The Year of Our Lord 1578

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Jorge de Ataíde †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
	27.2	Professed	Carlo Bascapè, B. †	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Bishop of Novara, Italy
		Born	Johannes Brenner †	Dietenheim	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
	25.9	Ordained Priest	Sebastian Breuning †	Priest of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
		Died	Tomás de Cárdenas, O.P. †	Bishop of Verapaz, Guatemala
		Born	Cristóbal de Aresti Martínez de Aguilar, O.S.B. †	Valladolid, Spain	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
		Born	Jean-François de Sales †		Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
		Born	Juan García Arlés †	Orihuela	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
		Died	Maurice MacGibbon, O. Cist. †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
	40.0	Ordained Priest	St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo †	Priest	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
		Born	Carlo Emmanuele Pio di Savoia †	Ferrara	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
		Died	Juan Rojas †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
		Resigned	Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa †	Bishop of Patti, Italy	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
	55.0	Appointed	Giacomo Savelli †	Bishop of Frascati, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
		Appointed	Filippo Sega †	Cardinal, Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
		Installed	Bartolomeu Simões Pereira †	Prelate of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
		Born	Marcos Teixeira de Mendonça †	Lamego	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
		Born	Antonio Valdés Herrera †	Valladolid	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
	31.0	Ordained Priest	Christoph Weilhamer †	Priest of Passau, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
13 Jan		Appointed	Andrés Bacallar †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
	50.3	Appointed	Tomás Dacio †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
		Appointed	Alfonso de la Cerda, O.P. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
	40.0	Appointed	Diego de Romano y Govea (Vitoria) †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México
		Appointed	Francisco de Vitoria, O.P. †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
21 Jan		Died	Francisco Soto Salazar †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
25 Jan		Appointed	Martinho de Ulhoa, O. Cist. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe	Bishop Emeritus
29 Jan		Confirmed	Johann Georg Zobel von Giebelstadt †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Bishop-Elect
2 Feb	40.1	Ordained Bishop	Nikolaus Elgard †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
17 Feb		Appointed	Diego de la Calzada †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
17 Feb		Appointed	Diego de la Calzada †	Titular Bishop of Salona	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
21 Feb	57.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Pedro de Deza Manuel †	Cardinal, Bishop of Albano, Italy
21 Feb		Appointed	Miguel Jerónimo Morell †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
5 Mar		Died	Pedro Mártir Coma, O.P. †	Bishop of Elne, France
19 Mar	30.4	Ordained Priest	Gebhard Truchseß von Waldburg †	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop-Elect Emeritus
11 Apr	81.3	Died	Juan de San Millán †	Bishop of León, Spain
27 Apr		Appointed	Andrés Santos de Sampedro †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
5 May		Appointed	Pedro de Lafuente †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
27 May		Born	Juan Pereda Gudiel †	Pliego	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
2 Jun		Appointed	Gaspar Juan de la Figuera †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
13 Jun	55.3	Appointed	Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	65.6	Appointed	Martín de Córdoba Mendoza, O.P. †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
	49.4	Appointed	Diego Gómez de Lamadrid, O.SS.T. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Badajoz, Spain	Bishop
		Appointed	Diego de Simancas †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
		Appointed	Francisco Tello Sandoval †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
	63.4	Appointed	Fernando Tricio Arenzana †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
	45.4	Appointed	Alonso Velázquez †	Bishop of Osma, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
17 Jun	67.5	Died	Bl. Paul Burali d'Arezzo, C.R. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
23 Jun	78.5	Died	Francisco Sancho Allepuz †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
28 Jun	47.9	Appointed	Teotónio de Bragança, S.J. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Évora, Portugal	Archbishop
30 Jun	69.5	Died	Gregor Virneburg †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
5 Jul	66.0	Died	Cristoforo Madruzzo †	Bishop Emeritus of Trento, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
7 Jul	43.9	Appointed	Juan de Sanclemente Torquemada †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
9 Jul	57.8	Appointed	Alexandre Farnese (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
	38.5	Appointed	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	74.2	Appointed	Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Bishop of Foreign Diocese
	47.5	Died	Miguel Thomas de Taxaquet †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
23 Jul		Appointed	Martín de Salvatierra †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
25 Jul		Died	Juan Acuña †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
11 Aug		Appointed	Tomás Gargal †	Bishop of Malta
14 Aug		Born	Gaspar Prieto Orduña, O. de M. †	Burgos	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
Sep	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Alonso Velázquez †	Bishop of Osma, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
3 Sep	46.7	Died	Giulio della Rovere †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ravenna, Italy
5 Sep	59.7	Appointed	Francisco Trujillo García †	Bishop of León, Spain
21 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Gaspar Juan de la Figuera †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
22 Sep		Died	Pedro Serrano Téllez †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
Oct		Born	Juan Barahona Zapata del Águila †	Madrid, Spain	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
3 Oct		Resigned	Juan del Castillo †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
	61.1	Appointed	Antoine Perrenot de Granvella †	Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
	74.4	Appointed	Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Bishop of Foreign Diocese
6 Oct		Appointed	Juan Montalvo, O.P. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
6 Oct		Appointed	Gaspar Vicente Novella †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
9 Oct	63.8	Died	Fernando Tricio Arenzana †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
26 Oct		Born	Albert Reichsfreiherr von Törring †	Stein	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
1 Nov		Born	Cristóbal Guzmán Santoyo †	Guzmán	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
1 Nov		Died	Antonio Gaspar Rodríguez, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy
5 Nov		Appointed	Sancho Busto de Villegas †	Bishop of Avila, Spain
18 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Vitoria, O.P. †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
Dec		Ordained Bishop	Pedro de Lafuente †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
2 Dec	40.9	Installed	Diego de Romano y Govea (Vitoria) †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México
7 Dec	48.3	Succeeded	Teotónio de Bragança, S.J. †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
7 Dec	14.1	Appointed	Heinrich Julius Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany	Bishop-Elect Emeritus
15 Dec	66.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
20 Dec		Ordained Priest	Francisco Velarde de la Cuenca †	Priest	Archbishop of Messina, Italy

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