The Year of Our Lord 1540

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Resigned	Guglielmo Adeodato †	Bishop of Lesina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Alessandro Argoli †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
		Born	Girolamo Bernerio, O.P. †	Corregio	Cardinal, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
		Born	Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa †	Valencia del Ventoso	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
		Resigned	Sebastiano de Bonfiliis †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Foucault de Bonneval †	Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France
		Died	Carlo Borromeo †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, 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
		Resigned	Tommaso Caracciolo †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Capaccio, Italy
		Died	Pellegrino Cibo de Turcilla †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Cibo †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
		Born	Andrés de Ubilla, O.P. †	Eibar, Spain	Bishop of Michoacán, México
		Born	Jean du Bec (-Crespin) †	Bec-Helluin	Bishop of Saint-Malo, France
		Died	Francesco Erulli †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
		Born	Jakob Feucht †	Pfullendorf	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
		Resigned	Giacomo Framarini †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Federico Gonzaga †	Mantua	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Mantova, 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
		Died	Jan Latalski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Died	Giuseppe de Montanaris †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece
		Died	Ludovico Platamone †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
		Appointed	Agostinho Ribeiro †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
		Born	Ludovico Riva (Ripa) †	Cremona	Bishop of Terni, Italy
		Born	Vicente Roca de la Serna †	Valencia	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
		Died	Sixtus Signati †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
		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
		Died	Stanislav Thurzó †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
	46.0	Died	Leonardo Tornabuoni †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	55.0	Appointed	František Ujlaky †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
		Died	Nicola Volpe †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy
		Died	Jan Wilamowski †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
		Died	Bernard Wilczek †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
		Died	Adrian Zakowski, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	38.0	Ordained Priest	Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop
		Appointed	Bernard Zoubek ze Zdětína †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
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
14 Jan		Died	Giacomo Narducci †	Bishop of Urbino, Italy
28 Jan		Appointed	Bartolomeo Capobianco †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
	51.0	Installed	Uberto Gambara †	Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy
	70.1	Installed	Bartolomeo Guidiccioni †	Cardinal-Priest of San Cesareo in Palatio	Cardinal, Bishop of Lucca, Italy
	43.1	Installed	Dionisio Neagrus Laurerio, O.S.M. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello	Cardinal, Bishop of Urbino, Italy
		Appointed	Miguel Muñoz †	Bishop of Tui, Spain	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
		Installed	Ascanio Parisani †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Bishop of Rimini, Italy
	67.1	Installed	Pietro Paolo Parisio †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina	Cardinal, Bishop of Nusco, Italy
13 Feb	43.1	Appointed	Dionisio Neagrus Laurerio, O.S.M. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Urbino, Italy
13 Feb		Appointed	Leonardo de Magistris †	Bishop of Capri, Italy	Bishop of Alessano, Italy
20 Feb		Appointed	Melchiore Cribelli, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
		Appointed	Melchiore Cribelli, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Thagaste	Auxiliary Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
	52.1	Resigned	Marino Grimani †	Administrator of Ceneda, Italy	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
		Appointed	Giovanni Grimani †	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar	32.4	Ordained Bishop	Durante Duranti †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
15 Mar		Appointed	Jacobus Dryaduschki, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Appointed	Jacobus Dryaduschki, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Aenus	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Appointed	Benedetto de Sanctis †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy
19 Mar	55.2	Installed	Robert de Lénoncourt †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
26 Mar	39.2	Selected	Nicholas Heath †	Bishop of Rochester, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of York, England, Great Britain
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
4 Apr	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Nicholas Heath †	Bishop of Rochester, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of York, England, Great Britain
12 Apr		Died	Jean Olivier, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Angers, France
16 Apr		Appointed	Antonello Eustachi †	Bishop of Lesina, Italy
	31.0	Died	Afonso de Portugal †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	17.3	Installed	Giacomo Savelli †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia in Orphea	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
21 Apr		Appointed	Baltazar von Promnitz †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
30 Apr		Appointed	Gabriel de Bouvery †	Bishop of Angers, France
		Appointed	Alberico Giaquinta †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
	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 Santi 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 von Bayern †	Apostolic Administrator of Salzburg, Austria	Apostolic Administrator of Passau, Germany
21 May	40.4	Installed	Pedro Fernández Manrique †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
31 May	21.4	Installed	Enrique de Borja y Aragón †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo	Cardinal, Bishop of Squillace, Italy
		Appointed	Alessandro Cesarini (Sr.) †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	39.4	Appointed	Niccolò Ridolfi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Administrator of Vicenza, Italy
	21.5	Appointed	Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
		Appointed	Piotr Starzechowski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
10 Jun		Appointed	Benedetto Conversini †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
12 Jun		Born	Gaspar Punter †	Morella	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
16 Jun	74.5	Died	Koenrad von Thüngen †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
Jul		Succeeded	Guillaume Éder †	Bishop of Quimper, France
Jul		Died	Claude de Rohan †	Bishop of Quimper, France
1 Jul	50.5	Appointed	Konrad von Bibra †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop-Elect
5 Jul	16.8	Appointed	Charles Bourbon de Vendôme †	Bishop of Nevers, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
16 Jul		Born	Alfonso Carafa †	Naples	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	19.8	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Cavaillon, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	60.5	Resigned	Girolamo Ghinucci {Ginucci} †	Administrator of Cavaillon, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain
		Appointed	Joannes Monichusen †	Bishop of Curland, Latvia	Bishop of Ösell (Oesell) [Saare-Lääne], Estonia
22 Jul	48.6	Died	Johann von Metzenhausen †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
9 Aug	48.6	Selected	Johann Ludwig von Hagen †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
13 Aug		Died	Anton Braun †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
17 Aug		Appointed	Bernardino Castellari †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
20 Aug		Resigned	Girolamo Grimaldi †	Administrator of Bari (-Canosa), Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Albenga, Italy
		Appointed	Girolamo Sauli †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
	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 (Waneman) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Appointed	Balthasar Fannemann (Waneman) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Appointed	Balthasar Fannemann (Waneman) †	Titular Bishop of Missene (Mysia)	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
	53.5	Appointed	Heinrich von Rhein †	Coadjutor Bishop of Freising, Germany	Bishop-Elect
27 Aug		Appointed	Constantino Giustiniani, O.P. †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
	59.7	Appointed	Claude de Longwy de Givry †	Administrator of Périgueux (Vesuna), France	Cardinal, Administrator of Langres, France
		Appointed	Pedro Torres †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
		Appointed	Pedro Torres †	Titular Bishop of Arbanum	Auxiliary Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
28 Aug		Died	Ugo Rangone †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
16 Sep	21.7	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	39.4	Appointed	Marcello Cervini †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		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
	59.7	Appointed	Claude de Longwy de Givry †	Administrator of Amiens, France	Cardinal, Administrator of Langres, France
		Appointed	Fernando de Menezes Coutinho e Vasconcellos †	Archbishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
		Appointed	Diego de Ortiz de Vilhegas †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
		Appointed	Rodrigo Pinheiro †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
	28.6	Appointed	Henrique de Portugal †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Fabio Vigili †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
5 Oct		Died	Giovanni dei Tagliacozzi †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
6 Oct		Died	Francisco de Mendavia, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Nicaragua
7 Oct	40.8	Died	Pedro Fernández Manrique †	Cardinal, Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
7 Oct		Died	Cristoforo Giacobazzi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
20 Oct		Born	Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †	Calitri	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
5 Nov	39.5	Installed	Marcello Cervini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Leonhard Haller †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
		Appointed	Leonhard Haller †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
		Appointed	Alberto Pascaleo, O.P. †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
	65.8	Died	Francisco de los Angeles (Enrique) Quiñones, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Former Administrator of Acerno, Italy
	17.8	Appointed	Giacomo Savelli †	Administrator of Nicastro, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Appointed	Enrique de Villalobos Xeres †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
11 Nov		Appointed	Antoine Le Tonnellier †	Titular Bishop of Damascus
11 Nov	26.9	Selected	Wolfgang von Salm †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
15 Nov		Appointed	Matteo Grifoni, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
	44.9	Appointed	Fabio Mignanelii †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Ascanio Parisani †	Administrator of Muro Lucano, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Rimini, Italy
		Appointed	Blosio Palladio †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
8 Dec		Born	Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Palermo, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alessio
10 Dec		Appointed	Domingo Cubels, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Malta
	48.9	Confirmed	Johann Ludwig von Hagen †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
	40.8	Appointed	Reginald Pole †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
	22.1	Appointed	Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
18 Dec	60.3	Died	Cesare Riario †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
19 Dec	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Thirlby †	Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Ely, England, Great Britain
27 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Andrés de Fuentsalida, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Messina, Italy
29 Dec	50.0	Ordained Priest	Franz von Waldeck †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Bishop
31 Dec		Born	Silvio Antoniano †	Rome, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro