The Year of Our Lord 1540

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Resigned	Guglielmo Adeodato †	Bishop of Lesina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Alessandro Argoli †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
		Born	Girolamo Bernerio, O.P. †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Born	Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa †		Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	37.0	Succeeded	Luca Bisanti †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Trifone Bisanti †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
		Born	Jacques Blaze (Blaes), O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Saint-Omer, France
		Resigned	Sebastiano de Bonfilii †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Foucault de Bonneval †	Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France
		Died	Carlo Borromeo †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
		Died	Nicola Bruni †	Bishop of Milos (Melos), Greece
		Born	Antonio Calderón de León †		Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
	62.0	Resigned	Tommaso Caracciolo †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
		Born	Pietro Cartolari †		Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
		Died	Pellegrino Cibo de Turcilla †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Cibo †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
		Born	Jean du Chemin †		Bishop of Condom, France
		Born	Paweł Dembski †		Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
		Born	Andrés de Ubilla, O.P. †		Bishop of Michoacán, México
		Born	Eberhard von Dienheim †		Bishop of Speyer, Germany
		Born	Jean du Bec (-Crespin) †		Bishop of Saint-Malo, France
		Died	Francesco Erulli †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
		Died	János Eszéki †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
		Born	Heinrich Fabricius †		Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
		Born	Laurentius Fabritius †		Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Born	Jakob Feucht †		Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
		Resigned	Giacomo Framarini †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	22.3	Ordained Priest	Antoine Perrenot de Granvella †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
		Born	Ignatiy Grek †		Bishop
		Born	Juan Gurrea †		Bishop of Acerra, Italy
		Born	Bonawentura Hahn †		Former Bishop-Elect of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
		Born	Andreas Jerin †		Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
	77.0	Died	Jan Latalski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Born	Augustin Le Cirier †		Bishop of Avranches, France
		Died	Giuseppe de Montanaris, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece
		Died	Aleksander Myszczynski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
		Died	Roger O’Moleyn †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
	18.0	Ordained Deacon	Felice Peretti Montalto, O.F.M. Conv. †	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	21.0	Entered	Nicolas Psaulme, O. Praem. †	Member of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	Bishop of Verdun, France
		Born	Frédéric Ragueneau †		Bishop of Marseille, France
		Born	Ludovico Riva (Ripa) †		Bishop of Terni, Italy
		Born	Vicente Roca de la Serna †		Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
		Born	Mychajlo Rohoza †		Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
		Born	Giulio Rossino †		Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
		Born	Taddeo Sarti †		Bishop Emeritus of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
		Died	Sixtus Signati †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
		Died	Francisco Solís †	Bishop of Drivasto (Drivost), Albania
		Died	Georges Stemagu †	Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
		Resigned	Alfonso de Talavera (Guzman), O.S.H. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Markus Tegginger (Tettinger) †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel, Switzerland
	40.0	Appointed	Thomas Thirlby †	Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Ely, England, Great Britain
		Appointed	Toma Skorojević, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bosnia (Bosna, Diacovar, Diakovar), Croatia
	46.0	Died	Leonardo Tornabuoni †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	44.0	Resigned	Cesare Trivulzio †	Bishop of Apt, France	Bishop of Como, Italy
		Died	Juan de Urteaga, O.S.H. †	Bishop-Elect of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
		Died	Antonio Venanzi (de Spello) †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
		Born	Jean de Vernois, O.P. †		Bishop of Saint-Omer, France
		Died	Bernardino Conti (Visconti) †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
		Died	Nicola Volpe †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia, Italy
		Died	Bernard Wilczek †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
1 Jan	60.0	Died	Baltasar del Río †	Bishop of Scala, Italy
11 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Esteban Almeida †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
11 Jan	52.0	Confirmed	Johannes von Weeze †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
14 Jan		Died	Giacomo Narducci †	Bishop of Urbino, Italy
28 Jan		Appointed	Giovanni Maria Canigiani, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Maria Canigiani, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Hippos	Auxiliary Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
		Appointed	Bartolomeo Capobianco †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
	51.0	Installed	Uberto Gambara †	Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy
	70.0	Installed	Bartolomeo Guidiccioni †	Cardinal-Priest of San Cesareo in Palatio	Cardinal, Bishop of Lucca, Italy
	43.0	Installed	Dionisio Neagrus Laurerio, O.S.M. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello	Cardinal, Bishop of Urbino, Italy
		Appointed	Miguel Muñoz †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
		Installed	Ascanio Parisani †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Bishop of Rimini, Italy
	67.0	Installed	Pietro Paolo Parisio †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina	Cardinal, Bishop of Nusco, Italy
		Appointed	Manoel Santos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
		Appointed	Manoel Santos †	Titular Bishop of Targa	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
Feb	73.0	Appointed	Giorgio Andreasi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
Feb	43.0	Resigned	Girolamo Verallo †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy
2 Feb	36.0	Ordained Deacon	Antonio Hoyos †	Deacon	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
3 Feb	36.0	Ordained Priest	Antonio Hoyos †	Priest	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
8 Feb	36.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Hoyos †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
13 Feb	43.1	Appointed	Dionisio Neagrus Laurerio, O.S.M. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Urbino, Italy
		Appointed	Leonardo de Magistris †	Bishop of Capri, Italy	Bishop of Alessano, Italy
		Appointed	Pierre Symandus, O.S.P.P.E. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary
		Appointed	Pierre Symandus, O.S.P.P.E. †	Titular Bishop of Chalcedon	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary
20 Feb	54.1	Appointed	Melchiorre Crivelli (Cribelli), O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vercelli, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	54.1	Appointed	Melchiorre Crivelli (Cribelli), O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Thagaste	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	52.1	Resigned	Marino Grimani †	Administrator of Ceneda, Italy	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
	33.6	Appointed	Giovanni Grimani †	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
		Appointed	Valeriano Tartarini †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
22 Feb		Died	Jacques d’Albret †	Bishop of Nevers, France
25 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Maria Canigiani, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Hippos	Auxiliary Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
27 Feb		Appointed	Jean de Mansi, O. Praem. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Auch, France
27 Feb		Appointed	Jean de Mansi, O. Praem. †	Titular Bishop of Cardicium	Auxiliary Bishop of Auch, France
7 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Jan Wilamowski †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
12 Mar	32.4	Ordained Bishop	Durante Duranti †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
15 Mar		Appointed	Jakub Dryaduschki, O.F.M. Obs. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Appointed	Jakub Dryaduschki, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Aenos	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Appointed	Benedetto de Sanctis †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy
26 Mar	39.2	Selected	Nicholas Heath †	Bishop of Rochester, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of York, England, Great Britain
30 Mar	72.2	Died	Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
4 Apr	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Edmund Bonner †	Bishop of London, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
		Ordained Bishop	Pietro Paolo (Giampaolo) de Thisis (da Pisa) †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
	39.2	Ordained Bishop	Nicholas Heath †	Bishop of Rochester, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of York, England, Great Britain
6 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Leonardo de Magistris †	Bishop of Capri, Italy	Bishop of Alessano, Italy
10 Apr		Appointed	Giovanni Rota †	Auxiliary Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
10 Apr		Appointed	Giovanni Rota †	Titular Bishop of Argos	Auxiliary Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
12 Apr		Died	Jean Olivier, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Angers, France
16 Apr		Appointed	Luigi Blanco, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
		Appointed	Jean Boemel, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
		Appointed	Jean Boemel, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Hebron	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
		Appointed	Antonello Eustachi †	Bishop of Lesina, Italy
		Appointed	Arthur Magennis †	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
	30.9	Died	Afonso de Portugal †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal
	17.2	Installed	Giacomo Savelli †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia in Orphea	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Appointed	Jean de Vaux (Vaulx), O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tours, France
		Appointed	Jean de Vaux (Vaulx), O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Croyacen (Croacen)	Auxiliary Bishop of Tours, France
	40.2	Ordained Priest	Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop
17 Apr	69.2	Died	Stanislav Thurzó †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
21 Apr	52.3	Confirmed	Baltazar von Promnitz †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
30 Apr	34.3	Appointed	Gabriel de Bouvery †	Bishop of Angers, France
		Appointed	Alberico Giaquinta (Jacquinti) †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
	47.3	Appointed	Juan Salazar Fernández †	Bishop of Lanciano, Italy
3 May		Ordained Bishop	Ascanio Cesarini †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Pedro Flores †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
	40.1	Appointed	Reginald Pole †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
7 May	36.4	Appointed	Moritz von Hutten †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
10 May		Born	Pierre d’Éspinac †		Archbishop of Lyon, France
13 May		Born	Pietro Giacomo Borbone †		Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
21 May	39.9	Appointed	Ernst von Bayern †	Bishop of Salzburg, Austria	Former Bishop-Elect
	39.9	Appointed	Ernst von Bayern †	Apostolic Administrator of Salzburg, Austria	Former Bishop-Elect
	40.3	Installed	Pedro Fernández Manrique †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
30 May		Died	Luigi Platamone †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
31 May	21.4	Installed	Enrique de Borja y Aragón †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Squillace, Italy
		Appointed	Alessandro Cesarini (Sr.) †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	39.4	Appointed	Niccolò Ridolfi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Administrator of Vicenza, Italy
		Appointed	Francesco Rocchi †	Bishop of Milos (Melos), Greece	Former Bishop-Elect
	21.5	Appointed	Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
		Appointed	Piotr Starzechowski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
12 Jun		Born	Gaspar Punter i Barreda †		Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
16 Jun	21.4	Ordained Deacon	Enrique de Borja y Aragón †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Squillace, Italy
16 Jun	74.4	Died	Konrad von Thüngen †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany

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