The Year of Our Lord 1573

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Fernando Acevedo González †	Hoznayo	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	65.9	Appointed	René de Birague †	Bishop of Lodève, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Paolo Cajatia †		Bishop of Ariano, Italy
		Born	Pietro Colletti †		Bishop of Chiron, Greece
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Diego de Landa, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
		Died	Pedro de la Torre, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Paraguay
		Born	Pietro Emo, C.R. †	Venezia	Bishop of Crema, Italy
		Appointed	Francesco Galbiati †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
	45.3	Resigned	Tolomeo Gallio †	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Born	Sigismondo Gambacorta, C.R.S.A. †	Napoli	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
		Died	Giulio Cesare de Gennaro †	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
		Born	Angelo Gozzadini †		Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, 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 von Kuenburg †	Vahenlueg	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
		Born	Giambattista Leni †	Rome	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
		Born	Giovanni (Diego) Lopez de Andrada, O.S.A. †	Ulixbonen	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
		Born	Stanisław Łoza †	Lozi	Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
		Resigned	Pietro Giacomo Malombra †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Sigismondo Mangiaruga †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
		Died	Marzio de Marzi Medici †	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
		Died	Felice de Massimi †	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
		Resigned	Gerolamo Melchiori †	Bishop of Macerata, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Gerolamo Melchiori †	Bishop of Recanati, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Macerata, Italy
		Born	Gerolamo Mezzamico †	Castel Bolognese	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
		Born	Pietro Niccolini †	Firenze	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
		Born	Adam Nowodworski †	Plocen	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Born	Paolo Palumbo, C.R. †	Napoli	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
		Appointed	Joseph Parpaglia †	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
	68.9	Resigned	Scipione Rebiba †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
		Born	Antonio Ricci †	Florence	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
		Born	Sebastiano o Settimio Roberti (-Vittori) †		Bishop Emeritus of Tricarico, Italy
		Born	David Rothe †	Kilkenny	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
		Resigned	Alessandro Ruffino †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
		Resigned	Girolamo Savorgnano †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Innocentius Serpa, C.R.L. †		Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia
		Born	Pedro de Solier y Vargas, O.S.A. †	Barajas, Spain	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
		Appointed	Christoph Andreas von Spaur †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
		Died	Stanislaus Szezniski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Resigned	Fernando de Tavora, O.P. †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Jérôme de Valperga †	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
		Born	Cesare Ventimiglia †	Benevento	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
		Died	Alphonse Vercelli †	Bishop of Lodève, France
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
9 Jan	40.6	Resigned	Giulio Antonio Santorio †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
9 Jan		Appointed	Francesco Antonio Santorio †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
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
		Resigned	Juan Beltrán de Guevara †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Antonio Lombardo †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
17 Jan	63.0	Died	Pedro Ponce de Léon †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
23 Jan	52.1	Appointed	Stefano Bonucci †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
		Appointed	Lancillotto Lancellotti †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
		Appointed	Pietro Persio †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
25 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Johann Grodecký †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
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	48.1	Resigned	Giovanni Aldobrandini †	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Giovan Mario de Alessandris †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
	38.1	Resigned	Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	56.1	Appointed	Vincenzo Ercolano (Herculani), O.P. †	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Bishop of Perugia, Italy
		Died	Pietro Gritti †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
		Appointed	Cesare Nores †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
	58.1	Appointed	Felipe Urríes Urríes, O.P. †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
19 Feb		Appointed	Vincenzo de Siena, O.P. †	Bishop of Sarno, Italy
23 Feb		Died	Burchard Oberg †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
Mar		Ordained Bishop	Francesco Antonio Santorio †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
3 Mar		Appointed	Martín Martínez de Villar †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop
7 Mar	18.2	Selected	Ernst von Bayern †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
9 Mar	37.8	Appointed	Alessandro Ottaviano de’ Medici †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Ottaviano de’ Medici †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Sebastiano Maffo †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
24 Mar		Born	Giovanni (Giannettino) Doria †	Genoa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
30 Mar	30.3	Appointed	Ferdinando Farnese †	Bishop of Parma, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Leonardo Liparola †	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
	39.2	Resigned	Alessandro Sforza †	Bishop of Parma, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
2 Apr	59.1	Died	Otto Truchseß von Waldburg †	Cardinal, Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
8 Apr	35.3	Appointed	Antonio Carafa †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
		Appointed	Francesco Guinigi †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
	69.2	Appointed	Scipione Rebiba †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	74.4	Appointed	Giovanni Ricci †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
	40.0	Appointed	Giulio della Rovere †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
		Appointed	Giuseppe Sappi †	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
	50.3	Appointed	Giacomo Savelli †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
27 Apr		Appointed	Jerónimo Barreto †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
27 Apr		Appointed	Giorgio Rautgartler (Reitgherlet) †	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
12 May	29.4	Ordained Priest	Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva †	Priest	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
15 May		Appointed	István Radeczy de Zemche †	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
16 May		Died	Nicolaas van der Borcht †	Bishop of Middelburg, Netherlands
18 May	35.8	Selected	Johann Eglof von Knöringen †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Bishop-Elect
29 May		Died	Bertrand de Marillac, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Rennes, France
	27.6	Confirmed	Hermann von Schaumberg †	Bishop of Minden, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
	59.4	Resigned	Guglielmo Sirleto †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
5 Jun	69.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Anton Vrancic (Verancsics) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
10 Jun		Appointed	Galeazzo Moroni †	Bishop of Macerata, Italy	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
10 Jun		Appointed	Galeazzo Moroni †	Bishop of Recanati, Italy	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
11 Jun	64.4	Died	Leonardo Marini, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Alba (Pompea), Italy
15 Jun	69.0	Died	Anton Vrancic (Verancsics) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
17 Jun		Appointed	Pedro de Moya y Contreras †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
17 Jun		Appointed	Agostino Quinzio, O.P. †	Bishop of Korčula (Curzola, Cursola), Croatia	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
23 Jun		Appointed	Luca Spingaroli, O.P. †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
26 Jun		Appointed	Joannes Wegorzenuski, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Aenus
1 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Cesare Gromis †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
3 Jul		Appointed	Aymar Hennequin †	Bishop of Rennes, France
3 Jul		Appointed	Pompilio Perotti †	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
4 Jul	91.2	Died	Ludovico Chericato (Chierepati), O.F.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
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
12 Aug		Appointed	Aires da Silva †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
14 Aug	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Felipe Urríes Urríes, O.P. †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
26 Aug		Appointed	François de La Tour †	Bishop of Quimper, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	André Frémyot †	Dijon	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
		Appointed	Antonio Poli (de Mathaeis), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bosnia, Croatia
		Appointed	Prospero Rebiba †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Bishop of Troia, Italy
7 Sep	48.7	Died	Giovanni Aldobrandini †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy
8 Sep		Born	Georg Friedrich Greiffenclau von Vollrads †		Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
16 Sep		Appointed	Andrea Matteo Acquaviva d’Aragona †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
		Appointed	Orazio Caracciolo †	Bishop of Venafro, Italy
	41.7	Resigned	Flavio Orsini †	Administrator of Cosenza, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
		Born	Johannes Pelking (Pelcking), O.F.M. Conv. †	Münster	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
28 Sep		Died	Antoine Herlault †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France
Oct	54.8	Died	Pedro Leitão †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
4 Oct	18.8	Confirmed	Ernst 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, México
9 Oct		Appointed	Raymond Cavalésy, O.P. †	Bishop of Nîmes, France
11 Oct		Born	Jacques Boonen †	Antwerpen	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
13 Oct		Died	Urban Sagstetter †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
16 Oct		Died	Francisco Mejía de Molina, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
Nov		Died	Salvatore Caracciolo, C.R. †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
8 Nov		Born	Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza y Ribera †	Santa Olalla	Bishop Emeritus 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	Jacques Fouré, O.P. †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France
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
7 Dec		Born	Odoardo Farnese †	Parma, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
9 Dec	53.2	Resigned	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	41.9	Confirmed	Salentin von Isenburg †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect
	40.1	Appointed	Ludovico de Torres (I) †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
20 Dec		Ordained Bishop	François de La Tour †	Bishop of Quimper, France	Bishop Emeritus
27 Dec		Born	Cristóbal de Torres, O.P. †	Burgos, Spain	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
28 Dec	53.0	Died	Antonio Altoviti †	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
31 Dec	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Ludovico de Torres (I) †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy