The Year of Our Lord 1596

Bishop Events

July to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

4 Jul 81.7 Resigned Antonio de Subiet-Cardot † Bishop of Montpellier, France Bishop Emeritus

8 Jul 57.5 Ordained Bishop Mathias Lambrecht † Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

50.5 Ordained Bishop Hendrik van Cuyck † Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands

10 Jul 30.5 Selected Ferenc Forgách de Ghymes † Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary

15 Jul Appointed Philipp von Rothenstein † Bishop of Worms, Germany

25 Jul Born Petrus de Vespa, O. Carm. † Titular Bishop of Paphus

29 Jul Died Orazio Basilisco † Bishop of Minori, Italy

39.5 Appointed Luigi Lollino † Bishop of Belluno, Italy

Appointed Ercole Tassoni † Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

4 Aug Born Sebastian Denich † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg, Germany

9 Aug Born Filippo Visconti, O.S.A. † Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy

10 Aug Died Spinello Benci † Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy

12 Aug Born Muzio Colonna † Bishop of Marsi, Italy

50.6 Confirmed Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero † Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia Archbishop of Lima, Peru

Born Benedikt Orsini, O.F.M. † Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania

36.6 Appointed Alessandro Papatodoro † Bishop of Belcastro, Italy

57.0 Confirmed Jean Sarrazin, O.S.B. † Archbishop of Cambrai, France

33.6 Appointed Innocenzo Stoilino, O.S.B. † Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania

18 Aug 39.6 Ordained Bishop Luigi Lollino † Bishop of Belluno, Italy

25 Aug Ordained Bishop Ercole Tassoni † Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

26 Aug 58.6 Appointed Giovanni Anselmo Carminati † Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy

27 Aug 61.6 Died Giulio Doffo, O.P. † Bishop of Alessano, Italy

9 Sep 59.1 Appointed Arnaud d’Ossat † Bishop of Rennes, France Cardinal, Bishop of Bayeux, France

57.6 Appointed Lelio Landi † Bishop of Nardò, Italy

13 Sep Born Franz von Hatzfeld † Bishop of Würzburg, Germany

14 Sep 63.9 Died Francisco de Toledo Herrera, S.J. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina

22 Sep 58.7 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Anselmo Carminati † Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy

Born Antonio Marenzi † Bishop of Trieste, Italy

23 Sep 40.8 Appointed Maximiliano de Austria † Bishop of Cádiz, Spain Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

44.7 Appointed Orazio Capponi † Bishop of Carpentras, France

22.7 Appointed René Potier † Bishop of Beauvais, France

25 Sep 57.7 Died Sarkis Rizzi el-Bkoufani † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

29 Sep 44.7 Ordained Priest Orazio Capponi † Priest Bishop of Carpentras, France

30 Sep Born Alessandro Bichi † Cardinal, Bishop of Carpentras, France

2 Oct 56.2 Died Giovanni Alberti † Bishop of Cortona, Italy

4 Oct 60.7 Ordained Bishop Carlos Muñoz Serrano † Bishop of Barbastro, Spain

5 Oct Born Agostino Priuli † Bishop of Bergamo, Italy

15 Oct Resigned Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † Apostolic Collector to Portugal Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

38.7 Appointed Ferdinando Taverna † Apostolic Collector to Portugal Cardinal, Bishop of Novara, Italy

16 Oct Elected Youssef Rizzi el-Bkoufani † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

19 Oct Converted Yona Hohol † Bishop of Pińsk-Turaŭ (Ukrainian), Belarus

55.1 Converted Hipacy (Ipatij) Pociej (Potij) † Bishop of Volodymyr (Włodzimierz) et Brėst (Ukrainian) Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

56.7 Converted Mychajlo Rohoza † Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

51.7 Converted Kyrylo (Cyryl) Terletskyi (Terlecki) † Bishop of Lutsk and Ostroh (Ukrainian), Ukraine

Converted Herman Zahorskyi (Zahorski) † Archbishop of Polotsk (Połock)-Vitebsk (Ukrainian), Belarus

Converted Dionisiy (Dionizy) Zbyruyskyi (Zbirujski) † Bishop of Chełm and Bełz (Ukrainian), Poland

20 Oct 52.8 Appointed Camillo de Scribani † Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy

26 Oct Appointed Offredo de Offredi † Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy Bishop of Molfetta, Italy

37.8 Resigned Marino Zorzi (Giorgi) † Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy Bishop of Brescia, Italy

27 Oct 59.2 Ordained Bishop Arnaud d’Ossat † Bishop of Rennes, France Cardinal, Bishop of Bayeux, France

28 Oct 44.8 Ordained Bishop Orazio Capponi † Bishop of Carpentras, France

30 Oct 56.8 Selected Jean du Bec (-Crespin) † Bishop of Saint-Malo, France

2 Nov 24.8 Selected Henri de Gondi † Cardinal, Bishop of Paris, France

4 Nov Died Manuel de Gouveia † Bishop of Angra, Portugal

5 Nov 56.8 Died Andreas Jerin † Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland

8 Nov 82.0 Died Antonio de Subiet-Cardot † Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier, France

20 Nov 74.8 Died István Fejérkövy † Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary

28 Nov Born Joseph Saulnier, O.S.B. † Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon, France

Dec Born Gabriel Adarzo de Santander y Martínez de Viaín, O. de M. † Archbishop of Otranto, Italy

1 Dec Born Giuseppe della Corgna (Cornea), O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto, Italy

2 Dec 58.3 Appointed Lorenzo Priuli † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

Appointed Claudio Rangoni † Bishop of Piacenza, Italy

71.2 Installed François-Marie Tarugi, C.O. † Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy

3 Dec Ordained Bishop Claudio Rangoni † Bishop of Piacenza, Italy

5 Dec 56.9 Selected Bonawentura Hahn † Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland Former Bishop-Elect

9 Dec Appointed Pedro Jaime † Bishop of Albarracin, Spain

15 Dec 57.3 Ordained Bishop Jean Sarrazin, O.S.B. † Archbishop of Cambrai, France

18 Dec 20.2 Elevated to Cardinal Philipp Wilhelm von Bayern † Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Regensburg, Germany

Appointed Gentile Dolfino † Bishop of Camerino, Italy

67.3 Appointed Bartolomé de la Plaza † Bishop of Valladolid, Spain

42.9 Appointed Manuel Quero Turillo † Bishop of Cefalù, Italy

50.9 Appointed Thomas Vásquez de Liaño † Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione) Bishop-Elect

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
4 Jul	81.7	Resigned	Antonio de Subiet-Cardot †	Bishop of Montpellier, France	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jul	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Mathias Lambrecht †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Hendrik van Cuyck †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
10 Jul	30.5	Selected	Ferenc Forgách de Ghymes †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
15 Jul		Appointed	Philipp von Rothenstein †	Bishop of Worms, Germany
25 Jul		Born	Petrus de Vespa, O. Carm. †		Titular Bishop of Paphus
29 Jul		Died	Orazio Basilisco †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
39.5	Appointed	Luigi Lollino †	Bishop of Belluno, Italy
	Appointed	Ercole Tassoni †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
4 Aug		Born	Sebastian Denich †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg, Germany
9 Aug		Born	Filippo Visconti, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
10 Aug		Died	Spinello Benci †	Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy
12 Aug		Born	Muzio Colonna †		Bishop of Marsi, Italy
50.6	Confirmed	Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	Born	Benedikt Orsini, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
36.6	Appointed	Alessandro Papatodoro †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
57.0	Confirmed	Jean Sarrazin, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
33.6	Appointed	Innocenzo Stoilino, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
18 Aug	39.6	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Lollino †	Bishop of Belluno, Italy
25 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Ercole Tassoni †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
26 Aug	58.6	Appointed	Giovanni Anselmo Carminati †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
27 Aug	61.6	Died	Giulio Doffo, O.P. †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy
9 Sep	59.1	Appointed	Arnaud d’Ossat †	Bishop of Rennes, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Bayeux, France
57.6	Appointed	Lelio Landi †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
13 Sep		Born	Franz von Hatzfeld †		Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
14 Sep	63.9	Died	Francisco de Toledo Herrera, S.J. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
22 Sep	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Anselmo Carminati †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
	Born	Antonio Marenzi †		Bishop of Trieste, Italy
23 Sep	40.8	Appointed	Maximiliano de Austria †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
44.7	Appointed	Orazio Capponi †	Bishop of Carpentras, France
22.7	Appointed	René Potier †	Bishop of Beauvais, France
25 Sep	57.7	Died	Sarkis Rizzi el-Bkoufani †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
29 Sep	44.7	Ordained Priest	Orazio Capponi †	Priest	Bishop of Carpentras, France
30 Sep		Born	Alessandro Bichi †		Cardinal, Bishop of Carpentras, France
2 Oct	56.2	Died	Giovanni Alberti †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
4 Oct	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Muñoz Serrano †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
5 Oct		Born	Agostino Priuli †		Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
15 Oct		Resigned	Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) †	Apostolic Collector to Portugal	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
38.7	Appointed	Ferdinando Taverna †	Apostolic Collector to Portugal	Cardinal, Bishop of Novara, Italy
16 Oct		Elected	Youssef Rizzi el-Bkoufani †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
19 Oct		Converted	Yona Hohol †	Bishop of Pińsk-Turaŭ (Ukrainian), Belarus
55.1	Converted	Hipacy (Ipatij) Pociej (Potij) †	Bishop of Volodymyr (Włodzimierz) et Brėst (Ukrainian)	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
56.7	Converted	Mychajlo Rohoza †	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
51.7	Converted	Kyrylo (Cyryl) Terletskyi (Terlecki) †	Bishop of Lutsk and Ostroh (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	Converted	Herman Zahorskyi (Zahorski) †	Archbishop of Polotsk (Połock)-Vitebsk (Ukrainian), Belarus
	Converted	Dionisiy (Dionizy) Zbyruyskyi (Zbirujski) †	Bishop of Chełm and Bełz (Ukrainian), Poland
20 Oct	52.8	Appointed	Camillo de Scribani †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
26 Oct		Appointed	Offredo de Offredi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy
37.8	Resigned	Marino Zorzi (Giorgi) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
27 Oct	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Arnaud d’Ossat †	Bishop of Rennes, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Bayeux, France
28 Oct	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Orazio Capponi †	Bishop of Carpentras, France
30 Oct	56.8	Selected	Jean du Bec (-Crespin) †	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France
2 Nov	24.8	Selected	Henri de Gondi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Paris, France
4 Nov		Died	Manuel de Gouveia †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
5 Nov	56.8	Died	Andreas Jerin †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
8 Nov	82.0	Died	Antonio de Subiet-Cardot †	Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier, France
20 Nov	74.8	Died	István Fejérkövy †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
28 Nov		Born	Joseph Saulnier, O.S.B. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon, France
Dec		Born	Gabriel Adarzo de Santander y Martínez de Viaín, O. de M. †		Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
1 Dec		Born	Giuseppe della Corgna (Cornea), O.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto, Italy
2 Dec	58.3	Appointed	Lorenzo Priuli †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
	Appointed	Claudio Rangoni †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
71.2	Installed	François-Marie Tarugi, C.O. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy
3 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Claudio Rangoni †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
5 Dec	56.9	Selected	Bonawentura Hahn †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Former Bishop-Elect
9 Dec		Appointed	Pedro Jaime †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
15 Dec	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean Sarrazin, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
18 Dec	20.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Philipp Wilhelm von Bayern †	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Regensburg, Germany
	Appointed	Gentile Dolfino †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy
67.3	Appointed	Bartolomé de la Plaza †	Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
42.9	Appointed	Manuel Quero Turillo †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
50.9	Appointed	Thomas Vásquez de Liaño †	Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)	Bishop-Elect

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