The Year of Our Lord 1560

Bishop Events

May to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 May 36.0 Ordained Bishop Filippo Mocenigo † Archbishop of Nicosia, Cyprus

5 May Ordained Bishop Gerardo Dedoni † Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy

6 May Born Guido Pepoli † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio

Ordained Bishop Antonio Pintor Cavaro † Bishop of Bosa, Italy

Ordained Bishop Francisco Thomàs de Taxaquet † Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy

13 May 31.3 Confirmed Marquard von Hattstein † Coadjutor Bishop of Speyer, Germany Bishop

15 May Died Francisco de Santa María Benavides Velasco, O.S.H. † Bishop of Segovia, Spain

19 May 25.2 Ordained Bishop Niccolò Sfondrati † Bishop of Cremona, Italy Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

23 May 64.3 Died Andrzej Zebrzydowski † Bishop of Kraków, Poland

26 May 63.4 Ordained Bishop Tossolus (Teobaldo) Blancus (Bianchi) † Bishop of Sapë, Albania

Died Étienne Martel de Bacqueville † Bishop of Coutances, France

Ordained Bishop Jurja (Georgius/Giorgio) Živković (Xiwowich/Sincout), O.F.M. † Bishop of Senj, Croatia

29 May Appointed Giovanni Battista Alamanni † Bishop of Mâcon, France

Resigned Andreas Centanus (Zantinus) † Bishop of Nemosia (Limasol), Cyprus Bishop Emeritus

28.2 Appointed Antonio Cauco (Cocco) † Coadjutor Archbishop of Corfù, Greece Archbishop Emeritus

28.2 Appointed Antonio Cauco (Cocco) † Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters) Archbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Greece

29.4 Appointed Charles d’Espinay † Bishop of Dol, France

26.8 Appointed Mark Sittich von Hohenems (Altemps) † Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany

60.4 Appointed François Mangeard † Auxiliary Bishop of Langres, France

60.4 Appointed François Mangeard † Titular Bishop of Negroponte Auxiliary Bishop of Langres, France

Appointed Cornelius MacArdel † Bishop of Clogher, Ireland

27.4 Appointed Niccolò Tornabuoni † Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy

Jun Born Jean Dauvin † Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium

Resigned Joachim von Muensterburg † Bishop of Brandenburg, Germany

3 Jun 59.4 Appointed Francois Bachaud (Bachodi) † Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland

13 Jun Died Crispin de Brichanteau † Bishop-Elect of Senlis, France

15 Jun Appointed Paolo Odescalchi † Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Atri, Italy

50.4 Resigned Giulio Pavesi, O.P. † Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy

19 Jun Appointed Rainier Cevoli † Coadjutor Bishop of Vaison, France

Appointed Rainier Cevoli † Titular Bishop of Maioren Coadjutor Bishop of Vaison, France

15.7 Appointed Giovanni de’ Medici (Jr.) † Cardinal, Administrator of Pisa, Italy

56.3 Appointed Scipione Rebiba † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Troia, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina

Appointed Benedetto Salino † Bishop of Veroli, Italy

20 Jun 48.9 Ordained Bishop Ippolito Capilupi † Bishop of Fano, Italy Bishop Emeritus

21 Jun 36.4 Died Rudolf von Frankenstein † Bishop of Speyer, Germany

26 Jun 46.7 Appointed Simoné Aleotti † Coadjutor Bishop of Forli, Italy

46.7 Appointed Simoné Aleotti † Titular Bishop of Lindinen Coadjutor Bishop of Forli, Italy

Appointed Pedro González Mendoza † Bishop of Salamanca, Spain

Appointed Ioannis Carizia (Grassinga) † Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania Bishop Emeritus

57.4 Appointed Francisco Manrique de Lara † Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain

Appointed Pierre Raynier, O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Angers, France

Appointed Pierre Raynier, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Raphanea Auxiliary Bishop of Angers, France

27 Jun Ordained Bishop Ioannis Carizia (Grassinga) † Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania Bishop Emeritus

29 Jun 38.4 Appointed Germanico Bandini † Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena, Italy

38.4 Appointed Germanico Bandini † Titular Archbishop of Corinthus Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena, Italy

49.7 Appointed Guillermo Casador † Coadjutor Bishop of Barcelona, Spain Bishop

49.7 Appointed Guillermo Casador † Titular Bishop of Xanguien Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

Appointed Ambrosio Lalerno † Titular Bishop of Albanen

1 Jul Died Jean Doc, O.S.B. † Bishop of Laon, France

4 Jul 66.5 Died Eberhard von Hirnheim † Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany

6 Jul 45.7 Appointed Prospero Publicola Santacroce † Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

42.5 Resigned Pompeo Zambeccari † Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy

7 Jul 34.5 Ordained Bishop Pompeo Piccolomini de Aragona † Bishop of Tropea, Italy

9 Jul 37.5 Appointed Marcantonio Colonna (Sr.) † Archbishop of Taranto, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

14 Jul 59.5 Ordained Bishop Matteo Concini † Bishop of Cortona, Italy Bishop Emeritus

37.5 Selected Martin von Schaumberg † Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany

16 Jul Died Girolamo Beccadelli Bologna † Bishop of Siracusa, Italy

Died Agostino Lippomano † Bishop of Verona, Italy

17 Jul Appointed Claude Allardet † Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland

61.5 Appointed Pál Bornemissza † Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia

Appointed Matija Bruman † Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia

42.5 Appointed Antonín Brus von Muglitz, O. Cruc. † Bishop of Wien, Austria Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

47.7 Appointed Martín de Córdoba Mendoza, O.P. † Bishop of Tortosa, Spain Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

45.4 Appointed György Drašković † Bishop of Pécs, Hungary Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

Appointed Ferenc Forgách de Ghymes † Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania

64.5 Appointed Gaspare Ricciullo del Fosso, O.M. † Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy

Appointed Louis-Ricard de Gourdon de Genouillac de Vaillac † Bishop of Tulle, France

Appointed Paul Jäger † Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop-Elect

Appointed Paul Jäger † Titular Bishop of Athyra Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Bamberg, Germany

Appointed Péter Kapronczay Paulinus † Bishop of Csanád, Hungary

55.1 Appointed Giulio Magnani, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy

Appointed Luis Norman (Horman), O.F.M. Obs. † Auxiliary Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

Appointed Luis Norman (Horman), O.F.M. Obs. † Titular Bishop of Martyropolis Auxiliary Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

50.5 Appointed Filip Padniewski † Bishop of Kraków, Poland

56.6 Appointed Martín Pérez de Ayala † Bishop of Segovia, Spain Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

Appointed Dionigi Pioppo, O.P. † Bishop of Modruš, Croatia

Appointed János Újlaky † Bishop of Vác, Hungary

Appointed Jérôme de Valperga † Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France

56.1 Appointed Anton Vrancic (Verancsics) † Bishop of Eger, Hungary Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary

27 Jul Died Georg Waldeisen (Kalteiser) † Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

28 Jul 55.1 Ordained Bishop Giulio Magnani, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy

2 Aug 47.5 Appointed Giovanni Campeggi † Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy Bishop of Bologna, Italy

12 Aug 68.5 Died Diomede Carafa † Cardinal, Bishop of Ariano, Italy

17 Aug 59.6 Died Braccio Martelli † Bishop of Lecce, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	36.0	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Mocenigo †	Archbishop of Nicosia, Cyprus
5 May		Ordained Bishop	Gerardo Dedoni †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
6 May		Born	Guido Pepoli †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio
	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Pintor Cavaro †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Thomàs de Taxaquet †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
13 May	31.3	Confirmed	Marquard von Hattstein †	Coadjutor Bishop of Speyer, Germany	Bishop
15 May		Died	Francisco de Santa María Benavides Velasco, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
19 May	25.2	Ordained Bishop	Niccolò Sfondrati †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
23 May	64.3	Died	Andrzej Zebrzydowski †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
26 May	63.4	Ordained Bishop	Tossolus (Teobaldo) Blancus (Bianchi) †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
	Died	Étienne Martel de Bacqueville †	Bishop of Coutances, France
	Ordained Bishop	Jurja (Georgius/Giorgio) Živković (Xiwowich/Sincout), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Senj, Croatia
29 May		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Alamanni †	Bishop of Mâcon, France
	Resigned	Andreas Centanus (Zantinus) †	Bishop of Nemosia (Limasol), Cyprus	Bishop Emeritus
28.2	Appointed	Antonio Cauco (Cocco) †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Corfù, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
28.2	Appointed	Antonio Cauco (Cocco) †	Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters)	Archbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Greece
29.4	Appointed	Charles d’Espinay †	Bishop of Dol, France
26.8	Appointed	Mark Sittich von Hohenems (Altemps) †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
60.4	Appointed	François Mangeard †	Auxiliary Bishop of Langres, France
60.4	Appointed	François Mangeard †	Titular Bishop of Negroponte	Auxiliary Bishop of Langres, France
	Appointed	Cornelius MacArdel †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
27.4	Appointed	Niccolò Tornabuoni †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
Jun		Born	Jean Dauvin †		Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
	Resigned	Joachim von Muensterburg †	Bishop of Brandenburg, Germany
3 Jun	59.4	Appointed	Francois Bachaud (Bachodi) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy	Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
13 Jun		Died	Crispin de Brichanteau †	Bishop-Elect of Senlis, France
15 Jun		Appointed	Paolo Odescalchi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Atri, Italy
50.4	Resigned	Giulio Pavesi, O.P. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
19 Jun		Appointed	Rainier Cevoli †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vaison, France
	Appointed	Rainier Cevoli †	Titular Bishop of Maioren	Coadjutor Bishop of Vaison, France
15.7	Appointed	Giovanni de’ Medici (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Administrator of Pisa, Italy
56.3	Appointed	Scipione Rebiba †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Troia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	Appointed	Benedetto Salino †	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
20 Jun	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Ippolito Capilupi †	Bishop of Fano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
21 Jun	36.4	Died	Rudolf von Frankenstein †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
26 Jun	46.7	Appointed	Simoné Aleotti †	Coadjutor Bishop of Forli, Italy
46.7	Appointed	Simoné Aleotti †	Titular Bishop of Lindinen	Coadjutor Bishop of Forli, Italy
	Appointed	Pedro González Mendoza †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
	Appointed	Ioannis Carizia (Grassinga) †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania	Bishop Emeritus
57.4	Appointed	Francisco Manrique de Lara †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
	Appointed	Pierre Raynier, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Angers, France
	Appointed	Pierre Raynier, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Raphanea	Auxiliary Bishop of Angers, France
27 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Ioannis Carizia (Grassinga) †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania	Bishop Emeritus
29 Jun	38.4	Appointed	Germanico Bandini †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena, Italy
38.4	Appointed	Germanico Bandini †	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus	Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena, Italy
49.7	Appointed	Guillermo Casador †	Coadjutor Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop
49.7	Appointed	Guillermo Casador †	Titular Bishop of Xanguien	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	Appointed	Ambrosio Lalerno †	Titular Bishop of Albanen
1 Jul		Died	Jean Doc, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Laon, France
4 Jul	66.5	Died	Eberhard von Hirnheim †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
6 Jul	45.7	Appointed	Prospero Publicola Santacroce †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
42.5	Resigned	Pompeo Zambeccari †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
7 Jul	34.5	Ordained Bishop	Pompeo Piccolomini de Aragona †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
9 Jul	37.5	Appointed	Marcantonio Colonna (Sr.) †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
14 Jul	59.5	Ordained Bishop	Matteo Concini †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
37.5	Selected	Martin von Schaumberg †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
16 Jul		Died	Girolamo Beccadelli Bologna †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
	Died	Agostino Lippomano †	Bishop of Verona, Italy
17 Jul		Appointed	Claude Allardet †	Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland
61.5	Appointed	Pál Bornemissza †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
	Appointed	Matija Bruman †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
42.5	Appointed	Antonín Brus von Muglitz, O. Cruc. †	Bishop of Wien, Austria	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
47.7	Appointed	Martín de Córdoba Mendoza, O.P. †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
45.4	Appointed	György Drašković †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
	Appointed	Ferenc Forgách de Ghymes †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
64.5	Appointed	Gaspare Ricciullo del Fosso, O.M. †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
	Appointed	Louis-Ricard de Gourdon de Genouillac de Vaillac †	Bishop of Tulle, France
	Appointed	Paul Jäger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	Appointed	Paul Jäger †	Titular Bishop of Athyra	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Bamberg, Germany
	Appointed	Péter Kapronczay Paulinus †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary
55.1	Appointed	Giulio Magnani, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
	Appointed	Luis Norman (Horman), O.F.M. Obs. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
	Appointed	Luis Norman (Horman), O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Martyropolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
50.5	Appointed	Filip Padniewski †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
56.6	Appointed	Martín Pérez de Ayala †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	Appointed	Dionigi Pioppo, O.P. †	Bishop of Modruš, Croatia
	Appointed	János Újlaky †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
	Appointed	Jérôme de Valperga †	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
56.1	Appointed	Anton Vrancic (Verancsics) †	Bishop of Eger, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
27 Jul		Died	Georg Waldeisen (Kalteiser) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
28 Jul	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Magnani, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
2 Aug	47.5	Appointed	Giovanni Campeggi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy	Bishop of Bologna, Italy
12 Aug	68.5	Died	Diomede Carafa †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ariano, Italy
17 Aug	59.6	Died	Braccio Martelli †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy

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