The Year of Our Lord 1540

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Girolamo Bernerio, O.P. †		Cardinal, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
		Born	Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa †	Medina de las Torres	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	22.0	Ordained Bishop	Enrique de Borja y Aragón †	Cardinal, Bishop of Squillace, Italy
		Born	Antonio Calderón de León †	Baeza, Spain	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
		Born	Andrés Capella, O. Cart. †	Valencia	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	38.7	Resigned	Marcello Cervini †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Born	Andrés de Ubilla, O.P. †	Eibar, Spain	Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México
		Born	Jean du Bec (-Crespin) †	Bec-Helluin	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France
		Born	Jakob Feucht †	Pfullendorf	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
		Born	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Calitri	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	22.4	Ordained Priest	Antoine Perrenot de Granvella †	Priest of Arras, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
		Appointed	Alessandro Guidiccioni †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France	Bishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy
		Born	Juan Gurrea †	Zaragoza, Spain	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
		Appointed	Agostinho Ribeiro †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
		Resigned	Alfonso de Talavera, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
	40.0	Appointed	Thomas Thirlby †	Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Ely, England, Great Britain
	55.0	Appointed	František Ujlaky †	Bishop of Győr, Hungary	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
	38.0	Ordained Priest	Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop
1 Jan	60.0	Died	Baltasar del Río †	Bishop of Scala, Italy
11 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Esteban Almeida †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
11 Jan	52.0	Confirmed	Johannes von Weeze †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
28 Jan		Appointed	Miguel Muñoz †	Bishop of Tui, Spain	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
19 Mar	55.2	Installed	Robert de Lenoncourt †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
30 Mar	72.2	Died	Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
4 Apr	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Edmund Bonner †	Bishop of London, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
30 Apr	47.3	Appointed	Juan Salazar Fernández †	Bishop of Lanciano, Italy
3 May		Died	Pedro Flores †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
3 May	40.2	Appointed	Reginald Pole †	Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
10 May		Born	Pierre d'Espinac †		Archbishop of Lyon, France
21 May	39.9	Appointed	Ernst Herzog von Bayern †	Apostolic Administrator of Salzburg, Austria	Apostolic Administrator of Passau, Germany
31 May		Appointed	Alessandro Cesarini †	Bishop of Albano, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
31 May	21.5	Appointed	Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
12 Jun		Born	Gaspar Punter †	Morella	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
16 Jun	74.5	Died	Koenrad von Thüngen †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
1 Jul	50.5	Appointed	Konrad von Bibra †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop-Elect
22 Jul	48.6	Died	Johann von Metzenhausen †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
9 Aug	48.6	Appointed	Johann Ludwig von Hagen †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
13 Aug		Died	Anton Braun †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
20 Aug	43.6	Appointed	Girolamo Verallo †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy
23 Aug	47.6	Died	Charles de Hémard de Denonville †	Cardinal, Bishop of Mâcon, France
26 Aug		Appointed	Balthasar Fannemann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Appointed	Balthasar Fannemann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Appointed	Balthasar Fannemann †	Titular Bishop of Misenum	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
	53.5	Appointed	Heinrich Pfalzgraf von Rhein †	Coadjutor Bishop of Freising, Germany	Bishop-Elect
27 Aug		Appointed	Pedro Torres †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
27 Aug		Appointed	Pedro Torres †	Titular Bishop of Arbanum	Auxiliary Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
16 Sep	22.7	Died	Enrique de Borja y Aragón †	Cardinal, Bishop of Squillace, Italy
18 Sep	65.7	Died	Juan de Witte Hoos (Ubite), O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
24 Sep		Appointed	Diego da Silva, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
		Appointed	Bernardo da Cruz, O.P. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Diego de Ortiz de Vilhegas †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
		Appointed	Rodrigo Pinheiro †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
6 Oct		Died	Francisco de Mendavia, O.S.H. †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
7 Oct		Died	Pedro Fernández Manrique †	Cardinal, Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
7 Oct		Died	Cristoforo Giacobazzi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
5 Nov		Appointed	Leonhard Haller †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
		Appointed	Leonhard Haller †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
	65.8	Died	Francisco de los Angeles Quiñones, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Coria, Spain
		Appointed	Enrique de Villalobos †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
11 Nov	26.9	Appointed	Wolfgang Graf von Salm †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
15 Nov	54.9	Appointed	Fabio Mignanelii †	Cardinal, Bishop of Lucera, Italy
Dec	60.9	Died	Cesare Riario †	Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy
10 Dec		Appointed	Domingo Cubels †	Bishop of Malta
	48.9	Confirmed	Johann Ludwig von Hagen †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
	40.8	Appointed	Reginald Pole †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
	22.1	Appointed	Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
27 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Andrés de Fuentsalida, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Messina, Italy
29 Dec	50.0	Ordained Priest	Franz Graf von Waldeck †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Bishop

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