The Year of Our Lord 1566

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	66.0	Resigned	Manuel de Almada †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	András Bathóry †		Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
		Born	Nicola Benigno †		Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
		Resigned	Claude Briçonnet †	Bishop of Lodève, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Pietro Budi †		Bishop of Sapë, Albania
		Born	Innocenzo Del Bufalo-Cancellieri †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, Italy
		Born	Antonio Caetani (Jr.) †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
		Died	Fausto Caffarelli †	Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy
		Born	Giacomo Candido †		Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy
		Born	Joannes Mattaeus Caryophyllis †		Titular Archbishop of Iconium
		Born	Bartolomeo Cesi (Cesa) †		Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
		Resigned	Nicolo Cicala †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Marco Cornaro (Corner) †	Archbishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Giovanni Battista de Asti, O.S.A. †		Titular Bishop of Thagaste
	47.0	Resigned	Philippe du Bec †	Bishop of Vannes, France	Archbishop of Reims, France
		Born	Consalvo Duranti †		Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
	60.0	Resigned	Antonio Elio †	Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	45.2	Resigned	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Avignon, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Born	Ferenc Forgách de Ghymes †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
		Died	Ferenc Forgách de Ghymes †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
	59.4	Resigned	Girolamo Garimberti (Galimbertu) †	Bishop of Gallese, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Cesare Gesualdo †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
		Died	Giacomo de’ Giacomelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Belcastro, Italy
	34.0	Selected	Pierre de Gondi †	Bishop of Langres, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
		Born	Diego Guzmán de Haros †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Died	Fabrizio Landriani †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
		Appointed	Girolamo Leone †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
	73.0	Died	Antoine de Lévis de Château-Morand †	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
		Born	Livio Limatola †		Bishop of Bitetto, Italy
	44.0	Appointed	Marcantonio Maffei †	Datary of the Apostolic Datary	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti, Italy
		Born	Lodovico Martini †		Bishop of Aosta, Italy
		Born	Alfonso Mesía de Tovar †		Bishop of Astorga, Spain
		Died	Diego Gilberto Nogueras †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
		Died	Nicola Angelo Olivieri †	Bishop of Acerno, Italy
		Born	Gaspare Paluzzi Albertoni †		Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy
		Born	Jean de Pélissier, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Apt, France
	44.0	Appointed	Felice Peretti Montalto, O.F.M. Conv. †	Vicar Apostolic of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Born	Girolamo Pignatelli, C.R. †		Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
	43.0	Died	Lattanzio Roverella †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
		Died	Quinzio Rustici †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
		Born	Wilhelm Rinck von Balderstein †		Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
		Born	François de Rye †		Archbishop of Besançon, France
		Born	Galeazzo Sanvitale †		Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
		Born	Filippo Spinelli †		Cardinal, Bishop of Aversa, Italy
		Died	Martino Terracina †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
		Died	Pietro Vaguer †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
		Born	Chrisian von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †		Bishop of Minden, Germany
		Born	Fabrizio Verallo †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Severo, Italy
		Born	Claude du Vergier †		Bishop of Lavaur, France
		Died	Dionisio Zannettini, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop Emeritus of Mylopotamos, Greece
Jan		Died	Juan Francisco de Aguirre †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
Jan	44.0	Resigned	Marcantonio Maffei †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti, Italy
6 Jan	27.0	Died	Francesco Gonzaga †	Cardinal, Bishop of Mantova, Italy
6 Jan		Died	Tommaso Stella, O.P. †	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
7 Jan	61.9	Elected	St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
17 Jan	62.0	Installed	St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
20 Jan	32.0	Ordained Bishop	Vilém Prusinovský z Víckova †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
30 Jan	48.1	Appointed	Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Appointed	Luca Fieschi †	Bishop of Andria, Italy	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
	42.8	Appointed	Vincenzo Lauro †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Pietro Lunello †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
	43.3	Appointed	Gabriele Paleotti †	Bishop of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	43.3	Appointed	Gabriele Paleotti †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	67.2	Appointed	Giovanni Ricci †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
Feb		Died	Raymond MacMahon †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
8 Feb		Appointed	Pierre de Barrault †	Bishop of Lodève, France
	66.1	Installed	Marcantonio Bobba †	Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Aosta, Italy
	43.0	Installed	Francesco Abbondio Castiglioni †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
	66.1	Installed	Francesco Crasso †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Lucia in Septisolio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eufemia
	52.1	Installed	Alessandro Crivelli †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giovanni a Porta Latina	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
	28.7	Installed	Guido Luca Ferrero †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eufemia	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
	44.1	Installed	Luigi (Alvise) Pisani †	Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
	51.3	Installed	Prospero Publicola Santacroce †	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
	30.1	Appointed	Filippo Spinola †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy
9 Feb	43.3	Ordained Priest	Gabriele Paleotti †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
10 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Mario Carafa †	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Pietro Lunello †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Gabriele Paleotti †	Bishop of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
15 Feb		Appointed	Francisco de Abrego, O.S. †	Bishop of Panamá
		Appointed	Juan Alzóloras (Arzolaras), O.S.H. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
	36.1	Appointed	Angelo Cesi †	Bishop of Todi, Italy
		Resigned	Giovanni Andrea Cesi †	Bishop of Todi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Bertrando de Romanis †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
	38.1	Died	Giovanni Battista Orsini †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
	32.8	Appointed	Giulio della Rovere †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
17 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Luca Fieschi †	Bishop of Andria, Italy	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
	32.5	Ordained Bishop	Mark Sittich von Hohenems (Altemps) †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	30.2	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Spinola †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy
18 Feb	69.1	Appointed	Fernando de Loaces (Loazes), O.P. †	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
Mar	56.1	Appointed	Alfonso María Binarini †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Camerino, Italy
6 Mar	59.2	Appointed	Adriano Beretti (Valentico), O.P. †	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
	24.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Michele (Bosco) Bonelli, O.P. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
	66.1	Appointed	Francesco Crasso †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eufemia
	28.8	Appointed	Guido Luca Ferrero †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
	32.9	Appointed	Giulio della Rovere †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
	33.7	Appointed	Giulio Antonio Santorio †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Appointed	Tommaso Scotti, O.P. †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
	44.1	Appointed	Gianfrancesco Sormani †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
12 Mar		Born	Gregorio Parcero de Castro, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
	33.7	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Antonio Santorio †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Gianfrancesco Sormani †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
13 Mar	34.6	Installed	Antoine de Créqui Canaples †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Trifone	Cardinal, Bishop of Amiens, France
	75.1	Resigned	Nicola Majorano (Maggiorani) †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Maggiorano Majorano (Maggiorani) †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy
		Appointed	Jean de Sossiondo †	Bishop of Bayonne, France
20 Mar	24.3	Installed	Michele (Bosco) Bonelli, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
20 Mar		Appointed	Pierre de Lancrau †	Bishop of Lombez, France	Bishop Emeritus
25 Mar	44.2	Resigned	Francesco Beltramini †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
25 Mar	64.2	Died	Jacques-Paul Spifame †	Bishop Emeritus of Nevers, France
31 Mar	36.2	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Cesi †	Bishop of Todi, Italy
Apr		Died	Simone Gattola †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
Apr		Died	John Sinclair †	Bishop of Brechin, Scotland, Great Britain
3 Apr	36.2	Appointed	Marcin Białobrzeski, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
	36.2	Appointed	Marcin Białobrzeski, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
	51.2	Appointed	Feliciano Capitone, O.S.M. †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
	50.2	Appointed	Alessandro Strozzi †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
5 Apr	56.2	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Serbelloni †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
13 Apr	46.8	Ordained Priest	Veit von Würtzburg †	Priest of Bamberg, Germany	Bishop
15 Apr	33.0	Ordained Bishop	Giulio della Rovere †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
17 Apr	15.2	Professed	Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop of Michoacán, México
21 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Giulio Sauli †	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy
26 Apr	37.3	Appointed	Gabriele de Alexandris, O.P. †	Bishop of Gallese, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	59.4	Ordained Bishop	Adriano Beretti (Valentico), O.P. †	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
	52.3	Appointed	Francisco Delgado López †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
		Appointed	Diego Deza Tello †	Bishop of Coria, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
28 Apr	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Feliciano Capitone, O.S.M. †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Strozzi †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Veit von Würtzburg †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
29 Apr	63.3	Died	Jean Suau †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mirepoix, France
5 May	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Gabriele de Alexandris, O.P. †	Bishop of Gallese, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
5 May	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Lauro †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
6 May	53.3	Resigned	Pietro Antonio Di Capua †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
6 May	46.7	Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
8 May	27.4	Resigned	Sigismund von Brandenburg †	Archbishop-Elect of Magdeburg, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect
8 May	27.4	Resigned	Sigismund von Brandenburg †	Bishop-Elect of Halberstadt, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect of Magdeburg, Germany
15 May		Appointed	Tiberio Carafa †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
	34.3	Confirmed	Pierre de Gondi †	Bishop of Langres, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
		Appointed	Jean Le Feuvre †	Bishop of Vannes, France
	57.3	Appointed	Cipriano Pallavicino †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
		Appointed	Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina, O.S. †	Bishop of Michoacán, México	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
	58.3	Appointed	Bernardo Salviati †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Papoul, France
	50.3	Resigned	Antonio Scarampi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	54.3	Appointed	Bartolomé de Torres †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
		Appointed	Giovanni Matteo Valdina, O.P. †	Bishop of Acerno, Italy
19 May	34.3	Ordained Bishop	Pierre de Gondi †	Bishop of Langres, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
22 May		Died	Tommaso Scotti, O.P. †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
26 May		Ordained Bishop	Tiberio Carafa †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
10 Jun	45.4	Appointed	Matthais Ob †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
	45.4	Appointed	Matthais Ob †	Titular Bishop of Daulia	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
		Appointed	Paolo Terracino †	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
17 Jun	51.7	Appointed	Prospero Publicola Santacroce †	Administrator of Arles, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
21 Jun		Died	Georg Riedl †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
27 Jun	68.4	Resigned	Tiberio Crispi †	Administrator of Sessa Aurunca, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
27 Jun		Appointed	Giovanni Placido †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy

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