The Year of Our Lord 1556

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	55.4	Resigned	Filippo Archinto †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
		Born	Marcantonio Bellini †		Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
		Died	Antonio Benedetti †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
		Born	Benedetto Benedetti †		Bishop Emeritus of Caorle, Italy
		Born	Jean Bertier †		Bishop of Rieux, France
		Resigned	Gregorio de Beteta, O.P. †	Bishop-Elect of Cartagena, Colombia	Former Bishop-Elect
	56.0	Ordained Priest	Marcantonio Bobba †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Aosta, Italy
	17.0	Confirmed	Sigismund von Brandenburg †	Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect of Magdeburg, Germany
		Died	Pietro Paolo Caporelli, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
		Born	Decio Carafa †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
		Appointed	Lázaro Carrasco †	Bishop of Nicaragua	Bishop-Elect
		Died	Pavao de Churina †	Bishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia
		Born	Federico Cornet †		Bishop-Elect of Perpignan-Elne, France
	46.0	Resigned	Gaspar do Casal, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
		Died	Fernando de Uranga (Urango) †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
		Confirmed	Alexander Devereux, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
		Ordained Bishop	Gaspar dos Reis, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Calama	Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal
	69.0	Died	Anton Engelbrecht †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Speyer, Germany
		Died	Marco Antonio Falconi †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
		Died	Guillaume Furby, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania	Auxiliary Bishop of Belley, France
		Born	Maffeo Gambara †		Bishop of Tortona, Italy
	58.0	Died	Giovanni de Gennaro (Guevara) †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
	50.1	Ordained Priest	Ercole Gonzaga †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop of Mantova, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Fernando González de Bariodero †	Bishop of Nicaragua
	42.9	Resigned	Sebastiano Gualterio †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
		Born	François de La Béraudière †		Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France
		Died	Vincenzo de Leone, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
	50.0	Died	Claude de La Guiche †	Bishop Emeritus of Mirepoix, France
		Born	Cesare Lippi, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy
	31.0	Died	Pietro Magno †	Bishop of Sitia, Greece
	14.0	Professed	Pedro Martins (Martinez), S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
	27.0	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Mignanelii †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
		Born	Pietro Francesco Montorio †		Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy
		Born	Tommaso Nadal †		Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina
		Died	John O’Heyne (Jedicar) †	Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland
	55.8	Appointed	Reginald Pole †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
	36.0	Appointed	Martin Herkules Rettinger †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
		Died	Philibert de Rye †	Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
	27.0	Resigned	Urban Sagstetter †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
		Born	Giuseppe Saladino †		Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
		Died	Andrea Sanna †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
	57.0	Resigned	Giovanni Michele Saraceni †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
		Died	Antonio Maria Sartori †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
		Born	Luis Tena †		Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
	42.0	Appointed	Antonio Trivulzio (Jr.) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Toulon, France
		Died	Johann von Schönberg †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
		Appointed	Yab-Alaba †	Bishop of Gazireh (Gezira) (Chaldean), Turkey	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
		Ordained Bishop	Yab-Alaba †	Bishop of Gazireh (Gezira) (Chaldean), Turkey	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
		Died	Mátyás Zabergyei †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
Jan		Ordained Bishop	Filucio (Figliuccio) de Filucci (Figliucci) †	Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
12 Jan	30.0	Appointed	Pompeo Piccolomini de Aragona †	Bishop of Lanciano, Italy	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
13 Jan	40.2	Installed	Gianantonio Capizucchi †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio	Cardinal, Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	64.0	Installed	Diomede Carafa †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pier Damiani ai Monti di San Paolo	Cardinal, Bishop of Ariano, Italy
	52.8	Installed	Johann Gropper †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia in Orphea
	63.0	Installed	Bernardino Scotti, C.R. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy
	53.0	Installed	Jean Suau †	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mirepoix, France
24 Jan	57.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Diedo †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
24 Jan	51.9	Installed	Scipione Rebiba †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
26 Jan		Ordained Priest	Pedro Brandão, O. Carm. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
Feb		Died	Marco Adantino, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop Emeritus of Chiron, Greece
1 Feb	70.0	Installed	Juan Martínez Silíceo †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
6 Feb		Appointed	Gian Matteo Luchi (di Luca) †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
		Appointed	Vincenzo Luchi (di Luca) †	Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	63.0	Resigned	Giovanni Poggio †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Mariano Savelli †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
	33.0	Appointed	Giacomo Savelli †	Administrator of Nicastro, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	33.0	Resigned	Giacomo Savelli †	Administrator of Gubbio, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
12 Feb	63.0	Died	Giovanni Poggio †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tropea, Italy
18 Feb		Died	Gaspar Jofre de Borja †	Bishop of Segorbe-Albarracin, Spain
18 Feb	49.1	Died	Johann von Isenburg †	Archbishop-Elect of Trier, Germany
27 Feb		Died	Sebastiano Portico †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
28 Feb		Died	François de Créqui †	Bishop Emeritus of Thérouanne, France
Mar		Died	Claude Andry †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chartres, France
Mar		Died	Pierre de Mareuil †	Bishop of Lavaur, France
5 Mar		Died	Robert Aldridge (Aldrich) †	Bishop of Carlisle, England, Great Britain
7 Mar		Born	Guillaume du Vair †		Bishop of Lisieux, France
9 Mar	72.1	Appointed	Cristoforo Guidalotti Ciocchi del Monte †	Cardinal, Bishop of Cagli, Italy
		Appointed	Hugh Lacy †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Jorge de Lemos, O.P. †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	46.1	Confirmed	Johann von Leyen †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Trier, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
		Appointed	Pierre Ragueneau †	Bishop of Marseille, France	Bishop Emeritus
20 Mar	56.0	Ordained Priest	Reginald Pole †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
21 Mar	67.2	Died	Thomas Cranmer †	Archbishop Emeritus of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
22 Mar	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Reginald Pole †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
23 Mar	71.2	Appointed	Robert de Lénoncourt †	Archbishop of Embrun, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
		Appointed	João de Portugal †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
		Died	Claudio Tolomei †	Bishop of Korčula (Curzola, Cursola), Croatia
24 Mar	22.1	Ordained Priest	St. Alessandro Maria Sauli, B. †	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
25 Mar	45.2	Appointed	Michele della Torre †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Bishop of Ceneda, Italy
10 Apr	51.2	Appointed	Walerian Protosewicz †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
12 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Hugh Lacy †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
13 Apr		Appointed	Jan Andruszewicz †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
		Appointed	Gonzalo Arias Gallego †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
		Appointed	Jérôme Bourgois †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Joannes Domaniewski †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
	29.2	Resigned	Philippe de Lénoncourt †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
		Appointed	Miguel Puig †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
	52.1	Appointed	Scipione Rebiba †	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
24 Apr		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Alamanni †	Bishop of Bazas, France	Bishop of Mâcon, France
	43.7	Appointed	Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
	56.3	Appointed	Juan García Pérez y Oliván †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	53.3	Appointed	Francisco Manrique de Lara †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
2 May		Died	Fernando González de Bariodero †	Bishop of Nicaragua
4 May	58.3	Appointed	Francisco de Navarra y Hualde †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
		Appointed	Antonio Pintor Cavaro †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
	53.8	Appointed	Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Appointed	Pietro Sanna †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
		Appointed	Sigismondo Saraceno †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
		Appointed	Jerónimo Velasco †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
		Appointed	Peter Wall, O.P. †	Bishop of Clonmacnoise, Ireland
17 May		Ordained Bishop	Giulio Parisani †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
20 May	80.3	Died	Weigand von Redwitz †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
22 May	37.2	Succeeded	Georg Fuchs von Rügheim †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
24 May	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Diedo †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
31 May		Ordained Bishop	Gonzalo Arias Gallego †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
31 May		Born	Jerzy Radziwiłł †		Cardinal, Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
2 Jun	59.4	Resigned	Pedro Fernandes Sardinha †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
5 Jun	76.4	Died	Miguel da Silva †	Cardinal, Administrator of Massa Marittima, Italy
12 Jun	44.4	Appointed	Francisco Blanco Salcedo †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	53.4	Confirmed	Wolfgang von Closen †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
	55.4	Appointed	Georges d’Armagnac †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
		Appointed	Jerónimo de Corella (Covella), O.S.H. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
		Appointed	Jacques Desprez de Montpezat †	Bishop of Montauban, France	Bishop-Elect
	46.4	Confirmed	Johann von Leyen †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
	60.4	Appointed	Fabio Mignanelii †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lucera, Italy
	47.3	Appointed	Giovanni Gerolamo Morone (Moroni) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	54.4	Appointed	Juan de Muñatones, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Segorbe-Albarracin, Spain
		Appointed	Juan Simancas Simancas †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
14 Jun	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Juan García Pérez y Oliván †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
16 Jun	74.4	Resigned	Jean Bertrand †	Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France	Cardinal, Administrator of Sens, France
16 Jun	59.4	Died	Pedro Fernandes Sardinha †	Bishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, Brazil
22 Jun	58.4	Installed	Francisco de Navarra y Hualde †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
25 Jun	57.2	Appointed	Giovanni Angelo de’ Medici †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Foligno, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
27 Jun	55.4	Appointed	Francois Bachaud (Bachodi) †	Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
27 Jun		Appointed	Pietro Barbarigo †	Bishop of Korčula (Curzola, Cursola), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
29 Jun	64.4	Died	Dietrich von Reden †	Bishop Emeritus of Lübeck, Germany

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