[4] To thank him for his services, Pope Gregory XIII on 9 December 1579 appointed Ludovico Taverna as Bishop of Lodi.
[6] He was ordained priest on 10 January 1580 and his episcopal consecration followed the next on 12 March in the Sixtine Chapel in Vatican by the hands of cardinal Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni.
He moved to his bishopric as required by the canons of the Council of Trent, which guided his actions as bishop.
[1] On 16 April 1594 he was chosen by Pope Clement VIII to baptize Vincenzo Gonzaga, son of the Duke of Mantua.
He died on 3 June 1617 in Milano,[8] and he was buried in the family chapel in Santa Maria della Passione church.