The Year of Our Lord 1557

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Pierre de Affatatis †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
		Born	Paweł Albert von Sitsch †		Bishop-Elect of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
		Died	Friedrich von Ampten †	Bishop of Reval (Rewel), Estonia
		Resigned	Blaz de Barros, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Martin de Beaune †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France	Former Bishop-Elect
		Resigned	Martin de Beaune †	Bishop-Elect of Le Puy-en-Velay, France	Former Bishop-Elect
		Born	Filippo Bigli (Bili), C.R. †		Bishop of Cagli, Italy
		Died	Pietro Bovio †	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Giambattista Caracciolo Pisquizi †	Bishop of Venafro, Italy
	27.0	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Cicala (Cicada) †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Antonio Codina, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
		Born	Giovanni Vincenzo Cansachi (Consacco) †		Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
		Born	Marco Cornaro (Corner) †		Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
		Died	Ludovico de Cotes, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
		Died	Agostino Gonzaga †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Maria Guanzelli, O.P. †		Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
		Born	Alessandro Guidiccioni (Jr.) †		Bishop of Lucca, Italy
		Born	Jerónimo Herrera y Salazar †		Bishop of Guadix, Spain
		Born	Jean de La Croix de Chevrières †		Bishop of Grenoble, France
		Born	Luigi Lollino †		Bishop of Belluno, Italy
		Appointed	Jean Lunel (Lunelli), O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chartres, France
		Born	Alfonso Márquez de Prado †		Bishop of Segovia, Spain
		Died	Giacomo de Medro, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Dulcigno (Olcini, Olgun), Montenegro
		Born	Diego Ordóñez, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
	30.0	Selected	Mikołaj Pac †	Bishop of Kyiv (Kijów), Ukraine
		Born	Giovanni Luigi Pasolini, O.S.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Segni, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Maria Pisauro †	Bishop of Paphos, Cyprus
		Born	Raffaele Rastelli, C.R. †		Bishop of Capri, Italy
		Born	Francisco Rodríguez, S.J. †		Archbishop of Cranganore (Angamala), India
		Died	Marino Ruffino †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
		Succeeded	Alessandro Ruffino †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Giulio Antonio Santorio †	Priest	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Died	François de Sarcus †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
		Died	Filippo Angelo Seragli, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Simonetta †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Lucio Stafileo †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
		Born	Diego Torres Altamirano, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
	53.0	Resigned	Alfonso Tornabuoni †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	43.0	Resigned	Antonio Trivulzio (Jr.) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Toulon, France
		Ordained Priest	Stanisław Żelisławski, O. Cist. †	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
8 Jan		Appointed	Agostino Lippomano †	Coadjutor Bishop of Verona, Italy	Bishop
8 Jan		Appointed	Agostino Lippomano †	Titular Bishop of Maioren	Bishop of Verona, Italy
11 Jan		Appointed	Girolamo Michele Nichesola, O.P. †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
19 Jan	54.0	Died	Antonio de Fonseca, O.S.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Pamplona, Spain
25 Jan	46.0	Entered	Bl. Paolo (Scipione) Burali d’Arezzo, C.R. †	Member of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
7 Feb	77.0	Died	Reinhold Buschoveden (Buxhoeveden) †	Bishop Emeritus of Ösell (Oesell) [Saare-Lääne], Estonia
13 Mar	64.1	Died	Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme (II) †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Laon, France
15 Mar	75.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Jean Bertrand †	Cardinal, Administrator of Sens, France
	16.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Alfonso Carafa †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	66.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Battista Consiglieri †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
	55.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Clemente d’Olera, O.F.M. Obs. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Foligno, Italy
	37.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Taddeo Gaddi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
	53.1	Elevated to Cardinal	St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	58.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Virgilio Rosario †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ischia, Italy
	33.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Lorenzo Strozzi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Aix, France
	43.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Trivulzio (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Toulon, France
	26.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Vitellozzo Vitelli †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
24 Mar	16.6	Installed	Alfonso Carafa †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	66.2	Installed	Giovanni Battista Consiglieri †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia in Septisolio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
	55.7	Appointed	Clemente d’Olera, O.F.M. Obs. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli	Cardinal, Bishop of Foligno, Italy
	37.1	Installed	Taddeo Gaddi †	Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
		Appointed	Leandro Garuffi Rotelli de Piis †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sarsina, Italy	Bishop
	53.1	Installed	St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Charles de Marillac †	Archbishop of Vienne, France
	55.2	Appointed	Owen Oglethorpe †	Bishop of Carlisle, England, Great Britain
		Appointed	Erasmus Pagendorfer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
		Appointed	Erasmus Pagendorfer †	Titular Bishop of Symbalia (Cembalo, Balaclawa)	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
		Appointed	David Poole (Pole) †	Bishop
	58.2	Installed	Virgilio Rosario †	Cardinal-Priest of San Simeone Profeta	Cardinal, Bishop of Ischia, Italy
	58.3	Appointed	Giovanni Michele Saraceni †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	26.2	Appointed	Vitellozzo Vitelli †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Sergio e Bacco	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
		Appointed	Thomas Watson †	Bishop of Lincoln, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
25 Mar		Born	Charles de Saint Sixte †		Bishop of Riez, France
28 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Jacques Marie Sala †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France	Bishop Emeritus
28 Mar	38.2	Ordained Deacon	Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni †	Deacon of Foligno, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
30 Mar		Appointed	Jean Du Mar †	Bishop of Dol, France	Bishop-Elect
31 Mar		Selected	Burchard Oberg †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
5 Apr		Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Carafa †	Bishop of Venafro, Italy
5 Apr	38.2	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni †	Priest of Foligno, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
9 Apr	16.7	Appointed	Alfonso Carafa †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
15 Apr	16.7	Ordained Deacon	Alfonso Carafa †	Deacon	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	40.0	Ordained Deacon	Carlo Carafa †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
	66.2	Ordained Deacon	Giovanni Battista Consiglieri †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia in Septisolio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
	26.2	Ordained Deacon	Vitellozzo Vitelli †	Deacon	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
May		Born	René Breslay †		Bishop of Troyes, France
5 May	27.3	Succeeded	Robert de Berghes †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
5 May	53.3	Died	Jorge de Austria †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
7 May		Appointed	Pierre Bertrand †	Bishop of Cahors, France
		Appointed	John Christopherson †	Bishop of Chichester, England, Great Britain
	58.1	Resigned	Giovanni Angelo de’ Medici †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	36.5	Resigned	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Bishop of Cahors, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	75.3	Died	Giovanni Pietro Ferretti †	Bishop Emeritus of Lavello, Italy
	38.3	Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
20 May		Died	Pietro Gazino, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
31 May	71.4	Died	Juan Martínez Silíceo †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
6 Jun	35.2	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Brendel von Homburg †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
6 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Agostino Lippomano †	Titular Bishop of Maioren	Bishop of Verona, Italy
7 Jun	57.4	Died	Jacques d’Annebaut †	Cardinal, Bishop of Lisieux, France
14 Jun	57.4	Appointed	Marcantonio Bobba †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
14 Jun	74.4	Elevated to Cardinal	William Peto, O.F.M. Obs. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Salisbury, England, Great Britain
18 Jun	38.4	Resigned	Wilhelm von Ketteler †	Bishop-Elect of Münster, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
21 Jun	39.4	Appointed	Sébastien de L’Aubespine †	Bishop of Vannes, France	Bishop of Limoges, France
		Appointed	Donato Laurenti †	Bishop of Minori, Italy	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
		Appointed	Giacomo Lomellino del Canto †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
		Appointed	Jean Peroni, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland
		Appointed	Jean Peroni, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Hebron	Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland
25 Jun	52.4	Died	Jan Drohojowski †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

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