The Year of Our Lord 1564

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Martin Alphonso Mexia de Tovar †		Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
	64.0	Appointed	Manuel de Almada †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	64.0	Resigned	Julião de Alva †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Hippolytus Arrivabene †	Bishop of Hierapetra, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Lodovico Beccatelli (Beccadelli) †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Francesco Beltramini †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
		Appointed	Jean de Bours †	Bishop of Laon, France
		Resigned	Louis de Brezé †	Bishop of Meaux, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Antonio Cancellaro †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
		Born	Timoteo Caselli, O.P. †	Guardicen	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
		Born	Agostino Cassandra, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
		Died	Luigi Cavalcanti †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Pedro Cerbuna Negro †	Priest	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
		Succeeded	William Chisholm †	Bishop of Dunblane, Scotland, Great Britain	Former Administrator of Vaison, France
		Died	William Chisholm †	Bishop of Dunblane, Scotland, Great Britain
		Born	Scipione Cobelluzzi †	Viterbo, Italy	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
		Born	Carlos Marcelo Corni Velazquez †	Trujillo	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
		Born	Guillaume d’Hugues, O.F.M. Conv. †		Archbishop of Embrun, France
		Died	Alberto Divini, O.P. †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
		Died	Andrés de la Cuesta †	Bishop of León, Spain
	61.3	Ordained Priest	Diego Espinosa Arévalo †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Died	Egidio Foscherani, O.P. †	Bishop of Modena, Italy
		Born	Girolamo Giovannelli †	Urbe	Bishop of Sora, Italy
		Died	Pietro de Gozzo, O.P. †	Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
	30.4	Ordained Bishop	Mark Sittich von Hohenems (Altemps) †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Filippo Lancia †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
		Born	Giorgio Lazzari, O.P. †	Tarvisan	Bishop of Minori, Italy
	32.0	Ordained Priest	Ludovico Madruzzo †	Priest of Trento, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
		Born	Lodovico Magio †	Milan	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
		Born	Pierre François Maletti, C.R.L. †	Vercellen	Bishop of Nice, France
		Born	Pedro Manso †	Spain	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina
		Resigned	Massimo de’ Massimi †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	71.0	Died	Alvaro Moscoso †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
		Born	Pietro Giorgio Odescalchi †	Cremona	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
		Died	Bernard O’Higgins, O.S.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Elphin, Ireland
		Resigned	Giulio Oradini †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Mario Orsini †	Roma	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
		Born	Vincenzo Periti †	S. Felicis	Bishop of Lavello, Italy
		Died	Charles de Pisseleu †	Bishop of Condom, France
		Died	Francisco Ramírez †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
	26.9	Resigned	Antonmaria Salviati †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Alfonso de Sásamo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Capri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	28.9	Ordained Bishop	Niccolò Sfondrati †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	31.2	Professed	Francisco de Toledo Herrera, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
		Born	Erminio Valenti †	Trevi	Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy
		Born	Diego Zúñiga Sotomayor †	Santo Tomé de Freijeiro	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
7 Jan		Died	Fernando de Menezes Coutinho e Vasconcellos †	Archbishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
16 Jan		Appointed	Pietro Bembo †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
21 Jan		Died	Nino Nini †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
27 Jan	59.1	Appointed	Acisclo de Moya y Contreras †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
23 Feb	55.1	Appointed	Giovanni Gerolamo Moroni (Morone) †	Bishop of Modena, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Mar		Died	Giulio Rossi †	Bishop of San Leone, Italy
1 Mar	53.2	Appointed	Gaspar Cervantes de Gaete †	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
	57.2	Appointed	Agustín Coruña Velasco, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
		Appointed	Pedro de la Peña, O.P. †	Bishop of Verapaz, Guatemala	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
		Appointed	Filippo Geri †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
	23.4	Appointed	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	25.2	Appointed	Francesco Gonzaga †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Bishop of Mantova, Italy
	57.1	Appointed	Honorato Juan †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
21 Mar		Born	Domingo Cano de Haro, O.P. †	Ecija	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
22 Mar	44.2	Appointed	Antonio de San Miguel Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
		Appointed	Richard Creagh †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	49.1	Confirmed	György Draskovics †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
		Appointed	Antonio García de Valtorres, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain
		Appointed	Antonio García de Valtorres, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	68.2	Appointed	Juan de los Barrios, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
Apr	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Honorato Juan †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
Apr		Ordained Bishop	Juan Simancas Simancas †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
1 Apr		Born	Cristóforo Chrisostome Carletti, O.F.M. †	Capranica	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
9 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Richard Creagh †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
14 Apr	43.5	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
16 Apr	23.8	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Carafa †	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop
23 Apr	23.5	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
24 Apr	59.3	Installed	Acisclo de Moya y Contreras †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
27 Apr		Died	Ottaviano Guasco †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
28 Apr		Appointed	Jean de Balaguier †	Bishop of Cahors, France
		Appointed	Juan del Castillo †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
		Appointed	Jerónimo Clavijo, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
		Appointed	Jerónimo Clavijo, O.P. †	Bishop of Nisyros, Greece	Auxiliary Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
	33.7	Appointed	Ranuccio Farnese, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Administrator of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
		Appointed	Bernardino de Villalpando, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala
May	29.3	Resigned	Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. †	Apostolic Administrator of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
2 May	64.2	Died	Rodolfo Pio †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
11 May		Died	Leone Orsini †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
12 May	25.6	Appointed	St. Charles Borromeo †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	63.9	Appointed	Federico Cesi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	36.4	Appointed	Girolamo della Rovere †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	43.6	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Appointed	Antonio Giustiniani, O.P. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Lipari, Italy	Bishop
	51.9	Appointed	Cristoforo Madruzzo †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
	55.3	Appointed	Giovanni Gerolamo Moroni (Morone) †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	70.4	Appointed	Francesco Pisani †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
18 May	45.6	Resigned	Nicolás de Pellevé †	Bishop of Amiens, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
27 May	25.7	Ordained Priest	Cesare Baronio, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
27 May		Born	Johann Adam von Bicken †	Hainchen	Archbishop-Elect of Mainz, Germany
5 Jun	47.4	Selected	Gerard van Groesbeeck †	Cardinal, Bishop of Liège, Belgium
9 Jun		Appointed	Giovanni Ambrosio Fieschi †	Bishop of Savona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
9 Jun		Appointed	Girolamo Gallarati †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
21 Jun		Appointed	Francisco Balaguier †	Bishop of Bazas, France
	42.5	Appointed	Giovanni Carlo Bovio †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
	47.4	Appointed	Luigi Cornaro †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
	66.4	Appointed	Tiberio Crispo †	Administrator of Amalfi, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
		Appointed	João de Melo †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
		Confirmed	Veit von Fraunberg †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
		Appointed	Jerónimo Osório †	Bishop of Silves (Sylves), Portugal	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
		Appointed	António Pinheiro †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
	70.5	Resigned	Francesco Pisani †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	52.4	Appointed	Henrique de Portugal †	Archbishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal
		Appointed	Guillaume Viole †	Bishop of Paris, France
1 Jul		Died	Egidio Falcetta de Cingulo †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
14 Jul		Appointed	Nicolaus Bertholdi †	Bishop of Hierapetra, Greece
	33.0	Appointed	Antoine de Créqui Canaples †	Cardinal, Bishop of Amiens, France
	54.9	Resigned	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Administrator of Lyon, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
	59.5	Appointed	Angelo Nicolini †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
	56.5	Installed	Francisco Pacheco de Villena (Toledo) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Susanna	Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
28 Jul		Appointed	Agostino Folignatti (Molignatus) †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
	67.6	Appointed	Juan de San Millán †	Bishop of León, Spain
		Appointed	Martino Terracina †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
		Appointed	Diego Torquemada †	Bishop of Tui, Spain
3 Aug		Died	Scipione Bongalli †	Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy
5 Aug		Appointed	Nicolas Langelier (Lancelier) †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France
5 Aug		Born	Nicolas Zoes (Zoesius) †		Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
18 Aug		Born	Federico Borromeo (Sr.) †	Milan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
Sep	77.7	Died	Rodrigo González de Marmolejo †	Bishop of Santiago de Chile
1 Sep	28.7	Ordained Priest	Jean-François Bordini, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Archbishop of Avignon, France
3 Sep		Died	Julius von Pflug †	Bishop of Naumburg, Germany
4 Sep		Resigned	Giovanni Girolamo de’ Rossi †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
4 Sep	32.7	Succeeded	Ippolito de’ Rossi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Pavia, Italy
6 Sep	46.8	Appointed	Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Appointed	Mathurin de la Saussaye †	Bishop of Orléans, France
		Appointed	Filippo Mazzola †	Bishop of Capri, Italy
	59.8	Appointed	Martín Pérez de Ayala †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
25 Sep	74.7	Died	Bernardo Manrique, O.P. †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
Oct	26.0	Appointed	St. Charles Borromeo †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
4 Oct		Appointed	Luís de la Fuente (Fuentes) †	Bishop of Nicaragua
6 Oct	45.9	Died	Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora †	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
8 Oct	55.1	Appointed	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
8 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Ferdinando Ferrero Fieschi †	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
15 Oct	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Agustín Coruña Velasco, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
15 Oct		Born	Heinrich Julius von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Wolfenbüttel	Former Bishop-Elect of Halberstadt, Germany
16 Oct	24.8	Appointed	Federico Gonzaga †	Bishop of Mantova, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect
16 Oct		Resigned	Jerónimo Teodoli †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
22 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Jerónimo Osório †	Bishop of Silves (Sylves), Portugal	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
25 Oct		Appointed	Vincenzo Cornelio (Cajetani) †	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
	52.3	Appointed	Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Segovia, Spain	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
		Appointed	Luis García Haro de Sotomayor †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
		Appointed	Gerolamo Politi, O.P. †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
27 Oct	80.8	Died	Cristoforo Guidalotti Ciocchi del Monte †	Cardinal, Bishop of Cagli, Italy
3 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Veit von Fraunberg †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
6 Nov	50.8	Appointed	Benito Tocco, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Vic, Spain	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
15 Nov		Appointed	Juan Francisco de Aguirre †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
15 Nov		Born	Philibert François (Filiberto) Milliet de Faverges †	Faverges	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
17 Nov	51.9	Appointed	Philibert Babou de La Bourdaisière †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France
	26.1	Appointed	St. Charles Borromeo †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
		Appointed	Crisostomo Calvino, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
	32.9	Appointed	Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Octaviae)	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
		Appointed	Bonifacio Destefanis, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
	33.9	Appointed	Vitellozzo Vitelli †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
8 Dec	55.3	Appointed	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
15 Dec		Died	Georg Flach, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
		Appointed	Francesco Pisani †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
		Appointed	Diego de Simancas †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop of Zamora, Spain