The Year of Our Lord 1542

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Juan Alvarez de Caldas †	Caldas	Bishop of Avila, Spain
		Born	Malaquías Asso, O. Cist. †	La Muela	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Jakob Eliner †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
		Resigned	Fernando de Gerona, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Gregor Helfenstein †	Oberemmel	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
	29.5	Ordained Bishop	Cristoforo Madruzzo †	Bishop of Trento, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
		Born	Pedro Martins, S.J. †	Coimbra	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
		Died	Nicolas Pedro Mendez †	Bishop of Tanger, Morocco
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Godfried von Mierlo, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
		Born	Diego Monreal †	Zaragoza	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
	28.0	Ordained Bishop	Wolfgang Graf von Salm †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
		Born	Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee †		Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
1 Feb	62.0	Died	Girolamo Aleandro †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy
7 Feb		Died	Andreas Henlein †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
13 Feb		Died	Alessandro Cesarini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
15 Feb	58.3	Appointed	Gasparo Contarini †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede	Cardinal, Bishop of Belluno, Italy
15 Mar		Appointed	Pedro Gau, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Urgell, Spain
15 Mar		Appointed	Pedro Gau, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene	Auxiliary Bishop of Urgell, Spain
22 Mar		Appointed	Fernando Niño de Guevara †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
29 Mar		Appointed	Gaspar Avalos de la Cueva †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
29 Mar	39.2	Appointed	Francisco Manrique de Lara †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
May	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Johannes von Weeze †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
5 May	59.3	Appointed	Fernando de Loaces (Loazes), O.P. †	Bishop of Elne, France	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
		Appointed	Bernard O'Higgins, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Jerónimo Requeséns †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
21 May	24.7	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Perrenot de Granvella †	Bishop of Arras, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France
21 May	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Manrique de Lara †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
22 May	44.4	Appointed	Francisco de Navarra y Hualde †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
22 May		Born	Georg von Kuenburg †	Moosham	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
2 Jun		Appointed	Esteban Almeida †	Bishop of León, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
		Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Vincenzo Acquaviva d’Aragona †	Cardinal, Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla, Italy
	29.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Cristoforo Madruzzo †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
	33.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Gerolamo Morone †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
	52.4	Appointed	Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal (Arellano) †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
21 Jun		Appointed	Juan Jubí, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
Jul		Died	Juan Fernando Angulo †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
14 Jul		Born	Kaspar von Seckendorff †	Simmelsdorf	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
4 Aug		Died	Jaime de Conchillos, O. de M. †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
18 Aug		Appointed	Johann Ruger, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
18 Aug		Appointed	Johann Ruger, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Athyra	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
24 Aug	58.9	Died	Gasparo Contarini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Belluno, Italy
		Born	Juan Bartolome de Bohórquez e Hinojosa, O.P. †	México	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Fernando de Loaces (Loazes), O.P. †	Bishop of Elne, France	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
7 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Bernard O'Higgins, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
17 Sep	38.8	Ordained Bishop	Moritz von Hutten †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
24 Sep		Born	Sigmund Friedrich Graf Fugger von Kirchberg †	Augsburg	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
4 Oct		Born	St. Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino, S.J. †	Montepulciano, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
11 Oct	55.1	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
21 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Pedro Vaguer †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
1 Nov	50.8	Appointed	Jean du Bellay †	Bishop of Le Mans, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
23 Nov		Appointed	Gonçalo Pinheiro †	Bishop of Tanger, Morocco	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
1 Dec	30.4	Appointed	Cristoforo Madruzzo †	Coadjutor Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
3 Dec		Born	Ferdinando Farnese †	Latera	Bishop of Parma, Italy
7 Dec	90.9	Died	Julián Garcés, O.P. †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México
9 Dec		Died	Lorenzo Pérez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarragona, Spain
11 Dec	30.4	Confirmed	Cristoforo Madruzzo †	Coadjutor Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
17 Dec	30.4	Succeeded	Cristoforo Madruzzo †	Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

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