The Year of Our Lord 1539

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Francesco Antonio Balduino †	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
		Born	Sinolfo Benci †		Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy
		Born	Cesare Benedetti †		Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
		Died	Benedetto , O. Cist. †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
	69.0	Removed	Robert Blyth, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Antonio Calcena, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
	27.0	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Maria Caracciolo †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
		Died	Rodrigo Carvajal †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
		Died	Antoine de Castelnau †	Bishop of Tarbes, France
		Died	Quintin Cogly, O.P. †	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
		Died	Michel d’Arandia †	Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France
		Died	Valentino d’Apreja (De Apreis) †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
		Born	Pedro de Azuaga, O.F.M. †		Bishop-Elect of Santiago de Chile
		Selected	Alexander Devereux, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
	20.0	Ordained Priest	Michael Dornvogel †	Priest of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	23.9	Ordained Priest	György Drašković †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
		Died	Girolamo Filangheri †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
	52.0	Died	Simone de Galeotti †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
		Died	Princisvalle de Gennaro †	Bishop of Nicotera, 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 †		Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
		Born	Lelio Landi †		Bishop of Nardò, Italy
		Resigned	Louis Lemaendaut †	Bishop-Elect of Glandèves, France	Former Bishop-Elect
	77.0	Resigned	Yves Mahyeuc (Mayeu), O.P. †	Bishop of Rennes, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Guy de Montmiral, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Meaux, France
		Died	Bonaventura Engelbertz van Oldenzeel, O.F.M. Obs. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
		Resigned	Gerolamo Olivieri †	Bishop of Acerno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	János Ország de Guth †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
		Born	Lorenzo Asensio Otaduy Avendaño †		Bishop of Ávila, Spain
		Born	Fantino Petrignani †		Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza, Italy
		Born	Sarkis Rizzi el-Bkoufani †		Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
		Born	Pedro Rojas Henríques, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Osma, Spain
		Died	Giacomo Sedati †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
	45.6	Appointed	Girolamo Seripando, O.E.S.A. †	Superior General of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
		Resigned	Laurent Serristori †	Bishop-Elect of Bitetto, Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
		Born	Jan Dymitr Solikowski †		Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
		Born	Juan Terés †		Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
		Died	Vincenzo Torelli †	Bishop-Elect of Lesina, Italy
		Born	Pietro Usimbardi †		Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
5 Jan	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Vasco de Quiroga †	Bishop of Michoacán, México
12 Jan	35.0	Ordained Priest	Jorge de Austria †	Priest	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
15 Jan		Died	Fadrique de Portugal Noreña, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
17 Jan		Born	Louis Michel d’Esne †		Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
18 Jan	59.0	Died	Juan Reina †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
7 Feb	42.0	Appointed	Luigi Lippomano †	Coadjutor Bishop of Verona, Italy	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
9 Feb	69.1	Died	Iver Munk †	Bishop Emeritus of Ribe, Denmark
13 Feb		Born	Stephan Weber †		Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
14 Feb	45.1	Succeeded	David Beaton †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain
14 Feb	66.1	Died	James Beaton †	Archbishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain
15 Feb		Died	Michele Fortini, O.P. †	Bishop of Lanciano, Italy
21 Feb	54.1	Appointed	Agostino Trivulzio †	Administrator of Brugnato, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
		Appointed	Michael Vehe, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
		Appointed	Michael Vehe, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Acre (or Ptolomais)	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Halberstadt, Germany
Mar	37.1	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso de Fuenmayor †	Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
4 Mar	51.1	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, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Appointed	Luigi Serristori †	Bishop of Bitetto, Italy
19 Mar	38.7	Appointed	Filippo Archinto †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
		Appointed	Pompeo Belvitani †	Bishop of Castelnuovo (Saint André), Croatia
	43.2	Confirmed	Friedrich Nausea †	Coadjutor Bishop of Wien, Austria	Bishop
		Appointed	Francesco Orsini †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
	45.2	Appointed	Leonardo Tornabuoni †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
21 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Rinaldi Montorio †	Bishop of Narni, Italy
24 Mar	59.2	Resigned	François Guillaume de Castelnau de Clermont-Ludève †	Administrator of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	16.2	Appointed	Jacques de Castelnau de Clermont-Lodève †	Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France
		Appointed	Annibale Mazochini †	Auxiliary Bishop of Parma, Italy
		Appointed	Annibale Mazochini †	Titular Bishop of Citrus	Auxiliary Bishop of Parma, Italy
30 Mar		Appointed	Juan de Urteaga, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México	Bishop-Elect
Apr		Died	Michael Vehe, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Halberstadt, Germany
1 Apr	34.2	Ordained Bishop	Fabio Colonna †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
1 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Bernardo Sancio †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
5 Apr	24.2	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 †		Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
8 Apr	35.2	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
14 Apr		Appointed	Robert Cairncross, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ross (Rosemarkie, Fortrose), Scotland, Great Britain
21 Apr	62.3	Resigned	Gianvincenzo Carafa †	Administrator of Acerra, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Appointed	Pietro Paolo (Giampaolo) de Thisis (da Pisa) †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
		Appointed	Jean de Joly †	Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France	Bishop Emeritus
24 Apr		Died	Jacques de Silly †	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
25 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Pankraz von Sinzenhofen †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
27 Apr	70.3	Died	Stanisław Oleśnicki †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
28 Apr		Appointed	Johann Thiel, O. Praem. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
28 Apr		Appointed	Johann Thiel, O. Praem. †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
May		Died	Jacques Amelin †	Bishop of Tulle, France
7 May	27.3	Appointed	William Cunningham †	Bishop of Argyll (Lismore), Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
21 May	55.3	Appointed	Pedro Alvarez de Acosta †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
	40.8	Appointed	Hernando de Aragón, O. Cist. †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	54.1	Appointed	Bernhard von Cles (Clesio) †	Administrator of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
	61.3	Appointed	García de Loaysa y Mendoza, O.P. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	50.8	Appointed	Pedro Pacheco de Villena (Ladrón de Guevara) †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
30 May		Appointed	János Barlabássy †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary
	69.4	Appointed	Stjepan Brodarić †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
	32.4	Appointed	Juan Bautista (Giovanni Battista) Campeggio †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Franz Frangipane, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Eger, Hungary	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
	57.4	Appointed	Györgi Martinuzzi, O.S.P.P.E. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
		Appointed	Gian Vincenzo Micheli †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy	Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy
		Appointed	Ivan Statilić (Statilio) †	Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, 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	13.4	Appointed	Nicolas Dangu †	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France	Bishop of Mende, France
		Appointed	János Eszéki †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
	64.4	Appointed	Francisco de los Ángeles (Enrique) Quiñones, O.F.M. Obs. †	Administrator of Acerno, Italy	Cardinal, Former Administrator
15 Jun		Appointed	Pierre du Rosel, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Orléans, France
15 Jun		Appointed	Pierre du Rosel, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Salona	Auxiliary Bishop of Orléans, France
16 Jun		Appointed	Pierre du Chastel †	Bishop of Tulle, France	Bishop of Orléans, France
		Appointed	Richard Hogan, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Clonmacnoise, Ireland	Bishop-Elect
		Appointed	Humbert Iserand, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Glandèves, France
		Appointed	Eugene Magennis †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
		Appointed	William Magin †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland	Bishop-Elect
19 Jun	47.4	Died	Christoph Marschalk zu Pappenheim †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany

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