The Year of Our Lord 1526

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Santiago Calatayud, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
		Resigned	Fabrizio Di Capua †	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
		Died	Luca Matteo Caracciolo †	Bishop of Lesina, Italy
		Resigned	James Chisholm †	Bishop of Dunblane, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Gabriel de Clermont †	Bishop of Gap, France
		Resigned	Vicente de Peraza (Pirez), O.P. †	Bishop of Panamá	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Leonardo de’ Medici †	Bishop of Forli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Luis de Figueroa, O.S.H. †	Bishop-Elect of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	31.0	Appointed	Giovanni Matteo Giberti †	Bishop of Lodève, France	Bishop of Verona, Italy
		Died	Dietrich Hardenberg †	Bishop of Brandenburg, Germany
		Resigned	Tilman Limberger, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Diego Pinheiro Lobo †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
		Died	Sebastián de Salamanca †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
		Died	Ermete Stampa †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
	43.0	Appointed	Pál Várdai †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
		Died	Juan de Vich, O.P. †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
1 Jan		Died	Tommaso di Sicilia, O.P. †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
8 Jan		Appointed	Antoine de Lévis de Château-Morand †	Archbishop of Embrun, France	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
8 Jan	37.0	Appointed	François de Tournon, C.R.S.A. †	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
15 Jan		Died	Zaccaria Contugi †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
19 Jan	57.0	Appointed	Silvio Passerini †	Administrator of Assisi, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Cortona, Italy
		Appointed	Anselmo Sperelli, O.F.M. †	Bishop of San Leone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Francesco Sperelli †	Bishop of San Leone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
27 Jan	74.1	Died	Bernhard Meurl von Leombach †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
21 Feb		Appointed	Alfonso de Villasancta, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Urgell, Spain
21 Feb		Appointed	Alfonso de Villasancta, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Gabala	Auxiliary Bishop of Urgell, Spain
23 Feb		Born	Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta †	Rome	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
28 Feb		Appointed	Giovanni Pietro de Bono, O.P. †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
2 Mar	40.4	Appointed	Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
14 Mar		Appointed	Heinrich Kurz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
19 Mar		Resigned	Petrus Albis †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Mar	21.9	Appointed	Alessandro Campeggi †	Bishop of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
23 Mar	67.2	Died	Antonio Acuña †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
23 Mar	67.4	Died	Adolf von Anhalt-Zerbst †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
9 Apr		Appointed	Alessandro Cesarini (Sr.) †	Administrator of Otranto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	22.3	Appointed	Jorge de Austria †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
		Selected	Vinzenz von Schleinitz †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
16 Apr		Appointed	Giovanni Barbo †	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
16 Apr	25.3	Appointed	Niccolò Ridolfi †	Administrator of Forli, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Vicenza, Italy
20 Apr		Appointed	Pietro Francesco Ferro †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
27 Apr		Appointed	Giacomo de Mantova, O.P. †	Bishop of Lesina, Italy
		Appointed	Guy de Montmiral, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Megara
		Appointed	Cristoforo Numai, O.F.M. †	Administrator of Riez, France	Cardinal, Administrator of Alatri, Italy
2 May	41.3	Appointed	Agostino Trivulzio †	Administrator of Avranches, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
6 May	61.3	Resigned	Berthold Pürstinger †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
6 May	40.3	Appointed	Aegidius Rehm †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
22 May	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
1 Jun		Appointed	Felice Trofino †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
5 Jun		Died	Pedro Portocarrero †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
6 Jun		Appointed	William Chisholm †	Bishop of Dunblane, Scotland, Great Britain
25 Jun		Succeeded	Antonio Hoyos de Salamanca †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
20 Jul		Appointed	Alessandro Cesarini (Sr.) †	Administrator of Alessano, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
20 Jul	41.6	Resigned	Agostino Trivulzio †	Administrator of Alessano, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
27 Aug		Died	Artur Fillon †	Bishop of Senlis, France
29 Aug		Died	László Szalkay †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
2 Sep		Confirmed	Vinzenz von Schleinitz †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
28 Sep	32.7	Appointed	Francesco Pisani †	Administrator of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Oct	40.8	Ordained Bishop	Aegidius Rehm †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
5 Oct	39.6	Confirmed	Heinrich von Rhein †	Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands	Bishop-Elect of Freising, Germany
10 Oct	35.1	Appointed	Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) †	Administrator of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
16 Oct		Died	Jan Amicinus †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
19 Oct	41.8	Resigned	Agostino Trivulzio †	Administrator of Avranches, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
21 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Vinzenz von Schleinitz †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
30 Oct		Died	Pierre Buxi †	Bishop of Lavaur, France
21 Nov	35.2	Resigned	Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) †	Administrator of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
	47.5	Resigned	Pompeo Colonna †	Administrator of Potenza, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Monreale, Italy
	46.9	Appointed	Miguel da Silva †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal	Cardinal, Administrator of Massa Marittima, Italy
28 Nov		Appointed	Nino Nini †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
29 Nov		Died	Fabian Weickmann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
Dec		Died	Pietro Francesco Ferro †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
1 Dec	74.9	Ordained Bishop	Julián Garcés, O.P. †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
9 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Rodrigo Carvajal †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
13 Dec		Died	Juan de Aragón y Navarra †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
19 Dec	67.0	Appointed	Pedro Ramírez de Alba, O.S.H. †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain