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The Year of Our Lord 1568

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknown65.0DiedSalvador AlepuzArchbishop of Sassari, Italy
AppointedNuno Álvares PereiraBishop of Angra, Portugal
40.4AppointedRenaud de BeauneBishop of Mende, FranceArchbishop of Sens, France
40.4Ordained BishopRenaud de BeauneBishop of Mende, FranceArchbishop of Sens, France
BornGonçalvo (Gonzalo) da SilvaRedondo, PortugalBishop of Ceuta, Spain
Ordained PriestJohann ErtlinPriest of Eichstätt, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
BornManuel Esteban Muniera, O. de M. †AlcarazBishop of Cefalù, Italy
DiedOswald FischerAuxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
AppointedGiovanni Francesco GàmbaraBishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, ItalyCardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
BornDiego Guevara, O.S.A. †Baeza, SpainBishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
DiedGiacomo GuidiBishop of Penne-Atri, Italy
AppointedPaolo OdescalchiBishop of Penne-Atri, Italy
BornPedro de Perea Díaz, O.S.A. †Briones, SpainBishop of Arequipa, Peru
61.4Ordained BishopFranciscus Sonnius (Van de Velde)Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), NetherlandsBishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium
BornFernando de Vera y Zuñiga, O.S.A. †Mérida, SpainBishop of Cuzco, Peru
BornDomingo de Villaescusa y Ramírez de Arellano, O.S.H. †Villaescusa, SpainBishop of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México
ResignedAlfonso de VillalobosBishop of Squillace, ItalyBishop Emeritus
25 Jan48.1Ordained BishopStanislaw KarnkowskiBishop of Włocławek, PolandArchbishop of Gniezno, Poland
1 FebDiedBartolomé TorresBishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
12 Feb94.1DiedRembert von KerssenbrockBishop of Paderborn, Germany
22 Feb38.8AppointedJohann Graf von Hoya zu StolzenauBishop of Paderborn, GermanyBishop of Münster, Germany
29 Feb85.2DiedFernando de Loaces (Loazes), O.P. †Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
24 Mar54.6Elevated to CardinalDiego Espinosa ArévaloCardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
5 AprBornMaffeo BarberiniFlorencePope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
17 Apr58.3Ordained BishopJakob von EltzArchbishop of Trier, Germany
30 Apr68.3DiedLudovico SimonettaCardinal, Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
4 MayDiedGuillaume VioleBishop of Paris, France
5 MayBornAlessandro d'EsteFerraraCardinal, Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
8 May35.4AppointedPierre de GondiBishop of Paris, FranceCardinal, Bishop Emeritus
14 May50.7AppointedAntoine Perrenot de GranvellaCardinal-Priest of S. PriscaCardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
31 MayDiedWolfgang WestermeyerAuxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
2 JunAppointedFrancisco Andrés de Carvajal, O.F.M. †Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
AppointedPedro Gómez (Fernández) de Córdoba, O.S.H. †Bishop of León en NicaraguaBishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala
1 JulBornPhilipp Sigismund Herzog von Braunschweig-LüneburgBishop-Elect of Osnabrück, Germany
5 Jul54.8AppointedDiego Espinosa ArévaloCardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
23 Jul38.6AppointedAmador Arrais (de Mondoza), O. Carm. †Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, PortugalBishop Emeritus of Portalegre, Portugal
AppointedJorge de AtaídeBishop of Viseu, Portugal
57.6AppointedBl. Paul Burali d'Arezzo, C.R. †Bishop of Piacenza, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
57.6AppointedGaspar Cervantes de GaeteCardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
AppointedGonzalo Herrera OlivaresAuxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
AppointedJuan SegríaArchbishop of Sassari, ItalyArchbishop of Palermo, Italy
AppointedJuan Vázquez Coronado de SayásBishop of Acerra, Italy
25 JulOrdained BishopGonzalo Herrera OlivaresAuxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
1 Aug57.6Ordained BishopBl. Paul Burali d'Arezzo, C.R. †Bishop of Piacenza, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
2 Aug43.6AppointedFrancesco BossiBishop of Gravina, ItalyBishop of Novara, Italy
7 SepAppointedAntonio Rodríguez de Pazos y FigueroaBishop of Patti, ItalyBishop of Córdoba, Spain
17 SepAppointedJuan de Arzolaras (Alzóloras), O.S.H. †Archbishop (Personal Title) of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, SpainBishop
48.7InstalledAntonio de San Miguel Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M. †Bishop of Concepción, ChileBishop of Quito, Ecuador
28 OctDiedGirolamo GallaratiBishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
BornJuan (de la Serna) Sánchez Alonso de GuevaraCabeza del BueyBishop of Lugo, Spain
NovBornRichard SmithHanworthVicar Apostolic Emeritus of England, Great Britain
3 NovBornJuan Esteban (Giovanni Stefano) Ferrero, O. Cist. †BiellaBishop of Vercelli, Italy
6 Nov39.6ConfirmedJohann Graf von Hoya zu StolzenauBishop of Paderborn, GermanyBishop of Münster, Germany
20 NovBornBernardo de Valbuena y VillanuevaValdepeñas, SpainBishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
3 Dec36.7AppointedSt. Juan de RiberaArchbishop of Valencia, Spain
AppointedDiego de SimancasBishop of Badajoz, SpainBishop of Zamora, Spain
8 DecOrdained BishopAntonio Rodríguez de Pazos y FigueroaBishop of Patti, ItalyBishop of Córdoba, Spain
10 DecAppointedAndrés PérezBishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
13 DecAppointedMiguel Maigues, O.S.A. †Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
14 DecDiedBartolomé Sebastián de AroitiaArchbishop of Tarragona, Spain
23 DecDiedFriedrich Graf zu WiedFormer Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

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