The Year of Our Lord 1518

Bishop Events

July to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

4 Jul Ordained Bishop Gonzalo de Amotin (Amorin), O.P. † Titular Bishop of Titopolis

Ordained Bishop Giovanni Lamberti, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Vodien

5 Jul 28.0 Installed Albrecht von Brandenburg † Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono Cardinal, Archbishop of Mainz, Germany

60.5 Resigned Adriano di Castello (Castellesi) † Administrator of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain Cardinal, Former Administrator

60.5 Resigned Adriano di Castello (Castellesi) † Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono Cardinal, Former Administrator of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain

40.1 Appointed Giulio de’ Medici † Administrator of Embrun, France Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

62.5 Resigned Niccolò Fieschi † Administrator of Embrun, France Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

48.5 Confirmed Johann von Schleinitz † Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany

11 Jul Ordained Bishop Henry Standish, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain

12 Jul 74.5 Resigned Ferdinando Ponzetti (Poncetti) † Bishop of Molfetta, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy

Appointed Giacomo Ponzetti (Poncetti) † Bishop of Molfetta, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Ordained Bishop Giorgio Uberti † Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy Bishop Emeritus

14 Jul 68.5 Died Günther von Bünau, O.T. † Bishop of Samland (Sambia), Poland

18 Jul 31.5 Ordained Bishop Christoph von Braunschweig-Lüneburg † Archbishop of Bremen (and Hamburg), Germany

23 Jul Appointed Pierre de Albo † Auxiliary Bishop of Clermont, France

Appointed Pierre de Albo † Titular Bishop of Ascalon Auxiliary Bishop of Clermont, France

Appointed John de Riperia, O.P. † Auxiliary Bishop of Chichester, England, Great Britain

Appointed John de Riperia, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Callipolis Auxiliary Bishop of Chichester, England, Great Britain

21.5 Appointed Pallavicino Visconti † Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy Bishop Emeritus

30 Jul 40.1 Appointed Giulio de’ Medici † Administrator of Ascoli Piceno, Italy Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

38.5 Resigned Girolamo Ghinucci {Ginucci} † Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy Cardinal, Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain

Appointed Jacques Pallavicini † Bishop of Ajaccio, France

Resigned Vincenzo Palmeriis † Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

24.9 Appointed Andrea Matteo Palmieri † Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy Cardinal, Administrator of Policastro, Italy

29.5 Appointed François de Tournon, C.R.S.A. † Archbishop of Embrun, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France

47.5 Appointed Thomas Wolsey † Administrator of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain Cardinal, Archbishop of York, England, Great Britain

31 Jul Resigned Johann Spyser † Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany

Resigned Johann Spyser † Titular Bishop-Elect of Ascalon Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany

9 Aug Appointed Gonzalo Ribeiro de Almeida † Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal

Appointed Gonzalo Ribeiro de Almeida † Titular Bishop of Calama Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal

23 Aug 27.6 Appointed Jean Ferrer † Coadjutor Archbishop of Arles, France Archbishop

Appointed Leonardo Levato † Bishop of Belcastro, Italy

Appointed Girolamo Messi † Archbishop of Naupactus (Lepanto), Greece

Appointed Girolamo Messi † Bishop of Coron (Coronea), Greece Archbishop of Naupactus (Lepanto), Greece

38.6 Appointed Giovanni Battista Pallavicino † Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa Cardinal, Bishop of Cavaillon, France

3 Sep 40.2 Resigned Giulio de’ Medici † Administrator of Ascoli Piceno, Italy Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

62.6 Appointed Niccolò Fieschi † Administrator of Toulon, France Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Appointed Christophorus de Pagellis, O.F.M. Obs. † Titular Bishop of Selymbria

38.0 Appointed Cesare Riario † Administrator of Málaga, Spain

Appointed Filos Roverella † Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy

57.3 Installed Raffaele Sansoni Riario † Administrator of Málaga, Spain Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy

Appointed Juan Buenaventura de Valderrama, O.F.M. † Bishop of Sapë, Albania

Appointed Juan Buenaventura de Valderrama, O.F.M. † Bishop of Sarda, Albania Bishop of Sapë, Albania

10 Sep 10.6 Appointed Onofrio Bartolini de’ Medici † Archbishop of Pisa, Italy

Appointed Thomas Thasnad † Titular Bishop of Salona

17 Sep 78.7 Died Niccolò Pandolfini † Cardinal, Bishop of Pistoia, Italy

60.0 Succeeded Lorenzo Pucci † Bishop of Pistoia, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

18 Sep Appointed Antonio de Avila, O.P. † Titular Archbishop of Naupactus

25 Sep Died Domingo Idiocáiz † Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy

2 Oct Ordained Bishop Alberto de Nasis, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Palaestina Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy

16 Oct Died Stefán Jónsson † Bishop of Skálholt, Iceland

18 Oct Born Nicolas de Pellevé † Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France

48.7 Ordained Bishop Johann von Schleinitz † Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany

22 Oct 24.8 Installed Francesco Pisani † Cardinal-Deacon of San Teodoro Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

58.8 Appointed Guillén-Ramón de Vich y de Valterra † Administrator of Cefalù, Italy Cardinal, Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

28 Oct Born Jacques Sacrati † Bishop of Carpentras, France

5 Nov 48.8 Appointed Jakub Buczacki † Bishop of Chełm, Poland Bishop of Płock, Poland

Appointed Gavin Dunbar, O.S.A. † Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain

30.8 Appointed Melchior Fattlin † Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany

30.8 Appointed Melchior Fattlin † Titular Bishop of Ascalon Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany

34.0 Appointed Antonio Pucci † Bishop of Pistoia, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina

60.2 Resigned Lorenzo Pucci † Bishop of Pistoia, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

10 Nov Appointed Giovanni Francesco D’Anna † Bishop of Carinola (Calina), Italy Bishop Emeritus

Appointed Goro Gheri † Bishop of Fano, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Appointed Godefroid Leborgne, O. Carm. † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France

Appointed Godefroid Leborgne, O. Carm. † Titular Bishop of Tiberias Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France

Appointed Francisco Mora, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Drivasto (Drivost), Albania

Appointed John Pynnock, O.S.A. † Auxiliary Bishop of Salisbury, England, Great Britain

Appointed John Pynnock, O.S.A. † Titular Bishop of Sidon Auxiliary Bishop of Salisbury, England, Great Britain

Appointed Benoit Warsaluni † Titular Bishop of Scopien

14 Nov Died Jacques Raguier † Bishop of Troyes, France

21 Nov Ordained Bishop Cristoforo Marcello † Archbishop of Corfù, Greece

Ordained Bishop Andrea Piperari † Bishop of Ossero (Osor), Croatia

22 Nov Born Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora † Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

1 Dec Appointed Luca Rinaldi † Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy

7 Dec Ordained Bishop Etienne de Pressuris † Titular Bishop of Troja Auxiliary Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France

10 Dec Appointed Galeazzo Butrigarius † Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy Bishop-Elect

55.0 Resigned Andrea Della Valle † Administrator of Caiazzo, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

Appointed François de Reucon (Treio), C.R.S.A. † Titular Bishop of Croyacen (Croacen)

11 Dec Born Nicolas Psaulme, O. Praem. † Bishop of Verdun, France

15 Dec Appointed Jean † Titular Bishop of Lerus

18 Dec 32.1 Ordained Priest St. Tomás Garcia Martinez (de Villanueva), O.E.S.A. † Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

19 Dec Born Enrique de Borja y Aragón † Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Squillace, Italy

20 Dec 42.4 Appointed Gian Pietro Carafa † Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

42.4 Appointed Gian Pietro Carafa † Apostolic Administrator of Chieti, Italy Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

Appointed Giorgio Pandolfini, C.R.S.A. † Titular Bishop of Troja

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
4 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Gonzalo de Amotin (Amorin), O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Titopolis
	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Lamberti, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Vodien
5 Jul	28.0	Installed	Albrecht von Brandenburg †	Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
60.5	Resigned	Adriano di Castello (Castellesi) †	Administrator of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Former Administrator
60.5	Resigned	Adriano di Castello (Castellesi) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono	Cardinal, Former Administrator of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain
40.1	Appointed	Giulio de’ Medici †	Administrator of Embrun, France	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
62.5	Resigned	Niccolò Fieschi †	Administrator of Embrun, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
48.5	Confirmed	Johann von Schleinitz †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
11 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Henry Standish, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain
12 Jul	74.5	Resigned	Ferdinando Ponzetti (Poncetti) †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy
	Appointed	Giacomo Ponzetti (Poncetti) †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Ordained Bishop	Giorgio Uberti †	Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jul	68.5	Died	Günther von Bünau, O.T. †	Bishop of Samland (Sambia), Poland
18 Jul	31.5	Ordained Bishop	Christoph von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Archbishop of Bremen (and Hamburg), Germany
23 Jul		Appointed	Pierre de Albo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Clermont, France
	Appointed	Pierre de Albo †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop of Clermont, France
	Appointed	John de Riperia, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chichester, England, Great Britain
	Appointed	John de Riperia, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Callipolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Chichester, England, Great Britain
21.5	Appointed	Pallavicino Visconti †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
30 Jul	40.1	Appointed	Giulio de’ Medici †	Administrator of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
38.5	Resigned	Girolamo Ghinucci {Ginucci} †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain
	Appointed	Jacques Pallavicini †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	Resigned	Vincenzo Palmeriis †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
24.9	Appointed	Andrea Matteo Palmieri †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Policastro, Italy
29.5	Appointed	François de Tournon, C.R.S.A. †	Archbishop of Embrun, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
47.5	Appointed	Thomas Wolsey †	Administrator of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop of York, England, Great Britain
31 Jul		Resigned	Johann Spyser †	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
	Resigned	Johann Spyser †	Titular Bishop-Elect of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
9 Aug		Appointed	Gonzalo Ribeiro de Almeida †	Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal
	Appointed	Gonzalo Ribeiro de Almeida †	Titular Bishop of Calama	Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal
23 Aug	27.6	Appointed	Jean Ferrer †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Arles, France	Archbishop
	Appointed	Leonardo Levato †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
	Appointed	Girolamo Messi †	Archbishop of Naupactus (Lepanto), Greece
	Appointed	Girolamo Messi †	Bishop of Coron (Coronea), Greece	Archbishop of Naupactus (Lepanto), Greece
38.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Pallavicino †	Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa	Cardinal, Bishop of Cavaillon, France
3 Sep	40.2	Resigned	Giulio de’ Medici †	Administrator of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
62.6	Appointed	Niccolò Fieschi †	Administrator of Toulon, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	Appointed	Christophorus de Pagellis, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Selymbria
38.0	Appointed	Cesare Riario †	Administrator of Málaga, Spain
	Appointed	Filos Roverella †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
57.3	Installed	Raffaele Sansoni Riario †	Administrator of Málaga, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
	Appointed	Juan Buenaventura de Valderrama, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
	Appointed	Juan Buenaventura de Valderrama, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sarda, Albania	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
10 Sep	10.6	Appointed	Onofrio Bartolini de’ Medici †	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
	Appointed	Thomas Thasnad †	Titular Bishop of Salona
17 Sep	78.7	Died	Niccolò Pandolfini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
60.0	Succeeded	Lorenzo Pucci †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
18 Sep		Appointed	Antonio de Avila, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Naupactus
25 Sep		Died	Domingo Idiocáiz †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
2 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Alberto de Nasis, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy
16 Oct		Died	Stefán Jónsson †	Bishop of Skálholt, Iceland
18 Oct		Born	Nicolas de Pellevé †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
48.7	Ordained Bishop	Johann von Schleinitz †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
22 Oct	24.8	Installed	Francesco Pisani †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Teodoro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
58.8	Appointed	Guillén-Ramón de Vich y de Valterra †	Administrator of Cefalù, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
28 Oct		Born	Jacques Sacrati †		Bishop of Carpentras, France
5 Nov	48.8	Appointed	Jakub Buczacki †	Bishop of Chełm, Poland	Bishop of Płock, Poland
	Appointed	Gavin Dunbar, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
30.8	Appointed	Melchior Fattlin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
30.8	Appointed	Melchior Fattlin †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
34.0	Appointed	Antonio Pucci †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
60.2	Resigned	Lorenzo Pucci †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
10 Nov		Appointed	Giovanni Francesco D’Anna †	Bishop of Carinola (Calina), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Goro Gheri †	Bishop of Fano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Godefroid Leborgne, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France
	Appointed	Godefroid Leborgne, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Tiberias	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France
	Appointed	Francisco Mora, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Drivasto (Drivost), Albania
	Appointed	John Pynnock, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salisbury, England, Great Britain
	Appointed	John Pynnock, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Auxiliary Bishop of Salisbury, England, Great Britain
	Appointed	Benoit Warsaluni †	Titular Bishop of Scopien
14 Nov		Died	Jacques Raguier †	Bishop of Troyes, France
21 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Cristoforo Marcello †	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Piperari †	Bishop of Ossero (Osor), Croatia
22 Nov		Born	Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora †		Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
1 Dec		Appointed	Luca Rinaldi †	Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
7 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Etienne de Pressuris †	Titular Bishop of Troja	Auxiliary Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
10 Dec		Appointed	Galeazzo Butrigarius †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy	Bishop-Elect
55.0	Resigned	Andrea Della Valle †	Administrator of Caiazzo, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	Appointed	François de Reucon (Treio), C.R.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Croyacen (Croacen)
11 Dec		Born	Nicolas Psaulme, O. Praem. †		Bishop of Verdun, France
15 Dec		Appointed	Jean †	Titular Bishop of Lerus
18 Dec	32.1	Ordained Priest	St. Tomás Garcia Martinez (de Villanueva), O.E.S.A. †	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
19 Dec		Born	Enrique de Borja y Aragón †		Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Squillace, Italy
20 Dec	42.4	Appointed	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
42.4	Appointed	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Apostolic Administrator of Chieti, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	Appointed	Giorgio Pandolfini, C.R.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Troja

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