The Year of Our Lord 1564

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Martin Alphonso Mexia de Tovar †		Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
	64.0	Resigned	Julião de Alva †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Ippolito Arrivabene †	Bishop of Hierapetra, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
	62.9	Resigned	Lodovico Beccadelli (Beccatelli) †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Eustache du Bellay †	Bishop of Paris, France	Bishop Emeritus
	25.2	Appointed	St. Charles Borromeo †	Prefect of the Congregation for Cardinals Interpreters of the Council of Trent	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
		Resigned	Louis de Brezé †	Bishop of Meaux, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Domenico Casabianca, O.P. †	Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
		Born	Timoteo Castelli, O.P. †		Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
		Born	Agostino Cassandra, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
		Died	Luigi Cavalcanti †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Pedro Cerbuna Negro, C.R.S.A. †	Priest of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
		Succeeded	William Chisholm †	Bishop of Dunblane, Scotland, Great Britain	Former Administrator of Vaison, France
		Died	William Chisholm †	Bishop of Dunblane, Scotland, Great Britain
		Born	Scipione Cobelluzzi †		Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
		Born	Carlos Marcelo Corni Velazquez †		Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
		Born	Guillaume d’Hugues, O.F.M. Conv. †		Archbishop of Embrun, France
		Died	Andrés de la Cuesta †	Bishop of León, Spain
	64.0	Resigned	Pierre Duval †	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France	Bishop Emeritus
	62.0	Died	Onorato Fascitelli, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Isola, Italy
		Died	Stefano Gattalusio, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Milos (Melos), Greece
		Born	Girolamo Giovannelli †		Bishop of Sora, Italy
		Died	Pietro de Gozzo, O.P. †	Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
		Died	Filippo Lancia †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
		Born	Giorgio Lazzari, O.P. †		Bishop of Minori, Italy
	31.0	Died	François L’Estrange †	Bishop of Alet, France
	32.0	Ordained Priest	Ludovico Madruzzo †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
		Born	Lodovico Magio †		Bishop of Lucera, Italy
		Born	Pierre François Maletti, C.R.L. †		Bishop of Nice, France
		Born	Pedro Manso †		Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
	31.0	Resigned	Massimo de’ Massimi †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Jean de Morvilliers †	Bishop of Orléans, France	Bishop Emeritus
	71.0	Died	Alvaro Moscoso †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
		Born	Francesco Mottini †		Bishop of Brugnato, Italy
		Born	Pietro Giorgio Odescalchi †		Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
		Born	Francisco Olivares Maldonado, O.S.A. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
		Born	Mario Orsini †		Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
	37.0	Confirmed	Mikołaj Pac †	Bishop of Kyiv (Kijów), Ukraine
		Born	Vincenzo Periti †		Bishop of Lavello, Italy
		Born	João Pinto da Piedade, O.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Macau, China
		Born	Tomasz Pirawski †		Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
		Died	Francisco Ramírez †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
		Resigned	Jacques Marie Sala †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Jean de Salette †		Bishop Emeritus of Lescar, France
	26.9	Resigned	Antonmaria Salviati †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Alfonso de Sásamo (Somario), O.S.B. †	Bishop of Capri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Toma Skorojević, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bosnia (Bosna, Diacovar, Diakovar), Croatia
	31.2	Professed	Francisco de Toledo Herrera, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
		Born	Erminio Valenti †		Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy
		Born	Diego Zúñiga Sotomayor †		Bishop of Zamora, Spain
2 Jan	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta †	Cardinal, Administrator of Capua, Italy
7 Jan	84.0	Died	Fernando de Menezes Coutinho e Vasconcellos †	Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal
10 Jan		Died	Luigi Vannini de Theodoli, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
16 Jan	28.0	Appointed	Pietro Bembo †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
21 Jan	81.0	Died	Tomaso Campeggi †	Bishop Emeritus of Feltre, Italy
21 Jan	60.0	Died	Nino Nini †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
2 Feb	28.0	Ordained Deacon	Ferdinando Ferrero Fieschi †	Deacon	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
4 Feb	42.0	Died	François de Pisseleu †	Bishop Emeritus of Amiens, France
9 Feb	28.1	Ordained Priest	Ferdinando Ferrero Fieschi †	Priest	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
23 Feb	52.1	Died	Egidio Foscarari, O.P. †	Bishop of Modena, Italy
23 Feb	55.0	Appointed	Giovanni Gerolamo Morone (Moroni) †	Bishop of Modena, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
25 Feb		Died	Bernard O’Higgins, O.S.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Elphin, Ireland
26 Feb	61.4	Ordained Deacon	Diego Espinosa Arévalo †	Deacon of Ávila, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
Mar		Died	Giulio Rossi †	Bishop of San Leone, Italy
1 Mar	53.1	Appointed	Gaspar Cervantes de Gaete †	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
	57.1	Appointed	Agustín Gormaz (Coruña) Velasco, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
	59.1	Appointed	Acisclo de Moya y Contreras †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
		Appointed	Pedro de la Peña, O.P. †	Bishop of Verapaz, Guatemala	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
		Appointed	Filippo Geri †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
	23.3	Appointed	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	25.2	Appointed	Francesco Gonzaga †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Bishop of Mantova, Italy
	57.1	Appointed	Honorato Juan †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
5 Mar	61.5	Ordained Priest	Diego Espinosa Arévalo †	Priest of Ávila, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
21 Mar		Born	Domingo Cano de Haro, O.P. †		Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
22 Mar	44.2	Appointed	Antonio Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of La Imperial, Chile	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
	41.2	Appointed	Richard Creagh †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	49.1	Confirmed	György Drašković †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
		Appointed	Antonio García de Valtorres, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain
		Appointed	Antonio García de Valtorres, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	68.2	Appointed	Juan de los Barrios, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
Apr	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Honorato Juan †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
Apr		Ordained Bishop	Juan Simancas Simancas †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
1 Apr		Born	Cristóforo Chrisostome Carletti, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Termia (Thermae), Greece
5 Apr	58.8	Died	Giovanni Girolamo de’ Rossi †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
9 Apr	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Richard Creagh †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
14 Apr	43.5	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
14 Apr	62.2	Appointed	Timoteo Giustiniani, O.P. †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
16 Apr	23.7	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Carafa †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
22 Apr		Appointed	Bartolomeo Chiapponi †	Bishop of Ario, Greece	Bishop of Rethymo (Calamona), Greece
23 Apr	23.5	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
24 Apr		Appointed	Bartolomeo Chiapponi †	Bishop of Rethymo (Calamona), Greece
24 Apr	59.3	Installed	Acisclo de Moya y Contreras †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
27 Apr		Died	Ottaviano Guasco †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
28 Apr		Appointed	Jean de Balaguier †	Bishop of Cahors, France
		Appointed	Antonio Cancellaro †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
		Appointed	Juan del Castillo †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
		Appointed	Jerónimo Clavijo, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
		Appointed	Jerónimo Clavijo, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Nisyrus	Auxiliary Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
		Appointed	Luís de la Fuente (Fuentes) †	Bishop of Nicaragua
	33.7	Appointed	Ranuccio Farnese, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Administrator of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	42.3	Died	Aymar de Maugiron †	Bishop of Glandèves, France
		Appointed	Bernardino de Villalpando, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
May	29.3	Ceased	Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. †	Administrator of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
2 May	64.1	Died	Rodolfo Pio †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
3 May	59.3	Died	Acisclo de Moya y Contreras †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
11 May	51.3	Died	Leone Orsini †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
12 May	25.6	Appointed	St. Charles Borromeo †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	63.8	Appointed	Federico Cesi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	34.3	Appointed	Girolamo della Rovere †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	43.5	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	59.3	Appointed	Antonio Giustiniani, O.P. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Lipari, Italy	Bishop
	51.8	Appointed	Cristoforo Madruzzo †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
	55.2	Appointed	Giovanni Gerolamo Morone (Moroni) †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	70.3	Appointed	Francesco Pisani †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
18 May	45.5	Resigned	Nicolas de Pellevé †	Bishop of Amiens, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
27 May	25.7	Ordained Priest	Cesare Baronio, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
27 May		Born	Johann Adam von Bicken †		Archbishop-Elect of Mainz, Germany
5 Jun	47.4	Selected	Gerard van Groesbeeck †	Cardinal, Bishop of Liège, Belgium
9 Jun		Appointed	Giovanni Ambrosio Fieschi †	Bishop of Savona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
9 Jun		Appointed	Girolamo Gallarati †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
10 Jun	52.9	Resigned	Ippolito Capilupi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Fano, Italy
10 Jun	27.0	Appointed	Guido Luca Ferrero †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
21 Jun		Appointed	François Balaguer †	Bishop of Bazas, France
	42.4	Appointed	Francesco Beltramini †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
	42.4	Appointed	Giovanni Carlo Bovio †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
	47.3	Appointed	Luigi Cornaro †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
	66.3	Appointed	Tiberio Crispi †	Administrator of Amalfi, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
		Appointed	João de Melo †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
		Confirmed	Veit von Fraunberg †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
		Appointed	Stanislaw Narkustki †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania	Bishop-Elect
	58.4	Appointed	Jerónimo Osório †	Bishop of Silves (Sylves), Portugal	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
		Appointed	António Pinheiro †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
	70.4	Resigned	Francesco Pisani †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	52.3	Appointed	Henrique de Portugal †	Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal
		Appointed	Guillaume Viole †	Bishop of Paris, France

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