The Year of Our Lord 1578

Bishop Events

July to December

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Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

4 Jul 47.9 Appointed Teotónio de Bragança, S.J. † Coadjutor Archbishop of Évora, Portugal Archbishop

Appointed Pedro de Castilho † Bishop of Angra, Portugal Bishop Emeritus of Leiria, Portugal

66.4 Resigned Henrique de Portugal † Archbishop of Évora, Portugal Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

58.5 Resigned Fernando de Toledo de Oropesa † Cardinal-Priest Priest

5 Jul 66.0 Died Cristoforo Madruzzo † Bishop Emeritus of Trento, Italy Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

7 Jul 43.9 Appointed Juan de Sanclemente Torquemada † Bishop of Orense, Spain Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

8 Jul Appointed Tiberio Cortesi † Bishop of Lavello, Italy

9 Jul 57.8 Appointed Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

37.7 Appointed Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

45.4 Appointed Giovanni Francesco Gàmbara † Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

60.9 Appointed Antoine Perrenot de Granvella † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France

74.2 Appointed Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) † Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli Cardinal, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland

46.5 Appointed Flavio Orsini † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca Cardinal, Bishop of Spoleto, Italy

55.5 Appointed Giacomo Savelli † Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

59.5 Appointed Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni † Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

47.5 Died Miguel Thomas de Taxaquet † Bishop of Lérida, Spain

18 Jul 11.0 Appointed Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont (III) † Bishop of Metz, France Cardinal, Administrator of Strasbourg, France

23 Jul Appointed Martín de Salvatierra † Bishop of Albarracin, Spain Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain

25 Jul Died Juan Acuña † Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy

4 Aug Died Aires da Silva † Bishop of Porto, Portugal

11 Aug Appointed Caesar Busdragus † Archbishop of Chieti, Italy

Appointed Annibale de Capua † Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

Appointed Marcantonio del Giglio † Bishop of Forli, Italy

42.6 Appointed Tomás Gargal (Gargallo), O.S.Io.Hieros. † Bishop of Malta

Appointed Antonio Giannotti da Montagnana † Archbishop of Urbino, Italy

Appointed Ercole Lamia † Bishop of Alessano, Italy

Appointed Giulio Ottinelli † Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy Bishop of Fano, Italy

Appointed Ottaviano Preconio † Bishop of Cefalù, Italy

Appointed Luca Antonio Resta † Bishop of Nicotera, Italy Bishop of Andria, Italy

14 Aug Born Gaspar Prieto Orduña, O. de M. † Burgos Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France

Sep 45.7 Ordained Bishop Alonso Velázquez † Bishop of Osma, Spain Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

3 Sep 45.4 Died Giulio della Rovere † Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy

5 Sep 59.7 Appointed Francisco Trujillo García † Bishop of León, Spain

11 Sep Born Vincenzo (Gaspare) Maculani, O.P. † Fiorenzola d'Arda Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy

14 Sep Ordained Bishop Piotr Dunin Wolski † Bishop of Płock, Poland

20 Sep Born Fabiano Giustiniani, C.O. † Terraferma Bishop of Ajaccio, France

21 Sep Ordained Bishop Gaspar Juan de la Figuera, C.R.S.A. † Bishop of Jaca, Spain Bishop of Lérida, Spain

22 Sep Died Pedro Serrano Téllez † Bishop of Coria, Spain

Oct Born Juan Barahona Zapata del Águila † Madrid, Spain Bishop of Nicaragua

1 Oct Died Johan Knijf, O.F.M. † Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands

3 Oct Appointed Niccolò Aragonio (Aragona) † Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy

Resigned Juan del Castillo † Bishop of Santiago de Cuba Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba

61.1 Appointed Antoine Perrenot de Granvella † Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France

45.2 Appointed Mark Sittich von Hohenems (Altemps) † Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany

74.4 Appointed Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Cardinal, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland

41.1 Appointed Filippo Sega † Cardinal, Bishop of Piacenza, Italy

5 Oct 59.8 Appointed Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni † Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

6 Oct Appointed Marcello Maiorana, C.R. † Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy Bishop of Acerra, Italy

Appointed Jacobus Milenski † Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland

Appointed Jacobus Milenski † Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland

Appointed Juan Montalvo, O.P. † Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia

Appointed Gaspar Vicente Novella † Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy

9 Oct 63.8 Died Fernando Tricio Arenzana † Bishop of Salamanca, Spain

15 Oct Appointed Cristoforo Boncompagni † Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy

Appointed Marin Braiani (Brajanovic), O.F.M. † Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania Bishop Emeritus

Appointed Annibale Cattaneo † Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy

Appointed Patrizio Lunato Laosio † Bishop of Nusco, Italy

Appointed René de Salla, C.R.S.A. † Bishop of Luçon, France

19 Oct 48.2 Ordained Bishop Teotónio de Bragança, S.J. † Coadjutor Archbishop of Évora, Portugal Archbishop

26 Oct Born Albert von Törring † Stein Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

27 Oct 63.7 Confirmed György Draskovics † Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

29 Oct Resigned Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa † Bishop of Patti, Italy Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

1 Nov Born Cristóbal Guzmán Santoyo † Guzmán Bishop of Palencia, Spain

Died Antonio Gaspar Rodríguez, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy

5 Nov Appointed Sancho Busto de Villegas † Bishop of Avila, Spain

14 Nov Appointed Tarquinio Prisco † Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy

18 Nov Ordained Bishop Francisco de Vitoria, O.P. † Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina

21 Nov 38.0 Installed Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga, O.S.Io.Hieros. † Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alessio

30 Nov Died Antoine Havet † Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium

Dec 77.9 Died Nicholas Heath † Archbishop Emeritus of York, England, Great Britain

Ordained Bishop Pedro de Lafuente † Bishop of Pamplona, Spain

2 Dec 40.9 Installed Diego de Romano y Govea (Vitoria) † Bishop of Tlaxcala, México

7 Dec 48.3 Succeeded Teotónio de Bragança, S.J. † Archbishop of Évora, Portugal

14.1 Appointed Heinrich Julius von Braunschweig-Lüneburg † Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany Former Bishop-Elect

12 Dec Appointed Nicolò Grana † Coadjutor Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy Bishop

15 Dec Appointed Marco Medici, O.P. † Bishop of Chioggia, Italy

66.9 Elevated to Cardinal Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela † Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

66.9 Installed Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

20 Dec Ordained Priest Francisco Velarde de la Cuenca † Priest Archbishop of Messina, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
4 Jul	47.9	Appointed	Teotónio de Bragança, S.J. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Évora, Portugal	Archbishop
	Appointed	Pedro de Castilho †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Leiria, Portugal
66.4	Resigned	Henrique de Portugal †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
58.5	Resigned	Fernando de Toledo de Oropesa †	Cardinal-Priest	Priest
5 Jul	66.0	Died	Cristoforo Madruzzo †	Bishop Emeritus of Trento, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
7 Jul	43.9	Appointed	Juan de Sanclemente Torquemada †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
8 Jul		Appointed	Tiberio Cortesi †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy
9 Jul	57.8	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
37.7	Appointed	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
45.4	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Gàmbara †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
60.9	Appointed	Antoine Perrenot de Granvella †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
74.2	Appointed	Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
46.5	Appointed	Flavio Orsini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
55.5	Appointed	Giacomo Savelli †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
59.5	Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
47.5	Died	Miguel Thomas de Taxaquet †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
18 Jul	11.0	Appointed	Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont (III) †	Bishop of Metz, France	Cardinal, Administrator of Strasbourg, France
23 Jul		Appointed	Martín de Salvatierra †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
25 Jul		Died	Juan Acuña †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
4 Aug		Died	Aires da Silva †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
11 Aug		Appointed	Caesar Busdragus †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
	Appointed	Annibale de Capua †	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	Appointed	Marcantonio del Giglio †	Bishop of Forli, Italy
42.6	Appointed	Tomás Gargal (Gargallo), O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta
	Appointed	Antonio Giannotti da Montagnana †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
	Appointed	Ercole Lamia †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy
	Appointed	Giulio Ottinelli †	Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy	Bishop of Fano, Italy
	Appointed	Ottaviano Preconio †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
	Appointed	Luca Antonio Resta †	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy	Bishop of Andria, Italy
14 Aug		Born	Gaspar Prieto Orduña, O. de M. †	Burgos	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
Sep	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Alonso Velázquez †	Bishop of Osma, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
3 Sep	45.4	Died	Giulio della Rovere †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
5 Sep	59.7	Appointed	Francisco Trujillo García †	Bishop of León, Spain
11 Sep		Born	Vincenzo (Gaspare) Maculani, O.P. †	Fiorenzola d'Arda	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
14 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Piotr Dunin Wolski †	Bishop of Płock, Poland
20 Sep		Born	Fabiano Giustiniani, C.O. †	Terraferma	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
21 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Gaspar Juan de la Figuera, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
22 Sep		Died	Pedro Serrano Téllez †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
Oct		Born	Juan Barahona Zapata del Águila †	Madrid, Spain	Bishop of Nicaragua
1 Oct		Died	Johan Knijf, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands
3 Oct		Appointed	Niccolò Aragonio (Aragona) †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	Resigned	Juan del Castillo †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
61.1	Appointed	Antoine Perrenot de Granvella †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
45.2	Appointed	Mark Sittich von Hohenems (Altemps) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
74.4	Appointed	Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
41.1	Appointed	Filippo Sega †	Cardinal, Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
5 Oct	59.8	Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
6 Oct		Appointed	Marcello Maiorana, C.R. †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
	Appointed	Jacobus Milenski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
	Appointed	Jacobus Milenski †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
	Appointed	Juan Montalvo, O.P. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
	Appointed	Gaspar Vicente Novella †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
9 Oct	63.8	Died	Fernando Tricio Arenzana †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
15 Oct		Appointed	Cristoforo Boncompagni †	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	Appointed	Marin Braiani (Brajanovic), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania	Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Annibale Cattaneo †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
	Appointed	Patrizio Lunato Laosio †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
	Appointed	René de Salla, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Luçon, France
19 Oct	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Teotónio de Bragança, S.J. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Évora, Portugal	Archbishop
26 Oct		Born	Albert von Törring †	Stein	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
27 Oct	63.7	Confirmed	György Draskovics †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
29 Oct		Resigned	Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa †	Bishop of Patti, Italy	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
1 Nov		Born	Cristóbal Guzmán Santoyo †	Guzmán	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
	Died	Antonio Gaspar Rodríguez, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy
5 Nov		Appointed	Sancho Busto de Villegas †	Bishop of Avila, Spain
14 Nov		Appointed	Tarquinio Prisco †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
18 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Vitoria, O.P. †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
21 Nov	38.0	Installed	Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alessio
30 Nov		Died	Antoine Havet †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
Dec	77.9	Died	Nicholas Heath †	Archbishop Emeritus of York, England, Great Britain
	Ordained Bishop	Pedro de Lafuente †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
2 Dec	40.9	Installed	Diego de Romano y Govea (Vitoria) †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
7 Dec	48.3	Succeeded	Teotónio de Bragança, S.J. †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
14.1	Appointed	Heinrich Julius von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
12 Dec		Appointed	Nicolò Grana †	Coadjutor Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop
15 Dec		Appointed	Marco Medici, O.P. †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
66.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
66.9	Installed	Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
20 Dec		Ordained Priest	Francisco Velarde de la Cuenca †	Priest	Archbishop of Messina, Italy