The Year of Our Lord 1603

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Louis Abelly †		Bishop Emeritus of Rodez, France
		Died	Vincenzo Bassi †	Bishop of Andria, Italy
		Born	Henri de Béthune †		Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
	61.0	Died	Francesco Bonfiglio, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano, Italy
	55.0	Died	Silvestro Branconi †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy
		Born	Juan Bravo Lasprilla †	Burgos	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Johannes Brenner †	Priest of Passau, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
		Born	Fabrizio Campana, O.S.B. †	Lucerae	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
		Born	Francisco Camps y Moles †	Celsonen	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
	61.0	Resigned	Andrea Canuto †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Giulio Cesare Carafa †	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
		Died	Lorenzo Celsi †	Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy
		Died	Orazio Ciceroni †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
		Born	Giacinto Cordella †	Firman	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
		Appointed	João da Costa †	Prelate of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		Born	Sebastiano d’Alessandro, O. Carm. †	Motta San Giovanni	Bishop of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy
		Died	Cosimo de Angelis †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
		Died	Andrea de Franchis †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy
		Died	Juan Antonio Diaz de Salcedo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Nicaragua
		Ordained Bishop	Enrique Enríquez, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Osma, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
		Born	Giovan Battista Foppa, C.O. †	Bergamo	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
		Resigned	Antonio de Franchis, C.R. †	Bishop of Ravello, Italy	Bishop of Andria, Italy
		Born	Felice Gabrielli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Capradoso	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Battista Gori Panellini †		Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Ehrenfried von Kuenburg †	Priest of Salzburg, Austria	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
		Born	Tomasz Leżeński †		Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
		Born	Carlo Filippo Mei, B. †	Lucae	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
	38.0	Ordained Priest	Francesco Nori †	Priest	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
	100.0	Died	Eugene Thadaeus O’Harte, O.P. †	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
		Born	Lazzaro Pallavicino †	Genoa, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina
		Died	Alfonso Pardo †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
		Died	Flaminio Parisio †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
	17.2	Professed	Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Born	Patrick Plunkett, O. Cist. †		Bishop of Meath, Ireland
		Died	Michele Priuli †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
		Died	Silvio de Sainte-Croix †	Archbishop Emeritus of Arles, France
		Died	Bartolomeu Simões Pereira †	Prelate Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		Ordained Bishop	Diego Soria, O.P. †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
	37.0	Succeeded	Filippo Spinelli †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Aversa, Italy
		Died	Ferdinando Spinelli †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
	29.0	Professed	Jean de Watteville, O. Cist. †	Member of Order of Cistercians	Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland
4 Jan		Died	Leonardo Vairo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
8 Jan		Appointed	Marcus Lyresius †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
		Appointed	Marcus Lyresius †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
	75.0	Appointed	Papirio Picedi †	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy	Bishop of Parma, Italy
13 Jan		Appointed	Baltazar de Covarrubias y Múñoz, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines	Bishop of Michoacán, México
13 Jan	48.0	Appointed	Alfonso Coloma Sa †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
19 Jan	75.0	Ordained Bishop	Papirio Picedi †	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy	Bishop of Parma, Italy
20 Jan		Born	Federico Sforza †	Rome	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
24 Jan	51.3	Appointed	Andrés Balaguer Salvador, O.P. †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
24 Jan		Appointed	Antonio Guarneschi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Segni, Italy
29 Jan	63.1	Appointed	Andrés de Ubilla, O.P. †	Bishop of Michoacán, México
2 Feb	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Constantino Barradas †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
9 Feb	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Luis Fernández de Córdoba †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
14 Feb	62.3	Died	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
15 Feb		Born	Ercole Coppola †	Gallipoli	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
19 Feb	75.4	Appointed	Tolomeo Gallio †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	61.3	Appointed	Domenico Pinelli (Sr.) †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
	66.1	Appointed	Girolamo Rusticucci †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	62.1	Appointed	Antonio Maria Sauli †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
	52.7	Appointed	Simeone Tagliavia d’Aragonia †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
25 Feb		Died	Giulio Ottinelli †	Bishop of Fano, Italy
26 Feb	59.2	Appointed	Giovanni Ambrogio Caccia †	Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy	Bishop Emeritus
Mar	67.2	Died	Carlos Muñoz Serrano †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
3 Mar	56.9	Appointed	Anne d’Escars de Givry (de Pérusse), O.S.B. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Langres, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
16 Mar		Born	Aubertus van den Eede †	Bruxellen	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
7 Apr		Appointed	Fabrizio Campi (Capanus) †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
		Appointed	Gaspare Cardoso, O.S.B. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Potenza, Italy	Bishop
		Appointed	Gaspare Cardoso, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
		Appointed	Baldassarre Pusterla †	Bishop of Bitetto, France
		Appointed	Fabrizio Sirleto †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
13 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Gaspare Cardoso, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
16 Apr	58.0	Appointed	Gian Francesco Biandrate di San Giorgio Aldobrandini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy
16 Apr		Appointed	Alonso Martínez de la Torre, O.S. †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
20 Apr	32.6	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre de Bragança †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
20 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Fabrizio Campi (Capanus) †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
21 Apr	47.4	Appointed	Maximiliano de Austria †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
21 Apr		Appointed	Tommaso Lapis †	Bishop of Fano, Italy
30 Apr		Appointed	Tomás de Borja †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
30 Apr		Appointed	Jean Richardot †	Bishop of Arras, France	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
May	35.3	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Desideri (Conte) †	Priest	Bishop of Rieti, Italy
May	63.3	Died	Andrés de Ubilla, O.P. †	Bishop of Michoacán, México
9 May		Appointed	Marcantonio Genovesi †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
9 May	70.9	Appointed	Juan Alonso Moscoso †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
21 May		Appointed	David Kearney †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
26 May	43.4	Appointed	Christophe de L’Estang †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
26 May	51.4	Appointed	Karel-Filips de Rodoan †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
30 May	57.4	Died	Orazio Moroni †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
8 Jun	83.4	Died	Stanisław Karnkowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
8 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Jean Richardot †	Bishop of Arras, France	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
12 Jun		Appointed	Andrés de Casso, O.P. †	Bishop of León, Spain
14 Jun	66.5	Died	Girolamo Rusticucci †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
16 Jun	63.5	Appointed	Girolamo Bernerio, O.P. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	35.5	Appointed	Giovanni Desideri (Conte) †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy
	29.8	Appointed	André Frémyot †	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	55.5	Appointed	Giovanni Evangelista Pallotta †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	61.7	Appointed	Domenico Pinelli (Sr.) †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
	70.5	Appointed	Juan Fernández de Rosillo (Rovillo) †	Bishop of Michoacán, México
		Resigned	Giulio Cesare Segni †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	81.5	Appointed	Girolamo Simoncelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
19 Jun		Born	Melchior Otto von Voit von Salzburg †	Eichenhausen	Bishop-Elect of Bamberg, Germany
23 Jun		Resigned	Giovanni Battista del Tufo †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jun	63.5	Appointed	Juan Gurrea †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
27 Jun		Died	Jan Dymitr Solikowski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
4 Jul		Appointed	Francisco de Vera-Villavicencio, O. de M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
4 Jul		Appointed	Francisco de Vera-Villavicencio, O. de M. †	Titular Bishop of Madaurus	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
6 Jul	35.5	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Desideri (Conte) †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy
10 Jul		Died	Juan Terés †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
30 Jul		Appointed	Francesco Bennio (de Butrio), O.S.M. †	Bishop of Ravello e Scala, Italy
30 Jul		Appointed	Pablo Laguna †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
9 Aug		Born	Lorenzo Pollicini †	Bononiae	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
13 Aug		Appointed	Carlo Argentero †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
13 Aug	62.6	Appointed	Pedro Castro Nero †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
16 Aug	62.6	Died	Silvio Antoniano †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro
27 Aug		Born	François Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan †	Grignan	Archbishop of Arles, France
	53.7	Appointed	Juan García Valdemora †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain	Bishop of Tui, Spain
		Appointed	Agostinho Ribeiro †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
		Appointed	Agostinho Ribeiro †	Bishop of Tanger, Morocco	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
31 Aug		Ordained Bishop	David Kearney †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
Sep		Ordained Bishop	Pablo Laguna †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
1 Sep	52.2	Died	Bonviso Bonvisi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
10 Sep	70.3	Appointed	Girolamo Bernardino Pallantieri, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
11 Sep		Died	Orazio Montani (Montano) †	Archbishop of Arles, France
13 Sep		Appointed	Šimun Bratulić, O.S.P.P.E. †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
17 Sep	16.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Silvestro Aldobrandini, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
24 Sep	43.7	Installed	Christophe de L’Estang †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
3 Oct		Died	Cristoforo Boncompagni †	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
9 Oct	53.8	Died	Germanico Malaspina †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
12 Oct	70.4	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Bernardino Pallantieri, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
20 Oct	45.8	Died	Marco Agrippa Dandini †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
22 Oct		Appointed	Juan de la Sal †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Appointed	Juan de la Sal †	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Appointed	Pedro de Villarreal †	Bishop of Nicaragua
27 Oct		Born	Michelangelo Bonadies, O.F.M. †	Sambuca di Sicilia	Bishop of Catania, Italy
Nov	60.8	Appointed	Piotr Tylicki †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
2 Nov	53.8	Died	José (Giuseppe) Esteve Juan (Stefano) †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
5 Nov	16.8	Installed	Silvestro Aldobrandini, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
5 Nov	70.8	Appointed	Diego Vázquez de Mercado †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
9 Nov	55.9	Died	Alonso D’Avalos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
24 Nov	58.9	Appointed	Giovanni Delfino †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	49.9	Appointed	Marcin Szyszkowski †	Coadjutor Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
	49.9	Appointed	Marcin Szyszkowski †	Titular Bishop of Christopolis	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
Dec	31.2	Ordained Priest	Denis-Simon de Marquemont †	Priest of Paris, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
6 Dec	52.9	Died	Tommaso Zerula †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
7 Dec	30.3	Ordained Bishop	André Frémyot †	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Dec	56.8	Died	Girolamo Mattei †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
10 Dec		Appointed	Pedro Carvajal Girón de Loaysa †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
14 Dec		Died	Charles de Bony †	Bishop of Angoulême, France
17 Dec		Died	Antonio Maria Manzolio †	Bishop Emeritus of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
19 Dec	34.0	Appointed	Filippo Bardi (dei Verni) †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
19 Dec		Appointed	Gregorio Servanzi, O.P. †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
22 Dec		Died	Tommaso de Bonsi †	Bishop Emeritus of Béziers, France
27 Dec	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Delfino †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus