The Year of Our Lord 1583

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Lorenzo Azzolini †	Fermo	Bishop of Narni, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Isidoro Caja de la Jara †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
		Born	Alessandro Castracani (Castracane) †	Fano	Bishop of Fano, Italy
		Appointed	Pedro de Castilho †	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Pierdonato Cesi (Jr.) †	Rome	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello
		Appointed	Alessandro Cospi †	Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy
	45.0	Ordained Priest	Wolfgang von Dalberg †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Archbishop
	47.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Born	Ascanio Filomarino †	Naples	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
		Born	Nicolò Guidi di Bagno †	Mantua	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Gàmbara †	Cardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
	65.4	Resigned	Antoine Perrenot de Granvella †	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium	Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
		Died	Andrés Pérez †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
		Born	François de Péricard †		Bishop of Evreux, France
	46.0	Appointed	Gerolamo Ragazzoni †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
	60.0	Appointed	Giacomo Savelli †	Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop
		Resigned	Manuel de Seabra †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain	Bishop of Miranda, Portugal
		Appointed	Nicola Secadenari †	Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy
		Born	Andrzej Szołdrski †		Bishop of Poznań, Poland
19 Jan		Appointed	Jerónimo Manrique de Lara †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Bishop of Avila, Spain
23 Jan		Died	Anton Resch, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
6 Feb	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Andrés Cabrera Bobadilla †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
7 Feb		Appointed	Claudius Sozomenus †	Bishop of Pula, Croatia	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
Mar		Died	Pedro de la Peña, O.P. †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
4 Mar	43.2	Appointed	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
4 Mar	68.4	Appointed	Prospero Publicola de Santa Croce †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente	Cardinal, Bishop of Albano, Italy
9 Mar	50.2	Appointed	Alonso Velázquez †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
23 Mar		Appointed	Juan Manual Martínez de Manzanillo, O.P. †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
23 Mar		Appointed	Martín de Salvatierra †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
28 Mar		Appointed	Gaspar Juan de la Figuera †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
1 Apr	35.4	Resigned	Gebhard Truchseß von Waldburg †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect
10 Apr	26.9	Ordained Priest	Jerzy Radziwiłł †	Priest of Vilnius, Lithuania	Cardinal, Bishop
27 Apr	33.3	Appointed	Germanico Malaspina †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
4 May		Appointed	Bartolomé Molina †	Bishop of Tui, Spain
9 May		Appointed	Sebastián Pérez †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
11 May	69.4	Appointed	Benito Tocco, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
2 Jun	28.5	Appointed	Ernst Herzog von Bayern †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
3 Jun		Appointed	Bartolomé de Ledesma, O.P. †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
24 Jun		Born	Juan Merino López, O.F.M. †	Madrid	Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
10 Aug		Born	Diego Martínez Zarzosa †	Calahorra	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
19 Aug	64.6	Died	Melchior Miguel Carneiro Leitão, S.J. †	Patriarch Emeritus of Foreign Diocese	Patriarch
21 Aug		Died	Alfonso Delgado †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
25 Aug	33.6	Ordained Bishop	Germanico Malaspina †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
26 Aug	40.5	Resigned	Martin von Eyb †	Bishop-Elect of Bamberg, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
2 Sep	28.9	Appointed	Ernst von Mengersdorf †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
23 Sep		Born	Philipp Adolf von Ehrenberg †	Heinsheim	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
7 Oct	28.8	Confirmed	Ernst Herzog von Bayern †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
9 Oct		Died	Martin Baudouin †	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
9 Oct		Died	Sebastián Lartaún †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
16 Oct		Died	Diego de Simancas †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
21 Nov	29.1	Confirmed	Ernst von Mengersdorf †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
25 Nov	16.9	Professed	Pedro Carranza Salinas, O. Carm. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
25 Nov		Born	Juan de Lugo y de Quiroga, S.J. †	Madrid, Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina
12 Dec	45.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Alberto Bolognetti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
	59.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Giulio Canani †	Cardinal, Bishop of Modena, Italy
	60.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Appointed	Jaime Casador †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
	62.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Battista Castagna †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	64.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	21.5	Elevated to Cardinal	François de Joyeuse †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	56.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Scipione Lancellotti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Salvatore in Lauro
	27.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Jerzy Radziwiłł †	Cardinal, Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
	48.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Niccolò Sfondrati †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Elevated to Cardinal	Filippo Spinola †	Cardinal, Bishop of Nola, Italy
	52.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Agostino Valier (Valeri, Valieri) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
26 Dec	27.6	Ordained Bishop	Jerzy Radziwiłł †	Cardinal, Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
29 Dec	56.8	Died	Zaccaria Delfino †	Cardinal, Bishop of Lesina
31 Dec	50.2	Died	Luis Torres †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy

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