The Year of Our Lord 1508

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Erhard Baumgartner †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
		Appointed	James Beaton †	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain
	28.0	Appointed	François Guillaume de Castelnau de Clermont-Ludève †	Bishop of Senez, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
		Died	Angelo Castalsi †	Bishop of Isola, Italy
		Appointed	Michele Claudio †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
		Resigned	Denis de Bar †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France	Bishop Emeritus
	35.0	Appointed	Sisto Gara della Rovere (Franciotti) †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
		Died	Angelo Lacerti †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy
		Born	Johann von Leyen †	Adendorf	Archbishop-Elect of Trier, Germany
		Died	João Lobo †	Bishop of Tanger, Morocco
		Died	Fabrizio Marliani †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
		Born	Francisco Pacheco de Villena (Toledo) †	Ciudad Rodrigo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
		Ordained Bishop	Diego Ribera de Toledo †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
		Born	Bernardo Salviati †	Florence	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Papoul, France
	33.0	Resigned	Federico Sanseverino †	Administrator of Maillezais, France	Cardinal, Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Novara, Italy
		Born	Henry Sinclair †		Bishop of Ross, Scotland, Great Britain
		Born	Jérôme Souchier, O. Cist. †	Auvergne, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana
		Ordained Priest	Johann Spyser †	Priest of Bamberg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
	43.0	Appointed	Zsigmond Thurzo †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
		Died	Jean Vasseur, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Thérouanne, France
3 Jan	69.0	Resigned	Johann von Eindhoven, C.R.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
7 Jan		Died	Bonfrancesco Arlotti †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
7 Jan		Succeeded	Gianluca Castellini (del Pozzo) †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
10 Jan	51.3	Appointed	Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande †	Administrator of Rossano, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
25 Jan		Resigned	Johannes Gropengeter, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Minden, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25 Jan		Died	Heinrich von Schaumberg †	Bishop of Minden, Germany
28 Jan		Appointed	Martín Cabeza de Vaca, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
28 Jan		Appointed	Martín Cabeza de Vaca, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos, Titular Sees	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
7 Feb		Appointed	Johannes von Helmont, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
7 Feb		Appointed	Christoforo Magnacurius †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
9 Feb	52.1	Died	Konrad von Rietberg †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
12 Feb		Appointed	Pietro Matteo d’Aquino †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
13 Feb		Died	Ludwig von Siegen, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
18 Feb		Appointed	Antonio Brancaccio (Brancati), O.P. †	Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
23 Feb		Appointed	Francesco della Rovere †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
23 Feb	44.2	Appointed	Andrea Della Valle †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
24 Feb	36.1	Selected	Erich von Sachsen-Lauenburg †	Bishop of Münster, Germany
6 Mar	30.2	Selected	Erich von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop-Elect
7 Mar		Died	Fabrizio Varano †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy
15 Mar		Appointed	Antonio Lucifero †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
16 Mar		Born	Sebastian von Heusenstamm †	Frankfurt	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
18 Mar	51.2	Died	Antonio Trivulzio (Sr.), O.C.R.S.A. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Como, Italy
Apr		Resigned	Johannes Bonemilch †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
14 Apr	43.3	Appointed	Scaramuccia Trivulzio †	Bishop of Como, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
15 Apr		Ordained Bishop	James Beaton †	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain
23 Apr		Died	García Ramírez Villaescusa †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
May	16.3	Selected	Franz von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Bishop of Minden, Germany	Bishop-Elect
4 May		Died	Christoph Mendel von Steinfels †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
8 May	43.4	Appointed	Berthold Pürstinger †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
19 May		Died	Antonio Soriano, O. Cart. †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
21 May	25.4	Professed	Gregorio (Giovanni Andrea) Cortese, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Cardinal, Administrator of Urbino, Italy
5 Jun	67.4	Resigned	Francisco de Borja †	Bishop of Teano, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
7 Jun		Appointed	Symphorien Bullioud †	Bishop of Glandèves, France	Bishop of Soissons, France
		Appointed	Alessio Celadoni di Celadonia †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy
		Appointed	Lodovico Contarini †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
		Appointed	Pietro Isvales †	Administrator of Orense, Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
	38.4	Appointed	Bernardo de Mesa, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Forli, Italy	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
5 Jul		Appointed	Francisco Borja †	Bishop of Teano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	David de Burgo (Burke) †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
	41.6	Appointed	Cosimo de’ Pazzi †	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
		Appointed	Domingo García, O.P. †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
7 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Johannes von Helmont, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
9 Jul	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Berthold Pürstinger †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jul	16.5	Confirmed	Franz von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Bishop of Minden, Germany	Bishop-Elect
23 Jul		Died	Antonio Ferrero †	Cardinal, Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
28 Jul		Appointed	Matteo Baldeschi †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy
		Appointed	Guillermo Raimundo Boil, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
		Appointed	Ludovico Clodio †	Bishop of Nocera Umbra, Italy
	28.6	Appointed	Federico Fregóso †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Gubbio, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
31 Jul		Appointed	Antonio Trivulzio †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy	Bishop of Como, Italy
6 Aug		Appointed	Enrique de Aragón †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
7 Aug		Died	Francesco Brevio †	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy
15 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Lodovico Contarini †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
16 Aug	20.6	Appointed	Marino Grimani †	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
16 Aug	36.6	Confirmed	Erich von Sachsen-Lauenburg †	Bishop of Münster, Germany
1 Sep		Appointed	Charles de Bar †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France
6 Sep	30.7	Confirmed	Erich von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop-Elect
		Resigned	Juan de Espés †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
		Appointed	Juan Merton, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain
11 Sep	35.7	Appointed	Sisto Gara della Rovere (Franciotti) †	Administrator of Benevento, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
15 Sep	44.7	Appointed	Leonardo Grosso della Rovere †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Agen, France
	46.1	Died	Jakob von Liebenstein †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
	55.3	Appointed	Francesco Soderini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
17 Sep		Appointed	Jan Łaski †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland	Archbishop
18 Sep	102.7	Died	Jorge da Costa †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
18 Sep	68.7	Appointed	Robert Sherborne †	Bishop of Chichester, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
22 Sep	44.7	Appointed	Christopher Bainbridge †	Cardinal, Archbishop of York, England, Great Britain
	63.7	Appointed	Guillaume Briçonnet †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Archbishop of Narbonne, France
	47.6	Appointed	Domenico Grimani †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Appointed	Cesare Lambertini †	Bishop of Isola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	52.0	Appointed	Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Appointed	John Penny †	Bishop of Carlisle, England, Great Britain
	47.4	Appointed	Raffaele Sansone Riario †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
	69.7	Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Bishop of Parma, Italy
24 Sep		Died	Francesco Riccardi †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
25 Sep		Born	Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla †	Cuenca	Cardinal, Bishop of Burgos, Spain
26 Sep	52.7	Died	Giovanni Colonna †	Cardinal, Administrator of Rieti, Italy
26 Sep	34.1	Appointed	Luigi d’Aragona †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Administrator of Nardò, Italy
27 Sep	40.2	Selected	Uriel von Gemmingen-Michelfeld †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
Oct	40.6	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese †	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
6 Oct	29.4	Appointed	Pompeo Colonna †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Monreale, Italy
14 Oct		Appointed	Albertino della Rovere †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
16 Oct		Appointed	Giacomo Alfaridio †	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
19 Oct	66.8	Died	Hermann von Hessen †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
23 Oct		Died	Diego Ramírez de Guzmán †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
9 Nov		Born	Bernhard von Raesfeld †		Former Bishop-Elect of Münster, Germany
13 Nov		Selected	Philipp von Daun-Oberstein †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
16 Nov		Died	Lodovico Contarini †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
17 Nov	30.9	Selected	Erich von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop-Elect of Osnabrück, Germany
17 Nov	58.9	Appointed	Antonio Contarini †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
26 Nov		Appointed	Leonhard Pewerl (Peurl) †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia	Bishop Emeritus
5 Dec	47.6	Appointed	Raffaele Sansone Riario †	Administrator of Savona, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
21 Dec	40.4	Confirmed	Uriel von Gemmingen-Michelfeld †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
22 Dec		Appointed	Martín Fernández de Angulo Saavedra y Luna †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
		Appointed	Valeriano Ordóñez Villaquirán †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
		Appointed	Fadrique de Portugal Noreña, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
		Appointed	Gómez de Toledo Solís †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain