The Year of Our Lord 1569

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	57.0	Died	Giovanni Battista Acquaviva †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
		Died	Oswald Fischer (Arnsperger) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
	47.0	Died	Germanico Bandini †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena, Italy
	56.0	Resigned	Guillaume de Barton †	Bishop of Lectoure, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Mendo de Benavides †		Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
		Born	Carlo Bornio †		Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy
		Born	Alessandro Bosco †		Bishop Emeritus of Gerace, Italy
	11.0	Appointed	Charles Bourbon de Vendôme †	Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
	11.0	Appointed	Charles Bourbon de Vendôme †	Bishop of Lectoure, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
		Born	Michael de Bernardis, O.F.M. Ref. †		Bishop Emeritus of Milos (Melos), Greece
		Born	Alberto Caccano, O.P. †		Bishop of Lipari, Italy
		Born	Eusebius Caimus †		Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
	64.0	Died	Camillo Campeggi, O.P. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
		Died	Gaspare Capris †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
		Resigned	William Chisholm †	Bishop of Dunblane, Scotland, Great Britain	Former Administrator of Vaison, France
		Born	Florence Conry, O.F.M. †		Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
		Died	Marcello Dentice †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
		Born	Giacomo Della Rocca †		Bishop of Termia (Thermae), Greece
		Born	Charles de Rousseau †		Bishop of Mende, France
		Born	Noël des Landes, O.P. †		Bishop of Tréguier, France
		Born	Paolo Faraone †		Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
	53.0	Resigned	Girolamo Federici †	Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
		Died	Giacomo Framarini †	Bishop Emeritus of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
		Born	Miguel García Serrano, O.E.S.A. †		Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
		Born	Giovanni Girardi, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece
		Born	Ambrogio Gozzeo, O.P. †		Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
		Born	Agostino Gradenigo †		Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
		Died	Francesco Guerini †	Bishop of Imola, Italy
		Resigned	Jean de La Brosse †	Archbishop of Vienne, France	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Giovanni (Diego) Lopez de Andrade, O.S.A. †		Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
		Born	Ottavio Mancini †		Bishop Emeritus of Cavaillon, France
		Born	Alsono Martín de Zuñiga (Manso) †		Bishop of Osma, Spain
	55.0	Died	Jean des Monstiers de Froissac (Dufresne de Moustiers) †	Bishop Emeritus of Bayonne, France
	33.0	Professed	Sebastião de Morais, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
		Born	Lucio de Morra †		Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
		Died	Hugh O’Cervallen †	Bishop Emeritus of Clogher, Ireland
		Selected	[James O’Fallon] †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
		Born	Michael Ophovius, O.P. †		Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
		Born	Nicolas Pac †		Bishop Emeritus of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
		Ordained Bishop	Andrés Pérez †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
		Died	Mateo Pinello †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
		Born	Sebastiano Ricci †		Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
		Born	Girolamo Rusca, O.P. †		Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
	40.0	Ordained Bishop	François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon †	Bishop of Sarlat, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Johann Schöner †		Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
		Died	Dionizy Secygniowski †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
		Died	Jean Paul de Selve †	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
	63.0	Ordained Priest	Jan Sienieński †	Priest	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
		Born	Uberto Testa †		Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia
	48.0	Died	Guglielmo Tuttavilla †	Bishop of Sarno, Italy
		Born	Jacob Maximilien Villain †		Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
		Born	Luca Antonio Virili †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro
	58.5	Resigned	Nicolaas Van Nieuwland †	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
		Born	Abraham Wojna †		Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
6 Jan		Born	Gaspard Dinet †		Bishop of Mâcon, France
9 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Eugenio Camuzzi †	Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
9 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Francesco Cittadini †	Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jan	59.0	Appointed	Pedro Mártir Coma, O.P. †	Bishop of Elne, France
17 Jan		Died	Pierre de Barrault †	Bishop of Lodève, France
24 Jan		Appointed	Serafino Fortibraccia, O.P. †	Bishop of Nemosia (Limasol), Cyprus
	38.0	Appointed	Vespasien Gribaldi †	Archbishop of Vienne, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	33.0	Confirmed	David Kölderer von Burgstall †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
	37.0	Appointed	Flavio Orsini †	Administrator of Cosenza, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
	61.0	Installed	Jérôme Souchier, O. Cist. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana
26 Jan	30.9	Selected	Jean de Manderscheid-Blankenheim †	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
28 Jan	53.2	Died	Gianantonio Capizucchi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Lodi, Italy
Feb		Resigned	Paolo Odescalchi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Atri, Italy
2 Feb		Died	Lodovico (Luigi) Ardinghelli †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
9 Feb	51.9	Appointed	Luigi Cornaro †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
		Appointed	Antonino Faraone †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
	37.1	Appointed	Ludovico Madruzzo †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio	Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
	63.1	Appointed	Rodrigo de Vadillo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
12 Feb	73.1	Died	Juan de los Barrios, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
13 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Serafino Fortibraccia, O.P. †	Bishop of Nemosia (Limasol), Cyprus
9 Mar		Appointed	Agostino Baglione †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
	53.1	Appointed	Antonio Scarampi †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	33.2	Appointed	Filippo Spinola †	Bishop of Nola, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar		Died	Jorge de Coimbra †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
21 Mar	37.0	Installed	St. Juan de Ribera †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
21 Mar	63.2	Ordained Bishop	Rodrigo de Vadillo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
23 Mar	51.2	Appointed	Domenico della Rovere, O.P. †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
27 Mar	25.2	Ordained Priest	Janez Tavčar (Tautscher) †	Priest	Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
28 Mar		Died	Bernard d’Elbène †	Bishop of Nîmes, France
28 Mar		Died	Giambattista Grossi †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
1 Apr		Appointed	Gregorio Cruz, O.P. †	Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy
		Appointed	Cesare Ferranti †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
		Appointed	Alessandro Mazza (Mazzio) †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Annibal de Ruccellai (Oricellari) †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
		Appointed	Organtino Scarola (Scazola) †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
7 Apr		Born	Servaas de Quinckere †		Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
15 Apr		Appointed	Eustachio Locatelli, O.P. †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
16 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Cruz, O.P. †	Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Cesare Ferranti †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Organtino Scarola (Scazola) †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
17 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Mazza (Mazzio) †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
22 Apr		Appointed	Prospero Vitaliani †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24 Apr	66.5	Died	Giacomo Nacchianti, O.P. †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
24 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Annibal de Ruccellai (Oricellari) †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
25 Apr	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Vespasien Gribaldi †	Archbishop of Vienne, France	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Eustachio Locatelli, O.P. †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
3 May		Ordained Bishop	Prospero Vitaliani †	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
13 May	47.2	Appointed	Francesco Alciati †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Portico (Octaviae)	Cardinal, Bishop of Civitate (Città or Civita), Italy
13 May	58.3	Appointed	Girolamo di Corregio †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
22 May	59.3	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Mártir Coma, O.P. †	Bishop of Elne, France
24 May		Died	Juan Ayora †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
6 Jun	30.1	Appointed	Sebastian Haidlauf †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
6 Jun	30.1	Appointed	Sebastian Haidlauf †	Titular Bishop of Dariensis	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
18 Jun		Died	Leonhard de Sittard (Zittardus), O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
22 Jun		Appointed	Raymond O’Gallagher †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
		Appointed	Giovanni Retana †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
	62.4	Appointed	Gaspar Zúñiga y Avellaneda †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
26 Jun		Born	Giovanni Benini †		Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto
29 Jun	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Domenico della Rovere, O.P. †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
10 Jul	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Hildebrand Riedmatten †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
19 Jul		Appointed	Francesco Pisani †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop
24 Jul		Born	Franz Bosbach Ursinus †		Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
Aug		Died	Bernardino de Villalpando, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
1 Aug		Ordained Bishop	[James O’Fallon] †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
7 Aug	69.5	Died	Pepin de Rosa, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
25 Aug		Died	Robert de Gontaut-Biron †	Bishop of Condom, France
26 Aug	44.6	Appointed	Giovanni Aldobrandini †	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	45.9	Appointed	Charles Bourbon de Vendôme †	Administrator of Beauvais, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	78.6	Appointed	Ambrogio Salvio, O.P. †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
		Appointed	Cristoforo Scotti †	Bishop of Cavaillon, France
29 Aug	64.6	Died	François Bohier †	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France
4 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Cristoforo Scotti †	Bishop of Cavaillon, France
5 Sep	69.6	Died	Edmund Bonner †	Bishop Emeritus of London, England, Great Britain
10 Sep		Died	Gilbert Bourne †	Bishop of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain
16 Sep	40.7	Resigned	Gabriele de Alexandris, O.P. †	Bishop of Gallese, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	50.7	Appointed	Remigius (Remi) Driutius (Drieux) †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
	38.7	Appointed	Cunerus Petri †	Bishop of Leeuwarden, Netherlands
		Appointed	Juan Segría (Cengria) †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
19 Sep	66.7	Died	Pedro de Ayala, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
21 Sep	23.7	Ordained Priest	Christoph Blöbel †	Priest	Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany
23 Sep		Died	Ettore Piscicelli †	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy
29 Sep		Died	Luigi Suppa, O.P. †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
2 Oct	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Melchior Lichtenfeld (Lichtenfels) †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
4 Oct	78.7	Ordained Bishop	Ambrogio Salvio, O.P. †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
7 Oct		Appointed	Martín Martínez de Villar †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
11 Oct		Died	Ambrogio Monticoli †	Bishop of Segni, Italy
2 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Philippe Rodolfi †	Bishop of Albi, France
13 Nov	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Remigius (Remi) Driutius (Drieux) †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
13 Nov	38.8	Ordained Bishop	Cunerus Petri †	Bishop of Leeuwarden, Netherlands
14 Nov	38.8	Appointed	Jorge de Almeida †	Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal
	57.7	Resigned	Henrique de Portugal †	Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal
		Appointed	Fernando de Tavora, O.P. †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
15 Nov		Resigned	Jorge de Lemos, O.P. †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
18 Nov		Born	Antonio (Marcello) Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. †		Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
8 Dec	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Aldobrandini †	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
14 Dec	52.9	Appointed	Vincenzo Ercolani (Herculani), O.P. †	Bishop of Sarno, Italy	Bishop of Perugia, Italy
	37.9	Confirmed	Pierre de Gondi †	Bishop of Paris, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Donato Stampa †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
17 Dec		Ordained Priest	Pedro Jaime †	Priest	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
19 Dec	47.9	Appointed	Charles d’Escars de Pérusse †	Bishop of Langres, France

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