The Year of Our Lord 1581

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	53.4	Appointed	Renaud de Beaune †	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Archbishop of Sens, France
	28.0	Ordained Priest	William Bishop †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of England, Great Britain
	59.0	Appointed	Afonso de Castelo-Branco †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
	62.0	Resigned	Melchior Miguel Carneiro Leitão, S.J. †	Patriarch of Foreign Diocese
		Appointed	Leonardo Fernandes de Sá †	Bishop of Macau, China
	35.2	Ordained Priest	Johann Otto von Gemmingen †	Priest of Augsburg, Germany	Bishop
		Born	Achille de Harlay de Sancy †	Paris	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Malo, France
	33.0	Appointed	Edmund MacGauran (Magauran) †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	68.0	Died	Alfonso Merchante de Valeria †	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
		Born	Jerónimo Manrique de Lara y de Herrera, O. de M. †	Valladolid, Spain	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
	43.0	Installed	St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio de Montalvo Olivera, O.P. †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
		Born	Gregorio Naro †	Rome	Cardinal, Bishop of Rieti, Italy
		Died	Julián Ramirez, O.S. †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	40.0	Ordained Priest	Miguel Rangel, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
		Born	Ciriaco Rocci †	Rome	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters)
		Born	Pedro Rosales Encio †	Miranda de Ebro	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
	69.0	Installed	Domingo Salazar, O.P. †	Bishop of Manila, Philippines
		Born	Juan Sánchez Duque de Estrada †	Santa Cruz de la Jara, Spain	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
	43.4	Resigned	Filippo Sega †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
		Born	Roberto Ubaldini †	Florence	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy
	79.0	Died	Jakub Uchański †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Born	Girolamo Vidoni †	Cremona	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Quattro Coronati
Jan		Born	Francisco Sánchez Villanueva y Vega †	Madrid	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
19 Jan		Died	Sancho Busto de Villegas †	Bishop of Avila, Spain
25 Jan		Professed	Ambrosio Vallejo Mejía, O. Carm. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
30 Jan	26.1	Appointed	Ernst Herzog von Bayern †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
2 Feb	36.1	Ordained Bishop	Peter Binsfeld †	Titular Bishop of Azotus	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
13 Feb		Appointed	Cesare Ferrero †	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
17 Feb		Born	Faustus Poli †	Usigni	Cardinal, Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
6 Mar	65.2	Appointed	Francisco Antonio Orantes Vélez, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
15 Mar	38.0	Confirmed	Martin von Eyb †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
20 Mar		Born	Anton Crosini von Bonporto †	Trento	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
3 Apr	26.3	Confirmed	Ernst Herzog von Bayern †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
3 Apr		Appointed	Angelo Peruzzi †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
12 Apr	42.8	Appointed	Alberto Bolognetti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Cardinal, Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
21 Apr	61.3	Appointed	Stanislaw Karnkowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
26 Apr	69.3	Died	Francisco Blanco Salcedo †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
10 May		Appointed	Johann Ertlin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
		Appointed	Johann Ertlin †	Titular Bishop of Athyra	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
	30.7	Appointed	Bartholomäus Scholl †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
15 May	65.4	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Antonio Orantes Vélez, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
19 May		Installed	Girolamo Diedo †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
4 Jun	71.4	Died	Jakob von Eltz †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
5 Jun	68.6	Died	Martín de Córdoba Mendoza, O.P. †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
11 Jun	63.4	Died	Luis Tello Maldonado †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
18 Jul		Born	Pier Luigi Carafa (Sr.) †	Naples	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tricarico, Italy
31 Jul	56.6	Appointed	Johann von Schönenberg †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
Aug		Born	Francesco Paolucci †	Forlì	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
11 Sep	49.7	Appointed	Pedro Fernández Temiño †	Bishop of Avila, Spain
		Appointed	Andrés de Noronha †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
		Appointed	Dermot O'Hurley †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
21 Sep		Died	Juan Antolínez Brecianos de la Rivera †	Bishop Emeritus of Giovinazzo, Italy
27 Sep		Born	Damián Lopez de Haro y Villarda, O.SS.T. †	Toledo, Spain	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
20 Oct	58.6	Appointed	Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	38.8	Appointed	Ladislao d'Aquino †	Cardinal, Bishop of Venafro, Italy
	57.1	Resigned	Johann von Haugwitz †	Bishop-Elect of Meissen (Meißen), Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
	19.3	Appointed	François de Joyeuse †	Archbishop of Narbonne, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
21 Oct		Died	Carlos Domenech, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
27 Oct		Died	Antimo Marchesani †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
30 Oct	51.8	Appointed	Amador Arrais (de Mondoza), O. Carm. †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
26 Nov		Appointed	Ludovico Bentivoglio †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
7 Dec	52.9	Died	Marquard von Hattstein †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
20 Dec	43.0	Appointed	Eberhard von Dienheim †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany

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