The Year of Our Lord 1560

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	80.0	Died	Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
	60.0	Appointed	Julião de Alva †	Bishop of Miranda, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre, Portugal
		Born	Richard Arthur †	Cork	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
	58.0	Resigned	Ugo Boncompagni †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Died	Francesco Colonna †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
		Born	Ottavio Acquaviva d’Aragona (Sr.) †	Naples	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
		Born	Domingo (Pedro) de Oña, O. de M. †	Burgos, Spain	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
		Born	Bertrand d'Eschaux (de Chaux) †	Béarn	Archbishop of Tours, France
		Died	Pablo de Torres, O.P. †	Bishop of Panamá
		Born	Juan (Giovanni) de Espila (Spilla), O.P. †	Deva, Spain	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
		Appointed	Cesare Gesualdo †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
		Born	García Guerra, O.P. †	Palencia, Spain	Archbishop of México, Federal District
		Born	Roland Hébert †	Beaumont-sur-Oise	Archbishop of Bourges, France
		Born	Placido Marra †	Naples	Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla, Italy
		Resigned	Borso Merli †	Bishop of Bobbio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Sebastião de Morais de Funchal, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
		Born	Pedro Ordóñez y Flórez †	Brozas, Spain	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
		Died	Dionisio de Robertis †	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
	28.0	Appointed	Giulio della Rovere †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Ravenna, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Battista Salvago †	Genova	Bishop of Luni e Sarzana, Italy
		Confirmed	Moritz von Sandizell †	Bishop of Freising, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Giacomo Sannesio †	Belforte	Cardinal, Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
	13.0	Professed	Fernando Trexo y Senabria, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
		Born	Antonio Valente, O.P. †	Lisbonne, Portugal	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
		Born	Pedro Vega †	Bubierca, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
		Born	Fabrizio Verallo †	Rome	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Severo, Italy
	29.0	Resigned	Vitellozzo Vitelli †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Christoph Weber †	Seligenstadt	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
6 Jan	60.8	Installed	Giovanni Angelo de' Medici †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
16 Jan	47.5	Appointed	Cristoforo Madruzzo †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono	Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
19 Jan	42.0	Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Mercurio †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello	Cardinal, Archbishop of Messina, Italy
19 Jan	37.0	Appointed	Giacomo Savelli †	Cardinal-Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
26 Jan	47.5	Appointed	Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
	32.1	Appointed	Girolamo della Rovere †	Bishop of Toulon, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	40.5	Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Juan Battista (Giovanni Battista) de Ojeda (Hogeda, Oxeda) †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
	50.1	Appointed	Pedro Ponce de Léon †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
	37.1	Appointed	Giacomo Savelli †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
31 Jan	21.3	Elevated to Cardinal	St. Charles Borromeo †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	15.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni de' Medici (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Apostolic Administrator of Pisa, Italy
		Confirmed	Johann Gebhard von Mansfeld †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
	41.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
Feb	32.8	Confirmed	Johann Leisentrit †	Prefect of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
7 Feb		Appointed	Costantino Bonelli †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
	21.3	Appointed	St. Charles Borromeo †	Apostolic Administrator of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop
	25.1	Appointed	Guillaume de St-Marcel d'Avançon †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Embrun, France
	75.1	Appointed	Robert de Lénoncourt †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
	75.1	Resigned	Robert de Lénoncourt †	Archbishop of Embrun, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
	75.1	Resigned	Robert de Lénoncourt †	Apostolic Administrator of Auxerre, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
	33.1	Appointed	Phlippe de Lénoncourt †	Bishop of Auxerre, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
14 Feb	21.4	Installed	St. Charles Borromeo †	Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
14 Feb	41.1	Installed	Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
16 Feb	68.1	Died	Jean du Bellay †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
5 Mar	71.7	Died	Pedro Pacheco Ladrón de Guevara †	Cardinal, Bishop of Albano, Italy
13 Mar	58.7	Appointed	Clemente d'Olera, O.F.M. Obs. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Foligno, Italy
	75.2	Appointed	Robert de Lénoncourt †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
	47.7	Appointed	Cristoforo Madruzzo †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
	51.1	Appointed	Giovanni Gerolamo Morone †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
	51.1	Resigned	Giovanni Gerolamo Morone †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
	41.2	Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
	25.1	Appointed	Niccolò Sfondrati †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
17 Mar	56.2	Appointed	St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
27 Mar	28.8	Appointed	Federico Cornaro (Sr.) †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
27 Mar		Appointed	Girolamo Gallarati †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
Apr		Ordained Bishop	Gaspar de Leão Pereira †	Archbishop of Goa, India
3 Apr		Born	Ascanio Colonna †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
5 Apr		Appointed	Andrés de Noronha †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
26 Apr	77.3	Appointed	Fernando de Loaces (Loazes), O.P. †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	15.6	Appointed	Giovanni de' Medici (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Apostolic Administrator of Pisa, Italy
	41.4	Resigned	Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora †	Apostolic Administrator of Parma, Italy	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
	26.3	Appointed	Alessandro Sforza †	Bishop of Parma, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
28 Apr	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
28 Apr		Died	Diego Tavera Ponce de Léon †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
6 May		Born	Guido Pepoli †	Bologna	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio
13 May	31.4	Confirmed	Marquard von Hattstein †	Coadjutor Bishop of Speyer, Germany	Bishop
15 May		Died	Francisco de Santa María Benavides Velasco, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
29 May	26.8	Appointed	Mark Sittich von Hohenems †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
19 Jun	15.7	Appointed	Giovanni de' Medici (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Apostolic Administrator of Pisa, Italy
19 Jun	56.4	Appointed	Scipione Rebiba †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Troia, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy
21 Jun	31.5	Succeeded	Marquard von Hattstein †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
21 Jun	36.5	Died	Rudolf von Frankenstein †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
26 Jun		Appointed	Pedro González Mendoza †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
26 Jun	57.5	Appointed	Francisco Manrique de Lara †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
29 Jun	49.7	Appointed	Guillermo Casador †	Coadjutor Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop
29 Jun	49.7	Appointed	Guillermo Casador †	Titular Bishop of Xanthe	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
4 Jul	66.5	Died	Eberhard von Hirnheim †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
9 Jul	37.5	Appointed	Marcantonio Colonna (Sr.) †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
14 Jul	37.5	Appointed	Martin von Schaumberg †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
17 Jul	47.7	Appointed	Martín de Córdoba Mendoza, O.P. †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
	45.4	Appointed	György Draskovics †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
		Appointed	Paulus Jäger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
		Appointed	Paulus Jäger †	Titular Bishop of Athyra	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Bamberg, Germany
	55.7	Appointed	Martín Pérez de Ayala †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
27 Jul		Died	Georg Waldeisen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
4 Sep	46.7	Appointed	Melchor Alvarez de Vozmediano †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	21.9	Appointed	St. Charles Borromeo †	Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
		Appointed	Diego de los Cobos Molina †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
	28.7	Appointed	Ippolito de' Rossi †	Coadjutor Bishop of Pavia, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
		Appointed	Alvaro Hurtado de Mendoza y Sarmiento †	Bishop of Avila, Spain	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
	56.6	Resigned	Scipione Rebiba †	Bishop of Troia, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy
	37.7	Confirmed	Martin von Schaumberg †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
		Appointed	Pedro Xague, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
		Appointed	Pedro Xague, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Nisyrus	Auxiliary Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
13 Sep	61.4	Appointed	Bartolomé de la Cueva de Albuquerque †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
	33.0	Appointed	Tolomeo Gallio †	Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
		Born	Paolo Emilio Sfondrati †	Milan	Cardinal, Bishop of Cremona, Italy
21 Sep	18.0	Professed	St. Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
23 Sep		Died	Juan García Pérez y Oliván †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
29 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Pedro González Mendoza †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
30 Sep	51.7	Died	Melchor Cano, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
20 Oct		Appointed	Diego de León, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Manfredonia, Italy
30 Oct		Installed	Andrés de Noronha †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
10 Nov	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Guillermo Casador †	Titular Bishop of Xanthe	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
17 Nov	46.1	Died	Michael von Kuenburg †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
28 Nov	45.9	Appointed	Johann Jakob von Kuen-Belasy †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
29 Nov	28.9	Appointed	Flavio Orsini †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
7 Dec	60.5	Died	Ernst von Bayern †	Apostolic Administrator of Passau, Germany
15 Dec	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Melchior Miguel Carneiro Leitão, S.J. †	Bishop of Macau, China	Patriarch of Foreign Diocese
15 Dec		Born	Valentin Mohr, O.S.B. †	Hornhausen	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
21 Dec	22.2	Ordained Deacon	St. Charles Borromeo †	Deacon of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop

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