The Year of Our Lord 1579

Bishop Events

July to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Jul 59.3 Resigned Vincenzo Portico † Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia Archbishop Emeritus

65.5 Resigned Giovanni Antonio Volpi † Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland Bishop of Como, Italy

3 Jul 38.5 Appointed Mario Bolognini † Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy Archbishop of Salerno, Italy

Appointed Ascanio Piccolomini † Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena, Italy Archbishop

Appointed Ascanio Piccolomini † Titular Archbishop of Colossae Archbishop of Siena, Italy

Appointed Mariano de Racciacari, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy

5 Jul 38.5 Ordained Bishop Mario Bolognini † Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy Archbishop of Salerno, Italy

6 Jul Born Bernardino de Almansa Carrión † Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia

14 Jul 2.8 Selected Philipp Wilhelm von Bayern † Bishop of Regensburg, Germany Cardinal, Bishop-Elect

19 Jul Died Baltazar Radlič † Bishop-Elect of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia

23 Jul Died Bernardo de Albuquerque, O.P. † Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

24 Jul 62.5 Died Benedetto Lomellini † Cardinal, Bishop of Anagni, Italy

26 Jul Died Alessandro Ruffino † Bishop Emeritus of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy Bishop

27 Jul Died Pietro Camaiani † Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy

3 Aug Appointed Niccolò Aragonio (Aragona) † Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy

Appointed Troilo Boncompagni † Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy Bishop of Foligno, Italy

54.5 Appointed Rinaldo Corso † Bishop of Strongoli, Italy

Appointed Sofiano Eudaemonianus † Bishop of Hierapetra et Sitia, Greece

60.0 Appointed Vincenzo Giustiniani, O.P. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina

Appointed Jacopo (Giacomo) Micheli (Miguélez) † Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy

Appointed Michele Priuli † Bishop of Vicenza, Italy

Appointed Gaspare Viviani † Bishop of Anagni, Italy

5 Aug 75.2 Died Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) † Cardinal, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland

66.7 Succeeded Marcin Kromer † Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland

12 Aug 65.5 Died Domenico Bollani † Bishop of Brescia, Italy

13 Aug Died Bl. Patrick O’Healy, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Mayo, Ireland

14 Aug 58.6 Died Ghislain de Vroede † Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium

17 Aug Appointed Sebastiano Barnaba † Bishop of Potenza, Italy

52.3 Appointed Zaccaria Delfino † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia

38.8 Appointed Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

46.5 Appointed Giovanni Francesco Gàmbara † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

46.0 Appointed Mark Sittich von Hohenems (Altemps) † Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany

23 Aug Died Miguel Jerónimo Morell † Bishop of Urgell, Spain

71.6 Died Francisco Pacheco de Toledo (Villena) † Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain

26 Aug 50.2 Appointed Giovanni Delfino † Bishop of Brescia, Italy

Appointed Stanisław Pawłowski † Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia

Appointed Carlo Pisani † Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy

Appointed Francesco Maria Sforza † Bishop of Conversano, Italy

30 Aug 27.5 Ordained Priest Melchior Klesl † Priest of Wien, Austria Cardinal, Bishop

Ordained Bishop Johann Baptist Pichlmair † Titular Bishop of Halmiros Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

6 Sep Ordained Bishop Miguel Rubio, O. Cist. † Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy

7 Sep 32.6 Appointed Thomas Pobel † Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France Bishop Emeritus

11 Sep Died Pomponio Cotta † Bishop of Novara, Italy

Ordained Bishop Ascanio Piccolomini † Titular Archbishop of Colossae Archbishop of Siena, Italy

13 Sep Died Diego Deza Tello † Bishop of Jaén, Spain

19 Sep Born Philippe Hurault de Cheverny † Bishop of Chartres, France

20 Sep Died Gonzalo Herrera Olivares † Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain

17.3 Confirmed Johann Wilhelm von Jülich-Kleve-Berg † Bishop of Münster, Germany Former Bishop-Elect

25 Sep 70.5 Died Gregorio Antonio Gallo de Andrade † Bishop of Segovia, Spain

29 Sep Born George Anton von Rodenstein † Bishop of Worms, Germany

4 Oct Born Guido Bentivoglio d’Aragona † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

14 Oct 52.7 Appointed Giovanni Andrea Caligari † Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy

17 Oct Born Paweł Piasecki † Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland

21 Oct 54.8 Appointed Francesco Bossi † Bishop of Novara, Italy

Appointed Pedro Coderos † Archbishop of Otranto, Italy

26 Oct Appointed Miguel Espinosa † Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain

Appointed Miguel Espinosa † Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos, Titular Sees Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain

Nov Died Giovanni Luigi Guarini † Bishop of Aquino, Italy

1 Nov 36.9 Ordained Priest Scipione Gonzaga † Priest Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo

4 Nov 48.8 Appointed Jacques Maury † Bishop of Bayonne, France

45.8 Appointed Jean de Vassé † Bishop of Lisieux, France

8 Nov 80.8 Died Tristan de Bizet, O.S.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Saintes, France

13 Nov Appointed Simão de Sá Pereira † Bishop of Porto, Portugal

Appointed Flaminio Filonardi † Bishop of Aquino, Italy

Appointed António Teles de Menezes † Bishop of Lamego, Portugal

16 Nov Born Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

22 Nov Born Pierre Camelin † Bishop of Fréjus, France

27 Nov 69.9 Appointed Gaspar do Casal, O.S.A. † Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

62.9 Appointed Vincenzo Ercolani (Herculani), O.P. † Bishop of Perugia, Italy

Appointed António Pinheiro † Bishop of Leiria, Portugal

2 Dec Appointed Jerónimo de Menezes † Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal Bishop of Porto, Portugal

6 Dec 67.0 Ordained Bishop Marcin Kromer † Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland

8 Dec 63.9 Died Girolamo Federici † Bishop of Lodi, Italy

Ordained Bishop Flaminio Filonardi † Bishop of Aquino, Italy

9 Dec 44.9 Appointed Alessandro Musotti † Bishop of Imola, Italy

44.9 Appointed Ludovico Taverna † Bishop of Lodi, Italy Bishop Emeritus

31 Dec 23.5 Succeeded Jerzy Radziwiłł † Cardinal, Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Jul	59.3	Resigned	Vincenzo Portico †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
65.5	Resigned	Giovanni Antonio Volpi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Bishop of Como, Italy
3 Jul	38.5	Appointed	Mario Bolognini †	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
	Appointed	Ascanio Piccolomini †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena, Italy	Archbishop
	Appointed	Ascanio Piccolomini †	Titular Archbishop of Colossae	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
	Appointed	Mariano de Racciacari, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
5 Jul	38.5	Ordained Bishop	Mario Bolognini †	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
6 Jul		Born	Bernardino de Almansa Carrión †		Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
14 Jul	2.8	Selected	Philipp Wilhelm von Bayern †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect
19 Jul		Died	Baltazar Radlič †	Bishop-Elect of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
23 Jul		Died	Bernardo de Albuquerque, O.P. †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
24 Jul	62.5	Died	Benedetto Lomellini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Anagni, Italy
26 Jul		Died	Alessandro Ruffino †	Bishop Emeritus of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy	Bishop
27 Jul		Died	Pietro Camaiani †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
3 Aug		Appointed	Niccolò Aragonio (Aragona) †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	Appointed	Troilo Boncompagni †	Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
54.5	Appointed	Rinaldo Corso †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
	Appointed	Sofiano Eudaemonianus †	Bishop of Hierapetra et Sitia, Greece
60.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Giustiniani, O.P. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina
	Appointed	Jacopo (Giacomo) Micheli (Miguélez) †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
	Appointed	Michele Priuli †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
	Appointed	Gaspare Viviani †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy
5 Aug	75.2	Died	Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
66.7	Succeeded	Marcin Kromer †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
12 Aug	65.5	Died	Domenico Bollani †	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
13 Aug		Died	Bl. Patrick O’Healy, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Mayo, Ireland
14 Aug	58.6	Died	Ghislain de Vroede †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
17 Aug		Appointed	Sebastiano Barnaba †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
52.3	Appointed	Zaccaria Delfino †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
38.8	Appointed	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
46.5	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Gàmbara †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
46.0	Appointed	Mark Sittich von Hohenems (Altemps) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
23 Aug		Died	Miguel Jerónimo Morell †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
71.6	Died	Francisco Pacheco de Toledo (Villena) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
26 Aug	50.2	Appointed	Giovanni Delfino †	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	Appointed	Stanisław Pawłowski †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
	Appointed	Carlo Pisani †	Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy
	Appointed	Francesco Maria Sforza †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
30 Aug	27.5	Ordained Priest	Melchior Klesl †	Priest of Wien, Austria	Cardinal, Bishop
	Ordained Bishop	Johann Baptist Pichlmair †	Titular Bishop of Halmiros	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
6 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Miguel Rubio, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
7 Sep	32.6	Appointed	Thomas Pobel †	Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France	Bishop Emeritus
11 Sep		Died	Pomponio Cotta †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
	Ordained Bishop	Ascanio Piccolomini †	Titular Archbishop of Colossae	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
13 Sep		Died	Diego Deza Tello †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
19 Sep		Born	Philippe Hurault de Cheverny †		Bishop of Chartres, France
20 Sep		Died	Gonzalo Herrera Olivares †	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
17.3	Confirmed	Johann Wilhelm von Jülich-Kleve-Berg †	Bishop of Münster, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
25 Sep	70.5	Died	Gregorio Antonio Gallo de Andrade †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
29 Sep		Born	George Anton von Rodenstein †		Bishop of Worms, Germany
4 Oct		Born	Guido Bentivoglio d’Aragona †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
14 Oct	52.7	Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Caligari †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
17 Oct		Born	Paweł Piasecki †		Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
21 Oct	54.8	Appointed	Francesco Bossi †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
	Appointed	Pedro Coderos †	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
26 Oct		Appointed	Miguel Espinosa †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
	Appointed	Miguel Espinosa †	Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos, Titular Sees	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
Nov		Died	Giovanni Luigi Guarini †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy
1 Nov	36.9	Ordained Priest	Scipione Gonzaga †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
4 Nov	48.8	Appointed	Jacques Maury †	Bishop of Bayonne, France
45.8	Appointed	Jean de Vassé †	Bishop of Lisieux, France
8 Nov	80.8	Died	Tristan de Bizet, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Saintes, France
13 Nov		Appointed	Simão de Sá Pereira †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
	Appointed	Flaminio Filonardi †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy
	Appointed	António Teles de Menezes †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
16 Nov		Born	Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
22 Nov		Born	Pierre Camelin †		Bishop of Fréjus, France
27 Nov	69.9	Appointed	Gaspar do Casal, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
62.9	Appointed	Vincenzo Ercolani (Herculani), O.P. †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy
	Appointed	António Pinheiro †	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
2 Dec		Appointed	Jerónimo de Menezes †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
6 Dec	67.0	Ordained Bishop	Marcin Kromer †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
8 Dec	63.9	Died	Girolamo Federici †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	Ordained Bishop	Flaminio Filonardi †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy
9 Dec	44.9	Appointed	Alessandro Musotti †	Bishop of Imola, Italy
44.9	Appointed	Ludovico Taverna †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
31 Dec	23.5	Succeeded	Jerzy Radziwiłł †	Cardinal, Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

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