The Year of Our Lord 1572

Bishop Events

July to December

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Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jul Appointed Nicolò Ormanetto † Apostolic Nuncio to Spain Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy

2 Jul Appointed Alfonso Alvarez Guerrero † Bishop of Monopoli, Italy

3 Jul 50.9 Resigned Giovanni Battista Castagna † Apostolic Nuncio to Spain Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

4 Jul Appointed Giacomo Benuzzi † Auxiliary Bishop of Trento, Italy

Appointed Giacomo Benuzzi † Titular Bishop of Belline Auxiliary Bishop of Trento, Italy

Ordained Bishop Giovanni Battista Bracelli † Bishop of Luni e Sarzana, Italy

Appointed Carlo Carafa † Bishop of Boiano, Italy

Appointed Jean Baptiste Le Gras † Bishop of Tréguier, France

Appointed Ottavio Moriconi † Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy

49.7 Appointed Gabriele Paleotti † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy

53.7 Installed Nicolas de Pellevé † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France

Appointed Guillaume Ruzé † Bishop of Angers, France

7 Jul 48.5 Died Walenty Herburt † Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland

14 Jul Ordained Bishop Antonio Vialardi, O.S.B. † Archbishop of Bourges, France

18 Jul 62.5 Appointed Alfonso María Binarini † Bishop of Rieti, Italy Bishop of Camerino, Italy

24 Jul Died Girolamo Ferragatta, O.S.A. † Bishop of Aosta, Italy

25 Jul 62.5 Ordained Bishop Alfonso María Binarini † Bishop of Rieti, Italy Bishop of Camerino, Italy

26 Jul 74.5 Died Martín Cuyper, O. Carm. † Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France

29 Jul Died Antonino Faraone † Bishop of Catania, Italy

30 Jul 66.5 Appointed Antonio Elio † Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

Appointed Pedro Narro, O.S.B. † Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy Archbishop of Oristano, Italy

32.5 Appointed Frédéric Ragueneau † Bishop of Marseille, France

Aug 60.5 Died Giovanni Francesco Lottini † Former Bishop-Elect of Conversano, Italy

Died Rodrigo Pinheiro † Bishop of Porto, Portugal

13 Aug Appointed Alticozzo de Alticozzi (Alticotiis) † Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy

Appointed Giovanni Canavera, O.F.M. † Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy

Appointed Antonio La Cruz † Titular Bishop of Targa

16 Aug Died Pierre de Marcilly † Bishop of Autun, France

24 Aug 28.7 Ordained Bishop Alessandro Riario † Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}

Ordained Bishop Guillaume Ruzé † Bishop of Angers, France

Ordained Bishop Leonardo Truchi (Trucco) † Bishop of Noli, Italy

27 Aug Appointed Lorenzo Bernardini, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Coronea

29.7 Appointed Ferdinando Farnese † Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Parma, Italy

Appointed Pierre Paparin † Bishop of Gap, France

5 Sep Appointed Giambattista de Benedictis † Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy

70.0 Died Diego Espinosa Arévalo † Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain

Appointed Giulio Fioretti, O.F.M. † Bishop of Chiron, Greece

58.6 Appointed Benito Tocco, O.S.B. † Bishop of Gerona, Spain Bishop of Lérida, Spain

7 Sep Ordained Bishop Sisto Diuzioli, C.R.L. † Bishop of Carinola (Calina), Italy

13 Sep 55.9 Appointed Archangelo de’ Bianchi (Blanca), O.P. † Prefect of the Congregation of the Index Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Teano, Italy

14 Sep Ordained Bishop Ippolito Boschi † Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy Bishop of Foligno, Italy

Ordained Bishop Giulio Fioretti, O.F.M. † Bishop of Chiron, Greece

19 Sep Appointed André d’Auraison † Bishop of Riez, France Former Bishop-Elect

21 Sep Ordained Bishop Giambattista de Benedictis † Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy

28 Sep Ordained Bishop Lorenzo Bernardini, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Coronea

30 Sep Born Denis-Simon de Marquemont † Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France

4 Oct 29.8 Ordained Bishop Ferdinando Farnese † Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Parma, Italy

5 Oct Ordained Bishop Jean de Tulles † Bishop of Orange, France

9 Oct 61.7 Died Girolamo di Corregio † Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy

10 Oct Appointed Miguel Ibáñez † Archbishop of Sassari, Italy

Appointed Girolamo Negri (Nigris) † Bishop of Chioggia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

17 Oct Appointed Diego Arnedo † Bishop of Huesca, Spain

71.7 Died Lodovico Beccadelli (Beccatelli) † Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia

35.8 Appointed Giovanni Francesco Bonomigni (Bonomi, Bonhomini) † Bishop of Vercelli, Italy

47.9 Appointed Diego de Landa, O.F.M. † Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México

35.4 Resigned Guido Luca Ferrero † Bishop of Vercelli, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

31.9 Appointed Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

39.6 Appointed Giovanni Francesco Gàmbara † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

Appointed Fernando Santillana Figueroa † Bishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia Bishop-Elect

19 Oct Ordained Bishop César Alamagna Cardona † Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy

Ordained Bishop Girolamo Negri (Nigris) † Bishop of Chioggia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

24 Oct Appointed Pedro Martínez de Luna † Bishop of Tarazona, Spain

58.0 Appointed Antonio de Subiet-Cardot † Bishop of Montpellier, France Bishop Emeritus

5 Nov 58.8 Appointed Fabio Mirto Frangipani † Titular Archbishop of Nazareth Bishop Emeritus of Caiazzo, Italy

58.8 Resigned Fabio Mirto Frangipani † Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Appointed Angelo Peruzzi † Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy Bishop of Sarsina, Italy

Appointed Angelo Peruzzi † Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Bithynia Bishop of Sarsina, Italy

60.8 Appointed Martín Rojas de Portalrubio, O.S.Io.Hieros. † Bishop of Malta

9 Nov 60.8 Ordained Bishop Martín Rojas de Portalrubio, O.S.Io.Hieros. † Bishop of Malta

29.8 Appointed Antonmaria Sauli † Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

14 Nov Died Cristóbal Fernández Valtodano † Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

19 Nov Appointed Salvatore Caracciolo, C.R. † Archbishop of Conza, Italy

Appointed Vincenzo Castaneola Marino † Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy

42.8 Appointed Cesare Costa, C.O. † Archbishop of Capua, Italy

28.5 Appointed Ottavio Mirto Frangipani † Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy Archbishop of Taranto, Italy

32.0 Resigned Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † Archbishop of Conza, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

47.8 Appointed Johann Grodecký † Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia

Appointed Cesare Gromis † Bishop of Aosta, Italy

Appointed Gaspar de Leão Pereira † Archbishop of Goa, India

Appointed Giovanni Melis, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Bosa, Italy

42.8 Appointed Arnauld de Pontac † Bishop of Bazas, France

23 Nov 42.8 Ordained Bishop Arnauld de Pontac † Bishop of Bazas, France

25 Nov Ordained Bishop Salvatore Caracciolo, C.R. † Archbishop of Conza, Italy

26 Nov Appointed Antonio de Ascafeis † Bishop of Arkadi, Greece

74.9 Appointed Pedro del Frago Garcés † Bishop of Jaca, Spain Bishop of Huesca, Spain

Appointed Carlo Grimaldi † Bishop of Albenga, Italy

Appointed Antioco Nin † Bishop of Alghero, Italy

65.9 Died João Soares, O.S.A. † Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

29 Nov Born Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

Dec 42.9 Ordained Bishop Cesare Costa, C.O. † Archbishop of Capua, Italy

2 Dec 63.2 Died Ippolito d’Este (II) † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy

8 Dec 28.6 Ordained Bishop Ottavio Mirto Frangipani † Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy Archbishop of Taranto, Italy

10 Dec 58.2 Resigned Prospero Publicola Santacroce † Bishop of Kisamos (Cisamo), Greece Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

36.9 Appointed Girolamo Ragazzoni † Apostolic Administrator of Kisamos (Cisamo), Greece Bishop of Bergamo, Italy

Appointed Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina, O.S. † Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México

57.9 Appointed Simon Vigor † Archbishop of Narbonne, France

12 Dec 34.1 Resigned St. Charles Borromeo † Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

14 Dec 47.9 Appointed Giovanni Aldobrandini † Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy

21 Dec Ordained Bishop Pedro Martínez de Luna † Bishop of Tarazona, Spain

32.9 Ordained Bishop Frédéric Ragueneau † Bishop of Marseille, France

22 Dec Born Andrea Giustiniani, O.P. † Bishop of Isola, Italy

Born Juan López de Agurto de la Mata † Bishop of Coro, Venezuela

28 Dec Ordained Bishop Angelo Peruzzi † Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Bithynia Bishop of Sarsina, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul		Appointed	Nicolò Ormanetto †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
2 Jul		Appointed	Alfonso Alvarez Guerrero †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
3 Jul	50.9	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Castagna †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
4 Jul		Appointed	Giacomo Benuzzi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trento, Italy
	Appointed	Giacomo Benuzzi †	Titular Bishop of Belline	Auxiliary Bishop of Trento, Italy
	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Bracelli †	Bishop of Luni e Sarzana, Italy
	Appointed	Carlo Carafa †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy
	Appointed	Jean Baptiste Le Gras †	Bishop of Tréguier, France
	Appointed	Ottavio Moriconi †	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
49.7	Appointed	Gabriele Paleotti †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
53.7	Installed	Nicolas de Pellevé †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
	Appointed	Guillaume Ruzé †	Bishop of Angers, France
7 Jul	48.5	Died	Walenty Herburt †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
14 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Antonio Vialardi, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Bourges, France
18 Jul	62.5	Appointed	Alfonso María Binarini †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy	Bishop of Camerino, Italy
24 Jul		Died	Girolamo Ferragatta, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
25 Jul	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso María Binarini †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy	Bishop of Camerino, Italy
26 Jul	74.5	Died	Martín Cuyper, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France
29 Jul		Died	Antonino Faraone †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
30 Jul	66.5	Appointed	Antonio Elio †	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	Appointed	Pedro Narro, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
32.5	Appointed	Frédéric Ragueneau †	Bishop of Marseille, France
Aug	60.5	Died	Giovanni Francesco Lottini †	Former Bishop-Elect of Conversano, Italy
	Died	Rodrigo Pinheiro †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
13 Aug		Appointed	Alticozzo de Alticozzi (Alticotiis) †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
	Appointed	Giovanni Canavera, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
	Appointed	Antonio La Cruz †	Titular Bishop of Targa
16 Aug		Died	Pierre de Marcilly †	Bishop of Autun, France
24 Aug	28.7	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Riario †	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
	Ordained Bishop	Guillaume Ruzé †	Bishop of Angers, France
	Ordained Bishop	Leonardo Truchi (Trucco) †	Bishop of Noli, Italy
27 Aug		Appointed	Lorenzo Bernardini, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Coronea
29.7	Appointed	Ferdinando Farnese †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Parma, Italy
	Appointed	Pierre Paparin †	Bishop of Gap, France
5 Sep		Appointed	Giambattista de Benedictis †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
70.0	Died	Diego Espinosa Arévalo †	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
	Appointed	Giulio Fioretti, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Chiron, Greece
58.6	Appointed	Benito Tocco, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
7 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Sisto Diuzioli, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Carinola (Calina), Italy
13 Sep	55.9	Appointed	Archangelo de’ Bianchi (Blanca), O.P. †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Index	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Teano, Italy
14 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Ippolito Boschi †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Fioretti, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Chiron, Greece
19 Sep		Appointed	André d’Auraison †	Bishop of Riez, France	Former Bishop-Elect
21 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Giambattista de Benedictis †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
28 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Bernardini, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Coronea
30 Sep		Born	Denis-Simon de Marquemont †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
4 Oct	29.8	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinando Farnese †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Parma, Italy
5 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Jean de Tulles †	Bishop of Orange, France
9 Oct	61.7	Died	Girolamo di Corregio †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
10 Oct		Appointed	Miguel Ibáñez †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
	Appointed	Girolamo Negri (Nigris) †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 Oct		Appointed	Diego Arnedo †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
71.7	Died	Lodovico Beccadelli (Beccatelli) †	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
35.8	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Bonomigni (Bonomi, Bonhomini) †	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
47.9	Appointed	Diego de Landa, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
35.4	Resigned	Guido Luca Ferrero †	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
31.9	Appointed	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
39.6	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Gàmbara †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	Appointed	Fernando Santillana Figueroa †	Bishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia	Bishop-Elect
19 Oct		Ordained Bishop	César Alamagna Cardona †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy
	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Negri (Nigris) †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24 Oct		Appointed	Pedro Martínez de Luna †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
58.0	Appointed	Antonio de Subiet-Cardot †	Bishop of Montpellier, France	Bishop Emeritus
5 Nov	58.8	Appointed	Fabio Mirto Frangipani †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth	Bishop Emeritus of Caiazzo, Italy
58.8	Resigned	Fabio Mirto Frangipani †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Angelo Peruzzi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
	Appointed	Angelo Peruzzi †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Bithynia	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
60.8	Appointed	Martín Rojas de Portalrubio, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta
9 Nov	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Martín Rojas de Portalrubio, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta
29.8	Appointed	Antonmaria Sauli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
14 Nov		Died	Cristóbal Fernández Valtodano †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
19 Nov		Appointed	Salvatore Caracciolo, C.R. †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
	Appointed	Vincenzo Castaneola Marino †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
42.8	Appointed	Cesare Costa, C.O. †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
28.5	Appointed	Ottavio Mirto Frangipani †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
32.0	Resigned	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
47.8	Appointed	Johann Grodecký †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
	Appointed	Cesare Gromis †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
	Appointed	Gaspar de Leão Pereira †	Archbishop of Goa, India
	Appointed	Giovanni Melis, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
42.8	Appointed	Arnauld de Pontac †	Bishop of Bazas, France
23 Nov	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Arnauld de Pontac †	Bishop of Bazas, France
25 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Caracciolo, C.R. †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
26 Nov		Appointed	Antonio de Ascafeis †	Bishop of Arkadi, Greece
74.9	Appointed	Pedro del Frago Garcés †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
	Appointed	Carlo Grimaldi †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
	Appointed	Antioco Nin †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
65.9	Died	João Soares, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
29 Nov		Born	Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Dec	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Cesare Costa, C.O. †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
2 Dec	63.2	Died	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
8 Dec	28.6	Ordained Bishop	Ottavio Mirto Frangipani †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
10 Dec	58.2	Resigned	Prospero Publicola Santacroce †	Bishop of Kisamos (Cisamo), Greece	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
36.9	Appointed	Girolamo Ragazzoni †	Apostolic Administrator of Kisamos (Cisamo), Greece	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
	Appointed	Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina, O.S. †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
57.9	Appointed	Simon Vigor †	Archbishop of Narbonne, France
12 Dec	34.1	Resigned	St. Charles Borromeo †	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
14 Dec	47.9	Appointed	Giovanni Aldobrandini †	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy
21 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Pedro Martínez de Luna †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
32.9	Ordained Bishop	Frédéric Ragueneau †	Bishop of Marseille, France
22 Dec		Born	Andrea Giustiniani, O.P. †		Bishop of Isola, Italy
	Born	Juan López de Agurto de la Mata †		Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
28 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Angelo Peruzzi †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Bithynia	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy

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