The Year of Our Lord 1616

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Diego de Aguilar, O.P. †	Medina de Rioseco, Spain	Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
	23.8	Ordained Priest	José Argáiz Pérez †	Priest	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
		Born	Paul Aussem †	Köln	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Died	Deigo de Borja, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
		Appointed	Carlo Carafa †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Carlo Carafa †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
		Born	Carlo Stefano Anastasio Ciceri †	Como	Cardinal, Bishop of Como, Italy
		Born	Manuel da Natividade, O.F.M. †	Thomar, Portugal	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
		Appointed	Domenico de' Marini †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
		Died	Gian Giacomo Diedo †	Bishop of Crema, Italy
		Born	Antonio de São Dionysio, O.F.M. †	Marceos, Portugal	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
		Succeeded	Pietro Emo †	Bishop of Crema, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Pedro de São Agostinho Figueira de Cunha Lobo, O.S.A. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
		Ordained Bishop	Pedro Fernández Zorrilla †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
	42.0	Appointed	Henryk Firlej †	Bishop of Luceoria o Łuck, Ukraine	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Born	Girolamo Gastaldi †	Taggia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco González Zárate (de Gamarra) †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Bishop of Avila, Spain
		Born	Hyacinthe Libelli, O.P. †	Citta di Castello	Archbishop of Avignon, France
		Born	Franz Reichsgraf von Lodron †	Trento	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
	54.0	Appointed	Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Cesareo in Palatio	Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
	82.0	Died	Jacques Maistret, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval †	Priest of Toledo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop
	31.9	Ordained Priest	Sebastian Müller †	Priest of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
		Died	Alonso de Peralta †	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
		Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Pérez de Grado †	Bishop of Paraguay
		Died	Cornelius Ryan, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
		Ordained Priest	Piotr Sokołowski †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland
		Died	Domingo Valderrama y Centeno, O.P. †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
11 Jan		Appointed	Juan Bravo Lagunas, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jan	39.0	Died	Theodor Riphaen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
17 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Juan Bravo Lagunas, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
27 Jan		Appointed	Alfonso Mesía de Tovar †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
8 Feb	45.0	Appointed	Pedro González de Mendoza, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
17 Feb	83.1	Died	Pierre de Gondi †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
24 Feb	44.1	Appointed	Manuel Afonso de Guerra †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
24 Feb		Appointed	Felipe Tarsis de Acuña †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
28 Feb		Born	Friedrich Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt †	Darmstadt	Cardinal, Bishop of Wrocław, Poland
29 Feb	49.3	Appointed	José González Díez, O.P. †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
13 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Cristóbal Lobera Torres †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
14 Mar	56.6	Appointed	Wawrzyniec Gembicki †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	50.2	Appointed	Diego Guzmán de Haros †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	16.2	Professed	Antonio Vigo, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
19 Mar	27.2	Ordained Priest	Johann Sternenberg †	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
23 Mar		Appointed	Pedro Fernández Zorrilla †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
23 Mar		Appointed	Alfonso Santillán Fajardo, O.P. †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
Apr	49.4	Ordained Bishop	José González Díez, O.P. †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
9 Apr	64.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Melchior Klesl †	Cardinal, Bishop of Wien, Austria
10 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Juan Zapata Osorio †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
18 Apr	50.3	Appointed	Diego Guzmán de Haros †	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
19 Apr		Born	Wojciech Izdebski †	Wierzbolów k. Wklkowyszek	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
17 May		Appointed	Filippo Bili (Bigli) †	Bishop of Cagli, Italy
18 May	44.4	Appointed	Eustachy Wołłowicz †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
25 May		Died	Filippo Spinelli †	Cardinal, Bishop of Aversa, Italy
30 May	58.4	Appointed	Francisco González Zárate (de Gamarra) †	Bishop of Avila, Spain
30 May	46.4	Appointed	Felipe Guimerá, O. de M. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
12 Jun	83.4	Died	Diego Vázquez de Mercado †	Bishop of Manila, Philippines	Archbishop
18 Jun		Appointed	Alsono Martín de Zuñiga †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain	Bishop of Osma, Spain
24 Jun	69.5	Died	Orazio Spínola †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
4 Jul		Died	Francisco de Vera-Villavicencio, O. de M. †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
13 Jul	45.5	Appointed	Gereon Otto Freiherr von Gutmann zu Sobernheim †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
13 Jul	45.5	Appointed	Gereon Otto Freiherr von Gutmann zu Sobernheim †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
18 Jul	59.5	Appointed	Alfonso Márquez de Prado †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
18 Jul	69.5	Appointed	Juan Vigil de Quiñones y Labiada †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
3 Aug	47.6	Appointed	Miguel García Serrano, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
	48.6	Appointed	Diego Guevara, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
		Appointed	Luis Tena †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
5 Sep	42.8	Appointed	Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza y Ribera †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
		Appointed	Juan Llano Valdés †	Bishop of León, Spain
		Appointed	Juan Moriz Salazar †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
	71.7	Appointed	Francisco Sobrino Morillas †	Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
15 Sep	43.0	Appointed	Georg Friedrich Greiffenclau von Vollrads †	Bishop of Worms, Germany	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
16 Sep	62.9	Appointed	Jerónimo Bautista Lanuza, O.P. †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
	57.7	Appointed	Melchor Rodríguez de Torres, O. de M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
	57.7	Appointed	Melchor Rodríguez de Torres, O. de M. †	Titular Bishop of Madaurus	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
19 Sep	63.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Campori †	Cardinal, Bishop of Cremona, Italy
19 Sep	62.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Alessandro Ludovisi †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
28 Sep		Born	Johann Christoph Reichsritter von Freyberg-Allmendingen †	Altheim	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
9 Oct	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Gereon Otto Freiherr von Gutmann zu Sobernheim †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
16 Oct	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Felipe Guimerá, O. de M. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
17 Oct	36.3	Appointed	Gaspar de Borja y Velasco †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Bishop of Albano, Italy
17 Oct	63.8	Installed	Pietro Campori †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Tommaso in Parione	Cardinal, Bishop of Cremona, Italy
28 Oct	46.1	Appointed	Péter Pázmány, S.J. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
14 Nov		Appointed	Jerónimo Tiedra Méndez, O.P. †	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
15 Nov		Died	Girolamo Curlo †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
22 Nov		Born	Gilles de La Baume le Blanc de la Valière †	Tours	Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France
30 Nov	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Jerónimo Bautista Lanuza, O.P. †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
4 Dec	71.9	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Sobrino Morillas †	Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
16 Dec		Born	Guidobald von Thun †	Castel Fondo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria

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