The Year of Our Lord 1569

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Giovanni Battista Acquaviva †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
		Born	Antonio (Marcello) Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. †	Florence	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
		Died	Pierre de Barrault †	Bishop of Lodève, France
		Born	Mendo de Benavides †	Santisteban del Puerto	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
		Born	Carlo Bornio †		Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy
		Born	Alberto Caccano, O.P. †	Panormi	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
		Born	Eusebius Caimus †	Utinen	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
		Died	Camillo Campeggi, O.P. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
		Died	Gaspare Capris †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
		Resigned	William Chisholm †	Bishop of Dunblane, Scotland, Great Britain	Former Administrator of Vaison, France
		Died	Marcello Dentice †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
		Born	Giacomo Della Rocca †		Bishop of Termia (Thermae), Greece
		Born	Paolo Faraone †	Messanae	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
		Died	Giacomo Framarini †	Bishop Emeritus of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
		Resigned	Girolamo Federici †	Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Miguel García Serrano, O.S.A. †	Chinchón, Spain	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
		Born	Miguel Angulo Gómez de Carvajal, O.S. †	Casarrubias del Monte	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
		Born	Ambrogio Gozzeo, O.P. †		Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
		Born	Agostino Gradenigo †	Venezia	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
		Died	Francesco Guarini †	Bishop of Imola, Italy
		Born	Marcello Lante della Rovere †	Rome	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Died	Andrea Mocenigo †	Bishop of Nemosia (Limasol), Greece
		Born	Lucio de Morra †		Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
	59.0	Resigned	Nicolaas van Nieuwland †	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Terence O’Brien †	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
		Born	Michael Ophovius, O.P. †	Bois-le-Duc	Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
		Ordained Bishop	Andrés Pérez †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
		Died	Mateo Pinello †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
		Appointed	Giovanni Retana †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
		Born	Sebastiano Ricci †	Cingulan	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
		Born	Girolamo Rusca, O.P. †	Venice	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
	40.0	Ordained Bishop	François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon †	Bishop of Sarlat, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Johann Schöner †	Neustadt/Aisch	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
		Died	Dionizy Secygniowski †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
		Born	Uberto Testa †		Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia
		Born	Evangelista Tornioli, O.S.B. †	Perusii	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
		Died	Guglielmo Tuttavilla †	Bishop of Sarno, Italy
		Born	Luca Antonio Virili †	Rome, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro
		Died	Leonhard Zittardus, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
9 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Eugenio Camuzzi †	Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
9 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Francesco Cittadini †	Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy
14 Jan		Appointed	Pedro Mártir Coma, O.P. †	Bishop of Elne, France
24 Jan		Appointed	Serafino Fortibraccia, O.P. †	Bishop of Nemosia (Limasol), Greece
		Appointed	Vespasien Gribaldi †	Archbishop of Vienne, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	37.1	Appointed	Flavio Orsini †	Administrator of Cosenza, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
	61.1	Installed	Jérôme Souchier, O. Cist. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana
28 Jan	53.3	Died	Gianantonio Capizucchi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Lodi, Italy
2 Feb		Died	Lodovico (Luigi) Ardinghelli †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
9 Feb	52.0	Appointed	Luigi Cornaro †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
		Appointed	Antonino Faraone †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
	37.1	Appointed	Ludovico Madruzzo †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio	Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
	63.1	Appointed	Rodrigo de Vadillo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
12 Feb	73.1	Died	Juan de los Barrios, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
13 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Serafino Fortibraccia, O.P. †	Bishop of Nemosia (Limasol), Greece
2 Mar	33.2	Confirmed	David Kölderer von Burgstall †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
9 Mar		Appointed	Agostino Baglione †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
		Appointed	Antonio Scarampi †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	33.3	Appointed	Filippo Spinola †	Bishop of Nola, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar		Died	Jorge de Coimbra †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
21 Mar	37.0	Installed	St. Juan de Ribera †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
21 Mar	63.2	Ordained Bishop	Rodrigo de Vadillo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
23 Mar		Appointed	Domenico della Rovere, O.P. †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
28 Mar		Died	Bernard d’Elbène †	Bishop of Nîmes, France
28 Mar		Died	Giambattista Grossi †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
1 Apr		Appointed	Gregorio Cruz, O.P. †	Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy
		Appointed	Cesare Ferrante †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
		Appointed	Alessandro Mazza †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Annibal de Ruccellai †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
		Appointed	Organtino Scaroli (Scazola) †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
7 Apr		Born	Servaas de Quinckere †	Brugge	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
15 Apr		Appointed	Eustachio Locatelli, O.P. †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
16 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Cruz, O.P. †	Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Cesare Ferrante †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Organtino Scaroli (Scazola) †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
17 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Mazza †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
22 Apr		Appointed	Prospero Vitelliano †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24 Apr	51.3	Died	Jacopo Nacchianti, O.P. †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
24 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Annibal de Ruccellai †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
29 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Eustachio Locatelli, O.P. †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
3 May		Ordained Bishop	Prospero Vitelliano †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
13 May	47.3	Appointed	Francesco Alciati †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Portico (Octaviae)	Cardinal, Bishop of Civitate (Città or Civita), Italy
13 May	58.4	Appointed	Girolamo di Corregio †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
22 May		Ordained Bishop	Pedro Mártir Coma, O.P. †	Bishop of Elne, France
24 May		Died	Juan Ayora †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
6 Jun	30.2	Appointed	Sebastian Haidlauf †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
22 Jun		Appointed	Raymond O’Gallagher †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
22 Jun	62.5	Appointed	Gaspar Zúñiga Avellaneda †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
10 Jul	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Hildebrand Riedmatten †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
19 Jul		Appointed	Francesco Pisani †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
Aug		Died	Bernardino de Villalpando, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala
25 Aug		Died	Robert de Gontaut-Biron †	Bishop of Condom, France
26 Aug	44.7	Appointed	Giovanni Aldobrandini †	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	45.9	Appointed	Charles Bourbon de Vendôme †	Administrator of Beauvais, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
		Appointed	Ambrogio Salvio, O.P. †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
		Appointed	Cristoforo Scotti †	Bishop of Cavaillon, France
29 Aug		Died	François Bohier †	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France
4 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Cristoforo Scotti †	Bishop of Cavaillon, France
5 Sep	69.7	Died	Edmund Bonner †	Bishop Emeritus of London, England, Great Britain
10 Sep		Died	Gilbert Bourne †	Bishop of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain
16 Sep		Resigned	Gabriele de Alexandris, O.P. †	Bishop of Gallese, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	50.7	Appointed	Remigius (Remi) Driutius (Drieux) †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
	38.7	Appointed	Cunerus Petri †	Bishop of Leeuwarden, Netherlands
		Appointed	Juan Segría (Cengria) †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
19 Sep	66.7	Died	Pedro de Ayala, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
21 Sep	23.7	Ordained Priest	Christoph Blöbel †	Priest	Prefect of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
23 Sep		Died	Ettore Piscicelli †	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy
29 Sep		Died	Luigi Suppa, O.P. †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
4 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Ambrogio Salvio, O.P. †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
7 Oct		Appointed	Martín Martínez de Villar †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
11 Oct		Died	Ambrogio Monticoli †	Bishop of Segni, Italy
14 Nov	57.8	Resigned	Henrique de Portugal †	Archbishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal
14 Nov		Appointed	Fernando de Tavora, O.P. †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
15 Nov		Resigned	Jorge de Lemos, O.P. †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
Dec		Ordained Bishop	Fernando de Barrionuevo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Chile
8 Dec	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Aldobrandini †	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
14 Dec	53.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Ercolano (Herculani), O.P. †	Bishop of Sarno, Italy	Bishop of Perugia, Italy
	38.0	Confirmed	Pierre de Gondi †	Bishop of Paris, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Donato Stampa †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
17 Dec		Ordained Priest	Pedro Jaime †	Priest	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
19 Dec		Appointed	Charles Pérusse des Cars †	Bishop of Langres, France