The Year of Our Lord 1591

Bishop Events

July to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jul Appointed Francesco Monaco † Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy

14 Jul 39.5 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Visconte, C.O. † Bishop of Cervia, Italy Cardinal, Bishop of Spoleto, Italy

19 Jul 49.5 Appointed Malaquías Asso, O. Cist. † Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain Bishop of Jaca, Spain

49.5 Appointed Malaquías Asso, O. Cist. † Titular Bishop of Utica Bishop of Jaca, Spain

Appointed Lorenzo Celsi † Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy

43.5 Appointed Napoleone Comitoli † Bishop of Perugia, Italy

37.7 Appointed Antonio Maria Gallo † Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy

Appointed Giulio Cesare Guarnieri † Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy

Appointed Ascanio Libertano (Libertani) † Bishop of Cagli, Italy

21 Jul Ordained Bishop Fulvio Passerini † Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy Bishop of Pistoia, Italy

31 Jul Resigned Paolo Alberi † Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia Archbishop Emeritus

32.5 Appointed Ottavio Belmosto (Belmusti) † Bishop of Aleria, France Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

Appointed Orazio Ciceroni † Bishop of Ferentino, Italy

Appointed Stanisław Gomoliński † Bishop of Chełm, Poland Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine

Appointed Aurelio Novarini, O.F.M. Conv. † Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy

Appointed Marco Antonio Salomone † Bishop of Sora, Italy Bishop Emeritus

3 Aug Appointed Carlo Montigli † Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy

44.2 Resigned Michele Priuli † Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy Bishop of Vicenza, Italy

4 Aug Ordained Bishop Ascanio Libertano (Libertani) † Bishop of Cagli, Italy

Ordained Bishop Aurelio Novarini, O.F.M. Conv. † Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy

9 Aug Appointed Alessandro Centurione † Archbishop of Genova, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

Appointed Michael Fitzwalter † Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland

Appointed Nial O’Boyle † Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland

35.1 Appointed Jerzy Radziwiłł † Bishop of Kraków, Poland Cardinal, Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

48.6 Resigned Antonmaria Sauli † Archbishop of Genova, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

10 Aug Ordained Bishop Lorenzo Celsi † Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy

11 Aug 43.6 Ordained Bishop Napoleone Comitoli † Bishop of Perugia, Italy

Ordained Bishop Marco Antonio Salomone † Bishop of Sora, Italy Bishop Emeritus

19 Aug Born Johann Georg von Herberstein † Bishop-Elect of Regensburg, Germany

25 Aug 45.8 Ordained Bishop Johann Otto von Gemmingen † Bishop of Augsburg, Germany

3 Sep Died Fernando de la Vega Fonseca † Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

12 Sep Died Alexandre de Bardi † Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France

60.6 Died Charles d’Espinay † Bishop of Dol, France

Died Juan Martínez de Villatoriel † Bishop of Lérida, Spain

13 Sep Appointed Marco Antonio Amidano † Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy Former Bishop-Elect

80.6 Died Marcos de Lisboa (Betania), O.F.M. † Bishop of Porto, Portugal

Appointed Giovanni Myra (Mira) † Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy

22 Sep Ordained Bishop Alessandro Centurione † Archbishop of Genova, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

29 Sep 49.7 Ordained Bishop Malaquías Asso, O. Cist. † Titular Bishop of Utica Bishop of Jaca, Spain

3 Oct Died Francisco Avellaneda † Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy

4 Oct 72.9 Installed Nicolas de Pellevé † Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France

11 Oct 75.7 Died Cesare Gambara † Bishop of Tortona, Italy

16 Oct 56.6 Died Niccolò Sfondrati † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

17 Oct 85.7 Died Antoine Prévost de Sansac † Archbishop of Bordeaux, France

20 Oct 45.0 Ordained Bishop Sancho Dávila y Toledo † Bishop of Cartagena (en España) Bishop of Plasencia, Spain

57.6 Installed St. Alessandro Maria Sauli, B. † Bishop of Pavia, Italy

21 Oct 36.9 Died Ernst von Mengersdorf † Bishop of Bamberg, Germany

25 Oct Born Jacques de Neuchèze † Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France

27 Oct 51.8 Ordained Bishop Jean de Vernois, O.P. † Bishop of Saint-Omer, France

29 Oct 72.2 Elected Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

Nov Resigned Marco Antonio Amidano † Bishop-Elect of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy Former Bishop-Elect

3 Nov 72.2 Installed Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

4 Nov 52.8 Appointed Lorenzo Asensio Otaduy Avendaño † Bishop of Lugo, Spain Bishop of Ávila, Spain

13 Nov 46.8 Appointed Matteo Brumani, C.R.S.A. † Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy

Appointed Marcello Crescenzi † Bishop of Assisi, Italy

Appointed Claudio de Curtis † Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy

Appointed Orazio Schipano † Bishop of Belcastro, Italy

20 Nov Appointed Settimio Borserio † Bishop of Alessano, Italy Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy

Appointed António de Matos de Noronha † Bishop of Elvas, Portugal

17.9 Installed Odoardo Farnese † Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

Appointed Giovanni Antonio Onorati † Bishop of Terni, Italy

39.3 Installed Ottavio Paravicini † Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy

57.8 Appointed Juan Bautista Pérez Rubert † Bishop of Segorbe, Spain

29 Nov Appointed Alfonso López de Avila † Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia

30 Nov Ordained Bishop Settimio Borserio † Bishop of Alessano, Italy Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy

Ordained Bishop Giovanni Antonio Onorati † Bishop of Terni, Italy

Dec 66.9 Died Claude de Sanctes, O.S.A. † Bishop of Évreux, France

4 Dec Ordained Bishop Marcello Crescenzi † Bishop of Assisi, Italy

Appointed François Sadoleto † Coadjutor Bishop of Carpentras, France Bishop

Appointed François Sadoleto † Titular Bishop of Nicomedia Bishop of Carpentras, France

7 Dec 61.9 Died Pedro de Moya y Contreras † Archbishop of México, Federal District

8 Dec 37.9 Appointed Johann Walser (Waltous) † Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

37.9 Appointed Johann Walser (Waltous) † Titular Bishop of Belline Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

9 Dec Appointed Domingo de Ulloa, O.P. † Bishop of Popayán, Colombia Bishop of Michoacán, México

12 Dec Born Johann Christoph von Liechtenstein † Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany

14 Dec 46.6 Selected Neytard von Thüngen † Bishop of Bamberg, Germany

18 Dec 16.7 Elevated to Cardinal Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti (Jr.) † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati

54.3 Elevated to Cardinal Filippo Sega † Cardinal, Bishop of Piacenza, Italy

22 Dec 60.9 Resigned Marcello Acquaviva † Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy

56.9 Appointed Alessandro Musotti † Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy Bishop of Imola, Italy

23 Dec 51.0 Died Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga, O.S.Io.Hieros. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alessio

30 Dec 72.4 Died Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

Died Alfonso López de Avila † Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul		Appointed	Francesco Monaco †	Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy
14 Jul	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Visconte, C.O. †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
19 Jul	49.5	Appointed	Malaquías Asso, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
49.5	Appointed	Malaquías Asso, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
	Appointed	Lorenzo Celsi †	Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy
43.5	Appointed	Napoleone Comitoli †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy
37.7	Appointed	Antonio Maria Gallo †	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
	Appointed	Giulio Cesare Guarnieri †	Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy
	Appointed	Ascanio Libertano (Libertani) †	Bishop of Cagli, Italy
21 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Fulvio Passerini †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
31 Jul		Resigned	Paolo Alberi †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
32.5	Appointed	Ottavio Belmosto (Belmusti) †	Bishop of Aleria, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Orazio Ciceroni †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
	Appointed	Stanisław Gomoliński †	Bishop of Chełm, Poland	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
	Appointed	Aurelio Novarini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
	Appointed	Marco Antonio Salomone †	Bishop of Sora, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
3 Aug		Appointed	Carlo Montigli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
44.2	Resigned	Michele Priuli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
4 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Ascanio Libertano (Libertani) †	Bishop of Cagli, Italy
	Ordained Bishop	Aurelio Novarini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
9 Aug		Appointed	Alessandro Centurione †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Michael Fitzwalter †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
	Appointed	Nial O’Boyle †	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
35.1	Appointed	Jerzy Radziwiłł †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland	Cardinal, Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
48.6	Resigned	Antonmaria Sauli †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
10 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Celsi †	Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy
11 Aug	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Napoleone Comitoli †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy
	Ordained Bishop	Marco Antonio Salomone †	Bishop of Sora, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
19 Aug		Born	Johann Georg von Herberstein †		Bishop-Elect of Regensburg, Germany
25 Aug	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Johann Otto von Gemmingen †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
3 Sep		Died	Fernando de la Vega Fonseca †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
12 Sep		Died	Alexandre de Bardi †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France
60.6	Died	Charles d’Espinay †	Bishop of Dol, France
	Died	Juan Martínez de Villatoriel †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
13 Sep		Appointed	Marco Antonio Amidano †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
80.6	Died	Marcos de Lisboa (Betania), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
	Appointed	Giovanni Myra (Mira) †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
22 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Centurione †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Sep	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Malaquías Asso, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
3 Oct		Died	Francisco Avellaneda †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
4 Oct	72.9	Installed	Nicolas de Pellevé †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
11 Oct	75.7	Died	Cesare Gambara †	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
16 Oct	56.6	Died	Niccolò Sfondrati †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
17 Oct	85.7	Died	Antoine Prévost de Sansac †	Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
20 Oct	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Sancho Dávila y Toledo †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
57.6	Installed	St. Alessandro Maria Sauli, B. †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
21 Oct	36.9	Died	Ernst von Mengersdorf †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
25 Oct		Born	Jacques de Neuchèze †		Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France
27 Oct	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean de Vernois, O.P. †	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France
29 Oct	72.2	Elected	Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
Nov		Resigned	Marco Antonio Amidano †	Bishop-Elect of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
3 Nov	72.2	Installed	Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
4 Nov	52.8	Appointed	Lorenzo Asensio Otaduy Avendaño †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain	Bishop of Ávila, Spain
13 Nov	46.8	Appointed	Matteo Brumani, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
	Appointed	Marcello Crescenzi †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
	Appointed	Claudio de Curtis †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
	Appointed	Orazio Schipano †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
20 Nov		Appointed	Settimio Borserio †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
	Appointed	António de Matos de Noronha †	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
17.9	Installed	Odoardo Farnese †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Onorati †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
39.3	Installed	Ottavio Paravicini †	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
57.8	Appointed	Juan Bautista Pérez Rubert †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
29 Nov		Appointed	Alfonso López de Avila †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
30 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Settimio Borserio †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Antonio Onorati †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
Dec	66.9	Died	Claude de Sanctes, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Évreux, France
4 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Marcello Crescenzi †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
	Appointed	François Sadoleto †	Coadjutor Bishop of Carpentras, France	Bishop
	Appointed	François Sadoleto †	Titular Bishop of Nicomedia	Bishop of Carpentras, France
7 Dec	61.9	Died	Pedro de Moya y Contreras †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
8 Dec	37.9	Appointed	Johann Walser (Waltous) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
37.9	Appointed	Johann Walser (Waltous) †	Titular Bishop of Belline	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
9 Dec		Appointed	Domingo de Ulloa, O.P. †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia	Bishop of Michoacán, México
12 Dec		Born	Johann Christoph von Liechtenstein †		Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
14 Dec	46.6	Selected	Neytard von Thüngen †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
18 Dec	16.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
54.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Filippo Sega †	Cardinal, Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
22 Dec	60.9	Resigned	Marcello Acquaviva †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
56.9	Appointed	Alessandro Musotti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Bishop of Imola, Italy
23 Dec	51.0	Died	Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alessio
30 Dec	72.4	Died	Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	Died	Alfonso López de Avila †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia

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