The Year of Our Lord 1579

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Giuseppe Acquaviva †		Titular Archbishop of Thebae
		Born	Fernando Andrade Sotomayor †		Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
		Born	Alderano Bellati (Bellatto) †		Bishop Emeritus of Bisignano, Italy
	80.0	Died	Pál Bornemissza †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
	66.0	Died	Pietro Antonio Di Capua †	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
		Born	Gil Carrillo de Albornoz †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy
		Born	Altobello Carissimi †		Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy
		Died	Antonius Lucurri (Cogorno), O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Brugnato, Italy
		Born	Nicolas Dallós †		Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
		Died	Antonio Bargaeus de Angelis †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Ludovico da Campania †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
		Born	Pierre d’Hardivillier †		Archbishop of Bourges, France
		Born	Francesco Diotallevi †		Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy
		Died	Vincenzo Ferreri †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
		Died	Agostino Folignatti (Molignatus) †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
		Died	Gregorio Forbicini †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
	16.0	Professed	Francesco Andrea Gelsomini, O.E.S.A. †	Member of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia), Italy
	33.0	Appointed	Francesco Gonzaga, O.F.M. Obs. †	Minister General of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
		Born	Matteo Granito †		Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
		Resigned	Bernardus Herinck †	Bishop of Deventer, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Antonio Idiáquez Manrique †		Bishop of Segovia, Spain
		Born	Bernardo Lacabra †		Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Tommaso Malloni (Mallono), C.R.S. †		Bishop of Belluno, Italy
		Born	Ivan Tomko Mrnavić (Marnavich) †		Bishop of Bosnia (Bosna, Diacovar, Diakovar), Croatia
		Born	Vincenzo Martena †		Bishop of Senj, Croatia
		Born	Alfonso Mendes, S.J. †		Patriarch of Ethiopia
		Born	Raymond de Montaigne †		Bishop of Bayonne, France
		Ordained Bishop	Juan Montalvo, O.P. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
	71.0	Died	Jean de Montluc †	Bishop Emeritus of Valence and Die, France
		Died	Odo Hugh O’Sheridan (Ogendriamus) †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
		Born	Johann Heinrich von Ostein †		Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
		Born	Placido Padiglia, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Alessano, Italy
		Born	Cipriano Pavoni, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Rimini, Italy
		Died	Robert de Pellevé †	Bishop of Pamiers, France
		Resigned	Matteo Priuli †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	74.0	Died	Walerian Protosewicz †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
	50.0	Resigned	François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon †	Bishop of Sarlat, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Giovanni Battista Scanaroli (Scannaroli) †		Titular Bishop of Sidon
	69.0	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Serbelloni †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Onufrius Sersagli †		Bishop of Carinola (Calina), Italy
		Born	Antonio Trejo de Sande Paniagua, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
		Born	Thomas Walsh †		Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
2 Jan	23.4	Ordained Priest	Louis II de Guise de Lorraine †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
9 Jan		Appointed	Antonio de Hervias, O.P. †	Bishop of Verapaz, Guatemala	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
		Appointed	Pedro García Galarza †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
		Appointed	Alfonso Graniero Avalos †	Bishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
		Appointed	Ambroz Antun Kapić (Capizzi), O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
	49.0	Appointed	Jerónimo Manrique de Lara †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
		Appointed	Attilio Serrano †	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
		Appointed	Attilio Serrano †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
18 Jan		Died	Jorge de Santa Luzia, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Malacca, Singapore	Bishop
23 Jan		Appointed	Gilberto Isfar y Corillas †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
25 Jan	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Juan de Sanclemente Torquemada †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
26 Jan		Born	Gabriel de L’Aubespine †		Bishop of Orléans, France
27 Jan		Born	Antonio Tornielli †		Bishop of Novara, Italy
30 Jan		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Baldi †	Bishop of Nebbio, France
	47.0	Resigned	Juan Manuel de la Cerda †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Benedetto Garetti, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
	33.0	Appointed	Nicolò Mascardi †	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
1 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Franjo Župan, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Bishop Emeritus
6 Feb		Appointed	Tiberio Carafa †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
		Appointed	Alfonso Guerra, O.P. †	Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)	Bishop of Michoacán, México
		Appointed	Sebastián Ocando, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
	67.0	Appointed	Domingo Salazar, O.P. †	Bishop of Manila, Philippines
8 Feb	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Claude d’Angennes †	Bishop of Noyon, France	Bishop of Le Mans, France
13 Feb		Appointed	Matteo Colli †	Bishop of Marsi, Italy
22 Feb		Born	Nicolas Dufiff †		Bishop-Elect of Arras, France
9 Mar	21.1	Appointed	Louis de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon †	Bishop of Sarlat, France
16 Mar	36.2	Appointed	Emiliano Bombini †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
19 Mar		Died	Bertrando de Romanis †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
22 Mar	33.2	Ordained Bishop	Nicolò Mascardi †	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France
26 Mar	69.2	Died	Christoph von Lamberg †	Bishop Emeritus of Seckau, Austria
29 Mar	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Jerónimo Manrique de Lara †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
30 Mar		Appointed	Bernardo Gascó †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Luigi Guarini †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy
		Appointed	Antonio Lombardo †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
		Appointed	Louis de Tartre, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon, France
		Appointed	Louis de Tartre, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon, France
4 Apr	24.2	Ordained Priest	Augustin Hofmann, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
8 Apr		Died	Orazio Montegranelli †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
26 Apr	31.3	Ordained Bishop	Claude de Granier, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
27 Apr	40.8	Appointed	Alberto Bolognetti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
27 Apr	53.3	Appointed	Gil Ruiz de Lihori, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
29 Apr	54.4	Died	Diego de Landa, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
15 May	30.2	Appointed	Ottavio Accoramboni †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
		Appointed	Johann Baptist Pichlmair †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
		Appointed	Johann Baptist Pichlmair †	Titular Bishop of Halmiros	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
		Appointed	Baltazar Radlič †	Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia	Bishop-Elect
	44.3	Appointed	Miklós Telegdy †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
16 May	41.3	Appointed	St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
22 May		Appointed	François de Bouliers †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
	67.3	Appointed	Christophe Cheffontaines (Capitefontium), O.F.M. Obs. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sens, France
	67.3	Appointed	Christophe Cheffontaines (Capitefontium), O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop of Sens, France
		Appointed	Domenico di Grammatica †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece
	40.3	Appointed	Juan Terés †	Bishop of Elne, France	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
27 May	42.4	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Bonomigni (Bonomi, Bonhomini) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
1 Jun	35.4	Appointed	Girolamo Matteucci †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
4 Jun	53.4	Died	Edmund Tanner †	Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland
8 Jun	30.3	Ordained Bishop	Ottavio Accoramboni †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
8 Jun		Died	Romolo de Valenti †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
22 Jun	43.4	Died	David Kölderer von Burgstall †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
26 Jun		Appointed	Juan Castellano Orozco †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
		Appointed	Lorenzo Figueroa Córdoba, O.P. †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Appointed	Miguel Rubio, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy

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