The Year of Our Lord 1585

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Giovan Mario de Alessandris †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Battista Astalli †		Bishop of Troia, Italy
		Born	Augustinus Basrci (Bagesius), O.P. †	Albanen	Archbishop of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia
		Resigned	Paolo Bellardito †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Martin Brenner †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
		Born	Celestino Bruni, O.S.A. †	Venusii	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
	63.0	Appointed	Afonso de Castelo-Branco †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
		Born	Cristoforo Caetani †		Bishop of Foligno, Italy
		Born	Domenico Campanella, O. Carm. †	Putigliano	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
		Died	Nunzio Antonio de Capriolis †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
		Born	Francesco Cherubini †	Montalboddo	Cardinal, Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
		Resigned	William Chisholm †	Administrator of Vaison, France	Former Administrator
		Resigned	Angelo di Cipro, O.P. †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Pedro Coderos †	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
		Died	Vincenzo de Doncelli (Donzelli), O.P. †	Bishop of Valva, Italy
		Born	Lelio Falconieri †	Florence, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
	60.7	Resigned	Pietro Fauno Costacciaro †	Bishop of Acqui, Italy	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
		Born	Guillaume Fouquet de la Varenne †		Bishop of Angers, France
		Born	Bartolomeo Frigerio †	Ferrariae	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
		Died	Paolo Giovio (il Giovane) †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
		Born	Bartolomeo Giustiniani †	Chien	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
		Born	Bartolomé González Soltero †	México	Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala
		Died	Basilio Gradi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
		Died	Alfonso Graniero Avalos †	Bishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
		Resigned	Annibale Grassi †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Giovanni Antonio Grignetta †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
		Died	Francisco Guaresma, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Tanger, Morocco
		Born	Cornelius Janssen †	Acquoi, Netherlands	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
		Born	Fabio Lagonissa †	Napoli	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
		Died	Jorge de Lemos, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Funchal, Portugal
		Born	Martín de León Cárdenas, O.S.A. †	Archidona, Spain	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
		Born	Annibale Mascambruno †	Benevento	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
		Born	Martinus Meurisse, O.F.M. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
		Born	John O’Cullenan †		Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
		Died	Paolo Odescalchi †	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Atri, Italy
		Born	Malachy O’Queely †	Drizza	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
		Born	Ottavio Orsini †		Bishop of Segni, Italy
		Resigned	Fantino Petrignani †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
		Died	Costantino Piccioni, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
		Resigned	Giovanni Battista Pietralata †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Adam Pilchowski †	Bishop of Chełm, Poland
		Died	Tarquinio Prisco †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
		Died	Alessandro Ravadio †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
		Born	Christophorus Johannes Reinheld von Reichenau †	Reichenau	Prefect of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
		Died	Sigismondo Saraceno †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
		Born	Alessandro (Fabrizio) Suardi †	Napoli	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
		Born	Francisco Torres Grijalba, O.S.A. †	Madrid	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
		Died	Pedro Vélez Guevara †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
Jan		Died	Cesare Contardo †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
5 Jan		Born	Carlo Emmanuele Pio di Savoia †	Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
7 Jan	23.7	Appointed	Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont (II) †	Bishop of Verdun, France	Cardinal, Apostolic Administrator of Toul, France
13 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Clément Graebbels (Crabeels) †	Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
		Ordained Bishop	Scipione Gesualdo †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Pierre Simons †	Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
14 Jan		Appointed	Giovanni Luigi Marescotti †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
	49.9	Installed	Niccolò Sfondrati †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	53.8	Installed	Agostino Valier (Valeri, Valieri) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco	Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
23 Jan		Appointed	Diego Haëdo †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
23 Jan		Appointed	Antonio Lombardo †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
28 Jan		Appointed	Diego Aponte Quiñones, O.S. †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
		Appointed	Bernardo de Benedictis †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
	38.8	Confirmed	Anne d’Escars de Givry (de Pérusse), O.S.B. †	Bishop of Lisieux, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
31 Jan		Died	Vincenzo Luchi (di Luca) †	Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
31 Jan	71.1	Died	Benito Tocco, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
Feb	46.6	Resigned	Alberto Bolognetti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Cardinal, Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
4 Feb		Appointed	Domingo de Ulloa, O.P. †	Bishop of Nicaragua	Bishop of Michoacán, México
11 Feb	37.1	Appointed	Wojciech Baranowski †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
24 Feb	64.4	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
25 Feb		Appointed	Alfonso Herrera, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
6 Mar		Died	Giovanni Tommaso Sanfelice †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
12 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Bernardo de Benedictis †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
18 Mar		Appointed	Crisostomo Arameo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
18 Mar		Appointed	Gian Antonio Grassi †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy
31 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Diego Aponte Quiñones, O.S. †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
31 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Diego Haëdo †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
3 Apr	84.3	Died	Thomas Goldwell, C.R. †	Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain
10 Apr	83.3	Died	Ugo Boncompagni †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
24 Apr	63.4	Elected	Felice Peretti Montalto, O.F.M. Conv. †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
25 Apr		Born	Diego Arce Reinoso †	Zalamea de la Serena	Bishop Emeritus of Plasencia, Spain
May		Born	Giovanni Pietro Volpi †	Como	Bishop of Novara, Italy
1 May	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Anne d’Escars de Givry (de Pérusse), O.S.B. †	Bishop of Lisieux, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
	63.4	Installed	Felice Peretti Montalto, O.F.M. Conv. †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	59.2	Died	Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
3 May	34.5	Died	Heinrich von Sachsen-Lauenburg †	Archbishop-Elect of Bremen (and Hamberg), Germany
10 May	35.8	Appointed	Ferdinando de’ Medici †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
10 May		Appointed	Marco Antonio del Tufo †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
13 May		Appointed	Francesco Carusi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Valva, Italy
		Appointed	Francesco Carusi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Sulmona, Italy	Bishop of Valva, Italy
	14.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Alessandro Damasceni Peretti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
		Appointed	Marino Querini †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
16 May	48.0	Died	Guido Luca Ferrero †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
17 May	46.9	Died	Alberto Bolognetti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
18 May	30.4	Selected	Ernst von Bayern †	Bishop of Münster, Germany	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Died	François de La Valette †	Bishop of Vabres, France
	23.0	Resigned	Johann Wilhelm von Jülich-Kleve-Berg †	Bishop-Elect of Münster, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
19 May	57.6	Died	Tomás Dacio (d’Anio) †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
20 May	62.2	Installed	Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	22.9	Installed	François de Joyeuse †	Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	62.2	Installed	Vincenzo Lauro †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mondovi, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Gerolamo Mareri †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
		Appointed	Silvio Passerini †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
	35.0	Installed	Simeone Tagliavia d’Aragonia †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria degli Angeli	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
23 May		Died	Marcin Gerstmann †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
3 Jun		Appointed	Jerónimo Barreto †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
5 Jun	38.7	Selected	Dietrich von Fürstenberg †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
10 Jun		Died	Girolamo Diedo †	Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
14 Jun	14.5	Installed	Alessandro Damasceni Peretti †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Girolamo dei Croati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
17 Jun		Died	Fernando Rueda †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
24 Jun	24.2	Installed	Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont (II) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Apostolic Administrator of Toul, France
25 Jun		Died	Cesare Gromis †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
28 Jun	70.5	Died	Felipe Urríes Urríes, O.P. †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain