The Year of Our Lord 1608

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	46.3	Ordained Priest	Hernando de Arias y Ugarte †	Priest	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
		Born	Bonaventura D’Avalos, O.S.A. †		Bishop Emeritus of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
		Born	Matteo Avanian, O.P. †		Archbishop of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia
		Born	L�on Bacou�, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Gland�ves, France
		Born	Teodoro Balbo †		Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Jean-Pierre Camus †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Belley, France
	49.3	Installed	Agust�n de Carvajal, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Panam�	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
		Born	Pirro Luigi Castellomata †		Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia), Italy
		Died	Eugenio Cattaneo, B. †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
		Died	J�r�me Centelles †	Bishop of Cavaillon, France
	65.0	Appointed	Ladislao d’Aquino †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Cardinal, Bishop of Venafro, Italy
		Born	Angelo della Noca, O.S.B. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy
		Born	Alonso Francisco Dou †		Bishop of Gerona, Spain
		Born	Giovanni Stefano Donghi †		Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
		Died	Matthias Drašković †	Bishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia
		Born	Jacobus de la Torre †		Vicar Apostolic of Batavia (Holland Mission), Netherlands
		Born	James Dooley †		Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
		Appointed	Ebed-Jesu †	Bishop of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean), Iran
		Born	Juan de Escalante Turcios y Mendoza †		Bishop of Yucat�n (M�rida), M�xico
		Born	Jean d’Estrade †		Bishop Emeritus of Condom, France
		Died	Eusebe (Joseph) †	Bishop of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean), Iran
		Born	Alexander Fabri †		Bishop of Orange, France
		Born	Gregory Fallon †		Bishop of Clonmacnoise, Ireland
		Died	Alexander Filarete †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
	59.0	Died	Eugenio Fucci †	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
	55.0	Appointed	Agostino Galamini, O.P. †	Master General of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
		Born	Honuphrius Geronda (Gerona) †		Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
		Died	Scipione Gesualdo †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
		Selected	M�ty�s Herovich †	Bishop of Csan�d, Hungary	Former Bishop-Elect
		Born	Pedro Alencastre, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop-Elect of Guarda, Portugal
		Born	Andrzej Leszczyński †		Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Died	Francesco Liparuli (Liparolo) †	Bishop of Capri, Italy
		Resigned	Giovanni Lippomano †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
	84.0	Resigned	Juan L�pez, O.P. †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Joachim Luzinszky †		Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyv�rad}, Romania
		Born	Francesco Maria Macchiavelli †		Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
		Born	Edmund MacTiege (B�n O Tiege) †		Bishop-Elect of Meath, Ireland
		Died	Fausto Malari (Molari, Mellari) †	Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
		Born	Jean de Mallevaud, O.F.M. Rec. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Clermont, France
		Born	Vicente Margarit de Biure, O.P. †		Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
		Born	Luis Morales, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Tropea, Italy
		Appointed	Girgis (Georges) Omaira el-Douaihy el-Ehdeni †	Archbishop of Eden (Ehden) (Maronite), Lebanon	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
		Born	Pierre Parcevich †		Vicar Apostolic of Moldavia
		Born	Francesco Angelo Rapaccioli †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy
		Born	Diego Riquelme y Quir�s †		Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
		Resigned	Marco Antonio Salomone †	Bishop of Sora, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Alfonso de Sotomayor, O. de M. †		Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Johannes Kaspar Stredele †	Priest of Wien, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
	48.0	Died	Antonio Valente, O.P. †	Bishop of S�o Tom� e Pr�ncipe
		Resigned	Fausto Vrancic (Verancsics) †	Bishop of Csan�d, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Gy�rgy Zalatnaki †	Bishop of P�cs, Hungary
	31.0	Ordained Priest	Diego de Zambrana de Villalobos y Cordero †	Priest	Bishop of Concepci�n, Chile
Jan	50.0	Died	Fabrizio Perugini †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
1 Jan	34.0	Professed	Yosyf Ivan Veliamyn-Rutskyi, O.S.B.M. †	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
7 Jan	55.9	Appointed	Sim�n Vicente Bauz�, O.P. †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
	60.9	Appointed	Juan Castro, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Santaf� en Nueva Granada, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
	28.3	Appointed	Philippe Hurault de Cheverny †	Bishop of Chartres, France
	46.0	Installed	Giovanni Garzia Mellini (Millini) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
13 Jan	35.0	Ordained Bishop	Gerolamo Mezzamico †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
14 Jan		Appointed	Diego de Zambrana (de Carmona) †	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia	Archbishop-Elect
15 Jan		Born	Gilbert de V�ny d’Arbouze †		Bishop of Clermont, France
19 Jan	60.0	Died	Bernard Maciejowski †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
28 Jan	11.0	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Civalli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Olm�tz), Czechia
	11.0	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Civalli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Olm�tz), Czechia
		Appointed	Pomponio de Magistris †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
1 Feb		Born	Jean Jodoc Quart�ry, C.R.A. †		Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
3 Feb	27.0	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Ubaldini †	Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
4 Feb	43.0	Appointed	Marino Bizzi (Bici) †	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.0	Appointed	Baltazar de Covarrubias y M��oz, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Michoac�n, M�xico
	28.0	Appointed	Alphonse d’Elb�ne †	Coadjutor Bishop of Albi, France	Bishop Emeritus
	28.0	Appointed	Alphonse d’Elb�ne †	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Bishop Emeritus of Albi, France
		Appointed	Ettore Diotallevi †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy	Bishop of Fano, Italy
	34.8	Appointed	Giovanni (Giannettino) Doria †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Palermo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop
	34.8	Appointed	Giovanni (Giannettino) Doria †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
5 Feb		Died	Louis Grimaldi de Beuil †	Bishop Emeritus of Vence, France
5 Feb		Died	Blasius Laubich †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
8 Feb	70.1	Died	Alphonse d’Elb�ne †	Bishop of Albi, France
8 Feb	28.1	Succeeded	Alphonse d’Elb�ne †	Bishop of Albi, France	Bishop Emeritus
10 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Pomponio de Magistris †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
11 Feb	54.1	Appointed	Giulio Calvo d’Albeto †	Bishop of Sora, Italy
11 Feb	60.1	Appointed	Felipe Tarsis de Acu�a, O.S. †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
17 Feb	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Calvo d’Albeto †	Bishop of Sora, Italy
27 Feb		Appointed	Berenguer Bardaxi Alag�n y Esp�s, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
Mar		Died	Youssef Rizzi el-Bkoufani †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
1 Mar	52.3	Ordained Priest	Francesco Vendramin †	Priest	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
2 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Bucchi (Buschio) †	Priest	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
3 Mar	45.1	Appointed	Fran�ois de Donnadieu, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France
	55.1	Appointed	Onofre Reart †	Bishop of Vic, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Gerona, Spain
	57.1	Appointed	Francisco Terrones del Ca�o †	Bishop of Le�n, Spain
7 Mar		Died	Ren� Benoit †	Former Bishop-Elect of Troyes, France
10 Mar	42.1	Appointed	Bartolomeo Cesi (Cesa) †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
10 Mar	57.1	Appointed	Prudencio Sandoval, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
17 Mar	50.2	Appointed	Troiano Bozzuto, C.O. †	Bishop of Capri, Italy
17 Mar	45.2	Appointed	Giovanni Giacomo Macedonio †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
23 Mar	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Giacomo Macedonio †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
27 Mar	68.2	Died	Vicente Roca de la Serna †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
30 Mar	28.2	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse d’Elb�ne †	Bishop of Albi, France	Bishop Emeritus
Apr	60.2	Died	Antonio de Santo Estev�o, O.P. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo
5 Apr	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Garc�a Guerra, O.P. †	Archbishop of M�xico, Federal District
13 Apr	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Bartolomeo Cesi (Cesa) †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
13 Apr	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Domingos Torrado, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Fisicula	Auxiliary Bishop of Goa, India
18 Apr	65.9	Died	Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
20 Apr	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Marino Bizzi (Bici) †	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Apr	55.6	Died	Jan von Sitsch †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
28 Apr		Appointed	Henri Clausse de Marchamont †	Coadjutor Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France	Bishop
28 Apr		Appointed	Henri Clausse de Marchamont †	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France
May		Born	Giuseppe Zonga Ondedei †		Bishop of Fr�jus, France
1 May	26.3	Ordained Priest	Georg Hammer †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Magdeburg, Germany
4 May	35.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni (Giannettino) Doria †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
12 May	52.5	Confirmed	Francesco Vendramin †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
17 May	48.1	Died	Ascanio Colonna †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
18 May	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Prudencio Sandoval, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
19 May	42.3	Selected	Wilhelm Rinck von Balderstein †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
23 May	62.1	Selected	Anne d’Escars de Givry (de P�russe), O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
26 May	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Vendramin †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
28 May	54.9	Appointed	Juan de Cervantes †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, M�xico
	54.6	Appointed	Antonio Maria Gallo †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
	72.3	Appointed	Gregorio Petrocchini, O.S.A. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	70.4	Appointed	Mariano Pierbenedetti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
		Appointed	Domingo Valderrama y Centeno, O.P. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of La Paz, Bolivia	Bishop
	75.4	Appointed	Diego V�zquez de Mercado †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
1 Jun		Confirmed	Pierre Aime du Nant de Grilly †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
2 Jun	48.4	Appointed	Gonzalo de Salazar, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Yucat�n (M�rida), M�xico
	50.4	Appointed	Felipe Marim�n Salvador †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
	61.4	Appointed	Crist�bal Rodr�guez Ju�rez (Su�rez), O.P. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
5 Jun	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Fran�ois de Donnadieu, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France
5 Jun	34.4	Ordained Bishop	Antoine de La Rochefoucauld †	Bishop of Angoul�me, France
8 Jun	53.4	Died	Juan Bautista Acevedo Mu�oz †	Bishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
9 Jun	57.3	Died	Istv�n Szuhay †	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
10 Jun	16.4	Professed	Andr�s Aguado de Vald�s, O.S.A. †	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
11 Jun	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Sim�n Vicente Bauz�, O.P. †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
11 Jun	82.7	Died	Fran�ois-Marie Tarugi, C.O. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy
14 Jun		Died	Pedro Brand�o, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
23 Jun	22.7	Appointed	Benjamin de Brichanteau, C.R.S.A. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Laon, France	Bishop
23 Jun	22.7	Appointed	Benjamin de Brichanteau, C.R.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Bishop of Laon, France
24 Jun	42.4	Resigned	Fabrizio Verallo †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Severo, Italy
26 Jun	39.4	Succeeded	Charles de Rousseau †	Bishop of Mende, France

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