The Year of Our Lord 1537

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Gerolamo Acciabianca †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
		Resigned	Lópe Alarcón †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	43.0	Appointed	David Beaton †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop
		Died	Silvestro Benedetti †	Bishop of Luni e Sarzana, Italy
	51.0	Resigned	Tomás de Berlanga, O.P. †	Bishop of Panamá	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Vincenzo Boccaferro, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
		Died	Galcerán Cassanyach, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
		Died	Bartolomeo Cesi †	Bishop of Narni, Italy
		Died	Francesco di Créqui †	Bishop of Thérouanne, France
		Resigned	Andrea Cornaro †	Archbishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
		Died	Guido de’ Medici †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
		Appointed	Lélio des Ursins de Céri †	Bishop of Lodève, France
		Died	Simeone de’ Vernacoli †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
		Born	Ippolito Fabiani, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy
	16.2	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Died	Vito Ferrato †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
		Resigned	Gaspar Flores †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain	Bishop of Foreign Diocese
		Born	Giovanni Fontana †	Vignola	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
		Died	Bernardo Gentile, O.P. †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
		Born	Melchior Giedroyc †		Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
	49.0	Resigned	Marino Grimani †	Administrator of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
		Died	Antonio La Legname †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Miguel Maigues, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
		Born	Gianfrancesco Morosini †	Venice	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
		Died	Angelo Pappacoda †	Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy
		Resigned	Giacomo Pellegrini †	Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Pietro Petrucci †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
		Born	Lorenzo Priuli †	Venice	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
		Died	Giannotto Pucci †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
		Born	Gerolamo Ragazzoni †	Venezia	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
	77.1	Died	Diego Ramírez de Fuenleal †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
		Died	Jaime de Rich, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Elne, France
		Resigned	Zaccaria Trevisani †	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Michele Zono †	Bishop of Kisamos, Greece
Jan		Born	Girolamo Rusticucci †	Cartoceto	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
8 Jan	69.0	Resigned	Marino Ascanio Caracciolo †	Bishop of Catania, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Nicola Maria Caracciolo †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
		Appointed	René Le Roullié †	Bishop of Senlis, France
	38.0	Appointed	Vicente Valverde Alvarez, O.P. †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
15 Jan	13.0	Appointed	Rodrigo Luis de Borja y de Castro-Pinós †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
	60.5	Appointed	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	49.3	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte †	Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	53.2	Appointed	Gasparo Contarini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina	Cardinal, Bishop of Belluno, Italy
	71.0	Appointed	Ennio Filonardi †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Administrator of Montefeltro, Italy
		Appointed	Cristoforo Giacobazzi †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
	44.0	Appointed	Charles de Hémard de Denonville †	Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana	Cardinal, Bishop of Mâcon, France
	36.9	Appointed	Reginald Pole †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
	59.5	Appointed	Jacopo Sadoleto †	Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto	Cardinal, Bishop of Carpentras, France
20 Jan	43.4	Died	Andrea Matteo Palmieri †	Cardinal, Administrator of Policastro, Italy
21 Jan		Born	Antonmaria Salviati †	Florence	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Papoul, France
25 Jan	57.1	Appointed	Girolamo Ghinucci {Ginucci} †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain
26 Jan		Appointed	Nicolás de Aragón †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
26 Jan		Appointed	Johannes Bischopinck †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
31 Jan		Appointed	Pedro Flores †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
Feb		Died	George de Athequa, O.P. †	Bishop of Llandaff, Wales, Great Britain
7 Feb	47.1	Appointed	Giovanni Vincenzo Acquaviva d’Aragona †	Cardinal, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
12 Feb		Died	Pedro González Manso †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
26 Feb		Appointed	Jean Lunel, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bayeux, France	Auxiliary Bishop of Chartres, France
26 Feb		Appointed	Jean Lunel, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Chartres, France
5 Mar		Appointed	Fabrizio Arcella †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Berardo Bongiovanni †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy
	44.2	Resigned	Giovanni Domenico de Cupis †	Administrator of Camerino, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	11.0	Appointed	Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta †	Administrator of Bisignano, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
6 Mar		Appointed	Angelo Pasquali, O.P. †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
14 Mar		Appointed	Giovanni Angelo Pellegrini †	Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy	Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
2 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Nicolás de Aragón †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
8 Apr	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Juan Lopez de Zárate †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
8 Apr	59.3	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Marroquin Hurtado †	Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala
11 Apr	48.7	Appointed	Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. †	Bishop of Burgos, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	57.3	Appointed	Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
		Appointed	João de Albuquerque, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Goa, India
	44.3	Resigned	Giovanni Domenico de Cupis †	Administrator of Montepeloso, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	37.3	Appointed	Pedro Fernández Manrique †	Cardinal, Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
		Appointed	Agostino Gonzaga †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
		Appointed	Antonio Guevara Noroña, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
	48.8	Appointed	Pedro Pacheco de Villena (Ladrón de Guevara) †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Appointed	Pietro Querini †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
14 Apr		Appointed	Luis Cabeza de Vaca †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
17 Apr		Died	Antoine Dubois †	Bishop of Béziers, France
20 Apr		Appointed	Miguel de Sanguesa, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
20 Apr		Appointed	Miguel de Sanguesa, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Rhosus	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
27 Apr		Appointed	Juan Fonseca †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
1 May		Succeeded	Angelo Collocio †	Bishop of Nocera Umbra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
1 May		Died	Guarino Favorino, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Nocera Umbra, Italy
3 May		Ordained Bishop	Miguel de Sanguesa, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Rhosus	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
10 May		Died	Andrzej Krzycki †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
18 May		Born	Guido Luca Ferrero †	Turin	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
28 May	62.6	Resigned	Lorenzo Campeggio †	Administrator of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
		Appointed	Giovanni Campeggi †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia	Bishop of Bologna, Italy
	38.4	Appointed	Pietro Tagliavia d’Aragonia †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
31 May	64.8	Appointed	Nikolaus von Schönberg, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
13 Jun		Appointed	Jean de Lettes †	Bishop of Béziers, France	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jun	16.7	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Bitonto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
17 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Jean Lunel, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Chartres, France
19 Jun		Died	John Kite †	Bishop of Carlisle, England, Great Britain
20 Jun		Appointed	Antonio Calcena, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
	61.0	Appointed	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	39.2	Appointed	Jean de Lorraine †	Administrator of Lyon, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
		Appointed	Giovanni Simonetta †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	62.5	Resigned	Giacomo Simonetta †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
24 Jun		Died	Mario Maffei †	Bishop of Cavaillon, France
26 Jun	31.6	Appointed	Ercole Gonzaga †	Administrator of Tarazona, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Mantova, Italy
27 Jun		Appointed	Giacomo Antonio Ferduzi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy
		Appointed	Jacques Leroy, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Bourges, France
		Appointed	Rafael Llinás, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
	50.4	Resigned	Johannes von Lupfen †	Bishop-Elect of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
	48.5	Resigned	François de Tournon, C.R.S.A. †	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France