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
		Appointed	Girolamo Beccadelli Bologna †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
		Born	Metello Bichi †	Siena	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Businski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Born	Pedro Castro Nero †	Ampudia	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
		Born	Giovanni Battista Castrucci †	Lucca	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Domingo Cubels, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta
		Died	Diego da Silva, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
		Resigned	Giovanni Girolamo de’ Rossi †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
		Born	Feliciano Figueroa †	Bornos	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
	61.0	Died	Giovanni Guidiccioni †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
	61.0	Resigned	Matthias von Jagow †	Bishop of Brandenburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Pietro Lamberti †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
		Appointed	Jean-Philibert de Loriol de Châles †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
		Resigned	Angelo Marzi †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Nicolò Niconisi †	Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
		Born	Fernando Niño de Guevara †	Toledo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Died	Jacopo Pisauro †	Bishop of Paphos, Cyprus
		Born	Miguel Rangel, O.F.M. Cap. †	Coimbra	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
		Resigned	Pietro Ranieri †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Taddeo Sarti †		Bishop Emeritus of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
		Born	Antonio Maria Sauli †	Genoa	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
	52.0	Died	Nikolaus Schigmers, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
		Died	Barthélemy Simon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chartres, France
		Appointed	Jan Skála z Doubravky a Hradiště (Dubravius) †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
		Appointed	Stanislav Škovránko (Várallyi) †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
	32.0	Ordained Priest	Gregor Virneburg †	Priest of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
		Succeeded	Christoph von Lamberg †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
		Died	Georg von Tessing †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
	53.0	Ordained Priest	Johannes von Weeze †	Priest of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Bishop
		Died	Bernard Zoubek ze Zdětína †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
1 Jan	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Franz von Waldeck †	Bishop of Münster, Germany
3 Jan		Died	John Clerk †	Bishop of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain
5 Jan	60.5	Died	Philipp von der Pfalz (von Bayern) †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
	53.9	Succeeded	Heinrich von Rhein †	Bishop of Freising, Germany	Bishop-Elect
	60.7	Died	Philipp von Rhein †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
19 Jan		Appointed	Bernardino Callini, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Segni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Sebastiano Graziani †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Antonio Lunello †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
		Appointed	Lodovico Vanino de Theodoli, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Scala, Italy	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
22 Jan	103.1	Died	Pierre Filhol †	Archbishop of Aix, France
22 Jan		Succeeded	Antoine Filhol †	Archbishop of Aix, France
26 Jan	64.1	Resigned	Gianvincenzo Carafa †	Administrator of Anagni, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
28 Jan		Appointed	Piotr Gamrat †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
28 Jan	63.1	Appointed	Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando †	Administrator of Anagni, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
30 Jan	61.0	Resigned	Girolamo Aleandro †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
4 Feb		Appointed	Angelo Archilegi †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
	56.1	Appointed	Cristóbal de Pedraza †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
	61.1	Installed	Federico Fregóso †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
11 Feb		Appointed	Marzio de Marzi Medici †	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
15 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
18 Feb	33.4	Appointed	Durante Duranti †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	51.1	Appointed	Bernardo Manrique, O.P. †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
	27.1	Confirmed	Wolfgang 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
13 Mar	61.2	Died	François Guillaume de Castelnau de Clermont-Ludève †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
13 Mar	53.2	Appointed	Marino Grimani †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
16 Mar	37.1	Appointed	Scipione Rebiba †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
16 Mar	37.1	Appointed	Scipione Rebiba †	Titular Bishop of Amyclae	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
23 Mar	63.2	Appointed	Francesco Cornaro (Sr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	52.2	Appointed	Uberto Gambara †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy
	51.2	Appointed	Philippe de La Chambre, O.S.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
30 Mar		Appointed	Jacques Le Doux, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Amiens, France
		Appointed	Jacques Le Doux, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Hebron	Auxiliary Bishop of Amiens, France
		Appointed	Claude de La Guiche †	Bishop of Agde, France	Bishop Emeritus of Mirepoix, France
6 Apr	63.3	Resigned	Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando †	Administrator of Anagni, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
		Appointed	Ippolito Marsigli †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
	22.4	Appointed	Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
		Appointed	Miguel Torcella †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy
29 Apr	36.3	Appointed	Leopoldo de Austria †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
4 May	52.8	Installed	Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Portico (Octaviae)	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	47.3	Resigned	Francesco Pisani †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Octaviae)	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Appointed	Alfonso de Sanabria †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese
		Appointed	Pedro Vaguer †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
8 May		Ordained Bishop	Jacques Le Doux, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Hebron	Auxiliary Bishop of Amiens, France
13 May		Appointed	Ferdinando D’Anna †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Bovino, Italy	Bishop
		Appointed	Jerónimo de Loayza, O.P. †	Bishop of Lima, Peru	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
		Appointed	Alfonso Oliva, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
14 May	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Scipione Rebiba †	Titular Bishop of Amyclae	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
15 May		Ordained Bishop	Alfonso de Sanabria †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese
20 May		Appointed	Mikołaj Dzierzgowski †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	22.5	Resigned	Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
	66.4	Appointed	Ottaviano Maria Sforza †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
	66.4	Appointed	Ottaviano Maria Sforza †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
		Appointed	Girolamo Zacconi †	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
21 May		Died	Johann Fabri †	Bishop of Wien, Austria
21 May		Succeeded	Friedrich Nausea †	Bishop of Wien, Austria
28 May		Appointed	Piotr Gamrat †	Apostolic Administrator of Kraków, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
10 Jun	56.7	Resigned	Antonio Pucci †	Bishop of Vannes, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
19 Jun	26.7	Appointed	Maurizio Pietra †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop
27 Jun		Resigned	Ascanio Parisani †	Administrator of Muro Lucano, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Rimini, Italy
		Appointed	Silverio Petrucci †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
		Appointed	Antonio Ramírez de Haro †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
Jul	37.2	Ordained Priest	Alessandro Campeggi †	Priest of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
3 Jul	61.5	Died	Girolamo Ghinucci {Ginucci} †	Cardinal, Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain
6 Jul	53.0	Appointed	Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
		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 San Clemente	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Baltasar de Heredia, O.P. †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
8 Jul		Appointed	Richard Pates †	Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
13 Jul	39.5	Appointed	Niccolò Ardinghelli †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
15 Jul	48.5	Installed	Antoine Sanguin de Meudon †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Portico (Octaviae)	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Orléans, France
20 Jul	20.8	Resigned	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Cavaillon, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Appointed	Pietro Ghinucci †	Bishop of Cavaillon, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Francisco de Santa María Benavides Velasco, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
25 Jul		Died	Jean de Langeac †	Bishop of Limoges, France
29 Jul	71.2	Appointed	Pietro Bembo, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Administrator of Gubbio, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Bergamo, Italy
31 Jul	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Campeggi †	Bishop of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
8 Aug	77.2	Appointed	Roberto Pucci †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
22 Aug	49.6	Appointed	Jean du Bellay †	Administrator of Limoges, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
22 Aug		Appointed	Samuel Maciejowski †	Bishop of Płock, Poland	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
25 Aug	70.6	Died	Paul Ziegler von Ziegelberg †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
27 Aug		Appointed	Gaspar Beluer, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Huesca, Spain
		Appointed	Sebastianus Lidvinsky †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Appointed	Sebastianus Lidvinsky †	Titular Bishop of Athyra	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
	60.7	Resigned	Claude de Longwy de Givry †	Administrator of Périgueux (Vesuna), France	Cardinal, Administrator of Langres, France
	56.7	Appointed	Agostino Trivulzio †	Administrator of Périgueux (Vesuna), France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
28 Aug	64.7	Died	Gianvincenzo Carafa †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
5 Sep		Born	Roberto de’ Nobili †	Montepulciano, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica
8 Sep		Died	Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
20 Sep		Succeeded	Claude Dodieu †	Bishop of Rennes, France
20 Sep		Died	Yves Mahyeuc (Mayeu), O.P. †	Bishop of Rennes, France
28 Sep		Appointed	François de Carreau, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Orléans, France
		Appointed	François de Carreau, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Salona	Auxiliary Bishop of Orléans, France
		Born	Filippo Guastavillani †	Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
4 Oct	48.7	Appointed	Giovanni Poggio †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
13 Oct	63.8	Died	Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
21 Oct		Born	Domenico Pinelli (Sr.) †	Genova	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
31 Oct	42.8	Died	Vicente Valverde Alvarez, O.P. †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
8 Nov	57.1	Resigned	Antonio Pucci †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
11 Nov	61.9	Died	Federico Fregóso †	Cardinal, Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
14 Nov		Appointed	Alessandro Cesarini (Sr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	63.9	Appointed	Francesco Cornaro (Sr.) †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Appointed	Cornelio Musso, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Maria Pisauro †	Coadjutor Bishop of Paphos, Cyprus	Bishop
	57.1	Appointed	Antonio Pucci †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	44.9	Appointed	Girolamo Verallo †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy
21 Nov	64.9	Installed	Pierre de La Baume †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
		Appointed	Eugene MacBrehon, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Mayo, Ireland
		Appointed	Joseph O’Neylan, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Kilfenora, Ireland
24 Nov		Appointed	Patrick MacMahon, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
25 Nov		Born	Michele (Bosco) Bonelli, O.P. †	Bosco Marengo, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
28 Nov		Appointed	Rosmano Casamassima †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
2 Dec		Appointed	Tommaso Cervino, O.P. †	Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
2 Dec	61.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Miguel da Silva †	Cardinal, Administrator of Massa Marittima, Italy
25 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Guillaume Éder †	Bishop of Quimper, France
29 Dec	65.0	Succeeded	Pierre de La Baume †	Archbishop of Besançon, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
29 Dec		Died	Antoine de Vergy (Verzy) †	Archbishop of Besançon, France