The Year of Our Lord 1559

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Manuel Baptista, O.F.M. †	Monção, Portugal	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
		Born	Ottavio Belmosto (Belmusti) †	Genoa, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Aleria, France
	59.0	Resigned	Edmund Bonner †	Bishop of London, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Rodrigo de Carvalho †	Bishop of Miranda, Portugal
		Resigned	Bernardino della Croce, B. †	Bishop of Como, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	40.0	Appointed	Philippe du Bec †	Bishop of Vannes, France	Archbishop of Reims, France
		Died	Mikolai Dzierzgowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Born	Francisco González de Salcedo Castro †	Ciudad Real, Spain	Bishop of Santiago de Chile
	58.0	Resigned	Nicholas Heath †	Archbishop of York, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
		Ordained Priest	Wolfgang Holl †	Priest of Eichstätt, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	52.0	Ordained Priest	Honorato Juan †	Priest	Bishop of Osma, Spain
		Died	Jaime Martínez Casanat, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain
		Born	Johann Jakob Mirgel †	Lindau	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
		Born	Lorenzo Nieto y Corrales Montero Nieto, O.S.B. †	Orgaz	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
		Born	Melchor Rodríguez de Torres, O. de M. †	Burgos	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
	77.0	Died	Tomás de San Martín, O.P. †	Bishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
	59.0	Resigned	Thomas Thirlby †	Bishop of Ely, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Ulpiano (Volpiano) Volpi †	Como	Bishop of Novara, Italy
8 Jan		Died	Sebastián Obregón, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
23 Jan		Appointed	Pedro Maldonado, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
23 Jan		Confirmed	Burchard Oberg †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
25 Jan		Born	Aleixo de Meneses †		Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
27 Jan	44.7	Confirmed	Bl. Bartolomeu Fernandes dos Mártires, O.P. †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal	Archbishop Emeritus
Feb	40.1	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Leitão †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
15 Mar		Appointed	Francisco Orozco de Arce †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
26 Mar		Born	Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau †	Lochau	Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria
8 Apr		Died	Leo Lösch von Hilkershausen †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
17 Apr		Appointed	Gianantonio Volpi †	Bishop of Como, Italy
27 Apr	53.3	Died	Gutierre Vargas de Carvajal †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
12 Jun		Appointed	Moritz von Sandizell †	Bishop of Freising, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
2 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Francisco Orozco de Arce †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
2 Aug		Appointed	Diego de los Cobos Molina †	Bishop of Avila, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
2 Aug	54.6	Appointed	Juan Quiñones Guzmán †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
5 Aug		Born	Wawrzyniec Gembicki †		Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
11 Aug	56.6	Appointed	Johannes Tiedemann †	Bishop of Lübeck, Germany	Bishop-Elect
16 Aug	30.6	Appointed	Marquard von Hattstein †	Coadjutor Bishop of Speyer, Germany	Bishop
18 Aug	83.1	Died	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
22 Aug	32.3	Appointed	Johann Leisentrit †	Prefect of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
Sep		Died	Juan Fonseca †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
3 Sep	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Bartolomeu Fernandes dos Mártires, O.P. †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal	Archbishop Emeritus
26 Sep		Born	Claudio Rangoni †	Modena	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
4 Oct	45.4	Installed	Bl. Bartolomeu Fernandes dos Mártires, O.P. †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Nov		Died	Miguel Puig †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
9 Dec	40.9	Installed	Pedro Leitão †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
25 Dec	60.7	Elected	Giovanni Angelo de' Medici †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
29 Dec		Born	Gonzalo de Salazar, O.S.A. †	México	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México

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