The Year of Our Lord 1580

Bishop Events

See Also: Necrology | Previous Year (1579) | Next Year (1581)

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	43.9	Ordained Priest	Ippolito Aldobrandini, Sr. †	Priest	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	21.5	Appointed	Andreas Markgraf von Österreich †	Coadjutor Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
		Born	Diego Castejón Fonseca †	Madrid	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
		Born	Luis de Cañizares, O.M. †	Madrid, Spain	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
		Died	Pedro de Agreda (Sánchez Martín), O.P. †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
		Born	Juan de Mañozca y Zamora †	Marquina, Spain	Archbishop of México, Federal District
		Installed	Antonio de Hervias, O.P. †	Bishop of Verapaz, Guatemala
		Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Gàmbara †	Bishop of Albano, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
	40.7	Died	Sebastian Haidlauf †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
	46.4	Appointed	Mark Sittich von Hohenems †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
		Born	Juan López de Agurto de la Mata †	Tenerife, Spain	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
		Born	Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez, O.SS.T. †	Arroyo, Spain	Bishop of Panamá
		Died	Gonzalo de Solórzano †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
		Born	Giandomenico Spinola †	Genoa	Cardinal, Archbishop
	45.0	Appointed	Mikuláš Telegdy †	Apostolic Administrator of Esztergom, Hungary	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
		Born	Mauro de Villarroel, O.S.B. †	Tordesillas	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
Jan	49.0	Appointed	Cunerus Petri †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Bishop of Foreign Diocese
14 Jan	74.0	Died	Juan Solano, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
12 Feb	35.1	Appointed	Peter Binsfeld †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
12 Feb	35.1	Appointed	Peter Binsfeld †	Titular Bishop of Azotus	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
15 Feb	49.1	Died	Cunerus Petri †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese
29 Feb	32.3	Confirmed	Gebhard Truchseß von Waldburg †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop-Elect Emeritus
14 Mar		Appointed	Juan Antonio Diaz de Salcedo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
14 Mar		Appointed	Alfonso López de Avila †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
25 Mar		Born	Johann Paul Ciurletti †	Trento	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
4 Apr		Died	Manuel de Mercado Aldrete, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Panamá
21 Apr		Appointed	Jaime Ximeno Lobera †	Bishop of Teruel, Spain
26 Apr	40.3	Died	Jakob Feucht †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
9 May		Appointed	Hugo Amrosio de Moncada †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
27 May	55.0	Appointed	Francisco Sarmiento Mendoza †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
27 May		Appointed	Cristóbal Vela Tavera †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
29 May		Ordained Bishop	Miguel Espinosa †	Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos, Titular Sees	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
13 Jun	3.8	Confirmed	Philipp Wilhelm Herzog von Bayern †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect
22 Jun		Appointed	Alfonso Delgado †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
		Appointed	Carlos Domenech, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
		Appointed	Fernando Rueda †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
	62.5	Appointed	Luis Tello Maldonado †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
26 Jun		Born	Gaspar de Borja y Velasco †	Villalpando	Cardinal, Bishop of Albano, Italy
8 Jul		Died	Francisco Tello Sandoval †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
18 Jul	38.2	Appointed	Georg von Kuenburg †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop
Aug	42.6	Ordained Bishop	St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
7 Sep		Died	Johann Georg Zobel von Giebelstadt †	Bishop-Elect of Bamberg, Germany
22 Sep	78.2	Died	Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
11 Oct	37.6	Appointed	Martin von Eyb †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Bishop-Elect Emeritus
20 Oct		Appointed	Bartolomé de Ledesma, O.P. †	Bishop of Panamá	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
7 Nov	38.5	Confirmed	Georg von Kuenburg †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop
20 Nov		Appointed	Girolamo Diedo †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
1 Dec	71.9	Died	Giovanni Gerolamo Morone †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
5 Dec	60.2	Appointed	Alexandre Farnese (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
	60.2	Appointed	Alexandre Farnese (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
	40.9	Appointed	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
15 Dec	52.0	Appointed	Gregorio de Montalvo Olivera, O.P. †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help