The Year of Our Lord 1516

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	37.0	Appointed	Denis Briçonnet †	Bishop of Lodève, France	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France
		Appointed	Dietrich Huls, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Schwerin, Germany
		Appointed	Alfonso Manrique de Lara †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Born	Francisco Antonio Orantes Vélez, O.F.M. †	Cuéllar	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
	30.0	Professed	St. Tomás de Villanueva, O.S.A. †	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
22 Mar		Appointed	Acenario López †	Bishop
Apr	56.3	Resigned	Raffaele Sansone Riario †	Apostolic Administrator of Savona, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
19 Apr	55.3	Appointed	Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
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
4 Jul		Appointed	Pedro del Campo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
4 Jul		Appointed	Pedro del Campo †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
7 Aug		Died	Federico Sanseverino †	Cardinal, Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Novara, Italy
18 Aug	57.5	Appointed	Adriano de Florensz (Dedel) †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
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
28 Sep		Appointed	Pedro de Urieta †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
Oct		Died	Martín Zurbano de Azpeitia †	Bishop of Tui, Spain
29 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Pedro de Urieta †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
23 Nov	61.9	Appointed	Alejandro Geraldini (Gerardini, Gueraldini) †	Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Dec		Died	Juan Laso de la Vega, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
4 Dec		Died	Ludwig Ebmer †	Bishop Emeritus of Chiemsee, Germany
17 Dec	45.0	Appointed	Esteban Gabriel Merino †	Bishop of León, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Jaén, Spain

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