The Year of Our Lord 1566

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Juan Francisco de Aguirre †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
		Died	Jan Andruszewicz †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
		Appointed	Pierre de Barrault †	Bishop of Lodève, France
		Born	András Bathóry †	Szilágy-Somlyo	Cardinal, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
		Born	Nicola Benigno †	Tuderti	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
		Died	Claude Briçonnet †	Bishop of Lodève, France
		Born	Pietro Budi †		Bishop of Sapë, Albania
		Born	Innocenzo Del Bufalo-Cancellieri †	Rome	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, Italy
		Born	Antonio Caetani (Jr.) †	Rome	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
		Died	Fausto Caffarelli †	Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy
		Born	Giacomo Candido †		Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy
		Born	Joannes Mattaeus Caryophyllis †		Titular Archbishop of Iconium
		Born	Bartolomeo Cesi (Cesa) †	Rome	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
		Resigned	Nicolo Cicala †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Marco Cornaro (Corner) †	Archbishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Giovanni Battista de Asti, O.S.A. †	Albingauni in Liguria	Titular Bishop of Thagaste
		Born	Consalvo Duranti †	S. Angeli in Vado	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
	60.0	Resigned	Antonio Elio †	Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	45.2	Resigned	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Avignon, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Born	Ferenc Forgách de Ghymes †	Esztergom, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
		Died	Cesare Gesualdo †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
		Died	Giacomo de’ Giacomelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Belcastro, Italy
	34.0	Selected	Pierre de Gondi †	Bishop of Langres, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
		Born	Diego Guzmán de Haros †	Ocaña	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Died	Fabrizio Landriani †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
		Appointed	Girolamo Leone †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
	38.3	Confirmed	John Leslie (Lesley) †	Bishop of Ross, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop of Coutances, France
		Born	Étienne Le Maingre de Boucicault, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Grasse, France
		Died	Giulio Magnani, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
		Born	Lodovico Martini †	Nizza	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
		Born	Tommaso Nadal †		Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina
		Died	Diego Gilberto Nogueras †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
		Died	Nicola Angelo Olivieri †	Bishop of Acerno, Italy
		Born	Jean de Pélissier, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Apt, France
		Born	Girolamo Pignatelli, C.R. †	Napoli	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
		Died	Lattanzio Roverella †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
		Died	Quinzio de Rusticis †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
		Born	Wilhelm Rinck von Balderstein †		Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
		Born	François de Rye †		Archbishop of Besançon, France
		Born	Galeazzo Sanvitale †	Parma	Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
		Appointed	Prosper de Sainte-Croix †	Archbishop of Arles, France
		Born	Filippo Spinelli †	Naples	Cardinal, Bishop of Aversa, Italy
		Died	Martino Terracina †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
		Born	Michelangelo Tonti †	Rimini	Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena, Italy
		Died	Pedro Vaguer †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
6 Jan	27.1	Died	Francesco Gonzaga †	Cardinal, Bishop of Mantova, Italy
6 Jan		Died	Domenico Stella, O.P. †	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
7 Jan	62.0	Elected	St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
17 Jan	62.0	Installed	St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
20 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Vilém Prusinovský z Víckova †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
30 Jan	48.2	Appointed	Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Appointed	Luca Fieschi †	Bishop of Andria, Italy	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
	42.9	Appointed	Vincenzo Lauro †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Pietro Lunello †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
	43.3	Appointed	Gabriele Paleotti †	Bishop of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	43.3	Appointed	Gabriele Paleotti †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	67.2	Appointed	Giovanni Ricci †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
8 Feb		Installed	Marcantonio Bobba †	Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Aosta, Italy
	43.0	Installed	Francesco Abbondio Castiglioni †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
	66.1	Installed	Francesco Crasso †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Lucia in Septisolio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eufemia
	52.1	Installed	Alessandro Crivelli †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giovanni a Porta Latina	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
	28.7	Installed	Guido Luca Ferrero †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eufemia	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
	44.1	Installed	Luigi Pisani †	Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
	51.4	Installed	Prospero Publicola Santacroce †	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Bishop of Albano, Italy
	30.2	Appointed	Filippo Spinola †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy
9 Feb	43.3	Ordained Priest	Gabriele Paleotti †	Priest of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
10 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Mario Carafa †	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Pietro Lunello †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Gabriele Paleotti †	Bishop of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
15 Feb		Appointed	Francisco de Abrego †	Bishop of Panamá
		Appointed	Juan de Arzolaras (Alzóloras), O.S.H. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
		Appointed	Angelo Cesi †	Bishop of Todi, Italy
		Resigned	Giovanni Andrea Cesi †	Bishop of Todi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Bertrando de Romanis †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
		Ordained Bishop	Luca Fieschi †	Bishop of Andria, Italy	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Battista Orsini †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
	32.9	Appointed	Giulio della Rovere †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	30.2	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Spinola †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy
18 Feb	83.1	Appointed	Fernando de Loaces (Loazes), O.P. †	Patriarch	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
6 Mar	24.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Michele (Bosco) Bonelli, O.P. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
	66.2	Appointed	Francesco Crasso †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eufemia
	28.8	Appointed	Guido Luca Ferrero †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
	32.9	Appointed	Giulio della Rovere †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	33.8	Appointed	Giulio Antonio Santorio †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
		Appointed	Tommaso Scotti, O.P. †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
12 Mar		Born	Gregorio Parcero de Castro, O.S.B. †	Tuy	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
12 Mar	33.8	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Antonio Santorio †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
13 Mar	34.7	Installed	Antoine de Créqui Canaples †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Trifone	Cardinal, Bishop of Amiens, France
		Resigned	Nicola Maggiorani (Majorano) †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Maggiorano Maggiorani (Majorano) †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy
20 Mar	24.3	Installed	Michele (Bosco) Bonelli, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Apr		Died	Simone Gattola †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
3 Apr		Appointed	Marcin Białobrzeski, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
		Appointed	Marcin Białobrzeski, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
		Appointed	Feliciano Capitone, O.S.M. †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
		Appointed	Alessandro Strozzi †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
13 Apr	46.8	Ordained Priest	Veit von Würtzburg †	Priest of Bamberg, Germany	Bishop
15 Apr	33.0	Ordained Bishop	Giulio della Rovere †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
17 Apr	15.3	Professed	Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop of Michoacán, México
21 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Giulo Sauli †	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy
26 Apr		Appointed	Gabriele de Alexandris, O.P. †	Bishop of Gallese, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Adriano Bereti, O.P. †	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
	52.3	Appointed	Francisco Delgado López †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
		Appointed	Diego Deza Tello †	Bishop of Coria, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
28 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Feliciano Capitone, O.S.M. †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
28 Apr	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Veit von Würtzburg †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
29 Apr	63.3	Died	Jean Suau †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mirepoix, France
8 May	27.4	Resigned	Sigismund von Brandenburg †	Archbishop of Magdeburg, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect
8 May	27.4	Resigned	Sigismund von Brandenburg †	Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect of Magdeburg, Germany
15 May		Appointed	Tiberio Carafa †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
	34.4	Confirmed	Pierre de Gondi †	Bishop of Langres, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
		Appointed	Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina, O.S. †	Bishop of Michoacán, México	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
	58.4	Appointed	Bernardo Salviati †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Papoul, France
		Appointed	Bartolomé Torres †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
		Appointed	Giovanni Maria Valdina, O.P. †	Bishop of Acerno, Italy
19 May	34.4	Ordained Bishop	Pierre de Gondi †	Bishop of Langres, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
22 May		Died	Tommaso Scotti, O.P. †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
26 May		Ordained Bishop	Tiberio Carafa †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
10 Jun	45.4	Appointed	Matthais Ob †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
	45.4	Appointed	Matthais Ob †	Titular Bishop of Daulia	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
		Appointed	Paolo Terracino †	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
21 Jun		Died	Georg Riedl †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
27 Jun	68.4	Resigned	Tiberio Crispo †	Administrator of Sessa Aurunca, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
27 Jun		Appointed	Giovanni Placido †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy