The Year of Our Lord 1541

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Gottschalk von Ahlefeld †	Bishop of Schleswig, Germany
		Died	Nicolás de Aragón †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
		Born	Metello Bichi †	Siena	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy
		Born	Pedro Castro Nero †	Ampudia	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
		Born	Giovanni Battista Castrucci †	Lucca	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti, Italy
		Died	Diego da Silva, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
		Born	Feliciano Figueroa †	Bornos	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
	61.0	Resigned	Matthias von Jagow †	Bishop of Brandenburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Fernando Niño de Guevara †	Toledo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Appointed	Alfonso Oliva †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
		Born	Domenico Pinelli †	Genova	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
		Born	Miguel Rangel, O.F.M. †	Coimbra	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
	52.0	Died	Nikolaus Schigmers, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
		Appointed	Stanislav Škovránko (Várallyi) †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
	32.0	Ordained Priest	Gregor Virneburg †	Priest of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	53.0	Ordained Priest	Johannes von Weeze †	Priest of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Bishop
1 Jan	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Franz Graf von Waldeck †	Bishop of Münster, Germany
5 Jan	60.5	Died	Philipp von der Pfalz †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
	53.9	Succeeded	Heinrich Pfalzgraf von Rhein †	Bishop of Freising, Germany	Bishop-Elect
	60.7	Died	Philipp Pfalzgraf von Rhein †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
30 Jan	61.0	Resigned	Girolamo Aleandro †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
4 Feb	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Cristóbal de Pedraza †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
15 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México
18 Feb	51.1	Appointed	Bernardo Manrique, O.P. †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
18 Feb	27.1	Confirmed	Wolfgang Graf von Salm †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
23 Feb	37.1	Appointed	Jorge de Austria †	Coadjutor Bishop of Liège, Belgium	Bishop
	37.1	Appointed	Jorge de Austria †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
	55.1	Appointed	Juan Martínez Silíceo †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
28 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Juan Bautista Campeggio †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
1 Mar		Died	Alonso de Castilla Zúniga †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
6 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Leonhard Haller †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
16 Mar	37.2	Appointed	Scipione Rebiba †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy
16 Mar	37.2	Appointed	Scipione Rebiba †	Titular Bishop of Amyclae	Cardinal, Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy
6 Apr		Appointed	Miguel Torcella †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy
29 Apr	36.3	Appointed	Leopoldo de Austria †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
4 May		Appointed	Alfonso de Sanabria †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese
4 May		Appointed	Pedro Vaguer †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
13 May		Appointed	Jerónimo de Loayza, O.P. †	Bishop of Lima, Peru	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
15 May		Ordained Bishop	Alfonso de Sanabria †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese
16 Jun	26.7	Appointed	Maurizio Pietra †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop
27 Jun		Appointed	Antonio Ramírez de Haro †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
3 Jul	61.5	Died	Girolamo Ghinucci {Ginucci} †	Cardinal, Bishop of Foreign Diocese
6 Jul		Appointed	Rodrigo de Bastidas y Rodriguez de Romera †	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)	Bishop Emeritus
	65.0	Appointed	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Baltasar de Heredia, O.P. †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
20 Jul		Appointed	Francisco de Santa María Benavides Velasco, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
27 Aug		Appointed	Gaspar Beluer, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Huesca, Spain
8 Sep		Died	Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México
13 Oct	63.8	Died	Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
31 Oct	42.8	Died	Vicente Valverde Alvarez, O.P. †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
14 Nov		Appointed	Alessandro Cesarini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
14 Nov	44.9	Appointed	Girolamo Verallo †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy

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