The Year of Our Lord 1559

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
unknown		Marco Antonio †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
unknown		Giambatista Borgia †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
unknown		Evangelista Cittadini †	Bishop Emeritus of Alessano, Italy
unknown		Stefano Gahortzian (Coherzen), O.P. †	Bishop of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia
unknown		Alessandro Stefano Filodori, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
unknown		Francesco Franchini †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
unknown		Nicolas Guérin, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon, France
unknown		Jaime Martínez Casanat, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain
unknown		John McBrady †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
unknown	76.8	Tomás de San Martín, O.P. †	Bishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
unknown		Girolamo Sauli †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
unknown	52.0	Catalano Trivulzio †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
8 Jan		Sebastián Obregón, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
15 Jan		Ambrosio Brandão, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal
18 Jan	17.3	Roberto de’ Nobili †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica
27 Jan		Maurice O’Fihely, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
5 Feb		Pierre de Forli †	Bishop of Apt, France
22 Feb	69.1	Mikołaj Dzierżgowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
13 Mar	56.0	Johann Gropper †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia in Orphea
21 Mar	81.2	Baltazar Limpo, O. Carm. †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
8 Apr		Leo Lösch von Hilkershausen †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
19 Apr		Pierre Pincon, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Coutances, France
27 Apr	53.3	Gutierre Vargas de Carvajal †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
22 May	60.3	Virgilio Rosario †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ischia, Italy
17 Jun		Bartolomeo Pipero †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
25 Jun	45.4	Antonio Trivulzio (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Toulon, France
Jul		Francis Mallet †	Bishop-Elect of Salisbury, England, Great Britain
28 Jul	63.5	Jan Dziaduski †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
13 Aug		Rodrigo Lopes de Carvalho †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
15 Aug	62.6	Luigi Lippomano †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
18 Aug	83.1	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
25 Aug	68.6	Giovanni Battista Consiglieri †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
Sep		Juan Fonseca †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
14 Sep		René de Roullié †	Bishop of Senlis, France
26 Sep	55.7	Georg (Joris) van Egmond †	Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
2 Nov	30.8	Filippo Tornabuoni †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
18 Nov	55.8	Ralph Baines †	Bishop Emeritus of Coventry and Lichfield, England, Great Britain
18 Nov	85.8	Cuthbert Tunstall †	Bishop Emeritus of Durham, England, Great Britain
21 Nov		Miguel Puig †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
25 Nov		Cristoforo de Nigris †	Bishop of Trogir (Traù), Croatia
25 Nov	66.8	Antoine Sanguin de Meudon †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Orléans, France
1 Dec	57.4	Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro †	Cardinal, Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
4 Dec	50.9	Girolamo Dandini †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy
9 Dec	60.9	Vincenzo Diedo †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
19 Dec		Pietro Francesco da Galliano †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
21 Dec	82.9	Guglielmo (Ghilino) de Guillini (Ghilini) †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
21 Dec	55.9	Jean-Philippe de Groslée †	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
23 Dec		Henry Morgan †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint David’s, Wales, Great Britain
31 Dec	57.9	Owen Oglethorpe †	Bishop of Carlisle, England, Great Britain

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