The Year of Our Lord 1559

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Manuel Baptista, O.F.M. †	Monção, Portugal	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
		Born	Ottavio Belmosto (Belmusti) †	Genoa, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Aleria, France
	17.1	Professed	Michele (Bosco) Bonelli, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
	59.0	Resigned	Edmund Bonner †	Bishop of London, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	35.8	Ordained Priest	Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) †	Priest of Cuenca, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Died	Rodrigo de Carvalho †	Bishop of Miranda (de Duero), Portugal
		Resigned	Bernardino della Croce, B. †	Bishop of Como, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	François de Donadieu †		Bishop of Auxerre, France
	40.0	Appointed	Philippe du Bec †	Bishop of Vannes, France	Archbishop of Reims, France
		Died	Jan Dzieduski †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
		Died	Francesco Franchini †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
		Born	Francisco González de Salcedo Castro †	Ciudad Real, Spain	Bishop of Santiago de Chile
		Died	Jean-Philippe de Groslée †	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
	58.0	Resigned	Nicholas Heath †	Archbishop of York, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
		Ordained Priest	Wolfgang Holl †	Priest of Eichstätt, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	52.0	Ordained Priest	Honorato Juan †	Priest	Bishop of Osma, Spain
		Born	Karel Maes †		Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
		Died	Jaime Martínez Casanat, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain
		Died	Eugene MacBrehon, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Mayo, Ireland
		Born	Johann Jakob Mirgel †	Lindau	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
		Born	Lorenzo Nieto y Corrales Montero Nieto, O.S.B. †	Orgaz	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
		Born	Vincenzo Querini †		Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
		Born	Melchor Rodríguez de Torres, O. de M. †	Burgos	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
	76.8	Died	Tomás de San Martín, O.P. †	Bishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
		Resigned	Gianfrancesco Sanseverino †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Girolamo Sauli †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
		Appointed	Giulio (Egidio) Soperchio †	Bishop of Acci (Accia), France	Bishop of Caorle, Italy
	56.0	Selected	Frederik Schenck van Toutenburg †	Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
		Died	Catalano Trivulzio †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
		Born	Ulpiano (Volpiano) Volpi †	Como	Bishop of Novara, Italy
8 Jan		Died	Sebastián Obregón, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
18 Jan	17.4	Died	Roberto de’ Nobili †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica
23 Jan		Appointed	Pedro Maldonado, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
23 Jan		Confirmed	Burchard Oberg †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
25 Jan		Born	Aleixo de Meneses, O.S.A. †	Lisbonne	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
27 Jan	44.7	Confirmed	Bl. Bartolomé Fernandes dos Mártires, O.P. †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Jan		Appointed	Sebastiano Antonio Minturno †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
Feb	40.1	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Leitão †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
15 Feb	67.1	Appointed	Jean du Bellay †	Administrator of Bordeaux, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
15 Feb		Appointed	Marco Grimani †	Bishop of Tinos, Greece
22 Feb		Died	Mikołaj Dzierzgowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
22 Feb		Succeeded	Jan Przerębski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
6 Mar	18.6	Appointed	Alfonso Carafa †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
6 Mar	28.2	Appointed	Vitellozzo Vitelli †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico (Octaviae)	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
13 Mar	56.1	Died	Johann Gropper †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia in Orphea
15 Mar		Appointed	Francisco Orozco de Arce †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
26 Mar		Born	Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau †	Lochau	Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria
8 Apr		Died	Leo Lösch von Hilkershausen †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
17 Apr		Succeeded	Filippo Maria Campeggi †	Bishop of Feltre, Italy
		Resigned	Tomaso Campeggi †	Bishop of Feltre, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Agostino Maria Salvago, O.P. †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
		Appointed	Gianantonio Volpi †	Bishop of Como, Italy
27 Apr	53.3	Died	Gutierre Vargas de Carvajal †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
22 May	60.4	Died	Virgilio Rosario †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ischia, Italy
12 Jun		Selected	Moritz von Sandizell †	Bishop of Freising, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jun		Died	Bartolomeo Pipero †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
21 Jun	55.5	Resigned	Ralph Baines †	Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jun	45.5	Died	Antonio Trivulzio (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Toulon, France
2 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Francisco Orozco de Arce †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
5 Jul	59.5	Resigned	Thomas Thirlby †	Bishop of Ely, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
2 Aug		Appointed	Diego de los Cobos Molina †	Bishop of Avila, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
2 Aug	54.6	Appointed	Juan Quiñones Guzmán †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
5 Aug		Born	Wawrzyniec Gembicki †		Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
9 Aug	66.6	Appointed	Gianbernardino Scotti, C.R. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Piacenza, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
11 Aug	56.6	Selected	Johannes Tiedemann †	Bishop of Lübeck, Germany	Bishop-Elect
15 Aug	59.6	Died	Luigi Lippomano †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
16 Aug	30.6	Selected	Marquard von Hattstein †	Coadjutor Bishop of Speyer, Germany	Bishop
18 Aug	83.1	Died	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
22 Aug	32.3	Selected	Johann Leisentrit †	Prefect of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
25 Aug	68.6	Died	Giovanni Battista Consiglieri †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere
Sep		Died	Juan Fonseca †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
3 Sep	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Bartolomé Fernandes dos Mártires, O.P. †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal	Archbishop Emeritus
26 Sep	55.7	Died	Georg (Joris) van Egmond †	Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
26 Sep		Born	Claudio Rangoni †	Modena	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
4 Oct	45.4	Installed	Bl. Bartolomé Fernandes dos Mártires, O.P. †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Oct		Died	Vincenzo Diedo †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
11 Nov		Born	Albrecht von Austria (Österreich) †	Wiener Neustadt	Former Archbishop-Elect of Toledo, Spain
18 Nov	55.9	Died	Ralph Baines †	Bishop Emeritus of Coventry and Lichfield, England, Great Britain
18 Nov	85.9	Died	Cuthbert Tunstall †	Bishop Emeritus of Durham, England, Great Britain
21 Nov		Died	Miguel Puig †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
25 Nov		Died	Cristoforo de Nigris †	Bishop of Trogir (Traù), Croatia
25 Nov	66.9	Died	Antoine Sanguin de Meudon †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Orléans, France
1 Dec	57.4	Died	Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Nice, France
4 Dec	50.9	Died	Girolamo Dandini †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy
9 Dec	40.9	Installed	Pedro Leitão †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
19 Dec		Died	Francesco da Galliano †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
21 Dec		Died	Ghillino Ghillini †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
21 Dec		Succeeded	Alfonso Rossetti †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
25 Dec	60.7	Elected	Giovanni Angelo de’ Medici †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
29 Dec		Born	Gonzalo de Salazar, O.S.A. †	México	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México