The Year of Our Lord 1548

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Resigned	Geronimo Albertini †	Bishop-Elect of Avellino e Frigento, Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
		Born	Gian Giacomo Amati †		Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
		Born	Alonso D’Avalos †		Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
		Born	Francisco de Ávila Guzmán †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
		Born	Wojciech Baranowski †		Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Born	Ermolao Barbaro †		Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
		Died	Fernando del Barco, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
		Born	Silvestro Branconi †		Bishop of Montemarano, Italy
		Born	Martin Brenner †		Bishop Emeritus of Seckau, Austria
		Born	Mateo Burgos Moraleja, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Resigned	Evangelista Cittadini †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Côme (Cosme) Clausse de Marchaumont †		Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France
		Born	Napoleone Comitoli †		Bishop of Perugia, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Battista Comparini †		Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy
		Resigned	Nicholas Comyn †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Juan Cuenca †		Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
		Born	Antoine de Révol †		Bishop of Dol, France
		Died	Agostino Falivenia (Pastineus), O.S. †	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
		Died	Pedro Gau, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Urgell, Spain
		Died	Alberico Giaquinta (Jacquinti) †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
		Born	Claude de Granier, O.S.B. †		Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
		Resigned	Sebastiano Graziani †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Juan Hurtado de Mendoza †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
		Died	Humbert Iserand, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Glandèves, France
		Died	Giovanni Battisti de Lisulis †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
	23.2	Resigned	Nicolas de Lorraine †	Bishop-Elect of Verdun, France	Former Bishop-Elect
	44.0	Died	Giacomo Antonio Lucifero †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
		Died	Tranquillo de Macarazzi †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
		Born	Edmund MacGauran (Magauran) †		Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
		Born	Bernard Maciejowski †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	66.0	Ordained Bishop	Györgi Martinuzzi, O.S.P.P.E. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
		Died	Ménald de Martory, O.S.A. †	Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans (or Conserans), France
		Resigned	Donato Martuccio (Maricucci) †	Bishop of Sarno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Jean Masson, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poitiers, France
		Born	Jean de Monluc, O.S.Io.Hieros. †		Bishop of Condom, France
		Died	Francesco de Noctucis †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
		Born	Guillaume de Péricard †		Bishop of Évreux, France
	33.2	Appointed	Prospero Publicola Santacroce †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
		Born	Jorge de Quemado (Queimada), O.S.A. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
		Born	Antonio de Santo Estevão, O.P. †		Bishop of Angola e Congo
		Died	Miguel de Sanguesa, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
	21.8	Resigned	Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator
		Died	Girolamo Sigismondi †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
		Died	Bernardino (Jean) de Soria, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Venafro, Italy
		Died	Agostino Steuco, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Kisamos (Cisamo), Greece
		Born	Felipe Tarsis de Acuña, O.S. †		Archbishop of Granada, Spain
		Died	Jerónimo del Toro, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lérida, Spain
	52.0	Died	Cesare Trivulzio †	Bishop of Como, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Battista Vergerio †	Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia
	33.0	Ordained Priest	Johann Jakob von Kuen-Belasy †	Priest of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
		Born	Tommaso Zerula †		Bishop of Minori, Italy
6 Jan		Born	Johann Nopel (Jr.) †		Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
6 Jan		Born	Francesco Panigarola (Panicarola), O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Asti, Italy
9 Jan	24.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Charles Bourbon de Vendôme †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
		Appointed	Balthasar de Jarente †	Archbishop of Embrun, France
	55.0	Appointed	Antoine de Lévis de Château-Morand †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Saint-Flour, France	Bishop
	14.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Giulio della Rovere †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
		Died	Peter Stoll, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
13 Jan		Appointed	Jacques Corneillan †	Bishop of Vabres, France	Bishop Emeritus of Rodez, France
13 Jan	47.0	Appointed	Georges d’Armagnac †	Archbishop of Tours, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
25 Jan		Died	Rodrigo Sánchez Mercado †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain
Feb		Born	Giovanni Evangelista Pallotta †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
14 Feb		Selected	Antonius Lucurri (Cogorno), O.P. †	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
19 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Antoine Olivier †	Bishop of Digne, France	Bishop of Lombez, France
24 Feb		Appointed	Ascanio Ferreri †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
25 Feb	55.1	Resigned	Giovanni Domenico de Cupis †	Administrator of Recanati, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
25 Feb		Appointed	Paolo de Cupis †	Bishop of Recanati, Italy
5 Mar		Confirmed	Antonius Lucurri (Cogorno), O.P. †	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
5 Mar	63.1	Resigned	Agostino Trivulzio †	Administrator of Brugnato, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
13 Mar		Born	Sasbout Vosmeer †		Vicar Apostolic of Batavia (Holland Mission), Netherlands
14 Mar		Appointed	Giovanni Beraldo †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
17 Mar	70.2	Died	Adrian von Riedmatten (I) †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
18 Mar	63.2	Resigned	Agostino Trivulzio †	Administrator of Grasse, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
22 Mar		Appointed	Giambattista Caracciolo Pisquizi †	Bishop of Venafro, Italy
		Appointed	Juan Cordella †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
	48.2	Appointed	Jacques d’Annebaut †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna	Cardinal, Bishop of Lisieux, France
	32.2	Appointed	Cesare Gambara †	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
	59.1	Resigned	Uberto Gambara †	Bishop of Tortona, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Selected	Jean Jordan †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
	33.4	Appointed	Prospero Publicola Santacroce †	Bishop of Kisamos (Cisamo), Greece	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
30 Mar	63.2	Died	Agostino Trivulzio †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
2 Apr	72.2	Died	Gregor Angerer (Langer) †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
3 Apr	30.2	Ordained Bishop	Pompeo Zambeccari †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
8 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Juan Segría (Cengria) †	Titular Bishop of Christopolis	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
9 Apr	56.2	Appointed	Jean du Bellay †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Adriano al Foro	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
9 Apr	15.0	Installed	Giulio della Rovere †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
13 Apr	41.2	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Bernardi †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ajaccio, France	Bishop Emeritus
18 Apr	37.2	Ordained Bishop	Adolf von Schauenburg †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
20 Apr		Died	Theodore Petit, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France
20 Apr		Died	Stanislav Škovránko (Várallyi) †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
27 Apr		Appointed	Alessandro Ruffino †	Coadjutor Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy	Bishop
27 Apr	27.3	Appointed	Guglielmo Tuttavilla †	Bishop of Sarno, Italy
4 May	80.3	Died	Busso von Alvensleben †	Bishop of Havelberg, Germany
7 May		Appointed	Diego Alava Esquivel †	Bishop of Ávila, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
		Appointed	Tommaso Caselli, O.P. †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy
		Appointed	Antonio Codina, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
		Appointed	Antonio Codina, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Lachorens	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
		Appointed	Cesare Foggia †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
		Appointed	Luigi Vannini de Theodoli, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
16 May		Appointed	Charles d’Humières †	Bishop of Bayeux, France
	44.5	Appointed	Martín Pérez de Ayala †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
		Appointed	Niccolò di Lorenzo Rodolfi †	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
17 May	52.3	Appointed	Gaspare Ricciullo del Fosso, O.M. †	Bishop of Scala, Italy	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
22 May	74.3	Ordained Bishop	Rembert von Kerssenbrock †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
25 May	27.3	Appointed	Antonio Altoviti †	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	47.3	Resigned	Niccolò Ridolfi †	Administrator of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Vicenza, Italy
	47.3	Resigned	Niccolò Ridolfi †	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Vicenza, Italy
		Appointed	Niccolò di Antonio Ugolini (Monterchiis) †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
26 May	48.3	Selected	Jodocus Hoetfilter †	Bishop of Lübeck, Germany
3 Jun	80.4	Died	Juan de Zumárraga, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of México, Federal District	Archbishop of México, Federal District
4 Jun	43.4	Appointed	Pedro Acuña Avellaneda †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
		Appointed	Ubaldinus Bandinelli †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
	47.7	Appointed	Sebastiano Antonio Pighini †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
		Appointed	Filippo Angelo Seragli, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Alife, Italy
	29.5	Resigned	Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
13 Jun		Appointed	Oswald Fischer (Arnsperger) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
		Appointed	Oswald Fischer (Arnsperger) †	Titular Bishop of Dariensis	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
		Confirmed	Jean Jordan †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
	29.5	Appointed	Nicolas Psaulme, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Verdun, France
		Appointed	Martín Sarmiento de Osacastro, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
	60.4	Died	Johannes von Weeze †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
22 Jun	53.4	Appointed	Cesare Cibo (Cybo) †	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	56.8	Resigned	Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) †	Administrator of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
		Appointed	Octaviano Cibo (Cybo) †	Bishop of Mariana, France
25 Jun		Selected	Jean de Lustrac †	Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France

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