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The Year of Our Lord 1561

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknownBornSebastián Bricianos, O.F.M. †Medina del CampoBishop of Orense, Spain
BornSebastiăo de Ascensăo, O.P. †Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
BornFrancisco de Rivera y Pareja, O. de M. †Alcalá de Henares, SpainBishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México
BornLorenz EiszepfFreisingAuxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
BornAfonso Furtado de MendonçaLisboaArchbishop of Lisboa, Portugal
BornJohann Konrad von GemmingenGemmingenBishop of Eichstätt, Germany
AppointedGiacomo GuidiBishop of Penne-Atri, Italy
32.0Ordained BishopMarquard von HattsteinBishop of Speyer, Germany
23.4Ordained PriestJohann Eglof von KnöringenPriest of Augsburg, GermanyBishop-Elect
25.0Ordained PriestDavid Kölderer von BurgstallPriest of Regensburg, GermanyBishop
ResignedBernard O'Higgins, O.S.A. †Bishop of Elphin, IrelandBishop Emeritus
BornJeronimo Quintanilla, O. Cist. †ThomarBishop of Săo Tomé e Príncipe
24.0AppointedGerolamo RagazzoniCoadjutor Bishop of Foreign DioceseBishop of Bergamo, Italy
59.0AppointedJakub UchańskiBishop of Wrocław, PolandArchbishop of Gniezno, Poland
66.1ConfirmedGeorg Herzog von Braunschweig-LüneburgBishop of Minden, GermanyArchbishop-Elect of Bremen(-Hamberg), Germany
66.1ConfirmedGeorg Herzog von Braunschweig-LüneburgBishop of Verden, GermanyArchbishop-Elect of Bremen(-Hamberg), Germany
66.1ConfirmedGeorg Herzog von Braunschweig-LüneburgArchbishop of Bremen(-Hamberg), GermanyArchbishop-Elect
21.9Ordained PriestStephan WeberPriest of Mainz, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop
15 JanAppointedJuan AcuńaBishop of L’Aquila, Italy
AppointedGeorg RiedlAuxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
AppointedGeorg RiedlTitular Bishop of HalmirosAuxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
46.0ConfirmedJohann Jakob von Kuen-BelasyArchbishop of Salzburg, Austria
4 Feb76.1DiedRobert de LenoncourtCardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
17 Feb46.1Ordained BishopJohann Jakob von Kuen-BelasyArchbishop of Salzburg, Austria
20 Feb58.1ConfirmedJohannes TiedemannBishop of Lübeck, GermanyBishop-Elect
25 Feb53.1Elevated to CardinalFrancisco Pacheco de Villena (Toledo)Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
26 FebElevated to CardinalIńigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. †Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
21.2AppointedAlfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza)Cardinal-Deacon of S. CeciliaCardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
21.2Elevated to CardinalAlfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza)Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
Elevated to CardinalGiovanni Francesco GŕmbaraCardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
43.5Elevated to CardinalAntoine Perrenot de GranvellaCardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
27.6AppointedMark Sittich von HohenemsCardinal-Priest of Ss. XII ApostoliCardinal, Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
27.6Elevated to CardinalMark Sittich von HohenemsCardinal, Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
56.8Elevated to CardinalStanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz)Cardinal, Bishop of Foreign Diocese
29.2Elevated to CardinalLudovico MadruzzoCardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
67.8Elevated to CardinalGirolamo Seripando, O.S.A. †Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
61.2Elevated to CardinalLudovico SimonettaCardinal, Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
10 Mar43.5AppointedAntoine Perrenot de GranvellaArchbishop of Mechelen, BelgiumCardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
76.2RetiredJuan Suárez CarvajalBishop of Lugo, SpainBishop Emeritus
22 Mar42.1DiedGeorg Fuchs von RügheimBishop of Bamberg, Germany
24 MarAppointedMichael EnglmayrAuxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
14 Apr48.8AppointedCristoforo MadruzzoCardinal-Bishop of AlbanoCardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
47.1AppointedOtto Truchseß von WaldburgCardinal-Priest of S. Maria in TrastevereCardinal, Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
17 Apr58.3DiedJohannes TiedemannBishop-Elect of Lübeck, Germany
22 Apr41.9AppointedVeit von WürtzburgBishop of Bamberg, Germany
30 AprDiedPaulus JägerAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Bamberg, Germany
9 May49.4AppointedPedro de Labrit (d'Albret)Bishop of Saint-Bernard de Comminges, France
16 May30.4AppointedEberhard von HolleBishop of Lübeck, GermanyBishop-Elect Emeritus
2 JunAppointedCristóbal Fernández ValtodanoBishop of Palencia, SpainArchbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
68.4AppointedPedro La GascaBishop of Sigüenza, Spain
68.4AppointedAlvaro MoscosoBishop of Zamora, Spain
3 Jun29.4InstalledLudovico MadruzzoCardinal-Deacon of S. CallistoCardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
4 Jun81.4DiedJaime CasadorBishop of Barcelona, Spain
50.7SucceededGuillermo CasadorBishop of Barcelona, Spain
8 Jun55.5Ordained BishopErcole GonzagaCardinal, Bishop of Mantova, Italy
13 Jun47.4AppointedFrancisco Delgado LópezBishop of Lugo, SpainBishop of Jaén, Spain
37.4AppointedDiego Ramírez Sedeńo de FuenlealBishop of Pamplona, Spain
22 JunDiedFrancisco de AragónBishop of Cefalů, Italy
27 JunAppointedBernardo de Albuquerque, O.P. †Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
AppointedPedro de Angulo, O.P. †Bishop of Verapaz, Guatemala
AppointedPedro de Agreda (Sánchez Martín), O.P. †Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
74.5AppointedRodrigo González de MarmolejoBishop of Santiago de Chile
AppointedBernardino de Villalpando, C.R.S.A. †Bishop of Santiago de CubaBishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala
AppointedFernando de VillagómezBishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México
12 Jul56.7InstalledMartín Pérez de AyalaBishop of Segovia, SpainArchbishop of Valencia, Spain
15 JulDiedErasmus PagendorferAuxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
25 JulBornFrancisco Verdugo CabreraCarmona, SpainBishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
27 JulAppointedJuan de Vaca (Baca), O.S.B. †Bishop of Panamá
1 AugDiedPedro Castro LemosBishop of Cuenca, Spain
7 Aug58.6DiedWolfgang von ClosenBishop of Passau, Germany
8 Aug44.5AppointedAntonio AgustínBishop of Lérida, SpainArchbishop of Tarragona, Spain
AppointedPedro CastelletBishop of Urgell, Spain
57.3InstalledStanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz)Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in PanispernaCardinal, Bishop of Foreign Diocese
AppointedDiego Gilberto NoguerasBishop of Alife, Italy
18 Aug36.3AppointedUrban TrennbachBishop of Passau, Germany
11 Sep71.7DiedChristoph MetzlerBishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
19 SepAppointedDiego ArnedoBishop of Mallorca, SpainBishop of Huesca, Spain
30 Sep55.7DiedMichael HeldingBishop of Merseburg, Germany
6 Oct28.2AppointedMark Sittich von HohenemsCardinal, Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
8 OctDiedBalthasar FannemannAuxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
11 OctDiedFrancisco Orozco de ArceArchbishop of Palermo, Italy
24 Oct28.2ConfirmedMark Sittich von HohenemsCardinal, Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
11 Nov58.9DiedFrancisco Manrique de LaraBishop of Sigüenza, Spain
19 Nov50.9AppointedGaspar Cervantes de GaeteArchbishop of Messina, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
AppointedFrancisco del Toral, O.F.M. †Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México
36.5ConfirmedUrban TrennbachBishop of Passau, Germany
42.4ConfirmedVeit von WürtzburgBishop of Bamberg, Germany
5 DecAppointedJuan Simancas SimancasBishop of Cartagena, Colombia
18 Dec59.0AppointedPedro de Ayala, O.F.M. †Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

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