The Year of Our Lord 1508

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Giovanni de Almodonari, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Stefaniaco e Benda, Albania
		Born	Onofrio Bartolini de’ Medici †		Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
		Died	Walter Blake †	Bishop of Clonmacnoise, Ireland
		Died	Ludovico Bruno †	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
	28.0	Appointed	François Guillaume de Castelnau de Clermont-Ludève †	Bishop of Senez, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
		Died	Urbano de Caragnano †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
		Died	Angelo Castalsi †	Bishop of Isola, Italy
		Resigned	Mikołaj Chrapicki (Crapitz) †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Lancelot de Clare †		Bishop of Riez, France
		Died	Thomas Clerke †	Bishop Emeritus of Killala, Ireland
		Died	Francesco Conti, O.P. †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
		Resigned	Denis de Bar †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France	Bishop Emeritus
	35.0	Appointed	Sisto Gara della Rovere (Franciotti) †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
		Died	Pierre DuFour †	Bishop of Lectoure, France
	29.0	Entered	Zacharias Ferrari, O.S.B. †	Member of Carthusian Order	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
		Died	Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
		Born	Girolamo de Francisco †		Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
		Died	Niels Friis †	Bishop of Viborg, Denmark
		Died	Stefano Goffredi †	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
		Died	Angelo Lacerti †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy
		Resigned	Christophe de La Tuade †	Bishop of Glandèves, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Francesco de Lavello, O. Cart. †	Bishop of Ravello, Italy
		Died	João Lobo †	Bishop of Tanger (Tangier), Morocco
	68.0	Died	Fabrizio Marliani †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
		Born	Jean de Montluc †		Bishop Emeritus of Valence and Die, France
		Appointed	Thomas O’Mullaly †	Bishop of Clonmacnoise, Ireland	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
		Born	Francisco Pacheco de Toledo (Villena) †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
		Died	Francesco Pellicer †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
		Born	Alessandro Piccolomini †		Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Diego Ribera de Toledo †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
		Died	Guillaume de Rochefort (Rupe), O.S.B. †	Bishop of Alet, France
		Born	Paolo Sadoleto †		Bishop of Carpentras, France
		Born	Bernardo Salviati †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Papoul, France
	33.0	Resigned	Federico Sanseverino †	Administrator of Maillezais, France	Cardinal, Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Novara, Italy
		Born	Georges de Selve †		Bishop of Lavaur, France
		Born	Henry Sinclair †		Bishop of Ross (Rosemarkie, Fortrose), Scotland, Great Britain
		Born	Jérôme Souchier, O. Cist. †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana
		Ordained Priest	Johann Spyser †	Priest of Bamberg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
		Died	Pietro Strebbigna †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
		Born	Felice Tiranni †		Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
		Died	Aymard de Vesco †	Bishop of Vence, France
3 Jan	69.0	Resigned	Johann von Eindhoven, C.R.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
7 Jan	86.0	Died	Bonfrancesco Arlotti †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
7 Jan		Succeeded	Gianluca Castellini (del Pozzo, Pontremoli) †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
10 Jan	51.3	Appointed	Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande †	Administrator of Rossano, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
10 Jan		Appointed	Pietro Socchi (Zagno) †	Bishop of Pult (Pulati) Minor, Albania
18 Jan		Died	Jean Vasseur, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Thérouanne, France
25 Jan		Resigned	Johannes Gropengeter, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Minden, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25 Jan		Died	Heinrich von Schaumberg †	Bishop of Minden, Germany
28 Jan		Appointed	Martín Cabeza de Vaca, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Appointed	Martín Cabeza de Vaca, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos, Titular Sees	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Appointed	Jacques Ricoul, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chartres, France
		Appointed	Jacques Ricoul, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Thermopylae	Auxiliary Bishop of Chartres, France
7 Feb		Appointed	Jean Bohier †	Bishop of Nevers, France
		Appointed	Michele Claudio †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
		Appointed	Johannes von Helmont, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Johannes von Helmont, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Syra (Suda)	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
		Appointed	Christoforo Magnacurius †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
9 Feb	52.1	Died	Konrad von Rietberg †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
13 Feb		Died	Ludwig von Siegen, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
18 Feb		Appointed	Antonio Brancaccio (Brancati), O.P. †	Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
		Appointed	Pietro Matteo d’Aquino, O.P. †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
	39.9	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese †	Administrator of Vence, France	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
20 Feb		Appointed	Peter Wolkow †	Bishop of Schwerin, Germany
23 Feb		Appointed	Francesco della Rovere †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
23 Feb	44.2	Appointed	Andrea Della Valle †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
24 Feb	36.1	Selected	Erich von Sachsen-Lauenburg †	Bishop of Münster, Germany
4 Mar		Died	Mateo Perez, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
6 Mar	30.1	Selected	Erich von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop-Elect
7 Mar		Died	Fabrizio Varano †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy
15 Mar		Appointed	János Gosztonyi †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary	Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania
15 Mar		Appointed	Antonio Lucifero †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
16 Mar		Born	Sebastian von Heusenstamm †		Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
18 Mar	51.1	Died	Antonio Trivulzio (Sr.), C.R.S. Ant. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Como, Italy
Apr	74.2	Resigned	Johannes Bonemilch †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
14 Apr	43.2	Appointed	Scaramuccia Trivulzio †	Bishop of Como, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
23 Apr		Died	García Ramírez Villaescusa, O.S. †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
May	16.3	Selected	Franz von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Bishop of Minden, Germany	Bishop-Elect
4 May		Died	Christoph Mendel von Steinfels †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
7 May		Ordained Bishop	Jacques Ricoul, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Thermopylae	Auxiliary Bishop of Chartres, France
8 May	43.3	Appointed	Berthold Pürstinger †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
12 May	35.3	Appointed	James Beaton †	Bishop of Whithorn-Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain
		Appointed	Thomas Chard, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Exeter, England, Great Britain
		Appointed	Thomas Chard, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Selymbria	Auxiliary Bishop of Exeter, England, Great Britain
		Appointed	Clemens †	Titular Bishop of Seneciensis (Severinensis)
19 May	52.4	Died	Antonio Surian, O. Cart. †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
21 May	25.3	Professed	Gregorio (Giovanni Andrea) Cortese, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Cardinal, Administrator of Urbino, Italy
24 May		Appointed	Claude Stavayer, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Belley, France
5 Jun	67.4	Resigned	Francisco de Borja †	Bishop of Teano, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
7 Jun		Appointed	Symphorien Bullioud †	Bishop of Glandèves, France	Bishop of Soissons, France
	58.4	Appointed	Alessio Celadoni di Celadonia †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy
		Appointed	Luigi Contarini †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
	33.7	Resigned	Luigi d’Aragona †	Administrator of Orense, Spain	Cardinal, Administrator of Nardò, Italy
		Appointed	Pierre Raymond de Guiert †	Bishop of Alet, France
		Appointed	Pietro Isvalies (Isuali) †	Administrator of Orense, Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
	38.4	Appointed	Bernardo de Mesa, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Forli, Italy	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
	38.4	Appointed	Bernardo de Mesa, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Trinopolis	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain

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