The Year of Our Lord 1523

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Resigned	Marino Acciabianca †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	26.0	Resigned	Francesco de Accolti †	Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Antonios †	Bishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
		Ordained Bishop	Antonios †	Bishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
	63.0	Died	Heinrich Basedow †	Bishop of Curland, Latvia
		Died	Antonio Bienvenu, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poitiers, France
		Died	Luca Borsciani Cybo, O.S.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
		Died	Johann von Brandenburg †	Bishop-Elect of Płock, Poland
	23.2	Selected	Johann Albrecht von Brandenburg †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Magdeburg, Germany	Archbishop
		Born	Jacques de Castelnau de Clermont-Lodève †		Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France
		Born	Marcantonio Colonna (Sr.) †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Died	Pedro de Córdoba, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Rheon
		Born	Richard Creagh †		Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
		Resigned	Procolo Curiale †	Bishop of Bova, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	48.1	Incardinated	Bartolomé de las Casas (Casaus), O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
		Resigned	Louis Dourville (d’Oreille) †	Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Ugo de Spina †	Bishop-Elect of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
		Died	Maurice Fitzgerald †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
		Resigned	Giovanni Francesco de Franchis †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	David Hamilton †	Bishop of Argyll (Lismore), Scotland, Great Britain
		Died	Hugo Heskart †	Bishop of The Isles (Sodor), Scotland, Great Britain
		Born	Guillaume Damasi Van der Linden (Lindanus) †		Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
		Appointed	Bernard de Lordato †	Bishop of Pamiers, France	Bishop Emeritus
	24.0	Resigned	Louis de Lorraine †	Bishop-Elect of Verdun, France	Former Bishop-Elect
		Died	Stefano Magnani, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Troja
		Died	Ugolino Martelli †	Bishop of Narni, Italy
		Resigned	Giustiniano Moriconi †	Bishop of Amelia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Johannes Pettendorfer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Johannes Pettendorfer †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
		Died	Frane Pritić, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
	48.0	Appointed	Francisco de los Ángeles (Enrique) Quiñones, O.F.M. Obs. †	Minister General of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Cardinal, Former Administrator of Acerno, Italy
		Born	Lattanzio Roverella †		Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Sanna †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
		Born	Giacomo Savelli †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Born	Martin von Schaumberg †		Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
		Born	Jean Saint-Romain de Saint-Chamond †		Archbishop Emeritus of Aix, France
		Born	Bartolomeo Serristori †		Archbishop of Trani, Italy
		Died	Andrea Sirigo †	Bishop of Sitia, Greece
		Appointed	Carlo Soderini †	Bishop of Narni, Italy
		Died	Johann Spyser †	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
		Died	Giovanni Evangelista Tornefranza †	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
		Resigned	Claude de Tournon †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Pietro Trivulzio †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
		Died	Filippo di Vegis †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece
		Born	Pietrantonio Visdomini (Vicedomini) †		Bishop Emeritus of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
		Born	Carlo Visconti †		Cardinal, Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
		Born	Sisto Visdomini (Vicedomini), O.P. †		Bishop of Modena, Italy
	513.0	Canonized	St. Benno von Woldenburg (Meißen) †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
Jan		Appointed	Carlo Urríes †	Bishop of Malta
7 Jan	47.0	Confirmed	Weigand von Redwitz †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
		Appointed	Jan Van Het Velde de Campo, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
		Appointed	Jan Van Het Velde de Campo, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
11 Jan	43.0	Appointed	François Guillaume de Castelnau de Clermont-Ludève †	Bishop of Valence and Die, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
11 Jan	24.7	Resigned	Jean de Lorraine †	Administrator of Valence and Die, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
12 Jan	50.0	Appointed	Antonio Lascaris de Tenda †	Bishop of Beauvais, France	Bishop of Riez, France
12 Jan	57.0	Appointed	Thomas Lascaris de Tenda †	Bishop of Riez, France
19 Jan		Appointed	Urbano de Miolans †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy	Bishop-Elect
28 Jan		Appointed	John Bennet †	Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland
30 Jan		Appointed	Nikolaus Creutzer, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
	53.0	Died	Fabian Luzjański †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
	45.0	Confirmed	Friedrich zu Wied †	Bishop of Münster, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
1 Feb		Born	Francesco Abbondio Castiglioni †		Cardinal, Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
4 Feb		Appointed	Rodrigo Carvajal †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
	66.4	Resigned	Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande †	Administrator of Foligno, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Died	Thomas Ruthall †	Bishop of Durham, England, Great Britain
		Appointed	Pál Tomory, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
6 Feb	42.0	Appointed	Girolamo Schio †	Bishop of Vaison, France
20 Feb		Appointed	Rodrigo Carvajal †	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
	66.4	Resigned	Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande †	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	13.8	Appointed	Afonso de Portugal †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal
	13.8	Appointed	Afonso de Portugal †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal
23 Feb	73.1	Appointed	Jérome Balbi †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
24 Feb		Died	Girolamo Trevisanato, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
27 Feb	43.7	Appointed	Pompeo Colonna †	Administrator of Catania, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Monreale, Italy
		Appointed	Hugh Inge, O.P. †	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
		Appointed	Richard Wilson †	Bishop of Meath, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
28 Feb		Died	Antoine d’Estaing †	Bishop of Angoulême, France
4 Mar	45.1	Appointed	Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
		Appointed	Nicolas Pedro Mendez †	Bishop of Tanger (Tangier), Morocco
		Appointed	Luigi di Volterra †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
5 Mar		Born	Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
5 Mar	69.7	Resigned	Francesco Soderini †	Administrator of Anagni, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
11 Mar		Appointed	Claude d’Aussonville, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Sisteron, France
		Appointed	Luis Cabeza de Vaca †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
		Appointed	Alonso de Castilla Zúniga †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
	59.1	Appointed	Willem van Enckenvoirt (Enkewort) †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
	19.1	Appointed	Antonio Hoyos †	Coadjutor Bishop of Gurk, Austria	Bishop
		Appointed	Gabriel Orti †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
		Appointed	Richard Rawlins †	Bishop of Saint David’s, Wales, Great Britain
16 Mar	25.3	Appointed	Benedetto de Accolti †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
16 Mar		Appointed	Mario Hispanus †	Bishop of Salpi (Salapia), Italy
17 Mar		Born	Gianfrancesco Commendone †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
17 Mar		Died	Pedro Suárez de Deza †	Bishop of Concepción de la Vega, Dominican Republic
18 Mar		Appointed	Jacques de Foix †	Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France	Bishop of Lescar, France
18 Mar	32.9	Resigned	Giovanni Salviati †	Administrator of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
21 Mar	29.2	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Sforza †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
22 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Jan Van Het Velde de Campo, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
23 Mar		Appointed	Cristoforo Giacobazzi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
	79.2	Resigned	Domenico Giacobazzi †	Administrator of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
		Born	Vincenzo Lauro †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mondovi, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Mercurio de Vipera †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
25 Mar	73.2	Ordained Bishop	Jérome Balbi †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
26 Mar		Appointed	John Clerk †	Bishop of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain
		Appointed	Baldovinetto de’ Baldovinetti †	Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	52.2	Appointed	Thomas Wolsey †	Administrator of Durham, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop of York, England, Great Britain
14 Apr	52.2	Selected	Maurycy Ferber †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
17 Apr	42.2	Appointed	Philipp von Flersheim †	Coadjutor Bishop of Worms, Germany	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
17 Apr		Appointed	Cristoforo Numai, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Isernia, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Alatri, Italy
24 Apr	37.3	Appointed	Charles de Gramont, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Aire, France	Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
26 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Richard Rawlins †	Bishop of Saint David’s, Wales, Great Britain
28 Apr	37.3	Appointed	Gabriel de Gramont †	Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans (or Conserans), France	Cardinal, Bishop of Tarbes, France
3 May		Ordained Bishop	Claude d’Aussonville, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Sisteron, France
3 May	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Lascaris de Tenda †	Bishop of Riez, France
11 May	52.3	Appointed	Johann Blankenfeld †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Riga, Latvia	Archbishop
11 May		Died	Guy Le Clerc, O.S.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France
13 May		Died	Ladislas du Fau †	Bishop of Luçon, France
13 May		Died	Urbano de Miolans †	Bishop-Elect of Mondovi, Italy
15 May		Appointed	Carlo de Camera †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
		Appointed	Gian Francesco Cina, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Skara, Sweden	Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
		Appointed	Barthelemy Portaligni, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Avignon, France
		Appointed	Barthelemy Portaligni, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Troja	Auxiliary Bishop of Avignon, France
18 May		Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Corvara †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sarsina, Italy	Coadjutor Bishop-Elect
		Appointed	John Howden, O.P. †	Bishop of The Isles (Sodor), Scotland, Great Britain
		Appointed	György Szatmári †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	27.3	Ordained Bishop	Cesare Trivulzio †	Bishop of Como, Italy
27 May	73.4	Died	Johannes Grimholt †	Bishop of Lübeck, Germany
1 Jun		Appointed	Aldigerio Biliotti †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Palaestina
		Appointed	Elias de Buccha, O. Praem. †	Titular Bishop of Hippos
	42.4	Appointed	Paolo Emilio Cesi †	Administrator of Todi, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
8 Jun	40.9	Appointed	Andrzej Krzycki †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	43.4	Appointed	Rafał Leszczyński †	Bishop of Płock, Poland
	38.4	Appointed	Augustin Mair, C.R.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
	38.4	Appointed	Augustin Mair, C.R.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Salona	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
12 Jun		Appointed	Pierre de Bisquères, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toul, France
		Appointed	Pierre de Bisquères, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop of Toul, France
	45.4	Appointed	Tommaso Caracciolo †	Bishop of Capaccio, Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
	22.9	Appointed	Federico Cesi †	Bishop of Todi, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	42.4	Resigned	Paolo Emilio Cesi †	Administrator of Todi, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
		Appointed	Pedro Manuel †	Bishop of León, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	51.4	Appointed	Esteban Gabriel Merino †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
	64.8	Resigned	Lorenzo Pucci †	Administrator of Capaccio, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	22.4	Appointed	Charles de Tournon †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France
17 Jun	22.4	Appointed	Gerolamo Acciabianca †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
17 Jun		Appointed	Jean de Mauléon †	Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France
18 Jun	45.0	Resigned	Giulio de’ Medici †	Administrator of Eger, Hungary	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
18 Jun	48.4	Appointed	László Szalkai †	Bishop of Eger, Hungary	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
19 Jun	60.4	Selected	Heinrich Bokhold (Bokholt) †	Bishop of Lübeck, Germany
19 Jun	25.4	Appointed	Giovanni de Gennaro (Guevara) †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
28 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Orti †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
29 Jun		Appointed	Thomas Le Roy †	Bishop of Dol, France	Bishop-Elect

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