The Year of Our Lord 1563

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Antonio de Aguilar †	Funchal	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Nikolaus Elgard †	Priest of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Jakob Feucht †	Priest of Bamberg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
		Died	Juan Valle †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
		Born	Diego Vela Becerril †	Becerril de Campos	Bishop of Tui, Spain
		Appointed	Daniel Vocacio, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
3 Jan		Appointed	Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. †	Apostolic Administrator of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
3 Jan	33.6	Appointed	Giovanni Delfino †	Bishop of Torcello	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
5 Jan		Died	Domingo Romeo, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gerona, Spain
5 Jan		Appointed	Braulio Sunyer †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
6 Jan		Born	Johann Christoph von Westerstetten †	Wasseralfingen	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
20 Feb	79.1	Died	Pedro Alvarez de Acosta †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
3 Mar	57.3	Died	Ercole Gonzaga †	Cardinal, Bishop of Mantova, Italy
17 Mar		Appointed	Leonhard Zittardus, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
17 Mar		Appointed	Leonhard Zittardus, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Misenum	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
23 Mar		Died	Esteban Almeida †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
14 Apr	65.3	Died	Francisco de Navarra y Hualde †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
16 Apr	69.9	Died	Girolamo Seripando, O.S.A. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
19 Apr	85.3	Died	Francisco Marroquin Hurtado †	Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala
2 May		Died	Georg Schweicker †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
12 May		Died	Pedro López de Mendoza †	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
16 Jul		Installed	Fernando de Villagómez †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México
4 Sep	24.9	Ordained Priest	St. Charles Borromeo †	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop
11 Sep		Died	Johann Pennarius, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
15 Oct	50.8	Appointed	Alfonso Merchante de Valeria †	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
15 Oct	50.8	Appointed	Alfonso Merchante de Valeria †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
22 Oct	23.8	Appointed	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
7 Dec	25.2	Ordained Bishop	St. Charles Borromeo †	Apostolic Administrator of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop
10 Dec		Died	Georg Marschalk von Pappenheim †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
29 Dec		Appointed	Veit von Fraunberg †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

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