The Year of Our Lord 1523

Bishop Events

July to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

5 Jul Ordained Bishop Cristoforo Numai, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Isernia, Italy Cardinal, Administrator of Alatri, Italy

6 Jul Appointed Jean Masson, O. Carm. † Auxiliary Bishop of Poitiers, France

Appointed Jean Masson, O. Carm. † Titular Bishop of Hebron Auxiliary Bishop of Poitiers, France

Appointed Giovanni Domenico Moriconi † Bishop of Amelia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

47.7 Appointed Giovanni Piccolomini † Administrator of L’Aquila, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy

Appointed Olav Thorkelsson † Bishop of Bjørgvin (Bergen), Norway

9 Jul 80.5 Died Diego de Deza, O.P. † Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

17 Jul Appointed Orazio Della Valle † Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy

52.5 Confirmed Maurycy Ferber † Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland

Appointed Diego Fernández de Villalán, O.F.M. † Bishop of Almería, Spain

62.4 Resigned Domenico Grimani † Administrator of Urbino, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

Appointed Giacomo Narducci † Coadjutor Bishop of Urbino, Italy Bishop

24 Jul Appointed Antonio de Paola † Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Appointed Girolamo de Paola † Bishop of Nicastro, Italy Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy

Appointed Valentino Franco † Bishop of Boiano, Italy Bishop Emeritus

44.5 Died Adrien Gouffier de Boissy † Cardinal, Administrator of Albi, France

Appointed Francesco de Molendina, O.F.M. † Bishop of Canea (Cydonia, Egée), Greece

50.5 Resigned Franciotto Orsini † Administrator of Boiano, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin

26 Aug 62.5 Died Domenico Grimani † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

27 Aug Succeeded Giacomo Narducci † Bishop of Urbino, Italy

30 Aug 47.6 Ordained Bishop Weigand von Redwitz † Bishop of Bamberg, Germany

31 Aug 35.1 Appointed Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. † Bishop of Córdoba, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

60.6 Confirmed Heinrich Bokhold (Bokholt) † Bishop of Lübeck, Germany

Appointed Pedro González Manso † Bishop of Guadix, Spain Bishop of Osma, Spain

52.6 Appointed Alfonso Manrique de Lara y Solís † Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

8 Sep 68.4 Resigned Pietro de Accolti de Aretio † Administrator of Arras, France Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina

22.6 Appointed Eustache de Croy † Bishop of Arras, France

43.6 Appointed Giovanni Battista Pallavicino † Administrator of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia Cardinal, Bishop of Cavaillon, France

Appointed Giovanni Ruffo de Theodoli † Apostolic Administrator of Cádiz, Spain Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy

10 Sep 59.6 Appointed Willem van Enckenvoirt (Enkewort) † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo Cardinal, Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands

59.6 Elevated to Cardinal Willem van Enckenvoirt (Enkewort) † Cardinal, Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands

43.6 Appointed Girolamo Ghinucci {Ginucci} † Administrator of Malta Cardinal, Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain

14 Sep 64.5 Died Adriaan Florenszoon Dedel † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

22 Sep Born Charles Bourbon de Vendôme † Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France

26 Sep 25.7 Appointed Jakob (Giacomo) Divnić (Difnico) † Bishop of Nona (Nin), Croatia

1 Oct 63.7 Died Dietrich von Bülow † Bishop of Lebus, Germany

4 Oct 41.2 Ordained Bishop Andrzej Krzycki † Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

Selected Johann von Revellis † Bishop of Wien, Austria

6 Oct Died Ottaviano Visconti-Riario † Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy

15 Oct Died Alfonso Enríquez † Bishop of Osma, Spain

19 Nov 45.4 Elected Giulio de’ Medici † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

22 Nov 53.3 Appointed Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de’ Medici † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy

67.7 Died Achille Grassi † Cardinal, Administrator of Bologna, Italy

22.8 Appointed Niccolò Ridolfi † Administrator of Pomesania (Pomezania), Poland Cardinal, Administrator of Vicenza, Italy

26 Nov 45.5 Installed Giulio de’ Medici † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

59.9 Resigned Andrea Della Valle † Bishop of Mileto, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

Appointed Quinzio Rustici † Bishop of Mileto, Italy

38.9 Appointed Agostino Trivulzio † Administrator of Reggio Calabria, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro

Appointed François Zamora (de Orello), O.F.M. Conv. † Titular Bishop of Brefny

2 Dec 49.0 Appointed Lorenzo Campeggio † Bishop of Bologna, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina

51.9 Appointed Egidio da Viterbo, O.E.S.A. † Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy

3 Dec Born Lorenzo Strozzi † Cardinal, Archbishop of Aix, France

6 Dec Ordained Bishop John Clerk † Bishop of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain

52.9 Ordained Bishop Maurycy Ferber † Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland

7 Dec Ordained Bishop Francesco Cherigato † Bishop of Teramo, Italy

42.9 Ordained Bishop Girolamo Schio † Bishop of Vaison, France

8 Dec 68.7 Appointed Pietro de Accolti de Aretio † Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina

9 Dec Appointed Giorgio Abrami † Bishop of Sitia, Greece

62.9 Appointed Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte † Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

43.9 Appointed Olav Engelbrektsson † Archbishop of Nidaros (Trondheim), Norway

43.9 Ordained Bishop Olav Engelbrektsson † Archbishop of Nidaros (Trondheim), Norway

55.7 Appointed Alessandro Farnese † Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

Appointed Guilelmus Leyra, O.S.B. † Auxiliary Bishop of Cahors, France

Appointed Guilelmus Leyra, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Ceramus Auxiliary Bishop of Cahors, France

25.6 Appointed Jean de Lorraine † Administrator of Verdun, France Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France

70.4 Appointed Francesco Soderini † Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

59.9 Appointed Piotr Tomiczki † Bishop of Kraków, Poland

13 Dec 38.9 Ordained Bishop Augustin Mair, C.R.S.A. † Titular Bishop of Salona Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany

14 Dec Appointed Alessandro Cesarini (Sr.) † Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

41.9 Appointed Marco Cornaro † Cardinal-Priest of San Marco Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

25.6 Appointed Jean de Lorraine † Administrator of Luçon, France Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France

16 Dec 67.2 Died Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

18 Dec 24.2 Confirmed Johann Albrecht von Brandenburg † Coadjutor Archbishop of Magdeburg, Germany Archbishop

43.9 Appointed François Guillaume de Castelnau de Clermont-Ludève † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

62.9 Appointed Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte † Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

55.8 Appointed Alessandro Farnese † Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

67.9 Appointed Niccolò Fieschi † Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

42.9 Resigned Philipp von Flersheim † Coadjutor Bishop of Worms, Germany Bishop of Speyer, Germany

Appointed Francesco Martirano, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Ceraunia

65.9 Resigned Reinhard von Rüppurr (Rippur) † Bishop of Worms, Germany Bishop Emeritus

70.5 Appointed Francesco Soderini † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

31 Dec 48.9 Appointed Alfonso de Fonseca y Ulloa † Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

51.5 Appointed Juan Pardo de Tavera † Bishop of Osma, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

Appointed Pedro Portocarrero † Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain Archbishop of Granada, Spain

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
5 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Cristoforo Numai, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Alatri, Italy
6 Jul		Appointed	Jean Masson, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poitiers, France
	Appointed	Jean Masson, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Hebron	Auxiliary Bishop of Poitiers, France
	Appointed	Giovanni Domenico Moriconi †	Bishop of Amelia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
47.7	Appointed	Giovanni Piccolomini †	Administrator of L’Aquila, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy
	Appointed	Olav Thorkelsson †	Bishop of Bjørgvin (Bergen), Norway
9 Jul	80.5	Died	Diego de Deza, O.P. †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
17 Jul		Appointed	Orazio Della Valle †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
52.5	Confirmed	Maurycy Ferber †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
	Appointed	Diego Fernández de Villalán, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
62.4	Resigned	Domenico Grimani †	Administrator of Urbino, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	Appointed	Giacomo Narducci †	Coadjutor Bishop of Urbino, Italy	Bishop
24 Jul		Appointed	Antonio de Paola †	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Girolamo de Paola †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
	Appointed	Valentino Franco †	Bishop of Boiano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
44.5	Died	Adrien Gouffier de Boissy †	Cardinal, Administrator of Albi, France
	Appointed	Francesco de Molendina, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Canea (Cydonia, Egée), Greece
50.5	Resigned	Franciotto Orsini †	Administrator of Boiano, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
26 Aug	62.5	Died	Domenico Grimani †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
27 Aug		Succeeded	Giacomo Narducci †	Bishop of Urbino, Italy
30 Aug	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Weigand von Redwitz †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
31 Aug	35.1	Appointed	Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
60.6	Confirmed	Heinrich Bokhold (Bokholt) †	Bishop of Lübeck, Germany
	Appointed	Pedro González Manso †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain	Bishop of Osma, Spain
52.6	Appointed	Alfonso Manrique de Lara y Solís †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
8 Sep	68.4	Resigned	Pietro de Accolti de Aretio †	Administrator of Arras, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
22.6	Appointed	Eustache de Croy †	Bishop of Arras, France
43.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Pallavicino †	Administrator of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia	Cardinal, Bishop of Cavaillon, France
	Appointed	Giovanni Ruffo de Theodoli †	Apostolic Administrator of Cádiz, Spain	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
10 Sep	59.6	Appointed	Willem van Enckenvoirt (Enkewort) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
59.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Willem van Enckenvoirt (Enkewort) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
43.6	Appointed	Girolamo Ghinucci {Ginucci} †	Administrator of Malta	Cardinal, Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain
14 Sep	64.5	Died	Adriaan Florenszoon Dedel †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
22 Sep		Born	Charles Bourbon de Vendôme †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
26 Sep	25.7	Appointed	Jakob (Giacomo) Divnić (Difnico) †	Bishop of Nona (Nin), Croatia
1 Oct	63.7	Died	Dietrich von Bülow †	Bishop of Lebus, Germany
4 Oct	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Andrzej Krzycki †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	Selected	Johann von Revellis †	Bishop of Wien, Austria
6 Oct		Died	Ottaviano Visconti-Riario †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
15 Oct		Died	Alfonso Enríquez †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
19 Nov	45.4	Elected	Giulio de’ Medici †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
22 Nov	53.3	Appointed	Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de’ Medici †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
67.7	Died	Achille Grassi †	Cardinal, Administrator of Bologna, Italy
22.8	Appointed	Niccolò Ridolfi †	Administrator of Pomesania (Pomezania), Poland	Cardinal, Administrator of Vicenza, Italy
26 Nov	45.5	Installed	Giulio de’ Medici †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
59.9	Resigned	Andrea Della Valle †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	Appointed	Quinzio Rustici †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
38.9	Appointed	Agostino Trivulzio †	Administrator of Reggio Calabria, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
	Appointed	François Zamora (de Orello), O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Brefny
2 Dec	49.0	Appointed	Lorenzo Campeggio †	Bishop of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
51.9	Appointed	Egidio da Viterbo, O.E.S.A. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
3 Dec		Born	Lorenzo Strozzi †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Aix, France
6 Dec		Ordained Bishop	John Clerk †	Bishop of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Maurycy Ferber †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
7 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Francesco Cherigato †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
42.9	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Schio †	Bishop of Vaison, France
8 Dec	68.7	Appointed	Pietro de Accolti de Aretio †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
9 Dec		Appointed	Giorgio Abrami †	Bishop of Sitia, Greece
62.9	Appointed	Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
43.9	Appointed	Olav Engelbrektsson †	Archbishop of Nidaros (Trondheim), Norway
43.9	Ordained Bishop	Olav Engelbrektsson †	Archbishop of Nidaros (Trondheim), Norway
55.7	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	Appointed	Guilelmus Leyra, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cahors, France
	Appointed	Guilelmus Leyra, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Auxiliary Bishop of Cahors, France
25.6	Appointed	Jean de Lorraine †	Administrator of Verdun, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
70.4	Appointed	Francesco Soderini †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
59.9	Appointed	Piotr Tomiczki †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
13 Dec	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Augustin Mair, C.R.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Salona	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
14 Dec		Appointed	Alessandro Cesarini (Sr.) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
41.9	Appointed	Marco Cornaro †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
25.6	Appointed	Jean de Lorraine †	Administrator of Luçon, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
16 Dec	67.2	Died	Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
18 Dec	24.2	Confirmed	Johann Albrecht von Brandenburg †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Magdeburg, Germany	Archbishop
43.9	Appointed	François Guillaume de Castelnau de Clermont-Ludève †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
62.9	Appointed	Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
55.8	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
67.9	Appointed	Niccolò Fieschi †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
42.9	Resigned	Philipp von Flersheim †	Coadjutor Bishop of Worms, Germany	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
	Appointed	Francesco Martirano, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ceraunia
65.9	Resigned	Reinhard von Rüppurr (Rippur) †	Bishop of Worms, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
70.5	Appointed	Francesco Soderini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
31 Dec	48.9	Appointed	Alfonso de Fonseca y Ulloa †	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
51.5	Appointed	Juan Pardo de Tavera †	Bishop of Osma, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	Appointed	Pedro Portocarrero †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain

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