The Year of Our Lord 1556

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	60.5	Appointed	Filippo Archinto †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
	17.1	Confirmed	Sigismund Markgraf von Brandenburg †	Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect of Magdeburg, Germany
		Born	Decio Carafa †	Naples	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	37.0	Appointed	Melchior Miguel Carneiro Leitão, S.J. †	Bishop of Macau, China	Patriarch of Foreign Diocese
		Appointed	Lázaro Carrasco †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua	Bishop-Elect
		Died	Fernando de Uranga (Urango) †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
	52.0	Appointed	St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Ordained Bishop	Fernando González de Bariodero †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
	14.0	Professed	Pedro Martins, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
	55.8	Appointed	Reginald Pole †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
		Died	Giovanni Simonetta †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
		Died	Pedro Vaguer †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
24 Jan	52.0	Installed	Scipione Rebiba †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana	Cardinal, Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy
26 Jan		Ordained Priest	Pedro Brandão, O. Carm. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
18 Feb		Died	Gaspar Jofre de Borje †	Bishop of Segorbe-Albarracin, Spain
18 Feb	49.1	Died	Johann von Isenburg †	Archbishop-Elect of Trier, Germany
20 Mar	56.0	Ordained Priest	Reginald Pole †	Priest of Canterbury, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop
22 Mar	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Reginald Pole †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
23 Mar	71.2	Appointed	Robert de Lenoncourt †	Archbishop of Embrun, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
24 Mar	22.1	Ordained Priest	St. Alessandro Maria Sauli, B. †	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
13 Apr		Appointed	Gonzalo Arias Gallego †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
		Appointed	Miguel Puig †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
	52.2	Appointed	Scipione Rebiba †	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy
24 Apr	43.7	Appointed	Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
		Appointed	Juan García Pérez y Oliván †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	53.3	Appointed	Francisco Manrique de Lara †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
25 Apr	48.3	Appointed	Johann von Leyen †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
4 May	58.3	Appointed	Francisco de Navarra y Hualde †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
		Appointed	Antonio Pintor Cavaro †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
	53.9	Appointed	Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Appointed	Jerónimo Velasco †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
20 May	80.4	Died	Weigand von Redwitz †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
22 May	37.3	Succeeded	Georg Fuchs von Rügheim †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
31 May		Ordained Bishop	Gonzalo Arias Gallego †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
31 May		Born	Jerzy Radziwiłł †		Cardinal, Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
2 Jun	60.4	Resigned	Pedro Fernandes Sardinha †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
12 Jun	44.4	Appointed	Francisco Blanco Salcedo †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	53.4	Confirmed	Wolfgang von Closen †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
		Appointed	Jerónimo de Covella (Corella), O.S.H. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
	54.4	Appointed	Juan de Muñatones, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Segorbe-Albarracin, Spain
		Appointed	Juan Simancas Simancas †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
14 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Juan García Pérez y Oliván †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
20 Jun	48.5	Confirmed	Johann von Leyen †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
22 Jun	58.5	Installed	Francisco de Navarra y Hualde †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
29 Jun	64.5	Died	Dietrich von Reden †	Bishop Emeritus of Lübeck, Germany
3 Jul		Appointed	Urban Sagstetter †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
6 Jul		Died	Johann Nopel (Sr.) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
7 Jul		Died	Diego Fernández de Villalán, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
16 Jul	60.5	Died	Pedro Fernandes Sardinha †	Bishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
22 Jul		Installed	Urban Sagstetter †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
27 Jul	64.6	Resigned	Jean du Bellay †	Bishop of Le Mans, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
21 Aug	65.6	Died	Nikolaus Schienen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
23 Aug	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Blanco Salcedo †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
31 Aug		Died	Robert de Croy †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
6 Sep	61.0	Died	Juan Bernal Díaz de Luco †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
10 Sep		Appointed	Maximilien de Berghes †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
20 Sep	45.7	Died	Adolf Graf von Schaumberg †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
4 Oct	71.8	Appointed	Robert de Lenoncourt †	Apostolic Administrator of Auxerre, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
11 Oct	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Wolfgang von Closen †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
26 Oct		Appointed	Anton Graf von Schaumberg †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
27 Oct	27.8	Died	Friedrich Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein †	Bishop-Elect of Hildesheim, Germany
5 Nov		Died	Cristoforo (Christophorus) de Spiritibus †	Patriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
9 Nov		Died	Juan Fernández Temiño †	Bishop of León, Spain
25 Nov		Born	Jacques Davy Du Perron †	St-Lô	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens, France

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