The Year of Our Lord 1517

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Andrea †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy
	59.0	Resigned	Frederic von Baden †	Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Guichard de Beysard (ou Lessart), O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
		Died	Nicola Capranica †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
		Born	Pyrrhus Antonio Casamassima †		Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
	67.0	Died	Alessio Celadoni di Celadonia †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy
		Died	Juan Corona, O.P. †	Bishop of Albania
		Resigned	Andrea Curiale †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Nicola Dabri †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
	39.0	Appointed	Amanieu d’Albret †	Administrator of Pamplona, Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
		Died	Antonio de Caro †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
		Died	Simone de Nor (Narnia) †	Bishop of Andria, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Francesco della Rovere †	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Bishop of Torino, Italy
	53.9	Ordained Priest	Antoine du Prat †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens, France
		Born	Jakob Eliner †		Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
		Born	Vincenzo Ercolani (Herculani), O.P. †		Bishop of Perugia, Italy
	61.0	Appointed	Niccolò Fieschi †	Administrator of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Died	Giovanni †	Bishop of San Leone, Italy
	38.0	Appointed	Adrien Gouffier de Boissy †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina	Cardinal, Administrator of Albi, France
	55.8	Appointed	Domenico Grimani †	Administrator of Ceneda, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Born	Gerard van Groesbeeck †		Cardinal, Bishop of Liège, Belgium
		Died	Angelo Antonio Guiliani (Gulionisio) †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
		Appointed	John Hepburn †	Bishop of Brechin, Scotland, Great Britain
		Resigned	Michele Iorba (Jorba), Hisp. O. S. Hier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop of Trento, Italy
		Born	Pietro Landi †		Archbishop Emeritus of Candia {Crete}, Greece
		Born	Lorenzo Lenti †		Bishop of Fermo, Italy
		Died	Angelo Leonini †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
		Born	Melchior Lichtenfeld (Lichtenfels) †		Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
		Born	Benedetto Lomellini †		Cardinal, Bishop of Anagni, Italy
		Died	Vincius de Maffei †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
		Born	Bartolomé Martinez Menacho y Mesa (Mechado) †		Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
		Appointed	Antonio Marcello, O.F.M. Conv. †	Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
		Died	Martino Masarech †	Bishop of Pult (Pulati), Albania
	39.0	Died	Basilio Mascardi †	Bishop of Todi, Italy
		Born	Giulio Mastrogiudice †		Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
		Resigned	Christoforo Magnacurius †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Jerome de Montagna †	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
		Born	Maximilien Morillon †		Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
		Died	Zaccaria de Moris †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
		Appointed	Cristoforo Numai, O.F.M. Obs. †	Cardinal, Administrator of Alatri, Italy
		Died	Juan Ortega Bravo de la Laguna †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
		Resigned	Giovanni Francesco de Orsini †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Andrés de Oviedo, S.J. †		Patriarch of Ethiopia
	29.0	Succeeded	Giovanni Giacomo de Monteferrato †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Lactance (Lattanzio) Petrucci †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy
		Resigned	Nicolò Antonio Pesci (Piscibus) †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Giustino Planca †	Bishop of Giovinazzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Filippo Porcelli †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
		Resigned	Juan Requeséns †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Ceased	Giovanni Ruffo de Theodoli †	Apostolic Administrator of Pamplona, Spain	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
		Born	Francisco Salazar, O.F.M. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
	75.0	Died	Arduino Santaleoni †	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
		Died	Graziano Santucci, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
		Born	Otto von Schaumberg †		Bishop-Elect of Hildesheim, Germany
		Appointed	Juan de Sepúlveda †	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus	Bishop Emeritus of Malta
	63.5	Appointed	Francesco Soderini †	Administrator of Anagni, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Born	Wojciech Staroźrebski Sobiejuski †		Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
		Died	Bernardino de Teobaldeschi †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
		Died	Roberto Tibaldeschi †	Bishop of Civitate (Città or Civita), Italy
	81.0	Died	Antonio Trombetta †	Bishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
		Died	Pierre de Valetariis †	Bishop of Carpentras, France
		Died	Toussaint Varin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rouen, France
		Died	Louis Voltan †	Bishop of Rieux, France
		Died	William Barton †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salisbury, England, Great Britain
Jan	61.0	Appointed	Niccolò Fieschi †	Administrator of Andria, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
10 Jan		Appointed	Thomas Fowler †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain
14 Jan		Appointed	Arnaud Guillaume de Aydia †	Bishop of Aire, France
19 Jan	55.9	Resigned	Domenico Grimani †	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
19 Jan	29.0	Appointed	Marino Grimani †	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
28 Jan	16.6	Appointed	Ernst von Bayern †	Coadjutor Bishop of Passau, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect of Salzburg, Austria
4 Feb		Appointed	Luis Martiano †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain
5 Feb		Died	Balthasar Brennwald, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
11 Feb		Appointed	George de Athequa, O.P. †	Bishop of Llandaff, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Patrick O’Culwyn, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
		Appointed	Luigi Platamone †	Bishop of Sarno, Italy	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
	55.1	Resigned	Francesco de Remolins †	Administrator of Sarno, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
12 Feb		Born	Luigi Cornaro †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
17 Feb		Born	Antonio Agustín †		Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
18 Feb	38.7	Appointed	Giulio de’ Medici †	Administrator of Bitonto, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
18 Feb		Appointed	Felipe de Urríes †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Coadjutor Bishop of Huesca, Spain
26 Feb		Appointed	Giovanni Brainfort, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lincoln, England, Great Britain
26 Feb		Appointed	Giovanni Brainfort, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Auxiliary Bishop of Lincoln, England, Great Britain
27 Feb	38.7	Resigned	Giulio de’ Medici †	Administrator of Bitonto, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
27 Feb	20.1	Appointed	Giacomo Orsini †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
Mar	39.0	Selected	Christoph von Stadion †	Coadjutor Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Bishop
3 Mar	44.1	Resigned	Sisto Gara della Rovere (Franciotti) †	Administrator of Lucca, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
4 Mar	53.1	Appointed	Leonardo Grosso della Rovere †	Bishop of Lucca, Italy	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
8 Mar		Ordained Bishop	George de Athequa, O.P. †	Bishop of Llandaff, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
8 Mar	44.1	Died	Sisto Gara della Rovere (Franciotti) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
9 Mar	35.1	Appointed	Marco Cornaro †	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	53.1	Appointed	Leonardo Grosso della Rovere †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	53.1	Resigned	Leonardo Grosso della Rovere †	Bishop of Lucca, Italy	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	55.8	Appointed	Raffaele Sansoni Riario †	Administrator of Lucca, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
		Appointed	Felipe de Urríes †	Coadjutor Bishop of Huesca, Spain
15 Mar	89.2	Died	Jaime Serra i Cau †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
16 Mar	55.2	Appointed	Francesco de Remolins †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
18 Mar		Appointed	Philippe de Bourgogne †	Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
23 Mar		Appointed	Valentino d’Apreja (De Apreis) †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
23 Mar		Appointed	Denis de Regatiis †	Titular Bishop of Chunavia
29 Mar		Born	Carlo Carafa †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
1 Apr	57.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Antoine Bohier du Prat, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bourges, France
	19.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Guillaume de Croy †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France
	27.2	Appointed	Giovanni Francisco de Gaeta †	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia), Italy
	58.6	Appointed	Lorenzo Pucci †	Administrator of Giovinazzo, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
8 Apr		Appointed	Nicola †	Bishop of Svač, Serbia
12 Apr	73.2	Died	Heinrich von Lichtenau †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
20 Apr		Appointed	Arnald de Arceto, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Appointed	Arnald de Arceto, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Ceraunia	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Appointed	Sancio de Ayerbe †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Juan Cazalla, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Verissa
		Appointed	Andrea Cibo (Cybo) †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
		Appointed	Pietro Giovanni de Melis †	Titular Bishop of Tiberias
		Appointed	Gaspar Antonio del Monte †	Titular Bishop of Bethleem	Bishop of Civitate (Città or Civita), Italy
		Appointed	Severo Petrucci †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
	73.3	Appointed	Ferdinando Ponzetti (Poncetti) †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy
		Appointed	João do Porto †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
		Appointed	João do Porto †	Titular Bishop of Thagaste	Auxiliary Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
	39.1	Confirmed	Christoph von Stadion †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
		Appointed	Matthaeus Unadopya †	Titular Bishop of Croyacen (Croacen)
22 Apr	57.3	Appointed	Ambrogio de Fiandino, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Lamus
24 Apr	39.7	Appointed	Jacopo Sadoleto †	Cardinal, Bishop of Carpentras, France
26 Apr	33.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean d’Orléans-Longueville †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toulouse, France

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