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
		Resigned	Pietro Giovanni Aliotti †	Bishop of Forli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Eustache du Bellay †	Bishop of Paris, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Nicolo Cicala †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Marcantonio Croce †	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
	25.0	Resigned	Luigi d’Este †	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Joannes Domaniewski †	Bishop of Žemaitija (Samogizia o Tels; Zmudz), Lithuania
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Nikolaus Elgard †	Priest of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
		Born	Jerónimo Fernando †		Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
		Died	Sebastiano Ferrero †	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Jakob Feucht †	Priest of Bamberg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
		Born	Azarias Friton, O.P. †		Archbishop of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia
		Born	Claude de Gelas †		Bishop of Agen, France
		Appointed	Antonio Giannotti da Montagnana †	Bishop of Forli, Italy	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
		Born	Petrus Katich (Catich) †	Sibenici	Bishop of Prizren, Serbia
		Born	Ottavio Mancini †		Bishop Emeritus of Cavaillon, France
		Born	Andrea Mastrillo †	Panormi	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
		Died	Borso Merli †	Bishop Emeritus of Bobbio, Italy
		Born	Giacomo Passamar †	Sassari	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
		Born	Domenico Pichi †		Bishop of Amelia, Italy
		Born	Paulus Pico, O.P. †	Burgi S. Sepulchri	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
		Born	Gregorio Pomodoro †		Bishop of Larino, Italy
		Appointed	Alfonso Rossetti †	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
		Died	Sante Sacco †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
		Appointed	Ercole Sacrati †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
		Born	Innocentius Stoicinus, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
		Died	Brandolesius de Trottis †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
		Died	Juan Valle †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
		Born	Diego Vela Becerril †	Becerril de Campos	Bishop of Tui, Spain
		Resigned	Nicolò Vernely (Verneey) †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Daniel Vocacio, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
3 Jan	28.0	Appointed	Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. †	Apostolic Administrator of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
3 Jan	33.6	Appointed	Giovanni Delfino †	Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
5 Jan		Died	Domingo Romeo, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gerona, Spain
6 Jan	13.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Ferdinando de’ Medici †
	23.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Federico Gonzaga †	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Mantova, Italy
		Born	Johann Christoph von Westerstetten †	Wasseralfingen	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
10 Jan		Died	Lodovico Vanino de Theodoli, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
29 Jan		Appointed	Donato Laurenti †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
30 Jan		Appointed	Luigi Cavalcanti †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
		Appointed	Egidio Falcetta †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
		Appointed	Alessandro Gadaletta †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
		Appointed	Giulio (Egidio) Soperchio †	Bishop of Caorle, Italy
15 Feb		Appointed	Alessandro Mollo (Moro) †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
20 Feb	79.1	Died	Pedro Alvarez de Acosta †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
2 Mar	57.3	Died	Ercole Gonzaga †	Cardinal, Bishop of Mantova, Italy
4 Mar	23.2	Installed	Federico Gonzaga †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Mantova, Italy
17 Mar		Appointed	Girolamo Garimberti (Galimbertu) †	Bishop of Gallese, Italy
		Appointed	Leonhard Zittardus, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
		Appointed	Leonhard Zittardus, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Missene (Mysia)	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
23 Mar		Died	Esteban Almeida †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
31 Mar	45.7	Resigned	Odet de Coligny de Châtillon †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Adriano al Foro
31 Mar	45.7	Resigned	Odet de Coligny de Châtillon †	Administrator of Beauvais, France
14 Apr	65.3	Died	Francisco de Navarra y Hualde †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
17 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
26 Apr	68.2	Died	Giacomo Puteo †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
2 May		Died	Georg Schweicker †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
12 May		Died	Pedro López de Mendoza †	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
4 Jun	24.7	Appointed	St. Charles Borromeo †	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
4 Jun	23.4	Appointed	Federico Gonzaga †	Apostolic Administrator of Mantova, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect
11 Jun		Appointed	Ferdinando Ferrero †	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
4 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Pedro del Frago Garcés †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
7 Jul		Appointed	Felice Tiranni †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
16 Jul		Installed	Fernando de Villagómez †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
20 Jul		Appointed	Giacomo Luccari, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina
22 Jul		Died	Robert de Berghes †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
30 Jul	28.6	Appointed	Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Adriano al Foro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
30 Jul	30.0	Appointed	Mark Sittich von Hohenems (Altemps) †	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
14 Aug		Born	Jean Marie Malderus (van Malderen) †	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
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
17 Sep		Died	Giovanni Campeggi †	Bishop of Bologna, Italy
8 Oct	54.1	Resigned	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Administrator of Auch, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
8 Oct	69.8	Resigned	Francesco Pisani †	Administrator of Narbonne, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
15 Oct		Appointed	Louis (Jacob) de Bourbon (de Helvis) †	Bishop of Langres, France
	50.8	Appointed	Alfonso Merchante de Valeria †	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
	50.8	Appointed	Alfonso Merchante de Valeria †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
		Appointed	Galeazzo Gegald (Regardus) †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
16 Oct		Died	Galeazzo Roscio †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
22 Oct	25.8	Appointed	Luigi d’Este †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia in Septisolio	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy
22 Oct	23.0	Appointed	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
28 Oct		Born	Berlinghiero Gessi †	Bologna	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
11 Nov	48.8	Selected	György Draskovics †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
Dec		Appointed	Francesco Maria Piccolomini †	Bishop of Pienza, Italy	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy
Dec		Resigned	Alessandro Piccolomini †	Bishop of Pienza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
7 Dec	25.2	Ordained Bishop	St. Charles Borromeo †	Administrator of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop
10 Dec		Died	Georg Marschalk von Pappenheim †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
28 Dec	18.0	Professed	Jerónimo Xavierre, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Priest
29 Dec		Selected	Veit von Fraunberg †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany