The Year of Our Lord 1558

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Alonso Cristóbal Arguellada †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Died	César des Bourguignons †	Bishop of Limoges, France
		Born	Troiano Bozzuto, C.O. †	Napoli	Bishop of Capri, Italy
		Died	Ambroise Buttigeg, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Hauara
		Died	Giovanni Antonio Carafa †	Bishop of Venafro, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Antonio Corrionero de Babilafuente †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
		Born	Marco Agrippa Dandini †		Bishop of Jesi, Italy
		Appointed	Bernard d’Elbène †	Bishop of Lodève, France	Bishop of Nimes, France
		Ordained Bishop	Andrés de la Cuesta †	Bishop of León, Spain
	33.7	Appointed	Pietro Fauno Costacciaro †	Bishop of Acqui, Italy	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
		Died	Figliuccio de Figliucci †	Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
		Born	Francisco González Zárate (de Gamarra) †	Gamarra	Bishop of Avila, Spain
		Ordained Bishop	Francisco Guaresma, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Tanger, Morocco
	38.4	Appointed	Vincenzo Giustiniani, O.P. †	Master General of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina
	30.3	Ordained Priest	John Leslie (Lesley) †	Priest	Bishop of Coutances, France
		Died	Baltazar Limpo, O. Carm. †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
		Born	Lanfranco Margotti †	Parma	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
		Born	Felipe Marimón †	Cervera del Maestre	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
		Resigned	Giovanni Domenico Moriconi †	Bishop of Amelia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Bartolomeo Orsucci †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy
		Born	Luis Pereira de Miranda †		Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
		Born	Juan Pérez de Espinosa, O.F.M. †	Castilla la Vieja, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
		Appointed	Jorge de Santa Luzia, O.P. †	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
		Appointed	Sigismondo Saraceno †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
		Appointed	Christoph Schlattl †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
		Died	Alexander Scutarinus †	Bishop of Tinos, Greece
	50.0	Appointed	Henry Sinclair †	Bishop of Ross, Scotland, Great Britain
		Born	Gabriel Sora Aguerri †	Zaragoza	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
		Born	Ferdinando Taverna †	Milano	Cardinal, Bishop of Novara, Italy
		Born	Paolo Tolosa, C.R. †	Naples	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
		Died	Rafael Ubac †	Bishop of Elne, France
		Born	Hector Valladares †		Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
	63.1	Selected	Georg von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Bishop of Verden, Germany	Archbishop-Elect of Bremen (and Hamberg), Germany
	63.1	Selected	Georg von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Archbishop of Bremen (and Hamberg), Germany	Archbishop-Elect
		Born	Juan Venido Castilla, O.F.M. †	Medina de Río Seco	Bishop of Orense, Spain
	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Gregor Virneburg †	Titular Bishop of Azotus	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
		Resigned	Girolamo Zacconi †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jan	37.3	Resigned	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Benevento, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
22 Jan	71.1	Died	Christoph von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Archbishop of Bremen (and Hamberg), Germany
4 Feb		Appointed	Jorge Temudo, O.P. †	Bishop of Cochin, India	Archbishop of Goa, India
17 Feb	62.1	Died	Hieronymus Meitting †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
27 Feb	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Bartolomé de Carranza y Miranda, O.P. †	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
3 Mar		Died	Luca Gaurico †	Bishop Emeritus of Civitate (Città or Civita), Italy
8 Mar	56.3	Died	Pietro Bertani, O.P. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Fano, Italy
23 Mar		Appointed	Sébastien de L’Aubespine †	Bishop of Limoges, France
23 Mar	39.2	Appointed	Pedro Leitão †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
25 Mar		Died	Anastasio Umberto Dandini, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Imola, Italy
25 Mar	63.2	Died	Girolamo Doria †	Cardinal, Administrator of Tarragona, Spain
26 Mar	47.2	Ordained Priest	Bl. Paul Burali d’Arezzo, C.R. †	Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
Apr		Died	William Peto, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Salisbury, England, Great Britain
4 Apr		Died	Claude Dodieu †	Bishop of Rennes, France
15 Apr	56.3	Died	Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
21 Apr		Resigned	Baltasar de Heredia, O.P. †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Apr	50.4	Appointed	Friedrich von Wirsberg †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
May		Died	Bartolomeo Albano †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
15 May		Died	Vittore Soranzo †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
23 May		Appointed	Francisco Tomás †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
24 May		Died	Francisco Roures, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarragona, Spain
4 Jun		Died	Rafael Llinás, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
15 Jun		Born	Andreas von Austria (Österreich) †	Bresnitz	Cardinal, Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
15 Jun		Appointed	Matteo Zacconi †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
18 Jun		Died	Anton von Schaumberg †	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
21 Jun	63.0	Died	Filippo Archinto †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
22 Jun		Died	Gian Matteo Luchi (di Luca) †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
20 Jul		Appointed	Andrea Matteo Acquaviva d’Aragona †	Bishop of Venafro, Italy	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
	56.5	Appointed	Ugo Boncompagni †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	59.3	Appointed	Giovanni Angelo de’ Medici †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	52.6	Appointed	Antonio Elio †	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
		Succeeded	Agostino Lippomano †	Bishop of Verona, Italy
	58.6	Appointed	Luigi Lippomano †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
		Appointed	Lupe Martínez Lagunilla †	Bishop of Elne, France
		Appointed	Giulio Pavesi, O.P. †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
22 Jul	18.6	Professed	Andrés de Ubilla, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Michoacán, México
25 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Erasmus Pagendorfer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
26 Jul		Selected	Johann Gebhard von Mansfeld †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
5 Aug	59.6	Died	Pietro Tagliavia d’Aragonia †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
15 Aug		Died	George Dowdall †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
24 Aug		Appointed	Salvatore Pacini †	Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
28 Aug		Appointed	Antonio Fioribello †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
15 Sep		Died	Diego Fernández de Córdoba Velasco †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
1 Oct		Died	David Panter †	Bishop of Ross, Scotland, Great Britain
21 Oct		Appointed	Diego Alava Esquivel †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
		Appointed	Francisco de Santa María Benavides Velasco, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
	51.8	Appointed	Gaspar Zúñiga Avellaneda †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
25 Oct		Born	Ottavio Bandini †	Florence	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
2 Nov		Died	Petrus Rauh, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
4 Nov		Resigned	Juan Bautista Campeggio †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Baltasar de Heredia, O.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
		Appointed	Antonio Paragües Castillejo, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
		Appointed	Jan Przerębski †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland	Archbishop
17 Nov	58.7	Died	Reginald Pole †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
28 Nov		Appointed	Baldo Ferratini †	Bishop of Amelia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
8 Dec		Born	François de La Rochefoucauld †	Paris	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Senlis, France
16 Dec	18.4	Appointed	Alfonso Carafa †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico (Octaviae)	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	68.0	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Consiglieri †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere
	36.0	Appointed	Giacomo Savelli †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
23 Dec	50.1	Confirmed	Bernhard von Raesfeld †	Bishop of Münster, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
24 Dec		Died	Domenico Somma †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy