Antoine Cardinal Perrenot de Granvella †

Deceased

Archbishop of Besançon, France

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Aug 1517		Born
29 Nov 1538	21.2	Appointed	Bishop of Arras, France
1540²	22.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 May 1542	24.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Arras, France
26 Feb 1561	43.5	Elevated to Cardinal
10 Mar 1561	43.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
6 Jul 1562	44.8	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
14 May 1568	50.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca
10 Feb 1570	52.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia
9 Jun 1570	52.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
9 Jul 1578	60.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
3 Oct 1578	61.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
24 Jan 1583⁶	65.4	Resigned	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
25 Jun 1584	66.8	Selected	Archbishop of Besançon, France
14 Nov 1584	67.2	Confirmed	Archbishop of Besançon, France
21 Sep 1586	69.0	Died	Archbishop of Besançon, France

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ⁶ Before

MicroData Summary for Antoine Perrenot de Granvella
(VIAF: 34616793; WikiData: Q451178)
Antoine Cardinal Perrenot de Granvella (born 20 Aug 1517, died 21 Sep 1586) Archbishop of Besançon

Consistory - 1561: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1565/1566: Unable to Participate
Conclave - 1572: Participated
Conclave - 1585: Unable to Participate

Event Place
Birth Place Ornans
Ordained Bishop Valladolid, Diocese of Palencia, Spain
Death Place Madrid, Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain

a priest for 46.7 years
a bishop for 44.3 years
a cardinal for 25.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Juan Cardinal Pardo de Tavera †
Archbishop of Toledo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Juan Cardinal Pardo de Tavera †
Archbishop of Toledo

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Francisco Manrique de Lara † (1542)
Bishop Robert de Berghes † (1557)
Archbishop Bartolomé de Carranza y Miranda, O.P. † (1558)
Archbishop Maximilien de Berghes † (1559)
Bishop Pieter de Corte † (1561)
Bishop Nicolaas van der Borcht † (1561)
Bishop Martin Rythovius (Balduini) † (1562)
Bishop Pepin de Rosa, O.P. † (1562)
Bishop François Sonnius (Van de Velde) † (1562)
Bishop Guillaume Damasi Van der Linden (Lindanus) † (1563)
Bishop Gerard d’Hamericourt, O.S.B. † (1563)
Bishop Johan Knijf, O.F.M. Obs. † (1563)
Francisco Cardinal Pacheco de Toledo (Villena) † (1567)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ornans
Ordained Bishop	Valladolid, Diocese of Palencia, Spain
Death Place	Madrid, Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 26 Feb 1561
b/c2: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,500, Page 53, Number 292
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 134, and Page 239
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 122
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1542, Number 6
b: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 100, Additions/Corrections (front)

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