The Year of Our Lord 1526

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Santiago Calatayud, O.S.A. †	Bishop
		Resigned	Vicente de Peraza (Pirez), O.P. †	Bishop of Panamá	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Luis de Figueroa, O.S.H. †	Bishop-Elect of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
		Died	Dietrich Hardenberg †	Bishop of Brandenburg, Germany
		Died	Sebastián de Salamanca †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
		Born	Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta †	Rome	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
		Died	Ermete Stampa †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
	43.0	Appointed	Pavol Várdai †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
		Died	Juan de Vich, O.P. †	Bishop of Acerra (Cerenthia, Acerrae), Italy
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
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
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 †	Apostolic Administrator of Otranto, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
	22.3	Appointed	Jorge de Austria †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
		Appointed	Vinzenz von Schleinitz †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
6 May	61.3	Resigned	Berthold Pürstinger †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
6 May	40.3	Appointed	Aegidius Rehm †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
5 Jun		Died	Pedro Portocarrero †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
25 Jun		Succeeded	Antonio Hoyos de Salamanca †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
2 Sep		Confirmed	Vinzenz von Schleinitz †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
Oct	40.8	Ordained Bishop	Aegidius Rehm †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
5 Oct	39.6	Confirmed	Heinrich Pfalzgraf von Rhein †	Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands	Bishop-Elect of Freising, Germany
21 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Vinzenz von Schleinitz †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
29 Nov		Died	Fabian Weickmann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
9 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Rodrigo Carvajal †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
19 Dec	67.0	Appointed	Pedro Ramírez de Alba, O.S.H. †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain

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