The Year of Our Lord 1547

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Martín Aspi Sierra †		Bishop of Palencia, Spain
		Died	Johannes Bischopinck †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Died	Bartolomeo Capobianco †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
		Died	Alfonso Carilli †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy
		Born	Francesco Cornaro (Jr.) †	Venice	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
		Born	Cosimo Dossena, B. †	Papien	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
		Appointed	Dominique du Gabre †	Bishop of Lodève, France
		Born	Marco Giustiniani, O.P. †	Chios	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
		Resigned	François Gouffier †	Bishop-Elect of Béziers, France	Former Bishop-Elect
		Born	Matteo de Oviedo, O.F.M. †	Segovia, Spain	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Felice Peretti Montalto, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Born	Juan Vigil de Quiñones y Labiada †	San Vicente de Caldones	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
		Born	Cristóbal Rodríguez Juárez (Suárez), O.P. †	Salamanca, Spain	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
		Born	Domingo de Salinas, O.P. †	Spain	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
		Born	Orazio Spínola †	Genoa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
		Born	Fernando Trexo y Senabria, O.F.M. †	Asunción, Paraguay	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
		Born	Louis de Vervins, O.P. †	Carpentras	Archbishop of Narbonne, France
		Born	Christoph Weilhamer †	Landshut	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
		Ordained Priest	Balthasar Wurer †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
Jan		Died	Enrico Loffredo †	Bishop of Capaccio, Italy
12 Jan		Died	Antoine de La Barre †	Archbishop of Tours, France
16 Jan		Died	Giovanni Barbo †	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
17 Jan	82.6	Died	Roberto Pucci †	Cardinal, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
19 Jan	76.7	Died	Pietro Bembo, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal, Administrator of Bergamo, Italy
22 Jan	57.1	Died	Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal (Arellano) †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
23 Jan	37.4	Appointed	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Administrator of Autun, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
24 Jan	58.5	Appointed	Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
		Appointed	Isidoro Clario, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
		Resigned	Blosio Palladio †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	35.0	Installed	Henrique de Portugal †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal
25 Jan		Born	Juan Castro, O.S.A. †	Toledo, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
6 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Juan González Munébraga †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
7 Feb	36.1	Appointed	Michele della Torre †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ceneda, Italy
7 Feb		Appointed	Mario Ruffino †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
8 Feb		Born	Girolamo Mattei †	Rome, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
14 Feb		Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Pandosi (De Pantusa) †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
27 Feb	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Guerrero Logroño (Mendoza) †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
28 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Peter Rauch, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
16 Mar	45.2	Resigned	Niccolò Ardinghelli †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Lodovico (Luigi) Ardinghelli †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
		Appointed	Donato Martuccio (Maricucci) †	Bishop of Sarno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
23 Mar	55.2	Died	Johann Ludwig von Hagen †	Archbishop-Elect of Trier, Germany
	53.4	Appointed	Francesco Sfondrati †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Capaccio, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Cremona, Italy
		Appointed	Andreas Spots †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
		Appointed	Andreas Spots †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
25 Mar	16.6	Appointed	Ranuccio Farnese, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
26 Mar	73.2	Selected	Rembert von Kerssenbrock †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
1 Apr	49.2	Appointed	Tiberio Crispo †	Administrator of Amalfi, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
12 Apr		Appointed	Miguel Muñoz †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
20 Apr	40.3	Selected	Johann von Isenburg †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
22 Apr	67.3	Resigned	Miguel da Silva †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal	Cardinal, Administrator of Massa Marittima, Italy
	26.5	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Viseu, Portugal	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	33.2	Appointed	Bernardino Maffei †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti, Italy
		Appointed	Domenico Stella, O.P. †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d'Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
27 Apr		Appointed	Bernardino della Croce, B. †	Bishop of Asti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy
3 May	36.3	Ordained Priest	Adolf von Schaumberg †	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop
7 May	75.3	Died	John Longlands †	Bishop of Lincoln, England, Great Britain
23 May	50.4	Died	Balthasar Rantzau †	Bishop-Elect of Lübeck, Germany
30 May	33.3	Ordained Bishop	Bernardino Maffei †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti, Italy
30 May		Died	Diego de Sarmiento, O. Cart. †	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
Jun		Ordained Bishop	Johann Zolner †	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
1 Jun	50.4	Appointed	Juan de San Millán †	Bishop of Tui, Spain	Bishop of León, Spain
5 Jun		Died	Bernardino Fumarelli †	Bishop of Valva, Italy
5 Jun		Ordained Bishop	García Díaz Arias †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
1 Jul		Appointed	Pellegrino Fabio †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy
	40.5	Confirmed	Johann von Isenburg †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
	73.5	Confirmed	Rembert von Kerssenbrock †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
	51.5	Appointed	Juan de los Barrios, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Paraguay	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
		Appointed	Pompeo Zambeccari †	Bishop of Valva, Italy
		Appointed	Pompeo Zambeccari †	Bishop of Sulmona, Italy	Bishop of Valva, Italy
23 Jul	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Della Casa †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
27 Jul	23.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Charles de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
27 Jul	14.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Giulio della Rovere †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
8 Aug	70.6	Died	Johannes Mensing, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany
9 Aug		Appointed	Vittore Soranzo †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
17 Aug		Appointed	Claude de La Guiche †	Bishop of Mirepoix, France	Bishop Emeritus
23 Aug	45.6	Died	Niccolò Ardinghelli †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fossombrone, Italy
27 Aug		Appointed	Juan Valle †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
31 Aug		Born	Antonio Sotomayor, O.P. †	Vigo, Spain	Titular Archbishop of Damascus
6 Sep	63.7	Died	Tommaso Badia, O.P. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
17 Sep	36.7	Succeeded	Adolf von Schaumberg †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
Oct		Died	Domenico Pastorello, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
10 Oct	62.8	Appointed	Robert de Lénoncourt †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Apollinare	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
10 Oct	54.0	Appointed	Francesco Sfondrati †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Bishop of Cremona, Italy
18 Oct	70.3	Died	Jacopo Sadoleto †	Cardinal, Bishop of Carpentras, France
26 Oct	55.8	Appointed	Jean du Bellay †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
		Appointed	César des Bourguignons †	Bishop of Limoges, France
	54.8	Resigned	Antoine Sanguin de Meudon †	Bishop of Limoges, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Orléans, France
4 Nov	23.7	Installed	Charles de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
11 Nov		Born	Gebhard Truchseß von Waldburg †	Heiligenberg	Former Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
15 Nov		Died	Martin de Portugal †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
16 Nov	47.9	Installed	Jacques d’Annebault †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola	Cardinal, Bishop of Lisieux, France
16 Nov	23.7	Appointed	Charles de Guise de Lorraine †	Coadjutor Bishop of Metz, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
20 Nov	69.9	Died	Johann von Sachsen-Lauenburg †	Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany
28 Nov		Appointed	Juan Segría (Cengria) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
28 Nov		Appointed	Juan Segría (Cengria) †	Titular Bishop of Christopolis	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
Dec	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Martín de Calatayud, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
7 Dec	24.0	Appointed	Lorenzo Strozzi †	Bishop of Béziers, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Aix, France
20 Dec		Born	Luis Sans y Códol †	Puigcerdá	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain