The Year of Our Lord 1615

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Jacques Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan †		Bishop of Uzés, France
		Born	Francisco Aguado †		Bishop of Astorga, Spain
		Born	Francesco Angelucci †		Bishop of Veroli, Italy
		Born	Agustín Antolínez, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
	39.0	Died	Giovanni Battista de Aquena †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
		Born	Francesco Arrigua, O.M. †		Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
		Born	Jean-Albert Belin, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Belley, France
		Born	Giulio Berlendis †		Bishop of Belluno, Italy
		Born	Cesare Biandrà (Biandrati) †		Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
	67.0	Resigned	Martin Brenner †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
	63.0	Resigned	Orazio Capponi †	Bishop of Carpentras, France
		Born	Placido Carafa, C.R. †		Bishop of Acerra, Italy
		Died	Gaspare Cardoso, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
		Born	Domenico Cito, O.P. †		Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
		Resigned	Elie d’Amida †	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Manuel da Natividade, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Angola e Congo
		Born	Ivan de Andreis †		Bishop of Trogir (Traù), Croatia
	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Gonçalo (Gonzalo) da Silva †	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore	Bishop of Ceuta and Tanger, Spain
		Born	Joseph de Montpezat de Carbon †		Archbishop of Toulouse, France
		Born	Ottaviano della Rovere, B. †		Bishop of Fossano, Italy
		Resigned	Andrés de Santa Maria, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Cochin, India	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Maurice Durcan †		Vicar Apostolic of Achonry, Ireland
	40.0	Appointed	Jakob Eberlein †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
	40.1	Resigned	François d’Escoubleau de Sourdis †	Coadjutor Bishop of Maillezais, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
	40.0	Died	Lucas de Franchis †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy
		Born	Gabriel-Philippe de Froullay de Tessé †		Bishop of Avranches, France
		Born	Gaetano Garimberti, C.R. †		Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
		Born	Adamo Gentile †		Bishop of Lipari, Italy
	27.6	Resigned	Ferdinando Gonzaga †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Octaviae)
	45.0	Resigned	Felipe Guimerá, O. de M. †	Master General of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
		Resigned	Girolamo Incontri †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Ordained Bishop	Jean †	Bishop of Mardin (Chaldean), Turkey
		Born	Wespazjan Lanckoroński †		Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
	51.0	Died	Giorgio Lazzari, O.P. †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
		Born	John Leyburn †		Vicar Apostolic of England (and Wales), Great Britain
		Born	Francesco Liberati †		Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
		Born	Gregory (Grégoire) Luo Wenzao (Lou, López), O.P. †		Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China
		Died	Pedro Matías, O.F.M. †	Bishop-Elect of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
		Born	Juan Molino Navarrete, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Palencia, Spain
		Born	Carlo Molza, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Modena, Italy
		Born	Charles Montecatini †		Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
		Died	Jacob de Nisibe †	Bishop of Mardin (Chaldean), Turkey
		Born	Giovanni Battista Paggi, B. †		Bishop of Brugnato, Italy
	54.0	Resigned	Pedro Ponce de Léon, O.P. †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	60.0	Died	Francesco Persico †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
		Died	Selvaggio Primitelli †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy
		Appointed	Adam-Timothee Rabban †	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
		Ordained Bishop	Adam-Timothee Rabban †	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
	47.0	Died	Vittorio Ragazzoni †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
		Born	Lorenzo Raggi †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Born	Cesare Maria Antonio Rasponi †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
		Born	Francesco Ravizza †		Apostolic Nuncio
		Died	Dionisio Reudio, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece
		Born	Antonio Ricciulli †		Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
		Born	Giovanni Roano e Corrionero †		Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
		Born	Cosme Roger, O. Cist. †		Bishop of Lombez, France
		Born	Pietro Martire Rusca, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop of Caorle, Italy
		Born	Giuseppe (Francisco Maria) Sanfelice †		Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
		Born	Francisco Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Coria, Spain
		Born	Francisco de Seijas Losada †		Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
		Died	Vincenzo Serafino †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
		Born	Mikolaj Słupski †		Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
		Born	Stanisław Jacek Święcicki, C.R.S.A. †		Bishop of Chełm, Poland
		Born	Mátyás Tarnóczy †		Bishop of Vác, Hungary
	Born	Thomas Tatumensis, O.P. †		Former Archbishop-Elect of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia
	Died	Domingo Valderrama y Centeno, O.P. †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
54.1	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Vega †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
	Born	Jean de Vintimille du Luc †		Bishop of Toulon, France
	Died	Muzio Vitali †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy
	Born	Georgius Vladagni †		Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
	Professed	Jan Chrzciciel Zamoyski, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
9 Jan		Died	Mario Sassi †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
12 Jan	75.0	Appointed	Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	41.0	Appointed	Bernardino Buratti †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
	26.0	Appointed	Joachim d’Estaing †	Bishop of Clermont, France
	48.0	Appointed	Baccio Gherardini †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
		Appointed	Scipione Pasquali †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
	42.0	Appointed	Cesare Ventimiglia †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
21 Jan		Born	Laurenz Aidinger †		Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
21 Jan		Born	Benito Ignacio Salazar Goiri, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
24 Jan	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Baccio Gherardini †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
26 Jan	39.0	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Lancellotti †	Bishop of Nola, Italy
26 Jan	42.0	Appointed	Adam Nowodworski †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
1 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Scipione Pasquali †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
2 Feb		Died	Franjo Baličević, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bosnia (Bosna, Diacovar, Diakovar), Croatia
3 Feb		Born	Francisco Rodríguez Castañón †		Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
8 Feb	55.1	Appointed	Christoph Weber †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
8 Feb	55.1	Appointed	Christoph Weber †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
9 Feb	65.4	Appointed	François Buisseret †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
	60.0	Appointed	Luis Fernández de Córdoba †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	26.7	Appointed	Vitalis de L’Estang †	Coadjutor Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Bishop
	26.7	Appointed	Vitalis de L’Estang †	Titular Bishop of Ephesus	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
	41.1	Appointed	Pietro Paolo Miloto †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
16 Feb	66.1	Appointed	Sebastião de São Pedro, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Cochin, India	Archbishop of Goa, India
23 Feb		Born	Johann Franz von Preysing-Hohenaschau †		Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
24 Feb	26.8	Ordained Bishop	Vitalis de L’Estang †	Titular Bishop of Ephesus	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
24 Feb	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Paolo Miloto †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
1 Mar		Born	Antonio Rodríguez Castañon †		Bishop of Zamora, Spain
3 Mar		Born	Francesco Megale †		Bishop of Isola, Italy
8 Mar	35.1	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Strecheus †	Titular Bishop of Dionysias	Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Belgium
13 Mar		Born	Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello †		Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
14 Mar	27.8	Ordained Priest	Benoît-Théophile de Chevron Villette †	Priest	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
15 Mar	39.2	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Lancellotti †	Bishop of Nola, Italy
15 Mar	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Cesare Ventimiglia †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
22 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni de Clèves, C.R.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Bethleem
23 Mar	74.2	Resigned	Metello Bichi †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	57.2	Appointed	Vincenzo Caputo †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy	Bishop of Andria, Italy
	46.2	Appointed	Ambrogio Gozzeo, O.P. †	Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
		Appointed	Alessandro Petrucci †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
	49.2	Resigned	Fabrizio Verallo †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
24 Mar	65.5	Installed	François Buisseret †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
24 Mar	60.2	Died	Alessandro Rossi †	Bishop of Parma, Italy
27 Mar		Born	Ulisse Orsini †		Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy
28 Mar	54.8	Selected	Jean Dauvin †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
29 Mar		Born	Antoine-Pierre de Grammont, O.S.B. †		Archbishop of Besançon, France
30 Mar	47.2	Appointed	Fabio Piccolomini †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
30 Mar	50.6	Appointed	Nicolas Zoes (Zoesius) †	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
Apr		Died	Henri d’Escoubleau de Sourdis †	Bishop of Maillezais, France
5 Apr	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Bernardino Buratti †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
5 Apr	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Fabio Piccolomini †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
6 Apr	28.2	Appointed	Sébastien Zamet †	Bishop of Langres, France
12 Apr		Born	Giovanni Battista Federici †		Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
20 Apr		Born	Georg Sigismund Müller †		Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
26 Apr	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Caputo †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy	Bishop of Andria, Italy
	61.3	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Corrionero †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Adam Nowodworski †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	35.3	Ordained Bishop	Stanislaw Starczewski †	Titular Bishop of Lacedaemonia	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
27 Apr		Born	Gaetano D’Afflitto, C.R. †		Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy
2 May	65.6	Died	François Buisseret †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
4 May		Appointed	Fabrizio Caracciolo †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
10 May	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Nicolas Zoes (Zoesius) †	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
12 May	93.3	Died	Afonso de Castelo-Branco †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
17 May		Born	Virginio Orsini, O.S.Io.Hieros. †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
17 May	80.3	Died	André Strengnart (Strenguart), O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Belgium
18 May	29.3	Appointed	Guillaume Aléaume †	Bishop of Riez, France	Bishop of Lisieux, France
	45.3	Appointed	Luis de Brito de Menezes, O.S.A. †	Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India	Bishop of Cochin, India
	40.3	Appointed	Baldassare Cagliares, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta
	40.3	Appointed	João da Gama †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
		Appointed	Alessandro Filonardi †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy
	33.3	Resigned	Filippo Filonardi †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	47.3	Installed	Gian Alberto Garzoni †	Bishop of Canea (Cydonia, Egée), Greece
	42.3	Appointed	Paolo Palombo, C.R. †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
	51.3	Appointed	Vincenzo Periti †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy
	49.3	Appointed	Girolamo Pignatelli, C.R. †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
28 May	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Periti †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy
28 May	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Pignatelli, C.R. †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
31 May	26.4	Ordained Bishop	Joachim d’Estaing †	Bishop of Clermont, France
31 May		Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Filonardi †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy
1 Jun	51.4	Appointed	Martin Alphonso Mexia de Tovar †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
6 Jun		Born	Daniele Giustiniani †		Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
6 Jun	81.4	Died	Jacques Maistret, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
7 Jun	62.4	Died	Pedro Manrique de Lara, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
13 Jun	22.1	Ordained Priest	Jost (Jodok) Knab †	Priest of Lausanne, Switzerland	Bishop
15 Jun	37.4	Appointed	Bartol Kačić, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Makarska, Croatia
18 Jun	28.4	Ordained Bishop	Sébastien Zamet †	Bishop of Langres, France
26 Jun		Born	Onofrio Manesi †		Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
29 Jun	27.4	Ordained Bishop	Pierre de Villars (III) †	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus	Archbishop of Vienne, France

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