The Year of Our Lord 1581

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Ippolito Andreassi, O.S.B. †	Mantova	Bishop of Terni, Italy
		Born	Fabrizio Antinoro †	Naples	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
		Born	César Argelli (de Paltronibus) †	Bononiae	Archbishop of Avignon, France
	28.0	Ordained Priest	William Bishop †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of England, Great Britain
		Appointed	François Bonard †	Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans, France
	32.3	Appointed	Filippo Boncompagni †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto
		Died	Antonín Brus von Muglitz †	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
		Appointed	Girolamo Bucchia †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
	59.0	Appointed	Afonso de Castelo-Branco †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
		Died	Orazio Caracciolo †	Bishop of Venafro, Italy
	62.0	Resigned	Melchior Miguel Carneiro Leitão, S.J. †	Patriarch of Foreign Diocese
		Born	Pompeo Coronini †		Bishop of Trieste, Italy
		Succeeded	Jean du Chemin †	Bishop of Condom, France
		Born	Pedro da Costa †	Porto	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
		Appointed	Leonardo Fernandes de Sá †	Bishop of Macau, China
		Born	Girolamo de Franchis †		Archbishop of Capua, Italy
		Resigned	Beatus di Porta †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Simão de Sá Pereira †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
	35.2	Ordained Priest	Johann Otto von Gemmingen †	Priest of Augsburg, Germany	Bishop
		Died	Lelio Giordano †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Francesco Gozzadini †	Naxien	Bishop of Rethymo, Greece
		Born	Achille de Harlay de Sancy †	Paris	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Malo, France
	78.0	Resigned	Umberto Locati, O.P. †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Antonio Maria Manzolio †	Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Angelo Mascardo †	Sarzana	Bishop of Noli, Italy
		Born	Gian Gaspare Melis †	Firman	Bishop of Anagni, Italy
	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
		Died	Giulio Monaco †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
		Resigned	Jean de Monluc †	Bishop of Condom, France	Bishop Emeritus
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio de Montalvo Olivera, O.P. †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
		Born	Gregorio Naro †	Rome	Cardinal, Bishop of Rieti, Italy
		Born	Rickard O’Connell †	Iveragh	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
		Died	Donat O’Gallagher, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
		Died	Salvatore Pacini †	Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
		Appointed	Giambattista Palma †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
		Died	Giuseppe Pamphilj (Panfili), O.S.A. †	Bishop of Segni, Italy
		Born	Bernardino Panicola †	Monticelli	Bishop of Ravello e Scala, Italy
		Born	Bernardino Piccoli †		Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
		Born	Marco Antonio (Sebastianus) Quirino, O. Cruc. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Greece
		Died	Julián Ramirez, O.S. †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	40.0	Ordained Priest	Miguel Rangel, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
		Born	Caesar Righini †	Pontremoli	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
		Died	Mikhail Rizzi el-Bkoufani †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
		Born	Ciriaco Rocci †	Rome, Italy	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	Francesco Saluzzo †	Napoli	Bishop Emeritus of Mottola (Motula), Italy
		Born	Juan Sánchez Duque de Estrada †	Santa Cruz de la Jara, Spain	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
		Born	Bernardino Scala †	Eugubin	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
	43.4	Resigned	Filippo Sega †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
		Died	Scipione Salernitano †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
		Born	Tommaso Sanfelice, C.R. †	Napoli	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
		Died	Ottavio Santacroce †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
		Died	Meliaduce Suico †	Bishop of Carinola (Calina), Italy
		Born	Roberto Ubaldini †	Florence	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano, Italy
		Born	Girolamo Vidoni †	Cremona, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Quattro Coronati
		Born	Giuliano Viviani †	Pisa	Bishop of Isola, Italy
Jan		Died	Francesco Cittadini †	Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy
		Died	Bartolomeo Ferro, O.P. †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
		Born	Francisco Sánchez Villanueva y Vega †	Madrid	Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
13 Jan		Appointed	Celso Paci †	Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy
16 Jan		Appointed	Girolamo Petroni †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
16 Jan		Appointed	Georg von Schönenberg †	Bishop of Worms, Germany
19 Jan		Died	Sancho Busto de Villegas †	Bishop of Avila, Spain
23 Jan		Appointed	Maciej Wielicki, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
23 Jan		Appointed	Maciej Wielicki, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Mactaris	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
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	Selected	Ernst 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
		Appointed	Domenico Grimaldi †	Bishop of Savona, Italy	Archbishop of Avignon, France
		Appointed	Jean Six †	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France
17 Feb		Born	Faustus Poli †	Usigni	Cardinal, Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
20 Feb		Appointed	Pietro Cedolini †	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
		Appointed	Martino de Martinis, S.J. †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Orefice †	Bishop of Acerno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
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 von Bayern †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
3 Apr		Appointed	Angelo Peruzzi †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
5 Apr	79.3	Died	Jakub Uchański †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
12 Apr	42.8	Appointed	Alberto Bolognetti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Cardinal, Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
17 Apr		Appointed	Jean Louis Pallavicino Ceva †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy	Bishop of Nice, France
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
		Appointed	Ludovico Majorino, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
	30.7	Appointed	Bartholomäus Scholl †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
	30.7	Appointed	Bartholomäus Scholl †	Titular Bishop of Dariensis	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
15 May	65.4	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Antonio Orantes Vélez, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
16 May	49.4	Died	Flavio Orsini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
		Succeeded	Pietro Orsini †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
	47.4	Died	Alessandro Sforza †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Parma, Italy
17 May		Died	Henrique de Távora e Brito, O.P. †	Archbishop of Goa, India
19 May		Installed	Girolamo Diedo †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
29 May		Appointed	Masseo Bardi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
29 May		Appointed	Tommaso Sperandio Corbelli †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
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
5 Jun	21.4	Installed	Christophe de L’Estang †	Bishop of Lodève, France	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
11 Jun	63.4	Died	Luis Tello Maldonado †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
16 Jun		Appointed	Anton Manicir †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gurk, Austria
16 Jun		Appointed	Anton Manicir †	Titular Bishop of Germaniciana	Auxiliary Bishop of Gurk, Austria
10 Jul	53.9	Appointed	Renaud de Beaune †	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Archbishop of Sens, France
10 Jul		Appointed	Gerolamo Mazzarelli †	Bishop of Nona (Nin), Croatia
18 Jul		Born	Pier Luigi Carafa (Sr.) †	Naples	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tricarico, Italy
31 Jul	56.6	Selected	Johann von Schönenberg †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
Aug		Born	Francesco Paolucci †	Forlì, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
7 Aug	61.6	Appointed	Stanisław Karnkowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
Sep	51.7	Appointed	Bl. Dermot O’Hurley †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
10 Sep	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Dermot O’Hurley †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
11 Sep	49.7	Appointed	Pedro Fernández Temiño †	Bishop of Avila, Spain
	33.7	Appointed	Edmund MacGauran (Magauran) †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
		Appointed	Andrés de Noronha †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
		Appointed	Nicola Antonio Vitelli †	Bishop of Carinola (Calina), Italy
21 Sep		Died	Juan Antolínez Brecianos de la Rivera †	Bishop Emeritus of Giovinazzo, Italy
26 Sep		Died	Giacomo Silverii-Piccolomini †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
27 Sep		Born	Damián Lopez de Haro y Villarda, O.SS.T. †	Toledo, Spain	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
11 Oct		Died	Carlo Grimaldi †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
20 Oct		Appointed	Marcos de Betania, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
	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
		Appointed	Luciano Rosso (de Rubeis) †	Bishop of Giovinazzo, Italy	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
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
6 Nov		Appointed	João Afonso de Menezes †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
		Appointed	Peter von Rascher †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
	35.8	Appointed	Stanisław Rozrażewski †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
13 Nov		Appointed	Marcello Maiorana, C.R. †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
13 Nov		Appointed	Giulio Ricci †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
20 Nov		Appointed	Giacomo Masini †	Bishop of Segni, Italy
26 Nov		Appointed	Ludovico Bentivoglio †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
26 Nov		Appointed	Giuseppe Faraoni †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
30 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Johann Ertlin †	Titular Bishop of Athyra	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
4 Dec		Appointed	Ferdinando Spinelli †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
6 Dec		Born	Nicolau Monteiro, C.O. †	Porto	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
7 Dec	52.9	Died	Marquard von Hattstein †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
20 Dec	43.0	Appointed	Eberhard von Dienheim †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany