The Year of Our Lord 1536

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Antonio Attilio †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
		Born	Pietro Bembo †		Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
		Died	Vincenzo de Benedicti †	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
		Died	John Bennet †	Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland
		Resigned	Ove Bilde †	Bishop of Aarhus (Århus), Denmark	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Geoffroy de Billy †		Bishop of Laon, France
		Born	Jean-François Bordini, C.O. †		Archbishop of Avignon, France
		Died	Fernando Coutinho †	Bishop of Silves (Sylves), Portugal
	32.0	Ordained Bishop	Georg (Joris) van Egmond †	Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
		Succeeded	Girolamo Filangheri †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
		Died	Agostino Ferrero, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
		Born	Ferdinando Ferrero Fieschi †		Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
	42.0	Resigned	Jørgen Friis †	Bishop of Viborg, Denmark	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Tomás Gargal (Gargallo), O.S.Io.Hieros. †		Bishop of Malta
		Born	Melchior Giedroyć †		Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
		Born	Giovanni Battista Giorgi, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
		Died	Augustin Giustiniani, O.P. †	Bishop of Nebbio, France
	49.0	Ordained Priest	Rodrigo González de Marmolejo †	Priest of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Bishop-Elect of Santiago de Chile
		Born	Adam de Heurtelou †		Bishop of Mende, France
		Born	David Kölderer von Burgstall †		Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
	68.0	Resigned	Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg †	Administrator of Chiemsee, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
		Born	Friedrich Lichtenauer †		Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
		Resigned	Bernardino (Benedetto) de Luca †	Bishop of Acci (Accia), France	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Ferdinando Marchesi †	Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Francesco de Marellis †	Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy
	54.0	Appointed	Györgi Martinuzzi, O.S.P.P.E. †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary	Cardinal, Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
		Born	Sebastião de Morais, S.J. †		Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
		Born	Carlos Muñoz Serrano †		Bishop of Barbastro, Spain
		Died	Thomas Murner, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
		Appointed	Benedetto de Nobili †	Bishop of Acci (Accia), France	Bishop Emeritus
	14.0	Professed	Felice Peretti Montalto, O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Resigned	Federico Petrucci †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	35.8	Ordained Deacon	Reginald Pole †	Deacon	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
		Died	Marco Antonio Prioldo †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
		Born	Girolamo Ragazzoni †		Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
		Born	Antonio de la Raya Navarrete †		Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
		Born	Pietro Ridolfi, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
		Died	Scipione Roero, O. Hum. †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
		Resigned	Bernhard von Sachsen-Lauenburg, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	46.0	Died	Gerolamo Sansoni †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Diego de Sarmiento, O. Cart. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
	94.0	Resigned	Robert Sherborne †	Bishop of Chichester, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Alessandro Spagnuolo †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
		Resigned	Knud Henriksen Gyldenstierne (Syldensteiner) †	Bishop of Odense, Denmark	Bishop Emeritus
		Selected	Dominic Tirrey †	Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland
		Died	Tomás de Toro, O.P. †	Bishop-Elect of Cartagena, Colombia
		Born	[Jeremias II Tranos] †		Patriarch
	51.0	Appointed	Agostino Trivulzio †	Administrator of Asti, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
		Died	Defendente Valvassori (Valaresso) †	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
	31.0	Resigned	Antoine-Charles de Vesc †	Bishop of Valence and Die, France	Bishop Emeritus of Castres, France
		Appointed	Georg von Tessing †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
10 Jan		Appointed	Vincenzo Boccaferro, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
	56.0	Appointed	Gedeon Van der Gracht, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Belgium
	56.0	Appointed	Gedeon Van der Gracht, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Castoria	Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Belgium
14 Jan	66.6	Died	Richard Nykke (Nix) †	Bishop of Norwich, England, Great Britain
19 Jan		Appointed	Filippo Donato †	Bishop of Canea (Cydonia, Egée), Greece	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jan	36.0	Ordained Bishop	René du Bellay de Langey †	Bishop of Le Mans, France	Bishop Emeritus
28 Jan	61.2	Resigned	Lorenzo Campeggio †	Administrator of Candia {Crete}, Greece	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	19.0	Appointed	Pietro Landi †	Archbishop of Candia {Crete}, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Pietro Andrea Ripanti †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
Feb		Born	Gregorio Petrocchini, O.S.A. †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
4 Feb	56.0	Appointed	Gérard Roussel †	Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France
8 Feb	55.1	Died	Johann Reuter, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
11 Feb		Appointed	Baltasar de Heredia, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Urgell, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
		Appointed	Baltasar de Heredia, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Ceraunia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
		Appointed	Donato Martuccio (Maricucci) †	Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Sarno, Italy
		Appointed	Paulus Zandinus †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
		Appointed	Paulus Zandinus †	Titular Bishop of Rosmen (Russionen, Rusköi)	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
18 Feb		Died	Richard Rawlins †	Bishop of Saint David’s, Wales, Great Britain
24 Feb		Born	Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †		Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
Mar	76.1	Died	Šimun Kožičić Benja †	Bishop of Modruš, Croatia
15 Mar	51.2	Appointed	Paweł Algimunt Holszański †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
	73.2	Appointed	Jan Latalski †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	37.1	Appointed	Jan (Janusz) z Książąt Litewskich †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Appointed	Franciscus Temesvar †	Auxiliary Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
		Appointed	Franciscus Temesvar †	Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
22 Mar	23.2	Appointed	Pietro Antonio Di Capua †	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
22 Mar		Resigned	Alessandro Cesarini (Sr.) †	Administrator of Otranto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
23 Mar	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Michele Saraceni †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
27 Mar	39.2	Appointed	Guillaume de Pélissier (Pellicier) †	Bishop of Montpellier, France
29 Mar		Died	Francisco Mendoza †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
Apr		Born	Ignazio (Pellegrino) Danti, O.P. †		Bishop of Alatri, Italy
8 Apr		Appointed	Jacques de Tournon †	Bishop of Valence and Die, France
19 Apr		Appointed	Benoit Malvitius †	Titular Bishop of Salona
23 Apr	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Christoph Marschalk zu Pappenheim †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
24 Apr		Appointed	Jerzy Chwalczewski (Palczewski) †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
26 Apr		Died	Franciszek ze Lwowa †	Bishop of Kyiv (Kijów), Ukraine
27 Apr		Died	Francisco de Mello †	Bishop of Goa, India
28 Apr	58.3	Appointed	Tommaso Caracciolo †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
		Appointed	Luis †	Titular Bishop of Bethleem
		Died	Thomas O’Mullaly †	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
	63.7	Resigned	Nikolaus von Schönberg, O.P. †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	31.3	Appointed	Antoine-Charles de Vesc †	Bishop of Castres, France	Bishop Emeritus
30 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Pietro Andrea Ripanti †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
May	51.3	Died	Venerable Diego Alvarez de Osorio †	Bishop-Elect of Nicaragua
May		Died	John Fitzgerald †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
5 May	39.3	Appointed	Pietro Paolo Vergerio †	Bishop of Modruš, Croatia	Bishop Emeritus of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
7 May		Died	Christophorus Radelennes, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bremen (and Hamburg), Germany
12 May	51.3	Died	Detlev Reventlow †	Bishop-Elect of Lübeck, Germany
15 May		Appointed	Alessandro Cesarini (Sr.) †	Administrator of Catanzaro, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Appointed	Jacopo Cortesi †	Bishop of Vaison, France
	15.6	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Monreale, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	26.3	Appointed	James Fitzmaurice, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
		Resigned	Angelo Geraldini d’Amelia †	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	46.1	Resigned	Giovanni Salviati †	Administrator of Vaison, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
17 May		Died	Réginal de Martigny †	Bishop of Vabres, France
22 May	24.3	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Acquaviva †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
22 May	43.3	Resigned	Giovanni Domenico de Cupis †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
25 May		Died	François de Guiramand †	Bishop of Digne, France
25 May		Died	John Max, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
29 May		Appointed	Quintin Cogly, O.P. †	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
2 Jun		Resigned	Girolamo Grimaldi †	Administrator of Venafro, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Albenga, Italy
		Appointed	Nicolò Sicardi †	Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
		Appointed	Bernardino (Jean) de Soria, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Venafro, Italy
8 Jun		Selected	Robert Warton (Parfew) †	Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain
13 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Quintin Cogly, O.P. †	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
13 Jun	26.4	Ordained Bishop	James Fitzmaurice, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
17 Jun	35.4	Appointed	Georges d’Armagnac †	Administrator of Vabres, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
26 Jun		Confirmed	Robert Warton (Parfew) †	Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain
30 Jun	39.4	Selected	Balthasar Rantzau †	Bishop of Lübeck, Germany	Bishop-Elect

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