The Year of Our Lord 1568

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Sebastiano Albani †		Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
	65.0	Died	Salvador Alepuz †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
	43.0	Died	Jean de Barbançon †	Former Bishop-Elect of Pamiers, France
	53.7	Resigned	François de Beaucaire de Péguillon †	Bishop of Metz, France	Bishop Emeritus
	68.0	Resigned	Marcantonio Bobba †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Nicolas Bourgoing †		Bishop of Coutances, France
		Born	Anne Carron de Murviel †		Bishop of Montauban, France
		Born	Francesco Cereo de Mayda, O.M. †		Bishop of Lavello, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Desideri (Conte) †		Bishop of Rieti, Italy
		Died	Jacopo Cortesi †	Bishop of Vaison, France
		Born	Gonçalo (Gonzalo) da Silva †		Bishop of Ceuta and Tanger, Spain
		Died	François du Bourg †	Bishop of Rieux, France
		Born	Cristovão da Sá e Lisboa, O.S.H. †		Archbishop of Goa, India
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Johann Ertlin †	Priest of Eichstätt, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
		Born	Manuel Esteban Muniera, O. de M. †		Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
		Born	Ennio Filonardi †		Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
		Resigned	Pierre Ghinucci †	Bishop of Cavaillon, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Gian Alberto Garzoni †		Bishop of Canea (Cydonia, Egée), Greece
		Born	Diego Guevara, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
		Resigned	Giacomo Guidi, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Francisco de la Serna y Rimaga Salazar, O.E.S.A. †		Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
		Appointed	János Liszthi †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
		Resigned	Girolamo Maccabei de Toscanella †	Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Johannes Mahusius, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Deventer, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Cornelius MacArdel †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
		Died	Antonio Numai †	Bishop Emeritus of Isernia, Italy
		Died	Eugene O’Doherty (O’Dochartaid), O.S.A. †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
		Died	Giovanni Angelo Peregrini †	Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
		Born	Isidoro Pentorio, B. †		Bishop of Asti, Italy
		Born	Pedro de Perea (Pérez Díaz), O.S.A. †		Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
	46.0	Resigned	Felice Peretti Montalto, O.F.M. Conv. †	Vicar Apostolic of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Born	Fabio Piccolomini †		Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
		Born	Andrea Pierbenedetti †		Bishop of Venosa, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Jerzy Pietkiewicz †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
		Appointed	István Radeczy de Zemche †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
		Born	Vittorio Ragazzoni †		Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
	56.0	Resigned	Galeazzo Gegald (Regardus) †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Alberto Rengjich di Ragusa, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Smederevo (Semendria), Serbia
	29.0	Ordained Bishop	Sarkis Rizzi el-Bkoufani †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon	Patriarch
		Born	Melchor Rodríguez de Torres, O. de M. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
		Died	Angelo Rossi †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
		Born	Felice Siliceo †		Bishop of Troia, Italy
		Died	Thomas Stanley †	Bishop of The Isles (Sodor), Scotland, Great Britain
		Born	Fernando de Vera y Zuñiga, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
		Born	Domingo (de Villaescusa) Ramírez de Arellano, O.S.H. †		Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
		Resigned	Alfonso de Villalobos Xeres †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Peter Wall, O.P. †	Bishop of Clonmacnoise, Ireland
Jan		Ordained Bishop	Juan del Castillo †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
1 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Paolo Mario della Rovere †	Bishop of Cagli, Italy
6 Jan	66.5	Died	Clemente d’Olera, O.F.M. Obs. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Foligno, Italy
6 Jan		Born	Henri de Sponde †		Bishop Emeritus of Pamiers, France
7 Jan		Died	András Köves †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
10 Jan		Died	Tommaso Milesio †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
14 Jan	47.2	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	46.1	Resigned	Marcantonio Maffei †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	75.0	Died	Miklós Oláh †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
		Appointed	Giovanni Oliva †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
23 Jan	54.0	Resigned	Alessandro Crivelli †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Pietro Giacomo Malumbra †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	57.0	Appointed	Tommaso Orsini †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
25 Jan	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Stanisław Karnkowski †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Antonio Locatelli †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Oliva †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
	71.0	Died	Guillaume de Pélissier (Pellicier) †	Bishop of Montpellier, France
1 Feb	56.0	Died	Bartolomé de Torres †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
6 Feb		Appointed	Philippe Rodolfi †	Bishop of Albi, France
6 Feb	44.1	Appointed	Lorenzo Strozzi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Aix, France
8 Feb	44.1	Resigned	Lorenzo Strozzi †	Administrator of Albi, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Aix, France
12 Feb	94.1	Died	Rembert von Kerssenbrock †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
15 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Andrea Minucci †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
18 Feb	47.9	Appointed	Vincenzo Portico †	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
20 Feb	38.1	Confirmed	Hildebrand Riedmatten †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
22 Feb	38.8	Selected	Johann von Hoya zu Stolzenau †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop of Münster, Germany
27 Feb		Appointed	Nicolas Landes (Lailes) †	Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland
		Appointed	Paolo Odescalchi †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	54.1	Appointed	Guglielmo Sirleto †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
29 Feb	71.1	Died	Fernando de Loaces (Loazes), O.P. †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
29 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Pietro Giacomo Malumbra †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
10 Mar	60.1	Resigned	Bernardo Salviati †	Administrator of Clermont, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Papoul, France
10 Mar		Appointed	Antoine Senneterre †	Bishop of Clermont, France
12 Mar	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Cipriano Pallavicino †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
12 Mar	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Biagio (Blaž) Sideneo (Sidineo) †	Bishop of Arbe (Rab), Croatia
15 Mar		Died	Jakub Dryaduschki, O.F.M. Obs. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
17 Mar	50.2	Appointed	Henri Le Meignen †	Bishop of Digne, France	Bishop Emeritus
24 Mar	30.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Carafa †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
	47.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Gianpaolo della Chiesa †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	65.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Diego Espinosa Arévalo †	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
	40.4	Appointed	Louis de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
	60.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Jérôme Souchier, O. Cist. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana
4 Apr	52.2	Died	Alessandro Strozzi †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
5 Apr		Born	Maffeo Barberini †		Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	30.2	Installed	Antonio Carafa †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eusebio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
	47.2	Appointed	Gianpaolo della Chiesa †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Callisto	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	66.2	Appointed	Timoteo Giustiniani, O.P. †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
	65.2	Appointed	Umberto Locati, O.P. †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Apr		Died	Bartolomé Sebastián de Aroitia †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
17 Apr	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Jakob von Eltz †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
25 Apr	65.3	Ordained Bishop	Umberto Locati, O.P. †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
27 Apr	69.4	Died	Giovanni Michele Saraceni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
30 Apr	57.8	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Cicala (Cicada) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	36.1	Appointed	St. Juan de Ribera †	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
		Appointed	Girolamo Ferragatta, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
	68.3	Died	Ludovico Simonetta †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy
May		Died	David Poole (Pole) †	Bishop
3 May	47.3	Appointed	Gianpaolo della Chiesa †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
4 May		Died	Guillaume Viole †	Bishop of Paris, France
5 May		Born	Alessandro d’Este †		Cardinal, Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
6 May	60.3	Died	Bernardo Salviati †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Papoul, France
8 May	36.3	Selected	Pierre de Gondi †	Bishop of Paris, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
9 May		Died	Egidio Valenti, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
14 May	55.3	Appointed	Philibert Babou de La Bourdaisière †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France
	63.3	Appointed	Camillo Campeggi, O.P. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
	57.3	Appointed	Girolamo di Corregio †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
	65.7	Installed	Diego Espinosa Arévalo †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
	40.6	Appointed	Tolomeo Gallio †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	50.7	Appointed	Antoine Perrenot de Granvella †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
31 May		Died	Wolfgang Westermeyer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
2 Jun		Appointed	Francisco Andrés de Carvajal, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	51.3	Appointed	Luigi Cornaro †	Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
		Appointed	Pedro Gómez (Fernández) de Córdoba, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Nicaragua	Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
	46.4	Appointed	Luigi (Alvise) Pisani †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
4 Jun		Appointed	Antonio Lorenzini †	Auxiliary Bishop of Pisa, Italy	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
4 Jun		Appointed	Antonio Lorenzini †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Palaestina	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
6 Jun	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Piotr Myszkowski †	Bishop of Płock, Poland	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
13 Jun	63.4	Ordained Bishop	Camillo Campeggi, O.P. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
17 Jun	27.4	Ordained Priest	Silvio Antoniano †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro

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