 During this time, he opted for other titular churches like San Crisogono and Santi Giovanni e Paolo.Clement VIII also bestowed upon him episcopal consecration in 1597 after his appointment as Bishop of Iesi; the co-consecrators were Cardinal Silvio Savelli (former Latin Patriarch of Constantinople) and Cardinal Francesco Cornaro (former Bishop of Treviso).Bishop Borghese retained the diocese of Iesi until 1599.