The Year of Our Lord 1503

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Salvador Alepuz †	Morella	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
		Died	David ap Yeworth †	Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain
	31.0	Appointed	Bernardino Carafa †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}	Bishop of Chieti, Italy
		Born	Bartolomé de Carranza y Miranda, O.P. †	Miranda de Arga	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
		Born	Wolfgang von Closen †	Haidenburg	Bishop of Passau, Germany
		Born	Pedro de Ayala, O.F.M. †	Guadalajara, Spain	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
		Died	Antonio de Miraballis †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
		Born	Antonio de Fonseca, O.S.A. †	Toro	Bishop Emeritus of Pamplona, Spain
		Died	Gaspare Golfi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Cagli, Italy
		Resigned	Jacques Hurauld †	Bishop-Elect of Carcassonne, France	Former Bishop-Elect
		Ordained Priest	Johann Laymann †	Priest of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Umberto Locati, O.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
		Died	Lodovico †	Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy
		Born	Francisco Manrique de Lara †	Nájera	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Appointed	Juan Ortega Bravo de la Laguna †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
		Born	Eugene Thadaeus O’Harte, O.P. †		Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
		Died	Francesco Oricellai †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
		Died	Jean Orient, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Terralba, Italy
		Died	Orlando Orsini †	Bishop of Nola, Italy
		Died	Juan Ortega †	Bishop-Elect of Potenza, Italy
		Died	Juan Pérez †	Bishop of Ottana, Italy
	27.2	Appointed	Giovanni Piccolomini †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
		Died	Geronimo Porcari †	Bishop of Andria, Italy
		Resigned	André de Poupet †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Giovanni Robobello †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
	64.0	Resigned	Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio †	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Cardinal, Bishop of Parma, Italy
		Died	Pietro Strambone, O.P. †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
		Born	Jean Suau †	Castle of Rieumes	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mirepoix, France
		Born	Frederik Schenck van Toutenburg †	Vollenhove	Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
		Born	Johannes Tiedemann †	Stadthagen	Bishop-Elect of Lübeck, Germany
		Died	Heinrich von Höwen †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
20 Jan	53.1	Resigned	Lorenzo Cibo de’ Mari †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	28.4	Appointed	Luigi d’Aragona †	Administrator of Capaccio, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Nardò, Italy
	74.1	Appointed	Ludovico Podocathor †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator
29 Jan		Died	Edward Story †	Bishop of Chichester, England, Great Britain
Feb	33.1	Appointed	Francisco Lloris y de Borja †	Administrator of Valence and Die, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Trani, Italy
1 Feb	25.1	Appointed	Jacques de Croy, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Cambrai, France	Bishop Emeritus
8 Feb		Appointed	Bonifacio di Castel Lotario †	Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
9 Feb	31.7	Succeeded	Jakob von Baden †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
15 Feb	63.1	Died	Henry Deane †	Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
		Appointed	Étienne Poncher †	Bishop of Paris, France	Archbishop of Sens, France
		Appointed	Bernardo Zanne †	Archbishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia
22 Feb	53.1	Died	Giovanni Battista Orsini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
24 Feb		Born	Johann Gropper †	Soest, Westphalia, Germany	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia in Orphea
5 Mar	37.2	Appointed	Giuliano Cesarini (Jr.) †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Administrator of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
8 Mar		Appointed	Gianluca Castellini (del Pozzo) †	Coadjutor Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy	Bishop
8 Mar		Appointed	Ludovico de Lagoria, O.P. †	Bishop of Cagli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Lavello, Italy
9 Mar		Died	Jacques Valaresso †	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d'Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
14 Mar	35.0	Died	Fryderyk Jagiellończyk †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
19 Mar	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Ruscher †	Titular Bishop of Venecompensis	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
1 Apr		Died	Jean Milet †	Bishop of Soissons, France
5 Apr		Appointed	Bartolomeo da Sonica, O.P. †	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d'Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
10 Apr	97.3	Appointed	Jorge da Costa †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	57.3	Died	Giovanni Michiel †	Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
	62.3	Appointed	Antonio Pallavicini Gentili †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Bishop of Orense, Spain
24 Apr	57.3	Appointed	Juan de Borja Lanzol de Romaní †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
		Appointed	Giacomo de’ Petrucci, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
		Appointed	Claude de Louvain †	Bishop of Soissons, France	Bishop of Sisteron, France
5 May		Appointed	Geoffrey Blythe †	Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, England, Great Britain
		Appointed	Fadrique de Portugal Noreña, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	38.3	Appointed	Juan Zúñiga y Pimentel †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
7 May		Appointed	Bernardino Orsini †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
15 May		Appointed	Christophe de Brillac †	Archbishop of Aix, France	Archbishop of Tours, France
31 May	68.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Jaime de Casanova †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
	45.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Adriano di Castello †	Cardinal, Former Administrator of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain
	61.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Juan Castellar y de Borja †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
	49.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Francisco Desprats †	Cardinal, Bishop of León, Spain
	47.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Niccolò Fieschi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	33.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Francisco Lloris y de Borja †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Trani, Italy
	41.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Francisco de Remolins †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
	50.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Soderini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	63.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Melchior von Meckau †	Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
7 Jun		Appointed	Matteo Mancini †	Bishop of Sora, Italy
12 Jun	68.4	Installed	Jaime de Casanova †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
	45.4	Installed	Adriano di Castello †	Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono	Cardinal, Former Administrator of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain
	61.5	Installed	Juan Castellar y de Borja †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
	49.4	Installed	Francisco Desprats †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Sergio e Bacco	Cardinal, Bishop of León, Spain
	47.4	Installed	Niccolò Fieschi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia in Septisolio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	33.4	Installed	Francisco Lloris y de Borja †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Sabina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Trani, Italy
	41.4	Installed	Francisco de Remolins †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
	50.0	Installed	Francesco Soderini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	63.4	Installed	Melchior von Meckau †	Cardinal-Priest of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
21 Jun		Appointed	Pietro Isvales †	Administrator of Veszprém, Hungary	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
21 Jun		Appointed	Roger Leyburn †	Bishop of Carlisle, England, Great Britain