The Year of Our Lord 1576

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Andrea Matteo Acquaviva d’Aragona †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Battista de Aquena †	Turritan	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
		Born	Arcangelo Baldini, O.P. †		Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
		Died	Leonardo Bonaccorsi †	Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy
		Born	Carlo Bovi †		Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
		Born	Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese †	Rome	Cardinal, Bishop of Sabina, Italy
		Died	Feliciano Capitone, O.S.M. †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
		Born	Paolo Ciera, O.S.A. †	Venice	Bishop Emeritus of Vieste, Italy
		Born	Pompeo Cornazzano, O. Cist. †	Papien	Bishop of Parma, Italy
		Born	Cosimo de’ Bardi †		Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	32.8	Ordained Bishop	Pierre de Villars (II) †	Bishop of Mirepoix, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Vienne, France
		Appointed	Pierre de Villars †	Archbishop of Vienne, France
	70.0	Died	Antonio Elio †	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
		Born	Giovanni Battista Ferrero, O.P. †	Pinerolo	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
		Resigned	Giovanni Ambrosio Fieschi †	Bishop of Savona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Antonio Maria Franceschini †	Roma	Bishop of Amelia, Italy
		Born	Theodorus Georgi, O.S.B. †	Venice	Bishop of Arbe (Rab), Croatia
		Appointed	Jean-Godefroi Ginod †	Bishop of Belley, France
		Died	Aurelio Griani, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
		Born	Giovanni Battista Lancellotti †		Bishop of Nola, Italy
		Died	Sebastiano Maffo †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
		Born	Pedro de Mata y Haro, C.R. †	Napoli	Bishop of Capaccio, Italy
		Died	Giacomo Mignanelii †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
		Born	Nicolaus Righi †		Bishop of Tinos, Greece
		Died	Jorge de Santa Luzia, O.P. †	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
		Appointed	Roberto Sassatelli †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
		Resigned	Scipione Santacroce †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Pierre Antoine Triest †	Beveren-Waas	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Fernando Trexo y Senabria, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
		Born	Franciscus Venturi †	Florence	Bishop Emeritus of San Severo, Italy
	34.0	Appointed	Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
7 Jan		Born	Julián de Cortázar †	Durango, Spain	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
9 Jan		Born	Jerónimo Domín Funes, O. Carm. †	Calatayud, Spain	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
13 Jan		Died	Benedetto Oliva †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
15 Jan	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Marquard von Berg †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
16 Jan	39.0	Appointed	Melchior Giedroyc †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
23 Jan		Appointed	Richard Brady, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
25 Jan		Died	Tommaso Orsini †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
30 Jan		Appointed	Ippolito Bosco †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
30 Jan		Appointed	Matteo Guerra †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
6 Feb		Appointed	Antonio Balducci, O.P. †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
6 Feb	34.1	Appointed	Lorenzo Vittori †	Archbishop of Candia, Greece
13 Feb		Died	Ludovico Antinori †	Bishop of Pisa, Italy
15 Feb		Appointed	Francisco Soto Salazar †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
27 Feb		Appointed	Pio Loterio, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy
4 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Paolo Marincola †	Bishop of Teano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Mar		Born	Éric de Lorraine †	Nancy	Bishop Emeritus of Verdun, France
19 Mar	56.2	Died	Gaspar de Faria †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
28 Mar		Appointed	Alexandre Canigiani †	Archbishop of Aix, France
		Appointed	Manuel de Mercado Aldrete, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Panamá
	43.1	Resigned	Giovanni Francesco Gàmbara †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Appointed	Carlo Montigli †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Bishop
		Died	Juan Orozco de Arce †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
		Appointed	Giulio Rossino †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
	57.2	Appointed	Diego de Salamanca, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Bishop Emeritus
2 Apr	75.3	Died	Pedro Guerrero Logroño (Mendoza) †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
6 Apr		Appointed	Tommaso de Bonsi †	Bishop of Béziers, France	Bishop Emeritus
10 Apr		Died	Jean de Balaguier †	Bishop of Cahors, France
11 Apr		Appointed	Gómez Zapata †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
22 Apr	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Melchior Giedroyc †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
23 Apr	57.3	Died	Francisco Gómez de Mendiola y Solórzano †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
2 May	73.3	Died	Bartolomé de Carranza y Miranda, O.P. †	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
4 May		Appointed	Johann Mezon von Telz †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
9 May		Appointed	Cesare Ferrero †	Bishop of Savona, Italy	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
11 May	66.4	Died	Cornelius Jansen †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
20 May	61.7	Died	Maurizio Pietra †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
27 May		Died	Giulio Simonetta †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
4 Jun		Appointed	Jan van Strijen †	Bishop of Middelburg, Netherlands
7 Jun		Died	Johann Deublinger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
30 Jun	69.9	Died	Franciscus Sonnius (Van de Velde) †	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
4 Jul		Appointed	Juan Dimas Loris †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
4 Jul		Appointed	Bl. Patrick O’Healy, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mayo, Ireland
17 Jul		Died	Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina, O.S. †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
18 Jul		Appointed	Ottavio Santacroce †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
30 Jul		Appointed	Alfonso Herrera, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
30 Jul		Died	Antonio Scarampi †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
6 Aug		Appointed	Gerolamo Federici †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
15 Aug		Installed	Antônio Barreiros, O. Cist. †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
		Died	Gaspar de Leão Pereira †	Archbishop of Goa, India
		Ordained Bishop	Johann Mezon von Telz †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
22 Aug		Appointed	Claudio Borghese †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
		Appointed	Malachy O’Moloney †	Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
		Appointed	Cornelius Ryan (O’Mulrian), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Soriani, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy
2 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Soriani, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy
4 Sep		Died	Romolo Archinto †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
9 Sep		Born	Philipp Wilhelm von Bayern †	Münich	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Regensburg, Germany
11 Sep		Died	Mario Carafa †	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
14 Sep	71.7	Died	Juan Quiñones Guzmán †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
19 Sep	65.7	Appointed	Bl. Paul Burali d’Arezzo, C.R. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Bernardino Grandopoli †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
	39.7	Appointed	Gerolamo Ragazzoni †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
22 Sep		Born	Gregorio de Alarcón, O.A.D. †	Castillo de Garcimuñoz	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
2 Oct	62.8	Died	Francisco Delgado López †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
24 Oct		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Ansaldo †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
24 Oct		Appointed	Alfonso de Lorca †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
26 Oct		Appointed	Geoffrey de La Marthonie †	Bishop of Amiens, France
4 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Ansaldo †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
4 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Bernardino Grandopoli †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
12 Nov	57.3	Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce †	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
12 Nov		Appointed	Tommaso Gigli †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
19 Nov	18.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Andreas von Austria (Österreich) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
3 Dec		Appointed	Giovanni Ingenerio †	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
4 Dec		Died	Antonio Vialardi, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Bourges, France
10 Dec		Appointed	Jan Sieniński †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
10 Dec		Appointed	Scipione de Tolfa †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
17 Dec	59.8	Appointed	Antonio Agustín †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
22 Dec	60.0	Died	Otto von Schaumberg †	Bishop-Elect of Hildesheim, Germany
28 Dec		Died	Benedetto Erba, O.P. †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy