The Year of Our Lord 1531

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Marcello Acquaviva †		Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
		Born	Jorge de Almeida †		Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal
		Born	Ludovico Antinori †		Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
		Resigned	Francisco Borja †	Bishop of Teano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Guglielmo Bruno †	Bishop of Andros, Greece
	53.0	Resigned	Tommaso Caracciolo †	Bishop of Capaccio, Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
		Born	Luca Cardino †		Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
		Born	Francesco Cattani da Diacceto †		Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
		Resigned	Giovanni Battista Cibo (Cybo) †	Bishop of Mariana, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Jean Dave †		Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
		Born	Piotr Dunin Wolski †		Bishop of Płock, Poland
		Born	Charles d’Espinay †		Bishop of Dol, France
		Died	Francisco Fitzjohn de Córdoba, O.P. †	Bishop of Glendalough, Ireland
		Ordained Bishop	Johann Fabri (Heigerlein von Leutkirch) †	Bishop of Wien, Austria
		Appointed	Gonzalo †	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus
		Ordained Bishop	Gonzalo †	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus
		Born	Vespasien Gribaldi †		Archbishop Emeritus of Vienne, France
		Born	Eberhard von Holle †		Former Bishop-Elect of Lübeck, Germany
	31.9	Ordained Bishop	Jan (Janusz) z Książąt Litewskich †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Resigned	Ambroise Le Veneur de Tillières †	Bishop of Évreux, France	Bishop Emeritus
	27.0	Died	Adriano Mascheroni †	Bishop of Sora, Italy
		Born	Jacques Maury †		Bishop of Bayonne, France
		Died	Antonio Mollo (de Nerlis) †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
		Born	Alfonso Paleotti †		Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
		Born	Cunerus Petri †		Bishop of Leeuwarden, Netherlands
		Resigned	Giovanni Matteo Sartori †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
		Resigned	Anselmo Sperelli, O.F.M. †	Bishop of San Leone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	John Underwood †	Auxiliary Bishop of Norwich, England, Great Britain
		Born	Vitellozzo Vitelli †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
		Born	Józef Wereszczyński †		Bishop of Kyiv (Kijów), Ukraine
9 Jan	45.0	Appointed	Gabriel de Gramont †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia	Cardinal, Bishop of Tarbes, France
15 Jan		Appointed	Jacques Amelin †	Bishop of Tulle, France
18 Jan		Appointed	Avanzio Cricche †	Bishop of San Leone, Italy
		Confirmed	Thomas Schoning †	Archbishop of Riga, Latvia
	40.0	Confirmed	Franz von Waldeck †	Bishop of Minden, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
22 Jan	38.0	Appointed	Charles de Hémard de Denonville †	Cardinal, Bishop of Mâcon, France
23 Jan		Appointed	Luis Cardona †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
25 Jan	30.0	Ordained Bishop	Georges d’Armagnac †	Bishop of Rodez, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
29 Jan	44.0	Appointed	Piotr Gamrat †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
1 Feb		Died	Geoffrey Blythe †	Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, England, Great Britain
6 Feb	33.2	Appointed	Benedetto de Accolti †	Administrator of Policastro, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
10 Feb		Appointed	Ferdinand †	Titular Bishop of Thyatira
15 Feb		Appointed	Juan Cardona †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
15 Feb		Appointed	Nicolas Wilgaito †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
22 Feb	60.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Alfonso Manrique de Lara y Solís †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
22 Feb	58.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Juan Pardo de Tavera †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
26 Feb	46.1	Appointed	Venerable Diego Alvarez de Osorio †	Bishop of Nicaragua	Bishop-Elect
Mar	53.1	Appointed	Francesco Cornaro (Sr.) †	Administrator of Brescia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Mar		Died	Paolo Zane †	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
6 Mar		Appointed	Iñigo de Avalos, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Giffoni, Italy	Bishop of Aquino, Italy
		Appointed	Bernardino Castellari †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
	19.8	Resigned	Ippolito de’ Medici †	Administrator of Casale Monferrato, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Avignon, France
		Appointed	Juan de Salamanca, O.P. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
13 Mar	64.1	Died	Richard Greiffenclau von Vollrads †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
18 Mar		Appointed	François Daussayo, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dol, France
18 Mar		Appointed	François Daussayo, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Castoria	Auxiliary Bishop of Dol, France
20 Mar	39.5	Appointed	Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) †	Administrator of Mariana, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
	27.2	Appointed	Giacomo Antonio Lucifero †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
	55.4	Resigned	Giovanni Piccolomini †	Administrator of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy
27 Mar	39.2	Selected	Johann von Metzenhausen †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
7 Apr		Born	Agostino Valier (Valeri, Valieri) †		Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
13 Apr		Born	Hughes de Loubenx de Verdalle, O.S.Io.Hieros. †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Octaviae)
16 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Domenico Moriconi †	Bishop of Amelia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 Apr	55.9	Resigned	Louis Canossa, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Bayeux, France	Bishop Emeritus
	55.9	Selected	Louis Canossa, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Castres, France	Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux, France
	60.2	Installed	Alfonso Manrique de Lara y Solís †	Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Appointed	Pierre de Martigny †	Bishop of Bayeux, France
		Appointed	Jacques de Tournon †	Bishop of Castres, France	Bishop of Valence and Die, France
		Appointed	Adrian Zakowski, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Appointed	Adrian Zakowski, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Aenos	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
23 Apr		Appointed	Giovanni de Rosa †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
		Appointed	Barthélemy Simon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chartres, France
		Appointed	Barthélemy Simon †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Chartres, France
27 Apr	58.9	Installed	Juan Pardo de Tavera †	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
28 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Spagnuolo †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
10 May	51.3	Appointed	François Guillaume de Castelnau de Clermont-Ludève †	Bishop of Agde, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
10 May	26.3	Appointed	Antoine-Charles de Vesc †	Bishop of Valence and Die, France	Bishop Emeritus of Castres, France
19 May	75.3	Died	Jan Łaski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
25 May		Ordained Bishop	Barthélemy Simon †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Chartres, France
28 May	52.4	Died	Balthasar Maerklin †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
Jun	72.4	Selected	Hugo von Hohenladenburg †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
9 Jun		Born	Federico Cornaro (Sr.), O.S.Io.Hieros. †		Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
16 Jun		Appointed	Jean de la Massonaye, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mâcon, France
16 Jun		Appointed	Jean de la Massonaye, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Hippos	Auxiliary Bishop of Mâcon, France
21 Jun	55.4	Appointed	Gregor Angerer (Langer) †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
	33.4	Appointed	Rodrigo de Bastidas y Rodriguez de Romera †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
	42.4	Installed	Íñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga †	Cardinal-Priest of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Bishop of Burgos, Spain
	37.8	Resigned	Andrea Matteo Palmieri †	Administrator of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Policastro, Italy
	41.2	Appointed	Giovanni Salviati †	Administrator of Teano, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	32.5	Appointed	Giovanni Michele Saraceni †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
25 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Bernardino Castellari †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy

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