The Year of Our Lord 1572

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Georg Agricola †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
		Born	Dominik Andrijasevic (Andriassus), O.F.M. †	Ravno	Bishop of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
		Died	Pedro Arévalos, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
		Died	Alonso Cristóbal Arguellada †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Died	Francisco Balaguier †	Bishop of Bazas, France
		Died	Lodovico Beccatelli (Beccadelli) †	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
	33.2	Resigned	St. Charles Borromeo †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
		Died	Bartolomeo Capranica †	Bishop of Carinola (Calina), Italy
		Died	Tommaso Caselli, O.P. †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy
		Born	Lorenzo Castrucci †	Lucae	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
		Born	Alfonso de la Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo †	Bedmar, Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Resigned	Carlo Cicala (Cicada) †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Pier Paolo Crescenzi †	Rome	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Born	Fabrizio Degli Afflitti †	Napoli	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
		Born	Manuel Afonso de Guerra †	Guimaraes, Portugal	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
		Died	Massimiliano Doria †	Bishop of Noli, Italy
		Born	Alonso de Franco y Luna †	Alcalá de Henares, Spain	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
		Died	Alessandro Gadaletta †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
		Died	Gerolamo Gaddi †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
		Died	Francesco Angelo Gazzino, O.P. †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
		Born	Henri de Gondi †	Paris	Cardinal, Bishop of Paris, France
		Born	Juan Guzmán, O.F.M. †		Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
		Born	Charles de Haqueville †		Bishop of Soissons, France
		Resigned	Philippe de La Chambre de Maurienne, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Orange, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Jacques Leroy, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Bourges, France
		Born	Andrzej Lipski †	Rzeplinie	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
		Born	Theobald Mansharter †	Speyer	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
	63.0	Resigned	Leonardo Marini, O.P. †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Cristóbal Martínez de Salas, O. Praem. †	Medina del Campo, Spain	Bishop of Panamá
		Born	Antonio de Mattei (Mattheis) †	Aquila	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
		Died	Andrea Minucci †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
		Born	Caesar Nardi, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop of Ossero (Osor), Croatia
		Appointed	Antioco Nin †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
	51.0	Died	Matthais Ob †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
		Resigned	Paolo Odescalchi †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Vincenzo Pagano, C.R. †	Napoli	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
		Appointed	Pierre Paparin †	Bishop of Gap, France
		Died	Antonio Paragües Castillejo, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
		Died	Petrus Percic †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
		Died	Antonio Pintor Cavaro †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
	57.3	Resigned	Prospero Publicola Santacroce †	Bishop of Kisamos, Greece	Cardinal, Bishop of Albano, Italy
		Died	Organtino Scaroli (Scazola) †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
	38.0	Appointed	Alessandro Sforza †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Parma, Italy
		Born	Pedro da Silva Sampaio †	Guarda, Portugal	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
		Born	Girolamo Tantucci †		Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
		Died	Francisco Tomás †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
		Died	Miguel Torcella †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Francesco Verdurae †	Bishop of Chiron, Greece
		Born	Eustachy Wołłowicz †		Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
23 Jan		Appointed	Gregorio Forbicini †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
23 Jan		Appointed	Giulio Ricci †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
27 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Forbicini †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
2 Feb		Born	Maciej Łubieński †	Łubna	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
6 Feb		Appointed	Vincenzo Cisoni, O.P. †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
		Appointed	Baldassarre Giustiniani †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
		Appointed	Bartolomeu Leitão †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
8 Feb		Died	Francesco Pisani †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
10 Feb		Died	Gabriel de Bouvery †	Bishop of Angers, France
17 Feb		Died	Gaspar Cao, O.S.A. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
23 Feb		Died	Giovambattista Ricasoli †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
26 Feb	60.0	Died	Pedro Agustín y Albanell †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
3 Mar		Appointed	Francesco Perignani †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
		Appointed	Cyprian Wiliński (Wiliski), O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
		Appointed	Cyprian Wiliński (Wiliski), O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Methone	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
7 Mar		Died	Adriano Bereti, O.P. †	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
7 Mar	83.2	Died	Alfonso de Montufar, O.P. †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
17 Mar	66.2	Died	Marco Antonio Amulio †	Cardinal, Bishop of Rieti, Italy
	55.2	Appointed	Benedetto Lomellini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Anagni, Italy
		Appointed	Angelo Oraboni, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy
4 Apr		Died	Costantino Bonelli †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
12 Apr		Died	Filip Padniewski †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
13 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Baldassarre Giustiniani †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
15 Apr	60.3	Ordained Bishop	Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
30 Apr	48.3	Appointed	Pedro de Feria (Martín Fernández), O.P. †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
1 May	68.3	Died	St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
13 May	70.3	Elected	Ugo Boncompagni †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
25 May	70.4	Installed	Ugo Boncompagni †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
1 Jun		Died	Pedro Carlos, O.S. †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
2 Jun		Appointed	César Alamagna Cardona †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy
		Appointed	Marcantonio Bobba †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Aosta, Italy
	23.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Filippo Boncompagni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto
		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Bracelli †	Bishop of Luni e Sarzana, Italy
		Appointed	Sisto Diuzioli †	Bishop of Carinola (Calina), Italy
		Appointed	Pietro Francesco Ferri †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
	47.1	Appointed	Franciszek Krasiński †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
		Appointed	Antimo Marchesani †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
		Appointed	Leonardo Truchi (Trucco) †	Bishop of Noli, Italy
		Appointed	Mariano Vittori †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy
9 Jun		Appointed	Juan Dimas Loris †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
		Appointed	Diego González †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
		Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Lazzari †	Bishop of Amelia, Italy
16 Jun	23.8	Installed	Filippo Boncompagni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto
		Appointed	Ippolito Bosco †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
	32.5	Appointed	Jakob Feucht †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
	32.5	Appointed	Jakob Feucht †	Titular Bishop of Athyra	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
		Died	Vilém Prusinovský z Víckova †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
		Appointed	Jean de Tulles †	Bishop of Orange, France
		Appointed	Antonio Vialardi, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Bourges, France
22 Jun	32.5	Ordained Bishop	Jakob Feucht †	Titular Bishop of Athyra	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
22 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Antonio Lazzari †	Bishop of Amelia, Italy
24 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Pietro Francesco Ferri †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
29 Jun		Died	Mariano Vittori †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy