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The Year of Our Lord 1585

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknownDiedGiovan Mario de AlessandriBishop of Mileto, Italy
BornPedro Antón SerraBishop of Lérida, Spain
BornGiovanni Battista AstalliBishop of Troia, Italy
BornAugustinus Basrci (Bagesius), O.P. †Archbishop of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia
ResignedPaolo BellarditoBishop of Lipari, ItalyBishop Emeritus
29.0Ordained PriestBenedetto BenedettiPriestBishop Emeritus of Caorle, Italy
ResignedGiovan Luigi de BenedictisBishop of Castellaneta, ItalyBishop Emeritus
BornBaldassarre BonifazioBishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
37.0AppointedMartin BrennerBishop of Seckau, AustriaBishop Emeritus
BornCelestino Bruni (Bruno), O.S.A. †Bishop of Boiano, Italy
BornCristoforo CaetaniBishop of Foligno, Italy
70.0DiedNicolò Canelles (Canyelles)Bishop of Bosa, Italy
DiedNunzio Antonio de CapriolisBishop of Tricarico, Italy
BornKrzysztof CharbickiAuxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
BornFrancesco CherubiniCardinal, Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
ResignedWilliam ChisholmAdministrator of Vaison, FranceFormer Administrator
ResignedAngelo Calepio, O.P. †Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, GreeceBishop Emeritus
DiedPedro CoderosArchbishop of Otranto, Italy
DiedGian Matteo Castaldo, O.S.B. †Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
DiedVincenzo de Doncelli (Donzelli), O.P. †Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
BornBoetius Egan, O.F.M. Obs. †Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
BornLelio FalconieriCardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
60.6ResignedPietro Fauno CostacciaroBishop of Acqui, ItalyBishop of Vigevano, Italy
BornPietro Paolo FebeiBishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
BornGuillaume Fouquet de la VarenneBishop of Angers, France
BornBartolomeo FrigerioBishop of Venosa, Italy
BornGiovanni Maria Galli, O.F.M. †Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
55.0DiedPaolo Giovio (il Giovane)Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
DiedAloisio GiustinianiPatriarch of Aquileia, Italy
DiedBasilio Gradi, O.S.B. †Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
DiedAlfonso Graniero AvalosBishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
48.0ResignedAnnibale GrassiBishop of Faenza, ItalyBishop Emeritus
DiedGiovanni Antonio GrignettaBishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
BornStanislas Kiszka (Kyška)Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
BornMartin KolsdorfAuxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
BornFabio LagonissaTitular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
24.0Ordained PriestJohann Jakob von LambergPriestBishop of Gurk, Austria
DiedJorge de Lemos, O.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Funchal, Portugal
BornMartín de León Cárdenas, O.S.A. †Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
BornFrançois de Loménie, O.P. †Bishop of Marseille, France
DiedMaurice MacBrienBishop of Emly, Ireland
94.0DiedNicola Majorano (Maggiorani)Bishop Emeritus of Molfetta, Italy
BornAcacio March de Velasco, O.P. †Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
BornGiovanni Agostino MarlianiBishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
BornAnnibale MascambrunoBishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
BornLourenço de MendonçaPrelate Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
BornMartin Meurisse, O.F.M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
BornJohn O’CullenanBishop of Raphoe, Ireland
DiedPaolo OdescalchiBishop Emeritus of Penne e Atri, Italy
DiedAnselmo Olivieri, O.F.M. Obs. †Bishop of Vieste, Italy
BornMalachy O’QueelyArchbishop of Tuam, Ireland
BornOttavio OrsiniBishop of Segni, Italy
46.0ResignedFantino PetrignaniArchbishop of Cosenza, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
DiedCostantino Piccioni, O.S.A. †Bishop of Cortona, Italy
ResignedGiovanni Battista PietralataBishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, ItalyBishop Emeritus
DiedAdam PilchowskiBishop of Chełm, Poland
DiedJoão de PortugalBishop of Guarda, Portugal
DiedTarquinio PriscoBishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
DiedAlessandro RavaliBishop of Nicastro, Italy
BornChristophorus Johannes Reinheld von ReichenauPrefect of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
AppointedGirolamo RiggioPrelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
BornSebastien de RosmadecBishop of Vannes, France
BornAlfonso SacratiBishop Emeritus of Comacchio, Italy
49.0AppointedFilippo SpinolaAdministrator of Sora, ItalyCardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy
BornAlessandro (Fabrizio) SuardiBishop of Caserta, Italy
BornFrancisco Torres Grijalba, O.S.A. †Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
Ordained BishopJuan Esteban de Urbieta, O.P. †Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, ItalyBishop Emeritus
DiedPedro Vélez GuevaraBishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
BornOnorato ViscontiTitular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
DiedPaolo da Zara, O.P. †Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania
JanDiedCesare ContardoBishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
5 JanBornCarlo Emmanuele Pio di SavoiaCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
7 Jan23.7AppointedCharles de Lorraine-Vaudémont (II)Bishop of Verdun, FranceCardinal, Administrator of Toul, France
DiedSigismondo SaracenoArchbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
13 Jan55.0Ordained BishopClément Graebbels (Crabeels)Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
Ordained BishopScipione GesualdoArchbishop of Conza, Italy
47.0Ordained BishopPierre SimonsBishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
14 JanAppointedAntoine GaumeBishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France
AppointedGiovanni Luigi Marescotti, O.S.B. †Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
AppointedLudovico MartelliCoadjutor Bishop of Chiusi, ItalyBishop
AppointedLudovico MartelliTitular Bishop of IoppeBishop of Chiusi, Italy
43.2ResignedDomenico Pinelli (Sr.)Bishop of Fermo, ItalyCardinal, Bishop Emeritus
49.9InstalledNiccolò SfondratiCardinal-Priest of Santa CeciliaPope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
53.7InstalledAgostino Valier (Valeri, Valieri)Cardinal-Priest of San MarcoCardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
AppointedSigismondo ZanettiniBishop of Fermo, ItalyArchbishop of Fermo, Italy
23 JanAppointedPietro Clemens, O. Carm. †Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
AppointedDiego HaëdoBishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), ItalyArchbishop of Palermo, Italy
AppointedAntonio LombardoArchbishop of Messina, Italy
26 Jan55.0DiedRobert de BerghesBishop Emeritus of Liège, Belgium
28 JanAppointedDiego Aponte Quiñones, O.S. †Bishop of Oviedo, SpainBishop of Málaga, Spain
AppointedBernardo de BenedictisBishop of Castellaneta, Italy
38.8ConfirmedAnne d’Escars de Givry (de Pérusse), O.S.B. †Bishop of Lisieux, FranceCardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
31 JanDiedVincenzo Luchi (di Luca)Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
71.0DiedBenito Tocco, O.S.B. †Bishop of Lérida, Spain
Feb46.5ResignedAlberto BolognettiApostolic Nuncio to PolandCardinal, Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
4 FebAppointedDomingo de Ulloa, O.P. †Bishop of NicaraguaBishop of Michoacán, México
11 Feb37.1AppointedWojciech BaranowskiBishop of Przemyśl, PolandArchbishop of Gniezno, Poland
24 Feb64.3AppointedAlessandro Farnese (Jr.)Administrator of Ancona e Numana, ItalyCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Ordained BishopVincenzo TorfaniniBishop of Rimini, Italy
25 FebAppointedAlfonso Herrera, O.S.A. †Bishop of Ariano, Italy
6 Mar91.1DiedGiovanni Tommaso SanfeliceBishop of Venosa, Italy
8 MarAppointedPéter Herešinec (Heressinczy)Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), CroatiaBishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
12 MarOrdained BishopBernardo de BenedictisBishop of Castellaneta, Italy
18 MarAppointedCrisostomo Arneo, O.S.B. †Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
AppointedGian Antonio GrassiBishop of Faenza, Italy
20 Mar54.2DiedJorge de AlmeidaArchbishop of Lisboa, Portugal
31 MarOrdained BishopDiego Aponte Quiñones, O.S. †Bishop of Oviedo, SpainBishop of Málaga, Spain
Ordained BishopDiego HaëdoBishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), ItalyArchbishop of Palermo, Italy
3 Apr75.2DiedThomas Goldwell, C.R. †Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain
10 Apr83.2DiedUgo BoncompagniPope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
20 Apr58.3DiedMikołaj PacBishop Emeritus of Kyiv (Kijów), UkraineBishop
23 Apr37.3Ordained BishopWojciech BaranowskiBishop of Przemyśl, PolandArchbishop of Gniezno, Poland
24 Apr63.3ElectedFelice Peretti Montalto, O.F.M. Conv. †Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
25 AprBornDiego Arce ReinosoBishop Emeritus of Plasencia, Spain
29 AprDiedCharles d’AilleboustBishop of Autun, France
1 May39.0Ordained BishopAnne d’Escars de Givry (de Pérusse), O.S.B. †Bishop of Lisieux, FranceCardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
63.3InstalledFelice Peretti Montalto, O.F.M. Conv. †Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
59.1DiedNiccolò Caetani di SermonetaCardinal, Administrator of Capua, Italy
3 May34.4DiedHeinrich von Sachsen-LauenburgArchbishop-Elect of Bremen (and Hamburg), Germany
5 May37.3Ordained BishopMartin BrennerBishop of Seckau, AustriaBishop Emeritus
53.3Ordained BishopGeorg Stobäus von PalmburgBishop of Lavant, Slovenia
9 May40.3AppointedKyrylo (Cyryl) Terletskyi (Terlecki)Bishop of Lutzk e Ostrog (Ukrainian), Ukraine
10 May35.7AppointedFerdinando de’ MediciCardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
AppointedMarco Antonio del TufoBishop of San Marco (Argentano), ItalyBishop of Mileto, Italy
AppointedGiovanni Ambrosio FieschiApostolic Nuncio to SavoyBishop Emeritus of Savona, Italy
62.1ResignedVincenzo LauroApostolic Nuncio to SavoyCardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mondovi, Italy
13 MayAppointedFrancesco Carusi, O.F.M. Conv. †Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
14.3Elevated to CardinalAlessandro Damasceni PerettiCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
AppointedMarino QueriniBishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
15 MayBornGiovanni Pietro VolpiBishop of Novara, Italy
16 May47.9DiedGuido Luca FerreroCardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
17 May46.8DiedAlberto BolognettiCardinal, Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
18 May30.4SelectedErnst von BayernBishop of Münster, GermanyArchbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
DiedFrançois de La ValetteBishop of Vabres, France
22.9ResignedJohann Wilhelm von Jülich-Kleve-BergBishop-Elect of Münster, GermanyFormer Bishop-Elect
19 May57.5DiedTomás Dacio (d’Anio)Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
Ordained BishopMarino QueriniBishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
20 MayAppointedStanislaw BosoviusAuxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
AppointedStanislaw BosoviusTitular Bishop of LacedaemoniaAuxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
62.2InstalledRodrigo de Castro Osorio (de Lemos)Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII ApostoliCardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
22.9InstalledFrançois de JoyeuseCardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in CapiteCardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
62.1InstalledVincenzo LauroCardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in ViaCardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mondovi, Italy
AppointedGiovanni Gerolamo ManerioBishop of Venosa, Italy
62.4AppointedAndrzej Patrycy NideckiBishop of Wenden (Windau), Poland
AppointedSilvio PasseriniArchbishop of Cosenza, Italy
35.0InstalledSimeone Tagliavia d’AragoniaCardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria degli AngeliCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
23 May58.2DiedMarcin GerstmannBishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
2 Jun45.4AppointedGiulio RossinoApostolic Nuncio to Naples, ItalyArchbishop of Amalfi, Italy
34.8ResignedSilvio SavelliApostolic Nuncio to Naples, ItalyCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via
3 Jun41.4AppointedJerónimo BarretoBishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
63.4AppointedAfonso de Castelo-BrancoBishop of Coimbra, Portugal
AppointedSilvio GalassiBishop of Ferentino, Italy
5 Jun38.6SelectedDietrich von FürstenbergBishop of Paderborn, Germany
10 JunDiedGirolamo DiedoBishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
14 Jun14.4InstalledAlessandro Damasceni PerettiCardinal-Deacon of San Girolamo dei CroatiCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
17 JunDiedFernando RuedaBishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
22 Jun38.1ResignedLorenzo CampeggiApostolic Nuncio to Venice, ItalyBishop of Cervia, Italy
55.4AppointedCesare Costa, C.O. †Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, ItalyArchbishop of Capua, Italy
24 Jun24.1InstalledCharles de Lorraine-Vaudémont (II)Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in DomnicaCardinal, Administrator of Toul, France
25 JunDiedCesare GromisBishop of Aosta, Italy
28 Jun70.4DiedFelipe Urríes Urríes, O.P. †Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
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