The Year of Our Lord 1585

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Giovan Mario de Alessandri †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
		Born	Pedro Antón Serra †		Bishop of Lérida, Spain
		Born	Giovanni Battista Astalli †		Bishop of Troia, Italy
		Born	Augustinus Basrci (Bagesius), O.P. †		Archbishop of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia
		Resigned	Paolo Bellardito †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Benedetto Benedetti †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Caorle, Italy
		Born	Baldassarre Bonifazio †		Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
	37.0	Appointed	Martin Brenner †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Celestino Bruni (Bruno), O.S.A. †		Bishop of Boiano, Italy
		Born	Cristoforo Caetani †		Bishop of Foligno, Italy
	70.0	Died	Nicolò Canelles (Canyelles) †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
		Died	Nunzio Antonio de Capriolis †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
		Born	Krzysztof Charbicki †		Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
		Born	Francesco Cherubini †		Cardinal, Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
		Resigned	William Chisholm †	Administrator of Vaison, France	Former Administrator
		Resigned	Angelo Calepio, O.P. †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Pedro Coderos †	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
		Died	Gian Matteo Castaldo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
		Died	Vincenzo de Doncelli (Donzelli), O.P. †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
		Born	Boetius Egan, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
		Born	Lelio Falconieri †		Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
	60.6	Resigned	Pietro Fauno Costacciaro †	Bishop of Acqui, Italy	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
		Born	Pietro Paolo Febei †		Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
		Born	Guillaume Fouquet de la Varenne †		Bishop of Angers, France
		Born	Bartolomeo Frigerio †		Bishop of Venosa, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Maria Galli, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
	55.0	Died	Paolo Giovio (il Giovane) †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
		Died	Aloisio Giustiniani †	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
		Died	Basilio Gradi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
		Died	Alfonso Graniero Avalos †	Bishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
	48.0	Resigned	Annibale Grassi †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Giovanni Antonio Grignetta †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
		Born	Stanislas Kiszka (Kyška) †		Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
		Born	Martin Kolsdorf †		Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
		Born	Fabio Lagonissa †		Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Johann Jakob von Lamberg †	Priest	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
		Died	Jorge de Lemos, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Funchal, Portugal
		Born	Martín de León Cárdenas, O.S.A. †		Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
		Born	François de Loménie, O.P. †		Bishop of Marseille, France
		Died	Maurice MacBrien †	Bishop of Emly, Ireland
	94.0	Died	Nicola Majorano (Maggiorani) †	Bishop Emeritus of Molfetta, Italy
		Born	Acacio March de Velasco, O.P. †		Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
		Born	Giovanni Agostino Marliani †		Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
		Born	Annibale Mascambruno †		Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
		Born	Lourenço de Mendonça †		Prelate Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		Born	Martin Meurisse, O.F.M. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
		Born	John O’Cullenan †		Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
		Died	Paolo Odescalchi †	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Atri, Italy
		Died	Anselmo Olivieri, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy
		Born	Malachy O’Queely †		Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
		Born	Ottavio Orsini †		Bishop of Segni, Italy
	46.0	Resigned	Fantino Petrignani †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
		Died	Costantino Piccioni, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
		Resigned	Giovanni Battista Pietralata †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Adam Pilchowski †	Bishop of Chełm, Poland
		Died	João de Portugal †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
		Died	Tarquinio Prisco †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
		Died	Alessandro Ravali †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
		Born	Christophorus Johannes Reinheld von Reichenau †		Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany
		Appointed	Girolamo Riggio †	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
		Born	Sebastien de Rosmadec †		Bishop of Vannes, France
		Born	Alfonso Sacrati †		Bishop Emeritus of Comacchio, Italy
	49.0	Appointed	Filippo Spinola †	Administrator of Sora, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy
		Born	Alessandro (Fabrizio) Suardi †		Bishop of Caserta, Italy
	Born	Jan Tarnowski †		Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
	Born	Francisco Torres Grijalba, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
	Ordained Bishop	Juan Esteban de Urbieta, O.P. †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Died	Pedro Vélez Guevara †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
	Born	Onorato Visconti †		Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
	Died	Paolo da Zara, O.P. †	Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania
Jan		Resigned	Giovan Luigi de Benedictis †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
Jan		Died	Cesare Contardo †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
5 Jan		Born	Carlo Emmanuele Pio di Savoia †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
7 Jan	23.7	Appointed	Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont (II) †	Bishop of Verdun, France	Cardinal, Administrator of Toul, France
7 Jan		Died	Sigismondo Saraceno †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
13 Jan	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Clément Graebbels (Crabeels) †	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
		Ordained Bishop	Scipione Gesualdo †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Simons †	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
14 Jan		Appointed	Antoine Gaume †	Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France
		Appointed	Giovanni Luigi Marescotti, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
		Appointed	Ludovico Martelli †	Coadjutor Bishop of Chiusi, Italy	Bishop
		Appointed	Ludovico Martelli †	Titular Bishop of Ioppe	Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
	43.2	Resigned	Domenico Pinelli (Sr.) †	Bishop of Fermo, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	49.9	Installed	Niccolò Sfondrati †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	53.7	Installed	Agostino Valier (Valeri, Valieri) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco	Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
		Appointed	Sigismondo Zanettini †	Bishop of Fermo, Italy	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
18 Jan		Died	Herman van Rennenberch (Rennenberg) †	Archbishop-Elect of Utrecht, Netherlands
23 Jan		Appointed	Pietro Clemens, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
		Appointed	Diego Haëdo †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
		Appointed	Antonio Lombardo †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
26 Jan	55.0	Died	Robert de Berghes †	Bishop Emeritus of Liège, Belgium
28 Jan		Appointed	Diego Aponte Quiñones, O.S. †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
		Appointed	Bernardo de Benedictis †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
	38.8	Confirmed	Anne d’Escars de Givry (de Pérusse), O.S.B. †	Bishop of Lisieux, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
31 Jan		Died	Vincenzo Luchi (di Luca) †	Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
31 Jan	71.0	Died	Benito Tocco, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
Feb	46.5	Resigned	Alberto Bolognetti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Cardinal, Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
4 Feb		Appointed	Domingo de Ulloa, O.P. †	Bishop of Nicaragua	Bishop of Michoacán, México
11 Feb	37.1	Appointed	Wojciech Baranowski †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
24 Feb	64.3	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
24 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Torfanini †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
25 Feb		Appointed	Alfonso Herrera, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
6 Mar	91.1	Died	Giovanni Tommaso Sanfelice †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
8 Mar		Appointed	Péter Herešinec (Heressinczy) †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
12 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Bernardo de Benedictis †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
18 Mar		Appointed	Crisostomo Arneo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
18 Mar		Appointed	Gian Antonio Grassi †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy
20 Mar	54.2	Died	Jorge de Almeida †	Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal
31 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Diego Aponte Quiñones, O.S. †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
31 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Diego Haëdo †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
3 Apr	75.2	Died	Thomas Goldwell, C.R. †	Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain
10 Apr	83.2	Died	Ugo Boncompagni †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
20 Apr	58.3	Died	Mikołaj Pac †	Former Bishop-Elect of Kyiv (Kijów), Ukraine
23 Apr	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Wojciech Baranowski †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
24 Apr	63.3	Elected	Felice Peretti Montalto, O.F.M. Conv. †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
25 Apr		Born	Diego Arce Reinoso †		Bishop Emeritus of Plasencia, Spain
29 Apr		Died	Charles d’Ailleboust †	Bishop of Autun, France
1 May	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Anne d’Escars de Givry (de Pérusse), O.S.B. †	Bishop of Lisieux, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
	63.3	Installed	Felice Peretti Montalto, O.F.M. Conv. †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	59.1	Died	Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta †	Cardinal, Administrator of Capua, Italy
3 May	34.4	Died	Heinrich von Sachsen-Lauenburg †	Archbishop-Elect of Bremen (and Hamburg), Germany
5 May	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Martin Brenner †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
5 May	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Georg Stobäus von Palmburg †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
9 May	40.3	Appointed	Kyrylo (Cyryl) Terletskyi (Terlecki) †	Bishop of Lutsk and Ostroh (Ukrainian), Ukraine
10 May	35.7	Appointed	Ferdinando de’ Medici †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
		Appointed	Marco Antonio del Tufo †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Ambrosio Fieschi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy	Bishop Emeritus of Savona, Italy
	62.1	Resigned	Vincenzo Lauro †	Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mondovi, Italy
13 May		Appointed	Francesco Carusi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
	14.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Alessandro Damasceni Peretti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
		Appointed	Marino Querini †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
15 May		Born	Giovanni Pietro Volpi †		Bishop of Novara, Italy
16 May	47.9	Died	Guido Luca Ferrero †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
17 May	46.8	Died	Alberto Bolognetti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
18 May	30.4	Selected	Ernst von Bayern †	Bishop of Münster, Germany	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Died	François de La Valette †	Bishop of Vabres, France
	22.9	Resigned	Johann Wilhelm von Jülich-Kleve-Berg †	Bishop-Elect of Münster, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
19 May	57.5	Died	Tomás Dacio (d’Anio) †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
19 May		Ordained Bishop	Marino Querini †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
20 May		Appointed	Stanislaw Bosovius †	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
		Appointed	Stanislaw Bosovius †	Titular Bishop of Lacedaemonia	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
	62.2	Installed	Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	22.9	Installed	François de Joyeuse †	Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	62.1	Installed	Vincenzo Lauro †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mondovi, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Gerolamo Manerio †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
	62.4	Appointed	Andrzej Patrycy Nidecki †	Bishop of Wenden (Windau), Poland
		Appointed	Silvio Passerini †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
	35.0	Installed	Simeone Tagliavia d’Aragonia †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria degli Angeli	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
23 May	58.2	Died	Marcin Gerstmann †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
2 Jun	45.4	Appointed	Giulio Rossino †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
2 Jun	34.8	Resigned	Silvio Savelli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via
3 Jun	41.4	Appointed	Jerónimo Barreto †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
	63.4	Appointed	Afonso de Castelo-Branco †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
		Appointed	Silvio Galassi †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
5 Jun	38.6	Selected	Dietrich von Fürstenberg †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
10 Jun	63.4	Died	Girolamo Diedo †	Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
14 Jun	14.4	Installed	Alessandro Damasceni Peretti †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
17 Jun		Died	Fernando Rueda †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
22 Jun	38.1	Resigned	Lorenzo Campeggi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
22 Jun	55.4	Appointed	Cesare Costa, C.O. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
24 Jun	24.1	Installed	Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont (II) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Administrator of Toul, France
25 Jun		Died	Cesare Gromis †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
28 Jun	70.4	Died	Felipe Urríes Urríes, O.P. †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain

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