The Year of Our Lord 1557

Necrology

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
unknown		Antonio Codina, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
19 Jan	54.0	Antonio de Fonseca, O.S.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Pamplona, Spain
4 May	53.3	Jorge de Austria †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
31 May	71.4	Juan Martínez Silíceo †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
21 Jul		Heinrich Kurz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
10 Aug	71.6	Fabio Mignanelii †	Cardinal, Bishop of Lucera, Italy
Sep	61.7	Hieronymus Meitting †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
15 Sep	69.2	Juan Álvarez y Alva de Toledo, O.P. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain
27 Sep	52.7	Leopoldo de Austria †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
19 Oct		Martín Sarmiento de Hojacastro, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México