The Year of Our Lord 1609

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Ordained Priest	Lucas (Luke) Archer, O. Cist. †	Priest	Abbot Emeritus of Order of Cistercians
		Died	Stefano Bagliani (Baliano) †	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy
		Born	Gaspare Borghi (Burgi) †		Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
		Born	Enrico Borghi, O.S.M. †		Bishop of Alife, Italy
		Born	Georges d’Aubusson de la Feuillade †		Bishop of Metz, France
		Born	Diego della Chiesa †		Bishop of Nice, France
		Born	Girolamo della Rovere †		Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
	49.0	Installed	Gonzalo de Salazar, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
		Resigned	Franjo Ergelski Hasanović †	Bishop of Bosnia (Bosna, Diacovar, Diakovar), Croatia	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
		Born	Diego Escolano y Ledesma †		Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	34.0	Ordained Priest	Crispin Fuk von Hradiste, O. Praem. †	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
		Born	Ascanio de Gasparis †		Bishop of Marsi, Italy
		Resigned	Ascanio Giacobazio (Giacovazzi) †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Luigi de Grigis, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Caorle, Italy
	39.0	Appointed	Felipe Guimerá, O. de M. †	Master General of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
		Born	György Jakusics †		Bishop of Eger, Hungary
		Born	Claude Joly †		Bishop of Agen, France
	29.0	Ordained Priest	St. Jozafat Kuncewicz, O.S.B.M. †	Priest	Archbishop of Polotsk (Połock)-Vitebsk (Ukrainian), Belarus
	48.0	Died	Giulio Lana †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
		Born	Vincenzo Lanfranchi, C.R. †		Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
		Died	Antonio Lauro †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
		Confirmed	Eustachy Maliński †	Bishop of Lutsk and Ostroh (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Manso †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
		Born	Lorenzo Martinozzi, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Montalcino, Italy
		Died	Scipione Montalegre (Montalto) †	Bishop of Isola, Italy
		Died	Lelio Morelli †	Bishop of Capaccio, Italy
	53.0	Died	Tommaso Nadal †	Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina
		Died	Jorge de Padilla, O.P. †	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Luis Pereira de Miranda †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
		Born	Celio Piccolomini †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena, Italy
		Born	Gaudenzio Poli †		Bishop of Amelia, Italy
		Born	Michel Poncet de la Rivière †		Archbishop of Bourges, France
	38.0	Died	Giulio Ruffo †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
	54.0	Died	Juan Ruiz Villoslada †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
		Born	Marcos de Sobremonte †		Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
		Born	Pedro Vieira da Silva †		Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
		Died	Diego de Zambrana (de Carmona) †	Archbishop-Elect of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
Jan	64.0	Died	Guglielmo Bastoni †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
	73.0	Died	Jean-François Bordini, C.O. †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
	64.0	Died	Juan (Giovanni) de Rada, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
6 Jan		Died	Vincenzo Bugiatti da Montesanto, O.P. †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
6 Jan		Born	Franz Virgil von Spaur und Valör †		Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
8 Jan	68.0	Died	Fernando Niño de Guevara †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
11 Jan	29.0	Died	Orazio Maffei †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
11 Jan	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Johann Schöner †	Titular Bishop of Athyra	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
12 Jan		Died	Diomede Carafa †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
	65.0	Appointed	Michael Consoli, C.R. †	Bishop of Sora, Italy
		Appointed	Juan Tomás de Blanes, O.P. †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
	60.0	Appointed	Fernando Mendoza González †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
		Appointed	Valeriano Muti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
	56.0	Appointed	Orazio Spannocchi †	Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
13 Jan		Died	Martín Vasquez de Arce, O.P. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
14 Jan		Appointed	Alonso de Peralta †	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
18 Jan	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Orazio Spannocchi †	Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
19 Jan	39.0	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Biglia †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
20 Jan	65.0	Died	Girolamo Matteucci †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
25 Jan	65.0	Ordained Bishop	Michael Consoli, C.R. †	Bishop of Sora, Italy
26 Jan	51.0	Appointed	Lanfranco Margotti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
30 Jan	26.0	Resigned	Modernus (Fabrizio) Caracciolo Piscizi †	Apostolic Collector to Portugal	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
31 Jan	43.0	Appointed	Gaspare Paluzzi Albertoni †	Apostolic Collector to Portugal	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy
1 Feb	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Biglia †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
4 Feb	63.0	Died	Christoph Blöbel †	Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany
	51.0	Died	João de Bragança †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
	43.0	Confirmed	Wilhelm Rinck von Balderstein †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
6 Feb	70.0	Died	Cesare Benedetti †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
9 Feb	45.1	Appointed	Pedro Manso †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
9 Feb	34.1	Appointed	Leonardo Tritonio †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
10 Feb	70.5	Died	Séraphin Olivier-Razali †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro
11 Feb		Died	Camillo Gualandi †	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
15 Feb	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Lanfranco Margotti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
16 Feb	59.1	Appointed	Paolo Emilio Sammarco †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
21 Feb	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Mendoza González †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
22 Feb	59.5	Died	Ferdinando de’ Medici †
	34.1	Ordained Bishop	Leonardo Tritonio †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
	23.5	Professed	Pedro Urbina Montoya, O.F.M. Obs. †	Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
24 Feb	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Emilio Sammarco †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
25 Feb	34.1	Selected	August Wiederin von Ottersbach †	Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany
6 Mar		Born	Diego de Tejada y la Guardia †		Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
11 Mar	51.1	Appointed	Antonio Gallart Traginer †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France	Bishop of Vic, Spain
	36.1	Appointed	Sebastiano o Settimio Roberti (-Vittori) †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	42.2	Appointed	Michelangelo Tonti †	Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena, Italy
	50.1	Appointed	Ulpiano (Volpiano) Volpi †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
16 Mar		Appointed	Giambattista Visconti, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
19 Mar	36.2	Ordained Bishop	Sebastiano o Settimio Roberti (-Vittori) †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
22 Mar		Died	Louis de Clèves, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Bethleem
22 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Juan Tomás de Blanes, O.P. †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
23 Mar		Appointed	Pietro Paolo Quintavalle †	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
24 Mar	80.2	Died	Juan Ramírez de Arellano, O.P. †	Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
25 Mar	46.8	Died	Johann Wilhelm von Jülich-Kleve-Berg †	Former Bishop-Elect of Münster, Germany
29 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Pietro Paolo Quintavalle †	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
29 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Giambattista Visconti, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
30 Mar	40.2	Appointed	Florence Conry, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
30 Mar	34.2	Appointed	Domenico Rivarola †	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
5 Apr	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Ulpiano (Volpiano) Volpi †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
6 Apr		Born	Christophoro d’Authier de Sisgau, O.S.B. †		Titular Bishop of Bethleem
		Appointed	François-Etienne Dulci, O.P. †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
	73.2	Died	Melchior Giedroyć †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
16 Apr	28.2	Ordained Priest	Benedikt Vinković †	Priest	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
26 Apr		Ordained Bishop	François-Etienne Dulci, O.P. †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
27 Apr	58.3	Died	Guillaume de Berghes †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
28 Apr	64.3	Died	Sebastian Cattaneo, O.P. †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
29 Apr	46.3	Appointed	Claude de Gelas †	Bishop of Agen, France
	45.3	Appointed	Lodovico Magio †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
	45.3	Appointed	Francesco Mottini †	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy
1 May		Died	Fabio Aresti †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
3 May	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Juan de Cervantes †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
3 May	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Florence Conry, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
4 May	50.3	Appointed	Manuel Baptista Soares, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo
4 May	34.3	Confirmed	August Wiederin von Ottersbach †	Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany
5 May		Died	Tommaso Vannini †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
8 May	72.3	Died	Jean-Pierre d’Abadie †	Bishop of Lescar, France
10 May	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Lodovico Magio †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
14 May		Died	Alessandro Cospi †	Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy
14 May		Born	Marijan Lisnjić, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Makarska, Croatia
16 May		Born	Fernando de Austria †		Cardinal, Administrator of Toledo, Spain
22 May		Born	Jan Kazimierz Waza, S.J. †
23 May		Born	Adrian Walenburch †		Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
24 May	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Mottini †	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy
25 May	24.5	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Camus †	Bishop of Belley, France	Bishop Emeritus
30 May	41.4	Selected	Philipp Christoph von Sötern †	Coadjutor Bishop of Speyer, Germany	Bishop
Jun	62.3	Resigned	Juan Castro, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Jun		Appointed	Muzio Cinquini †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	51.4	Appointed	Bonaventura Secusio, O.F.M. Obs. †	Patriarch (Personal Title) of Catania, Italy	Bishop
	35.4	Appointed	Jean de Watteville, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland
11 Jun	33.4	Appointed	Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese †	Librarian of the Vatican Library	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
15 Jun		Appointed	Bartolomeo Giorgi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
	35.4	Appointed	Bernardo Giustiniano †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
	40.4	Appointed	Ambrogio Gozzeo, O.P. †	Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
	60.4	Appointed	Giovanni Sauli (Scali, Sacchi), O.P. †	Bishop of Aleria, France
		Appointed	Luca Stella †	Bishop of Rethymo (Calamona), Greece	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
26 Jun	54.1	Died	Johann Philipp von Gebsattel †	Bishop-Elect of Bamberg, Germany
26 Jun	73.4	Died	Adam de Heurtelou †	Bishop of Mende, France
28 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Bartolomeo Giorgi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
	35.4	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo Giustiniano †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Sauli (Scali, Sacchi), O.P. †	Bishop of Aleria, France
30 Jun	46.4	Died	Maciej Pstrokoński †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

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