The Year of Our Lord 1578

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Giovanni Battista Ansaldo †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
	46.0	Appointed	Arnaud Sorbin †	Bishop of Nevers, France
		Resigned	Jorge de Ataíde †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	27.2	Professed	Carlo Bescapè, B. †	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Bishop of Novara, Italy
		Died	Cristóbal Berrocal †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
		Born	Girolamo Binago, C.O. †	Milano	Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy
		Born	Paul Boudot (Boudet) †	Bourgogne	Bishop of Arras, France
		Born	Johannes Brenner †	Dietenheim	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
	25.9	Ordained Priest	Sebastian Breuning †	Priest of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
		Appointed	Giulio Cesare Carafa †	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
		Died	Tomás de Cárdenas, O.P. †	Bishop of Verapaz, Guatemala
		Born	Tommaso Cellesi †	Pistorien	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
		Died	Vincenzo Cornelio (Cajetani) †	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Domenico D’Anna †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
		Born	Cristóbal de Aresti Martínez de Aguilar, O.S.B. †	Valladolid, Spain	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
		Born	Francesco d’Elia e Rossi †	Napoli	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
		Born	Loreto Di Franco (De Franchis) †	Castello di Sangro	Bishop of Minori, Italy
		Resigned	Giovanni Francesco de Mirto †	Bishop of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Petrus de Donnauld †		Coadjutor Bishop of Mirepoix, France
		Born	Jean-François de Sales †		Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
		Born	Pierre Fenouillet †		Bishop of Montpellier, France
		Born	Juan García Arlés †	Orihuela	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
		Born	Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno †	Florence	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Rieti, Italy
		Died	Tommaso Gigli †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
		Died	Matteo Guerra †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
		Born	Juan Gutiérrez †	Cordoba, Spain	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
		Born	Bartol Kačić, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Makarska, Croatia
		Born	Benedetto Landi †	Velletri	Bishop Emeritus of Fossombrone, Italy
		Died	Girolamo Leoni †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
		Died	Leonardo Liparola †	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
		Died	Giovanbattista Maremonti †	Bishop of Sora, Italy
		Died	Maurice MacGibbon, O. Cist. †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
	40.0	Ordained Priest	St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo †	Priest	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
		Resigned	Girolamo Negri †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Antioco Nin †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
		Died	Antonio Paliettino (de Monelia), O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy
		Died	Pietro Persio †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
		Born	Stefano Pignatelli †	Perugia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via
		Born	Antonio Provana †	Torino	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
		Born	Filippo Salviati †	Florence	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Andrés Santos Quintana (de Sampedro) †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
		Installed	Bartolomeu Simões Pereira †	Prelate of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
		Born	Meletiy Smotrytskyi †		Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia
		Born	Marcos Teixeira de Mendonça †	Lamego	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
		Resigned	Jean-Baptiste Tiercelin †	Bishop of Luçon, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Francesco Traina †	Palermo	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
		Born	Antonio Valdés Herrera †	Valladolid	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
	31.0	Ordained Priest	Christoph Weilhamer †	Priest of Passau, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
Jan		Died	Francesco Guinigi †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
10 Jan		Died	Vincenzo de Siena, O.P. †	Bishop of Sarno, Italy
13 Jan	63.0	Appointed	Andrés Bacallar †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
	50.3	Appointed	Tomás Dacio (d’Anio) †	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, México
		Appointed	Francisco de Vitoria, O.P. †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
20 Jan		Died	Jacques Fouré, O.P. †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France
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		Appointed	Vincenzo Fucheri †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
29 Jan		Confirmed	Johann Georg Zobel von Giebelstadt †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Bishop-Elect
1 Feb		Died	Felice Tiranni †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
1 Feb	72.1	Died	Rodrigo de Vadillo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
2 Feb	40.1	Ordained Bishop	Nikolaus Elgard †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
16 Feb		Died	Johann Mezon von Telz †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
17 Feb		Appointed	Diego de la Calzada †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
		Appointed	Diego de la Calzada †	Titular Bishop of Salona	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
		Appointed	Paolo Fusco †	Bishop of Sarno, Italy
21 Feb	71.0	Elevated to Cardinal	René de Birague †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lodève, France
	57.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Pedro de Deza Manuel †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
	37.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alessio
	61.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Gerard van Groesbeeck †	Cardinal, Bishop of Liège, Belgium
	22.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Louis II de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
	44.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Claude de La Baume †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
	16.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont (II) †	Cardinal, Apostolic Administrator of Toul, France
		Appointed	Miguel Jerónimo Morell †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	34.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Alessandro Riario †	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
	58.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Fernando de Toledo de Oropesa †	Priest
3 Mar	34.3	Installed	Alessandro Riario †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
5 Mar		Died	Pedro Mártir Coma, O.P. †	Bishop of Elne, France
9 Mar		Died	Francesco Martelli †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
12 Mar		Died	Jean Hennuyer †	Bishop of Lisieux, France
15 Mar		Ordained Deacon	Piotr Dunin Wolski †	Deacon	Bishop of Płock, Poland
16 Mar		Ordained Priest	Piotr Dunin Wolski †	Priest	Bishop of Płock, Poland
17 Mar		Appointed	Orazio Ciceroni †	Bishop of Sora, Italy	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
		Appointed	Paolo Leoni †	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
		Appointed	Emilio Scataratica †	Bishop of Ravello, Italy
		Appointed	Pons de Thiard de Bissy †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France	Bishop Emeritus
19 Mar	30.4	Ordained Priest	Gebhard Truchseß von Waldburg †	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect
29 Mar	50.4	Died	Louis de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
9 Apr		Appointed	Orazio de Mirto †	Bishop of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
9 Apr		Appointed	Benedetto Manzoli †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
11 Apr	81.3	Died	Juan de San Millán †	Bishop of León, Spain
15 Apr	51.0	Appointed	Zaccaria Delfino †	Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
16 Apr		Appointed	Cesare Contardo †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
25 Apr	63.2	Selected	György Draskovics †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
27 Apr		Appointed	Andrés Santos Quintana (de Sampedro) †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
4 May		Ordained Bishop	Paolo Leoni †	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
5 May		Appointed	Pedro de Lafuente †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
14 May		Appointed	Angelo Giustiniani †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
21 May		Died	Juan Rojas †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
27 May		Born	Juan Pereda Gudiel †	Pliego	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
2 Jun		Appointed	Gaspar Juan de la Figuera, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
		Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Grignetta †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
		Appointed	Lucio Maranta †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
13 Jun	55.3	Appointed	Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Resigned	Romolo Cesi †	Bishop of Narni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	65.6	Appointed	Martín de Córdoba Mendoza, O.P. †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
		Appointed	Erolo Eroli †	Bishop of Narni, Italy
	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
16 Jun		Appointed	Adam Pilchowski †	Bishop of Chełm, Poland
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
30 Jun	69.5	Died	Gregor Virneburg †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany