The Year of Our Lord 1515

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Petrus Antonii †	Titular Bishop of Lydda
		Born	Andrés Bacallar †	Calaritan	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
		Resigned	Antonio de Boccamoro, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Andria, Italy
		Resigned	Giovanni Battista Cantalicio †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Antoine Caracciolo, C.R.S.A. †	Napoli	Bishop Emeritus of Troyes, France
		Resigned	Fernando de Castro †	Bishop of Scala, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Tommaso Catanei, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cervia, Italy
	36.6	Resigned	Giulio de’ Medici †	Bishop of Albi, France	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Resigned	Giovanni Dominici †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Donato della Torre †	Bishop of Bosnia, Croatia
		Died	Francisco Garcia de Padilla, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	42.0	Appointed	Louis de Gorrevod de Challand †	Bishop of Bourg-en-Bresse, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	58.9	Resigned	Achille Grassi †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Bologna, Italy
		Appointed	Baldassarre Caetano de Grassi †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Martin Johann Lintfari †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
		Died	Roberto de Noya (Noja), O.P. †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece
		Resigned	Jacob Ulfsson (Offonis) †	Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden	Archbishop Emeritus
		Died	Juan de Ortega †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
		Died	Andrea Riccio †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
		Died	Heinrich Schodehoet, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
	36.8	Ordained Priest	Christoph von Stadion †	Priest of Augsburg, Germany	Bishop
		Born	Fernando Tricio Arenzana †	Arenzana	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
		Born	Felipe Urríes Urríes, O.P. †	Jaca	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
		Born	Johann Jakob von Kuen-Belasy †	Brixen	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
		Appointed	Paolo Zabarella, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece
7 Jan		Appointed	Michel Briçonnet †	Bishop of Nîmes, France	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jan		Appointed	Pedro Folch de Cardona †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
10 Jan		Appointed	Cristóbal Barrionuevo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
10 Jan		Appointed	Cristóbal Barrionuevo †	Titular Bishop of Thagaste	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
26 Jan		Appointed	Luigi de Amato †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
	40.1	Resigned	Federico Sanseverino †	Administrator of Vienne, France	Cardinal, Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Novara, Italy
		Appointed	Antonio Zeno †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
5 Feb		Born	György Draskovics †	Zilina, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
12 Feb		Died	Philipp von Daun-Oberstein †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
14 Feb	36.7	Appointed	Giulio de’ Medici †	Archbishop of Narbonne, France	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
14 Mar	38.2	Selected	Hermann zu Wied †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus
16 Mar		Appointed	Natale della Torre †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
19 Mar		Died	Johann Orgass †	Bishop of Ösell (Oesell) [Saare-Lääne], Estonia
19 Mar		Succeeded	Joannes Rynel †	Bishop of Ösell (Oesell) [Saare-Lääne], Estonia
22 Mar	50.2	Died	James Stanley †	Bishop of Ely, England, Great Britain
26 Mar		Appointed	Andrea Pastore †	Bishop of Andria, Italy
18 Apr		Appointed	Juan de Espés †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
21 Apr		Died	Pietro Guzman †	Bishop of Narni, Italy
		Died	Sancho Pérez Rodríguez de Acebes †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
	61.9	Appointed	Francesco Soderini †	Administrator of Narni, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
25 Apr		Born	Juan Ruiz Agüero †	Talavera de la Reina	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
21 May	40.7	Resigned	Luigi d’Aragona †	Administrator of Aversa, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Nardò, Italy
25 May		Appointed	Juan Castellanos de Villalba †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
		Appointed	Gavin Douglas †	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
	88.4	Resigned	Jaime Serra i Cau †	Administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
1 Jun		Appointed	Biagio Caropipe †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
		Appointed	Alvaro Osorio, O.P. †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
		Appointed	Francisco Sosa †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
3 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Diego Pinheiro Lobo †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
6 Jun		Died	Ercole d’Azeglio †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
13 Jun	45.4	Appointed	Amedeo Berruti †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
13 Jun	38.4	Confirmed	Hermann zu Wied †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Jun	37.5	Appointed	Amanieu d’Albret †	Administrator of Conserans (St. Lizier), France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
23 Jun	37.5	Appointed	Amanieu d’Albret †	Administrator of Pamiers, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
25 Jun	37.5	Resigned	Amanieu d’Albret †	Administrator of Conserans (St. Lizier), France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
25 Jun	29.5	Appointed	Gabriel de Gramont †	Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Tarbes, France
27 Jun		Appointed	Angelo Maccafani †	Bishop of Lanciano, Italy
28 Jun		Appointed	Valentino Cantalicio †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
6 Jul		Appointed	Simeone de’ Vernacoli †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
7 Jul	29.4	Ordained Priest	Georg von Rhein †	Priest of Speyer, Germany	Bishop
22 Jul	29.4	Ordained Bishop	Georg von Rhein †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
27 Jul		Appointed	Nicholas West †	Bishop of Ely, England, Great Britain
30 Jul	59.6	Resigned	Niccolò Fieschi †	Administrator of Toulon, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
8 Aug		Resigned	Ludovico de Lagoria, O.P. †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24 Aug		Appointed	Giovanni Francesco de Franchis †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
8 Sep	30.5	Ordained Priest	Bernhard von Cles (Clesio) †	Priest of Trento, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
10 Sep	30.5	Ordained Bishop	Bernhard von Cles (Clesio) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
	45.7	Appointed	Bernardo de Mesa, O.P. †	Bishop of Elne, France	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
	44.7	Appointed	Thomas Wolsey †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia	Cardinal, Archbishop of York, England, Great Britain
	44.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Thomas Wolsey †	Cardinal, Archbishop of York, England, Great Britain
7 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Nicholas West †	Bishop of Ely, England, Great Britain
22 Oct	35.8	Appointed	Baltasar del Río †	Bishop of Scala, Italy
22 Oct	35.8	Ordained Bishop	Baltasar del Río †	Bishop of Scala, Italy
24 Oct		Born	Gianantonio Capizucchi †	Rome	Cardinal, Bishop of Lodi, Italy
5 Nov		Died	Mathias Schach, O. Cart. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
10 Dec		Appointed	Heinrich von Hattingen, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Minden, Germany
10 Dec		Appointed	Heinrich von Hattingen, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Auxiliary Bishop of Minden, Germany
14 Dec	37.0	Appointed	Adrien Gouffier de Boissy †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro	Cardinal, Administrator of Albi, France
14 Dec	37.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Adrien Gouffier de Boissy †	Cardinal, Administrator of Albi, France
30 Dec		Appointed	Pietro Prisco Guglielmucci †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy