The Year of Our Lord 1573

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Fernando Acevedo †	Hoznayo	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Diego de Landa, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México
		Died	Pedro de la Torre, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Paraguay
	38.0	Appointed	Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	38.0	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Died	Miguel Ibáñez †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
		Died	Juan Jubí, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	20.9	Converted	Melchior Klesl †	Cardinal, Bishop of Wien, Austria
		Born	Ehrenfried Freiherr von Kuenburg †	Vahenlueg	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
		Born	Giambattista Leni †	Rome	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
	69.0	Appointed	Scipione Rebiba †	Bishop of Albano, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy
		Born	Pedro de Solier y Vargas, O.S.A. †	Barajas, Spain	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Jan	51.4	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Castagna †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
Jan	51.4	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Castagna †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
6 Jan	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Franciszek Krasiński †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
10 Jan		Born	Juan Serrano Ortiz, O.F.M. †	Alcázar de San Juan, Spain	Bishop of Acerno, Italy
16 Jan		Appointed	Juan Beltrán de Guevara †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
16 Jan		Resigned	Juan Beltrán de Guevara †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jan	63.0	Died	Pedro Ponce de Léon †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
27 Jan	49.1	Died	Diego Ramírez Sedeño de Fuenleal †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
1 Feb	36.2	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Francesco Bonomigni †	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
9 Feb	58.1	Appointed	Felipe Urríes Urríes, O.P. †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
23 Feb		Died	Burchard Oberg †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
3 Mar		Appointed	Martín Martínez de Villar †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop
7 Mar	18.2	Appointed	Ernst Herzog von Bayern †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
24 Mar		Born	Giovanni (Giannettino) Doria †	Genoa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
30 Mar	30.3	Appointed	Ferdinando Farnese †	Bishop of Parma, Italy
2 Apr	59.1	Died	Otto Truchseß von Waldburg †	Cardinal, Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
12 May	29.4	Ordained Priest	Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva †	Priest	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
18 May	35.8	Appointed	Johann Eglof von Knöringen †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Bishop-Elect
29 May	27.6	Confirmed	Hermann Graf von Schaumberg †	Bishop of Minden, Germany	Bishop-Elect Emeritus
5 Jun	69.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Anton Vrancic †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
15 Jun	69.0	Died	Anton Vrancic †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
17 Jun		Appointed	Pedro de Moya y Contreras †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
12 Jul		Born	Guillaume Le Gouverneur †	Saint-Malo	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France
31 Jul	36.0	Confirmed	Johann Eglof von Knöringen †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Bishop-Elect
31 Jul	43.6	Appointed	Juan Vich Manrique de Lara †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
14 Aug	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Felipe Urríes Urríes, O.P. †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
8 Sep		Born	Georg Friedrich Greiffenclau von Vollrads †		Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
16 Sep		Born	Johannes Pelcking, O.F.M. †	Münster	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
Oct	54.8	Died	Pedro Leitão †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
4 Oct	18.8	Confirmed	Ernst Herzog von Bayern †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
8 Oct		Installed	Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina, O.S. †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México
13 Oct		Died	Urban Sagstetter †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
16 Oct		Died	Francisco Mejía de Molina, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
8 Nov		Born	Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza y Ribera †	Santa Olalla	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
12 Nov		Died	Christian Krypper †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
12 Nov	66.0	Died	Friedrich von Wirsberg †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
16 Nov		Appointed	François Thomé †	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France	Bishop Emeritus
21 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Pedro de Moya y Contreras †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
1 Dec	28.7	Appointed	Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
9 Dec	41.9	Confirmed	Salentin Graf von Isenburg †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop-Elect Emeritus
9 Dec	40.1	Appointed	Luis Torres †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
27 Dec		Born	Cristóbal de Torres, O.P. †	Burgos, Spain	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
31 Dec	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Luis Torres †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy

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