The Year of Our Lord 1601

and 17th Century

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Fernando Andrade Castro †		Bishop of Jaén, Spain
		Born	Azon Ariosti †		Archbishop of Avignon, France
	23.2	Selected	Ferdinand von Bayern †	Coadjutor Bishop of Liège, Belgium	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Born	Thomas Bonzi †		Bishop of Béziers, France
		Born	Joannes Branecki †		Titular Bishop of Aenos
		Born	Ippolito Campioni, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
		Born	Boudewijn Cats (Catzius) †		Vicar Apostolic of Batavia (Holland Mission), Netherlands
		Died	Pietro Clemens, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
		Born	Antonio Maria Camalda †		Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
		Born	Edmund Dempsey, O.P. †		Bishop of Leighlin, Ireland
		Born	Petăr Bogdan Bakšič, O.F.M. Obs. †		Archbishop of Sardica (Sredek, Sofia), Bulgaria
		Died	Juan d’Espinar †	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
		Born	Louis d’Estaing †		Bishop of Clermont, France
		Died	Domingo de Ulloa, O.P. †	Bishop of Michoacán, México
		Born	Fabio dos Reis Fernandes, O. Carm. †		Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
		Died	Michael Fitzwalter †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
	25.9	Appointed	Louis III de Guise de Lorraine †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Reims, France	Cardinal, Archbishop-Elect
		Born	Rodrigo Gutiérrez de Rojas †		Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
		Ordained Bishop	Juan de La Roca †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
		Born	György Lippay Zombori †		Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
		Died	Marcel de Lorenzi †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
		Born	Bl. Terence Albert O’Brien, O.P. †		Coadjutor Bishop of Emly, Ireland
	44.0	Appointed	Giovanni Luigi Pasolini, O.S.B. †	Abbot General of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Segni, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Tommaso Perrone †		Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
		Born	Wojciech Pilchowicz †		Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
		Born	Raffaele Pizzorno, O.M. †		Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
		Born	Ottavio Poderico †		Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
		Born	Miguel de Portugal †		Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
		Died	João Ribeiro Gaio †	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
		Died	Annibal de Ruccellai (Oricellari) †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
		Died	Achille Sergardi †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
		Died	Tommaso Sirleto †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
	79.0	Died	Gianfrancesco Sormani †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
	49.9	Appointed	István Szuhay †	Apostolic Administrator of Esztergom, Hungary	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
		Born	José Valle de la Cerda, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
		Born	Bartolomeo Vannini †		Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
		Born	Pietro de Vico †		Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
Jan		Born	Juan Vande-Escarth y Briceño, O.S.H. †		Bishop of León, Spain
Jan		Ordained Bishop	François de La Valette Cornusson †	Bishop of Vabres, France
1 Jan	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Mateo Burgos Moraleja, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
2 Jan	46.0	Selected	Johann Georg von Hallwyl †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
2 Jan		Born	Giovanni Stefano Siri †		Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
3 Jan		Died	Alberto Drago, O.P. †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
3 Jan	52.0	Died	Peter von Rascher †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
10 Jan	56.0	Died	Alessandro de Franceschi, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Forli, Italy
15 Jan		Appointed	Šimun Bratulić, O.S.P.P.E. †	Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
20 Jan		Born	Paolo Benzoni, C.R.L. †		Bishop of Sora, Italy
20 Jan		Died	Thomas Strong †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
24 Jan	46.8	Appointed	Honoré du Laurens †	Archbishop of Embrun, France
		Appointed	Jerónimo de Gouvea, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ceuta and Tanger, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Luigi de Grigis, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Caorle, Italy
25 Jan	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Rodríguez, S.J. †	Archbishop of Cranganore (Angamala), India
28 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Jerónimo Bernardo de Quirós, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
29 Jan		Died	Pedro Jaime †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
7 Feb	58.0	Appointed	Christoph Andreas von Spaur †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
12 Feb	48.1	Appointed	Pedro Manrique de Lara, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
		Appointed	Jacques Rusconi †	Bishop of Nebbio, France
		Confirmed	García de Santa María Mendoza y Zúñiga, O.S.H. †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
15 Feb		Appointed	Jerónimo Bernardo de Quirós, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
19 Feb	65.1	Appointed	Geoffroy de Billy †	Bishop of Laon, France
19 Feb	36.1	Appointed	Jerzy Zamoyski †	Bishop of Chełm, Poland
24 Feb	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Honoré du Laurens †	Archbishop of Embrun, France
26 Feb	30.1	Appointed	Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini †	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
		Died	Horace René de Birague †	Bishop of Lavaur, France
	54.8	Installed	Bernardo de Rojas y Sandoval †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
3 Mar		Died	Louis du Moulinet †	Bishop Emeritus of Sées {Séez}, France
4 Mar		Died	Gentile Dolfino †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy
10 Mar		Died	Massimiliano Beniamino, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
11 Mar		Died	Vincenzo Bonardo, O.P. †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
13 Mar		Born	Sigismund Miutini von Spilenberg †		Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
14 Mar	61.2	Appointed	Jacques Blaze (Blaes), O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France
15 Mar		Died	Raymond O’Gallagher †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
17 Mar	41.2	Died	Lorenz Eiszepf †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
19 Mar	63.2	Appointed	Wawrzyniec Goślicki †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
19 Mar	38.2	Appointed	Maciej Pstrokoński †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
1 Apr	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Wawrzyniec Gembicki †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
1 Apr	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Orazio Spínola †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
4 Apr	35.2	Appointed	Gaspare Paluzzi Albertoni †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy
5 Apr	63.2	Died	Wolfgang Kämmerer von Dalberg †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
9 Apr	50.2	Appointed	Guillaume de Berghes †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
9 Apr	51.2	Appointed	Johann Flugi d’Apremont †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
12 Apr	81.2	Died	Girolamo Bentivoglio †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
25 Apr	35.3	Ordained Bishop	Gaspare Paluzzi Albertoni †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy
30 Apr	46.3	Appointed	Juan Bautista Acevedo Muñoz †	Bishop of Valladolid, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Sebastiano Ghislieri †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
	60.3	Appointed	Fernando Niño de Guevara †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	43.3	Appointed	Bonaventura Secusio, O.F.M. Obs. †	Patriarch (Personal Title) of Patti, Italy	Bishop of Catania, Italy
	43.3	Appointed	Paolo Tolosa, C.R. †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
6 May	65.3	Ordained Bishop	Geoffroy de Billy †	Bishop of Laon, France
6 May		Died	Properzio Resta, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
11 May		Appointed	Fabio Aresti †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
11 May	50.3	Appointed	Francisco Terrones del Caño †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain	Bishop of León, Spain
13 May		Ordained Bishop	Sebastiano Ghislieri †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Tolosa, C.R. †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
	55.3	Appointed	Jerónimo Xavierre, O.P. †	Master General of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Priest
		Ordained Bishop	György Zalatnaki †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
	27.3	Appointed	Antonio Zara †	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
14 May	35.3	Appointed	Innocenzo Del Bufalo-Cancellieri †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
14 May	47.3	Appointed	Paolo Emilio Zacchia †	Cardinal, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
15 May	36.9	Selected	Johann Adam von Bicken †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
15 May	62.7	Died	Claude d’Angennes †	Bishop of Le Mans, France
18 May	65.3	Died	Pietro Ridolfi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
20 May		Ordained Bishop	Fabio Aresti †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
20 May	35.3	Ordained Bishop	Innocenzo Del Bufalo-Cancellieri †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
25 May	64.3	Resigned	Gaspare Silingardi †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Bishop of Modena, Italy
26 May	73.4	Appointed	Gedeon Brolnicki †	Archbishop of Połock (Polotsk) (Ukrainian), Belarus
27 May	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Emilio Zacchia †	Cardinal, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
27 May	36.4	Ordained Bishop	Jerzy Zamoyski †	Bishop of Chełm, Poland
28 May	29.4	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Salomon du Serre †	Bishop of Gap, France
		Appointed	Jean Raymond †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France
		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Toschi †	Bishop of Narni, Italy	Bishop of Rieti, Italy
31 May	53.5	Died	Gebhard Truchseß von Waldburg †	Former Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
4 Jun	46.4	Appointed	Lorenzo Prezzato †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
12 Jun	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Prezzato †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
14 Jun	35.4	Appointed	Innocenzo Del Bufalo-Cancellieri †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, Italy
17 Jun	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Juan Bautista Acevedo Muñoz †	Bishop of Valladolid, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
18 Jun	46.4	Confirmed	Johann Georg von Hallwyl †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
18 Jun		Born	Dietrich Adolf von der Reck †		Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
23 Jun		Died	Salvat d’Iharse †	Bishop of Tarbes, France
29 Jun	35.4	Installed	Gaspare Paluzzi Albertoni †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

✠