The Year of Our Lord 1566

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Juan Francisco de Aguirre †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
		Born	Antonio Caetani (Jr.) †	Rome	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
	33.0	Appointed	Pierre de Gondi †	Bishop of Langres, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
		Born	Diego Guzmán de Haros †	Ocaña	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	38.3	Confirmed	John Leslie †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
		Died	Diego Gilberto Nogueras †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
	44.1	Appointed	Felice Peretti Montalto, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	62.0	Appointed	Scipione Rebiba †	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy
	34.0	Appointed	Giulio della Rovere †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ravenna, Italy
		Born	Wilhelm Rinck von Balderstein †		Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
		Born	Galeazzo Sanvitale †		Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
		Appointed	Prosper de Sainte-Croix †	Archbishop of Arles, France
	59.4	Appointed	Franciscus Sonnius (Van de Velde) †	Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium
		Born	Michelangelo Tonti †	Rimini	Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena, Italy
	46.5	Ordained Priest	Veit von Würtzburg †	Priest of Bamberg, Germany	Bishop
7 Jan	62.0	Elected	St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
17 Jan	62.0	Installed	St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
8 Feb	51.4	Installed	Prospero Publicola de Santa Croce †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati (degli Schiavoni)	Cardinal, Bishop of Albano, Italy
9 Feb	43.3	Ordained Priest	Gabriele Paleotti †	Priest of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop
10 Feb	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Gabriele Paleotti †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
15 Feb		Appointed	Francisco de Abrego †	Bishop of Panamá
15 Feb		Appointed	Juan de Arzolaras (Alzóloras), O.S.H. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
18 Feb	83.1	Appointed	Fernando de Loaces (Loazes), O.P. †	Patriarch	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
12 Mar		Born	Gregorio Parcero de Castro, O.S.B. †	Tuy	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
12 Mar	33.8	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Antonio Santorio †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
17 Apr	15.3	Professed	Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México
26 Apr	52.3	Appointed	Francisco Delgado López †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
26 Apr		Appointed	Diego Deza Tello †	Bishop of Coria, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
28 Apr	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Veit von Würtzburg †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
8 May	27.4	Resigned	Sigismund Markgraf von Brandenburg †	Archbishop of Magdeburg, Germany	Archbishop-Elect Emeritus
8 May	27.4	Resigned	Sigismund Markgraf von Brandenburg †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese	Archbishop-Elect Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany
15 May	33.4	Confirmed	Pierre de Gondi †	Bishop of Langres, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
		Appointed	Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina, O.S. †	Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México	Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México
		Appointed	Bartolomé Torres †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
19 May	33.4	Ordained Bishop	Pierre de Gondi †	Bishop of Langres, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
10 Jun	45.4	Appointed	Matthais Ob †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
10 Jun	45.4	Appointed	Matthais Ob †	Titular Bishop of Daulia	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
21 Jun		Died	Georg Riedl †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
2 Jul		Died	Pedro Maldonado, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
30 Jul	59.5	Died	Honorato Juan †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
31 Jul	91.7	Died	Bartolomé de las Casas (Casaus), O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México
5 Aug	61.7	Died	Martín Pérez de Ayala †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
16 Aug		Died	Jerónimo Velasco †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
19 Aug		Appointed	Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
13 Sep	27.8	Died	Sigismund Markgraf von Brandenburg †	Archbishop-Elect Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany
13 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
18 Oct	11.8	Appointed	Ernst Herzog von Bayern †	Bishop of Freising, Germany	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
18 Oct		Resigned	Moritz von Sandizell †	Bishop of Freising, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
25 Oct	58.0	Resigned	Bernhard von Raesfeld †	Bishop-Elect of Münster, Germany	Bishop-Elect Emeritus
26 Oct	37.5	Appointed	Johann Graf von Hoya zu Stolzenau †	Bishop of Münster, Germany
11 Nov		Appointed	Fernando de Barrionuevo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Chile
11 Nov		Born	José González Díez, O.P. †	Villadiezma	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
22 Nov		Died	Domingo Cubels †	Bishop of Malta
28 Nov	58.2	Died	Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
Dec		Died	Luís de la Fuente (Fuentes) †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
4 Dec	72.0	Died	Georg Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Archbishop-Elect of Bremen(-Hamberg), Germany
9 Dec	83.9	Died	Fernando Valdés †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
20 Dec		Appointed	Pedro del Frago Garcés †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
23 Dec	12.0	Confirmed	Ernst Herzog von Bayern †	Bishop of Freising, Germany	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

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