The Year of Our Lord 1553

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Angelo Baroni, O.P. †	Venice	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
		Born	William Bishop †	Brailes	Vicar Apostolic of England, Great Britain
		Born	Pietro Campori †	Castelnovo di Garfagnana	Cardinal, Bishop of Cremona, Italy
		Died	Benedetto Conversini †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
		Died	Pietro Antonio de Angelis †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
		Died	Vicente de Peraza (Pirez), O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Panamá
		Died	Milon d’Illiers †	Bishop of Luçon, France
	68.0	Died	Cristóbal de Pedraza †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
		Born	Maschio Ferracuti †		Bishop of Vieste, Italy
		Born	Agostino Galamini, O.P. †	Brisighella	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
		Born	Antonio Maria Galli †	Osimo	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
	56.0	Appointed	Stephen Gardiner †	Bishop of Winchester, England, Great Britain
		Born	Wolfgang von Hausen †		Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
		Appointed	Marek Khuen z Olomouce †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
		Resigned	Claude de La Guiche †	Bishop of Mirepoix, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Toribio López †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
		Died	Marco Malipiero †	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
	64.0	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso de Montufar, O.P. †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
		Appointed	Petrus Percic †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
		Resigned	Giacomo Ponzetti (Poncetti) †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Onofre Reart †	Perpiñán	Bishop Emeritus of Gerona, Spain
		Born	Rafael Ripoz, O.P. †	Barcelona	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
		Born	Francisco Gómez Rojas de Sandoval †	Valladolid, Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto
		Born	Rafael Rovirola †	Vich	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
		Born	Bernardo de Salba, O.F.M. †	Barcelona	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
		Appointed	Agostino Maria Salvago, O.P. †	Bishop of Acci (Accia), France	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
		Died	Jan Skála z Doubravky a Hradiště (Dubravius) †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
		Appointed	Jean-Simon Sulaka †	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
		Died	Sebastiano Valenti †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
		Died	Fabio Vigili †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
1 Jan		Died	Juan Tormo †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
23 Jan		Appointed	Cesare de’ Giacomelli †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
5 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Bernardino de Carmona †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
22 Feb	59.1	Confirmed	Eberhard von Hirnheim †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
28 Feb		Died	João de Albuquerque, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Goa, India
1 Mar	31.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Castagna †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	53.9	Appointed	Giovanni Angelo de’ Medici †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	George Dowdall †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
		Appointed	Bernardino Figueroa †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
		Appointed	Sebastiano Portico †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
	56.2	Resigned	Girolamo Verallo †	Bishop of Capaccio, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy
		Appointed	Paolo Emilio Verallo †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Capaccio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
6 Mar	48.9	Resigned	Alessandro Campeggi †	Bishop of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Giovanni Campeggi †	Bishop of Bologna, Italy
	60.2	Resigned	Giovanni Domenico de Cupis †	Administrator of Recanati, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Appointed	Gerolamo Melchiori †	Bishop of Macerata, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Filippo Riccabella †	Bishop of Recanati, Italy
22 Mar	35.3	Appointed	Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Administrator of Spoleto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	35.3	Resigned	Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Appointed	Ippolito della Corgna †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
30 Mar	31.7	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Castagna †	Priest of Rossano, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
3 Apr		Appointed	François de La Guiche †	Bishop of Mirepoix, France
4 Apr	31.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Castagna †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
9 Apr		Died	François de La Guiche †	Bishop of Mirepoix, France
9 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Jean-Simon Sulaka †	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
17 Apr		Appointed	Urban Sagstetter †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
23 Apr	24.8	Appointed	Julius von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Bishop of Minden, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
28 Apr		Appointed	Juan Arias †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
		Resigned	Bernardo da Cruz, O.P. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe	Bishop Emeritus
	70.3	Appointed	Fernando de Loaces (Loazes), O.P. †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	32.6	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Tours, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
5 May		Appointed	Ambroise Buttigeg, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Hauara
5 May	26.1	Appointed	Zaccaria Delfino †	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
7 May		Died	Marcantonio Campeggi †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
17 May		Appointed	Lucas Ceratus †	Auxiliary Bishop of Parma, Italy
		Appointed	Lucas Ceratus †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Parma, Italy
		Appointed	Pietro Gritti †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
	57.4	Appointed	Fabio Mignanelii †	Administrator of Grosseto, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lucera, Italy
		Appointed	Pietro de Petris †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
5 Jun		Appointed	Pedro Castro Lemos †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
24 Jun		Born	Juan de Cervantes †	México	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
25 Jun	59.5	Ordained Bishop	Eberhard von Hirnheim †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
29 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Urban Sagstetter †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
3 Jul		Appointed	Pietro de Affati †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
	63.5	Appointed	Giovanni Giacomo (Jean Jacques) Barba, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
		Appointed	Antonio Simeoni, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
14 Jul	39.5	Resigned	Bernardino Maffei †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
14 Jul	31.6	Appointed	Marcantonio Maffei †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
15 Jul		Born	Johann Schweikard von Kronberg †	Mainz	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
15 Jul	62.5	Died	Franz von Waldeck †	Bishop of Münster, Germany
16 Jul	39.5	Died	Bernardino Maffei †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti, Italy
21 Jul	34.6	Selected	Wilhelm von Ketteler †	Bishop of Münster, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
30 Jul	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Melchor Cano, O.P. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
13 Aug		Died	Luis Torres †	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
18 Aug		Appointed	Francisco de la Cruz, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
18 Aug	35.6	Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Mercurio †	Cardinal-Priest of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane	Cardinal, Archbishop of Messina, Italy
30 Aug		Appointed	Giacomo Silverii-Piccolomini †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
5 Sep	53.7	Appointed	Edmund Bonner †	Bishop of London, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
13 Sep		Appointed	Louis de Brezé †	Bishop of Meaux, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Anton. de Ciudad Rodrigo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
		Appointed	Alvaro della Quadra †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	François de Mauny †	Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
		Died	Miguel Muñoz †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
14 Sep	66.7	Died	Philippe von Gundelsheim †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
28 Sep	91.7	Appointed	John Veysey (Harman) †	Bishop of Exeter, England, Great Britain
2 Oct		Appointed	Charles Guillart †	Bishop of Chartres, France	Bishop Emeritus
	57.8	Resigned	Fabio Mignanelii †	Administrator of Grosseto, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lucera, Italy
		Appointed	Giacomo Mignanelii †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
5 Oct	24.5	Selected	Johann von Hoya zu Stolzenau †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop of Münster, Germany
10 Oct	60.8	Resigned	Giovanni Domenico de Cupis †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
16 Oct		Appointed	Louis Guillart †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France	Bishop Emeritus of Senlis, France
23 Oct		Born	Jerónimo Bautista Lanuza, O.P. †	Hijar	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
28 Oct	63.6	Died	Giovanni Salviati †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
8 Nov	69.9	Died	Ambrogio Catarino Politi, O.P. †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
19 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Ebed-Jesu Maron †	Archbishop of Foreign Archdiocese	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
20 Nov	65.3	Appointed	Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
23 Nov	53.2	Died	Sebastiano Antonio Pighini †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
29 Nov	77.4	Appointed	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	73.9	Appointed	Miguel da Silva †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio	Cardinal, Administrator of Massa Marittima, Italy
	34.9	Confirmed	Wilhelm von Ketteler †	Bishop of Münster, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
	53.8	Appointed	Rodolfo Pio †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	56.9	Appointed	Girolamo Verallo †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy
10 Dec	60.9	Died	Giovanni Domenico de Cupis †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
11 Dec	65.4	Appointed	Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	61.9	Appointed	Jean du Bellay †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	77.5	Appointed	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	73.9	Appointed	Miguel da Silva †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Administrator of Massa Marittima, Italy
	54.7	Appointed	Giovanni Angelo de’ Medici †	Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	44.9	Appointed	Giovanni Gerolamo Moroni (Morone) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Appointed	Gerolamo Muzzarelli, O.P. †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
	53.8	Appointed	Rodolfo Pio †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
15 Dec	30.2	Resigned	Charles Bourbon de Vendôme †	Administrator of Carcassonne, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	22.4	Appointed	Antoine de Créqui Canaples †	Bishop of Nantes, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Amiens, France
		Appointed	François de Faucon †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
		Appointed	Nicola Maggiorani (Majorano) †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Robert de Pellevé †	Bishop of Pamiers, France
22 Dec	26.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Louis de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
	12.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Roberto de’ Nobili †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica
	32.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Girolamo Simoncelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	55.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Tagliavia d’Aragonia †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy