The Year of Our Lord 1576

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Giovanni Battista de Aquena †		Bishop of Bosa, Italy
		Born	Arcangelo Baldini, O.P. †		Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
		Born	Claude de Bellièvre †		Archbishop of Lyon, France
	77.0	Resigned	Tristan de Bizet, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Saintes, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Ippolito Borghese, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Pienza, Italy
		Born	Carlo Bovi †		Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
		Born	Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	61.0	Died	Feliciano Capitone, O.S.M. †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
		Born	Pompeo Cornazzano, O. Cist. †		Bishop of Parma, Italy
		Born	Cosimo de’ Bardi †		Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Battista de Paola †		Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
		Born	António do Rosário, O.P. †		Bishop-Elect of Malacca, Singapore
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo del Tufo, C.R. †	Priest	Bishop of Oria, Italy
	70.0	Died	Antonio Elio †	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
		Born	Giovanni Battista Ferrero, O.P. †		Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
		Resigned	Giovanni Ambrosio Fieschi †	Bishop of Savona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Antonio Maria Franceschini †		Bishop of Amelia, Italy
		Born	Theodorus Georgi, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Arbe (Rab), Croatia
		Died	Aurelio Griani, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
		Died	Francisco Guaresma, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Ceuta and Tanger, Spain
		Born	Lorenzo Horta Rodríguez †		Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
		Died	Cornelius Ideay †	Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
	36.4	Ordained Bishop	Łukasz Kościelecki, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Born	Giovanni Battista Lancellotti †		Bishop of Nola, Italy
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Johann Lohel, O. Praem. †	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
		Died	Sebastiano Maffo †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
	54.0	Appointed	Marcantonio Maffei †	Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti, Italy
		Born	László Majthényi †		Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia
		Born	Pedro de Mata y Haro, C.R. †		Bishop of Capaccio, Italy
		Born	Hugh McCaughwell, O.F.M. Obs. †		Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	47.0	Died	Giacomo Mignanelii †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
		Born	Joachim Morochowski, O.S.B.M. †		Bishop of Volodymyr (Włodzimierz) et Brėst (Ukrainian)
		Born	Jean de Plantavit de la Pause †		Bishop Emeritus of Lodève, France
		Born	Nicolaus Righi †		Bishop of Tinos and Mykonos, Greece
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Paolo Emilio Sammarco †	Priest	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
		Resigned	Scipione Santacroce †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Pierre Antoine Triest †		Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
	22.0	Ordained Priest	Fernando Trexo y Senabria, O.F.M. Obs. †	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
7 Jan		Born	Julián de Cortázar †		Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
9 Jan		Born	Jerónimo Domín Funes, O. Carm. †		Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
13 Jan		Died	Benedetto Oliva †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
15 Jan	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Marquard von Berg †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
16 Jan	40.0	Appointed	Melchior Giedroyć †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
22 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Hector Wegmann †	Titular Bishop of Symbalia (Cembalo, Balaclawa)	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
23 Jan		Appointed	Richard McBrady, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
25 Jan	65.0	Died	Tommaso Orsini †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
26 Jan		Appointed	Patrick Macival †	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
26 Jan		Appointed	Diego Núñez de Figueroa †	Bishop of Macau, China	Former Bishop-Elect
30 Jan		Appointed	Ippolito Boschi †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
30 Jan		Appointed	Matteo Andrea Guerra †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
6 Feb		Appointed	Antonio Balducci, O.P. †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
6 Feb	33.0	Appointed	Lorenzo Vitturi †	Archbishop of Candia {Crete}, Greece
13 Feb	45.1	Died	Ludovico Antinori †	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
15 Feb		Appointed	Francisco Soto Salazar †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
19 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Lattanzio Lattanzi †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
20 Feb		Appointed	Bartolomeo Giugni (Junius) †	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
25 Feb	37.6	Appointed	Alberto Bolognetti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
25 Feb	46.1	Resigned	Carlo Cicala (Cicada) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Albenga, Italy
27 Feb	64.1	Appointed	Nicolas Bousmard †	Bishop of Verdun, France
27 Feb		Appointed	Pio Loterio, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy
4 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Paolo Marincola †	Bishop of Teano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Mar		Born	Éric de Lorraine, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Verdun, France
17 Mar	21.2	Ordained Deacon	Augustin Hofmann, O.S.B. †	Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
19 Mar	56.2	Died	Gaspar de Faria †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
28 Mar		Appointed	Alessandro Canigiani †	Archbishop of Aix, France
		Appointed	Manuel de Mercado Aldrete, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Panamá
		Appointed	Giuliano de’ Medici †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Albi, France	Bishop
	43.1	Resigned	Giovanni Francesco Gàmbara †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Appointed	Carlo Montigli †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Bishop
		Died	Juan Orozco de Arce †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
	36.2	Appointed	Giulio Rossino †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
	57.2	Appointed	Diego de Salamanca, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Bishop Emeritus
2 Apr	75.2	Died	Pedro Guerrero Logroño (Mendoza) †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
6 Apr	54.2	Appointed	Tommaso de Bonsi †	Bishop of Béziers, France	Bishop Emeritus
6 Apr		Appointed	Nicolas de la Courbe de Brée †	Bishop of Saintes, France
10 Apr		Died	Jean de Balaguier †	Bishop of Cahors, France
11 Apr	66.2	Died	Cornelis Jansen †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
11 Apr		Appointed	Gómez Zapata †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
22 Apr	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Melchior Giedroyć †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
23 Apr	57.2	Died	Francisco Gómez de Mendiola y Solórzano †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
2 May	73.3	Died	Bartolomé de Carranza y Miranda, O.P. †	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
4 May		Appointed	Johann Mezon von Telz †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
4 May	33.9	Appointed	Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
9 May	38.9	Appointed	Cesare Camillo Ferrero †	Bishop of Savona, Italy	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
13 May	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Fournier, C.R.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Basilitanus	Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
20 May	61.6	Died	Maurizio Pietra †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
27 May		Died	Giulio Simonetta †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
4 Jun		Appointed	Roberto Sassatelli †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
4 Jun		Appointed	Jan van Strijen †	Bishop of Middelburg, Netherlands
7 Jun		Died	Johann Deublinger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
29 Jun	69.8	Died	François Sonnius (Van de Velde) †	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
Jul	31.5	Appointed	Kyrylo (Cyryl) Terletskyi (Terlecki) †	Bishop of Pińsk-Turaŭ (Ukrainian), Belarus	Bishop of Lutsk and Ostroh (Ukrainian), Ukraine
2 Jul	62.5	Died	Joachim van Oprode †	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
4 Jul		Appointed	Juan Dimas Lloris †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
4 Jul		Appointed	Bl. Patrick O’Healy, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Mayo, Ireland
15 Jul	64.5	Ordained Bishop	Nicolas Bousmard †	Bishop of Verdun, France
17 Jul		Died	Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina, O.S. †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
18 Jul	63.9	Appointed	François de Foix de Candale †	Bishop of Aire, France
18 Jul	34.5	Appointed	Ottavio Santacroce †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
30 Jul		Appointed	Alfonso Herrera, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
	60.5	Died	Antonio Scarampi †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	46.5	Appointed	Francesco Sporeni, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia
3 Aug	65.5	Died	Leonardo Bonaccorsi (Buonaccorsi) †	Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy
6 Aug	60.5	Appointed	Girolamo Federici †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
15 Aug		Installed	Antônio Barreiros, O. Cist. †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, Brazil
		Died	Gaspar de Leão Pereira †	Archbishop of Goa, India
		Ordained Bishop	Johann Mezon von Telz †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
22 Aug		Appointed	Claudio Borghese †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
		Appointed	Malachy O’Moloney †	Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
		Appointed	Cornelius Ryan (O’Mulrian), O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Soriani (Suriano), O. Carm. †	Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy
Sep		Born	Francesco Venturi †		Bishop Emeritus of San Severo, Italy
2 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Soriani (Suriano), O. Carm. †	Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy
4 Sep	43.6	Died	Romolo Archinto †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
9 Sep	34.6	Ordained Bishop	Ottavio Santacroce †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
11 Sep		Born	Giovanni Battista Bonetti (Berosi) †		Bishop of Narni, Italy
11 Sep		Died	Mario Carafa †	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
12 Sep	71.6	Died	Juan Quiñones Guzmán †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
16 Sep		Installed	Alessandro Canigiani †	Archbishop of Aix, France
19 Sep	65.7	Appointed	Bl. Paolo (Scipione) Burali d’Arezzo, C.R. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Bernardino Grandopoli †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
	40.7	Appointed	Girolamo Ragazzoni †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
22 Sep		Born	Philipp Wilhelm von Bayern †		Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Regensburg, Germany
Oct		Ordained Bishop	Nicolas Fumée †	Bishop of Beauvais, France
2 Oct	62.7	Died	Francisco Delgado López †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
7 Oct	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Cesare Camillo Ferrero †	Bishop of Savona, Italy	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
7 Oct		Died	Johan Knijf, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands
24 Oct		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Ansaldo †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
24 Oct		Appointed	Alfonso de Lorca †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
26 Oct		Appointed	Geoffrey de La Marthonie †	Bishop of Amiens, France
2 Nov		Born	Georges Chamberlain †		Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
4 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Ansaldo †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
4 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Bernardino Grandopoli †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
6 Nov		Died	Andrea Matteo Acquaviva d’Aragona †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
12 Nov	57.3	Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce †	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
12 Nov		Appointed	Tommaso Gigli †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
17 Nov		Appointed	Antonio Bernardez, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
17 Nov		Appointed	Antonio Bernardez, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Martyropolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
19 Nov	18.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Andreas von Austria (Österreich) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
19 Nov	60.8	Appointed	François de Bourdeilles †	Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France	Bishop Emeritus
3 Dec	54.9	Appointed	Giovanni Ingegneri (Ingenerio) †	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
4 Dec		Died	Antonio Vialardi, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Bourges, France
10 Dec	70.9	Appointed	Jan Sienieński †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
10 Dec		Appointed	Scipione della Tolfa †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
12 Dec		Born	Ambrogio Machin, O. de M. †		Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
17 Dec	59.8	Appointed	Antonio Agustín †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
	43.2	Appointed	Adam Weisskopf †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	43.2	Appointed	Adam Weisskopf †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
22 Dec	18.9	Professed	Gregorio de Alarcón, O.A.D. †	Member of Agostiniani Scalzi	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
22 Dec	59.9	Died	Otto von Schaumberg †	Bishop-Elect of Hildesheim, Germany
28 Dec		Died	Benedetto Erba, O.P. †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy

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