The Year of Our Lord 1606

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	75.0	Resigned	Marcello Acquaviva †	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Claude Auvry †		Bishop Emeritus of Coutances, France
		Born	Milano Bencio †		Bishop of Canea (Cydonia, Egée), Greece
		Born	Francesco Bianchi †		Bishop of Sapë, Albania
		Born	Domenico Cennini †		Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
		Born	Bonaventura Claverio, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop of Potenza, Italy
		Born	Francesco Clerico, C.R. †		Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
		Resigned	Antoine de Couppe, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Sisteron, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	João da Costa †	Prelate of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		Resigned	Paolo de Curtis, C.R. †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio de Alzega (Alcega), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
	60.0	Resigned	Giovanni Delfino †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Baltasar de los Reyes, O.S.H. †		Bishop of Coria, Spain
		Died	Marco Antonio del Tufo †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
	52.0	Died	Giovanni Domenico d’Ettore †	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
		Died	Giuseppe Godoni †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
	66.0	Died	Juan Gurrea †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
		Born	Petar Kačić, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Makarska, Croatia
		Born	Gabriel (Havrylo) Kolenda, O.S.B.M. †		Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
		Appointed	Bartholomeu Lagarto †	Prelate of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
		Died	Bartholomeu Lagarto †	Bishop-Elect of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		Born	Giovanni Battista Lanfranchi, C.R. †		Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
		Died	Pedro de León †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
		Born	Anne de Lévis-Ventadour †		Archbishop of Bourges, France
		Born	Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez †		Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Born	Francesco Maria Mancini †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana
		Born	Rodrigo de Mandia y Parga †		Bishop of Astorga, Spain
		Died	Giulio Cesare Mariconda †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
		Born	Philibert Milliet de Faverges, C.R.L. †		Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
		Born	Marco Antonio Mandosio †		Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
	56.0	Appointed	Lorenzo Mongiò Galatino, O.F.M. Obs. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Antonio Onorati †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
		Died	Gian Paolo Palenteri, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy
		Born	Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont †		Archbishop of Paris, France
		Born	Dionisio Pérez Escobosa †		Bishop of Zamora, Spain
		Died	Vincenzo Petrolini †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
		Succeeded	Tommaso Piolatto (Biolato), C.R.L. †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
		Born	Sebastiano Pisani †		Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Battista Repucci †		Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
		Resigned	Leonardo Roselli †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Claude Ruffier †		Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France
		Born	Lorenzo Sampero †		Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
	40.0	Resigned	Galeazzo Sanvitale †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Vincenzo Saporiti †		Bishop of Nebbio, France
		Born	Tommaso de Sarria, O.P. †		Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
		Born	Jean-Jacques Séguier de La Verrière †		Bishop of Nîmes, France
		Born	Diego de Silva y Pacheco, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Astorga, Spain
		Born	Lorenzo de Sotomayor, O.S. †		Bishop of Zamora, Spain
		Born	Alfonso Vázquez de Toledo, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
1 Jan	29.0	Ordained Bishop	Bernardin Corneillan †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis	Bishop of Rodez, France
1 Jan		Born	Charles-Auguste de Sales †		Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
9 Jan	46.0	Appointed	Giacomo Antonio Caporali †	Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy
9 Jan	57.0	Appointed	Sebastião de São Pedro, O.S.A. †	Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India	Archbishop of Goa, India
13 Jan		Born	Pierre de Bertier †		Bishop of Montauban, France
13 Jan		Died	Ottaviano della Vipera †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
16 Jan	51.0	Appointed	Juan Bautista Acevedo Muñoz †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
	58.0	Appointed	Mateo Burgos Moraleja, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
	28.0	Appointed	Toussaint de Glandèves de Cuges †	Bishop of Sisteron, France
	62.0	Appointed	Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
	61.0	Appointed	Juan (Giovanni) de Rada, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Patti, Italy	Bishop
20 Jan	58.0	Died	Francisco de Ávila Guzmán †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
24 Jan		Appointed	Mateus da Costa Aborim †	Prelate of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
30 Jan		Appointed	Antonio Benegas Figueroa †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
	40.0	Appointed	Innocenzo Del Bufalo-Cancellieri †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, Italy
	45.8	Appointed	Ascanio Colonna †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	31.2	Appointed	François d’Escoubleau de Sourdis †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
	54.6	Appointed	Domenico Ginnasi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Feb	19.0	Professed	Alonso de Briceño (Brizeño), O.F.M. Obs. †	Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
5 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Adam Betz (Petz) †	Titular Bishop of Tripolis in Phoenicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France
9 Feb	93.1	Died	Balthasar Wurer †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
13 Feb		Appointed	Eugenio Cattaneo, B. †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
20 Feb	40.1	Resigned	Innocenzo Del Bufalo-Cancellieri †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	51.1	Appointed	Denis Medori †	Bishop of Mylopotamos, Greece
	49.1	Appointed	Giovanni Luigi Pasolini, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Segni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Giovanni Severini †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
24 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Eugenio Cattaneo, B. †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
24 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Severini †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
27 Feb		Appointed	Fabritius Cocci †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
		Appointed	Stephan Nebelmair †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
		Appointed	Stephan Nebelmair †	Titular Bishop of Halmiros	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
1 Mar	73.6	Died	Arnaud Sorbin †	Bishop of Nevers, France
2 Mar	56.1	Died	Claude de Morenne †	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
6 Mar	55.1	Died	Zbynék Berka z Dubé a Liepé †	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
10 Mar		Died	Jacopo Aldobrandini †	Bishop of Troia, Italy
12 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Louis de Clèves, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Bethleem
13 Mar	40.1	Appointed	Livio Limatola †	Bishop of Bitetto, Italy
3 Apr		Born	Ascanio Cassiani †		Bishop of Andria, Italy
	34.2	Appointed	Theobald Manshalter †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
	34.2	Appointed	Theobald Manshalter †	Titular Bishop of Daulia	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
	46.2	Appointed	Gérard de Robin, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Lodève, France
10 Apr	47.4	Resigned	Ottavio Bandini †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
10 Apr		Appointed	Alessandro Strozzi †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
12 Apr	68.2	Died	Diego de Romano y Govea (Vitoria) †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
17 Apr	47.2	Appointed	Lorenzo Nieto y Corrales Montero Nieto, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
20 Apr	51.3	Died	Alfonso Coloma Sa †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
24 Apr	61.3	Appointed	Alessio Geromoaddi †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
	66.3	Appointed	Ludovico Riva (Ripa) †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
	40.3	Appointed	Claude du Vergier †	Bishop of Lavaur, France
26 Apr		Died	Marcantonio Bizzoni †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
28 Apr	51.3	Resigned	Juan Bautista Acevedo Muñoz †	Bishop of Valladolid, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
3 May		Resigned	Orazio Mattei †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
5 May	25.3	Appointed	Jacques d’Angennes †	Bishop of Bayeux, France
5 May	40.3	Appointed	Fabrizio Verallo †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
6 May		Born	Jean Caramuel y Lobkowitz, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
10 May	56.3	Appointed	Tommaso Confetti †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
14 May	27.6	Ordained Priest	Fabiano Giustiniano Giustiniani, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
15 May	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Confetti †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
17 May	50.3	Appointed	Decio Carafa †	Titular Archbishop of Damascus	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
17 May		Appointed	Vincenzo Meligne †	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
18 May	31.1	Died	Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
23 May	68.3	Died	St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	45.3	Succeeded	Alberto Valier †	Bishop of Verona, Italy
	75.1	Died	Agostino Valier (Valeri, Valieri) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
26 May	61.4	Appointed	Guglielmo Bastoni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
28 May		Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Meligne †	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Adrian von Riedmatten (II) †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Fabrizio Verallo †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
4 Jun	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Decio Carafa †	Titular Archbishop of Damascus	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
5 Jun	46.1	Appointed	Ascanio Colonna †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
5 Jun	55.6	Appointed	Antonio Zapata y Cisneros †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
9 Jun	53.4	Died	Martín Ignacio de Loyola, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)
10 Jun	57.4	Resigned	Giovanni (Giulio) della Torre †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
10 Jun	40.4	Appointed	Fabrizio Verallo †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Severo, Italy
11 Jun	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Ascanio Colonna †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
12 Jun	65.4	Resigned	Metello Bichi †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy
	50.4	Appointed	Decio Carafa †	Apostolic Nuncio to Flanders, Belgium	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
		Appointed	Pietro Francesco Costa †	Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy	Bishop Emeritus of Savona, Italy
	62.1	Resigned	Ottavio Mirto Frangipani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Flanders, Belgium	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
		Appointed	Octavius Saraceni †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy
		Appointed	Gregorio Santacroce, O.S.B. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Giovinazzo, Italy	Bishop
		Appointed	Gregorio Santacroce, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)	Bishop of Giovinazzo, Italy
	48.4	Resigned	Paolo Tolosa, C.R. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
19 Jun		Died	Sebastiano Barnaba †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
		Succeeded	Gaspare Cardoso, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
		Appointed	Denis Delfino †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
24 Jun		Born	Gabriel de Esparza Pérez †		Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain

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