The Year of Our Lord 1563

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Antonio de Aguilar †		Bishop of Ceuta and Tanger, Spain
		Resigned	Pietro Giovanni Aliotti †	Bishop of Forli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	50.0	Resigned	Giovanni Campeggi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Bishop of Bologna, Italy
		Died	Tommaso Cervino, O.P. †	Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina
		Died	Marcantonio della Croce †	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	François de St-Marcel d’Avançon †	Bishop of Grenoble, France
		Died	Joannes Domaniewski †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
		Born	François de Donnadieu, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France
		Born	Claude d’Ormy †		Bishop of Boulogne (-Sur-Mer), France
	30.0	Appointed	Andrija Dudić (Dudith Sbardellati) †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus of Pécs, Hungary
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Nikolaus Elgard †	Priest of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
		Born	Jerónimo Fernando †		Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
	37.0	Resigned	Sebastiano Ferrero Fieschi †	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Jakob Feucht †	Priest of Bamberg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
		Born	Azarias Friton, O.P. †		Archbishop of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia
		Born	Claude de Gelas †		Bishop of Agen, France
		Born	Francesco Andrea Gelsomini, O.E.S.A. †		Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia), Italy
	52.0	Died	Giulio Giovio †	Bishop Emeritus of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Giustiniani, O.P. †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
		Born	Petar Katić (Catich) †		Bishop of Prizren, Serbia
		Born	Giovanni Giacomo Macedonio †		Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
		Born	Andrea Mastrillo †		Archbishop of Messina, Italy
		Died	Borso Merli †	Bishop Emeritus of Bobbio, Italy
		Born	Charles Miron †		Archbishop of Lyon, France
		Born	Demetrii Napragyi †		Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
		Born	Flaminio Parisio †		Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
		Born	Giacomo Passamar †		Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
		Born	Domenico Pichi †		Bishop of Amelia, Italy
		Born	Paolo Pico, O.P. †		Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
		Born	Gregorio Pomodoro †		Bishop of Larino, Italy
		Born	Maciej Pstrokoński †		Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
		Died	Sante Sacco †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
		Died	Pietro Sanna †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
		Born	Miguel Santos de Sampedro †		Archbishop of Granada, Spain
		Born	Innocenzo Stoilino, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
		Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste Tiercelin †	Bishop of Luçon, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Brandelisio Trotti †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
		Died	Juan del Valle †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
		Born	Diego Vela Becerril †		Bishop of Tuy, Spain
		Resigned	Nicolò Vernely (Verneey) †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Danijel Vocacio (Vocazio, Vocatius), O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
2 Jan	58.0	Died	Girolamo Foscari †	Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy
3 Jan	28.0	Appointed	Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. †	Administrator of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
3 Jan	33.5	Appointed	Giovanni Delfino †	Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
4 Jan		Died	Philippe Nigri †	Bishop-Elect of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
5 Jan		Died	Domingo Romeo, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gerona, Spain
6 Jan	13.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Ferdinando de’ Medici †
	22.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Federico Gonzaga †	Cardinal, Bishop of Mantova, Italy
		Born	Johann Christoph von Westerstetten †		Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
24 Jan	29.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Puteo (del Pozzo) †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
30 Jan		Appointed	Luigi Cavalcanti †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
		Appointed	Nicolo Cicala †	Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Egidio Falcetta de Cingulo †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
		Appointed	Alessandro Gadaletta †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
		Appointed	Antonio Giannotti da Montagnana †	Bishop of Forli, Italy	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
		Appointed	Donato Laurenti †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
		Appointed	Giulio (Egidio) Soperchio (Superchio), O. Carm. †	Bishop of Caorle, Italy
4 Feb		Died	Wilhelm von Brandeburg †	Archbishop of Riga, Latvia
15 Feb		Appointed	Alessandro Molo (Mollo) †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
20 Feb	79.1	Died	Pedro Alvarez de Acosta †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
3 Mar	57.2	Died	Ercole Gonzaga †	Cardinal, Bishop of Mantova, Italy
6 Mar	29.4	Ordained Priest	Adam Weisskopf †	Priest of Kraków, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
17 Mar	56.6	Appointed	Girolamo Garimberti (Galimbertu) †	Bishop of Gallese, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	44.2	Appointed	Girolamo Guglielmi (Vielmi), O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
	44.2	Appointed	Girolamo Guglielmi (Vielmi), O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Argos	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
		Appointed	Leonhard de Sittard (Zittardus), O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
		Appointed	Leonhard de Sittard (Zittardus), O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Missene (Mysia)	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
23 Mar		Died	Esteban Almeida †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
27 Mar	22.7	Installed	Federico Gonzaga †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova	Cardinal, Bishop of Mantova, Italy
27 Mar		Died	Agostinho Ribeiro †	Bishop Emeritus of Lamego, Portugal
31 Mar	48.2	Resigned	Antoine Caracciolo, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Bishop Emeritus
	45.7	Resigned	Odet de Coligny de Châtillon †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
	45.7	Resigned	Odet de Coligny de Châtillon †	Administrator of Beauvais, France
		Ordained Bishop	Jerónimo de Corella (Covella), O.S.H. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
	59.2	Appointed	Gerard d’Hamericourt, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France
4 Apr	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Guillaume Damasi Van der Linden (Lindanus) †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
9 Apr		Born	Pierre de Donnauld, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Mirepoix, France
16 Apr	65.2	Died	Francisco de Navarra y Hualde †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
17 Apr	69.9	Died	Girolamo Seripando, O.E.S.A. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
19 Apr	85.2	Died	Francisco Marroquín Hurtado †	Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
26 Apr	68.2	Died	Giacomo Puteo (del Pozzo) †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
May		Resigned	Berardo Bongiovanni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Bishop of Camerino, Italy
2 May		Died	Georg Schweicker †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
7 May		Died	Gilles Gaude (Gardz, Gundz), O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Nantes, France
9 May	34.3	Ordained Bishop	Claude-Charles-Roger de Bauffremont †	Bishop of Troyes, France
12 May		Died	Pedro López de Mendoza †	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
21 May	72.3	Died	Pietro Contarini †	Bishop Emeritus of Paphos, Cyprus
23 May		Ordained Bishop	Antoine de Saint Néctaire, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
Jun		Died	Hermann Weiland (Wessal) †	Bishop of Dorpat (Tartu), Estonia
4 Jun		Appointed	Daniele Barboli, O.P. †	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
	24.6	Appointed	St. Charles Borromeo †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	27.4	Appointed	Ferdinando Ferrero Fieschi †	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
	22.9	Appointed	Federico Gonzaga †	Apostolic Administrator of Mantova, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
		Appointed	Dionizy Secygniowski †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
8 Jun	63.4	Appointed	Ludovico Simonetta †	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy
29 Jun	28.4	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Contarini (Contareno) †	Bishop of Paphos, Cyprus
4 Jul	65.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro del Frago Garcés †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
7 Jul	55.5	Appointed	Felice Tiranni †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
16 Jul		Installed	Fernando de Villagómez †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
20 Jul	50.5	Appointed	Giacomo Luccari, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina
22 Jul	33.5	Resigned	Robert de Berghes †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jul	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Gaddi †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
30 Jul	28.5	Appointed	Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
30 Jul	29.9	Appointed	Mark Sittich von Hohenems (Altemps) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
14 Aug		Born	Jean Marie Malderus (van Malderen) †		Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium
16 Aug	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Luccari, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina
18 Aug		Died	Matija Bruman †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
Sep	40.4	Appointed	Gianfrancesco Commendone †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
3 Sep		Died	Pierre Bertrand †	Bishop of Cahors, France
4 Sep	24.9	Ordained Priest	St. Charles Borromeo †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
11 Sep		Died	Johann Pennarius, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
12 Sep	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Gerard d’Hamericourt, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Saint-Omer, France
17 Sep	50.7	Died	Giovanni Campeggi †	Bishop of Bologna, Italy
4 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Molo (Mollo) †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
8 Oct		Appointed	Jean de Balaguier †	Bishop of Bazas, France	Bishop of Cahors, France
	54.1	Appointed	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Administrator of Narbonne, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
	25.7	Appointed	Luigi d’Este †	Cardinal, Administrator of Auch, France
	69.7	Resigned	Francesco Pisani †	Administrator of Narbonne, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Appointed	Alfonso Rossetti †	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
		Succeeded	Ercole Sacrati †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
15 Oct		Appointed	Louis (Jacob) de Bourbon (de Helvis) †	Bishop of Langres, France
	50.7	Appointed	Alfonso Merchante de Valeria †	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
	50.7	Appointed	Alfonso Merchante de Valeria †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
		Appointed	Roland de Neuville †	Bishop of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France
	51.7	Appointed	Galeazzo Gegald (Regardus) †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
16 Oct		Died	Galeazzo Roscio †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
22 Oct	25.8	Appointed	Luigi d’Este †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia in Septisolio	Cardinal, Administrator of Auch, France
22 Oct	23.0	Appointed	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
28 Oct		Born	Berlinghiero Gessi †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
31 Oct	86.8	Died	Anthony Dunstan Kitchin †	Bishop of Llandaff, Wales, Great Britain
Nov	67.9	Died	John Balgus, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
11 Nov	48.7	Selected	György Drašković †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
25 Nov	31.5	Resigned	Roland de Chauvigné †	Bishop-Elect of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France	Former Bishop-Elect
Dec		Appointed	Francesco Maria Piccolomini †	Bishop of Pienza, Italy	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy
4 Dec	58.9	Died	Alessandro Piccolomini †	Bishop of Pienza, Italy
5 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Johan Knijf, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands
7 Dec	25.1	Ordained Bishop	St. Charles Borromeo †	Administrator of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop
10 Dec		Died	Georg Marschalk von Pappenheim †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
27 Dec	23.4	Ordained Bishop	Federico Gonzaga †	Apostolic Administrator of Mantova, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
28 Dec	17.9	Professed	Jerónimo Xavierre, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Priest
29 Dec		Selected	Veit von Fraunberg †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

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