The Year of Our Lord 1574

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Thomas Albin von Helfenburg †	Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
		Died	Alfonso Alvarez Guerrero †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
		Born	Paolo Arese, C.R. †		Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy
		Born	Fulcran de Barrès †	Pouzolles	Bishop of Agde, France
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Zbynék Berka z Dubé a Liepé †	Priest	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
		Resigned	Juan Antolínez Brecianos de la Rivera †	Bishop of Giovinazzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Pedro Buerba, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
		Born	Bernardino Buratti †		Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Canauli (Cannuli) †	Città di Castello	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
		Died	Valerio Cancellieri †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy
		Resigned	Bernardino de Cupis †	Bishop of Osimo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	33.6	Ordained Bishop	Pierre d’Espinac †	Archbishop of Lyon, France
		Died	Giovanni Pietro Dolfin †	Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
		Born	Nicolaus de Georgiis (Zorzi) †	Faro	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
		Born	Bernardo Giustiniano †	Messanae	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
		Born	Marco Antonio Gozzadini †	Bologna	Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy
		Died	Jan Grodecký †	Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
		Appointed	Gilberto Isfar y Corillas †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy	Bishop of Patti, Italy
		Appointed	Piotr Kostka †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
		Appointed	Gaspar de Leão Pereira †	Archbishop of Goa, India
		Born	Stanisław Łubieński †	Łubnej	Bishop of Płock, Poland
		Died	Girolamo Maccabei †	Bishop Emeritus of Castro, Italy
		Died	Pedro Martínez de Luna †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
		Appointed	Cesare Marullo †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
		Born	Pietro Paolo Miloto †		Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
		Died	Sebastiano Antonio Minturno †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
		Born	Tiberio Muti †	Rome	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
		Died	Juan Battista (Giovanni Battista) de Ojeda (Hogeda, Oxeda) †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
		Appointed	Gastone Ettore Paganelli †	Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
		Died	Giulio Parisani †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
		Died	Georgius Pietkiwicz †	Bishop of Žemaitija (Samogizia o Tels; Zmudz), Lithuania
		Born	António da Ressurreição, O.P. †	Lisboa	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
	23.1	Appointed	Heinrich von Sachsen-Lauenburg †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Archbishop-Elect of Bremen (and Hamberg), Germany
		Born	Giulio Savelli †	Rome	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
		Died	Prosper de Sainte-Croix †	Archbishop of Arles, France
		Appointed	Silvio de Sainte-Croix †	Archbishop of Arles, France
	55.0	Resigned	Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
		Born	Pietro Valier †	Venice	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Michele de Varolis, O.F.M. Conv. †	Brixien	Bishop Emeritus of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
		Born	Jean de Watteville, O. Cist. †	Bourg-de-Sirod	Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland
8 Jan		Appointed	Tomás de Cárdenas, O.P. †	Bishop of Verapaz, Guatemala
		Appointed	Gaspare Cenci †	Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Pedro de Feria (Martín Fernández), O.P. †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
9 Jan		Appointed	Cornelio Firmano †	Bishop of Osimo, Italy
13 Jan		Died	Cornelio Musso, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
15 Jan		Appointed	Ludovico Antinori †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy	Bishop of Pisa, Italy
	38.6	Appointed	Alessandro Ottaviano de’ Medici †	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Marco Saracini †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
Feb		Born	Henryk Firlej †	Balice	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
12 Feb		Appointed	Dermot O’Cleary, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mayo, Ireland
21 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Cornelio Firmano †	Bishop of Osimo, Italy
28 Feb		Ordained Bishop	François Thomé †	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France	Bishop Emeritus
6 Mar	35.2	Ordained Priest	Bartolomeo Ferrero †	Priest	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
8 Mar		Died	Antonio Ganguzia †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy
10 Mar		Appointed	Antonio Guidi †	Bishop of Trogir (Traù), Croatia
10 Mar		Resigned	Tommaso Sperandio Corbelli †	Bishop of Trogir (Traù), Croatia	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
12 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Gaspare Cenci †	Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Dermot O’Cleary, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mayo, Ireland
15 Mar		Appointed	Marcantonio Pescara †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
15 Mar		Installed	François Thomé †	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France	Bishop Emeritus
19 Mar		Died	Francisco de la Cruz, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
22 Mar	47.0	Resigned	Zaccaria Delfino †	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
22 Mar		Appointed	Martino de Martinis, S.J. †	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
29 Mar		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Castelli †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
29 Mar		Appointed	Anselmo Olivieri, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy
5 Apr	45.0	Died	Johann von Hoya zu Stolzenau †	Bishop of Münster, Germany
14 Apr	57.3	Died	Jakob Eliner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
18 Apr	65.4	Died	Bernhard von Raesfeld †	Former Bishop-Elect of Münster, Germany
19 Apr	55.3	Appointed	Francisco Gómez de Mendiola y Solórzano †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
21 Apr	42.3	Selected	Salentin von Isenburg †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
26 Apr		Appointed	Romolo Archinto †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
26 Apr		Appointed	Giovanni Fortiguerra †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
28 Apr	11.9	Selected	Johann Wilhelm von Jülich-Kleve-Berg †	Bishop of Münster, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
3 May	75.5	Died	Giovanni Ricci †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
5 May	49.3	Appointed	Francesco Bossi †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
	63.3	Appointed	Theobald Craschel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	63.3	Appointed	Theobald Craschel †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	56.5	Appointed	Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	56.5	Resigned	Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	59.6	Appointed	Prospero Publicola de Santa Croce †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Adriano al Foro	Cardinal, Bishop of Albano, Italy
	70.3	Appointed	Scipione Rebiba †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
6 May		Born	Giovanni Battista Pamphilj †	Rome	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
7 May		Died	Juan de Arzolaras (Alzóloras), O.S.H. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
17 May		Appointed	Massimiliano Palumbara (Palombella) †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
17 May	51.4	Resigned	Giacomo Savelli †	Administrator of Benevento, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
29 May		Appointed	Giuliano de’ Medici †	Archbishop of Aix, France	Archbishop Emeritus
29 May		Appointed	Francisco Pérez †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
4 Jun	62.4	Appointed	Francisco Blanco Salcedo †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	61.6	Appointed	Martín de Córdoba Mendoza, O.P. †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
	42.4	Appointed	Juan Manuel de la Cerda †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	52.4	Appointed	Juan de Liermo Hermosa †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
		Died	Kaspar von Logau †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
	49.0	Appointed	Francisco Sarmiento Mendoza †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
7 Jun		Appointed	Juan Izquierdo, O.P. †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
13 Jun		Born	Juan Alonso de Solis y Mendoza, O. Carm. †	Salamanca, Spain	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
18 Jun	44.5	Appointed	Juan de Medina Rincón y de la Vega, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Michoacán, México
		Appointed	Pedro Gómez (Fernández) de Córdoba, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala
	78.5	Appointed	Diego de Medellín, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Chile
20 Jun	42.9	Died	Antoine de Créqui Canaples †	Cardinal, Bishop of Amiens, France
24 Jun		Born	Markus Sittikus von Hohenems †	Hohenems	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
24 Jun		Born	Juan Valenzuela Velázquez †	Cuenca	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
25 Jun		Appointed	Sebastiano Barnaba †	Bishop of Giovinazzo, Italy	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
	51.5	Resigned	Marcantonio Colonna (Sr.) †	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Appointed	Marco Antonio Marsilio †	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
		Appointed	Dionisio de Santos, O.P. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
5 Jul	51.3	Appointed	Gianfrancesco Commendone †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
5 Jul	32.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Filippo Guastavillani †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio
14 Jul		Appointed	Giuseppe Donzelli, O.P. †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
		Appointed	Paolo del Grasso †	Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
	32.8	Installed	Filippo Guastavillani †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Nuova	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio
21 Jul	28.6	Died	Giulio Acquaviva d’Aragona †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Teodoro
26 Jul		Died	Francisco de Abrego †	Bishop of Panamá
28 Jul		Appointed	Balthasar Wurer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
28 Jul		Appointed	Balthasar Wurer †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
5 Aug		Born	Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga †	Benavides de Orvigo	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
11 Aug		Appointed	Cristóbal Berrocal †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
11 Aug		Appointed	Juan Orozco de Arce †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
17 Aug		Born	Juan Boldames Ibáñez, O.C.D. †	Calahorra	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
22 Aug	66.6	Appointed	Francisco Pacheco de Villena (Toledo) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
30 Aug		Appointed	Constantinus Barzellini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
		Appointed	Alfonso Binarini †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy
	51.5	Appointed	Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Appointed	Francisco Pacheco de Córdoba †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
31 Aug		Appointed	Marcin Gerstmann †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
Sep		Died	Hector d’Ossun †	Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans, France
Sep		Died	Giacomo Galletti †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy
4 Sep	42.7	Confirmed	Salentin von Isenburg †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
6 Sep	60.8	Died	Giovanni Andrea Candido, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
8 Sep	63.7	Ordained Bishop	Theobald Craschel †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
10 Sep		Died	Pedro González Mendoza †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
12 Sep		Died	Berardo Bongiovanni †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy
16 Sep		Died	Bernardetto Minerbetti †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
17 Sep		Appointed	Ottaviano Pasqua †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
21 Sep		Died	Marco Saracini †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
26 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Massimiliano Palumbara (Palombella) †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
26 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Balthasar Wurer †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
30 Sep		Died	Diego Arnedo †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
1 Oct	53.8	Appointed	Stefano Bonucci †	Cardinal, Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
1 Oct		Appointed	Caesar Busdragus †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
8 Oct		Appointed	Guido Serguidi †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
15 Oct		Appointed	Bernardo Jossa Cardona, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
15 Oct		Appointed	Angelo de Marzi Medici †	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
22 Oct		Appointed	Pedro Narro †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
25 Oct		Born	François d’Escoubleau de Sourdis †	Châtillon-sur-Sèvre	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
27 Oct	44.8	Died	Jerónimo Albornoz, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
2 Nov		Died	Gregorio Boldrini, O.P. †	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
7 Nov	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
15 Nov		Appointed	Lelio Brancaccio †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
17 Nov		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Valier †	Coadjutor Bishop of Belluno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 Nov		Appointed	Pietrantonio Vicedomini †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino-Frigento, Italy
1 Dec		Appointed	Marco Fedeli-Gonzaga †	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
15 Dec	62.9	Appointed	Henrique de Portugal †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Julián Ramirez, O.S. †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Cristóbal Vela Tavera †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
17 Dec	18.5	Appointed	Jerzy Radziwiłł †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Cardinal, Bishop
22 Dec	61.0	Died	Alessandro Crivelli †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Cariati-Cerenzia, Italy
25 Dec	50.9	Died	Charles de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
26 Dec	19.5	Appointed	Louis II de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France