The Year of Our Lord 1578

Necrology

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
unknown		Giovanni Battista Ansaldo †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
unknown		Cristóbal Berrocal †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
unknown		Tomás de Cárdenas, O.P. †	Bishop of Verapaz, Guatemala
unknown		Vincenzo Cornelio (Cajetani) †	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
unknown		Giovanni Domenico D’Anna †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
unknown		Tommaso Gigli †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
unknown		Matteo Guerra †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
unknown		Girolamo Leoni †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
unknown		Leonardo Liparola †	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
unknown		Giovanbattista Maremonti †	Bishop of Sora, Italy
unknown		Maurice MacGibbon, O. Cist. †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
unknown		Antioco Nin †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
unknown		Antonio Paliettino (de Monelia), O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy
unknown		Pietro Persio †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
Jan		Francesco Guinigi †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
10 Jan		Vincenzo de Siena, O.P. †	Bishop of Sarno, Italy
20 Jan		Jacques Fouré, O.P. †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France
21 Jan		Francisco Soto Salazar †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
1 Feb		Felice Tiranni †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
1 Feb	72.1	Rodrigo de Vadillo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
16 Feb		Johann Mezon von Telz †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
5 Mar		Pedro Mártir Coma, O.P. †	Bishop of Elne, France
9 Mar		Francesco Martelli †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
12 Mar		Jean Hennuyer †	Bishop of Lisieux, France
29 Mar	50.4	Louis de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
11 Apr	81.3	Juan de San Millán †	Bishop of León, Spain
21 May		Juan Rojas †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
17 Jun	67.5	Bl. Paul Burali d’Arezzo, C.R. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
23 Jun	78.5	Francisco Sancho Allepuz †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
30 Jun	69.5	Gregor Virneburg †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
5 Jul	66.0	Cristoforo Madruzzo †	Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
9 Jul	47.5	Miguel Thomas de Taxaquet †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
25 Jul		Juan Acuña †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
4 Aug		Aires da Silva †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
3 Sep	45.4	Giulio della Rovere †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
22 Sep		Pedro Serrano Téllez †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
1 Oct		Johan Knijf, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands
9 Oct	63.8	Fernando Tricio Arenzana †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
1 Nov		Antonio Gaspar Rodríguez, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy
30 Nov		Antoine Havet †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
Dec	77.9	Nicholas Heath †	Archbishop Emeritus of York, England, Great Britain