The Year of Our Lord 1520

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Antonio Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
		Born	Girolamo Bentivoglio †		Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
	41.0	Resigned	Denis Briçonnet †	Bishop of Lodève, France	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France
		Resigned	Jean Briselot, O. Carm. †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
		Died	Erasmo de Bernardis †	Bishop of Ario, Greece
		Appointed	Leonardo Buccuto †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
		Died	Bartolomeo Capoferro (Capiteferro) †	Bishop of Monteverde, Italy
		Resigned	Niels Clausen Skade †	Bishop of Aarhus (Århus), Denmark	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Domenico Coletta †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy
		Resigned	Tommaso Cortesi †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Luigi d’Apera †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
		Resigned	Giulio de Mirto †	Bishop of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Gilbert d’Oignies †		Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
		Ordained Bishop	Gavin Douglas †	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
		Born	Juan Salcedo †		Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	56.0	Appointed	Andrea Della Valle †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Died	Francesco de Ecclesia †	Bishop of Drivasto (Drivost), Albania
		Born	Gaspar de Faria †		Bishop of Angra, Portugal
		Died	Juan Fernández Velasco †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
	64.0	Resigned	Niccolò Fieschi †	Administrator of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Born	Girolamo Gaddi †		Bishop of Cortona, Italy
		Resigned	Didier Gilionis †	Bishop-Elect of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
		Born	Bernardino Gómez Miedes †		Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
		Resigned	Rinaldo Graziani (Gratianis), O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Angelo Giustiniani, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop Emeritus of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
		Appointed	Carlos Lalaing †	Bishop of Coria, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	40.0	Ordained Priest	Rafał Leszczyński †	Priest	Bishop of Płock, Poland
		Died	Claude de Louvain †	Bishop of Sisteron, France
		Born	Simone Majolo †		Bishop Emeritus of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Johann von Maltitz †	Priest	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
		Born	Claudio Marescotti, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
		Born	Donald McGonagle (MacGongail) †		Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
		Born	Laurent Metz †		Bishop Emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
		Resigned	Giacomo Nini †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	47.0	Appointed	Franciotto Orsini †	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
		Resigned	Roberto Latino Orsini †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	János Ország de Guth †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
		Died	Nicola Pellegrini †	Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy
		Died	Tolomeo Pentangelo †	Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
		Died	Diego Pérez Villamuriel †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
		Resigned	Severo Petrucci †	Bishop-Elect of Montemarano, Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
	73.0	Resigned	Manilio Cabacio Rallo †	Titular Bishop of Monembasia	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Martin Herkules Rettinger †		Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
		Died	Giorgio Benigno Salviati, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
		Resigned	Gilberto Sanilio (Senilis) †	Bishop of Rapolla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	58.6	Resigned	Raffaele Sansoni Riario †	Administrator of Malta	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
		Appointed	Antonio Sassolino, O.F.M. Conv. †	Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy
	48.0	Died	Lukas Schleppel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
		Resigned	Pietro Sanfelice †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Bartolomaeus Solozuyky †	Bishop of Kyiv (Kijów), Ukraine
		Died	Thomas Fowler †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain
		Born	Fernando de Toledo de Oropesa †		Priest
		Died	Gaspard de Tournon †	Bishop of Valence and Die, France
		Died	Juan Buenaventura de Valderrama, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
		Died	Ferenc Várady †	Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania
		Died	Fernando Vázquez de Arce †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
		Born	Wiktoryn Wierzbicki †		Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
		Born	Lelio Zanchi †		Bishop of Rethymo (Calamona), Greece
5 Jan		Appointed	Jørgen Skodborg †	Archbishop of Lund, Sweden	Former Archbishop-Elect
11 Jan		Appointed	Tommaso de Nigris †	Bishop of Scardona (Skradin), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus of Trogir (Traù), Croatia
11 Jan		Appointed	Rory O’Donnell †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
13 Jan		Appointed	Giovanni de Zaguis, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Drivasto (Drivost), Albania
17 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Tommaso de Nigris †	Bishop of Scardona (Skradin), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus of Trogir (Traù), Croatia
22 Jan		Born	Taddeo Gaddi †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
27 Jan		Appointed	Giovanni de Rosa †	Bishop of Svač, Serbia	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
6 Feb	39.0	Appointed	Paolo Emilio Cesi †	Administrator of Lund, Sweden	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
	21.0	Appointed	Giovanni Dionisio Maccafani †	Coadjutor Bishop of Marsi, Italy	Bishop
	48.0	Appointed	Raffaello Petrucci †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Zotto †	Bishop of Ceos and Thermia, Greece
19 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni de Morellis de Bitonto, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Neapolis in Arabia
24 Feb	50.1	Died	Alfonso de Aragón †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
4 Mar		Born	Vincenzo Portico †		Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
4 Mar	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Jacopo Sadoleto †	Cardinal, Bishop of Carpentras, France
5 Mar		Appointed	Giovanni di Amigetus (Amichettis), O.S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tiberias
5 Mar		Appointed	Pietro Ricorda, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia
8 Mar		Died	Germain de Ganay †	Bishop of Orléans, France
14 Mar	22.2	Appointed	Scipione Colonna †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy
	21.2	Appointed	Pietro Petrucci †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
	48.2	Resigned	Raffaello Petrucci †	Administrator of Bertinoro, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
	26.2	Appointed	Giovanni Tommaso Sanfelice †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
19 Mar	23.2	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco de Mirto †	Bishop of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
26 Mar		Born	Pedro de Deza Manuel †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
28 Mar	29.2	Appointed	Juan de Aragón †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Archbishop-Elect
		Appointed	Bonifacio Catagnano †	Bishop of Malta	Bishop-Elect
	47.8	Appointed	Erhard (Erardo, Everard) von der Mark (de la Marca, Marck) †	Administrator of Valencia, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Liège, Belgium
	59.1	Resigned	Domenico Grimani †	Administrator of Ceneda, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	13.7	Appointed	Giovanni Grimani †	Administrator of Ceneda, Italy	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
		Resigned	Arcangelo Madrignano †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Silvio Messaglia, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
Apr		Ordained Bishop	Silvio Messaglia, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
16 Apr	50.2	Appointed	Robert Blyth, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	21.2	Appointed	Giovanni de Cleve †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
	33.2	Appointed	Anton Engelbrecht †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	33.2	Appointed	Anton Engelbrecht †	Titular Bishop of Thermopylae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Speyer, Germany
10 May		Born	Stanisław Karnkowski †		Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
11 May	28.7	Appointed	Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
14 May	41.0	Appointed	Pompeo Colonna †	Administrator of Terni, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Monreale, Italy
		Appointed	Juan Salazar, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
		Appointed	Juan Salazar, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
20 May	45.3	Died	Péter (Petar) Beriszló (Berislavić) †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
21 May		Appointed	Antonio Ercolani †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	François , O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Brefny
		Appointed	Antonio Marcello, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters)	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
22 May	64.3	Died	Jan Lubrański †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
1 Jun	45.5	Resigned	Lorenzo Campeggio †	Bishop of Feltre, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	37.4	Appointed	Tomaso Campeggi †	Bishop of Feltre, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Bernardino de Cherio, O.F.M. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Caiazzo, Italy	Bishop
	62.4	Died	Claude de Seyssel †	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
		Appointed	Bartolomeo Abramo Siringi †	Bishop of Ario, Greece	Bishop Emeritus of Castellaneta, Italy
10 Jun	33.4	Ordained Bishop	Anton Engelbrecht †	Titular Bishop of Thermopylae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Speyer, Germany
13 Jun		Appointed	Vincenzo Scalona, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Pult (Pulati) Minor, Albania
22 Jun	25.4	Appointed	Raimondo Sanilio (Senilis) †	Bishop of Rapolla, Italy
22 Jun	56.4	Appointed	Piotr Tomiczki †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
25 Jun	48.0	Installed	Erhard (Erardo, Everard) von der Mark (de la Marca, Marck) †	Administrator of Valencia, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Liège, Belgium
30 Jun		Died	Heinrich von Höwen (Hewen) †	Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland

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