The Year of Our Lord 1615

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Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

6 Jul 37.6 Confirmed Rodrigo da Cunha † Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal

58.5 Appointed Diego Ordóñez, O.F.M. † Bishop of Salamanca, Spain

20 Jul 61.5 Installed Jean de Bonsi † Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente Cardinal, Bishop of Béziers, France

68.7 Appointed Sancho Dávila y Toledo † Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain Bishop of Plasencia, Spain

34.5 Appointed Raymond de La Marthonie † Coadjutor Bishop of Limoges, France Bishop

34.5 Appointed Raymond de La Marthonie † Titular Bishop of Chalcedon Bishop of Limoges, France

26 Jul 37.5 Ordained Bishop Bartol Kačić, O.F.M. † Bishop of Makarska, Croatia

3 Aug Appointed Francisco Martínez de Cenicero † Bishop of Jaén, Spain

16 Aug Ordained Bishop Henri Clausse de Marchamont † Titular Bishop of Auzia Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France

17 Aug 57.6 Appointed Francisco González Zárate (de Gamarra) † Bishop of Cartagena (en España) Bishop of Ávila, Spain

18 Aug 63.6 Died Antonio de Cáceres y Sotomayor, O.P. † Bishop of Astorga, Spain

23 Aug 61.8 Appointed Antonio Maria Gallo † Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy

29.6 Succeeded François de Harlay de Champvallon † Archbishop of Rouen, France Archbishop Emeritus

53.1 Died François de Joyeuse † Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France

30 Aug 40.6 Ordained Bishop Jakob Eberlein † Bishop of Seckau, Austria

31 Aug Appointed Vincenzo Bacallar † Bishop of Bosa, Italy

24.6 Appointed Domenico Bonzi † Coadjutor Bishop of Béziers, France

24.6 Appointed Domenico Bonzi † Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia Coadjutor Bishop of Béziers, France

45.6 Appointed Giovanni Collesius, O.F.M. Obs. † Coadjutor Bishop of Stefaniaco e Benda, Albania Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus

45.6 Appointed Giovanni Collesius, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Albania Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Stefaniaco e Benda, Albania

4 Sep Professed Benedetto Rocci, O. Carm. † Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Bishop of Nusco, Italy

7 Sep Born Giuseppe Saggese † Bishop of Ravello e Scala, Italy

8 Sep 45.6 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Collesius, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Albania Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Stefaniaco e Benda, Albania

16 Sep 56.8 Appointed Ottavio Bandini † Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy

66.1 Appointed Francesco Maria Bourbon Del Monte Santa Maria † Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

50.7 Appointed Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano † Bishop of Arequipa, Peru

55.2 Confirmed Jean Dauvin † Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium

61.9 Appointed Antonio Maria Gallo † Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy

61.2 Appointed Benedetto Giustiniani † Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

Appointed Lorenzo Pérez de Grado † Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione) Bishop of Cuzco, Peru

72.7 Appointed Antonmaria Sauli † Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

20 Sep 34.7 Ordained Bishop Raymond de La Marthonie † Titular Bishop of Chalcedon Bishop of Limoges, France

Born Giambattista Spínola (Sr.) † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova, Italy

23 Sep 67.7 Died Wojciech Baranowski † Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

24 Sep Died Antoine de Bologne, O.M. † Bishop of Digne, France

Succeeded Louis de Bologne † Bishop of Digne, France

28 Sep Born Giberto Borromeo † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo

45.7 Appointed Giacomo Serra † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace

Appointed Pedro de Valencia † Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia

6 Oct 64.9 Died Carlo Bescapè, B. † Bishop of Novara, Italy

12 Oct Died Marco Antonio Salomone † Bishop Emeritus of Sora, Italy

13 Oct Born Giambattista Zeccadoro † Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy

16 Oct 49.7 Died Ferenc Forgách de Ghymes † Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary

22 Oct Died Benedykt Woyna (Wojna) † Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

24 Oct 36.0 Resigned Guido Bentivoglio d’Aragona † Apostolic Nuncio to Flanders, Belgium Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

Appointed Ascanio Gesualdo † Apostolic Nuncio to Flanders, Belgium Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy

26 Oct 41.8 Appointed Pedro de São Agostinho Figueira de Cunha Lobo, O.S.A. † Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe

7 Nov Born Raimondo Capizucchi, O.P. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli

8 Nov 38.0 Ordained Bishop Rodrigo da Cunha † Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal

15 Nov 29.8 Ordained Bishop Guillaume Aléaume † Bishop of Riez, France Bishop of Lisieux, France

40.8 Ordained Bishop João da Gama † Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal

Born Veríssimo de Lencastre † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal

Ordained Bishop Innocenzo Massimi † Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy Bishop of Catania, Italy

16 Nov Appointed Cristóbal de Lobera y Torres † Bishop of Badajoz, Spain Bishop of Plasencia, Spain

Appointed Luca Stella † Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy

57.8 Appointed Ferdinando Taverna † Cardinal, Bishop of Novara, Italy

46.3 Died Franz Bosbach Ursinus † Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland

Appointed Juan Zapata Osorio † Bishop of Zamora, Spain

17 Nov 36.8 Died Antonio Idiáquez Manrique † Bishop of Segovia, Spain

22 Nov 55.4 Ordained Bishop Jean Dauvin † Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium

30 Nov 73.9 Died Juan Alvarez de Caldas † Bishop of Ávila, Spain

43.9 Died Francisco de la Cueva, O.S.A. † Bishop of Oviedo, Spain

2 Dec Appointed Tommaso Brandolini, O.P. † Bishop of Minori, Italy

39.9 Appointed Pompeo Cornazzano, O. Cist. † Bishop of Parma, Italy

20.7 Elevated to Cardinal Carlo de’ Medici † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

21.8 Elevated to Cardinal Vincenzo Gonzaga †

71.9 Died Alonso González Aguilar † Bishop of León, Spain

50.9 Appointed Giovanni dei Gualtieri † Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy

40.8 Elevated to Cardinal Louis III de Guise de Lorraine † Cardinal, Archbishop-Elect of Reims, France

63.7 Elevated to Cardinal Melchior Klesl † In Pectore Cardinal, Bishop

26.7 Elevated to Cardinal Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval † Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

41.9 Elevated to Cardinal Tiberio Muti † Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy

23.9 Elevated to Cardinal Alessandro Orsini † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin

Appointed Matteo Sanudo † Coadjutor Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy Bishop

Appointed Matteo Sanudo † Titular Bishop of Ioppe Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy

41.9 Elevated to Cardinal Giulio Savelli † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

34.9 Appointed Tommaso Sanfelice, C.R. † Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy

53.9 Elevated to Cardinal Gabriel Trejo y Paniagua † Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy

34.9 Elevated to Cardinal Roberto Ubaldini † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy

60.1 Elevated to Cardinal Francesco Vendramin † Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

46.9 Confirmed Jacob Maximilien Villain † Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

3 Dec 59.2 Died Carlo Conti † Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy

Born Pedro Roche Noguera, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Pamplona, Spain

6 Dec 50.9 Ordained Bishop Giovanni dei Gualtieri † Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy

34.9 Ordained Bishop Tommaso Sanfelice, C.R. † Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy

7 Dec 66.4 Ordained Bishop Francesco Maria Bourbon Del Monte Santa Maria † Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

57.9 Ordained Bishop Ferdinando Taverna † Cardinal, Bishop of Novara, Italy

8 Dec Ordained Bishop Tommaso Brandolini, O.P. † Bishop of Minori, Italy

39.9 Ordained Bishop Pompeo Cornazzano, O. Cist. † Bishop of Parma, Italy

Ordained Bishop Matteo Sanudo † Titular Bishop of Ioppe Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy

16 Dec 40.9 Appointed Crisostomo Antichi, O.S.B. † Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina

57.9 Appointed Paolo Tolosa, C.R. † Archbishop of Chieti, Italy

56.9 Resigned Ulpiano (Volpiano) Volpi † Archbishop of Chieti, Italy Bishop of Novara, Italy

19 Dec 50.9 Died Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano † Bishop of Arequipa, Peru

20 Dec 40.9 Ordained Bishop Crisostomo Antichi, O.S.B. † Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Died Berenguer Bardaxi Alagón y Espés, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Huesca, Spain

22 Dec 58.9 Died Diego Ordóñez, O.F.M. † Bishop of Salamanca, Spain

23 Dec Born Louis de La Rochefoucauld † Bishop of Lectoure, France

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
6 Jul	37.6	Confirmed	Rodrigo da Cunha †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal	Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal
58.5	Appointed	Diego Ordóñez, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
20 Jul	61.5	Installed	Jean de Bonsi †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Bishop of Béziers, France
68.7	Appointed	Sancho Dávila y Toledo †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
34.5	Appointed	Raymond de La Marthonie †	Coadjutor Bishop of Limoges, France	Bishop
34.5	Appointed	Raymond de La Marthonie †	Titular Bishop of Chalcedon	Bishop of Limoges, France
26 Jul	37.5	Ordained Bishop	Bartol Kačić, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Makarska, Croatia
3 Aug		Appointed	Francisco Martínez de Cenicero †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
16 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Henri Clausse de Marchamont †	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France
17 Aug	57.6	Appointed	Francisco González Zárate (de Gamarra) †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Bishop of Ávila, Spain
18 Aug	63.6	Died	Antonio de Cáceres y Sotomayor, O.P. †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
23 Aug	61.8	Appointed	Antonio Maria Gallo †	Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
29.6	Succeeded	François de Harlay de Champvallon †	Archbishop of Rouen, France	Archbishop Emeritus
53.1	Died	François de Joyeuse †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
30 Aug	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Jakob Eberlein †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
31 Aug		Appointed	Vincenzo Bacallar †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
24.6	Appointed	Domenico Bonzi †	Coadjutor Bishop of Béziers, France
24.6	Appointed	Domenico Bonzi †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia	Coadjutor Bishop of Béziers, France
45.6	Appointed	Giovanni Collesius, O.F.M. Obs. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Stefaniaco e Benda, Albania	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
45.6	Appointed	Giovanni Collesius, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Albania	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Stefaniaco e Benda, Albania
4 Sep		Professed	Benedetto Rocci, O. Carm. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
7 Sep		Born	Giuseppe Saggese †		Bishop of Ravello e Scala, Italy
8 Sep	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Collesius, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Albania	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Stefaniaco e Benda, Albania
16 Sep	56.8	Appointed	Ottavio Bandini †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
66.1	Appointed	Francesco Maria Bourbon Del Monte Santa Maria †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
50.7	Appointed	Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
55.2	Confirmed	Jean Dauvin †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
61.9	Appointed	Antonio Maria Gallo †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
61.2	Appointed	Benedetto Giustiniani †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	Appointed	Lorenzo Pérez de Grado †	Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
72.7	Appointed	Antonmaria Sauli †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
20 Sep	34.7	Ordained Bishop	Raymond de La Marthonie †	Titular Bishop of Chalcedon	Bishop of Limoges, France
	Born	Giambattista Spínola (Sr.) †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova, Italy
23 Sep	67.7	Died	Wojciech Baranowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
24 Sep		Died	Antoine de Bologne, O.M. †	Bishop of Digne, France
	Succeeded	Louis de Bologne †	Bishop of Digne, France
28 Sep		Born	Giberto Borromeo †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
45.7	Appointed	Giacomo Serra †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
	Appointed	Pedro de Valencia †	Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
6 Oct	64.9	Died	Carlo Bescapè, B. †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
12 Oct		Died	Marco Antonio Salomone †	Bishop Emeritus of Sora, Italy
13 Oct		Born	Giambattista Zeccadoro †		Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
16 Oct	49.7	Died	Ferenc Forgách de Ghymes †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
22 Oct		Died	Benedykt Woyna (Wojna) †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
24 Oct	36.0	Resigned	Guido Bentivoglio d’Aragona †	Apostolic Nuncio to Flanders, Belgium	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	Appointed	Ascanio Gesualdo †	Apostolic Nuncio to Flanders, Belgium	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
26 Oct	41.8	Appointed	Pedro de São Agostinho Figueira de Cunha Lobo, O.S.A. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
7 Nov		Born	Raimondo Capizucchi, O.P. †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli
8 Nov	38.0	Ordained Bishop	Rodrigo da Cunha †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal	Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal
15 Nov	29.8	Ordained Bishop	Guillaume Aléaume †	Bishop of Riez, France	Bishop of Lisieux, France
40.8	Ordained Bishop	João da Gama †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
	Born	Veríssimo de Lencastre †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
	Ordained Bishop	Innocenzo Massimi †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy	Bishop of Catania, Italy
16 Nov		Appointed	Cristóbal de Lobera y Torres †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
	Appointed	Luca Stella †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
57.8	Appointed	Ferdinando Taverna †	Cardinal, Bishop of Novara, Italy
46.3	Died	Franz Bosbach Ursinus †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
	Appointed	Juan Zapata Osorio †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
17 Nov	36.8	Died	Antonio Idiáquez Manrique †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
22 Nov	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean Dauvin †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
30 Nov	73.9	Died	Juan Alvarez de Caldas †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain
43.9	Died	Francisco de la Cueva, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
2 Dec		Appointed	Tommaso Brandolini, O.P. †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
39.9	Appointed	Pompeo Cornazzano, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Parma, Italy
20.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo de’ Medici †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
21.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Vincenzo Gonzaga †
71.9	Died	Alonso González Aguilar †	Bishop of León, Spain
50.9	Appointed	Giovanni dei Gualtieri †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
40.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Louis III de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal, Archbishop-Elect of Reims, France
63.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Melchior Klesl †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Bishop
26.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
41.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Tiberio Muti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
23.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Alessandro Orsini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
	Appointed	Matteo Sanudo †	Coadjutor Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy	Bishop
	Appointed	Matteo Sanudo †	Titular Bishop of Ioppe	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
41.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Giulio Savelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
34.9	Appointed	Tommaso Sanfelice, C.R. †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
53.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Gabriel Trejo y Paniagua †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
34.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Roberto Ubaldini †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy
60.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Vendramin †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
46.9	Confirmed	Jacob Maximilien Villain †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
3 Dec	59.2	Died	Carlo Conti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	Born	Pedro Roche Noguera, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
6 Dec	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni dei Gualtieri †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
34.9	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Sanfelice, C.R. †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
7 Dec	66.4	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Maria Bourbon Del Monte Santa Maria †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
57.9	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinando Taverna †	Cardinal, Bishop of Novara, Italy
8 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Brandolini, O.P. †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
39.9	Ordained Bishop	Pompeo Cornazzano, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Parma, Italy
	Ordained Bishop	Matteo Sanudo †	Titular Bishop of Ioppe	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
16 Dec	40.9	Appointed	Crisostomo Antichi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina
57.9	Appointed	Paolo Tolosa, C.R. †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
56.9	Resigned	Ulpiano (Volpiano) Volpi †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
19 Dec	50.9	Died	Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano †	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
20 Dec	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Crisostomo Antichi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Died	Berenguer Bardaxi Alagón y Espés, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
22 Dec	58.9	Died	Diego Ordóñez, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
23 Dec		Born	Louis de La Rochefoucauld †		Bishop of Lectoure, France

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