The Year of Our Lord 1574

Bishop Events

July to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Jul Died Guglielmo Rodano † Bishop-Elect of Nebbio, France

5 Jul 51.3 Appointed Gianfrancesco Commendone † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece

32.7 Elevated to Cardinal Filippo Guastavillani † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio

14 Jul Appointed Giuseppe Donzelli, O.P. † Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy

Appointed Aloisio Giustiniani † Coadjutor Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy Patriarch

Succeeded Aloisio Giustiniani † Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy

40.5 Appointed Paolo del Grasso, C.R.L. † Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece

32.7 Installed Filippo Guastavillani † Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Nuova Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio

Appointed Cesare Marullo † Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

21 Jul 28.5 Died Giulio Acquaviva d’Aragona † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Teodoro

26 Jul Died Francisco de Abrego, O.S. † Bishop of Panamá

67.5 Died François Richardot, O.S.A. † Bishop of Arras, France

28 Jul 66.5 Appointed Alessandro Piccolomini † Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena, Italy

66.5 Appointed Alessandro Piccolomini † Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters) Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena, Italy

61.5 Appointed Balthasar Wurer † Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

61.5 Appointed Balthasar Wurer † Titular Bishop of Ascalon Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany

Aug Died Jean de La Haye, O.S.B. † Bishop-Elect of Vannes, France

2 Aug 42.5 Appointed Antoine Fournier, C.R.S.A. † Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France

42.5 Appointed Antoine Fournier, C.R.S.A. † Titular Bishop of Basilitanus Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France

5 Aug Born Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga † Bishop of Cuenca, Spain

6 Aug Died João de Melo † Archbishop of Évora, Portugal

11 Aug Appointed Cristóbal Berrocal † Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy

Appointed Gilberto Isfar y Corillas † Bishop of Siracusa, Italy Bishop of Patti, Italy

Appointed Juan Orozco de Arce † Bishop of Catania, Italy

17 Aug Born Juan Boldames Ibáñez, O.C.D. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain

22 Aug Ordained Bishop Charles de Bony † Bishop of Angoulême, France

66.6 Appointed Francisco Pacheco de Toledo (Villena) † Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain

25 Aug Died Gaspar Cão, O.S.A. † Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe

54.6 Died Gilbert d’Oignies † Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

27 Aug Appointed Cesare Contardo † Bishop of Nebbio, France Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France

30 Aug Appointed Costantino Barzellini, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Rieti, Italy Bishop of Foligno, Italy

64.6 Appointed Alfonso María Binarini † Bishop of Camerino, Italy

51.4 Appointed Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) † Bishop of Zamora, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

Appointed Francisco Pacheco de Córdoba † Bishop of Málaga, Spain Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

31 Aug 47.4 Appointed Marcin Gerstmann † Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland

6 Sep 60.8 Died Giovanni Andrea Candido, O.S.Io.Hieros. † Bishop of Gerace, Italy

8 Sep 63.6 Ordained Bishop Theobald Craschel † Titular Bishop of Cyrene Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

10 Sep Died Pedro González Mendoza † Bishop of Salamanca, Spain

12 Sep Died Berardo Bongiovanni † Bishop of Camerino, Italy

14 Sep 42.7 Confirmed Salentin von Isenburg † Bishop of Paderborn, Germany Former Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

16 Sep Died Bernardetto Minerbetti † Bishop of Arezzo, Italy

17 Sep 32.8 Appointed Ottaviano Pasqua † Bishop of Gerace, Italy

21 Sep 39.2 Died Marco Saracini † Bishop of Volterra, Italy

24 Sep 67.7 Died Antoine d’Albon † Archbishop Emeritus of Lyon, France

26 Sep Ordained Bishop Massimiliano Palumbara (Palombella) † Archbishop of Benevento, Italy

61.7 Ordained Bishop Balthasar Wurer † Titular Bishop of Ascalon Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany

27 Sep Born Jerome Strasser, O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Gurk, Austria

29 Sep 32.9 Ordained Bishop Ottaviano Pasqua † Bishop of Gerace, Italy

30 Sep Died Diego Arnedo † Bishop of Huesca, Spain

Died Hector d’Ossun † Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans (or Conserans), France

1 Oct 53.7 Appointed Stefano (Agostino) Bonucci, O.S.M. † Cardinal, Bishop of Arezzo, Italy

Appointed Cesare Busdrago † Bishop of Alessano, Italy Archbishop of Chieti, Italy

Died Giacomo Galletto † Bishop of Alessano, Italy

5 Oct Appointed Lambert Gruter † Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria

8 Oct Appointed Thomas Albin von Helfenburg † Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia

Appointed Giovanni Manca † Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy

Appointed Guido Serguidi † Bishop of Volterra, Italy

15 Oct Appointed Bernardo Jossa Cardona, O.S.B. † Bishop of Vic, Spain

Appointed Angelo de Marzi Medici † Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy

16 Oct 47.7 Appointed Giovanni Andrea Caligari † Apostolic Collector to Portugal Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy

22 Oct Appointed Pietro Franchi Giannuzzi † Bishop of Alatri, Italy

Appointed Pedro Narro, O.S.B. † Archbishop of Oristano, Italy

25 Oct Born François d’Escoubleau de Sourdis † Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France

26 Oct Died Lucas Jacobi † Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

27 Oct 44.8 Died Jerónimo Albornoz, O.F.M. † Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina

28 Oct Ordained Bishop Guido Serguidi † Bishop of Volterra, Italy

2 Nov 63.5 Died Gregorio Boldrini, O.P. † Bishop of Mantova, Italy

62.9 Died Marzio de Marzi Medici † Bishop Emeritus of Marsico Nuovo, Italy

5 Nov 48.8 Appointed Edmund Tanner † Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland

7 Nov 51.6 Ordained Bishop Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) † Bishop of Zamora, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

8 Nov Died Giacinto Frangipane † Bishop of Trieste, Italy

14 Nov 40.8 Ordained Bishop Paolo del Grasso, C.R.L. † Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece

31.8 Ordained Bishop Christoph Andreas von Spaur † Bishop of Gurk, Austria Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

15 Nov Appointed Lelio Brancaccio † Archbishop of Taranto, Italy

17 Nov 26.8 Appointed Côme (Cosme) Clausse de Marchaumont † Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France

Appointed Charles de Gelas de Léberon † Bishop of Valence and Die, France Bishop Emeritus

40.8 Appointed Jacques Maistret, O. Carm. † Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France

40.8 Appointed Jacques Maistret, O. Carm. † Titular Bishop of Damascus Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France

49.8 Appointed Claude de Sanctes, O.S.A. † Bishop of Évreux, France

Appointed Giovanni Battista Valier † Coadjutor Bishop of Belluno, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Appointed Giovanni Battista Valier † Titular Bishop of Citrus Bishop Emeritus of Belluno, Italy

Appointed Pietrantonio Vicedomini † Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Avellino e Frigento, Italy

28 Nov 52.9 Appointed Marco Fedele Gonzaga † Bishop of Mantova, Italy

2 Dec 48.9 Died Adam Konarski † Bishop of Poznań, Poland

5 Dec 53.9 Ordained Bishop Juan de Medina Rincón y de la Vega, O.S.A. † Bishop of Michoacán, México

12 Dec 55.8 Ordained Bishop Francisco Gómez de Mendiola y Solórzano † Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

15 Dec 62.8 Appointed Henrique de Portugal † Archbishop of Évora, Portugal Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

Appointed Julián Ramirez, O.S. † Bishop of Guadix, Spain Bishop Emeritus

Appointed Cristóbal Vela y Acuña (Tavera) † Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain Archbishop of Burgos, Spain

18 Dec 18.5 Appointed Jerzy Radziwiłł † Coadjutor Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania Cardinal, Bishop

21 Dec Ordained Bishop Lambert Gruter † Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria

22 Dec 60.9 Died Alessandro Crivelli † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy

25 Dec 49.8 Died Charles de Guise de Lorraine † Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France

26 Dec 19.4 Appointed Louis II de Guise de Lorraine † Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France

27 Dec 40.9 Ordained Bishop Jacques Maistret, O. Carm. † Titular Bishop of Damascus Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Jul		Died	Guglielmo Rodano †	Bishop-Elect of Nebbio, France
5 Jul	51.3	Appointed	Gianfrancesco Commendone †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
32.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Filippo Guastavillani †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
14 Jul		Appointed	Giuseppe Donzelli, O.P. †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
	Appointed	Aloisio Giustiniani †	Coadjutor Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy	Patriarch
	Succeeded	Aloisio Giustiniani †	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
40.5	Appointed	Paolo del Grasso, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
32.7	Installed	Filippo Guastavillani †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Nuova	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
	Appointed	Cesare Marullo †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
21 Jul	28.5	Died	Giulio Acquaviva d’Aragona †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Teodoro
26 Jul		Died	Francisco de Abrego, O.S. †	Bishop of Panamá
67.5	Died	François Richardot, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Arras, France
28 Jul	66.5	Appointed	Alessandro Piccolomini †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena, Italy
66.5	Appointed	Alessandro Piccolomini †	Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters)	Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena, Italy
61.5	Appointed	Balthasar Wurer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
61.5	Appointed	Balthasar Wurer †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
Aug		Died	Jean de La Haye, O.S.B. †	Bishop-Elect of Vannes, France
2 Aug	42.5	Appointed	Antoine Fournier, C.R.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
42.5	Appointed	Antoine Fournier, C.R.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Basilitanus	Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
5 Aug		Born	Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga †		Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
6 Aug		Died	João de Melo †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
11 Aug		Appointed	Cristóbal Berrocal †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
	Appointed	Gilberto Isfar y Corillas †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy	Bishop of Patti, Italy
	Appointed	Juan Orozco de Arce †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
17 Aug		Born	Juan Boldames Ibáñez, O.C.D. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
22 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Charles de Bony †	Bishop of Angoulême, France
66.6	Appointed	Francisco Pacheco de Toledo (Villena) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
25 Aug		Died	Gaspar Cão, O.S.A. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
54.6	Died	Gilbert d’Oignies †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
27 Aug		Appointed	Cesare Contardo †	Bishop of Nebbio, France	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
30 Aug		Appointed	Costantino Barzellini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
64.6	Appointed	Alfonso María Binarini †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy
51.4	Appointed	Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	Appointed	Francisco Pacheco de Córdoba †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
31 Aug	47.4	Appointed	Marcin Gerstmann †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
6 Sep	60.8	Died	Giovanni Andrea Candido, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
8 Sep	63.6	Ordained Bishop	Theobald Craschel †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
10 Sep		Died	Pedro González Mendoza †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
12 Sep		Died	Berardo Bongiovanni †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy
14 Sep	42.7	Confirmed	Salentin von Isenburg †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
16 Sep		Died	Bernardetto Minerbetti †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
17 Sep	32.8	Appointed	Ottaviano Pasqua †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
21 Sep	39.2	Died	Marco Saracini †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
24 Sep	67.7	Died	Antoine d’Albon †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lyon, France
26 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Massimiliano Palumbara (Palombella) †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
61.7	Ordained Bishop	Balthasar Wurer †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
27 Sep		Born	Jerome Strasser, O.F.M. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Gurk, Austria
29 Sep	32.9	Ordained Bishop	Ottaviano Pasqua †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
30 Sep		Died	Diego Arnedo †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
	Died	Hector d’Ossun †	Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans (or Conserans), France
1 Oct	53.7	Appointed	Stefano (Agostino) Bonucci, O.S.M. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
	Appointed	Cesare Busdrago †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
	Died	Giacomo Galletto †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy
5 Oct		Appointed	Lambert Gruter †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
8 Oct		Appointed	Thomas Albin von Helfenburg †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
	Appointed	Giovanni Manca †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
	Appointed	Guido Serguidi †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
15 Oct		Appointed	Bernardo Jossa Cardona, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
	Appointed	Angelo de Marzi Medici †	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
16 Oct	47.7	Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Caligari †	Apostolic Collector to Portugal	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
22 Oct		Appointed	Pietro Franchi Giannuzzi †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
	Appointed	Pedro Narro, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
25 Oct		Born	François d’Escoubleau de Sourdis †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
26 Oct		Died	Lucas Jacobi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
27 Oct	44.8	Died	Jerónimo Albornoz, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
28 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Guido Serguidi †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
2 Nov	63.5	Died	Gregorio Boldrini, O.P. †	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
62.9	Died	Marzio de Marzi Medici †	Bishop Emeritus of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
5 Nov	48.8	Appointed	Edmund Tanner †	Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland
7 Nov	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
8 Nov		Died	Giacinto Frangipane †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
14 Nov	40.8	Ordained Bishop	Paolo del Grasso, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
31.8	Ordained Bishop	Christoph Andreas von Spaur †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
15 Nov		Appointed	Lelio Brancaccio †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
17 Nov	26.8	Appointed	Côme (Cosme) Clausse de Marchaumont †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France
	Appointed	Charles de Gelas de Léberon †	Bishop of Valence and Die, France	Bishop Emeritus
40.8	Appointed	Jacques Maistret, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
40.8	Appointed	Jacques Maistret, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Damascus	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
49.8	Appointed	Claude de Sanctes, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Évreux, France
	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Valier †	Coadjutor Bishop of Belluno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Valier †	Titular Bishop of Citrus	Bishop Emeritus of Belluno, Italy
	Appointed	Pietrantonio Vicedomini †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
28 Nov	52.9	Appointed	Marco Fedele Gonzaga †	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
2 Dec	48.9	Died	Adam Konarski †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
5 Dec	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan de Medina Rincón y de la Vega, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Michoacán, México
12 Dec	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Gómez de Mendiola y Solórzano †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
15 Dec	62.8	Appointed	Henrique de Portugal †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Julián Ramirez, O.S. †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Cristóbal Vela y Acuña (Tavera) †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
18 Dec	18.5	Appointed	Jerzy Radziwiłł †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Cardinal, Bishop
21 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Lambert Gruter †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
22 Dec	60.9	Died	Alessandro Crivelli †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
25 Dec	49.8	Died	Charles de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
26 Dec	19.4	Appointed	Louis II de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
27 Dec	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Maistret, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Damascus	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France

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