The Year of Our Lord 1612

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Bonifacio Agliardi (Alliardi), C.R. †	Bergomensi	Bishop of Adria, Italy
		Born	Alfonso Aguayo (Aguado), O.S.B. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Avila, Spain
		Born	Giovanni Carlo Antonelli †	Veliternen	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
		Born	Lodovico Betti †		Bishop of Osimo, Italy
		Born	Antonio de Benavides y Bazán †	Matriti	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
		Born	Carlo Bonelli †	Rome, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia
	43.0	Ordained Priest	Eusebius Caimus †	Priest	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
	38.0	Died	Giovanni Canauli (Cannuli) †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
		Born	Vincenzo Costaguti †	Rome, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto
		Died	Gaspar de Andrada (Anorada), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
		Born	Diego de Guevara y Estrada †	México	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
		Born	Giovanni de la Cruz, O.F.M. †	Toletan	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
		Born	Antonio de Morales, O.P. †	Lima, Peru	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
		Born	Gregório dos Anjos, C.S.J. †	Lisboa	Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
		Died	Cesare Ferrero †	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
	59.0	Resigned	Agostino Galamini, O.P. †	Master General of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
	56.0	Died	Maffeo Gambara †	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Paolo Garzoni †	Venice	Bishop of Trogir (Traù), Croatia
		Died	Bartolomeo Giorgi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
		Born	Maciej Marian Kurski, O.F.M. †	Poznań	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Died	Jérôme de Langue †	Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans, France
	70.0	Died	Celso Mancini †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy
		Born	Arnauld-François de Maytie †	Mauléon	Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France
		Born	Arsenius a Mediolano, O.F.M. †	Vinago	Titular Bishop of Paphus
		Died	Federico Mezio †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
	42.0	Died	Giovanni Francesco Murta (de Mirto), C.R. †	Bishop of Aleria, France
		Born	Gabriel Ramírez de Avellano, O.P. †	Matriti	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
		Died	Salvador Ribera Avalos, O.P. †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
		Born	Andreas Ridolfi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Fractis Urbini	Auxiliary Bishop of Constantinople
		Died	Jacobus Rusconi †	Bishop of Nebbio, France
		Died	Francesco Simonetta †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
		Born	Antonius Sotomayor, O.S.B. †	Galiciae	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
		Died	Gómez Suárez Figueroa †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
		Died	Usimbardo Usimbardi †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
		Born	Ferdinandus de Valcácer †	Lima, Peru	Bishop-Elect of Paraguay
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Lope Velasco Valdivieso †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
8 Jan	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio de Gouvea, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene
8 Jan	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Roberti (-Vittori), O.P. †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
9 Jan	36.8	Appointed	Giovanni Tommaso Eustachio, C.O. †	Bishop of Larino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan		Born	Philipp Valentin Albrecht Voit von Rieneck †		Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
15 Jan	36.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Tommaso Eustachio, C.O. †	Bishop of Larino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
15 Jan	38.0	Ordained Bishop	Tiberio Muti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
16 Jan	23.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph de Bergaigne, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
16 Jan	65.0	Appointed	Cristóbal Rodríguez Juárez (Suárez), O.P. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Arequipa, Peru	Bishop
24 Jan	57.9	Died	Honoré du Laurens †	Archbishop of Embrun, France
28 Jan	25.1	Died	Silvestro Aldobrandini, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
1 Feb	80.1	Died	Bl. Conor O’Devany, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
5 Feb		Died	Juan Tomás de Blanes, O.P. †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
10 Feb	34.3	Selected	Ferdinand von Bayern †	Coadjutor Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
10 Feb		Born	Johann von Goess †	Brussels, Belgium	Cardinal, Bishop of Gurk, Austria
17 Feb	34.4	Succeeded	Ferdinand von Bayern †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
	34.4	Succeeded	Ferdinand von Bayern †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	34.4	Succeeded	Ferdinand von Bayern †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	57.2	Died	Ernst von Bayern †	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
18 Feb	34.4	Confirmed	Ferdinand von Bayern †	Bishop of Münster, Germany	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
21 Feb		Born	Lorenzo Imperiali †	Genoa, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
22 Feb	52.1	Died	Francisco García Guerra, O.P. †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
27 Feb	65.2	Appointed	Cosimo Dossena, B. †	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
		Appointed	Decius Giustiniani, O.P. †	Bishop of Aleria, France
	61.2	Appointed	Prudencio Sandobal, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
4 Mar	65.2	Ordained Bishop	Cosimo Dossena, B. †	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
4 Mar	82.2	Died	Juan Vich Manrique de Lara †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
7 Mar	52.9	Resigned	Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Mar	66.5	Died	Lorenzo Bianchetti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
17 Mar	34.9	Ordained Priest	Gaspard Dubois (Van Den Bosch, Nemius) †	Priest	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
18 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Decius Giustiniani, O.P. †	Bishop of Aleria, France
18 Mar	37.7	Selected	Markus Sittikus von Hohenems †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
19 Mar		Appointed	Antonio Gallart Traginer †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
19 Mar	53.2	Appointed	Alexeu de Jesu de Meneses, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
21 Mar		Appointed	Ludovico de Taragni, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toul, France
21 Mar		Appointed	Ludovico de Taragni, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Christopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Toul, France
22 Mar	79.2	Died	Gerolamo Provenzale †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
23 Mar	47.0	Appointed	Isidoro Aliaga, O.P. †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
24 Mar		Born	Carlo Bonafaccia †	Roma	Bishop of Terni, Italy
26 Mar	50.2	Appointed	Gavino Manca de Cedrelles †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
28 Mar	76.2	Died	Geoffroy de Billy †	Bishop of Laon, France
28 Mar		Succeeded	Benjamin de Brichanteau †	Bishop of Laon, France
2 Apr	36.3	Resigned	Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese †	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Sabina, Italy
		Appointed	Porfirio Feliciani †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
	58.2	Appointed	Alessandro Ludovisi †	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
10 Apr		Born	Lorenzo Brancati di Lauria, O.F.M. Conv. †	Lauria, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
12 Apr		Died	Ascanio Giacobazio (Giacovazzi) †	Bishop Emeritus of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
14 Apr		Born	Mathieu Thoreau †	Poitiers	Bishop of Dol, France
19 Apr		Died	Claude de Bellièvre †	Archbishop of Lyon, France
19 Apr	66.1	Died	Anne d’Escars de Givry (de Pérusse), O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
1 May		Ordained Bishop	Porfirio Feliciani †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
1 May	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Ludovisi †	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
7 May	56.3	Installed	Decio Carafa †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
		Appointed	Agustín de Carvajal, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
		Selected	Stephan von Seiboldsdorf †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
11 May		Died	Clément Isnard †	Bishop of Glandèves, France
13 May		Born	Giulio Spinola †	Genoa	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy
14 May	70.4	Appointed	Juan Alvarez de Caldas †	Bishop of Avila, Spain
	55.4	Appointed	Alfonso Márquez de Prado †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
		Appointed	Jerónimo Teixeira Cabral †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
19 May	77.4	Died	Gregorio Petrocchini, O.S.A. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
21 May	53.4	Died	Karel Maes †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
25 May		Born	Jan Olbracht Wazy, S.J. †	Kraków, Poland	Cardinal, Bishop of Kraków, Poland
28 May		Died	Pietro Usimbardi †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
30 May	47.2	Installed	Isidoro Aliaga, O.P. †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
4 Jun	41.2	Appointed	Pietro Aldobrandini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Angrisani, C.R. †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
	62.9	Appointed	Francesco Maria Bourbon Del Monte Santa Maria †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	58.0	Appointed	Benedetto Giustiniani †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
7 Jun		Born	Giovanni Battista Falvo †	Motta Santa Lucia (Martirano)	Bishop Emeritus of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
11 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Antonio Angrisani, C.R. †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
13 Jun		Died	Gaspare Pasquali, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy
18 Jun	50.5	Appointed	Juan Alvarez Zapata, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
	56.5	Appointed	Decio Carafa †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	50.5	Appointed	Diego de Contreras, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
		Appointed	Arcangelo Gualtieri, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
	38.0	Confirmed	Markus Sittikus von Hohenems †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
		Appointed	Alfonso Mesía de Tovar †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
24 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Arcangelo Gualtieri, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy