The Year of Our Lord 1539

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Ottavio Accoramboni †	Gubbio	Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
		Appointed	Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
		Died	Francesco Antonio Balduini †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy
		Died	Angelo Baretta †	Bishop of Capri, Italy
	68.6	Ordained Priest	Pietro Bembo, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Priest of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem	Cardinal, Administrator of Bergamo, Italy
		Died	Benedetto , O. Cist. †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
		Died	Robert Blyth, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
		Resigned	Paulus Borgasius †	Bishop of Nemosia (Limasol), Greece	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Antonio Calcena, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
		Died	Rodrigo Carvajal †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
		Died	Antoine de Castelnau †	Bishop of Tarbes, France
		Died	Valentino d’Apreja (De Apreis) †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
		Born	Pedro de Azuaga, O.F.M. †	Azuaga, Spain	Bishop-Elect of Santiago de Chile
		Born	Eberhard von Dienheim †		Bishop of Speyer, Germany
		Ordained Priest	Michael Dornvogel †	Priest of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	23.9	Ordained Priest	György Draskovics †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
		Died	Pietro Durante †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
		Born	Bartolomeo Ferrero †	Mondovi	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
		Appointed	Christoph Fuchs von Fuchsberg †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
		Died	Troiano Gesualdo †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
		Died	Baldassarre Caetano de Grassi †	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
		Died	Bernardo Jordán, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lérida, Spain
		Born	Mathias Lambrecht †	Sint-Laureins	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
		Resigned	Guy de Montmiral, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Megara
		Died	Bonaventura Engelbertz van Oldenzeel, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
		Resigned	Gerolamo Olivieri †	Bishop of Acerno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Lorenzo Asensio Otaduy Avendaño †	Oñate	Bishop of Avila, Spain
		Died	Giacomo Sedati †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
	45.7	Appointed	Girolamo Seripando, O.S.A. †	Superior General of Order of St. Augustine	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
		Died	Vincenzo Torelli †	Bishop of Lesina, Italy
5 Jan	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Vasco de Quiroga †	Bishop of Michoacán, México
12 Jan	35.0	Ordained Priest	Jorge de Austria †	Priest of Valencia, Spain	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
15 Jan		Died	Fadrique de Portugal Noreña, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
18 Jan	59.0	Died	Juan Reina †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
7 Feb	42.1	Appointed	Luigi Lippomano †	Coadjutor Bishop of Verona, Italy	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
13 Feb		Born	Stephan Weber †	Erfurt	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
14 Feb	45.1	Succeeded	David Beaton †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain
14 Feb		Died	James Beaton †	Archbishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain
15 Feb		Died	Michele Fortini †	Bishop of Lanciano, Italy
21 Feb	54.1	Appointed	Agostino Trivulzio †	Administrator of Brugnato, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
21 Feb		Appointed	Michael Vehe, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
Mar	37.2	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso de Fuenmayor †	Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
4 Mar	51.2	Resigned	Marino Grimani †	Administrator of Città di Castello, Italy	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
5 Mar	29.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
		Appointed	Alessandro Stefano Filodori, O.P. †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	48.9	Resigned	Giovanni Salviati †	Administrator of Bitetto, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
9 Mar		Appointed	Sebastian Branicki †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
19 Mar	43.7	Appointed	Filippo Archinto †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
		Died	Gerolamo Falinghieri †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
		Appointed	Friedrich Nausea †	Coadjutor Bishop of Wien, Austria	Bishop
		Succeeded	Francesco Orsini †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	45.2	Appointed	Leonardo Tornabuoni †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
24 Mar	59.2	Resigned	François Guillaume de Castelnau de Clermont-Ludève †	Administrator of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Apr		Died	Michael Vehe, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Halberstadt, Germany
5 Apr	24.3	Ordained Priest	Antoine Caracciolo, C.R.S.A. †	Priest of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine	Bishop Emeritus of Troyes, France
5 Apr		Born	Sebastian Haidlauf †	Meßkirch	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
8 Apr	35.3	Ordained Bishop	Jorge de Austria †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
10 Apr		Died	Alvaro Osorio, O.P. †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
13 Apr	27.2	Ordained Bishop	Henrique de Portugal †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal
21 Apr	62.3	Resigned	Gianvincenzo Carafa †	Administrator of Acerra, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
21 Apr		Appointed	Giampaolo da Pisa †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
21 May	55.4	Appointed	Pedro Alvarez de Acosta †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
	40.8	Appointed	Hernando de Aragón, O. Cist. †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	54.2	Appointed	Bernhard von Cles (Clesio) †	Administrator of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
	61.4	Appointed	García de Loaysa y Mendoza, O.P. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	50.9	Appointed	Pedro Pacheco de Villena (Ladrón de Guevara) †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
30 May		Appointed	Juan Bautista Campeggio †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	57.4	Appointed	Györgi Martinuzzi, O.S.P.P.E. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
		Appointed	Martín Tristán Calvete †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
	56.4	Appointed	Fernando Valdés †	Bishop of León, Spain	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
Jun		Died	Pietro Prisco Guglielmucci †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy
9 Jun	64.4	Appointed	Francisco de los Angeles (Enrique) Quiñones, O.F.M. †	Administrator of Acerno, Italy	Cardinal, Former Administrator
13 Jun	47.4	Died	Christoph Marschalk zu Pappenheim †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
16 Jun		Appointed	Eugene Magennis †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
26 Jun	35.6	Appointed	Moritz von Hutten †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
30 Jun		Appointed	Gian Vincenzo Micheli †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy	Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy
14 Jul		Appointed	Andreas Centanus (Zantinus) †	Bishop of Nemosia (Limasol), Greece	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jul		Appointed	Vincenzo Durante †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
19 Jul	64.7	Died	Lorenzo Campeggio †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
23 Jul	55.8	Appointed	Gasparo Contarini †	Administrator of Salisbury, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Bishop of Belluno, Italy
		Resigned	George Cromer †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Claude Dodieu †	Coadjutor Bishop of Rennes, France	Bishop
		Appointed	Jerónimo de Toro, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lérida, Spain
		Appointed	Robert Wauchope †	Administrator of Armagh, Ireland	Archbishop
30 Jul	54.4	Died	Bernhard von Cles (Clesio) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
4 Aug		Appointed	Charles Boucher, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Megara
	62.6	Appointed	Gianvincenzo Carafa †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	51.6	Appointed	Marino Grimani †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
	62.6	Appointed	Antonio Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
5 Aug	27.1	Selected	Cristoforo Madruzzo †	Bishop of Trento, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
6 Aug		Died	Paolo Capizucchi †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
8 Aug		Appointed	Guillaume Éder †	Coadjutor Bishop of Quimper, France	Bishop
8 Aug	13.5	Appointed	Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
11 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Jerónimo de Toro, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lérida, Spain
14 Aug		Resigned	John Salcot (Capon), O. Carm. †	Bishop of Bangor, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
18 Aug		Appointed	Esteban Almeida †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
	39.6	Appointed	Jacques d’Annebault †	Cardinal, Bishop of Lisieux, France
		Appointed	Fernando Niño de Guevara †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
		Resigned	Jean Le Veneur †	Bishop of Lisieux, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Antonio Ramírez de Haro †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
25 Aug		Died	Jakub von Salza †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
27 Aug	38.3	Appointed	Marcello Cervini †	Administrator of Nicastro, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
27 Aug	18.9	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
31 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Pankraz von Sinzenhofen †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
1 Sep		Born	Cesare Speciano (Speciani) †	Cremona	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
5 Sep		Died	Lorenzo Grana †	Bishop of Segni, Italy
8 Sep		Died	John Stokesley †	Bishop of London, England, Great Britain
9 Sep	45.7	Installed	David Beaton †	Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain
		Appointed	Sancho Díaz de Trujillo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Plasencia, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Sancho Díaz de Trujillo †	Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos, Titular Sees	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Plasencia, Spain
	54.7	Appointed	Juan Suárez Carvajal †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Fabio Vigili †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
21 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Sancho Díaz de Trujillo †	Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos, Titular Sees	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Plasencia, Spain
27 Sep	79.7	Died	Alonso Manso †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
5 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Fernando Niño de Guevara †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
17 Oct		Appointed	Guglielmo Adeodato †	Bishop of Lesina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Samuel Maciejowski †	Bishop of Chełm, Poland	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
		Appointed	Jan Wilamowski †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
20 Oct	39.8	Appointed	Edmund Bonner †	Bishop of London, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
29 Oct		Appointed	Dionisio de Avila, O. de M. †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
	30.2	Appointed	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Administrator of Lyon, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
		Appointed	Andrés de Fuentsalida, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Messina, Italy
		Appointed	Sebastiano Graziani †	Bishop of Segni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Trevico, Italy
	41.6	Resigned	Jean de Lorraine †	Administrator of Lyon, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
	62.8	Appointed	Johannes Mensing, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany
		Appointed	Johann Nopel (Sr.) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Appointed	Johann Nopel (Sr.) †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Appointed	Nicola Angelo Olivieri †	Bishop of Acerno, Italy
	64.8	Resigned	Francisco de los Angeles (Enrique) Quiñones, O.F.M. †	Administrator of Acerno, Italy	Cardinal, Former Administrator
	49.8	Appointed	Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal (Arellano) †	Bishop of León, Spain	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
	56.8	Appointed	Fernando Valdés †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
Nov		Died	Francesco Cherigatto †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
1 Nov	64.8	Died	Giacomo Simonetta †	Cardinal, Administrator of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
9 Nov	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Hernando de Aragón, O. Cist. †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
9 Nov	56.1	Appointed	Gasparo Contarini †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Apollinare	Cardinal, Bishop of Belluno, Italy
10 Nov	69.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Bembo, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal, Administrator of Bergamo, Italy
	69.5	Installed	Pietro Bembo, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane	Cardinal, Administrator of Bergamo, Italy
	30.2	Installed	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
	27.3	Confirmed	Cristoforo Madruzzo †	Bishop of Trento, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
24 Nov		Appointed	Scipione Bongalli †	Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy
24 Nov		Appointed	Pomponio Cecci (Cesi) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
12 Dec	69.9	Appointed	Bartolomeo Guidiccioni †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Lucca, Italy
14 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Alexander Devereaux, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
17 Dec	21.0	Appointed	Enrique de Borja y Aragón †	Cardinal, Bishop of Squillace, Italy
19 Dec	21.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Enrique de Borja y Aragón †	Cardinal, Bishop of Squillace, Italy
	38.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Marcello Cervini †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	60.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Miguel da Silva †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Administrator of Massa Marittima, Italy
	63.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Pierre de La Baume †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
	60.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Federico Fregóso †	Cardinal, Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
	50.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Uberto Gambara †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy
	70.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Bartolomeo Guidiccioni †	Cardinal, Bishop of Lucca, Italy
	43.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Dionisio Neagrus Laurerio, O.S.M. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Urbino, Italy
		Elevated to Cardinal	Ascanio Parisani †	Cardinal, Bishop of Rimini, Italy
	67.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Paolo Parisio †	Cardinal, Bishop of Nusco, Italy
	47.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Antoine Sanguin de Meudon †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Orléans, France
	17.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Giacomo Savelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina