The Year of Our Lord 1568

Bishop Events

July to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Jul 60.5 Died Lancelot de Clare † Bishop of Riez, France

1 Jul 67.5 Died Francois Bachaud (Bachodi) † Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland

Born Philipp Sigismund von Braunschweig-Lüneburg † Bishop-Elect of Osnabrück, Germany

5 Jul 65.8 Appointed Diego Espinosa Arévalo † Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain

49.5 Appointed Ugolino Martelli † Bishop of Glandèves, France

13 Jul Died Michael Englmayr † Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany

23 Jul 38.5 Appointed Amador Arrais de Mendoza, O. Carm. † Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre, Portugal

38.5 Appointed Amador Arrais de Mendoza, O. Carm. † Titular Bishop of Tripolis in Phoenicia Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre, Portugal

33.2 Appointed Jorge de Ataíde † Bishop of Viseu, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

57.5 Appointed Bl. Paolo (Scipione) Burali d’Arezzo, C.R. † Bishop of Piacenza, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

57.5 Appointed Gaspar Cervantes de Gaete † Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain

Appointed Gonzalo Herrera Olivares † Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain

Appointed Gonzalo Herrera Olivares † Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain

Appointed Giovanni Fabrizio Sanseverino † Bishop of Trivento, Italy

75.5 Resigned Bernardino Scotti, C.R. † Bishop of Piacenza, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

Appointed Juan Segría (Cengria) † Archbishop of Sassari, Italy Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

Appointed Juan Vázquez Coronado de Sayás † Bishop of Acerra, Italy

25 Jul Ordained Bishop Gonzalo Herrera Olivares † Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain

27 Jul Died Gabriele Cesani † Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy

1 Aug 57.5 Ordained Bishop Bl. Paolo (Scipione) Burali d’Arezzo, C.R. † Bishop of Piacenza, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

2 Aug 37.5 Appointed Ludovico Antinori † Bishop of Volterra, Italy Archbishop of Pisa, Italy

43.5 Appointed Francesco Bossi † Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy Bishop of Novara, Italy

12 Aug 57.6 Resigned Michele della Torre † Apostolic Nuncio to France Cardinal, Bishop of Ceneda, Italy

54.6 Appointed Fabio Mirto Frangipani † Apostolic Nuncio to France Bishop Emeritus of Caiazzo, Italy

15 Aug 66.6 Died Bernardino della Croce, B. † Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy

Died Fabrizio Pignatelli † Bishop of Monopoli, Italy

18 Aug Died Ottaviano Praeconio, O.F.M. Conv. † Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

20 Aug 65.9 Appointed Diego Espinosa Arévalo † Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain

28 Aug 43.6 Ordained Bishop Francesco Bossi † Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy Bishop of Novara, Italy

29 Aug 58.6 Ordained Bishop Cornelis Jansen † Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

10 Sep Died Gian Antonio Fassano (Phassarus, Fasside) † Auxiliary Bishop of Monreale, Italy

17 Sep Appointed Juan Alzóloras (Arzolaras), O.S.H. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain Bishop

48.7 Installed Antonio Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of La Imperial, Chile Bishop of Quito, Ecuador

44.7 Appointed Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa † Bishop of Patti, Italy Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

26 Sep Born Desiderio Scaglia, O.P. † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy

Oct 61.7 Died Hugh Curwen † Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland

3 Oct Installed Johan Knijf, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands

5 Oct 40.9 Appointed Louis de Guise de Lorraine † Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France

13 Oct 45.7 Appointed Marcantonio Colonna (Sr.) † Archbishop of Salerno, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

48.7 Appointed Angelo Giustiniani, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

Appointed Ettore Piscicelli † Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy

23 Oct 39.8 Appointed François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon † Bishop of Sarlat, France Bishop Emeritus

28 Oct Died Girolamo Gallarati † Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy

Born Juan (de la Serna) Sánchez Alonso de Guevara, O.S.H. † Bishop of Lugo, Spain

Nov Born Richard Smith † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of England (and Wales), Great Britain

3 Nov Born Juan Esteban (Giovanni Stefano) Ferrero, O. Cist. † Bishop of Vercelli, Italy

6 Nov 39.5 Confirmed Johann von Hoya zu Stolzenau † Bishop of Paderborn, Germany Bishop of Münster, Germany

7 Nov 33.5 Ordained Bishop Jorge de Ataíde † Bishop of Viseu, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

8 Nov 38.8 Ordained Bishop Amador Arrais de Mendoza, O. Carm. † Titular Bishop of Tripolis in Phoenicia Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre, Portugal

12 Nov Died Antonio Cancellaro † Archbishop of Messina, Italy

14 Nov 45.7 Died Francesco Abbondio Castiglioni † Cardinal, Bishop of Bobbio, Italy

19 Nov Appointed Eugenio Camuzzi † Bishop of Bobbio, Italy

Appointed Francesco Cittadini † Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy Bishop Emeritus

Died Jean Grenon † Bishop of Grasse, France

39.8 Appointed Giovanni Battista Santorio † Bishop of Alife, Italy Bishop of Tricarico, Italy

37.8 Died Vitellozzo Vitelli † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy

20 Nov Born Bernardo de Valbuena y Villanueva † Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)

23 Nov 45.6 Appointed Vincenzo Lauro † Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mondovi, Italy

27 Nov 61.9 Died Erasmus von Limburg † Bishop of Strasbourg, France

Dec 22.9 Ordained Priest Stanisław Rozrażewski † Priest Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

1 Dec 53.1 Appointed Gianantonio Capizucchi † Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura Cardinal, Bishop of Lodi, Italy

2 Dec 75.9 Died Bernardino Scotti, C.R. † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy

3 Dec 36.9 Appointed Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata

36.7 Appointed St. Juan de Ribera † Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

55.9 Appointed Diego de Simancas † Bishop of Badajoz, Spain Bishop of Zamora, Spain

Appointed Stanisław Dzedziński † Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland

Appointed Stanisław Dzedziński † Titular Bishop of Aenos Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland

Appointed Giovanni Taparelli, O.P. † Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy

8 Dec 44.9 Ordained Bishop Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa † Bishop of Patti, Italy Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

Died Knud Henriksen Gyldenstierne (Syldensteiner) † Bishop Emeritus of Odense, Denmark

9 Dec 85.9 Died Fernando Valdés † Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

10 Dec Appointed Andrés Pérez † Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain

28.9 Appointed Markus Tegginger (Tettinger) † Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

28.9 Appointed Markus Tegginger (Tettinger) † Titular Bishop of Lydda Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel, Switzerland

13 Dec 78.9 Appointed Miguel Maiques Pérez, O.S.A. † Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy

39.9 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Battista Santorio † Bishop of Alife, Italy Bishop of Tricarico, Italy

21 Dec Ordained Bishop Stanisław Dzedziński † Titular Bishop of Aenos Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland

28.9 Ordained Bishop Markus Tegginger (Tettinger) † Titular Bishop of Lydda Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel, Switzerland

23 Dec Died Friedrich zu Wied † Former Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Jul	60.5	Died	Lancelot de Clare †	Bishop of Riez, France
1 Jul	67.5	Died	Francois Bachaud (Bachodi) †	Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
	Born	Philipp Sigismund von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †		Bishop-Elect of Osnabrück, Germany
5 Jul	65.8	Appointed	Diego Espinosa Arévalo †	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
49.5	Appointed	Ugolino Martelli †	Bishop of Glandèves, France
13 Jul		Died	Michael Englmayr †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
23 Jul	38.5	Appointed	Amador Arrais de Mendoza, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre, Portugal
38.5	Appointed	Amador Arrais de Mendoza, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Tripolis in Phoenicia	Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre, Portugal
33.2	Appointed	Jorge de Ataíde †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
57.5	Appointed	Bl. Paolo (Scipione) Burali d’Arezzo, C.R. †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
57.5	Appointed	Gaspar Cervantes de Gaete †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
	Appointed	Gonzalo Herrera Olivares †	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
	Appointed	Gonzalo Herrera Olivares †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
	Appointed	Giovanni Fabrizio Sanseverino †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
75.5	Resigned	Bernardino Scotti, C.R. †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Juan Segría (Cengria) †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	Appointed	Juan Vázquez Coronado de Sayás †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
25 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Gonzalo Herrera Olivares †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
27 Jul		Died	Gabriele Cesani †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
1 Aug	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Paolo (Scipione) Burali d’Arezzo, C.R. †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
2 Aug	37.5	Appointed	Ludovico Antinori †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
43.5	Appointed	Francesco Bossi †	Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
12 Aug	57.6	Resigned	Michele della Torre †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Bishop of Ceneda, Italy
54.6	Appointed	Fabio Mirto Frangipani †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Bishop Emeritus of Caiazzo, Italy
15 Aug	66.6	Died	Bernardino della Croce, B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy
	Died	Fabrizio Pignatelli †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
18 Aug		Died	Ottaviano Praeconio, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
20 Aug	65.9	Appointed	Diego Espinosa Arévalo †	Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
28 Aug	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Bossi †	Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
29 Aug	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Cornelis Jansen †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
10 Sep		Died	Gian Antonio Fassano (Phassarus, Fasside) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Monreale, Italy
17 Sep		Appointed	Juan Alzóloras (Arzolaras), O.S.H. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop
48.7	Installed	Antonio Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of La Imperial, Chile	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
44.7	Appointed	Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa †	Bishop of Patti, Italy	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
26 Sep		Born	Desiderio Scaglia, O.P. †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy
Oct	61.7	Died	Hugh Curwen †	Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
3 Oct		Installed	Johan Knijf, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands
5 Oct	40.9	Appointed	Louis de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
13 Oct	45.7	Appointed	Marcantonio Colonna (Sr.) †	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
48.7	Appointed	Angelo Giustiniani, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Ettore Piscicelli †	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy
23 Oct	39.8	Appointed	François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon †	Bishop of Sarlat, France	Bishop Emeritus
28 Oct		Died	Girolamo Gallarati †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
	Born	Juan (de la Serna) Sánchez Alonso de Guevara, O.S.H. †		Bishop of Lugo, Spain
Nov		Born	Richard Smith †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of England (and Wales), Great Britain
3 Nov		Born	Juan Esteban (Giovanni Stefano) Ferrero, O. Cist. †		Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
6 Nov	39.5	Confirmed	Johann von Hoya zu Stolzenau †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop of Münster, Germany
7 Nov	33.5	Ordained Bishop	Jorge de Ataíde †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
8 Nov	38.8	Ordained Bishop	Amador Arrais de Mendoza, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Tripolis in Phoenicia	Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre, Portugal
12 Nov		Died	Antonio Cancellaro †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
14 Nov	45.7	Died	Francesco Abbondio Castiglioni †	Cardinal, Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
19 Nov		Appointed	Eugenio Camuzzi †	Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
	Appointed	Francesco Cittadini †	Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Died	Jean Grenon †	Bishop of Grasse, France
39.8	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Santorio †	Bishop of Alife, Italy	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
37.8	Died	Vitellozzo Vitelli †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
20 Nov		Born	Bernardo de Valbuena y Villanueva †		Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
23 Nov	45.6	Appointed	Vincenzo Lauro †	Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mondovi, Italy
27 Nov	61.9	Died	Erasmus von Limburg †	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
Dec	22.9	Ordained Priest	Stanisław Rozrażewski †	Priest	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
1 Dec	53.1	Appointed	Gianantonio Capizucchi †	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Bishop of Lodi, Italy
2 Dec	75.9	Died	Bernardino Scotti, C.R. †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy
3 Dec	36.9	Appointed	Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
36.7	Appointed	St. Juan de Ribera †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
55.9	Appointed	Diego de Simancas †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
	Appointed	Stanisław Dzedziński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	Appointed	Stanisław Dzedziński †	Titular Bishop of Aenos	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	Appointed	Giovanni Taparelli, O.P. †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
8 Dec	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa †	Bishop of Patti, Italy	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
	Died	Knud Henriksen Gyldenstierne (Syldensteiner) †	Bishop Emeritus of Odense, Denmark
9 Dec	85.9	Died	Fernando Valdés †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
10 Dec		Appointed	Andrés Pérez †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
28.9	Appointed	Markus Tegginger (Tettinger) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
28.9	Appointed	Markus Tegginger (Tettinger) †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel, Switzerland
13 Dec	78.9	Appointed	Miguel Maiques Pérez, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
39.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Santorio †	Bishop of Alife, Italy	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
21 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Stanisław Dzedziński †	Titular Bishop of Aenos	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
28.9	Ordained Bishop	Markus Tegginger (Tettinger) †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel, Switzerland
23 Dec		Died	Friedrich zu Wied †	Former Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

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