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The Year of Our Lord 1559

Bishop Events


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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknownBornManuel Baptista, O.F.M. †Monção, PortugalBishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
DiedRodrigo de CarvalhoBishop of Miranda, Portugal
40.0AppointedPhilippe du BecBishop of Vannes, FranceArchbishop of Reims, France
DiedMikolai DzierzgowskiArchbishop of Gniezno, Poland
BornFrancisco González de Salcedo CastroCiudad Real, SpainBishop of Santiago de Chile
Ordained PriestWolfgang HollPriest of Eichstätt, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop
52.0Ordained PriestHonorato JuanPriestBishop of Osma, Spain
DiedJaime Martínez Casanat, O. Carm. †Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain
BornAlejo de MenesesArchbishop of Braga, Portugal
BornJohann Jakob MirgelLindauAuxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
BornLorenzo Nieto y Corrales Montero Nieto, O.S.B. †OrgazArchbishop of Cagliari, Italy
BornMelchor Rodríguez de Torres, O. de M. †BurgosAuxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
77.0DiedTomás de San Martín, O.P. †Bishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
BornUlpiano (Volpiano) VolpiComoBishop of Novara, Italy
8 JanDiedSebastián Obregón, O.S.B. †Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
23 JanAppointedPedro Maldonado, O.F.M. †Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
ConfirmedBurchard ObergBishop of Hildesheim, Germany
27 Jan44.7ConfirmedBl. Bartolomeu Fernandes dos Mártires, O.P. †Archbishop of Braga, PortugalArchbishop Emeritus
Feb40.1Ordained BishopPedro LeitãoBishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
15 MarAppointedFrancisco Orozco de ArceArchbishop of Palermo, Italy
26 MarBornWolf Dietrich von RaitenauLochauArchbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria
8 AprDiedLeo Lösch von HilkershausenBishop of Freising, Germany
27 Apr53.3DiedGutierre Vargas de CarvajalBishop of Plasencia, Spain
12 JunAppointedMoritz von SandizellBishop of Freising, GermanyBishop Emeritus
2 JulOrdained BishopFrancisco Orozco de ArceArchbishop of Palermo, Italy
2 AugAppointedDiego de los Cobos MolinaBishop of Avila, SpainBishop of Jaén, Spain
54.6AppointedJuan Quiñones GuzmánBishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
5 AugBornWawrzyniec GembickiArchbishop of Gniezno, Poland
11 Aug56.6AppointedJohannes TiedemannBishop of Lübeck, GermanyBishop-Elect
16 Aug30.6AppointedMarquard von HattsteinCoadjutor Bishop of Speyer, GermanyBishop
18 Aug83.1DiedGian Pietro CarafaPope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
22 Aug32.3AppointedJohann LeisentritPrefect of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
SepDiedJuan FonsecaBishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
3 Sep45.3Ordained BishopBl. Bartolomeu Fernandes dos Mártires, O.P. †Archbishop of Braga, PortugalArchbishop Emeritus
4 Oct45.4InstalledBl. Bartolomeu Fernandes dos Mártires, O.P. †Archbishop of Braga, PortugalArchbishop Emeritus
21 NovDiedMiguel PuigBishop of Lérida, Spain
9 Dec40.9InstalledPedro LeitãoBishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
25 Dec60.7ElectedGiovanni Angelo de' MediciPope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
29 DecBornGonzalo de Salazar, O.S.A. †MéxicoBishop of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México

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