 On 8 June 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of Clonfert.On 30 August 1587, he was consecrated bishop by Girolamo Bernerio, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, with Edmund MacGauran, Archbishop of Armagh, and Agostino Quinzio, Bishop of Korčula, serving as co-consecrators.In 1589, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza.