The Year of Our Lord 1538

Bishop Events

July to December

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Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

8 Jul Born Alberto Bolognetti † Cardinal, Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy

14 Jul Appointed Bernardo Sancio † Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy

50.5 Selected Johannes von Weeze † Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany

20 Jul 63.5 Resigned Giacomo Simonetta † Bishop of Perugia, Italy Cardinal, Administrator of Nepi e Sutri, Italy

24 Jul Died Hugo de La Chapelle † Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France

29 Jul 54.5 Appointed Sebastian Branicki Korczack † Bishop of Chełm, Poland Bishop of Poznań, Poland

68.5 Appointed Jakub Buczacki † Bishop of Płock, Poland

51.5 Appointed Piotr Gamrat † Bishop of Kraków, Poland Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

48.5 Appointed Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal (Arellano) † Bishop of Tuy, Spain Bishop of Cuenca, Spain

Appointed Francesco Bernardino Simonetta † Bishop of Perugia, Italy

Appointed Enrique de Villalobos Xeres † Bishop of Lucera, Italy Bishop of Squillace, Italy

Aug 44.5 Ordained Bishop David Beaton † Bishop of Mirepoix, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain

1 Aug 74.5 Died Johannes Petrus Brask † Bishop of Linköping, Sweden

2 Aug Ordained Bishop Francisco de Mendavia, O.S.H. † Bishop of Nicaragua

Born Séraphin Olivier-Razali † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro

8 Aug 37.6 Appointed Niccolò Ridolfi † Administrator of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy Cardinal, Administrator of Vicenza, Italy

9 Aug Born Lorenzo Priuli † Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

12 Aug Appointed Louis Cambourg, O.P. † Auxiliary Bishop of Quimper, France

Appointed Louis Cambourg, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Aveneten Auxiliary Bishop of Quimper, France

Appointed Pomponio Cecci (Cesi) † Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy Cardinal, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy

17.8 Appointed Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † Administrator of Ancona e Numana, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

72.6 Appointed Ennio Filonardi † Cardinal, Administrator of Montefeltro, Italy

Appointed Antonio Filonardi † Bishop of Veroli, Italy

Appointed Mariano de Mayno, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Brefny

58.6 Appointed Alonso Ruiz de Virués, O.S.B. † Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain

48.3 Appointed Giovanni Salviati † Administrator of Saint-Papoul, France Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

22 Aug Died Heinrich Leucker (Lenchker), O.P. † Auxiliary Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany

26 Aug Born Claude d’Angennes † Bishop of Le Mans, France

29 Aug 36.6 Died Robert Montgomery † Bishop of Argyll (Lismore), Scotland, Great Britain

30 Aug Born Cesare Baronio, C.O. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo

22 Sep 38.2 Ordained Bishop Federico Cesi † Bishop of Todi, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

23 Sep Appointed Manuel de Sousa † Bishop of Silves (Sylves), Portugal Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal

Appointed Scipione Dura † Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy

41.7 Appointed Luigi Lippomano † Coadjutor Bishop of Bergamo, Italy Bishop

41.7 Appointed Luigi Lippomano † Titular Bishop of Methone Bishop of Bergamo, Italy

Appointed Giuseppe de Montanaris, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Naxos, Greece

Appointed João Parvi † Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde

Appointed Ubertinus , O.F.M. Conv. † Auxiliary Bishop of Nice, France

Appointed Ubertinus , O.F.M. Conv. † Titular Bishop of Syra (Suda) Auxiliary Bishop of Nice, France

24 Sep Died Jean de La Rochefoucauld, O.S.B. † Bishop of Mende, France

28 Sep 67.7 Died Alfonso Manrique de Lara y Solís † Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

29 Sep 41.7 Ordained Bishop Luigi Lippomano † Titular Bishop of Methone Bishop of Bergamo, Italy

Ordained Bishop Mariano de Mayno, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Brefny

2 Oct Born St. Charles Borromeo † Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

3 Oct 37.7 Died Eustache de Croy † Bishop of Arras, France

Died Albert Kraus † Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

7 Oct Appointed Ludovico de Martinis, O.P. † Bishop of Ario, Greece

Appointed Arthur O’Frigil (Friel) † Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland Archbishop Emeritus

Appointed Vincenzo Torelli † Bishop of Lesina, Italy Bishop-Elect

13 Oct 43.7 Appointed Charles de Pisseleu † Bishop of Mende, France Bishop of Condom, France

18 Oct 60.7 Elevated to Cardinal Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando † Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

20 Oct Ordained Bishop Ludovico de Martinis, O.P. † Bishop of Ario, Greece

25 Oct 33.8 Ordained Bishop Francesco Bandini Piccolomini † Archbishop of Siena, Italy

Appointed Giovambattista Ricasoli † Bishop of Cortona, Italy Bishop of Pistoia, Italy

27 Oct 36.8 Appointed Alfonso de Fuenmayor † Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

30 Oct Appointed Mathurin Legay † Auxiliary Bishop of Angers, France

Appointed Mathurin Legay † Titular Bishop of Raphanea Auxiliary Bishop of Angers, France

Appointed Bonaventura Engelbertz van Oldenzeel, O.F.M. Obs. † Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands

Appointed Bonaventura Engelbertz van Oldenzeel, O.F.M. Obs. † Titular Bishop of Hebron Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands

Appointed Sebastiano Rossi † Bishop of Caorle, Italy

Nov Ordained Bishop Bonaventura Engelbertz van Oldenzeel, O.F.M. Obs. † Titular Bishop of Hebron Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands

12 Nov Appointed Girolamo Ghianderoni † Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy Bishop Emeritus

15 Nov 18.1 Appointed Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † Administrator of Massa Marittima, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Appointed Georges , O. Cist. † Titular Bishop of Lindinen

60.8 Appointed Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando † Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Appointed Girolamo Grimaldi † Cardinal, Administrator of Albenga, Italy

Confirmed Pankraz von Sinzenhofen † Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

27 Nov 38.9 Appointed Edmund Bonner † Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus of London, England, Great Britain

29 Nov 34.9 Appointed Jorge de Austria † Archbishop of Valencia, Spain Bishop of Liège, Belgium

21.2 Appointed Antoine Perrenot de Granvella † Bishop of Arras, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France

6 Dec Born Francesco Gonzaga † Cardinal, Bishop of Mantova, Italy

9 Dec 45.9 Appointed Charles de Hémard de Denonville † Administrator of Amiens, France Cardinal, Bishop of Mâcon, France

11 Dec Born Sigismund von Brandenburg † Former Archbishop-Elect of Magdeburg, Germany

Appointed Dionisio Zannettini, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Mylopotamos, Greece Bishop Emeritus

15 Dec 69.9 Ordained Bishop Stanisław Oleśnicki † Bishop of Poznań, Poland

18 Dec Appointed Augustin Gabel (Ranel), O.S.A. † Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France

Appointed Augustin Gabel (Ranel), O.S.A. † Titular Bishop of Chalcedon Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France

20 Dec 50.4 Elevated to Cardinal Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

44.9 Elevated to Cardinal David Beaton † Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain

68.5 Elevated to Cardinal Pietro Bembo, O.S.Io.Hieros. † In Pectore Cardinal, Administrator of Bergamo, Italy

29.3 Elevated to Cardinal Ippolito d’Este (II) † In Pectore Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy

38.9 Elevated to Cardinal Pedro Fernández Manrique † Cardinal, Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

53.9 Elevated to Cardinal Robert de Lénoncourt † Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
8 Jul		Born	Alberto Bolognetti †		Cardinal, Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
14 Jul		Appointed	Bernardo Sancio †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
50.5	Selected	Johannes von Weeze †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
20 Jul	63.5	Resigned	Giacomo Simonetta †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
24 Jul		Died	Hugo de La Chapelle †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France
29 Jul	54.5	Appointed	Sebastian Branicki Korczack †	Bishop of Chełm, Poland	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
68.5	Appointed	Jakub Buczacki †	Bishop of Płock, Poland
51.5	Appointed	Piotr Gamrat †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
48.5	Appointed	Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal (Arellano) †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
	Appointed	Francesco Bernardino Simonetta †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy
	Appointed	Enrique de Villalobos Xeres †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
Aug	44.5	Ordained Bishop	David Beaton †	Bishop of Mirepoix, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain
1 Aug	74.5	Died	Johannes Petrus Brask †	Bishop of Linköping, Sweden
2 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Mendavia, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Nicaragua
	Born	Séraphin Olivier-Razali †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro
8 Aug	37.6	Appointed	Niccolò Ridolfi †	Administrator of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Vicenza, Italy
9 Aug		Born	Lorenzo Priuli †		Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
12 Aug		Appointed	Louis Cambourg, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Quimper, France
	Appointed	Louis Cambourg, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Aveneten	Auxiliary Bishop of Quimper, France
	Appointed	Pomponio Cecci (Cesi) †	Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
17.8	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
72.6	Appointed	Ennio Filonardi †	Cardinal, Administrator of Montefeltro, Italy
	Appointed	Antonio Filonardi †	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
	Appointed	Mariano de Mayno, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Brefny
58.6	Appointed	Alonso Ruiz de Virués, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
48.3	Appointed	Giovanni Salviati †	Administrator of Saint-Papoul, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
22 Aug		Died	Heinrich Leucker (Lenchker), O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany
26 Aug		Born	Claude d’Angennes †		Bishop of Le Mans, France
29 Aug	36.6	Died	Robert Montgomery †	Bishop of Argyll (Lismore), Scotland, Great Britain
30 Aug		Born	Cesare Baronio, C.O. †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
22 Sep	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Federico Cesi †	Bishop of Todi, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
23 Sep		Appointed	Manuel de Sousa †	Bishop of Silves (Sylves), Portugal	Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
	Appointed	Scipione Dura †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy
41.7	Appointed	Luigi Lippomano †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bergamo, Italy	Bishop
41.7	Appointed	Luigi Lippomano †	Titular Bishop of Methone	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
	Appointed	Giuseppe de Montanaris, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece
	Appointed	João Parvi †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
	Appointed	Ubertinus , O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Nice, France
	Appointed	Ubertinus , O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Syra (Suda)	Auxiliary Bishop of Nice, France
24 Sep		Died	Jean de La Rochefoucauld, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Mende, France
28 Sep	67.7	Died	Alfonso Manrique de Lara y Solís †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
29 Sep	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Lippomano †	Titular Bishop of Methone	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
	Ordained Bishop	Mariano de Mayno, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Brefny
2 Oct		Born	St. Charles Borromeo †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
3 Oct	37.7	Died	Eustache de Croy †	Bishop of Arras, France
	Died	Albert Kraus †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
7 Oct		Appointed	Ludovico de Martinis, O.P. †	Bishop of Ario, Greece
	Appointed	Arthur O’Frigil (Friel) †	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Vincenzo Torelli †	Bishop of Lesina, Italy	Bishop-Elect
13 Oct	43.7	Appointed	Charles de Pisseleu †	Bishop of Mende, France	Bishop of Condom, France
18 Oct	60.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
20 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Ludovico de Martinis, O.P. †	Bishop of Ario, Greece
25 Oct	33.8	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Bandini Piccolomini †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
	Appointed	Giovambattista Ricasoli †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
27 Oct	36.8	Appointed	Alfonso de Fuenmayor †	Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
30 Oct		Appointed	Mathurin Legay †	Auxiliary Bishop of Angers, France
	Appointed	Mathurin Legay †	Titular Bishop of Raphanea	Auxiliary Bishop of Angers, France
	Appointed	Bonaventura Engelbertz van Oldenzeel, O.F.M. Obs. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
	Appointed	Bonaventura Engelbertz van Oldenzeel, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Hebron	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
	Appointed	Sebastiano Rossi †	Bishop of Caorle, Italy
Nov		Ordained Bishop	Bonaventura Engelbertz van Oldenzeel, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Hebron	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
12 Nov		Appointed	Girolamo Ghianderoni †	Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
15 Nov	18.1	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Massa Marittima, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	Appointed	Georges , O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Lindinen
60.8	Appointed	Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	Appointed	Girolamo Grimaldi †	Cardinal, Administrator of Albenga, Italy
	Confirmed	Pankraz von Sinzenhofen †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
27 Nov	38.9	Appointed	Edmund Bonner †	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of London, England, Great Britain
29 Nov	34.9	Appointed	Jorge de Austria †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
21.2	Appointed	Antoine Perrenot de Granvella †	Bishop of Arras, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
6 Dec		Born	Francesco Gonzaga †		Cardinal, Bishop of Mantova, Italy
9 Dec	45.9	Appointed	Charles de Hémard de Denonville †	Administrator of Amiens, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Mâcon, France
11 Dec		Born	Sigismund von Brandenburg †		Former Archbishop-Elect of Magdeburg, Germany
	Appointed	Dionisio Zannettini, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Mylopotamos, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
15 Dec	69.9	Ordained Bishop	Stanisław Oleśnicki †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
18 Dec		Appointed	Augustin Gabel (Ranel), O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France
	Appointed	Augustin Gabel (Ranel), O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Chalcedon	Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France
20 Dec	50.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
44.9	Elevated to Cardinal	David Beaton †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain
68.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Bembo, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Administrator of Bergamo, Italy
29.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
38.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Pedro Fernández Manrique †	Cardinal, Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
53.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Robert de Lénoncourt †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France

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