The Year of Our Lord 1615

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Antonio de Aragón-Córdoba-Cardona y Fernández de Córdoba †	Lucena, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon
		Born	Jacques Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan †	Grignan	Bishop of Uzés, France
	51.0	Appointed	Martin Alphonso Mexia de Tovar †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
		Born	Franciscus Aguado †	Legionen	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
		Born	Clemente Alvarez, O.P. †	Nava del Rey	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
		Born	Francesco Angelucci †	Castello del Poggio della Croce	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
		Born	Agustín Antolínez, O.S.A. †	Valladolid	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
	39.0	Died	Giovanni Battista de Aquena †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
		Born	Francesco Arrigua, O.M. †	Monforte	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
		Born	Jean-Albert Belin, O.S.B. †	Bisuntin	Bishop of Belley, France
		Born	Cesare Biandrà (Biandrati) †	Asten	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
		Died	Martin Brenner †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
	93.0	Died	Afonso de Castelo-Branco †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
		Resigned	Horace Capponi †	Bishop of Carpentras, France
		Born	Placido Carafa, C.R. †	Napoli	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
		Died	Gaspare Cardoso, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
		Born	Domenico Cito, O.P. †	Licien	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Gonçalvo (Gonzalo) da Silva †	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
		Born	Joseph de Montpezat de Carbon †	Saint-Martory	Archbishop of Toulouse, France
		Born	Ottaviano della Rovere, B. †	Asten	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
		Resigned	Andrés de Santa Maria, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Cochin, India	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Jakob Eberlein †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
		Died	Henri d’Escoubleau de Sourdis †	Bishop of Maillezais, France
		Born	Josephus Eusanio, O.S.A. †		Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
		Appointed	Pedro Fernández Zorrilla †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
		Born	Gabriel-Philippe de Froullay de Tessé †	Cenomanen	Bishop of Avranches, France
		Born	Ildephonsus García de Losada, O.S.B. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
		Born	Gaetano Garimberti, C.R. †	Parma	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
	27.7	Resigned	Ferdinando Gonzaga †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Octaviae)
		Born	Antoine-Pierre de Grammont, O.S.B. †		Archbishop of Besançon, France
		Died	Girolamo Incontri †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
		Appointed	Octave Isnard †	Bishop of Glandèves, France
		Born	Wespazjan Lanckoroński †	Krakow	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
	51.0	Died	Giorgio Lazzari, O.P. †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
		Born	John Leyburn †		Vicar Apostolic of England, Great Britain
		Born	Franciscus Liberati †		Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
		Born	Carlo Molza, O.S.B. †	Modena	Bishop of Modena, Italy
		Born	Carolus Montecatini †	Ferrarien	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
		Born	Giovanni Battista Paggi, B. †	Jannae	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy
		Resigned	Pedro Ponce de Léon †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	47.0	Died	Vittorio Ragazzoni †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
		Born	Lorenzo Raggi †	Genoa, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Born	Cesare Maria Antonio Rasponi †	Ravenna, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
		Born	Francesco Ravizza †	Orvieto	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
		Died	Dionisio Reudio, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece
		Born	Antonio Ricciulli †	Rugliano	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
		Born	Cosme Roger, O. Cist. †	Paris	Bishop of Lombez, France
		Born	Pietro Martire Rusca, O.F.M. Conv. †	Venezia	Bishop of Caorle, Italy
		Born	Giuseppe (Francisco Maria) Sanfelice †	Napoli	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
		Appointed	Sebastião de São Pedro, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Cochin, India	Archbishop of Goa, India
		Born	Diego Sarmiento Valladares †	Vigo	Bishop Emeritus of Plasencia, Spain
		Died	Vincenzo Serafino †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
		Born	Mikolaj Słupski †		Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Pedro de Solier y Vargas, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
		Born	Thomas Tatumensis, O.P. †	Abaraner	Archbishop Emeritus of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia
		Died	Domingo Valderrama y Centeno, O.P. †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Vega †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
	55.0	Resigned	Fabrizio Verallo †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Jean de Vintimille du Luc †	Luc	Bishop of Toulon, France
		Died	Muzio Vitali †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy
		Born	Georgius Vladagni †	Siroco	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
		Appointed	Sébastien Zamet †	Bishop of Langres, France
		Professed	Jan Zamoyski, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
9 Jan		Died	Mario Sassi †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
12 Jan	75.0	Appointed	Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	41.0	Appointed	Bernardino Buratti †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
	48.0	Appointed	Baccio Gherardini †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
		Appointed	Scipione Pasquali †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
	42.0	Appointed	Cesare Ventimiglia †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
21 Jan		Born	Laurenz Aidinger †	Erding	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
21 Jan		Born	Benito Ignacio Salazar Goiri, O.S.B. †	Banos de Rio Tobia	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
24 Jan	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Baccio Gherardini †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
26 Jan	39.1	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Lancellotti †	Bishop of Nola, Italy
26 Jan	42.1	Appointed	Adam Nowodworski †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
1 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Scipione Pasquali †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
3 Feb		Born	Francisco Rodríguez Castañón †	Lois	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
8 Feb	55.1	Appointed	Christoph Weber †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
8 Feb	55.1	Appointed	Christoph Weber †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
9 Feb	66.1	Appointed	François Buisseret †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
	60.0	Appointed	Luis Fernández de Córdoba †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Appointed	Vitalis de L’Estang †	Coadjutor Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Bishop
		Appointed	Vitalis de L’Estang †	Titular Bishop of Ephesus	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
	41.1	Appointed	Pietro Paolo Miloto †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
23 Feb		Born	Johann Franz von Preysing-Hohenaschau †	München	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
24 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Vitalis de L’Estang †	Titular Bishop of Ephesus	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
24 Feb	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Paolo Miloto †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
Mar		Born	Francesco Megale †	S. Mauri	Bishop of Isola, Italy
13 Mar		Born	Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello †	Spinazzola	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
14 Mar	27.8	Ordained Priest	Benoît-Théophile de Chevron Villette †	Priest	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
23 Mar	74.2	Resigned	Metello Bichi †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	38.2	Appointed	Vincenzo Caputo †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy	Bishop of Andria, Italy
	46.2	Appointed	Ambrogio Gozzeo, O.P. †	Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
		Appointed	Alessandro Petrucci †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
24 Mar	66.2	Installed	François Buisseret †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
24 Mar	60.2	Died	Alessandro Rossi †	Bishop of Parma, Italy
25 Mar	39.2	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Lancellotti †	Bishop of Nola, Italy
25 Mar	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Cesare Ventimiglia †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
27 Mar		Born	Ulisse Orsini †	Ameriae	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy
28 Mar	55.2	Selected	Jean Dauvin †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
30 Mar	47.2	Appointed	Fabio Piccolomini †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
30 Mar	50.7	Appointed	Nicolas Zoes (Zoesius) †	Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
Apr		Born	Gaetano D’Afflitto, C.R. †	Scalen	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy
5 Apr	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Bernardino Buratti †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
5 Apr	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Fabio Piccolomini †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
12 Apr		Born	Giovanni Battista Federici †	Spediae	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
20 Apr		Born	Georg Sigismund Müller †	Rottenburg	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
26 Apr	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Adam Nowodworski †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
27 Apr	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Caputo †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy	Bishop of Andria, Italy
2 May	66.3	Died	François Buisseret †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
4 May		Appointed	Fabrizio Caracciolo †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
17 May		Born	Virginio Orsini, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Rome, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
18 May	29.4	Appointed	Guillaume Aléaume †	Bishop of Riez, France	Bishop of Lisieux, France
	40.4	Appointed	Baldassare Cagliares, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta
		Appointed	João da Gama †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
		Appointed	Alessandro Filonardi †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy
	33.4	Resigned	Filippo Filonardi †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	42.4	Appointed	Paolo Palumbo, C.R. †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
	51.4	Appointed	Vincenzo Periti †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy
	49.4	Appointed	Girolamo Pignatelli, C.R. †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
28 May	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Periti †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy
28 May	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Pignatelli, C.R. †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
31 May		Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Filonardi †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy
Jun		Born	Onofrio Manes †	Licien	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
7 Jun		Died	Pedro Manrique, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
13 Jun	22.1	Ordained Priest	Jost Knab †	Priest of Lausanne, Switzerland	Bishop
15 Jun	37.5	Appointed	Bartol Kačić, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Makarska, Croatia