The Year of Our Lord 1580

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Ascanio Albertini †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
	43.9	Ordained Priest	Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †	Priest	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Born	Albertus Aliprandi †	Tinien	Bishop of Andros, Greece
		Died	Giovanni Paolo Amanio †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
		Born	Hyacinthus Arnolfini, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Milos (Melos), Greece
		Born	Malatesta Baglioni †		Bishop of Assisi, Italy
		Died	Antonio Balducci, O.P. †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
		Born	Francesco Bibilia †		Bishop of Isola, Italy
	72.9	Resigned	René de Birague †	Bishop of Lodève, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Diego Castejón Fonseca †	Madrid	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
		Born	Luis de Cañizares, O.M. †	Madrid, Spain	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
		Died	Ippolito Capilupo †	Bishop Emeritus of Fano, Italy
		Died	Pietro Cancellieri (Cavalieri) †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
		Born	Tiberio Cenci †	Rome	Cardinal, Bishop of Jesi, Italy
		Born	Francesco Adriano Ceva †	Mondovi, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca
		Died	Pedro de Agreda (Sánchez Martín), O.P. †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
		Born	Antimo degli Atti †	Cornetan	Bishop of Ortona a Mare e Campli, Italy
		Born	Juan de Mañozca y Zamora †	Marquina, Spain	Archbishop of México, Federal District
		Installed	Antonio de Hervias, O.P. †	Bishop of Verapaz, Guatemala	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
		Born	Giuseppe di Ceva †	Cunei	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
		Appointed	Valentin Douglas, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Laon, France
		Born	Pietro Paolo Eustachi †		Bishop of Boiano, Italy
		Died	Pietro Francesco Ferri †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
		Died	Ferdinando Ferrero Fieschi †	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
		Died	Vincenzo Fucheri †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Dominico Giaconi †	Lyciae	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
		Ordained Priest	Stanisław Gomoliński †	Priest	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
		Succeeded	Nicolò Grana †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
	40.7	Died	Sebastian Haidlauf †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
		Died	Francesco Indelli †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
		Born	Bernardo Inghirami †		Bishop of Volterra, Italy
		Born	Jerónimo de Ipenza †	Tarazona	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
		Born	St. Jozafat Kuncewicz, O.S.B.M. †	Włodzimierzu Wołyńskim	Archbishop
		Born	Juan López de Agurto de la Mata †	Tenerife, Spain	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
		Died	Lancillotto Lancellotti †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
		Born	Francisco de la Serna, O.S.A. †	León de Guánuco, Peru	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
		Born	Orazio Maffei †	Rome	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
		Resigned	Miler Magrath, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Ascanio Marchesini †	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
		Born	Pedro Moncada †		Bishop of Gerona, Spain
		Born	Gabriele Nari (Naro), O.P. †		Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
		Born	Giuseppe (Giacomo) Pamphilj †		Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
		Born	Ubertinus Papafava †	Patavii	Bishop of Adria, Italy
		Died	Pietro de Petris †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
		Born	Alfonso Petrucci †		Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
		Born	Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez, O.SS.T. †	Arroyo, Spain	Bishop of Panamá
		Born	Girolamo Ricciulli †	Cusentin	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
		Born	Nicolas Sanguin †		Bishop Emeritus of Senlis, France
		Born	Giulio Antonio Santoro †	Casertae	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
		Born	Girolamo Sarriano, C.R. †	Napoli	Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
		Appointed	Urbain de Saint-Gelais de Lansac †	Bishop of (Saint-Bernard de) Comminges, France
		Born	Stefano Solis Castelblanco, C.R. †	Napoli	Bishop of Sarno, Italy
		Died	Gonzalo de Solórzano †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
		Born	Giovanni Domenico Spinola †	Genoa	Cardinal, Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
		Born	Alonso de San Vítores y Fransarcén, O.S.B. †	Burgos	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
	45.0	Appointed	Mikuláš Telegdy †	Apostolic Administrator of Esztergom, Hungary	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
		Born	Lelio Veterano †		Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy
		Born	Mauro de Villarroel, O.S.B. †	Tordesillas	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
		Born	Celso (Giuliano) Zani, O.F.M. †	Settimello	Bishop Emeritus of Città della Pieve, Italy
Jan	49.0	Appointed	Cunerus Petri †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Bishop of Leeuwarden, Netherlands
1 Jan	63.0	Died	Wojciech Staroźrebski Sobiejuski †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
11 Jan		Appointed	François de Wallon-Capelle †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
14 Jan	80.0	Died	Juan Solano, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
18 Jan	63.3	Died	Archangelo de’ Bianchi (Blanca), O.P. †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Teano, Italy
25 Jan		Died	Pierre de Châtelet †	Bishop of Toul, France
31 Jan	68.0	Died	Henrique de Portugal †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal
31 Jan		Died	Dietrich von Rothenstein †	Bishop of Worms, Germany
12 Feb	20.3	Installed	Albrecht von Austria (Österreich) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme	Former Archbishop-Elect of Toledo, Spain
	35.1	Appointed	Peter Binsfeld †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
	35.1	Appointed	Peter Binsfeld †	Titular Bishop of Azotus	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
15 Feb	49.1	Died	Cunerus Petri †	Bishop of Leeuwarden, Netherlands
16 Feb		Born	Giovanni Battista Deti †	Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
24 Feb		Appointed	Scipione Bozzuti †	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
28 Feb		Born	Orazio Giustiniani, C.O. †	Chios	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Nocera Umbra, Italy
29 Feb	32.3	Confirmed	Gebhard Truchseß von Waldburg †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect
9 Mar	18.9	Appointed	Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont (II) †	Cardinal, Apostolic Administrator of Toul, France
11 Mar		Died	Thomas O’Herlihy †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
13 Mar	24.7	Ordained Bishop	Louis II de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
14 Mar		Appointed	Juan Antonio Diaz de Salcedo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop of Nicaragua
		Appointed	Alfonso López de Avila †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
		Appointed	Richard Brady, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
23 Mar		Died	Augustinus Le Cirier †	Bishop of Avranches, France
23 Mar		Appointed	Donat O’Gallagher, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
25 Mar		Born	Johann Paul (Giovanni Paolo) Ciurletti †	Trento	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
4 Apr		Died	Manuel de Mercado Aldrete, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Panamá
11 Apr		Appointed	Pietro Orsini †	Coadjutor Bishop of Spoleto, Italy	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
11 Apr		Appointed	Pietro Orsini †	Titular Bishop of Hippos	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
17 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Pietro Orsini †	Titular Bishop of Hippos	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
20 Apr	58.2	Died	Francesco Alciati †	Cardinal, Bishop of Civitate (Città or Civita), Italy
21 Apr		Appointed	Jaime Ximeno Lobera †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain
26 Apr		Died	Alfonso Binarini †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy
26 Apr	40.3	Died	Jakob Feucht †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
4 May		Appointed	Pompilio Perotti †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
4 May		Appointed	Gerolamo Vitale de Buoi †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy
9 May		Appointed	Hugo Amrosio de Moncada †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
20 May		Appointed	Jacopo Roveglio (Rovelli) †	Coadjutor Bishop of Feltre, Italy	Bishop
20 May		Appointed	Jacopo Roveglio (Rovelli) †	Titular Bishop of Hebron	Bishop of Feltre, Italy
27 May	55.0	Appointed	Francisco Sarmiento Mendoza †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
		Appointed	Raffaele Tomei †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
		Appointed	Cristóbal Vela Tavera †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
29 May		Ordained Bishop	Miguel Espinosa †	Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos, Titular Sees	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
13 Jun	3.8	Confirmed	Philipp Wilhelm von Bayern †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect
15 Jun	22.0	Selected	Andreas von Austria (Österreich) †	Coadjutor Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
20 Jun		Died	Roland de Burgo (Burke) †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
22 Jun		Died	Jean de Bours †	Bishop of Laon, France
		Appointed	Alfonso Delgado †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
	60.2	Installed	Pedro de Deza Manuel †	Cardinal-Priest of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
		Appointed	Carlos Domenech, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
		Appointed	Alfonso Pardo †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
		Appointed	Fernando Rueda †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
	62.5	Appointed	Luis Tello Maldonado †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
26 Jun		Born	Gaspar de Borja y Velasco †	Villalpando	Cardinal, Bishop of Albano, Italy
8 Jul		Died	Francisco Tello Sandoval †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
11 Jul		Appointed	John O’Cahasy, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
15 Jul	70.5	Died	Nicolaas van Nieuwland †	Bishop Emeritus of Haarlem, Netherlands
18 Jul	38.2	Selected	Georg von Kuenburg †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop
Aug	42.6	Ordained Bishop	St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
10 Aug		Ordained Bishop	François de Wallon-Capelle †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
20 Aug		Died	Jerónimo Osório †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
21 Aug		Died	Marcantonio del Giglio †	Bishop of Forli, Italy
24 Aug	46.6	Installed	Claude de La Baume †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
25 Aug	77.6	Died	Frederik Schenck van Toutenburg †	Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
27 Aug		Died	Alessio Stradella, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
5 Sep		Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Mazza de' Canobbi †	Bishop of Forli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
5 Sep	34.7	Appointed	Orazio Moroni †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
7 Sep		Died	Johann Georg Zobel von Giebelstadt †	Bishop-Elect of Bamberg, Germany
18 Sep		Died	Laurentius Metsius †	Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
22 Sep	78.2	Died	Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
7 Oct	35.0	Professed	Bl. Giovanni Giovenale Ancina, C.O. †	Member of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
7 Oct		Appointed	Girolamo Bentivoglio †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
11 Oct	37.6	Selected	Martin von Eyb †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
12 Oct	30.8	Appointed	François Vernède-Corneillan †	Bishop of Rodez, France
		Appointed	Dermot McGrath †	Bishop of Cork, Ireland
		Appointed	Dermot McGrath †	Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland	Bishop of Cork, Ireland
17 Oct		Appointed	Paolo Bellardito †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 Oct		Appointed	Nicholas Skerret †	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
20 Oct		Appointed	Bartolomé de Ledesma, O.P. †	Bishop of Panamá	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
4 Nov		Appointed	Giulio Monaco †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
4 Nov		Appointed	Pietrantonio Vicedomini †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
7 Nov	38.5	Confirmed	Georg von Kuenburg †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop
13 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Bentivoglio †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
13 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Giulio Monaco †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
14 Nov		Appointed	Valentino Valentini †	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
20 Nov		Appointed	Girolamo Diedo †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
28 Nov		Appointed	Lelio Giordano †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
28 Nov	20.9	Appointed	Christophe de L’Estang †	Bishop of Lodève, France	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
1 Dec	71.9	Died	Giovanni Gerolamo Moroni (Morone) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
5 Dec	57.9	Appointed	Marcantonio Colonna (Sr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	63.0	Appointed	Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	60.2	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	40.1	Appointed	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	47.8	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Gàmbara †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	47.3	Appointed	Mark Sittich von Hohenems (Altemps) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
12 Dec		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Pietralata †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
15 Dec	52.0	Appointed	Gregorio de Montalvo Olivera, O.P. †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
23 Dec	64.0	Died	Gerard van Groesbeeck †	Cardinal, Bishop of Liège, Belgium