The Year of Our Lord 1502

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Niccolò Ardinghelli †	Florence	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fossombrone, Italy
		Appointed	Vicente Buytrón, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
		Ordained Bishop	Vicente Buytrón, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Tunes	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
		Born	Nikolaus von Carlowitz †	Zaschendorf	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
		Died	Leonardo Carmini †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
		Resigned	Simone Chiavari, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Erazm Ciołek †	Priest	Bishop of Płock, Poland
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Pedro Luis de Borja Lanzol de Romaní, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
		Born	Alfonso de Fuenmayor †	Calahorra, Spain	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
		Died	Martino Garcia †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
		Died	García de Chinchilla, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osma, Spain
		Died	Michel Guibé †	Bishop of Rennes, France
		Died	Quirino Longo †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy
	17.0	Professed	Augustin Mair, C.R.S.A. †	Member of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
		Born	Juan de Muñatones, O.S.A. †	Briviesca	Bishop of Segorbe-Albarracin, Spain
		Appointed	Juan Ruiz de Medina †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
	30.0	Selected	Erich von Sachsen-Lauenburg †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Died	Octave de Saint-Gelais †	Bishop of Angoulême, France
		Born	Jakub Uchański †		Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	15.0	Appointed	Christoph von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Bishop of Verden, Germany	Archbishop of Bremen (and Hamberg), Germany
		Born	Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt †		Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
7 Jan		Born	Ugo Boncompagni †	Bologna	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
10 Jan		Appointed	Edmund Audley †	Bishop of Salisbury, England, Great Britain
16 Jan		Appointed	Lorenzo Pérez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarragona, Spain
21 Jan	27.7	Resigned	Giovanni Stefano Ferrero †	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Bologna, Italy
24 Jan		Appointed	Galeotto della Rovere †	Bishop of Savona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	27.7	Appointed	Giovanni Stefano Ferrero †	Cardinal, Bishop of Bologna, Italy
		Appointed	Matteo Orsini †	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
	48.1	Appointed	Giuliano della Rovere †	Administrator of Vercelli, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	56.1	Appointed	Marco Vigerio della Rovere, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Trani, Italy
9 Feb	68.1	Died	Johann von Baden †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
14 Feb	44.1	Appointed	Adriano di Castello †	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Former Administrator of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain
14 Mar	24.2	Appointed	Amanieu d’Albret †	Administrator of Pamiers, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
16 Mar		Appointed	Tommaso Caracciolo †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Capaccio, Italy
		Appointed	Juan Daza †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
		Appointed	García Ramírez Villaescusa †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
24 Mar	27.5	Resigned	Luigi d’Aragona †	Administrator of Lecce, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Nardò, Italy
	42.2	Appointed	Robert Guibé †	Bishop of Rennes, France	Cardinal, Administrator of Vannes, France
		Appointed	Giacomo Piscicelli †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
26 Mar		Appointed	Pietro Belorado, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
4 Apr		Appointed	Miguel Alviter, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
5 Apr		Appointed	Pietro Bonomo †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
8 Apr		Appointed	John Arundel †	Bishop of Exeter, England, Great Britain
12 Apr		Died	Pietro Ferritz, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Dolia (Doglia), Italy
May	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Adriano di Castello †	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Former Administrator of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain
4 May		Died	Berthold von Landsberg †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
20 May		Appointed	John Hatton †	Auxiliary Bishop of London, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop of York, England, Great Britain
		Appointed	John Hatton †	Titular Bishop of Negroponte	Auxiliary Bishop of York, England, Great Britain
		Appointed	Ludwig von Siegen, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
		Appointed	Ludwig von Siegen, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Minden, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
		Appointed	Ludwig von Siegen, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Missene (Mysia)	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
23 May		Died	Pierre d’Abzac †	Archbishop of Narbonne, France
30 May	26.4	Appointed	Wojciech Radziwiłł †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
22 Jun	22.5	Appointed	François Guillaume de Castelnau de Clermont-Ludève †	Archbishop of Narbonne, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
22 Jun		Born	Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro †	Rome	Cardinal, Bishop of Nice, France
26 Jun		Born	Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval †	Fuenterrabía	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
27 Jun		Appointed	William Sever (Siveyer, Senhouse), O.S.B. †	Bishop of Durham, England, Great Britain
28 Jun	28.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Stefano Ferrero †	Cardinal, Bishop of Bologna, Italy
	28.1	Installed	Giovanni Stefano Ferrero †	Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale	Cardinal, Bishop of Bologna, Italy
	75.5	Appointed	Jaime Serra i Cau †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
20 Jul	23.3	Appointed	Ippolito d’Este (I) †	Administrator of Capua, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Eger, Hungary
	52.6	Died	Giovanni Battista Ferrari †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
		Appointed	Francesco Ferrari †	Bishop of Modena, Italy
27 Jul		Resigned	Ludwig Ebmer †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
29 Jul	71.4	Resigned	Juan de Castro †	Administrator of Schleswig, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
29 Jul	62.6	Resigned	Matthias Scheit (Scheidt) †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
5 Aug		Appointed	Christoph Mendel von Steinfels †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
23 Aug	52.6	Died	François Busleiden †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
24 Aug		Appointed	Giovanni de Manna †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy
Sep		Born	Diego Espinosa Arévalo †	Martín Muñoz de las Posadas	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
25 Sep	52.7	Ordained Bishop	William Warham †	Bishop of London, England, Great Britain	Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
27 Sep		Appointed	Lorenzo Fieschi †	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
30 Sep		Died	Erhard von Redwitz, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
7 Oct		Died	Henri de Berghes †	Bishop of Cambrai, France
10 Oct		Appointed	Antoine de Vergy (Verzy) †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
14 Oct	58.8	Died	Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Quiñones †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
16 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Job von Dobenek, O.T. †	Bishop of Pomesania (Pomezania), Poland
8 Nov		Died	Gaspard de Reno †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
16 Nov		Appointed	Juan Ortega †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy	Bishop-Elect
2 Dec	30.9	Confirmed	Erich von Sachsen-Lauenburg †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Bishop of Münster, Germany
16 Dec		Appointed	Rainaldo Cancellieri †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
19 Dec	54.0	Appointed	Thomas Ruscher †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
19 Dec	54.0	Appointed	Thomas Ruscher †	Titular Bishop of Venecompensis	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany