The Year of Our Lord 1586

Bishop Events

July to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Jul Died Niccol� Aragonio (Aragona) † Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy

4 Jul Appointed Scipione Montalegre (Montalto) † Coadjutor Bishop of Isola, Italy Bishop

Appointed Scipione Montalegre (Montalto) † Titular Bishop of Callipolis Bishop of Isola, Italy

38.4 Appointed Francesco Panigarola (Panicarola), O.F.M. Obs. † Auxiliary Bishop of Ferrara, Italy Bishop of Asti, Italy

38.4 Appointed Francesco Panigarola (Panicarola), O.F.M. Obs. † Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Arabia Bishop of Asti, Italy

5 Jul 55.5 Died Eberhard von Holle † Former Bishop-Elect of L�beck, Germany

6 Jul 34.4 Ordained Bishop Sebastian Breuning † Titular Bishop of Adramyttium Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany

Ordained Bishop Lelio Morelli † Bishop of Capaccio, Italy

38.5 Ordained Bishop Francesco Panigarola (Panicarola), O.F.M. Obs. † Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Arabia Bishop of Asti, Italy

13 Jul Ordained Bishop Clemente Bontodasio, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Nicastro, Italy

14 Jul 30.1 Installed Jerzy Radziwiłł † Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto Cardinal, Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

16 Jul Appointed Giovanni Goffredo Ginod † Bishop of Aosta, Italy

21 Jul Born Johann Anton Tritt von Wilderen † Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany

28 Jul 66.5 Appointed Bernardino G�mez Miedes † Bishop of Albarracin, Spain

Appointed Francesco Antonio Santorio † Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy

3 Aug 64.5 Died Andr�s de Noronha † Bishop of Plasencia, Spain

11 Aug Appointed Alfonso Pisani † Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy

14 Aug Died Bernardo Gasc� † Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy

17 Aug 57.6 Appointed Giovanni Battista Santorio † Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland Bishop of Tricarico, Italy

18 Aug 35.6 Confirmed Bernhard von Waldeck † Bishop of Osnabr�ck, Germany Former Bishop-Elect

22 Aug 46.6 Appointed Girolamo Bernerio, O.P. † Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

24 Aug Died Gaspar Vicente Novella † Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy

29 Aug 65.6 Died Robert Stewart † Bishop-Elect of Caithness, Scotland, Great Britain

2 Sep Ordained Bishop Juan Mart�nez de Villatoriel † Bishop of L�rida, Spain

6 Sep 66.5 Resigned Vincenzo Portico † Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia

Appointed Giulio Ricci † Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy Bishop of Teramo, Italy

7 Sep 46.6 Ordained Bishop Girolamo Bernerio, O.P. † Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

10 Sep Died Juan Montalvo, O.P. † Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia

11 Sep 63.6 Died Jacques de Castelnau de Clermont-Lod�ve † Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomi�res, France

21 Sep 69.0 Died Antoine Perrenot de Granvella † Cardinal, Archbishop of Besan�on, France

28 Sep 66.7 Ordained Bishop Bernardino G�mez Miedes † Bishop of Albarracin, Spain

29 Sep 64.7 Died Pierdonato Cesi (Sr.) † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

1 Oct Appointed Pedro Bonet Santamar�a † Bishop of Elne, France

54.7 Appointed Ludovico Madruzzo † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy

5 Oct 44.3 Ordained Bishop Georg von Kuenburg † Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria

7 Oct Appointed Jos� Angl�s, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Bosa, Italy

9 Oct Born Leopold Ferdinand von �sterreich † Former Bishop-Elect of Passau, Germany

10 Oct 50.5 Died Ignazio (Pellegrino) Danti, O.P. † Bishop of Alatri, Italy

11 Oct 54.7 Died Jean Six † Bishop of Saint-Omer, France

13 Oct 51.7 Appointed I�igo Avalos de Arag�n, O.S. † Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

42.7 Appointed Andr�s Cabrera Bobadilla † Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain

63.7 Appointed Marcantonio Colonna (Sr.) † Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

Appointed Antonio Migliori (Meliori) † Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy Bishop Emeritus

16 Oct 57.7 Died Janus Freg�so † Bishop of Agen, France

21 Oct Born Jean Bernard d’Angeloch † Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland

27 Oct Appointed Germain Vaillant de Guelin † Bishop of Orl�ans, France

61.6 Appointed Li�vin (Hermann) Van der Beken (Torrentinus) † Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium

28 Oct Ordained Bishop Antonio Migliori (Meliori) † Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy Bishop Emeritus

29 Oct 69.8 Died Vincenzo Ercolani (Herculani), O.P. † Bishop of Perugia, Italy

Nov Died Bernardino Figueroa † Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy

5 Nov Appointed Jacques du Plessis de Richelieu † Bishop of Lu�on, France

Appointed Bonaventura Furlani (Hortani), O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Alatri, Italy

33.0 Appointed Antonio Maria Gallo † Bishop of Perugia, Italy Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy

Appointed Properzio Resta, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy

36.0 Appointed Ferdinand de Rye † Archbishop of Besan�on, France

11 Nov 33.0 Ordained Bishop Antonio Maria Gallo † Bishop of Perugia, Italy Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy

13 Nov Died Marcello Maiorana (Romano), C.R. † Bishop of Acerra, Italy

15 Nov 42.8 Appointed Annibale de Capua † Apostolic Nuncio to Poland Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

44.8 Resigned Gerolamo Vitale Bovio (de’ Buoi) † Apostolic Nuncio to Poland Bishop of Camerino, Italy

16 Nov 46.8 Elevated to Cardinal Girolamo Bernerio, O.P. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

26.6 Elevated to Cardinal Ascanio Colonna † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

56.8 Elevated to Cardinal Girolamo della Rovere † Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

33.0 Elevated to Cardinal Antonio Maria Gallo † Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy

32.4 Elevated to Cardinal Benedetto Giustiniani † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

59.8 Elevated to Cardinal Philippe de L�noncourt † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index

39.7 Elevated to Cardinal Girolamo Mattei † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio

55.1 Elevated to Cardinal Costanzo (Gasparo) de Sarnano (Torri), O.F.M. Conv. † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy

18 Nov Ordained Bishop Bonaventura Furlani (Hortani), O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Alatri, Italy

20 Nov Died Jakub Milewski † Auxiliary Bishop of Krak�w, Poland

22 Nov Born Johann Fiernhammer † Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany

24 Nov 59.5 Died Johann Leisentrit † Prefect of Mei�en (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany

25 Nov 25.5 Ordained Bishop Charles de Lorraine-Vaud�mont (II) † Bishop of Verdun, France Cardinal, Administrator of Toul, France

25.5 Ordained Priest Charles de Lorraine-Vaud�mont (II) † Priest Cardinal, Administrator of Toul, France

26 Nov Died Francesco Cantucci † Bishop of Loreto, Italy

Appointed Paolo Emilio Giovannini † Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy

Appointed Giovanni Sanna † Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy

30 Nov Ordained Bishop Pedro Bonet Santamar�a † Bishop of Elne, France

Dec 43.9 Succeeded Antonmaria Sauli † Archbishop of Genova, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Ordained Bishop Dionisiy (Dionizy) Zbyruyskyi (Zbirujski) † Bishop Bishop of Chełm (Ukrainian), Poland

6 Dec Appointed Charles de Bourgneuf de Cuc� † Bishop of Saint-Malo, France Bishop of Nantes, France

8 Dec Died Hugo Ambrosio de Moncada, O.S.B. † Bishop of Urgell, Spain

10 Dec Appointed Orazio Marzani † Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy

Appointed Galeazzo Moroni † Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy

13 Dec 36.9 Selected Gregor Leisentrit † Prefect of Mei�en (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany

14 Dec Ordained Bishop Giovanni Goffredo Ginod † Bishop of Aosta, Italy

16 Dec 44.9 Appointed Rutilio Benzoni † Bishop of Loreto, Italy Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy

17 Dec 35.4 Appointed Domenico Ginnasi † Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Appointed Francisco de Ribera, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Leighlin, Ireland

Appointed Francisco Ribera Obando, O.S.A. † Bishop of Segovia, Spain Bishop-Elect

21 Dec Ordained Bishop Germain Vaillant de Guelin † Bishop of Orl�ans, France

28 Dec 44.9 Ordained Bishop Rutilio Benzoni † Bishop of Loreto, Italy Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy

35.5 Ordained Bishop Domenico Ginnasi † Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Ordained Bishop Orazio Marzani † Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy

30 Dec 48.9 Died Luigi d’Este † Cardinal, Administrator of Auch, France

31 Dec Born Sebasti�o de Matos de Noronha † Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Jul		Died	Niccol� Aragonio (Aragona) †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
4 Jul		Appointed	Scipione Montalegre (Montalto) †	Coadjutor Bishop of Isola, Italy	Bishop
	Appointed	Scipione Montalegre (Montalto) †	Titular Bishop of Callipolis	Bishop of Isola, Italy
38.4	Appointed	Francesco Panigarola (Panicarola), O.F.M. Obs. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ferrara, Italy	Bishop of Asti, Italy
38.4	Appointed	Francesco Panigarola (Panicarola), O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Arabia	Bishop of Asti, Italy
5 Jul	55.5	Died	Eberhard von Holle †	Former Bishop-Elect of L�beck, Germany
6 Jul	34.4	Ordained Bishop	Sebastian Breuning †	Titular Bishop of Adramyttium	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
	Ordained Bishop	Lelio Morelli †	Bishop of Capaccio, Italy
38.5	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Panigarola (Panicarola), O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Arabia	Bishop of Asti, Italy
13 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Clemente Bontodasio, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
14 Jul	30.1	Installed	Jerzy Radziwiłł †	Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto	Cardinal, Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
16 Jul		Appointed	Giovanni Goffredo Ginod †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
21 Jul		Born	Johann Anton Tritt von Wilderen †		Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
28 Jul	66.5	Appointed	Bernardino G�mez Miedes †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
	Appointed	Francesco Antonio Santorio †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
3 Aug	64.5	Died	Andr�s de Noronha †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
11 Aug		Appointed	Alfonso Pisani †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
14 Aug		Died	Bernardo Gasc� †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
17 Aug	57.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Santorio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
18 Aug	35.6	Confirmed	Bernhard von Waldeck †	Bishop of Osnabr�ck, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
22 Aug	46.6	Appointed	Girolamo Bernerio, O.P. †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
24 Aug		Died	Gaspar Vicente Novella †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
29 Aug	65.6	Died	Robert Stewart †	Bishop-Elect of Caithness, Scotland, Great Britain
2 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Juan Mart�nez de Villatoriel †	Bishop of L�rida, Spain
6 Sep	66.5	Resigned	Vincenzo Portico †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
	Appointed	Giulio Ricci †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
7 Sep	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Bernerio, O.P. †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
10 Sep		Died	Juan Montalvo, O.P. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
11 Sep	63.6	Died	Jacques de Castelnau de Clermont-Lod�ve †	Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomi�res, France
21 Sep	69.0	Died	Antoine Perrenot de Granvella †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Besan�on, France
28 Sep	66.7	Ordained Bishop	Bernardino G�mez Miedes †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
29 Sep	64.7	Died	Pierdonato Cesi (Sr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia
1 Oct		Appointed	Pedro Bonet Santamar�a †	Bishop of Elne, France
54.7	Appointed	Ludovico Madruzzo †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
5 Oct	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Georg von Kuenburg †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
7 Oct		Appointed	Jos� Angl�s, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
9 Oct		Born	Leopold Ferdinand von �sterreich †		Former Bishop-Elect of Passau, Germany
10 Oct	50.5	Died	Ignazio (Pellegrino) Danti, O.P. †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
11 Oct	54.7	Died	Jean Six †	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France
13 Oct	51.7	Appointed	I�igo Avalos de Arag�n, O.S. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
42.7	Appointed	Andr�s Cabrera Bobadilla †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
63.7	Appointed	Marcantonio Colonna (Sr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	Appointed	Antonio Migliori (Meliori) †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
16 Oct	57.7	Died	Janus Freg�so †	Bishop of Agen, France
21 Oct		Born	Jean Bernard d’Angeloch †		Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
27 Oct		Appointed	Germain Vaillant de Guelin †	Bishop of Orl�ans, France
61.6	Appointed	Li�vin (Hermann) Van der Beken (Torrentinus) †	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
28 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Antonio Migliori (Meliori) †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
29 Oct	69.8	Died	Vincenzo Ercolani (Herculani), O.P. †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy
Nov		Died	Bernardino Figueroa †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
5 Nov		Appointed	Jacques du Plessis de Richelieu †	Bishop of Lu�on, France
	Appointed	Bonaventura Furlani (Hortani), O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
33.0	Appointed	Antonio Maria Gallo †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
	Appointed	Properzio Resta, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
36.0	Appointed	Ferdinand de Rye †	Archbishop of Besan�on, France
11 Nov	33.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Maria Gallo †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
13 Nov		Died	Marcello Maiorana (Romano), C.R. †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
15 Nov	42.8	Appointed	Annibale de Capua †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
44.8	Resigned	Gerolamo Vitale Bovio (de’ Buoi) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Bishop of Camerino, Italy
16 Nov	46.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Girolamo Bernerio, O.P. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
26.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Ascanio Colonna †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
56.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Girolamo della Rovere †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
33.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Maria Gallo †	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
32.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Benedetto Giustiniani †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
59.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Philippe de L�noncourt †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
39.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Girolamo Mattei †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
55.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Costanzo (Gasparo) de Sarnano (Torri), O.F.M. Conv. †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
18 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Bonaventura Furlani (Hortani), O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
20 Nov		Died	Jakub Milewski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Krak�w, Poland
22 Nov		Born	Johann Fiernhammer †		Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
24 Nov	59.5	Died	Johann Leisentrit †	Prefect of Mei�en (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
25 Nov	25.5	Ordained Bishop	Charles de Lorraine-Vaud�mont (II) †	Bishop of Verdun, France	Cardinal, Administrator of Toul, France
25.5	Ordained Priest	Charles de Lorraine-Vaud�mont (II) †	Priest	Cardinal, Administrator of Toul, France
26 Nov		Died	Francesco Cantucci †	Bishop of Loreto, Italy
	Appointed	Paolo Emilio Giovannini †	Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
	Appointed	Giovanni Sanna †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
30 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Pedro Bonet Santamar�a †	Bishop of Elne, France
Dec	43.9	Succeeded	Antonmaria Sauli †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	Ordained Bishop	Dionisiy (Dionizy) Zbyruyskyi (Zbirujski) †	Bishop	Bishop of Chełm (Ukrainian), Poland
6 Dec		Appointed	Charles de Bourgneuf de Cuc� †	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France	Bishop of Nantes, France
8 Dec		Died	Hugo Ambrosio de Moncada, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
10 Dec		Appointed	Orazio Marzani †	Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy
	Appointed	Galeazzo Moroni †	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
13 Dec	36.9	Selected	Gregor Leisentrit †	Prefect of Mei�en (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
14 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Goffredo Ginod †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
16 Dec	44.9	Appointed	Rutilio Benzoni †	Bishop of Loreto, Italy	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
17 Dec	35.4	Appointed	Domenico Ginnasi †	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	Appointed	Francisco de Ribera, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Leighlin, Ireland
	Appointed	Francisco Ribera Obando, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Bishop-Elect
21 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Germain Vaillant de Guelin †	Bishop of Orl�ans, France
28 Dec	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Rutilio Benzoni †	Bishop of Loreto, Italy	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
35.5	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Ginnasi †	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	Ordained Bishop	Orazio Marzani †	Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy
30 Dec	48.9	Died	Luigi d’Este †	Cardinal, Administrator of Auch, France
31 Dec		Born	Sebasti�o de Matos de Noronha †		Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

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