The Year of Our Lord 1598

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	68.0	Resigned	Amador Arrais de Mendoza, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Volumnio Bandinelli †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
		Born	Henri de Baradat †		Bishop of Noyon, France
		Died	Georg Benigni, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
	76.0	Resigned	Tommaso de Bonsi †	Bishop of Béziers, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Clément de Bonzi †		Bishop of Béziers, France
		Appointed	Šimun Bratulić, O.S.P.P.E. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
		Born	Giovanni Paolo Caccia †		Bishop of Marsi, Italy
		Born	Michael Chumer (Chumberg), O.F.M. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
		Died	Enrico Cini (Siculus), O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Bartolomé de la Plaza, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
	54.8	Resigned	Pierre de Villars (II) †	Archbishop of Vienne, France	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Bernhard Frick †		Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
		Died	Nicholas Friton †	Bishop of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia
		Died	Antoine Gaume †	Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France
		Resigned	Charles de Gelas de Léberon †	Bishop of Valence and Die, France	Bishop Emeritus
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Gereon Otto von Gutmann zu Sobernheim †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Born	Giovanni Battista Imperiali, C.R. †		Bishop of Aleria, France
		Born	Antonio Lupi †		Bishop of Treviso, Italy
		Died	Patrick Macival †	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
		Born	Vincenzo Maffia, O.P. †		Bishop of Patti, Italy
		Born	Gaspare Mattei †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Gerolamo Mezzamico †	Priest	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
		Resigned	Marco Antonio Mocenigo †	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Pietro Francesco Moia, C.R.S. †		Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
		Born	Orazio Monaldi †		Bishop of Perugia, Italy
		Resigned	Gilles de Noailles †	Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Louis de Nogaret de La Valette †		Bishop of Carcassonne, France
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Tomasz Oborski †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
		Born	Pedro Olginat de Medicis, O. Carm. †		Bishop-Elect of Orihuela, Spain
		Died	Pietro Orsini †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
	11.2	Selected	Leopold Ferdinand von Österreich †	Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Former Bishop-Elect of Passau, Germany
		Born	Tomás de Paredes, O.S.A. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Granada, Spain
		Born	Juan Pérez de Vega (López de Vega) †		Bishop of León, Spain
		Died	Domenico Petrucci †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
		Died	Alfonso Porzio †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Domingo de Salinas, O.P. †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
		Born	Benedicto Sánchez de Herrera †		Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
		Died	Andrea Scribano †	Bishop of Nebbio, France
		Resigned	Silvio de Sainte-Croix †	Archbishop of Arles, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	1038.0	Canonized	St. Isidore of Seville †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Born	Antonio Santacroce †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
		Died	Francisco de Santa Maria, C.R.S.J.E. †	Titular Bishop of Fesseë
		Died	António Teles de Menezes †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
		Died	Raffaele Tomei †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
		Died	Jean Touchard †	Bishop-Elect of Meaux, France
		Born	Marcjan (Marcin) Florian Tryzno †		Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Vilnius, Lithuania
	85.0	Resigned	Balthasar Wurer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
4 Jan	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Jan Tarnowski †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
7 Jan	70.4	Confirmed	Renaud de Beaune †	Archbishop of Sens, France
	79.0	Confirmed	Philippe du Bec †	Archbishop of Reims, France
		Appointed	Jerónimo Teixeira Cabral †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
	46.6	Appointed	Pierre de Valernod †	Bishop of Nîmes, France
10 Jan		Born	Louis-Doni d’Attichy, O.M. †		Bishop of Autun, France
10 Jan	38.2	Appointed	Claudio Rangoni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
29 Jan	63.3	Died	Lorenzo Laureti, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Adria, Italy
2 Feb		Born	Edmund O’Reilly †		Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
6 Feb	40.0	Died	Louis de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon †	Bishop of Sarlat, France
8 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Charles de Balzac (Balsac) †	Bishop of Noyon, France
11 Feb	44.1	Appointed	Jean de Bonsi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Béziers, France
11 Feb	72.1	Appointed	René de Daillon du Lude †	Bishop of Bayeux, France
16 Feb	50.1	Appointed	Alonso D’Avalos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
	50.1	Appointed	Alonso D’Avalos †	Titular Bishop of Coronea	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
		Appointed	Diego Corrêa de Souza †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
	43.1	Appointed	Eucharius Sang †	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
	43.1	Appointed	Eucharius Sang †	Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
18 Feb	46.1	Succeeded	Luís Cerqueira, S.J. †	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
18 Feb	56.1	Died	Pedro Martins (Martinez), S.J. †	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
20 Feb		Appointed	Eugene MacGibbon †	Vicar Apostolic of Dromore, Ireland
23 Feb		Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Zagordo (Burgaro) †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
24 Feb		Died	Antonio de Gorrevod †	Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland
24 Feb	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Pierre de Valernod †	Bishop of Nîmes, France
Mar		Died	Carlo Baldini †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
1 Mar	26.1	Ordained Bishop	Henri de Gondi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Paris, France
3 Mar	58.5	Died	Jean Sarrazin, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
11 Mar	62.1	Appointed	Jean-François Bordini, C.O. †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
		Appointed	Jerónimo de Carrerio, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Goa, India
		Appointed	Jerónimo de Carrerio, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Calama	Auxiliary Bishop of Goa, India
	51.8	Appointed	Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
	40.1	Appointed	Hector Valladares †	Bishop of Ceuta and Tanger, Spain
	70.1	Died	Juan Velázquez de las Cuevas, O.P. †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain
12 Mar		Born	Consalvo Caputo †		Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
17 Mar	42.2	Appointed	Decio Carafa †	Apostolic Collector to Portugal	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
17 Mar	40.2	Resigned	Ferdinando Taverna †	Apostolic Collector to Portugal	Cardinal, Bishop of Novara, Italy
26 Mar		Born	Johannes Truchseß von Waldburg-Wolfegg †		Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
28 Mar	56.3	Died	Michele (Bosco) Bonelli, O.P. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
29 Mar	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Guillaume de Berghes †	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
30 Mar	61.2	Appointed	Girolamo Rusticucci †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
30 Mar	76.2	Appointed	Girolamo Simoncelli †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
3 Apr		Appointed	Francisco Arévalo de Zuaco †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
	27.2	Appointed	Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
		Appointed	Jérôme Centelles †	Bishop of Cavaillon, France
		Appointed	Domingo de Ulloa, O.P. †	Bishop of Michoacán, México
	51.2	Appointed	Jérôme de Villars †	Archbishop of Vienne, France
	69.9	Appointed	Pedro Junco Posada †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
	68.2	Appointed	Fernando Ortiz de Hinojosa †	Coadjutor Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala	Coadjutor Bishop-Elect
	68.2	Appointed	Fernando Ortiz de Hinojosa †	Titular Bishop of Spiga(z) (or Pegae)	Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Santiago de Guatemala
13 Apr	65.2	Died	Niccolò Tornabuoni †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
16 Apr		Appointed	Miklós Mikáczy †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
16 Apr		Selected	Fausto Vrancic (Verancsics) †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
23 Apr	51.3	Died	Francesco Cornaro (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
30 Apr	23.1	Professed	Gerolamo Maria (Jacopo) Zambeccari, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Minervino Murge, Italy
May		Appointed	Paolo de Curtis, C.R. †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
May	44.3	Resigned	Alessandro Ludovisi †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Pope
1 May		Died	Guido Serguidi †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
3 May		Died	Vincenzo Calcio Soncinas, O.P. †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
5 May		Appointed	Francisco Robuster Sala †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
18 May		Appointed	Simon Feuerstein †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
		Appointed	Simon Feuerstein †	Titular Bishop of Belline	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
	39.3	Appointed	Johann Jakob Mirgel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
	39.3	Appointed	Johann Jakob Mirgel †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
		Appointed	Offredo de Offredi †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy
23 May	58.3	Appointed	Antonio Calderón de León †	Bishop of Panamá	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
25 May		Appointed	Vincenzo Bassi †	Bishop of Andria, Italy
		Appointed	Bernardo del Nero, O.P. †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	28.3	Appointed	Jean-Jacques du Sault †	Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France
		Appointed	Giovanni de Gantes †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
		Appointed	Juan Pedrosa, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
28 May	21.6	Died	Philipp Wilhelm von Bayern †	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Regensburg, Germany
28 May		Installed	Ignacio Santibáñez, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
1 Jun	65.4	Appointed	Girolamo Provenzale †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
2 Jun	71.4	Died	Scipione Lancellotti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro
2 Jun		Died	Stanisław Pawłowski †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
12 Jun	18.4	Professed	Francisco Garcia Mendes, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Archbishop of Cranganore (Angamala), India
22 Jun	39.4	Appointed	Alessandro Borghi †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
28 Jun		Born	Scipione Pannocchieschi d’Elci †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy

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