The Year of Our Lord 1520

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Antonio de San Miguel Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M. †	Salamanca, Spain	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
		Appointed	Leonardo Buccuto †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
		Resigned	Tommaso Cortesi †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Luigi d’Apera †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
		Resigned	Giulio de Mirto †	Bishop of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Ordained Bishop	Gavin Douglas †	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
		Born	Juan Salcedo †	Granada, Spain	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
		Appointed	René du Puy †	Bishop of Lodève, France
	56.1	Appointed	Andrea Della Valle †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Born	Gaspar de Faria †	Barcelos	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
		Died	Juan Fernández Velasco †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
	64.0	Resigned	Niccolò Fieschi †	Administrator of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Born	Bernardino Gómez Miedes †	Alcañiz	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
		Resigned	Rinaldo Graziani (Gratianis), O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Stanisław Karnkowski †		Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Appointed	Carlos Lalaing †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
		Died	Claude de Louvain †	Bishop of Sisteron, France
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Johann von Maltitz †	Priest	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
		Born	Donald McGonagle (MacGongail) †	Killybegs	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
	47.0	Appointed	Franciotto Orsini †	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
		Resigned	Roberto Latino Orsini †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
		Died	Nicola Pellegrini †	Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy
		Died	John Penny †	Bishop of Carlisle, England, Great Britain
		Died	Diego Pérez Villamuriel †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
		Resigned	Severo Petrucci †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Giorgio Benigno Salviati, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
	48.0	Died	Lukas Schleppel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
		Died	Alonso Suárez de la Fuente del Sauce †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
		Resigned	Pietro Sanfelice †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Fernando de Toledo de Oropesa †	Spain	Priest
		Died	Juan Buenaventura de Valderrama, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
		Died	Fernando Vázquez de Arce †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
22 Jan		Born	Taddeo Gaddi †	Florence	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
27 Jan		Appointed	Giovanni de Rosa †	Bishop of Svač, Serbia	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
6 Feb	39.1	Appointed	Paolo Emilio Cesi †	Administrator of Lund, Sweden	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
		Appointed	Giovanni Dionisio Maccafani †	Coadjutor Bishop of Marsi, Italy	Bishop
	48.1	Appointed	Raffaello Petrucci †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
24 Feb	50.1	Died	Alfonso de Aragón †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
14 Mar		Appointed	Scipione Colonna †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy
		Appointed	Pietro Petrucci †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
	48.2	Resigned	Raffaello Petrucci †	Administrator of Bertinoro, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
		Appointed	Gian Tommaso Sanfelice †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
19 Mar		Appointed	Giovanni Francesco de Mirto †	Bishop of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
26 Mar		Born	Pedro de Deza Manuel †	Sevilla, Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
28 Mar		Appointed	Juan de Aragón †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	47.8	Appointed	Erhard (Erardo, Everard) von der Mark (de la Marca, Marck) †	Administrator of Valencia, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Liège, Belgium
	59.1	Resigned	Domenico Grimani †	Administrator of Ceneda, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Appointed	Giovanni Grimani †	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Arcangelo Madrignano †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Silvio Messaglia, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
16 Apr		Appointed	Robert Blyth, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
		Appointed	Anton Engelbrecht †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Anton Engelbrecht †	Titular Bishop of Thermopylae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Speyer, Germany
11 May	28.7	Appointed	Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
14 May	41.0	Appointed	Pompeo Colonna †	Administrator of Terni, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Monreale, Italy
		Appointed	Juan Salazar, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
		Appointed	Juan Salazar, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
21 May		Appointed	Antonio Ercolano †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
22 May	64.4	Died	Jan Lubranski †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
1 Jun	45.6	Resigned	Lorenzo Campeggio †	Bishop of Feltre, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
		Succeeded	Tomaso Campeggi †	Bishop of Feltre, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	62.4	Died	Claudio di Seyssel †	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
22 Jun		Appointed	Piotr Tomicki †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
25 Jun	48.1	Installed	Erhard (Erardo, Everard) von der Mark (de la Marca, Marck) †	Administrator of Valencia, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Liège, Belgium
1 Jul		Died	Francisco Sosa †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
4 Jul	28.9	Appointed	Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) †	Administrator of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
4 Jul		Appointed	Pedro Ruiz de la Mota, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
31 Jul		Died	Christophe de Brillac †	Archbishop of Tours, France
2 Aug		Died	Jan Thurzo †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
9 Aug	48.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Erhard (Erardo, Everard) von der Mark (de la Marca, Marck) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Liège, Belgium
12 Aug		Died	Johannes von Schlabrendorff †	Bishop of Havelberg, Germany
24 Aug	19.6	Appointed	Niccolò Ridolfi †	Administrator of Orvieto, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Vicenza, Italy
24 Aug	35.6	Appointed	Agostino Trivulzio †	Administrator of Reggio Calabria, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
Sep	38.7	Appointed	Marco Cornaro †	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Sep		Died	Luigi (Alvise) Tasso †	Bishop of Recanati, Italy
3 Sep	41.5	Died	Ippolito d’Este (I) †	Cardinal, Administrator of Eger, Hungary
12 Sep	42.3	Appointed	Giulio de’ Medici †	Administrator of Eger, Hungary	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	29.7	Appointed	Ercole Rangone †	Cardinal, Bishop of Modena, Italy
	30.5	Appointed	Giovanni Salviati †	Administrator of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	48.1	Appointed	Nikolaus von Schönberg, O.P. †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
17 Sep		Appointed	Juan González Meneses †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
		Appointed	Galeotto Graziani, O. Camald. †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
	56.7	Died	Leonardo Grosso della Rovere †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Agen, France
	51.7	Appointed	Silvio Passerini †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Bishop of Cortona, Italy
22 Sep		Appointed	Juan López †	Auxiliary Bishop of Coria, Spain
22 Sep		Appointed	Juan López †	Titular Bishop of Castoria	Auxiliary Bishop of Coria, Spain
Oct		Died	Heinrich Negelin (Nagele) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
1 Oct		Appointed	Giacomo Pellegrini †	Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Pietro Trivulzio †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
	35.8	Resigned	Agostino Trivulzio †	Administrator of Reggio Calabria, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
7 Oct		Born	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Castello Valentino	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
12 Oct		Died	Alvaro Salas Sánchez, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Duvno, Bosnia and Herzegovina
14 Oct		Died	Gaspar Ponz †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
19 Oct		Appointed	Andrea Aloisi †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy
1 Nov	55.8	Appointed	Matthäus Schinner †	Administrator of Catania, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
8 Nov		Died	Vincent Henninghi Bellenack †	Bishop of Skara, Sweden
8 Nov		Died	Matthias Gregorius †	Bishop of Strengnäs (Strängnäs), Sweden
9 Nov	50.3	Died	Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena †	Cardinal, Administrator of Coutances, France
9 Nov	41.9	Resigned	Adrien Gouffier de Boissy †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro	Cardinal, Administrator of Albi, France
22 Nov		Appointed	Jan Arason †	Bishop of Hólar, Iceland
5 Dec	41.6	Resigned	Pompeo Colonna †	Administrator of Terni, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Monreale, Italy
		Appointed	Vicente de Peraza (Pirez), O.P. †	Bishop of Panamá	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Sebastiano Valenti †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
19 Dec	29.3	Resigned	Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) †	Administrator of Aleria, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
20 Dec	43.0	Died	Amanieu d’Albret †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
27 Dec		Appointed	Alessandro Cesarini (Sr.) †	Administrator of Pamplona, Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
27 Dec		Appointed	Jean Dupin (de Pins) †	Bishop of Pamiers, France	Bishop of Rieux, France
29 Dec		Appointed	Martin de Beaune de Semblançay †	Archbishop of Tours, France