The Year of Our Lord 1558

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Alonso Cristóbal Arguellada †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Born	Ottavio Bandini †	Florence	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
	56.0	Appointed	Ugo Boncompagni †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	47.0	Ordained Priest	Bl. Paul Burali d'Arezzo, C.R. †	Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Antonio Corrionero de Babilafuente †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
		Ordained Bishop	Andrés de la Cuesta †	Bishop of León, Spain
		Born	Francisco González Zárate (de Gamarra) †	Gamarra	Bishop of Avila, Spain
		Ordained Bishop	Francisco Guaresma, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Tanger, Morocco
	38.4	Appointed	Vincenzo Giustiniani, O.P. †	Cardinal, Superior General of Order of Friars Preachers
	30.3	Ordained Priest	John Leslie †	Priest	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
		Died	Baltazar Limpo, O. Carm. †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
		Born	Felipe Marimón †	Cervera del Maestre	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
		Born	Luis Pereira de Miranda †		Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
		Born	Juan Pérez de Espinosa, O.F.M. †	Castilla la Vieja, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
		Appointed	Christoph Schlattl †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
		Born	Ferdinando Taverna †	Milano	Cardinal, Bishop of Novara, Italy
		Died	Rafael Ubac †	Bishop of Elne, France
		Born	Hector Valladares †		Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
	63.1	Appointed	Georg Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Bishop of Verden, Germany	Archbishop-Elect of Bremen(-Hamberg), Germany
	63.1	Appointed	Georg Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Archbishop of Bremen(-Hamberg), Germany	Archbishop-Elect
		Born	Juan Venido Castilla, O.F.M. †	Medina de Río Seco	Bishop of Orense, Spain
	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Gregor Virneburg †	Titular Bishop of Azotus	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
22 Jan	71.1	Died	Christoph Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Archbishop of Bremen(-Hamberg), Germany
27 Feb	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Bartolomé de Carranza y Miranda, O.P. †	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
23 Mar	39.2	Appointed	Pedro Leitão †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
15 Apr	56.3	Died	Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
21 Apr		Resigned	Baltasar de Heredia, O.P. †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Apr	50.4	Appointed	Friedrich von Wirsberg †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
23 May		Appointed	Francisco Tomás †	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
24 May		Died	Francisco Roures, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarragona, Spain
4 Jun		Died	Rafael Llinás, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
15 Jun		Born	Andreas Markgraf von Österreich (d'Austria) †	Bresnitz	Cardinal, Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
18 Jun		Died	Anton Graf von Schaumberg †	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
21 Jun	63.0	Died	Filippo Archinto †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
20 Jul		Appointed	Lupe Martínez Lagunilla †	Bishop of Elne, France
22 Jul	18.6	Professed	Andrés de Ubilla, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México
25 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Erasmus Pagendorfer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
26 Jul		Appointed	Johann Gebhard Graf von Mansfeld †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
15 Sep		Died	Diego Fernández de Córdoba Velasco †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
21 Oct		Appointed	Diego Alava Esquivel †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
		Appointed	Francisco de Santa María Benavides Velasco, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
		Appointed	Gaspar Zúñiga Avellaneda †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
2 Nov		Died	Petrus Rauh, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
4 Nov		Resigned	Juan Bautista Campeggio †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Baltasar de Heredia, O.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
		Appointed	Antonio Paragües Castillejo, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
17 Nov	58.7	Died	Reginald Pole †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
8 Dec		Born	François de La Rochefoucauld †	Paris	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Senlis, France
23 Dec	50.1	Confirmed	Bernhard von Raesfeld †	Bishop of Münster, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect

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