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
	25.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Charles de Bourbon-Vendome †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
		Born	Mateo 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	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
		Born	Frère Louis de Vervins †	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
12 Jan		Died	Antoine de La Barre †	Archbishop of Tours, France
14 Jan	47.0	Appointed	Georges d'Armagnac †	Archbishop of Tours, France	Archbishop of Avignon, France
22 Jan	57.1	Died	Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal (Arellano) †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
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
27 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Pedro Guerrero Logroño (Mendoza) †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
23 Mar	55.2	Died	Johann Ludwig von Hagen †	Archbishop-Elect of Trier, Germany
26 Mar	73.2	Appointed	Rembert von Kerssenbrock †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
12 Apr		Appointed	Miguel Muñoz †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
20 Apr	40.3	Appointed	Johann von Isenburg †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
3 May	36.3	Ordained Priest	Adolf Graf von Schaumberg †	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop
23 May	50.4	Died	Balthasar Rantzau †	Bishop-Elect of Lübeck, Germany
30 May		Died	Diego de Sarmiento, O. Cart. †	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
1 Jun	50.4	Appointed	Juan de San Millán †	Bishop of Tui, Spain	Bishop of León, Spain
5 Jun		Ordained Bishop	García Díaz Arias †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
1 Jul	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
27 Jul	15.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Giulio della Rovere †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ravenna, Italy
8 Aug	70.6	Died	Johannes Mensing, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany
27 Aug		Appointed	Juan Valle †	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
31 Aug		Born	Antonio Sotomayor, O.P. †	Vigo, Spain	Titular Archbishop of Damascus
17 Sep	36.7	Succeeded	Adolf Graf von Schaumberg †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
Oct		Resigned	Juan González Munébraga †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
10 Oct	62.8	Appointed	Robert de Lenoncourt †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
18 Oct	70.3	Died	Jacopo Sadoleto †	Cardinal, Bishop of Foreign Diocese
26 Oct	55.8	Appointed	Jean du Bellay †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
11 Nov		Born	Gebhard Truchseß von Waldburg †	Heiligenberg	Former Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
20 Nov	69.9	Died	Johann Herzog von Sachsen-Lauenburg †	Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany
28 Nov		Appointed	Juan Segría †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
28 Nov		Appointed	Juan Segría †	Titular Bishop of Christopolis	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
Dec	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Martín de Calatayud, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
20 Dec		Born	Luis Sans Códol †	Puigcerdá	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

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