The Year of Our Lord 1573

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Fernando Acevedo González †		Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	60.0	Died	Guillaume de Barton †	Bishop Emeritus of Lectoure, France
	65.9	Appointed	René de Birague †	Bishop of Lodève, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Paolo Cajatia †		Bishop of Ariano, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Canavera, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
		Born	Pietro Colletti †		Bishop of Chiron, Greece
	66.0	Resigned	Antoine d’Albon †	Archbishop of Lyon, France	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Paul David a Felistal †		Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Diego de Landa, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
		Died	Pedro de la Torre, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)
		Born	Luis Díaz Aux de Armendáriz, O. Cist. †		Bishop of Urgell, Spain
		Born	Pietro Emo, C.R. †		Bishop of Crema, Italy
		Born	Sigismondo Gambacorta, C.R.S.A. †		Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
		Died	Giulio Cesare de Gennaro †	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
		Born	Angelo Gozzadini †		Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy
		Born	Drause Hennequin †		Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Soissons, France
		Died	Miguel Ibáñez †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
		Resigned	Jean de Joly †	Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Juan Jubí, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	20.8	Converted	Melchior Klesl †	Cardinal, Bishop of Wien, Austria
		Born	Ehrenfried von Kuenburg †		Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
		Died	Benedetto Loredano, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Korčula (Curzola, Cursola), Croatia
		Born	Giambattista Leni †		Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
		Born	Stanisław Łoza †		Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
		Resigned	Pietro Giacomo Malumbra †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	61.1	Resigned	Marzio de Marzi Medici †	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	72.0	Died	Felice de Massimi †	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
		Died	Eugene MacBrehon, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Mayo, Ireland
		Resigned	Gerolamo Melchiori †	Bishop of Macerata, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Gerolamo Melchiori †	Bishop of Recanati, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Macerata, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Melis, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
		Born	Gerolamo Mezzamico †		Bishop of Trevico, Italy
		Born	Pedro Mirabal Ayllón †		Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
		Born	Pietro Niccolini †		Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	50.0	Ordained Priest	Andrzej Patrycy Nidecki †	Priest	Bishop of Wenden (Windau), Poland
		Born	Adam Nowodworski †		Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Died	Arthur O’Frigil (Friel) †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tuam, Ireland
		Born	Paolo Palombo, C.R. †		Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
	68.9	Resigned	Scipione Rebiba †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
		Born	Antonio Ricci †		Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
		Born	Jean Richardot †		Archbishop of Cambrai, France
		Born	Sebastiano o Settimio Roberti (-Vittori) †		Bishop Emeritus of Tricarico, Italy
		Born	David Rothe †		Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
		Resigned	Girolamo Savorgnano †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Ambrosius Seibaeus (Seybeus) †		Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
		Born	Lopo de Sequeira Pereira †		Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
		Born	Innocentius Serpa, C.R.L. †		Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia
		Born	Pedro de Solier y Vargas, O.E.S.A. †		Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	30.0	Appointed	Christoph Andreas von Spaur †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio de Subiet-Cardot †	Bishop of Montpellier, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Stanisław Dzedziński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Resigned	Fernando de Tavora, O.P. †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Cesare Ventimiglia †		Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
		Died	Alphonse Vercelli †	Bishop of Lodève, France
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Simon Vigor †	Archbishop of Narbonne, France
		Born	Vincenzo Zucconi †		Titular Bishop of Rosanensis
2 Jan		Born	Antoine de Coues †		Bishop Emeritus of Condom, France
6 Jan	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Franciszek Krasiński †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
9 Jan	40.5	Resigned	Giulio Antonio Santorio †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
9 Jan		Appointed	Francesco Antonio Santorio †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
10 Jan		Born	Juan Serrano Ortiz, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Acerno, Italy
16 Jan		Appointed	Juan Beltrán de Guevara †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
		Resigned	Juan Beltrán de Guevara †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Antonio Lombardo †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
17 Jan	63.0	Died	Pedro Ponce de Léon †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
23 Jan	52.0	Appointed	Stefano (Agostino) Bonucci, O.S.M. †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
	51.4	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Castagna †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Lancillotto Lancellotti †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
		Appointed	Pietro Persio †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
25 Jan	36.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Francesco Bonomigni (Bonomi, Bonhomini) †	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
27 Jan	49.0	Died	Diego Ramírez Sedeño de Fuenleal †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
Feb		Died	Christopher Bodkin †	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
Feb	72.0	Died	Matteo Concini †	Bishop Emeritus of Cortona, Italy
9 Feb	48.1	Resigned	Giovanni Aldobrandini †	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Giovan Mario de Alessandri †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
	38.1	Resigned	Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	56.1	Appointed	Vincenzo Ercolani (Herculani), O.P. †	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Bishop of Perugia, Italy
	51.1	Appointed	Francesco Galbiati †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
		Died	Pietro Gritti (Gaitti) †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
		Appointed	Pierre Prosper de La Baume †	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
		Appointed	Cesare Nores †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
	58.1	Appointed	Felipe Urríes Urríes, O.P. †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
19 Feb		Appointed	Vincenzo de Siena (Caporano), O.P. †	Bishop of Sarno, Italy
23 Feb		Died	Burchard Oberg †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
		Died	Antonio Parragues de Castillejo, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
		Appointed	Adriano Vincenzi †	Bishop of Nebbio, France
Mar	40.1	Died	Charles Guillart †	Bishop Emeritus of Chartres, France
Mar		Ordained Bishop	Francesco Antonio Santorio †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
2 Mar		Appointed	Charles d’Ailleboust †	Bishop of Autun, France
3 Mar		Appointed	Martín Martínez de Villar †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop
7 Mar	18.2	Selected	Ernst von Bayern †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
9 Mar	37.7	Appointed	Alessandro Ottaviano de’ Medici †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Ottaviano de’ Medici †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	31.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Faraoni †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
		Appointed	Sebastiano Maffo †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
15 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Castaneola Marino †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
24 Mar		Born	Giovanni (Giannettino) Doria †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
30 Mar	30.3	Appointed	Ferdinando Farnese †	Bishop of Parma, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Leonardo Liparola †	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
	39.2	Resigned	Alessandro Sforza †	Bishop of Parma, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
2 Apr	59.1	Died	Otto Truchseß von Waldburg †	Cardinal, Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
8 Apr	35.2	Appointed	Antonio Carafa †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
	45.5	Resigned	Tolomeo Gallio †	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Appointed	Francesco Guinigi †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
	69.1	Appointed	Scipione Rebiba †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	74.4	Appointed	Giovanni Ricci †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
	40.0	Appointed	Giulio della Rovere †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
		Appointed	Giuseppe Sappi †	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
	50.2	Appointed	Giacomo Savelli †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	45.2	Appointed	Nicolas de Thou †	Bishop of Chartres, France
27 Apr	29.3	Appointed	Jerónimo Barreto †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Galbiati †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
		Appointed	Giorgio Rautgartler (Reitgherlet) †	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
1 May		Confirmed	Martin Duplätre †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
12 May	29.3	Ordained Priest	Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva †	Priest	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
15 May	51.3	Appointed	István Fejérkövy †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
		Appointed	János Liszthi †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
		Appointed	János Monoszlóy †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
	31.3	Appointed	Zakariás Mossóczy †	Bishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
		Appointed	Boldizsár Persei Melegh †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary
		Appointed	István Radeczy de Zemche †	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
16 May	70.3	Died	Nicolaas van der Borcht †	Bishop of Middelburg, Netherlands
18 May	35.8	Selected	Johann Eglof von Knöringen †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Bishop-Elect
29 May		Appointed	Sigismondo Mangiaruga †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
		Died	Bertrand de Marillac, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Rennes, France
	27.5	Confirmed	Hermann von Schaumberg †	Bishop of Minden, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
		Appointed	Marcello Sirleto †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
	59.4	Resigned	Guglielmo Sirleto †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
1 Jun	50.1	Appointed	Vincenzo Lauro †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mondovi, Italy
1 Jun	53.2	Resigned	Vincenzo Portico †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
3 Jun		Appointed	Gergely Bornemissza †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
5 Jun	69.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Anton Vrancic (Verancsics) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
7 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Antonio de Ascafeis †	Bishop of Arkadi, Greece
7 Jun	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Johann Grodecký †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
10 Jun	38.4	Appointed	Galeazzo Moroni †	Bishop of Macerata, Italy	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
10 Jun	38.4	Appointed	Galeazzo Moroni †	Bishop of Recanati, Italy	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
11 Jun	64.4	Died	Leonardo Marini, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Alba (Pompea), Italy
15 Jun	51.8	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Castagna †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	43.4	Appointed	Carlo Cicala (Cicada) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Albenga, Italy
	57.4	Appointed	Girolamo Federici †	Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
16 Jun	69.0	Died	Anton Vrancic (Verancsics) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
17 Jun	43.4	Appointed	Pedro de Moya y Contreras †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
17 Jun	32.4	Appointed	Augustin Kvinti#263; (Quinzio), O.P. †	Bishop of Korčula (Curzola, Cursola), Croatia	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
20 Jun		Died	Patrick Hepburn †	Bishop of Moray, Scotland, Great Britain
23 Jun		Appointed	Luca Spingaroli, O.P. †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
26 Jun	35.3	Confirmed	Jean de Manderscheid-Blankenheim †	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
		Appointed	Jan Wegorszewski, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Appointed	Jan Wegorszewski, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Aenos	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
28 Jun	38.4	Ordained Bishop	Galeazzo Moroni †	Bishop of Macerata, Italy	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
29 Jun	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Nicolas de Thou †	Bishop of Chartres, France

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