The Year of Our Lord 1591

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Charles-François Abra de Raconis †		Bishop of Lavaur, France
		Died	Belisario Baldevino †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
		Died	Giambattista de Benedictis †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
	49.0	Resigned	Francesco Bonfiglio, O.F.M. Conv. †	Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia), Italy
		Born	Domenico Bonzi †		Coadjutor Bishop of Béziers, France
		Died	François de Bouliers †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
		Died	Scipione Bozzuti †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
		Born	Marcantonio Bragadin †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Battista Brugnatelli †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
	63.6	Appointed	Johannes van Bruhezen (Bruhesen) †	Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands	Archbishop-Elect
		Born	Giuseppe Candido †		Bishop of Lipari, Italy
	47.0	Resigned	Annibale de Capua †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
		Died	Orazio Celsi †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Francesco Cennini de’ Salamandri †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Born	Diego Chueca †		Bishop of Teruel, Spain
		Died	Conradus †	Archbishop-Elect of Utrecht, Netherlands
		Born	Hugo Eberhard von Cratz von Schraffenstein †		Bishop of Worms, Germany
		Born	André Creusen †		Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
		Born	Giovanni Battista Deti (Deto) †		Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
		Born	Agazio di Somma †		Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
		Born	Claude de la Magdelaine †		Bishop of Autun, France
		Died	Giovanni Antonio de Paola †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
		Born	Sebastiano De Paoli †		Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
		Died	Paolo Mario della Rovere †	Bishop of Cagli, Italy
		Born	Alexandre della Stufa (Lotteringhi) †		Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy
		Died	Elie (V) †	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
		Appointed	Elie (VI) †	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
		Born	Miguel Ferrer †		Bishop of Tuy, Spain
		Born	Gennaro Filomarino, C.R. †		Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
		Born	Thomas Fleming, O.F.M. †		Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
		Died	Silvio Galassi †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
		Born	Eustache Gault, C.O. †		Bishop of Marseille, France
		Died	Ercole Lamia †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy
		Ordained Priest	Bartolomeo Lanfredini †	Priest	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
		Born	Diego López de la Vega †		Bishop of Coria, Spain
		Died	Pio Loterio, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy
	48.0	Died	Ludovico Maiorano, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
		Died	Pedro Maldonado †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
		Died	Anton Manicordius †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gurk, Austria
	45.0	Appointed	Nicolò Mascardi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
		Died	István Mathisy †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
		Resigned	Antonio Migliori (Meliori) †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Cornelius O’Boyle (Obeyl, Nachten) †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
	17.2	Professed	Johannes Pelking (Pelcking), O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
		Resigned	Melchiorre Pelletta †	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Pompilio Perotti †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
		Died	Girolamo Petroni †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
		Born	Angelo Picchetti †		Bishop of Nusco, Italy
		Born	Paolo Piromalli, O.P. †		Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
		Born	Wolfgang Ralinger †		Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
		Born	Giovanni della Robbia, O.P. †		Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
	44.0	Died	Pompeo Rocchi †	Bishop of Cavaillon, France
		Died	Ercole Sacrati †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
		Resigned	Annibale Saraceni †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Alexander Sibilia †		Bishop of Capri, Italy
	54.0	Resigned	Gaspare Silingardi †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy	Bishop of Modena, Italy
		Resigned	Bartolomeu Simões Pereira †	Prelate of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
		Born	Francisco Sotomayor, C.R.S.A. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal
		Appointed	Pedro Suarez de Escobar, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop-Elect
		Died	Pedro Suarez de Escobar, O.S.A. †	Bishop-Elect of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
		Born	Brandimarte Tommasi †		Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina, Italy
		Born	Marco Antonio Tomati †		Bishop Emeritus of Bitetto, Italy
	68.0	Resigned	Pietrantonio Visdomini (Vicedomini) †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Vitaliano Visconti Borromeo †		Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto
7 Jan	50.0	Appointed	Mario Bolognini †	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
	36.5	Appointed	Benedetto Giustiniani †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	52.4	Appointed	Lorenzo Priuli †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
		Appointed	Bernardino Quirino, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Ardjisch (Argeș; Argesch), Romania
		Appointed	Francisco Robuster Sala †	Bishop of Elne, France	Bishop of Vic, Spain
8 Jan	49.1	Died	Ottaviano Pasqua †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
9 Jan		Died	Antonio Mendes de Carvalho †	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
12 Jan	32.5	Confirmed	Andreas von Austria (Österreich) †	Coadjutor Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
13 Jan	53.0	Died	Antonio Carafa †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
14 Jan	26.4	Appointed	Federico Borromeo (Sr.) †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Leonardo Bottiglieri †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
	30.7	Appointed	Ascanio Colonna †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	49.0	Appointed	Agostino Cusani †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
	55.6	Appointed	Alessandro Ottaviano de’ Medici †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	48.0	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Fara †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
		Appointed	Alfonso Gregorio †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	49.2	Appointed	Domenico Pinelli (Sr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
	48.0	Appointed	Antonmaria Sauli †	Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	30.8	Installed	Paolo Emilio Sfondrati †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia	Cardinal, Bishop of Cremona, Italy
15 Jan	61.0	Appointed	Pedro de Moya y Contreras †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain	Archbishop of México, Federal District
20 Jan		Died	Giovanni Placido †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
23 Jan		Appointed	Francesco del Pozzo †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
23 Jan	48.5	Confirmed	Kaspar von Seckendorff †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
27 Jan	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Priuli †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
28 Jan	63.0	Died	Marquard von Berg †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
30 Jan		Appointed	Francisco Avellaneda †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
	43.0	Appointed	Wojciech Baranowski †	Bishop of Płock, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	51.4	Appointed	Cesare Speciano (Speciani) †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
		Appointed	Flaminio Torcella †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy
3 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Leonardo Bottiglieri †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
8 Feb	67.1	Appointed	Giulio Canani †	Cardinal, Bishop of Modena, Italy
		Appointed	Pietro Martire Ponzone †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
	39.1	Appointed	Alfonso Visconte, C.O. †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
13 Feb	56.3	Appointed	Lorenzo Laureti, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Adria, Italy
	60.1	Appointed	Alfonso Paleotti †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bologna, Italy	Archbishop
	60.1	Appointed	Alfonso Paleotti †	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
		Died	Vincenzo Torfanini †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
	30.1	Appointed	Alberto Valier †	Coadjutor Bishop of Verona, Italy	Bishop
	30.1	Appointed	Alberto Valier †	Titular Bishop of Famagusta	Bishop of Verona, Italy
14 Feb	76.8	Died	François de Beaucaire de Péguillon †	Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France
14 Feb	68.1	Appointed	Marcantonio Colonna (Sr.) †	Librarian of the Vatican Library	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
17 Feb		Died	François Thomé †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Malo, France
18 Feb		Appointed	Carlo Baldini †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
		Appointed	Vincenzo Calcio Soncinas, O.P. †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
	55.1	Appointed	Pietro Ridolfi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
24 Feb	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Laureti, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Adria, Italy
25 Feb	32.6	Succeeded	Andreas von Austria (Österreich) †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
25 Feb		Died	Johann Thomas von Spaur †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
3 Mar	41.1	Appointed	Germanico Malaspina †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
3 Mar		Died	Giorgio Manzoli †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
6 Mar	31.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Ottavio Acquaviva d’Aragona (Sr.) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	17.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Odoardo Farnese †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	38.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Ottavio Paravicini †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
	38.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Flaminio Piatti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
		Appointed	Alessandro Riccardi †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
	52.1	Appointed	Pedro Rojas Henríques, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Bishop of Osma, Spain
		Appointed	Andrea Scribano †	Bishop of Nebbio, France
		Appointed	Girolamo Velo †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
7 Mar	13.1	Professed	Dominico Rota, O. Carm. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Titular Bishop of Sidon
11 Mar	40.1	Died	Bernhard von Waldeck †	Former Bishop-Elect of Osnabrück, Germany
12 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Riccardi †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
18 Mar		Died	Juan Ruiz de Villarán †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
18 Mar	72.2	Died	Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
20 Mar	38.2	Appointed	Ludovico Alferio †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
	56.2	Appointed	Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Appointed	Vincenzo Bonardo, O.P. †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
	49.3	Appointed	Michele (Bosco) Bonelli, O.P. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
	67.2	Appointed	Giulio Canani †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Bishop of Modena, Italy
	50.2	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Castrucci †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	63.4	Appointed	Tolomeo Gallio †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	50.4	Appointed	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	59.2	Appointed	Ludovico Madruzzo †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
		Appointed	Orazio Montani (Montano) †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy	Archbishop of Arles, France
		Appointed	James O’Healy †	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
	68.4	Appointed	Gabriele Paleotti †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
		Appointed	Horatius Sanminiato †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
		Appointed	Fernando de la Vega Fonseca †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
21 Mar		Died	Alessandro Canigiani †	Archbishop of Aix, France
21 Mar	45.4	Selected	Johann Otto von Gemmingen †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
24 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Bonardo, O.P. †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Gregorio †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	60.2	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Paleotti †	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
2 Apr	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Michele (Bosco) Bonelli, O.P. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
5 Apr	41.7	Appointed	Francesco Maria Bourbon Del Monte Santa Maria †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	43.2	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Comparini †	Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Costanzo †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
	31.2	Installed	Ottavio Acquaviva d’Aragona (Sr.) †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	23.7	Installed	Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont (III) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
	81.2	Died	Piotr Myszkowski †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
		Appointed	Jerónimo Manrique de Lara †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain
		Appointed	Pietro Orsini †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
	43.1	Resigned	Giovanni Evangelista Pallotta †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	38.7	Installed	Flaminio Piatti †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
	53.2	Resigned	Mariano Pierbenedetti †	Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
		Appointed	Roberto Pierbenedetti †	Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy
		Appointed	Giulio Cesare Salicini †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
15 Apr	87.2	Died	Gian Girolamo Albani †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
21 Apr	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Ludovico Alferio †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Comparini †	Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Costanzo †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
	28.3	Ordained Bishop	Charles Miron †	Bishop of Angers, France	Archbishop of Lyon, France
		Ordained Bishop	Roberto Pierbenedetti †	Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Francisco Robuster Sala †	Bishop of Elne, France	Bishop of Vic, Spain
		Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Velo †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
22 Apr	39.3	Appointed	Camillo Caetani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
22 Apr	39.3	Resigned	Alfonso Visconte, C.O. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor	Cardinal, Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
26 Apr		Appointed	Bartolomeo Beccari, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
	44.5	Appointed	Sancho Dávila y Toledo †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
		Appointed	Paolo de Curtis, C.R. †	Bishop of Ravello, Italy	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
	48.1	Appointed	Pierre de Villars (II) †	Archbishop of Vienne, France	Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Clemente Polito †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
		Appointed	Paolo Sanvitale †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
28 Apr	59.4	Died	Ippolito de’ Rossi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Pavia, Italy
28 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Andrea Scribano †	Bishop of Nebbio, France
3 May		Ordained Bishop	Giulio Cesare Salicini †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
5 May		Ordained Bishop	Paolo Sanvitale †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
6 May		Died	Pierre de Lambert, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
6 May	26.4	Succeeded	Philibert François (Filiberto) Milliet de Faverges †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
7 May		Died	Celso Paci †	Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy
8 May		Ordained Bishop	Francesco del Pozzo †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
10 May		Appointed	Andrés de Ayardis †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
	45.5	Confirmed	Johann Otto von Gemmingen †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
	54.3	Confirmed	Gilbert Génébrard, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Aix, France
	53.3	Appointed	Wawrzyniec Goślicki †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	72.5	Appointed	Nicolas de Pellevé †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
	57.2	Appointed	St. Alessandro Maria Sauli, B. †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
		Appointed	Scipione Spina †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
15 May		Appointed	Miler Cawell, O.S.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Killala, Ireland
15 May	66.3	Appointed	Martín de Salvatierra †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
19 May		Died	Teodosio Fiorenzi †	Bishop of Osimo, Italy
20 May	62.3	Died	Vincenzo Casali †	Bishop Emeritus of Massa Marittima, Italy
26 May	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Rojas Henríques, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Bishop of Osma, Spain
28 May		Died	Giovanni Antonio Lazzari †	Bishop of Amelia, Italy
29 May		Appointed	Pompeo de Nobili †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy
Jun	41.4	Ordained Priest	Filippo Archinto †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy
3 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Scipione Spina †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
4 Jun	16.4	Professed	Antonio de Gouvea, O.E.S.A. †	Member of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Titular Bishop of Cyrene
4 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Pompeo de Nobili †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy
5 Jun	22.9	Appointed	Philipp Sigismund von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop-Elect
20 Jun	57.5	Appointed	Owen (Audoenus) Lewis (Ludovisi) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
20 Jun	38.9	Resigned	Ottavio Paravicini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
21 Jun		Appointed	Fulvio Passerini †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
21 Jun	51.4	Appointed	Jean de Vernois, O.P. †	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France

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