The Year of Our Lord 1561

Bishop Events

July to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

12 Jul 57.6 Installed Martín Pérez de Ayala † Bishop of Segovia, Spain Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

15 Jul Died Erasmus Pagendorfer † Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany

25 Jul Born Francisco Verdugo Cabrera † Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru

1 Aug Died Pedro Castro Lemos † Bishop of Cuenca, Spain

7 Aug 58.5 Died Wolfgang von Closen † Bishop of Passau, Germany

8 Aug 44.4 Appointed Antonio Agustín † Bishop of Lérida, Spain Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain

Appointed Pere (Pedro) de Castellet d’Icard † Bishop of Urgell, Spain

42.6 Appointed Remigius (Remi) Driutius (Drieux) † Bishop of Leeuwarden, Netherlands Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

57.2 Installed Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) † Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna Cardinal, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland

Appointed Johan Knijf, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands

38.6 Appointed Guillaume Damasi Van der Linden (Lindanus) † Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

Appointed Johannes Mahusius, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Deventer, Netherlands Bishop Emeritus

Appointed Diego Gilberto Nogueras † Bishop of Alife, Italy

24.5 Appointed Antonmaria Salviati † Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

53.6 Appointed Bernardo Salviati † Administrator of Clermont, France Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Papoul, France

53.6 Resigned Bernardo Salviati † Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

9 Aug 80.6 Died Claude de Longwy de Givry † Cardinal, Administrator of Langres, France

13 Aug Died Arthur O’Gallagher † Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland

17 Aug 28.6 Ordained Bishop Jean de Clausse de Mouchy † Bishop of Senez, France

18 Aug 36.2 Selected Urban Trennbach † Bishop of Passau, Germany

21 Aug Died Gerardo Dedoni † Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy

31 Aug Ordained Bishop Paweł Tarło † Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine

4 Sep 37.6 Appointed Niccolò Fieschi † Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Savona, Italy

Resigned Paolo Odescalchi † Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Atri, Italy

5 Sep 39.5 Appointed Francesco Alciati † Cardinal, Bishop of Civitate (Città or Civita), Italy

69.6 Died Laurent Allemand de Laval, O.S.A. † Bishop of Grenoble, France

43.6 Appointed Antonín Brus von Muglitz, O. Cruc. † Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

Appointed Giovanni Domenico D’Anna † Coadjutor Bishop of Bovino, Italy Bishop

Appointed Giovanni Domenico D’Anna † Titular Bishop of Hippos Bishop of Bovino, Italy

Appointed Matteo Priuli † Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy

8 Sep 32.6 Ordained Bishop Marquard von Hattstein † Bishop of Speyer, Germany

9 Sep Born Hernando de Arias y Ugarte † Archbishop of Lima, Peru

11 Sep 71.6 Died Christoph Metzler von Andelberg † Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany

19 Sep Appointed Diego Arnedo † Bishop of Mallorca, Spain Bishop of Huesca, Spain

Appointed Pierre Chevalier † Bishop of Senlis, France

Appointed Giulio Grimani † Coadjutor Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy Former Coadjutor Bishop-Elect

Appointed Giulio Grimani † Titular Bishop of Salona Former Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Torcello (Turris), Italy

21 Sep 57.3 Ordained Bishop Anton Vrancic (Verancsics) † Bishop of Eger, Hungary Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary

24 Sep Died Fernando González de la Cuesta † Bishop-Elect of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia

30 Sep 55.7 Died Michael Helding † Bishop of Merseburg, Germany

Oct 45.7 Died Ottaviano della Raverta (Rovere) † Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy

6 Oct 28.1 Selected Mark Sittich von Hohenems (Altemps) † Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

7 Oct 75.7 Died Melchiorre Crivelli (Cribelli), O.P. † Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

8 Oct Died Balthasar Fannemann (Waneman), O.P. † Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

9 Oct 24.7 Ordained Deacon Antonmaria Salviati † Deacon Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Papoul, France

24.7 Ordained Priest Antonmaria Salviati † Priest Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Papoul, France

10 Oct Appointed Fabrizio Pignatelli † Bishop of Monopoli, Italy

11 Oct Died Francisco Orozco de Arce † Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

12 Oct 24.7 Ordained Bishop Antonmaria Salviati † Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

24 Oct Appointed Tommaso Gigli † Bishop of Sora, Italy Bishop of Piacenza, Italy

Appointed Francesco Guerini † Bishop of Imola, Italy

28.2 Confirmed Mark Sittich von Hohenems (Altemps) † Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

Appointed Giulio Stauriano, O.P. † Auxiliary Bishop of Nicosia, Cyprus Bishop of Bova, Italy

Appointed Giulio Stauriano, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Megara Bishop of Bova, Italy

30.8 Resigned Vitellozzo Vitelli † Administrator of Imola, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy

26 Oct Died Jorge de Santiago, O.P. † Bishop of Angra, Portugal

27 Oct Died Girolamo de Termini † Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy

28 Oct Died Roland Baron Fitzgerald † Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland

Nov Died Teodoro Pio † Bishop of Faenza, Italy

10 Nov Appointed François de La Valette † Bishop of Vabres, France

51.8 Appointed Pier Francesco Ferrero † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese in Agone Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy

63.0 Appointed Giovanni Ricci † Administrator of Montepulciano, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy

19 Nov 50.8 Appointed Gaspar Cervantes de Gaete † Archbishop of Messina, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain

Appointed Michael Englmayr † Titular Bishop of Symbalia (Cembalo, Balaclawa) Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany

Confirmed Michael Englmayr † Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany

Appointed Francisco del Toral, O.F.M. † Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México

36.5 Confirmed Urban Trennbach † Bishop of Passau, Germany

42.4 Confirmed Veit von Würtzburg † Bishop of Bamberg, Germany

28 Nov Died Jean Baptiste de Mari † Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy

5 Dec Appointed Giovanni Ludovico da Campania † Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy

Appointed Juan Simancas Simancas † Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia

38.9 Appointed Carlo Visconti † Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy Cardinal, Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy

15 Dec 38.9 Ordained Bishop Carlo Visconti † Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy Cardinal, Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy

17 Dec Appointed Thomas O’Herlihy † Bishop of Ross, Ireland

Appointed Giovanni Battista Serbelloni † Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy Bishop Emeritus

20 Dec 21.1 Ordained Priest Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † Priest Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

22 Dec 41.9 Died Taddeo Gaddi † Cardinal, Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy

26 Dec 70.9 Ordained Bishop Pieter de Corte † Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

58.9 Ordained Bishop Nicolaas van der Borcht † Bishop of Middelburg, Netherlands

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
12 Jul	57.6	Installed	Martín Pérez de Ayala †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
15 Jul		Died	Erasmus Pagendorfer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
25 Jul		Born	Francisco Verdugo Cabrera †		Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
1 Aug		Died	Pedro Castro Lemos †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
7 Aug	58.5	Died	Wolfgang von Closen †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
8 Aug	44.4	Appointed	Antonio Agustín †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
	Appointed	Pere (Pedro) de Castellet d’Icard †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
42.6	Appointed	Remigius (Remi) Driutius (Drieux) †	Bishop of Leeuwarden, Netherlands	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
57.2	Installed	Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna	Cardinal, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
	Appointed	Johan Knijf, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands
38.6	Appointed	Guillaume Damasi Van der Linden (Lindanus) †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
	Appointed	Johannes Mahusius, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Deventer, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Diego Gilberto Nogueras †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
24.5	Appointed	Antonmaria Salviati †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
53.6	Appointed	Bernardo Salviati †	Administrator of Clermont, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Papoul, France
53.6	Resigned	Bernardo Salviati †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
9 Aug	80.6	Died	Claude de Longwy de Givry †	Cardinal, Administrator of Langres, France
13 Aug		Died	Arthur O’Gallagher †	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
17 Aug	28.6	Ordained Bishop	Jean de Clausse de Mouchy †	Bishop of Senez, France
18 Aug	36.2	Selected	Urban Trennbach †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
21 Aug		Died	Gerardo Dedoni †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
31 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Paweł Tarło †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
4 Sep	37.6	Appointed	Niccolò Fieschi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Savona, Italy
	Resigned	Paolo Odescalchi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Atri, Italy
5 Sep	39.5	Appointed	Francesco Alciati †	Cardinal, Bishop of Civitate (Città or Civita), Italy
69.6	Died	Laurent Allemand de Laval, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Grenoble, France
43.6	Appointed	Antonín Brus von Muglitz, O. Cruc. †	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	Appointed	Giovanni Domenico D’Anna †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bovino, Italy	Bishop
	Appointed	Giovanni Domenico D’Anna †	Titular Bishop of Hippos	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
	Appointed	Matteo Priuli †	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy
8 Sep	32.6	Ordained Bishop	Marquard von Hattstein †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
9 Sep		Born	Hernando de Arias y Ugarte †		Archbishop of Lima, Peru
11 Sep	71.6	Died	Christoph Metzler von Andelberg †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
19 Sep		Appointed	Diego Arnedo †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
	Appointed	Pierre Chevalier †	Bishop of Senlis, France
	Appointed	Giulio Grimani †	Coadjutor Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy	Former Coadjutor Bishop-Elect
	Appointed	Giulio Grimani †	Titular Bishop of Salona	Former Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Torcello (Turris), Italy
21 Sep	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Anton Vrancic (Verancsics) †	Bishop of Eger, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
24 Sep		Died	Fernando González de la Cuesta †	Bishop-Elect of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
30 Sep	55.7	Died	Michael Helding †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
Oct	45.7	Died	Ottaviano della Raverta (Rovere) †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
6 Oct	28.1	Selected	Mark Sittich von Hohenems (Altemps) †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
7 Oct	75.7	Died	Melchiorre Crivelli (Cribelli), O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
8 Oct		Died	Balthasar Fannemann (Waneman), O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
9 Oct	24.7	Ordained Deacon	Antonmaria Salviati †	Deacon	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Papoul, France
24.7	Ordained Priest	Antonmaria Salviati †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Papoul, France
10 Oct		Appointed	Fabrizio Pignatelli †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
11 Oct		Died	Francisco Orozco de Arce †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
12 Oct	24.7	Ordained Bishop	Antonmaria Salviati †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
24 Oct		Appointed	Tommaso Gigli †	Bishop of Sora, Italy	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
	Appointed	Francesco Guerini †	Bishop of Imola, Italy
28.2	Confirmed	Mark Sittich von Hohenems (Altemps) †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Giulio Stauriano, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Nicosia, Cyprus	Bishop of Bova, Italy
	Appointed	Giulio Stauriano, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Megara	Bishop of Bova, Italy
30.8	Resigned	Vitellozzo Vitelli †	Administrator of Imola, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
26 Oct		Died	Jorge de Santiago, O.P. †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
27 Oct		Died	Girolamo de Termini †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
28 Oct		Died	Roland Baron Fitzgerald †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
Nov		Died	Teodoro Pio †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy
10 Nov		Appointed	François de La Valette †	Bishop of Vabres, France
51.8	Appointed	Pier Francesco Ferrero †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese in Agone	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
63.0	Appointed	Giovanni Ricci †	Administrator of Montepulciano, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
19 Nov	50.8	Appointed	Gaspar Cervantes de Gaete †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
	Appointed	Michael Englmayr †	Titular Bishop of Symbalia (Cembalo, Balaclawa)	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
	Confirmed	Michael Englmayr †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
	Appointed	Francisco del Toral, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
36.5	Confirmed	Urban Trennbach †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
42.4	Confirmed	Veit von Würtzburg †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
28 Nov		Died	Jean Baptiste de Mari †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
5 Dec		Appointed	Giovanni Ludovico da Campania †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
	Appointed	Juan Simancas Simancas †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
38.9	Appointed	Carlo Visconti †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
15 Dec	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Visconti †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
17 Dec		Appointed	Thomas O’Herlihy †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Serbelloni †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
20 Dec	21.1	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
22 Dec	41.9	Died	Taddeo Gaddi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
26 Dec	70.9	Ordained Bishop	Pieter de Corte †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
58.9	Ordained Bishop	Nicolaas van der Borcht †	Bishop of Middelburg, Netherlands

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