The Year of Our Lord 1566

Bishop Events

July to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Jul Died Pedro Maldonado, O.F.M. † Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain

5 Jul Appointed Giovanni Ludovico da Campania † Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy

Appointed Felice Rossi † Bishop of Tropea, Italy

12 Jul 41.5 Appointed Muzio Calini † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Terni, Italy Bishop

44.5 Resigned Pierdonato Cesi (Sr.) † Bishop of Narni, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

33.5 Appointed Romolo Cesi † Bishop of Narni, Italy Bishop Emeritus

17 Jul 56.5 Died Angelo Massarelli † Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy

19 Jul 53.5 Appointed Alvise Michiel † Archbishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia

30 Jul 59.5 Died Honorato Juan † Bishop of Osma, Spain

31 Jul 91.7 Died Bartolomé de las Casas (Casaus), O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México

Aug Died Girolamo Michele Nichesola, O.P. † Bishop of Teano, Italy

5 Aug 62.7 Died Martín Pérez de Ayala † Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

10 Aug 32.6 Ordained Priest Claude de La Baume † Priest Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France

11 Aug Ordained Bishop Giovanni Placido † Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy

15 Aug 55.6 Appointed Tommaso Orsini † Bishop of Strongoli, Italy Bishop of Foligno, Italy

16 Aug Died Jerónimo Velasco † Bishop of Oviedo, Spain

19 Aug 31.6 Appointed Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † Bishop of Mileto, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

Died Alexander Devereux, O. Cist. † Bishop of Ferns, Ireland

69.6 Appointed Cherubino Lavosio, O.S.A. † Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy

21 Aug Appointed Francesco Rusticucci † Bishop of Venosa, Italy Bishop of Fano, Italy

28 Aug 55.6 Ordained Bishop Tommaso Orsini † Bishop of Strongoli, Italy Bishop of Foligno, Italy

29 Aug 66.6 Died Francesco Crasso † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eufemia

6 Sep 47.6 Appointed Philippe du Bec † Bishop of Nantes, France Archbishop of Reims, France

Appointed Desiderio Mezzapica da S. Martino, O. Carm. † Bishop of Ugento, Italy

52.6 Appointed Guglielmo Sirleto † Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Squillace, Italy

8 Sep 69.6 Ordained Bishop Cherubino Lavosio, O.S.A. † Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy

13 Sep 27.7 Died Sigismund von Brandenburg † Former Archbishop-Elect of Magdeburg, Germany

16 Sep Born Antonio Albergati † Bishop Emeritus of Bisceglie, Italy

49.9 Appointed Archangelo de’ Bianchi (Blanca), O.P. † Bishop of Teano, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

53.6 Died Sebastiano Gualterio † Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy

21 Sep 49.9 Ordained Bishop Archangelo de’ Bianchi (Blanca), O.P. † Bishop of Teano, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

Ordained Bishop Francesco Rusticucci † Bishop of Venosa, Italy Bishop of Fano, Italy

27 Sep Died Marco Gerolamo Vida, C.R.L. † Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy

6 Oct 68.6 Died Tiberio Crispi † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina

48.7 Died Marcantonio Oradino † Auxiliary Bishop of Mantova, Italy

54.7 Ordained Bishop Bartolomé de Torres † Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain

7 Oct Appointed Pietro Camaiani † Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy

33.6 Appointed Giovanni Francesco Gàmbara † Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

57.7 Appointed Leonardo Marini, O.P. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Alba (Pompea), Italy Bishop Emeritus

62.6 Appointed Scipione Rebiba † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina

67.9 Appointed Giovanni Ricci † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy

67.8 Appointed Giovanni Michele Saraceni † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina

13 Oct 31.7 Ordained Bishop Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † Bishop of Mileto, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

33.6 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Francesco Gàmbara † Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

52.7 Ordained Bishop Guglielmo Sirleto † Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Squillace, Italy

18 Oct 11.8 Selected Ernst von Bayern † Bishop of Freising, Germany Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

52.7 Resigned Moritz von Sandizell † Bishop of Freising, Germany Bishop Emeritus

25 Oct Appointed Nuno Álvares Pereira † Bishop of Angra, Portugal

57.9 Resigned Bernhard von Raesfeld † Bishop-Elect of Münster, Germany Former Bishop-Elect

Appointed Egidio Valenti, O.S.A. † Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy

26 Oct 37.5 Selected Johann von Hoya zu Stolzenau † Bishop of Münster, Germany

27 Oct 33.8 Ordained Bishop Romolo Cesi † Bishop of Narni, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Died Juvénal des Ursins † Bishop of Tréguier, France

28 Oct Ordained Bishop Egidio Valenti, O.S.A. † Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy

10 Nov 76.8 Died Giovanni Francisco de Gaeta † Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia), Italy

Died Sebastiano Leccavella, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy

11 Nov Appointed Fernando de Barrionuevo, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Santiago de Chile

Born José González Díez, O.P. † Archbishop of Burgos, Spain

14 Nov 56.8 Died Pier Francesco Ferrero † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy

15 Nov Appointed Angelo (Cattani) da Diacceto, O.P. † Bishop of Fiesole, Italy Bishop Emeritus

43.6 Installed Gianfrancesco Commendone † Cardinal-Deacon of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece

44.9 Appointed Felice Peretti Montalto, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

66.8 Appointed Ludovico Simonetta † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy

17 Nov 53.8 Ordained Bishop Alvise Michiel † Archbishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia

21 Nov Born Francesco Cennini de’ Salamandri † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

22 Nov Died Domingo Cubels, O.S.Io.Hieros. † Bishop of Malta

Dec Died Luís de la Fuente (Fuentes) † Bishop of Nicaragua

Appointed Paolo Odescalchi † Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Atri, Italy

57.9 Resigned Cipriano Pallavicino † Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy Archbishop of Genova, Italy

Born Michelangelo Tonti † Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena, Italy

1 Dec 58.1 Died Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla † Cardinal, Bishop of Burgos, Spain

11 Dec Resigned Louis d’Albret † Bishop of Lescar, France Bishop Emeritus

33.9 Resigned Charles Guillart † Bishop of Chartres, France Bishop Emeritus

58.9 Resigned Jean de Montluc † Bishop of Valence and Die, France Bishop Emeritus

Resigned Claude Régin † Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France Bishop Emeritus

43.9 Removed Jean Saint-Romain de Saint-Chamond † Archbishop of Aix, France Archbishop Emeritus

Resigned Jean de Saint-Gelais † Bishop of Uzés, France Bishop Emeritus

20 Dec 12.0 Confirmed Ernst von Bayern † Bishop of Freising, Germany Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

68.9 Appointed Pedro del Frago Garcés † Bishop of Alghero, Italy Bishop of Huesca, Spain

Appointed Jean Grenon † Bishop of Grasse, France

27 Dec Ordained Bishop Bertrand de Marillac, O.F.M. † Bishop of Rennes, France

28 Dec Ordained Bishop Angelo (Cattani) da Diacceto, O.P. † Bishop of Fiesole, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Jul		Died	Pedro Maldonado, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
5 Jul		Appointed	Giovanni Ludovico da Campania †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
	Appointed	Felice Rossi †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
12 Jul	41.5	Appointed	Muzio Calini †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Terni, Italy	Bishop
44.5	Resigned	Pierdonato Cesi (Sr.) †	Bishop of Narni, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia
33.5	Appointed	Romolo Cesi †	Bishop of Narni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jul	56.5	Died	Angelo Massarelli †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
19 Jul	53.5	Appointed	Alvise Michiel †	Archbishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia
30 Jul	59.5	Died	Honorato Juan †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
31 Jul	91.7	Died	Bartolomé de las Casas (Casaus), O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
Aug		Died	Girolamo Michele Nichesola, O.P. †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
5 Aug	62.7	Died	Martín Pérez de Ayala †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
10 Aug	32.6	Ordained Priest	Claude de La Baume †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
11 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Placido †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
15 Aug	55.6	Appointed	Tommaso Orsini †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
16 Aug		Died	Jerónimo Velasco †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
19 Aug	31.6	Appointed	Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	Died	Alexander Devereux, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
69.6	Appointed	Cherubino Lavosio, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
21 Aug		Appointed	Francesco Rusticucci †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop of Fano, Italy
28 Aug	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Orsini †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
29 Aug	66.6	Died	Francesco Crasso †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eufemia
6 Sep	47.6	Appointed	Philippe du Bec †	Bishop of Nantes, France	Archbishop of Reims, France
	Appointed	Desiderio Mezzapica da S. Martino, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy
52.6	Appointed	Guglielmo Sirleto †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Squillace, Italy
8 Sep	69.6	Ordained Bishop	Cherubino Lavosio, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
13 Sep	27.7	Died	Sigismund von Brandenburg †	Former Archbishop-Elect of Magdeburg, Germany
16 Sep		Born	Antonio Albergati †		Bishop Emeritus of Bisceglie, Italy
49.9	Appointed	Archangelo de’ Bianchi (Blanca), O.P. †	Bishop of Teano, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
53.6	Died	Sebastiano Gualterio †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
21 Sep	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Archangelo de’ Bianchi (Blanca), O.P. †	Bishop of Teano, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Rusticucci †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop of Fano, Italy
27 Sep		Died	Marco Gerolamo Vida, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
6 Oct	68.6	Died	Tiberio Crispi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
48.7	Died	Marcantonio Oradino †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mantova, Italy
54.7	Ordained Bishop	Bartolomé de Torres †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
7 Oct		Appointed	Pietro Camaiani †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
33.6	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Gàmbara †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
57.7	Appointed	Leonardo Marini, O.P. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Alba (Pompea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
62.6	Appointed	Scipione Rebiba †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
67.9	Appointed	Giovanni Ricci †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
67.8	Appointed	Giovanni Michele Saraceni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
13 Oct	31.7	Ordained Bishop	Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
33.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Francesco Gàmbara †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
52.7	Ordained Bishop	Guglielmo Sirleto †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Squillace, Italy
18 Oct	11.8	Selected	Ernst von Bayern †	Bishop of Freising, Germany	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
52.7	Resigned	Moritz von Sandizell †	Bishop of Freising, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
25 Oct		Appointed	Nuno Álvares Pereira †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
57.9	Resigned	Bernhard von Raesfeld †	Bishop-Elect of Münster, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
	Appointed	Egidio Valenti, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
26 Oct	37.5	Selected	Johann von Hoya zu Stolzenau †	Bishop of Münster, Germany
27 Oct	33.8	Ordained Bishop	Romolo Cesi †	Bishop of Narni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Died	Juvénal des Ursins †	Bishop of Tréguier, France
28 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Egidio Valenti, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
10 Nov	76.8	Died	Giovanni Francisco de Gaeta †	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia), Italy
	Died	Sebastiano Leccavella, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
11 Nov		Appointed	Fernando de Barrionuevo, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Santiago de Chile
	Born	José González Díez, O.P. †		Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
14 Nov	56.8	Died	Pier Francesco Ferrero †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
15 Nov		Appointed	Angelo (Cattani) da Diacceto, O.P. †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
43.6	Installed	Gianfrancesco Commendone †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
44.9	Appointed	Felice Peretti Montalto, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
66.8	Appointed	Ludovico Simonetta †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy
17 Nov	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Alvise Michiel †	Archbishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia
21 Nov		Born	Francesco Cennini de’ Salamandri †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
22 Nov		Died	Domingo Cubels, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta
Dec		Died	Luís de la Fuente (Fuentes) †	Bishop of Nicaragua
	Appointed	Paolo Odescalchi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Atri, Italy
57.9	Resigned	Cipriano Pallavicino †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
	Born	Michelangelo Tonti †		Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena, Italy
1 Dec	58.1	Died	Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla †	Cardinal, Bishop of Burgos, Spain
11 Dec		Resigned	Louis d’Albret †	Bishop of Lescar, France	Bishop Emeritus
33.9	Resigned	Charles Guillart †	Bishop of Chartres, France	Bishop Emeritus
58.9	Resigned	Jean de Montluc †	Bishop of Valence and Die, France	Bishop Emeritus
	Resigned	Claude Régin †	Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France	Bishop Emeritus
43.9	Removed	Jean Saint-Romain de Saint-Chamond †	Archbishop of Aix, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	Resigned	Jean de Saint-Gelais †	Bishop of Uzés, France	Bishop Emeritus
20 Dec	12.0	Confirmed	Ernst von Bayern †	Bishop of Freising, Germany	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
68.9	Appointed	Pedro del Frago Garcés †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
	Appointed	Jean Grenon †	Bishop of Grasse, France
27 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Bertrand de Marillac, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Rennes, France
28 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Angelo (Cattani) da Diacceto, O.P. †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy	Bishop Emeritus

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