ascanio Parisi † Titular Bishop of Hebron Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy

7 Aug 47.9 Selected Lothar von Metternich † Archbishop of Trier, Germany

17 Aug 37.6 Appointed Agustín Dávila y Padilla, O.P. † Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

18 Aug 42.6 Confirmed Paweł Albert von Sitsch † Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland Bishop-Elect

12.8 Confirmed Leopold Ferdinand von Österreich † Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg, France Former Bishop-Elect of Passau, Germany

Appointed Martín Vasquez de Arce, O.P. † Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)

22 Aug 41.6 Ordained Bishop Marco Agrippa Dandini † Bishop of Jesi, Italy

29 Aug Ordained Bishop Ascanio Parisi † Titular Bishop of Hebron Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy

Sep Born Jacques de La Haye, O.S.Sp. † Titular Archbishop of Nicaea

1 Sep 37.6 Confirmed Barthélémy Camelin † Bishop of Fréjus, France

29.0 Appointed Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein † Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia

2 Sep Born Antonio Paiño Sevilla † Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

8 Sep 29.0 Ordained Bishop Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein † Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia

44.6 Ordained Bishop Eucharius Sang † Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany

12 Sep 39.6 Ordained Bishop Tomaž Hren (Chrön, Krein) † Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia

13 Sep Appointed Antonio Lauro † Bishop of Belcastro, Italy

Born Agustín Muñoz de Sandoval † Bishop of Cuzco, Peru

Appointed Francisco Ortega, O.S.A. † Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines

18 Sep Appointed Corrado Tartarini † Bishop of Forli, Italy

19 Sep Died Mariano Savelli † Bishop of Gubbio, Italy

21 Sep 53.7 Died Nicolò Mascardi † Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France

26 Sep 58.1 Selected Hipacy (Ipatij) Pociej (Potij) † Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

27 Sep Appointed Francesco Bruschi, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy

69.8 Appointed Diego de Chaves y de las Casas, O.S.H. † Bishop of Tarazona, Spain

44.7 Appointed Alfonso Coloma Sa † Bishop of Barcelona, Spain Bishop of Cartagena (en España)

58.7 Appointed Fernando Niño de Guevara † Titular Archbishop of Philippi Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

48.7 Appointed Francisco Virgili † Bishop of Lérida, Spain

30 Sep Born Girolamo Farnese † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura

3 Oct 42.5 Ordained Bishop Charles de Saint Sixte † Bishop of Riez, France

10 Oct 58.7 Ordained Bishop Fernando Niño de Guevara † Titular Archbishop of Philippi Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

13 Oct 48.1 Confirmed Lothar von Metternich † Archbishop of Trier, Germany

21 Oct Born Didier Dominique Marini † Archbishop of Avignon, France

24 Oct 64.8 Ordained Bishop Reginaldo de Lizárraga, O.P. † Bishop of La Imperial, Chile Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)

28 Oct 33.8 Died András Bathóry † Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Warmia (Ermland), Poland

29 Oct 40.8 Appointed Gregor Helfenstein † Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany

40.8 Appointed Gregor Helfenstein † Titular Bishop of Azotus Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany

1 Nov 40.8 Ordained Bishop Gregor Helfenstein † Titular Bishop of Azotus Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany

3 Nov Appointed Léonard de Trapes, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop of Auch, France

5 Nov 42.8 Appointed Francisco Rodríguez, S.J. † Archbishop of Angamalé, India Archbishop of Cranganore (Angamala), India

7 Nov Born Carlo Emanuele von Madruzzo † Bishop of Trento, Italy

8 Nov Appointed Jean-François Berliet † Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France

32.8 Appointed Bonifazio Caetani † Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy

39.5 Appointed Ascanio Colonna † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Cosmedin Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

25.8 Appointed Jean Ricard de Gourdon de Genouillac de Vaillac † Bishop of Tulle, France

25.8 Appointed Jacques Martin † Bishop of Vannes, France Bishop Emeritus

21 Nov Died Cristóbal Vela y Acuña (Tavera) † Archbishop of Burgos, Spain

22 Nov Died Giovanni Battista Lomellino † Bishop of Isernia, Italy

23 Nov Appointed Alfonso Vidal, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Lipari, Italy

28 Nov 44.9 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Coloma Sa † Bishop of Barcelona, Spain Bishop of Cartagena (en España)

51.9 Ordained Bishop Jorge de Quemado (Queimada), O.S.A. † Titular Bishop of Fesseë Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal

48.9 Ordained Bishop Francisco Virgili † Bishop of Lérida, Spain

29 Nov Appointed Geronimo del Pozzo † Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France Bishop Emeritus

Appointed Alberto Drago, O.P. † Bishop of Termoli, Italy

46.9 Appointed Silvestro Tufo, C.R. † Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy

1 Dec 67.9 Died Nicolás de Ramos y Santos, O.F.M. Obs. † Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

2 Dec Born Natale Caridei † Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia

7 Dec Born Paul Milliet de Challes † Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France

10 Dec Appointed Tommaso Balbani † Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy

11 Dec Died Fulvio Passerini † Bishop of Pistoia, Italy

13 Dec 49.3 Died Enrico Caetani † Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

15 Dec 39.6 Appointed Ascanio Colonna † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

19.8 Appointed Giovanni Battista Deti † Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Appointed Gioia Dragomani † Bishop of Pienza, Italy

45.9 Appointed Girolamo Giustiniani, O.P. † Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece Bishop Emeritus

Appointed Pedro Guerrero † Bishop of Ugento, Italy

19 Dec Ordained Bishop Alberto Drago, O.P. † Bishop of Termoli, Italy

50.9 Ordained Bishop Léger de Plas, O.S.B. † Bishop of Lectoure, France

20 Dec 28.7 Appointed Pietro Aldobrandini † Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy

21 Dec 25.1 Ordained Bishop François d’Escoubleau de Sourdis † Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France

28 Dec 53.9 Died Thomas Vásquez de Liaño † Bishop-Elect of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
5 Jul	47.9	Appointed	Bonviso Bonvisi †	Cardinal-Priest of San Biagio dell’Anello	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
24.6	Appointed	François d’Escoubleau de Sourdis †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
	Appointed	Juan de La Roca †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
	Appointed	Valeriano Muti †	Bishop of Bitetto, Italy	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
	Born	Joseph-Marie de Suarès †		Bishop Emeritus of Vaison, France
11 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Diego González Samaniego †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
18 Jul		Appointed	Vincenzo Arrigoni, O.P. †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
58.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Castro Nero †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	Ordained Bishop	Valeriano Muti †	Bishop of Bitetto, Italy	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
19 Jul	40.5	Appointed	Martim Afonso de Melo †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
34.5	Appointed	Antoine de Cros †	Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France
44.1	Confirmed	Johann Philipp von Gebsattel †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Bishop-Elect
50.5	Appointed	Léger de Plas, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Lectoure, France
	Appointed	Gilles de Septres †	Bishop of Toulon, France
Aug	59.5	Died	Mychajlo Rohoza †	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
1 Aug	40.5	Ordained Bishop	François de Donadieu †	Bishop of Auxerre, France	Bishop Emeritus
2 Aug		Appointed	François Baer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
	Appointed	François Baer †	Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Arabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
46.8	Resigned	Camillo Borghese †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
41.5	Appointed	Marco Agrippa Dandini †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
30.5	Appointed	Gaspard Dinet †	Bishop of Mâcon, France
	Appointed	Ascanio Parisi †	Coadjutor Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy	Bishop
	Appointed	Ascanio Parisi †	Titular Bishop of Hebron	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
7 Aug	47.9	Selected	Lothar von Metternich †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
17 Aug	37.6	Appointed	Agustín Dávila y Padilla, O.P. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
18 Aug	42.6	Confirmed	Paweł Albert von Sitsch †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Bishop-Elect
12.8	Confirmed	Leopold Ferdinand von Österreich †	Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Former Bishop-Elect of Passau, Germany
	Appointed	Martín Vasquez de Arce, O.P. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
22 Aug	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Marco Agrippa Dandini †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
29 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Ascanio Parisi †	Titular Bishop of Hebron	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
Sep		Born	Jacques de La Haye, O.S.Sp. †		Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
1 Sep	37.6	Confirmed	Barthélémy Camelin †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
29.0	Appointed	Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
2 Sep		Born	Antonio Paiño Sevilla †		Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
8 Sep	29.0	Ordained Bishop	Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
44.6	Ordained Bishop	Eucharius Sang †	Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
12 Sep	39.6	Ordained Bishop	Tomaž Hren (Chrön, Krein) †	Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
13 Sep		Appointed	Antonio Lauro †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
	Born	Agustín Muñoz de Sandoval †		Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
	Appointed	Francisco Ortega, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
18 Sep		Appointed	Corrado Tartarini †	Bishop of Forli, Italy
19 Sep		Died	Mariano Savelli †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
21 Sep	53.7	Died	Nicolò Mascardi †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
26 Sep	58.1	Selected	Hipacy (Ipatij) Pociej (Potij) †	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
27 Sep		Appointed	Francesco Bruschi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
69.8	Appointed	Diego de Chaves y de las Casas, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
44.7	Appointed	Alfonso Coloma Sa †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
58.7	Appointed	Fernando Niño de Guevara †	Titular Archbishop of Philippi	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
48.7	Appointed	Francisco Virgili †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
30 Sep		Born	Girolamo Farnese †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura
3 Oct	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Charles de Saint Sixte †	Bishop of Riez, France
10 Oct	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Niño de Guevara †	Titular Archbishop of Philippi	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
13 Oct	48.1	Confirmed	Lothar von Metternich †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
21 Oct		Born	Didier Dominique Marini †		Archbishop of Avignon, France
24 Oct	64.8	Ordained Bishop	Reginaldo de Lizárraga, O.P. †	Bishop of La Imperial, Chile	Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)
28 Oct	33.8	Died	András Bathóry †	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
29 Oct	40.8	Appointed	Gregor Helfenstein †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
40.8	Appointed	Gregor Helfenstein †	Titular Bishop of Azotus	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
1 Nov	40.8	Ordained Bishop	Gregor Helfenstein †	Titular Bishop of Azotus	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
3 Nov		Appointed	Léonard de Trapes, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Auch, France
5 Nov	42.8	Appointed	Francisco Rodríguez, S.J. †	Archbishop of Angamalé, India	Archbishop of Cranganore (Angamala), India
7 Nov		Born	Carlo Emanuele von Madruzzo †		Bishop of Trento, Italy
8 Nov		Appointed	Jean-François Berliet †	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
32.8	Appointed	Bonifazio Caetani †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
39.5	Appointed	Ascanio Colonna †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
25.8	Appointed	Jean Ricard de Gourdon de Genouillac de Vaillac †	Bishop of Tulle, France
25.8	Appointed	Jacques Martin †	Bishop of Vannes, France	Bishop Emeritus
21 Nov		Died	Cristóbal Vela y Acuña (Tavera) †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
22 Nov		Died	Giovanni Battista Lomellino †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
23 Nov		Appointed	Alfonso Vidal, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
28 Nov	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Coloma Sa †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
51.9	Ordained Bishop	Jorge de Quemado (Queimada), O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Fesseë	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Virgili †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
29 Nov		Appointed	Geronimo del Pozzo †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France	Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Alberto Drago, O.P. †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
46.9	Appointed	Silvestro Tufo, C.R. †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
1 Dec	67.9	Died	Nicolás de Ramos y Santos, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2 Dec		Born	Natale Caridei †		Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
7 Dec		Born	Paul Milliet de Challes †		Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
10 Dec		Appointed	Tommaso Balbani †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
11 Dec		Died	Fulvio Passerini †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
13 Dec	49.3	Died	Enrico Caetani †	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
15 Dec	39.6	Appointed	Ascanio Colonna †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
19.8	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Deti †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	Appointed	Gioia Dragomani †	Bishop of Pienza, Italy
45.9	Appointed	Girolamo Giustiniani, O.P. †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece	Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Pedro Guerrero †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy
19 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Alberto Drago, O.P. †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Léger de Plas, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Lectoure, France
20 Dec	28.7	Appointed	Pietro Aldobrandini †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
21 Dec	25.1	Ordained Bishop	François d’Escoubleau de Sourdis †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
28 Dec	53.9	Died	Thomas Vásquez de Liaño †	Bishop-Elect of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)

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