The Year of Our Lord 1554

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Agustín Antolínez, O.S.A. †	Valladolid	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
		Born	Diego de Arce, O.F.M. †	Madrid, Spain	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
		Born	Sebastianus Aroldus, O.F.M. †	Venice	Bishop of Rethymo, Greece
		Born	Jean de Bonsi †	Florence	Cardinal, Bishop of Béziers, France
		Resigned	Michel Briçonnet †	Bishop of Nîmes, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Giulio Calvi †	Alvito	Bishop of Sora, Italy
	45.0	Resigned	Melchor Cano, O.P. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Leonello Cibo (Cybo) †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Fabio Colonna †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
		Appointed	Pietro Francesco Contarini †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
		Died	Pietro Francesco Contarini †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
		Born	Antonio Corrionero †	Babilafuente	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
		Resigned	Marcantonio Croce †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Jean Daffis †	Bordeaux	Bishop of Lombez, France
		Died	Giacomo Difnico †	Bishop of Nona (Nin), Croatia
		Died	Giampaolo da Pisa †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
		Died	Annet de Plas †	Bishop of Bazas, France
		Born	Francisco Esquivel †	Vitoria	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	23.4	Appointed	Ranuccio Farnese, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
		Resigned	Gian Pietro Ferretti †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Alessandro Stefano Filodori, O.P. †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Guillaume Gifford, O.S.B. †		Archbishop of Reims, France
		Born	Girolamo Giustiniani, O.P. †	Chios	Bishop Emeritus of Chios (Scio), Greece
		Died	Francisco Gutiérrez †	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
	53.0	Appointed	Nicholas Heath †	Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of York, England, Great Britain
		Born	Pirro Imperoli †	Verulan	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
		Born	Peter Lombard †	Waterford	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
		Died	Leonardo de Magistris †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy
		Born	Tiberio Mandosi †		Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
		Born	Fernando Martins Mascarenhas †		Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
		Resigned	Antonio Bernardo de Mirandola †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Juan Moriz Salazar †	Valladolid	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
		Resigned	Tiberio Muti †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Luis Jerónimo Oré, O.F.M. †	Huamanga, Peru	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
		Resigned	Francesco Orsini †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Alessandro Piccolomini †	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Pienza, Italy
	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Walerian Protasewicz †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
		Born	Manuel Quero Turillo †	Jaén	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
	62.0	Resigned	Dietrich von Reden †	Bishop of Lübeck, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Niccolò di Lorenzo Rodolfi †	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
		Born	Gregorio de Sanctis, C.R. †	Napoli	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
		Born	Orazio Spannocchi †		Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
		Born	Marcin Szyszkowski †	Iłży	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
	80.0	Appointed	Cuthbert Tunstall †	Bishop of Durham, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Francesco Ubaldi †		Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia
		Resigned	Alfonso de Valdecabras †	Bishop of Dragonara, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Capri, Italy
		Succeeded	Alfonso de Villalobos Xeres †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Enrique de Villalobos Xeres †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
		Selected	Robert Warton (Parfew) †	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain
		Selected	John White †	Bishop of Lincoln, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Winchester, England, Great Britain
		Born	Paolo Emilio Zacchia †	Castello di Vezzano	Cardinal, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
9 Jan		Born	Alessandro Ludovisi †	Bologna	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
26 Jan		Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Croce †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
Feb	25.6	Resigned	Julius von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Bishop-Elect of Minden, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
1 Mar	52.2	Died	Alfonso de Fuenmayor †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
7 Mar		Born	Honoré du Laurens †	Tarascon	Archbishop of Embrun, France
20 Mar	23.2	Appointed	Vitellozzo Vitelli †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
26 Mar		Selected	Henry Morgan †	Bishop of Saint David’s, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
28 Mar		Selected	Gilbert Bourne †	Bishop of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain
30 Mar		Appointed	Balduino de Balduinis †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
	43.8	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Cicala (Cicada) †	Administrator of Mariana, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
		Appointed	Carlo Cicala (Cicada) †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	24.9	Confirmed	Johann von Hoya zu Stolzenau †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Appointed	Dionisio de Robertis †	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
	60.9	Appointed	Girolamo Seripando, O.S.A. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
1 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Gilbert Bourne †	Bishop of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain
		Ordained Bishop	Maurice Griffith †	Bishop of Rochester, England, Great Britain
		Ordained Bishop	Henry Morgan †	Bishop of Saint David’s, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Piotr Starzechowski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
		Ordained Bishop	John White †	Bishop of Lincoln, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Winchester, England, Great Britain
13 Apr		Appointed	Filippo Lancia †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
13 Apr		Appointed	Bartolomeo Orsucci †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy
20 Apr		Appointed	Francesco Maria Piccolomini †	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy
22 Apr	22.8	Ordained Bishop	Antoine de Créqui Canaples †	Bishop of Nantes, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Amiens, France
22 Apr	22.8	Ordained Priest	Antoine de Créqui Canaples †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop of Amiens, France
30 Apr		Appointed	Diego Deza Tello †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
30 Apr	65.8	Appointed	Pedro Pacheco de Villena (Ladrón de Guevara) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
10 May		Died	Thomas Goodrich †	Bishop of Ely, England, Great Britain
15 May	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Seripando, O.S.A. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
19 May		Died	Ján Haz †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
5 Jun		Born	Benedetto Giustiniani †	Island of Chios, Greece	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
13 Jun		Resigned	Marcus (Avunculus) Vetter †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
21 Jun	54.5	Appointed	Thomas Thirlby †	Bishop of Ely, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jun	37.4	Appointed	Luigi Cornaro †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	33.7	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Viviers (Aps), France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	32.5	Appointed	Girolamo Simoncelli †	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
6 Jul		Confirmed	Gilbert Bourne †	Bishop of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain
		Appointed	Gaspar Cao, O.S.A. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
	49.5	Appointed	Acisclo de Moya y Contreras †	Bishop of Vic, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
		Appointed	Maurice Griffith †	Bishop of Rochester, England, Great Britain
		Confirmed	Henry Morgan †	Bishop of Saint David’s, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	25.5	Confirmed	Friedrich von Schleswig-Holstein †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Bishop-Elect
		Confirmed	John White †	Bishop of Lincoln, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Winchester, England, Great Britain
13 Jul		Died	Juan Arias †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
16 Jul	54.1	Resigned	Ernst von Bayern †	Apostolic Administrator of Salzburg, Austria	Apostolic Administrator of Passau, Germany
21 Jul	39.8	Selected	Michael von Kuenburg †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
3 Aug		Appointed	Claude Briçonnet †	Bishop of Nîmes, France	Bishop of Lodève, France
	61.6	Appointed	Miklós Oláh †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	69.6	Appointed	František Ujlaky †	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
	50.2	Appointed	Anton Vrancic (Verancsics) †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
10 Aug		Died	Giovanni Ciocchi del Monte †	Bishop of Cagli, Italy
13 Aug		Appointed	Michael Dornvogel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
13 Aug		Appointed	Michael Dornvogel †	Titular Bishop of Adramyttium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
19 Aug		Died	Gerolamo Querini †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
25 Aug	35.6	Selected	Georg Fuchs von Rügheim †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Bishop
27 Aug		Appointed	Tommaso Contuberio †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Pedro de la Torre, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Paraguay
		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Orsini †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
	55.7	Appointed	Virgilio Rosario †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ischia, Italy
14 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Gaspar Cao, O.S.A. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
21 Sep	50.4	Died	Alessandro Campeggi †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
Oct	59.9	Selected	Georg von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Bishop of Minden, Germany	Archbishop-Elect of Bremen (and Hamberg), Germany
1 Oct		Appointed	Luis Suárez †	Bishop of Dragonara, Italy
2 Oct		Selected	John Hopton, O.P. †	Bishop of Norwich, England, Great Britain
8 Oct		Appointed	Nunzio Antonio de Capriolis †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
		Appointed	Simon de Maillé de Brézé †	Archbishop of Tours, France
		Appointed	Galeazzo Roscio †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
19 Oct	40.0	Confirmed	Michael von Kuenburg †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
21 Oct		Died	Juan Margarit †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
23 Oct		Born	Ernst von Mengersdorf †	Bamberg	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
23 Oct	92.8	Died	John Veysey (Harman) †	Bishop of Exeter, England, Great Britain
28 Oct		Ordained Bishop	John Hopton, O.P. †	Bishop of Norwich, England, Great Britain
Nov		Died	Marcus (Avunculus) Vetter †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
10 Nov	50.9	Selected	Ralph Baines †	Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
10 Nov		Appointed	Gabriele Del Monte †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
12 Nov	34.1	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Bishop of Cahors, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
12 Nov	34.1	Resigned	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Viviers (Aps), France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
18 Nov	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Ralph Baines †	Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
19 Nov		Appointed	Figliuccio de Figliucci †	Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
		Appointed	Marco Loredan †	Bishop of Nona (Nin), Croatia
	56.0	Resigned	Giovanni Ricci †	Bishop of Chiusi, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
		Appointed	Mariano Savelli †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
	31.9	Resigned	Giacomo Savelli †	Administrator of Nicastro, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
25 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Francesco Maria Piccolomini †	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy
26 Nov	30.9	Appointed	Giulio Canani †	Bishop of Adria, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Modena, Italy
5 Dec		Appointed	Agapito Bellomo †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
5 Dec	32.9	Installed	Girolamo Simoncelli †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
9 Dec	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Acisclo de Moya y Contreras †	Bishop of Vic, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
17 Dec		Born	Ernst von Bayern †	München	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
30 Dec	31.0	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Canani †	Bishop of Adria, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Modena, Italy