The Year of Our Lord 1587

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Silvestro Aldobrandini, O.S.Io.Hieros. †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
		Ordained Bishop	José Anglés, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
		Born	Cipriano Arcón (Azcon) †		Bishop of Alghero, Italy
	36.0	Resigned	Zbynék Berka z Dubé a Liepé †	Administrator of Regensburg, Germany	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
		Born	Francesco Biglia †		Bishop of Pavia, Italy
		Born	Martin Bogdan †		Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
		Born	Alonso de Briceño (Brizeño), O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	57.9	Resigned	Vincenzo Casali †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Gasparo Cecchinelli †		Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
	44.0	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Centurione †	Bishop of Savona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Marco Antonio Coccini †		Bishop of Imola, Italy
		Born	Ferdinando Confalone †		Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
		Born	Michael Dalmeras †		Bishop of Vaison, France
		Resigned	François de La Tour †	Bishop of Tréguier, France	Bishop Emeritus of Quimper, France
		Born	João da Rocha, S.J. †		Coadjutor Patriarch of Ethiopia
		Resigned	Pierre de Villars †	Archbishop of Vienne, France	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Giovanni Battista Falesi, O.P. †		Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
		Born	Giovanni Aloisio Farfusola †		Bishop Emeritus of Mylopotamos, Greece
		Died	Giulio Fioretti, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Chiron, Greece
		Born	Sabin (Savino) Cvjetković (Florian), O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina
		Born	Bernardo Florio, O.S.C. †		Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
		Born	Lucas García Miranda †		Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
		Born	Francisco Guerra, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
		Died	Giacomo Guidi, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Atri, Italy
		Ordained Priest	Andreas Hofmann †	Priest of Passau, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	63.7	Resigned	Vincenzo Lauro †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	69.0	Resigned	Henri Le Meignen †	Bishop of Digne, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Guillaume Le Prêtre †		Bishop of Quimper, France
		Ordained Priest	Marcus Lyresius †	Priest of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
		Born	Francisco de Manso Zuñiga y Sola †		Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
		Born	Antonio Manunta †		Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
		Born	Girolamo Martini †		Bishop of Ugento, Italy
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Valentin Mohr, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
	49.2	Appointed	Gianfrancesco Morosini †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
		Born	Didier Palleti, C.R.L. †		Bishop of Nice, France
		Born	Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
		Died	Silvio Passerini †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
	45.1	Appointed	Domenico Pinelli (Sr.) †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
		Died	Mihály Piperković, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Senj, Croatia
		Died	Carlo Pesaro (Pisani) †	Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy
		Born	Claude de Rebé †		Archbishop of Narbonne, France
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Francisco Rodríguez, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop of Cranganore (Angamala), India
		Died	Francesco Rusticucci †	Bishop of Fano, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Sanna †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Paolo Savio †		Bishop of Adria, Italy
		Born	Prospero Spínola †		Bishop of Luni e Sarzana, Italy
		Born	Paolo Teutonico †		Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
		Appointed	Francisco de Tolosa, O.F.M. Obs. †	Minister General of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Tuy, Spain
		Died	Leonardo Truchi (Trucco) †	Bishop of Noli, Italy
		Died	Nicolas Ugrinovich, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Smederevo (Semendria), Serbia
		Resigned	Juan Esteban de Urbieta, O.P. †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Francisco Villagutiérrez Chumacero, O.S.A. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
		Born	Gaspar de Villarroel, O.E.S.A. †		Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
		Born	Sébastien Zamet †		Bishop of Langres, France
Jan	37.0	Confirmed	Gregor Leisentrit †	Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany
2 Jan	64.0	Died	Andrzej Patrycy Nidecki †	Bishop of Wenden (Windau), Poland
3 Jan		Died	Giovanni Luigi Marescotti, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
4 Jan		Born	Nikolaus von Wolkenstein †		Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
7 Jan	21.0	Appointed	András Bathóry †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
	37.4	Appointed	Ferdinando de’ Medici †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
	49.0	Appointed	Wawrzyniec Goślicki †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	45.2	Appointed	Filippo Guastavillani †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
		Appointed	Fulvio Teofili †	Bishop of Forli, Italy
	44.0	Appointed	Leonardo Vairo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
11 Jan		Died	Diego González †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
14 Jan		Appointed	Giovanni Balbi, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
	47.0	Installed	Girolamo Bernerio, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	57.0	Installed	Girolamo della Rovere †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	33.2	Installed	Antonio Maria Gallo †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese in Agone	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
	32.6	Appointed	Benedetto Giustiniani †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	39.9	Installed	Girolamo Mattei †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
		Appointed	Francisco Pacheco de Córdoba †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
	55.2	Installed	Costanzo (Gasparo) de Sarnano (Torri), O.F.M. Conv. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
	54.0	Died	Alonso Velázquez †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
15 Jan		Born	Vincenzo Martinelli, O.P. †		Bishop of Venafro, Italy
21 Jan	71.9	Died	György Drašković †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
25 Jan	44.6	Died	Georg von Kuenburg †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
25 Jan	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Leonardo Vairo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
28 Jan		Died	Giovanni Gerolamo Manerio †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
28 Jan		Appointed	Joannes Nowomiciski (Poromivicski) †	Titular Bishop of Margarita	Titular Bishop-Elect
Feb		Born	Octave de Bellegarde †		Archbishop of Sens, France
1 Feb		Died	Gómez Zapata †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
8 Feb	64.1	Appointed	Marcantonio Colonna (Sr.) †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Index	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
8 Feb	55.8	Appointed	Agostino Valier (Valeri, Valieri) †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Index	Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
9 Feb		Died	Bartolomeu Leitão †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
10 Feb	67.1	Died	Wiktoryn Wierzbicki †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
14 Feb		Died	Bonaventure Naughten, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
18 Feb	67.1	Appointed	Claudio Marescotti, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
	51.1	Appointed	Pietro Ridolfi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
		Died	Fernando Vellosillo Barrio †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
24 Feb	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Ridolfi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
24 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Fulvio Teofili †	Bishop of Forli, Italy
25 Feb	56.1	Appointed	Marcello Acquaviva †	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	26.8	Installed	Ascanio Colonna †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Appointed	Bartolomeo Corsini †	Bishop of Bova, Italy
26 Feb	50.2	Died	Giovanni Francesco Bonomigni (Bonomi, Bonhomini) †	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
Mar	37.1	Selected	Adrian von Riedmatten (II) †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
2 Mar	27.9	Selected	Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Mar	58.1	Died	Paolo Bisanti †	Bishop Emeritus of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
	42.1	Appointed	Matteo Brumani, C.R.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Nicomedia	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
		Appointed	François Pétrart, O.F.M. Obs. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France
		Appointed	François Pétrart, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Chalcedon	Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France
9 Mar	36.1	Ordained Priest	Minuccio Minucci †	Priest	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
11 Mar	47.1	Appointed	Paweł Dembski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
11 Mar	47.1	Appointed	Paweł Dembski †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
14 Mar	31.6	Ordained Priest	Pedro Ginés Casanova †	Priest of Valencia, Spain	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
17 Mar	73.2	Died	Fabio Mirto Frangipani †	Bishop Emeritus of Caiazzo, Italy
17 Mar	48.2	Appointed	Juan Terés †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
18 Mar	76.2	Appointed	Juan Bautista Cardona †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
19 Mar	69.2	Died	Domenico della Rovere, O.P. †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
19 Mar		Died	Martin Duplätre †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
23 Mar	56.3	Died	Charles d’Angennes †	Cardinal, Bishop of Le Mans, France
Apr		Died	Pietro Lunello †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
Apr	51.2	Elected	[Jeremias II Tranos] †	Patriarch
4 Apr	68.2	Resigned	Diego de Salamanca, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Bishop Emeritus
6 Apr	55.5	Appointed	Costanzo (Gasparo) de Sarnano (Torri), O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
11 Apr		Died	Ottaviano Preconio †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
20 Apr	16.3	Appointed	Alessandro Damasceni Peretti †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
	67.0	Appointed	Pedro de Deza Manuel †	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
	59.5	Appointed	Tolomeo Gallio †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	46.3	Appointed	Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alessio
	60.3	Appointed	Scipione Lancellotti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro
	26.0	Appointed	Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont (II) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio	Cardinal, Administrator of Toul, France
		Appointed	Antoine de La Tour †	Bishop of Tulle, France	Bishop Emeritus
	40.1	Appointed	Girolamo Mattei †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
	50.2	Appointed	Antonmaria Salviati †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Papoul, France
	55.5	Appointed	Costanzo (Gasparo) de Sarnano (Torri), O.F.M. Conv. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
27 Apr		Appointed	Francisco de Val †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	55.4	Appointed	Ippolito de’ Rossi †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Biagio dell’Anello	Cardinal, Bishop of Pavia, Italy
		Born	Ferdinando Gonzaga †
	70.3	Appointed	Bartolomé Martinez Menacho y Mesa (Mechado) †	Bishop of Panamá	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
		Appointed	Sebastián de Perea (Pesca) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Appointed	Sebastián de Perea (Pesca) †	Titular Bishop of Medaurus	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
5 May	54.2	Died	Giovanni Francesco Gàmbara †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
6 May		Died	François de Simiane, O. Cart. †	Bishop of Apt, France
8 May		Born	Benoît-Théophile de Chevron Villette †		Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
11 May	64.3	Appointed	Marcantonio Colonna (Sr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	64.6	Appointed	Gabriele Paleotti †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
		Appointed	Francesco Spera, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
19 May	67.3	Ordained Bishop	Claudio Marescotti, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
23 May		Ordained Deacon	Charles de Bourgneuf de Cucé †	Deacon	Bishop of Nantes, France
24 May		Ordained Bishop	Francesco Spera, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
25 May		Appointed	Guillaume du Halgoët †	Bishop of Tréguier, France
		Appointed	Bonaventura Mancinelli, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Senj, Croatia
	28.1	Confirmed	Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop Emeritus
28 May	53.4	Appointed	Antonio Puteo (del Pozzo) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
28 May	49.7	Resigned	Filippo Sega †	Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor	Cardinal, Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
8 Jun	39.4	Appointed	Bernard Maciejowski †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
8 Jun		Appointed	Thaddeus O’Farrell (MacEoga), O.P. †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
13 Jun	43.1	Appointed	Ottavio Mirto Frangipani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
15 Jun	40.4	Appointed	Pierre-Jacques de Fleyres †	Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France
22 Jun		Appointed	Bonaventura Bellemo, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Andros, Greece
		Appointed	Juan Ruiz de Villarán †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
	54.3	Appointed	Fernando Suárez de Figueroa †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop of Zamora, Spain

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