The Year of Our Lord 1538

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Gregorio di Armenia, O.P. †	Bishop of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia
		Born	Lorenzo Asprella †		Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
		Died	Diego de Avellaneda †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain
		Resigned	Leonardo Bonafide, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Giacomo Bongalli †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Jean Evangeliste de Brachis †	Bishop-Elect of Modruš, Croatia
		Born	Antonio Carafa †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
		Born	Giovanni Anselmo Carminati †		Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
		Died	Giacomo Coppi †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece
		Born	Wolfgang Kämmerer von Dalberg †		Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
		Died	Baldovinetto de’ Baldovinetti †	Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
		Died	Charles de Bar †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France
		Born	Alphonse d’Elbène †		Bishop of Albi, France
		Born	Luigi d’Este †		Cardinal, Administrator of Auch, France
	47.0	Died	Marcantonio della Rovere †	Bishop of Agen, France
		Resigned	Antonio Dura †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Nikolaus Elgard †		Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
		Died	Giangiacomo di Gambarana †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
		Died	Luis González, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
		Born	Wawrzyniec Goślicki †		Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Died	Giampietro Grassi †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
		Died	James Hay †	Bishop of Ross (Rosemarkie, Fortrose), Scotland, Great Britain
		Died	Laurent Hertoghe, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
		Died	Vincenzo de Massari †	Bishop of Mylopotamos, Greece
		Born	Martin Medek z Mohelnice, O. Cruc. †		Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
		Resigned	Francesco Minerbetti †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo †		Archbishop of Lima, Peru
		Died	Quintin O’Higgins, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Clonmacnoise, Ireland
	50.0	Died	Giovanni Giacomo de Monteferrato †	Bishop Emeritus of Casale Monferrato, Italy
		Died	Jacques Pallavicini †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
		Died	Antonio Pandella †	Bishop of Lesina, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Antonio Pappacoda †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
		Born	Mariano Pierbenedetti †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
		Born	Diego de Romano y Govea (Vitoria) †		Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
		Resigned	Daniel Rossi †	Bishop of Caorle, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Juan de Salamanca, O.P. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
		Born	Pierre Simons †		Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
		Born	Gaspare Visconti †		Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
		Died	Michele Visconti †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
8 Jan	17.2	Resigned	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Bitonto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
11 Jan	52.1	Appointed	Jan Dantyszek †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
		Appointed	Sebastiano Deli di Castel Durante †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
	57.6	Confirmed	Tiedemann Bartłomiej Giese †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
		Appointed	Giovanni Rinaldi Montorio †	Bishop of Narni, Italy
	65.0	Appointed	Pietro Paolo Parisio †	Cardinal, Bishop of Nusco, Italy
	19.1	Resigned	Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora †	Administrator of Narni, Italy	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
		Appointed	Agostino Steuco, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Kisamos (Cisamo), Greece
	49.9	Confirmed	Valentin von Tetleben †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
13 Jan		Ordained Bishop	João de Albuquerque, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Goa, India
28 Jan	70.0	Died	Marino Ascanio Caracciolo †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
3 Feb	49.7	Died	Johann bei Rhein †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
6 Feb	46.4	Appointed	Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) †	Administrator of Tropea, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
		Appointed	Jean de Domo de Saint Julien †	Bishop of Aire, France
	12.9	Appointed	Charles de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
	32.0	Appointed	Michael Helding †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
	32.0	Appointed	Michael Helding †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
	39.8	Resigned	Jean de Lorraine †	Administrator of Reims, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
		Appointed	Bernardetto Minerbetti †	Bishop of Arezzo, Italy
	63.0	Appointed	Giacomo Simonetta †	Cardinal, Administrator of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
7 Feb	58.0	Died	Olav Engelbrektsson †	Archbishop of Nidaros (Trondheim), Norway
8 Feb	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Piotr Gamrat †	Bishop of Płock, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
8 Feb		Born	Jean de Manderscheid-Blankenheim †		Bishop of Strasbourg, France
9 Feb		Died	Braz Neto, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
10 Feb	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Johann von Maltitz †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
17 Feb	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Gasparo Contarini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Belluno, Italy
18 Feb	39.1	Died	Jan (Janusz) z Książąt Litewskich †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
20 Feb		Appointed	Marco Adantino, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Chiron, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Alessandro Cesarini (Sr.) †	Administrator of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Resigned	Alessandro Cesarini (Sr.) †	Administrator of Gerace, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Appointed	Ascanio Cesarini †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	13.9	Appointed	Giorgio Cornaro †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	47.1	Appointed	Tiberio Muti †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Assisi, Italy
	44.1	Resigned	Francesco Pisani †	Administrator of Treviso, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
22 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Francesco Pogliasca †	Bishop of Luni e Sarzana, Italy
22 Feb	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Valentin von Tetleben †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
27 Feb	48.1	Succeeded	Corneille Van Berghen †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Pedro Cerbuna Negro, C.R.S.A. †		Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
	65.7	Died	Erhard (Erardo, Everard) von der Mark (de la Marca, Marck) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Liège, Belgium
Mar	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Tiedemann Bartłomiej Giese †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
11 Mar	51.9	Died	Bl. Jan Chojeński †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
11 Mar		Appointed	Diego de Loaysa, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Modruš, Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
13 Mar	58.0	Appointed	Girolamo Aleandro †	Cardinal-Priest of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy
	58.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Girolamo Aleandro †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy
	12.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta †	Cardinal, Administrator of Capua, Italy
17 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Diego de Loaysa, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Modruš, Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
20 Mar	58.1	Appointed	Girolamo Aleandro †	Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy
	71.2	Appointed	Giorgio Andreasi †	Bishop of Chiusi, Italy	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
		Appointed	Tommaso Bosius, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta
	58.2	Resigned	Girolamo Ghinucci {Ginucci} †	Administrator of Malta	Cardinal, Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain
31 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Franz Katzianer †	Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
		Ordained Subdeacon	Giovanni Simonetta †	Subdeacon	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	38.2	Ordained Subdeacon	Ludovico Simonetta †	Subdeacon	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy
7 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Matthieu Gauthier †	Titular Bishop of Negroponte	Auxiliary Bishop of Autun, France
		Ordained Deacon	Giovanni Simonetta †	Deacon	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	38.2	Ordained Deacon	Ludovico Simonetta †	Deacon	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy
14 Apr		Ordained Priest	Giovanni Simonetta †	Priest	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
16 Apr	12.1	Installed	Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Administrator of Capua, Italy
21 Apr	32.3	Ordained Bishop	Michael Helding †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
25 Apr		Selected	Pankraz von Sinzenhofen †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
5 May	42.3	Selected	Friedrich Nausea †	Coadjutor Bishop of Wien, Austria	Bishop
24 May		Appointed	Alessandro Cesarini (Sr.) †	Administrator of Cuenca, Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Appointed	Antoine de La Chambre †	Bishop of Belley, France
	48.3	Resigned	Philippe de La Chambre, O.S.B. †	Administrator of Belley, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	40.1	Appointed	Jean de Lorraine †	Administrator of Agen, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
5 Jun		Appointed	Giorgio Artea †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
		Resigned	Alessandro Cesarini (Sr.) †	Administrator of Pamplona, Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	58.4	Appointed	Juan Reina †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
7 Jun	100.4	Died	Heinrich von Fulstein (Füllstein) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
14 Jun	45.4	Appointed	Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme (II) †	Administrator of Tréguier, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Laon, France
	58.4	Resigned	François Guillaume de Castelnau de Clermont-Ludève †	Archbishop of Auch, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	46.8	Appointed	Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) †	Administrator of Messina, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
	58.4	Appointed	Girolamo Ghinucci {Ginucci} †	Administrator of Tropea, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain
		Appointed	Patrick Hepburn †	Bishop of Moray, Scotland, Great Britain
		Appointed	Francisco Mendoza †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
	49.4	Appointed	François de Tournon, C.R.S.A. †	Administrator of Auch, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
18 Jun		Died	François de Halluin (Halvyn) †	Bishop of Amiens, France
25 Jun	30.7	Appointed	Durante Duranti †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	56.4	Appointed	Łukasz Górka †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	69.4	Appointed	Stanisław Oleśnicki †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
28 Jun	43.4	Resigned	Girolamo Doria †	Administrator of Nebbio, France	Cardinal, Administrator of Tarragona, Spain
28 Jun		Appointed	Andrea Grimaldi †	Bishop of Nebbio, France
29 Jun	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Jerónimo de Loaysa, O.P. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Archbishop of Lima, Peru

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