The Year of Our Lord 1580

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Domingo Abad Huerta †		Bishop of Teruel, Spain
		Died	Youssef Girgis al-Basluqiti †	Bishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
	54.0	Died	Ascanio Albertini †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
	43.8	Ordained Priest	Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †	Priest	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Born	Albertus Aliprandi †		Bishop of Andros, Greece
		Died	Giovanni Paolo Amanio †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
		Born	Hyacinthus Arnolfini, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Milos (Melos), Greece
		Born	Miguel Avellán, O.F.M. Obs. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
		Died	Antonio Balducci, O.P. †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
		Died	Giacomo Benuzzi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trento, Italy
	73.0	Died	Giovanni Battista Bernardi †	Bishop Emeritus of Ajaccio, France
		Born	Francesco Bibilia †		Bishop of Isola, Italy
	72.9	Resigned	René de Birague †	Bishop of Lodève, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Aimeric de Bragelone †		Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France
		Born	Diego Castejón Fonseca †		Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
		Born	Luis de Cañizares, O.M. †		Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
		Born	Alessandro Castracani (Castracane) †		Bishop of Fano, Italy
		Died	Pietro Cancellieri (Cavalieri) †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
		Born	Tiberio Cenci †		Cardinal, Bishop of Jesi, Italy
		Born	Francesco Adriano Ceva †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca
		Resigned	Francesco Cittadini †	Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Conradus †	Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands	Archbishop-Elect
		Resigned	Jacques Corneillan †	Bishop of Rodez, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Silvestre de Crusy de Marcillac †		Bishop of Mende, France
		Died	Pedro Sánchez Martín, O.P. †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
		Born	Antimo degli Atti †		Bishop of Ortona a Mare e Campli, Italy
		Born	Alphonse d’Elbène †		Bishop Emeritus of Albi, France
		Born	Juan de Mañozca y Zamora †		Archbishop of México, Federal District
		Installed	Antonio de Hervias, O.P. †	Bishop of Verapaz, Guatemala	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
		Born	Giuseppe di Ceva †		Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Pietro Delfino, O.S.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
		Appointed	Elie (V) †	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
		Born	Pietro Paolo Eustachi †		Bishop of Boiano, Italy
		Died	Pietro Francesco Ferri †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
		Died	Vincenzo Fucheri †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
		Born	Francisco Garcia Mendes, S.J. †		Archbishop of Cranganore (Angamala), India
		Succeeded	Leandro Garuffi Rotelli de Piis †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
		Died	Lelio Garuffi Rotelli de Piis †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Dominico Giaconi †		Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
		Born	Decius Giustiniani, O.P. †		Bishop of Aleria, France
		Ordained Priest	Stanisław Gomoliński †	Priest	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
		Born	Bartolomé González Soltero †		Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
		Succeeded	Nicolò Grana †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
	40.7	Died	Sebastian Haidlauf †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
		Born	Maurice Hurley (O’Hurley) †		Bishop of Emly, Ireland
		Died	Francesco Indelli †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
		Born	Bernardo Inghirami †		Bishop of Volterra, Italy
		Born	Jerónimo de Ipenza †		Bishop of Jaca, Spain
		Born	St. Jozafat Kuncewicz, O.S.B.M. †		Archbishop of Polotsk (Połock)-Vitebsk (Ukrainian), Belarus
		Died	Hugh Lacy †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Lancillotto Lancellotti †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
		Born	Imre Lósy †		Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
		Born	Orazio Maffei †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
		Died	Ascanio Marchesini †	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
	22.0	Professed	Felipe Marimón Salvador †	Member	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Jerónimo de Menezes †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
		Born	Pedro Moncada †		Bishop of Gerona, Spain
		Born	Gabriele Naro (Nari), O.P. †		Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
		Born	Hugh O’Reilly †		Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
		Born	Giuseppe (Giacomo) Pamphilj †		Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
		Born	Ubertinus Papafava †		Bishop of Adria, Italy
		Born	Erasmo Paravicini †		Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
		Died	Pietro de Petris del Monte †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
		Born	Giacinto Petroni, O.P. †		Bishop of Molfetta, Italy
	Born	Alfonso Petrucci †		Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
	Born	Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez, O.SS.T. †		Bishop of Panamá
	Born	Alessandro Rangoni †		Bishop of Modena, Italy
	Born	Girolamo Ricciulli †		Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
	Died	Almerico de Rochechouart †	Bishop of Sisteron, France
	Born	Nicolas Sanguin †		Bishop Emeritus of Senlis, France
	Born	Giulio Antonio Santoro †		Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
	Born	Girolamo Sarriano, C.R. †		Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
66.0	Appointed	Guglielmo Sirleto †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Index	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Squillace, Italy
	Born	Stefano Solis Castelblanco, C.R. †		Bishop of Sarno, Italy
	Born	Giovanni Domenico Spinola †		Cardinal, Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
	Born	Stanislaw Starczewski †		Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
	Born	Alfonso de Sanvítores de la Portilla, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Zamora, Spain
45.0	Appointed	Miklós Telegdy †	Apostolic Administrator of Esztergom, Hungary	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
	Born	Manoel Telles de Brito, O.P. †		Archbishop of Goa, India
	Born	Lelio Veterano †		Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy
	Born	Mauro de Villarroel, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Jaca, Spain
	Died	Yab-Alaba †	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
	Born	Celso (Giuliano) Zani, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Città della Pieve, Italy
Jan	49.0	Appointed	Cunerus Petri †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Bishop of Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Jan		Born	Stephen Strecheus †		Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Belgium
1 Jan	63.0	Died	Wojciech Staroźrebski Sobiejuski †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
3 Jan	45.0	Ordained Subdeacon	Ludovico Taverna †	Subdeacon	Bishop Emeritus of Lodi, Italy
5 Jan	32.7	Resigned	Lorenzo Campeggi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
5 Jan	41.0	Appointed	Fantino Petrignani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza, Italy
6 Jan		Died	James Hamilton †	Former Bishop-Elect of Argyll (Lismore), Scotland, Great Britain
6 Jan	45.0	Ordained Deacon	Ludovico Taverna †	Deacon	Bishop Emeritus of Lodi, Italy
10 Jan	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Andrea Caligari †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Stanisław Pawłowski †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
	45.0	Ordained Priest	Ludovico Taverna †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Lodi, Italy
11 Jan	55.0	Appointed	François de Wallon-Capelle, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
14 Jan	80.0	Died	Juan Solano, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
18 Jan	63.2	Died	Archangelo de’ Bianchi (Blanca), O.P. †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Teano, Italy
21 Jan	70.0	Died	Giovanni Battista Serbelloni †	Bishop Emeritus of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
25 Jan		Died	Pierre de Châtelet †	Bishop of Toul, France
31 Jan	68.0	Died	Henrique de Portugal †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal
31 Jan		Died	Dietrich von Rothenstein (Bettendorf) †	Bishop of Worms, Germany
12 Feb	20.2	Installed	Albrecht von Austria (Österreich) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme	Former Archbishop-Elect of Toledo, Spain
	35.1	Appointed	Peter Binsfeld †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
	35.1	Appointed	Peter Binsfeld †	Titular Bishop of Azotus	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
15 Feb	49.1	Died	Cunerus Petri †	Bishop of Leeuwarden, Netherlands
16 Feb		Born	Giovanni Battista Deti †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
20 Feb	46.1	Ordained Deacon	Jean de Vassé †	Deacon	Bishop of Lisieux, France
24 Feb		Appointed	Scipione Bozzuti †	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
25 Feb	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Musotti †	Bishop of Imola, Italy
28 Feb		Born	Orazio Giustiniani, C.O. †		Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
29 Feb		Appointed	Salvat d’Iharse †	Bishop of Tarbes, France
29 Feb	32.2	Confirmed	Gebhard Truchseß von Waldburg †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect
Mar	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Jean de Vassé †	Bishop of Lisieux, France
9 Mar	18.8	Appointed	Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont (II) †	Cardinal, Administrator of Toul, France
11 Mar		Died	Thomas O’Herlihy †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
12 Mar	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Ludovico Taverna †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
13 Mar	24.6	Ordained Bishop	Louis II de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
14 Mar		Appointed	Juan Antonio Diaz de Salcedo, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop of Nicaragua
		Appointed	Alfonso López de Avila †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
	58.2	Resigned	Miler Magrath, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Richard McBrady, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
23 Mar	40.2	Died	Augustin Le Cirier †	Bishop of Avranches, France
23 Mar		Appointed	Donat O’Gallagher, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
25 Mar		Born	Johann Paul (Giovanni Paolo) Ciurletti †		Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
4 Apr		Died	Manuel de Mercado Aldrete, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Panamá
10 Apr	78.2	Died	Pierre Pintaflour †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
10 Apr	55.2	Ordained Bishop	François de Wallon-Capelle, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
11 Apr		Appointed	Pietro Orsini †	Coadjutor Bishop of Spoleto, Italy	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
11 Apr		Appointed	Pietro Orsini †	Titular Bishop of Hippos	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
17 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Pietro Orsini †	Titular Bishop of Hippos	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
20 Apr	58.2	Died	Francesco Alciati †	Cardinal, Bishop of Civitate (Città or Civita), Italy
20 Apr	68.7	Died	Ippolito Capilupi †	Bishop Emeritus of Fano, Italy
21 Apr		Appointed	Jaime Ximeno Lobera †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain
26 Apr	70.3	Died	Alfonso María Binarini †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy
26 Apr	40.3	Died	Jakob Feucht †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
4 May		Appointed	Pompilio Perotti †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
4 May	38.3	Appointed	Gerolamo Vitale Bovio (de’ Buoi) †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy
9 May		Appointed	Hugo Ambrosio de Moncada, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	46.3	Appointed	Johannes Nas, O.F.M. Obs. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
	46.3	Appointed	Johannes Nas, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Belline	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
20 May		Appointed	Giacomo Rovello (Roveglio) †	Coadjutor Bishop of Feltre, Italy	Bishop
		Appointed	Giacomo Rovello (Roveglio) †	Titular Bishop of Hebron	Bishop of Feltre, Italy
	36.3	Appointed	Janez Tavčar (Tautscher) †	Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
27 May	54.9	Appointed	Francisco Sarmiento Mendoza †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
	62.4	Appointed	Luis Tello Maldonado †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
		Appointed	Raffaele Tomei †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
		Appointed	Cristóbal Vela y Acuña (Tavera) †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
29 May		Ordained Bishop	Miguel Espinosa †	Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos, Titular Sees	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
Jun		Ordained Bishop	Jaime Ximeno Lobera †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain
13 Jun	3.7	Confirmed	Philipp Wilhelm von Bayern †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect
15 Jun	22.0	Selected	Andreas von Austria (Österreich) †	Coadjutor Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
	50.4	Appointed	Alessio Stradella, O.S.A. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Gratz	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
	70.0	Died	Nicolaas Van Nieuwland †	Bishop Emeritus of Haarlem, Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
19 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Rovello (Roveglio) †	Titular Bishop of Hebron	Bishop of Feltre, Italy
20 Jun		Died	Roland de Burgo (Burke) †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
21 Jun		Died	Eugenio di Pesaro (Fabriani), O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
22 Jun		Died	Jean de Bours †	Bishop of Laon, France
		Appointed	Alfonso Delgado †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
	60.2	Installed	Pedro de Deza Manuel †	Cardinal-Priest of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
		Appointed	Carlos Domenech, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
		Appointed	Alfonso Pardo †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
		Appointed	Fernando Rueda †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
26 Jun		Born	Gaspar de Borja y Velasco †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

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