The Year of Our Lord 1542

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Juan Alvarez de Caldas †		Bishop of Ávila, Spain
		Resigned	Fabrizio Arcella †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
		Born	Malaquías Asso, O. Cist. †		Bishop of Jaca, Spain
		Died	Jean Aymard, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sens, France
		Born	Rutilio Benzoni †		Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy
		Born	Francesco Bonfiglio, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia), Italy
	62.0	Resigned	Reinhold Buschoveden (Buxhoeveden) †	Bishop of Ösell (Oesell) [Saare-Lääne], Estonia	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Andrea Canuto †		Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
		Resigned	Olivier Carafa †	Bishop of Anglona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Bernardino Castellari †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
		Died	Ottaviano de Castello †	Bishop of San Leone, Italy
		Resigned	Ascanio Cesarini †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Agostino Cusani †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
		Born	Vincenzo Cutelli †		Bishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Battista del Giudice †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Jakob Eliner †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
		Born	Giuseppe Faraoni †		Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
	60.0	Resigned	Giovanni Pietro Ferretti †	Coadjutor Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Lavello, Italy
		Died	Girolamo Fornari, O.P. †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
		Died	Camillo de Gennaro †	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
		Resigned	Fernando de Gerona, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Matthias Van den Hove (Hovius) †		Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
		Born	Juan de Izquierdo, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
		Resigned	Florence Kirwan, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland	Bishop of Clonmacnoise, Ireland
	29.1	Ordained Priest	Marcin Kromer †	Priest	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
		Died	Mogens Lauritsson †	Bishop of Hamar, Norway
		Born	Celso Mancino, C.R.L. †		Bishop of Alessano, Italy
		Born	Marco Antonio Marsilio †		Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
		Born	Pedro Martins (Martinez), S.J. †		Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
		Died	Nicolas Pedro Mendez †	Bishop of Tanger (Tangier), Morocco
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Godfried van Mierlo, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Haarlem, Netherlands
		Born	Diego Monreal †		Bishop of Huesca, Spain
		Died	Guy de Montmiral, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France	Auxiliary Bishop
		Born	Zakariás Mossóczy †		Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
		Died	James O’Curran †	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
		Died	Thomas O’Hurley †	Bishop of Emly, Ireland
		Died	Joachim Rönnov †	Former Bishop-Elect of Roskilde (Roeskilde), Denmark
		Born	Guillaume Rose †		Bishop of Senlis, France
		Died	Sebastiano Rossi †	Bishop of Caorle, Italy
		Died	Benedetto de Sanctis †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy
	10.2	Entered	Costanzo (Gasparo) de Sarnano (Torri), O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
		Born	Ottavio Santacroce †		Bishop of Cervia, Italy
		Born	Nicolò Stizzia †		Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
		Died	Claude de Tournon †	Bishop Emeritus of Viviers (Aps), France
	53.0	Appointed	François de Tournon, C.R.S.A. †	Superior General of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
		Born	Gerolamo Vitale Bovio (de’ Buoi) †		Bishop of Camerino, Italy
		Born	Lorenzo Vittori †		Archbishop of Candia {Crete}, Greece
	32.0	Appointed	Christoph von Lamberg †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
Jan	57.0	Died	Jérome d’Arsago, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Nice, France
2 Jan	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Jan Dubravius (Skála z Doubravky a Hradiště) †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
9 Jan		Appointed	João Baptiste, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
		Appointed	João Baptiste, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Auxiliary Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
		Appointed	Pedro Fernando †	Titular Bishop of Hippos
	52.9	Appointed	Uberto Gambara †	Administrator of Policastro, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy
		Appointed	Johann von Münchhausen †	Bishop of Ösell (Oesell) [Saare-Lääne], Estonia	Bishop of Curland, Latvia
		Appointed	André Richer, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sens, France
		Appointed	André Richer, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Chalcedon	Auxiliary Bishop of Sens, France
27 Jan	21.0	Appointed	Robert Stewart †	Bishop of Caithness, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop-Elect
29 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Beccadelli Bologna †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
1 Feb	61.9	Died	Girolamo Aleandro †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy
1 Feb		Died	Giovanni Omodei †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
2 Feb	39.0	Died	Louis d’Acigné †	Bishop of Nantes, France
6 Feb	62.0	Installed	Miguel da Silva †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Administrator of Massa Marittima, Italy
	20.0	Appointed	Eduardo de Portugal †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal	Archbishop-Elect
	39.6	Appointed	Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro †	Bishop of Nice, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
7 Feb		Died	Andreas Henlein, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
13 Feb		Died	Alessandro Cesarini (Sr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
15 Feb	71.7	Appointed	Pietro Bembo, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono	Cardinal, Administrator of Bergamo, Italy
	58.3	Appointed	Gasparo Contarini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede	Cardinal, Bishop of Belluno, Italy
	64.1	Appointed	Francesco Cornaro (Sr.) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	53.0	Appointed	Uberto Gambara †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Apollinare	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy
	52.1	Appointed	Philippe de La Chambre, O.S.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
	57.3	Appointed	Antonio Pucci †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
		Appointed	Albin de Rochechouart †	Bishop of Sisteron, France
1 Mar		Appointed	Jean de Arena de Colonia, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
		Appointed	Jean de Arena de Colonia, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Basilitanus	Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
		Appointed	Gian Matteo Castaldo, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
		Appointed	Pierre de Mareuil †	Bishop of Lavaur, France
		Appointed	Jean Valere (Vallier) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tours, France	Bishop of Grasse, France
		Appointed	Jean Valere (Vallier) †	Titular Bishop of Croyacen (Croacen)	Bishop of Grasse, France
15 Mar		Appointed	Egidio Falcetta de Cingulo †	Bishop of Caorle, Italy	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
		Appointed	Pedro Gau, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Urgell, Spain
		Appointed	Pedro Gau, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Ceraunia	Auxiliary Bishop of Urgell, Spain
		Appointed	Giulio Cesare de Gennaro †	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
16 Mar		Died	George Cromer †	Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland
22 Mar		Appointed	Fernando Niño de Guevara †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
22 Mar	72.2	Resigned	Bartolomeo Guidiccioni †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Lucca, Italy
29 Mar	57.2	Appointed	Gaspar Ávalos de la Cueva †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
29 Mar	39.2	Appointed	Francisco Manrique de Lara †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
Apr	75.2	Resigned	Giorgio Andreasi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
Apr	28.2	Ordained Bishop	Wolfgang von Salm †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
19 Apr		Appointed	Bernardino Silverii-Piccolomini †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
26 Apr	49.3	Resigned	Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme (II) †	Administrator of Tréguier, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Laon, France
		Appointed	Evangelista Cittadini †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	32.6	Appointed	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Administrator of Tréguier, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
		Appointed	Luzius Iter †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
May	45.3	Resigned	Dionisio Neagrus Laurerio, O.S.M. †	Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Cardinal, Bishop of Urbino, Italy
May	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Johannes von Weeze †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
1 May	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Foscari †	Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy
5 May		Appointed	Claude Andry †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chartres, France
		Appointed	Claude Andry †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Chartres, France
	45.3	Appointed	Fernando de Loaces (Loazes), O.P. †	Bishop of Elne, France	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
		Appointed	Giacomo de’ Giacomelli †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Cornelius Ideay †	Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
		Appointed	Terence O’Brien †	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
		Died	Bernard O’Donnell, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
		Appointed	Bernard O’Higgins, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Jerónimo Requeséns †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
		Died	Gabriel a San Serio, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
11 May		Appointed	Guy Grégoire, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Angers, France
		Appointed	Guy Grégoire, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Raphanea	Auxiliary Bishop of Angers, France
		Born	Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee †		Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
12 May	26.3	Appointed	Alvaro della Quadra †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
12 May		Appointed	Sebastiano Leccavella, O.P. †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece	Bishop Emeritus of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
14 May		Ordained Bishop	Sebastiano Leccavella, O.P. †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece	Bishop Emeritus of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
21 May	24.7	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Perrenot de Granvella †	Bishop of Arras, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
21 May	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Manrique de Lara †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
22 May	44.3	Appointed	Francisco de Navarra y Hualde †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
22 May		Born	Georg von Kuenburg †		Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
28 May	29.8	Ordained Bishop	Cristoforo Madruzzo †	Bishop of Trento, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
31 May	46.4	Appointed	Jan Dziaduski †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
31 May	52.4	Appointed	Mikołaj Dzierżgowski †	Bishop of Chełm, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
2 Jun		Appointed	Esteban Almeida †	Bishop of León, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
	58.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Tommaso Badia, O.P. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
		Elevated to Cardinal	Pomponio Cecci (Cesi) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
	59.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Gregorio (Giovanni Andrea) Cortese, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Administrator of Urbino, Italy
	42.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Marcello Crescenzi †	Cardinal, Administrator of Conza, Italy
	52.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Vincenzo Acquaviva d’Aragona †	Cardinal, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
	29.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Cristoforo Madruzzo †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
	33.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Gerolamo Morone (Moroni) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	78.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Roberto Pucci †	Cardinal, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
	52.4	Appointed	Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal (Arellano) †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
12 Jun	58.5	Installed	Tommaso Badia, O.P. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
		Installed	Pomponio Cecci (Cesi) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane	Cardinal, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
	52.4	Installed	Giovanni Vincenzo Acquaviva d’Aragona †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
	78.0	Installed	Roberto Pucci †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo	Cardinal, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
21 Jun		Appointed	Juan Jubí, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
21 Jun		Appointed	Juan Jubí, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

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