The Year of Our Lord 1540

Bishop Events

July to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Jul Succeeded Guillaume Éder † Bishop of Quimper, France

Born Federico Gonzaga † Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Mantova, Italy

Died Jean de La Motte † Coadjutor Bishop of Quimper, France

Died Claude de Rohan † Bishop of Quimper, France

1 Jul 50.5 Selected Konrad von Bibra † Bishop of Würzburg, Germany Bishop-Elect

5 Jul 16.7 Appointed Charles Bourbon de Vendôme † Bishop of Nevers, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France

16 Jul Appointed Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño † Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México Bishop-Elect

Born Alfonso Carafa † Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

19.7 Appointed Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † Administrator of Cavaillon, France Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

60.5 Resigned Girolamo Ghinucci {Ginucci} † Administrator of Cavaillon, France Cardinal, Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain

Appointed William Gibson † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain

Appointed William Gibson † Titular Bishop of Libariensis Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain

Appointed Johann von Münchhausen † Bishop of Curland, Latvia

Appointed Donald O’Beachan, O.F.M. † Bishop of Kildare, Ireland Bishop-Elect

17 Jul Born Giovanni Alberti † Bishop of Cortona, Italy

22 Jul 48.5 Died Johann von Metzenhausen † Archbishop of Trier, Germany

30 Jul Appointed Benedetto Conversini † Bishop of Jesi, Italy

Appointed Jean Fabre, O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Sarlat, France

Appointed Jean Fabre, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Hauara Auxiliary Bishop of Sarlat, France

9 Aug 48.6 Selected Johann Ludwig von Hagen † Archbishop of Trier, Germany

12 Aug Died John Holt † Titular Bishop of Lydda

13 Aug Died Anton Braun † Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany

16 Aug Ordained Bishop Alessandro Stefano Filodori, O.P. † Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy Bishop Emeritus

17 Aug Appointed Bernardino Castellari † Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy

20 Aug Resigned Girolamo Grimaldi † Administrator of Bari (-Canosa), Italy Cardinal, Administrator of Albenga, Italy

Appointed Girolamo Sauli † Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy Archbishop of Genova, Italy

43.6 Appointed Girolamo Verallo † Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy

23 Aug 47.6 Died Charles de Hémard de Denonville † Cardinal, Bishop of Mâcon, France

26 Aug Appointed Balthasar Fannemann (Waneman), O.P. † Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

Appointed Balthasar Fannemann (Waneman), O.P. † Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

Appointed Balthasar Fannemann (Waneman), O.P. † Titular Bishop of Missene (Mysia) Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

27 Aug 50.6 Confirmed Konrad von Bibra † Bishop of Würzburg, Germany Bishop-Elect

Appointed Costantino Giustianiani, O.P. † Bishop of Ceos and Thermia, Greece

59.6 Appointed Claude de Longwy de Givry † Administrator of Périgueux (Vesuna), France Cardinal, Administrator of Langres, France

53.5 Appointed Heinrich von Rhein (Palatins, von der Pfalz) † Coadjutor Bishop of Freising, Germany Bishop

Appointed Pedro Torres † Auxiliary Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy

Appointed Pedro Torres † Bishop of Albania Auxiliary Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy

28 Aug Died Ugo Rangone † Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy

30 Aug Died Augustin Gabel (Ranel), O.S.A. † Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France

Sep Died Donald O’Beachan, O.F.M. † Bishop-Elect of Kildare, Ireland

8 Sep Died Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño † Bishop-Elect of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México

16 Sep 21.7 Died Enrique de Borja y Aragón † Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Squillace, Italy

18 Sep 65.1 Died Juan (Johannes) de Witte Hoos (Ubite), O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba

19 Sep 54.7 Ordained Bishop Melchiorre Crivelli (Cribelli), O.P. † Titular Bishop of Thagaste Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

Ordained Bishop Francesco Bernardino Simonetta † Bishop of Perugia, Italy

24 Sep 39.3 Appointed Marcello Cervini † Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

Appointed Diego da Silva, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

Appointed Bernardo da Cruz, O.P. † Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe Bishop Emeritus

59.7 Appointed Claude de Longwy de Givry † Administrator of Amiens, France Cardinal, Administrator of Langres, France

Appointed Louis McNamara, O.F.M. † Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland Bishop-Elect

60.7 Appointed Fernando de Menezes Coutinho e Vasconcellos † Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal

Appointed Diego de Ortiz de Vilhegas † Bishop of Ceuta, Spain

Appointed Rodrigo Pinheiro † Bishop of Angra, Portugal Bishop of Porto, Portugal

28.6 Appointed Henrique de Portugal † Archbishop of Évora, Portugal Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

Appointed Agostinho Ribeiro † Bishop of Lamego, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

Appointed Fabio Vigili † Bishop of Spoleto, Italy

Oct Died Louis McNamara, O.F.M. † Bishop-Elect of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland

5 Oct Died Giovanni dei Tagliacozzi † Bishop of Chioggia, Italy

6 Oct Died Francisco de Mendavia, O.S.H. † Bishop of Nicaragua

7 Oct 40.7 Died Pedro Fernández Manrique † Cardinal, Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

Died Cristoforo Giacobazzi † Cardinal, Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy

55.7 Installed Robert de Lénoncourt † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France

20 Oct Born Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

5 Nov 39.4 Installed Marcello Cervini † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

Appointed Leonhard Haller † Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany

Appointed Leonhard Haller † Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany

Appointed John McBrady † Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland

Removed Edmund Nugent, C.R.S.A. † Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

Appointed John O’Heyne (Jedicar) † Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland

Appointed Alberto Pascaleo de Utino, O.P. † Bishop of Chioggia, Italy

65.8 Died Francisco de los Ángeles (Enrique) Quiñones, O.F.M. Obs. † Cardinal, Former Administrator of Acerno, Italy

17.8 Appointed Giacomo Savelli † Administrator of Nicastro, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

Appointed Enrique de Villalobos Xeres † Bishop of Squillace, Italy

11 Nov Appointed Antoine Le Tonnellier, O.S.B. † Auxiliary Bishop of Thérouanne, France

Appointed Antoine Le Tonnellier, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Damascus Auxiliary Bishop of Thérouanne, France

Appointed Thaddeus Reynolds † Bishop of Kildare, Ireland

26.8 Selected Wolfgang von Salm † Bishop of Passau, Germany

15 Nov Appointed Martino de Cruce † Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy

53.8 Appointed Matteo Griffoni (Grifonio) Pioppi, O.S.B. † Bishop of Trivento, Italy

44.8 Appointed Fabio Mignanelii † Bishop of Lucera, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

Appointed Ascanio Parisani † Administrator of Muro Lucano, Italy Cardinal, Bishop of Rimini, Italy

Appointed Biagio Palladio † Bishop of Foligno, Italy Bishop Emeritus

24 Nov 65.8 Appointed Ottaviano Maria Sforza † Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Dec Ordained Bishop Franz Frangipane, O.F.M. Obs. † Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

1 Dec 44.9 Appointed Jan Dziaduski † Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland

44.9 Appointed Jan Dziaduski † Titular Bishop of Margarita Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland

51.8 Appointed Uberto Gambara † Administrator of Rethymo (Calamona), Greece Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy

8 Dec Born Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga, O.S.Io.Hieros. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alessio

10 Dec Appointed Domingo Cubels, O.S.Io.Hieros. † Bishop of Malta

48.9 Confirmed Johann Ludwig von Hagen † Archbishop of Trier, Germany

40.7 Appointed Reginald Pole † Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain

22.0 Appointed Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora † Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

17 Dec Appointed Pierre de Forli † Bishop of Apt, France

18 Dec 60.3 Died Cesare Riario † Administrator of Málaga, Spain

19 Dec 40.9 Ordained Bishop Thomas Thirlby † Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus of Ely, England, Great Britain

27 Dec Ordained Bishop Andrés de Fuentsalida, O. Cist. † Titular Bishop of Tripolis in Phoenicia Auxiliary Bishop of Messina, Italy

29 Dec 49.9 Ordained Priest Franz von Waldeck † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany

31 Dec Born Silvio Antoniano † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Jul		Succeeded	Guillaume Éder †	Bishop of Quimper, France
	Born	Federico Gonzaga †		Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Mantova, Italy
	Died	Jean de La Motte †	Coadjutor Bishop of Quimper, France
	Died	Claude de Rohan †	Bishop of Quimper, France
1 Jul	50.5	Selected	Konrad von Bibra †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop-Elect
5 Jul	16.7	Appointed	Charles Bourbon de Vendôme †	Bishop of Nevers, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
16 Jul		Appointed	Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México	Bishop-Elect
	Born	Alfonso Carafa †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
19.7	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Cavaillon, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
60.5	Resigned	Girolamo Ghinucci {Ginucci} †	Administrator of Cavaillon, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain
	Appointed	William Gibson †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain
	Appointed	William Gibson †	Titular Bishop of Libariensis	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain
	Appointed	Johann von Münchhausen †	Bishop of Curland, Latvia
	Appointed	Donald O’Beachan, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Kildare, Ireland	Bishop-Elect
17 Jul		Born	Giovanni Alberti †		Bishop of Cortona, Italy
22 Jul	48.5	Died	Johann von Metzenhausen †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
30 Jul		Appointed	Benedetto Conversini †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
	Appointed	Jean Fabre, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sarlat, France
	Appointed	Jean Fabre, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Hauara	Auxiliary Bishop of Sarlat, France
9 Aug	48.6	Selected	Johann Ludwig von Hagen †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
12 Aug		Died	John Holt †	Titular Bishop of Lydda
13 Aug		Died	Anton Braun †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
16 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Stefano Filodori, O.P. †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 Aug		Appointed	Bernardino Castellari †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
20 Aug		Resigned	Girolamo Grimaldi †	Administrator of Bari (-Canosa), Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Albenga, Italy
	Appointed	Girolamo Sauli †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
43.6	Appointed	Girolamo Verallo †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy
23 Aug	47.6	Died	Charles de Hémard de Denonville †	Cardinal, Bishop of Mâcon, France
26 Aug		Appointed	Balthasar Fannemann (Waneman), O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
	Appointed	Balthasar Fannemann (Waneman), O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
	Appointed	Balthasar Fannemann (Waneman), O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Missene (Mysia)	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
27 Aug	50.6	Confirmed	Konrad von Bibra †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop-Elect
	Appointed	Costantino Giustianiani, O.P. †	Bishop of Ceos and Thermia, Greece
59.6	Appointed	Claude de Longwy de Givry †	Administrator of Périgueux (Vesuna), France	Cardinal, Administrator of Langres, France
53.5	Appointed	Heinrich von Rhein (Palatins, von der Pfalz) †	Coadjutor Bishop of Freising, Germany	Bishop
	Appointed	Pedro Torres †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
	Appointed	Pedro Torres †	Bishop of Albania	Auxiliary Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
28 Aug		Died	Ugo Rangone †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
30 Aug		Died	Augustin Gabel (Ranel), O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France
Sep		Died	Donald O’Beachan, O.F.M. †	Bishop-Elect of Kildare, Ireland
8 Sep		Died	Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño †	Bishop-Elect of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
16 Sep	21.7	Died	Enrique de Borja y Aragón †	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Squillace, Italy
18 Sep	65.1	Died	Juan (Johannes) de Witte Hoos (Ubite), O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
19 Sep	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Melchiorre Crivelli (Cribelli), O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Thagaste	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Bernardino Simonetta †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy
24 Sep	39.3	Appointed	Marcello Cervini †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	Appointed	Diego da Silva, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
	Appointed	Bernardo da Cruz, O.P. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe	Bishop Emeritus
59.7	Appointed	Claude de Longwy de Givry †	Administrator of Amiens, France	Cardinal, Administrator of Langres, France
	Appointed	Louis McNamara, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland	Bishop-Elect
60.7	Appointed	Fernando de Menezes Coutinho e Vasconcellos †	Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal
	Appointed	Diego de Ortiz de Vilhegas †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
	Appointed	Rodrigo Pinheiro †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
28.6	Appointed	Henrique de Portugal †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Agostinho Ribeiro †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Fabio Vigili †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
Oct		Died	Louis McNamara, O.F.M. †	Bishop-Elect of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland
5 Oct		Died	Giovanni dei Tagliacozzi †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
6 Oct		Died	Francisco de Mendavia, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Nicaragua
7 Oct	40.7	Died	Pedro Fernández Manrique †	Cardinal, Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
	Died	Cristoforo Giacobazzi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
55.7	Installed	Robert de Lénoncourt †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
20 Oct		Born	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
5 Nov	39.4	Installed	Marcello Cervini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	Appointed	Leonhard Haller †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
	Appointed	Leonhard Haller †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
	Appointed	John McBrady †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
	Removed	Edmund Nugent, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	John O’Heyne (Jedicar) †	Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland
	Appointed	Alberto Pascaleo de Utino, O.P. †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
65.8	Died	Francisco de los Ángeles (Enrique) Quiñones, O.F.M. Obs. †	Cardinal, Former Administrator of Acerno, Italy
17.8	Appointed	Giacomo Savelli †	Administrator of Nicastro, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	Appointed	Enrique de Villalobos Xeres †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
11 Nov		Appointed	Antoine Le Tonnellier, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Thérouanne, France
	Appointed	Antoine Le Tonnellier, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Damascus	Auxiliary Bishop of Thérouanne, France
	Appointed	Thaddeus Reynolds †	Bishop of Kildare, Ireland
26.8	Selected	Wolfgang von Salm †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
15 Nov		Appointed	Martino de Cruce †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
53.8	Appointed	Matteo Griffoni (Grifonio) Pioppi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
44.8	Appointed	Fabio Mignanelii †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Ascanio Parisani †	Administrator of Muro Lucano, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Rimini, Italy
	Appointed	Biagio Palladio †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24 Nov	65.8	Appointed	Ottaviano Maria Sforza †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
Dec		Ordained Bishop	Franz Frangipane, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
1 Dec	44.9	Appointed	Jan Dziaduski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
44.9	Appointed	Jan Dziaduski †	Titular Bishop of Margarita	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
51.8	Appointed	Uberto Gambara †	Administrator of Rethymo (Calamona), Greece	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy
8 Dec		Born	Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga, O.S.Io.Hieros. †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alessio
10 Dec		Appointed	Domingo Cubels, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta
48.9	Confirmed	Johann Ludwig von Hagen †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
40.7	Appointed	Reginald Pole †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
22.0	Appointed	Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
17 Dec		Appointed	Pierre de Forli †	Bishop of Apt, France
18 Dec	60.3	Died	Cesare Riario †	Administrator of Málaga, Spain
19 Dec	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Thirlby †	Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Ely, England, Great Britain
27 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Andrés de Fuentsalida, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Tripolis in Phoenicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Messina, Italy
29 Dec	49.9	Ordained Priest	Franz von Waldeck †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
31 Dec		Born	Silvio Antoniano †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro

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