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The Year of Our Lord 1566

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DateAgeBishopTitle
unknownFausto Caffarelli †Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy
unknownFerenc Forgách de Ghymes †Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
unknownCesare Gesualdo †Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
unknownGiacomo de’ Giacomelli †Bishop Emeritus of Belcastro, Italy
unknownFabrizio Landriani †Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
unknown73.0Antoine de Lévis de Château-Morand †Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
unknownDiego Gilberto Nogueras †Bishop of Alife, Italy
unknownNicola Angelo Olivieri †Bishop of Acerno, Italy
unknown43.0Lattanzio Roverella †Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
unknownQuinzio Rustici †Bishop of Mileto, Italy
unknownMartino Terracina †Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
unknownPietro Vaguer †Bishop of Alghero, Italy
unknownDionisio Zannettini, O.F.M. Obs. †Bishop Emeritus of Mylopotamos, Greece
JanJuan Francisco de Aguirre †Bishop of Tropea, Italy
6 Jan27.0Francesco Gonzaga †Cardinal, Bishop of Mantova, Italy
6 JanTommaso Stella, O.P. †Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
FebRaymond MacMahon †Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
15 Feb38.1Giovanni Battista Orsini †Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
25 Mar64.2Jacques-Paul Spifame †Bishop Emeritus of Nevers, France
AprSimone Gattola †Bishop of Venosa, Italy
AprJohn Sinclair †Bishop of Brechin, Scotland, Great Britain
29 Apr63.3Jean Suau †Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mirepoix, France
22 MayTommaso Scotti, O.P. †Bishop of Terni, Italy
21 JunGeorg Riedl †Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
2 JulPedro Maldonado, O.F.M. †Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
17 Jul56.5Angelo Massarelli †Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
30 Jul59.5Honorato Juan †Bishop of Osma, Spain
31 Jul91.7Bartolomé de las Casas (Casaus), O.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
AugGirolamo Michele Nichesola, O.P. †Bishop of Teano, Italy
5 Aug62.7Martín Pérez de Ayala †Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
16 AugJerónimo Velasco †Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
19 AugAlexander Devereux, O. Cist. †Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
29 Aug66.6Francesco Crasso †Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eufemia
13 Sep27.7Sigismund von Brandenburg †Former Archbishop-Elect of Magdeburg, Germany
16 Sep53.6Sebastiano Gualterio †Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
27 SepMarco Gerolamo Vida, C.R.L. †Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
6 Oct68.6Tiberio Crispi †Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
6 Oct48.7Marcantonio Oradino †Auxiliary Bishop of Mantova, Italy
27 OctJuvénal des Ursins †Bishop of Tréguier, France
10 Nov76.8Giovanni Francisco de Gaeta †Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia), Italy
10 NovSebastiano Leccavella, O.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
14 Nov56.8Pier Francesco Ferrero †Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
22 NovDomingo Cubels, O.S.Io.Hieros. †Bishop of Malta
DecLuís de la Fuente (Fuentes) †Bishop of Nicaragua
1 Dec58.1Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla †Cardinal, Bishop of Burgos, Spain

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