The Year of Our Lord 1568

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Sebastiano Albani †		Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
	65.0	Died	Salvador Alepuz †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
		Appointed	Nuno Álvares Pereira †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
	40.4	Appointed	Renaud de Beaune †	Bishop of Mende, France	Archbishop of Sens, France
	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Renaud de Beaune †	Bishop of Mende, France	Archbishop of Sens, France
		Resigned	Marcantonio Bobba †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Antonio Cancellaro †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
		Born	Francesco Cereo de Mayda, O.M. †	Maida	Bishop of Lavello, Italy
		Born	Florence Conry, O.F.M. †		Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
		Born	Giovanni Desideri (Conte) †	Nursia	Bishop of Rieti, Italy
		Died	Jacopo Cortesi †	Bishop of Vaison, France
		Born	Antoine de Coues †		Bishop Emeritus of Condom, France
		Born	Gonçalvo (Gonzalo) da Silva †	Redondo, Portugal	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
		Died	François du Bourg †	Bishop of Rieux, France
		Died	Jacobus Dryaduschki, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Ordained Priest	Johann Ertlin †	Priest of Eichstätt, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
		Born	Manuel Esteban Muniera, O. de M. †	Alcaraz	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
		Born	Ennio Filonardi †	Verulan	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
		Died	Oswald Fischer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
		Resigned	Pietro Ghinucci †	Bishop of Cavaillon, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Joannes Albertus de Garzonibus †	Venice	Bishop of Canea (Cydonia, Egée), Greece
		Born	Diego Guevara, O.S.A. †	Baeza, Spain	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
		Resigned	Giacomo Guidi †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Girolamo Maccabei †	Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Johannes Mahusius, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Deventer, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Giovanni Angelo Pellegrini †	Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
		Born	Isidoro Pentorio, B. †	Mediolanen	Bishop of Asti, Italy
		Born	Pedro de Perea (Pérez Díaz), O.S.A. †	Briones, Spain	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
		Born	Francisco Pereira, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
		Born	Fabio Piccolomini †		Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
		Born	Andrea Pierbenedetti †		Bishop of Venosa, Italy
		Born	Vittorio Ragazzoni †		Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
		Resigned	Galeazzo Gegald (Regardus) †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Alberto Rengjich di Ragusa, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Smederevo (Semendria), Serbia
		Died	Angelo Rossi †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Fabrizio Sanseverino †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
	75.0	Resigned	Giovanni Bernardino Scotti, C.R. †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Felice Siliceo †	Troia	Bishop of Troia, Italy
	61.4	Ordained Bishop	Franciscus Sonnius (Van de Velde) †	Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
		Died	Thomas Stanley †	Bishop of The Isles (Sodor), Scotland, Great Britain
		Born	Fernando de Vera y Zuñiga, O.S.A. †	Mérida, Spain	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
		Born	Domingo de Villaescusa y Ramírez de Arellano, O.S.H. †	Villaescusa, Spain	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
		Resigned	Alfonso de Villalobos Xeres †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
6 Jan	66.5	Died	Clemente d’Olera, O.F.M. Obs. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Foligno, Italy
10 Jan		Died	Francesco Milesio †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
14 Jan	47.3	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	46.1	Resigned	Marcantonio Maffei †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Giovanni Oliva †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
15 Jan	75.0	Died	Miklós Oláh †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
23 Jan	54.1	Resigned	Alessandro Crivelli †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Pietro Giacomo Malombra †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Tommaso Orsini †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
25 Jan	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Stanisław Karnkowski †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Antonio Locatelli †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Oliva †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
1 Feb		Died	Bartolomé Torres †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
6 Feb	44.2	Appointed	Lorenzo Strozzi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Aix, France
12 Feb	94.1	Died	Rembert von Kerssenbrock †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
15 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Andrea Minucci †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
20 Feb	38.1	Confirmed	Hildebrand Riedmatten †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
22 Feb	38.8	Selected	Johann von Hoya zu Stolzenau †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop of Münster, Germany
27 Feb		Appointed	Paolo Odescalchi †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
27 Feb	54.2	Appointed	Guglielmo Sirleto †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
29 Feb	85.2	Died	Fernando de Loaces (Loazes), O.P. †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
10 Mar		Appointed	Antoine Seneterre †	Bishop of Clermont, France
12 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Cipriano Pallavicino †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
24 Mar	30.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Carafa †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
	47.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Gianpaolo della Chiesa †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
	65.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Diego Espinosa Arévalo †	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
	40.4	Appointed	Louis de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
	60.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Jérôme Souchier, O. Cist. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana
4 Apr		Died	Alessandro Strozzi †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
5 Apr		Born	Maffeo Barberini †	Florence	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	30.3	Installed	Antonio Carafa †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eusebio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
	47.3	Installed	Gianpaolo della Chiesa †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Callisto	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
		Appointed	Timoteo Giustiniani †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
	65.3	Appointed	Umberto Locati, O.P. †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Apr		Died	Bartolomé Sebastián de Aroitia †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
17 Apr	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Jakob von Eltz †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
25 Apr	65.3	Ordained Bishop	Umberto Locati, O.P. †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
27 Apr	69.4	Died	Giovanni Michele Saraceni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
30 Apr	57.9	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Cicala (Cicada) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
30 Apr	68.3	Died	Ludovico Simonetta †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy
4 May		Died	Guillaume Viole †	Bishop of Paris, France
5 May		Born	Alessandro d’Este †	Ferrara	Cardinal, Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
6 May	60.3	Died	Bernardo Salviati †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Papoul, France
8 May	36.4	Selected	Pierre de Gondi †	Bishop of Paris, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
9 May		Died	Egidio Valenti, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
14 May	55.4	Appointed	Philibert Babou de La Bourdaisière †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France
		Appointed	Camillo Campeggi, O.P. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
	57.4	Appointed	Girolamo di Corregio †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
	65.7	Installed	Diego Espinosa Arévalo †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
	40.6	Appointed	Tolomeo Gallio †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	50.7	Appointed	Antoine Perrenot de Granvella †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
24 May		Born	Franciszek Ursinus †		Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
31 May		Died	Wolfgang Westermeyer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
2 Jun		Appointed	Francisco Andrés de Carvajal, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	51.3	Appointed	Luigi Cornaro †	Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
		Appointed	Pedro Gómez (Fernández) de Córdoba, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Nicaragua	Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala
	46.4	Appointed	Luigi Pisani †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
13 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Camillo Campeggi, O.P. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
17 Jun	27.5	Ordained Priest	Silvio Antoniano †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro
1 Jul		Born	Philipp Sigismund von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †		Bishop-Elect of Osnabrück, Germany
5 Jul	65.8	Appointed	Diego Espinosa Arévalo †	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
13 Jul		Died	Michael Englmayr †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
23 Jul	38.6	Appointed	Amador Arrais (de Mondoza), O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre, Portugal
		Appointed	Jorge de Ataíde †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	57.6	Appointed	Bl. Paul Burali d’Arezzo, C.R. †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	57.6	Appointed	Gaspar Cervantes de Gaete †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
		Appointed	Gonzalo Herrera Olivares †	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
		Appointed	Gonzalo Herrera Olivares †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
		Appointed	Juan Segría (Cengria) †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
		Appointed	Juan Vázquez Coronado de Sayás †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
25 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Gonzalo Herrera Olivares †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
1 Aug	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Paul Burali d’Arezzo, C.R. †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
2 Aug		Appointed	Ludovico Antinori †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy	Bishop of Pisa, Italy
2 Aug	43.6	Appointed	Francesco Bossi †	Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
18 Aug		Died	Ottaviano Preconio, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
20 Aug	66.0	Appointed	Diego Espinosa Arévalo †	Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
29 Aug	58.7	Appointed	Cornelius Jansen †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
10 Sep		Died	Gian Antonio Fassano (Phassarus, Fasside) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Monreale, Italy
17 Sep		Appointed	Juan de Arzolaras (Alzóloras), O.S.H. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop
	48.7	Installed	Antonio de San Miguel Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
		Appointed	Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa †	Bishop of Patti, Italy	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
Oct		Died	Hugh Curwen †	Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
5 Oct	41.0	Appointed	Louis de Guise de Lorraine †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Metz, France	Cardinal, Bishop
13 Oct	45.8	Appointed	Marcantonio Colonna (Sr.) †	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
13 Oct		Appointed	Ettore Piscicelli †	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy
23 Oct	39.8	Appointed	François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon †	Bishop of Sarlat, France	Bishop Emeritus
28 Oct		Died	Girolamo Gallarati †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
28 Oct		Born	Juan (de la Serna) Sánchez Alonso de Guevara †	Cabeza del Buey	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
Nov		Born	Richard Smith †	Hamworth	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of England, Great Britain
3 Nov		Born	Juan Esteban (Giovanni Stefano) Ferrero, O. Cist. †	Biella	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
6 Nov	39.6	Confirmed	Johann von Hoya zu Stolzenau †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop of Münster, Germany
7 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Jorge de Ataíde †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
14 Nov	45.8	Died	Francesco Abbondio Castiglioni †	Cardinal, Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
19 Nov		Appointed	Eugenio Camuzzi †	Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
		Appointed	Francesco Cittadini †	Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Santorio †	Bishop of Alife, Italy	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
	37.9	Died	Vitellozzo Vitelli †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
20 Nov		Born	Bernardo de Valbuena y Villanueva †	Valdepeñas, Spain	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
Dec	22.9	Ordained Priest	Stanisław Rozrażewski †	Priest	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
3 Dec	36.9	Appointed	Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
	36.7	Appointed	St. Juan de Ribera †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
		Appointed	Diego de Simancas †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
		Appointed	Stanislaus Szezniski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Appointed	Stanislaus Szezniski †	Titular Bishop of Aenus	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
8 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa †	Bishop of Patti, Italy	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
10 Dec		Appointed	Andrés Pérez †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
10 Dec		Appointed	Marcus Teggingeri †	Titular Bishop of Lydda
11 Dec	75.9	Died	Giovanni Bernardino Scotti, C.R. †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy
13 Dec		Appointed	Miguel Maigues, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
13 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Santorio †	Bishop of Alife, Italy	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
21 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Stanislaus Szezniski †	Titular Bishop of Aenus	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
21 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Marcus Teggingeri †	Titular Bishop of Lydda
23 Dec		Died	Friedrich zu Wied †	Former Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
29 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Pietro Giacomo Malombra †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus