The Year of Our Lord 1562

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Abraham of Gazira †	Bishop	Archbishop of Angamalé, India
		Born	Juan Alvarez Zapata, O. Cist. †		Bishop of Solsona, Spain
		Appointed	Piotr Arciechowski †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine	Bishop-Elect
		Died	Piotr Arciechowski †	Bishop-Elect of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
		Born	Girolamo Asteo, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop of Veroli, Italy
		Died	Gregorio de Beteta, O.P. †	Former Bishop-Elect of Cartagena, Colombia
		Born	Michele Bonzi, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Ravello e Scala, Italy
	40.9	Resigned	Annibale Bozzuti †	Archbishop of Avignon, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Ireneo (Francesco) Brasavola, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy
		Born	Barthélémy Camelin †		Bishop of Fréjus, France
		Born	Gavino Manca de Cedrelles †		Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
		Born	Felice Centini, O.F.M. Conv. †		Cardinal, Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
		Born	Diego de Contreras, O.S.A. †		Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	71.0	Resigned	Pietro Contarini †	Bishop of Paphos, Cyprus	Bishop Emeritus
	66.0	Died	Bonaventura Fauni-Pio, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop Emeritus of Acqui, Italy
	36.0	Resigned	René de Daillon du Lude †	Bishop-Elect of Luçon, France	Bishop of Bayeux, France
		Resigned	Ippolito della Corgna †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	52.3	Appointed	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Administrator of Arles, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
		Died	Francesco de Leo †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
		Resigned	Giovanni Antonio della Tolfa †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Tomás Espinosa †		Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
	60.0	Resigned	Onorato Fascitelli, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Isola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Baldo Ferratini †	Bishop of Amelia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	38.0	Resigned	Niccolò Fieschi †	Bishop of Savona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Paolo Filomarino, C.R. †		Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
		Died	García Díaz Arias †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
		Resigned	Giulio Grimani †	Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Torcello (Turris), Italy	Former Coadjutor Bishop-Elect
		Resigned	Giulio Grimani †	Titular Bishop-Elect of Salona	Former Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Torcello (Turris), Italy
		Born	Giovanni de La Bronda †		Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
		Born	Franciszek Łącki †		Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
		Born	Giovanni Linati †		Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
		Born	Étienne Le Maingre de Boucicault, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Grasse, France
		Born	Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo †		Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
		Died	Eugene Magennis †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
		Born	Giovanni Garzia Mellini (Millini) †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
		Born	Martino Mira †		Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
		Born	Juan Molina Alvarez †		Bishop of León, Spain
		Resigned	François de Noailles †	Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Gilles de Noailles †	Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Agustín Dávila y Padilla, O.P. †		Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
		Born	Plácido Pacheco de Haro, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
		Born	Miguel Pereira †		Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, Brazil
		Born	Giuseppe Pisculli, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
		Born	Varlerius Seta, O.S.M. †		Bishop of Alife, Italy
	62.0	Resigned	Juan Solano, O.P. †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Cyrus de Thiard de Bissy †		Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France
		Born	Plácido Tosantos Medina, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Zamora, Spain
		Born	Gabriel Trejo y Paniagua †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Bernardino de Villalpando, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
9 Jan		Appointed	Spinello Benci †	Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Boccacio †	Titular Bishop of Parium
	38.9	Appointed	Francesco Abbondio Castiglioni †	Cardinal, Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
	42.0	Appointed	Juan Salcedo †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	46.0	Appointed	Stanisław Falęcki, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
	46.0	Appointed	Stanisław Falęcki, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Caffa	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
	26.0	Appointed	Friedrich Lichtenauer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
	26.0	Appointed	Friedrich Lichtenauer †	Titular Bishop of Athyra	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
	63.1	Resigned	Giovanni Ricci †	Administrator of Montepulciano, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
11 Jan	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Delgado López †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
12 Jan	52.0	Died	Jan Przerębski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
13 Jan	28.0	Ordained Priest	Antonio Puteo (del Pozzo) †	Priest	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
16 Jan		Born	Juan Torres de Osorio †		Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
20 Jan	74.0	Died	Baltazar von Promnitz †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
28 Jan	29.0	Appointed	Andrija Dudić (Dudith Sbardellati) †	Bishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus of Pécs, Hungary
		Appointed	János Kolozsváry, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary
	42.0	Appointed	Donald McGonagle (MacGongail) †	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
		Appointed	Andrew O’Crean, O.P. †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
	59.0	Appointed	Eugene Thadaeus O’Harte, O.P. †	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
8 Feb	71.1	Installed	Pieter de Corte †	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
8 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Juan de Vaca (Baca), O.S.B. †	Bishop of Panamá
9 Feb	53.1	Appointed	Leonardo Marini, O.P. †	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Alba (Pompea), Italy
2 Mar	24.7	Appointed	Guido Luca Ferrero †	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	52.1	Resigned	Pier Francesco Ferrero †	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	23.2	Appointed	Francesco Gonzaga †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Mantova, Italy
9 Mar		Died	Zaccaria Giovanni Divanic (Perconick) †	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
18 Mar	62.2	Appointed	Manuel de Almada †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Ottaviano Praeconio, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	62.2	Appointed	Pepin de Rosa, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	62.2	Appointed	Pepin de Rosa, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Selymbria	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Sighicelli †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy
24 Mar		Died	Diego Alava Esquivel †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
24 Mar		Died	Jan Lubodzieski †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
27 Mar		Died	Leonard Słończewski, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
30 Mar		Born	Charles Bourbon de Vendôme †		Cardinal, Archbishop-Elect of Rouen, France
1 Apr		Died	Pedro de Angulo, O.P. †	Bishop-Elect of Verapaz, Guatemala
5 Apr	36.9	Ordained Bishop	Urban Trennbach †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
10 Apr	46.2	Appointed	Stanisław Falęcki, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Teodosia	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
13 Apr		Died	Girolamo Beliardi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Parma, Italy
17 Apr		Appointed	Pietro della Tolfa †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy	Bishop-Elect
		Appointed	Antonino Faraone †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy	Bishop of Catania, Italy
	38.2	Appointed	Kaspar von Logau †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
		Appointed	Giacomo Lomellino del Canto †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Lomellino †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy	Bishop of Isernia, Italy
		Appointed	Giulio Oradini †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
	40.2	Resigned	Girolamo Simoncelli †	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	48.2	Appointed	Sebastiano Vanzi †	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
18 Apr		Selected	Stanisław Żelisławski, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
22 Apr	73.3	Died	François de Tournon, C.R.S.A. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
24 Apr	52.6	Appointed	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Administrator of Lyon, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
May	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Stanisław Falęcki, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Teodosia	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
2 May		Born	Antonio Pérez, O.S.B. †		Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
3 May	36.3	Died	Pompeo Piccolomini de Aragona †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
4 May		Appointed	Annibale Caracciolo †	Bishop of Isola, Italy
	30.3	Appointed	Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Callisto	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
	52.7	Appointed	Bernardo de Fresneda, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	30.3	Appointed	Ludovico Madruzzo †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Onofrio	Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
5 May	51.3	Appointed	Girolamo di Corregio †	Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
18 May	61.8	Appointed	Federico Cesi †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	64.2	Appointed	Tiberio Crispi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	44.4	Appointed	Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	49.8	Appointed	Cristoforo Madruzzo †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
	53.3	Appointed	Giovanni Gerolamo Morone (Moroni) †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	62.2	Appointed	Rodolfo Pio †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	68.3	Appointed	Francesco Pisani †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	48.2	Appointed	Otto Truchseß von Waldburg †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
20 May		Resigned	Nicola de Virgiliis †	Bishop of Marsi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
20 May		Ordained Bishop	Fernando de Villagómez †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
21 May		Ordained Bishop	Pere (Pedro) de Castellet d’Icard †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
24 May		Ordained Bishop	Francisco del Toral, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
27 May	30.1	Appointed	St. Juan de Ribera †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
		Appointed	Agostino Folignatti (Molignatus) †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
		Appointed	Giambattista Milanese †	Bishop of Marsi, Italy
	59.9	Appointed	Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
28 May		Born	Johann Wilhelm von Jülich-Kleve-Berg †		Former Bishop-Elect of Münster, Germany
14 Jun	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Havet, O.P. †	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
19 Jun		Appointed	Andrea Mocenigo †	Bishop of Nemosia (Limasol), Cyprus
24 Jun		Born	François de Joyeuse †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
28 Jun	26.4	Ordained Bishop	Friedrich Lichtenauer †	Titular Bishop of Athyra	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
29 Jun	62.8	Died	Bartolomé de la Cueva y Toledo †	Cardinal, Administrator of Manfredonia, Italy

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