The Year of Our Lord 1516

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Resigned	Antonio Balestrieri, O. Cist. †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	37.0	Appointed	Denis Briçonnet †	Bishop of Lodève, France	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France
	46.0	Appointed	Guillaume Briçonnet †	Bishop of Meaux, France
		Died	Paolo Emilio Bruni †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
		Died	Corrado Caracciolo †	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
		Appointed	Bernardo Catagnano †	Bishop of Malta
	60.0	Appointed	Niccolò Fieschi †	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Died	Pietro Griffo †	Bishop of Forli, Italy
		Appointed	Jean-Philippe de Groslée †	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
		Appointed	Dietrich Huls, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Schwerin, Germany
		Resigned	Giuliano Isopo, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	William O’Ferral, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
		Born	Francisco Antonio Orantes Vélez, O.F.M. †	Cuéllar	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
		Died	Andrea Pastore †	Bishop of Andria, Italy
	57.4	Appointed	Lorenzo Pucci †	Administrator of Amalfi, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Resigned	Sismondo Filiasio Roverella †	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.0	Resigned	Matthäus Schinner †	Administrator of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
		Resigned	Juan de Sepúlveda †	Bishop of Malta	Bishop Emeritus
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Girolamo Seripando, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Francesco Setario †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
	30.0	Professed	St. Tomás de Villanueva, O.S.A. †	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
16 Jan		Resigned	Teseo de Cupis †	Bishop of Recanati, Italy	Bishop of Macerata, Italy
16 Jan		Appointed	Luigi (Alvise) Tasso †	Bishop of Recanati, Italy
Feb		Died	Giovanni Francesco Salvino †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy
12 Mar		Died	Bernardo Lauri †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
17 Mar		Appointed	Girolamo Campeggi †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
22 Mar		Appointed	Paulus Borgasius †	Bishop of Nemosia (Limasol), Greece	Bishop Emeritus
	34.2	Resigned	Marco Cornaro †	Bishop of Nemosia (Limasol), Greece	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	43.2	Resigned	Sisto Gara della Rovere (Franciotti) †	Administrator of Saluzzo, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
		Appointed	Giuliano Tornabuoni †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
31 Mar		Appointed	Acenario López †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
Apr		Resigned	Claude de Château-Vieux †	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France	Archbishop Emeritus
9 Apr		Appointed	Tommaso Giovanni Riario †	Bishop of Savona, Italy
9 Apr	54.9	Resigned	Raffaele Sansone Riario †	Administrator of Savona, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
18 Apr	77.3	Died	Richard Mayew †	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain
19 Apr	55.3	Appointed	Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte †	Administrator of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
25 Apr		Died	John Hatton †	Auxiliary Bishop of York, England, Great Britain
May	24.7	Appointed	Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) †	Administrator of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
14 May		Appointed	James Hepburn †	Bishop of Moray, Scotland, Great Britain
9 Jun	72.4	Died	Luis Mercader Escolano, O. Cart. †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
21 Jun		Died	Martín Fernández de Angulo Saavedra y Luna †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
22 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Giuliano Tornabuoni †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
Jul		Resigned	Jean d’Auriole †	Bishop of Montauban, France	Bishop Emeritus
Jul	89.5	Appointed	Jaime Serra i Cau †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
4 Jul		Appointed	Pedro del Campo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
		Appointed	Pedro del Campo †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
		Resigned	Niccolò Lippomano †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Pietro Lippomano †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy	Bishop of Verona, Italy
18 Jul	22.5	Appointed	Bandinello Sauli †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Gerace, Italy
	63.1	Appointed	Francesco Soderini †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	70.5	Died	Marco Vigerio della Rovere, O.F.M. Conv. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Trani, Italy
21 Jul		Appointed	Charles Booth †	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain
Aug	18.6	Appointed	Guillaume de Croy †	Bishop of Cambrai, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
7 Aug	41.6	Died	Federico Sanseverino †	Cardinal, Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Novara, Italy
15 Aug	38.6	Resigned	Jacques de Croy, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Cambrai, France	Bishop Emeritus
18 Aug	57.5	Appointed	Adriaan Florenszoom Dedel †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Arcangelo Madrignano †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	45.6	Appointed	Alfonso Manrique de Lara y Solís †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
19 Aug		Appointed	Giovanni Pirro Scorna †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
22 Aug		Died	Guillermo Raimundo Centelles †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
22 Aug		Appointed	Pedro Ruiz de la Mota, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
Sep		Died	Giacomo Gherardi †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy
9 Sep	7.4	Appointed	Afonso de Portugal †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
17 Sep		Appointed	Giovanni di Sorra †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
23 Sep		Died	Claude de Château-Vieux †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
28 Sep		Appointed	Pedro de Urieta †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
Oct		Died	Martín Zurbano de Azpeitia †	Bishop of Tui, Spain
4 Oct		Born	Archangelo de’ Bianchi (Blanca), O.P. †	Gambolo	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Teano, Italy
29 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Pedro de Urieta †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
5 Nov		Appointed	Giacomo Bongalli †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
5 Nov		Appointed	Mario Maffei †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy	Bishop of Cavaillon, France
8 Nov		Appointed	Pietro Giovanni de Melis †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy	Titular Bishop of Tiberias
15 Nov		Appointed	Bernardo de’ Medici †	Bishop of Forli, Italy
23 Nov	61.9	Appointed	Alejandro Geraldini (Gerardini, Gueraldini) †	Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
24 Nov	65.9	Resigned	René de Prie †	Bishop of Bayeux, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Limoges, France
26 Nov	71.9	Appointed	Philippe de Luxembourg †	Bishop of Arras, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Le Mans, France
26 Nov		Appointed	François de Melun †	Bishop of Thérouanne, France
30 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Charles Booth †	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain
Dec		Died	Juan Laso de la Vega, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
Dec		Died	Miles Salley, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Llandaff, Wales, Great Britain
4 Dec		Died	Ludwig Ebmer †	Bishop Emeritus of Chiemsee, Germany
5 Dec	65.9	Resigned	René de Prie †	Bishop of Limoges, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
12 Dec		Appointed	Simone de Nor †	Bishop of Andria, Italy
17 Dec	42.3	Resigned	Luigi d’Aragona †	Administrator of León, Spain	Cardinal, Administrator of Nardò, Italy
17 Dec	45.0	Appointed	Esteban Gabriel Merino †	Bishop of León, Spain	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain