The Year of Our Lord 1544

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Pedro de Agurto, O.S.A. †	New Spain, México	Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
		Born	Antonio Atzori †		Bishop of Bosa, Italy
		Died	Richard Barrett †	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
	69.0	Appointed	Gerolamo Borgia †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
		Born	Andrés Cabrera Bobadilla †	Segovia	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
		Born	Giovanni Ambrogio Caccia †		Bishop Emeritus of Castro [del Lazio], Italy
		Resigned	Rosmano Casamassima †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Florent Coquerelle †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
		Died	Sebastiano Deli di Castel Durante †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
		Died	Imperiale Doria †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
		Resigned	Jean de Plas †	Bishop of Bazas, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	António de Sousa, O.P. †	Lisbon	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
		Died	Antonello Eustachi †	Bishop of Lesina, Italy
	23.2	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Bitonto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Died	Gaspar Flores †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese
	45.0	Resigned	Niccolò Gaddi †	Bishop of Fermo, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata
		Born	Alonso González Aguilar †	Villadiezma	Bishop of León, Spain
		Died	Hérard de Grossoles de Flamarens †	Bishop of Condom, France
	64.0	Died	Matthias von Jagow †	Bishop Emeritus of Brandenburg, Germany
		Died	Jean-Philibert de Loriol de Châles †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
		Died	Pietro de’ Marchesi †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
		Died	Silvio Messaglia, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
		Died	Alfonso Oliva, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
		Born	Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva †	Toledo	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
		Born	Girolamo Pamphilj †	Rome, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Biagio dell’Anello
		Born	Horatius Raparius †		Bishop of Alessano, Italy
		Appointed	Domingo Romeo, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gerona, Spain
		Appointed	Domingo Romeo, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Auxiliary Bishop of Gerona, Spain
		Resigned	Diego de Sarmiento, O. Cart. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
		Born	Francesco Scotti †		Bishop of Termoli, Italy
		Resigned	Bartolomeo Sirigo †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Lorenzo Spada, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
		Died	Sebastián de Valladolid, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Orense, Spain
4 Jan	60.0	Died	Sigismund von Lindenau †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
23 Jan	20.3	Appointed	Charles Bourbon de Vendôme †	Bishop of Saintes, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
27 Jan		Died	Erasmus Manteuffel †	Bishop of Kammin (Camin), Germany
30 Jan	26.1	Appointed	Jacopo Nacchianti, O.P. †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
30 Jan		Appointed	Panfilo Strassoldo †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
18 Feb	73.7	Appointed	Pietro Bembo, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal, Administrator of Bergamo, Italy
		Appointed	Odoardo Cicala †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
		Appointed	Pietro Lippomano †	Bishop of Verona, Italy
29 Feb	42.8	Appointed	Marcello Cervini †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	44.2	Appointed	Juan Solano, O.P. †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Antonio de Valdivieso, O.P. †	Bishop of Nicaragua
11 Mar	24.6	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce †	Priest	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
15 Mar	74.2	Died	Dominik Malachowski, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
16 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Claude de La Guiche †	Bishop of Agde, France	Bishop Emeritus of Mirepoix, France
17 Mar		Appointed	Pietro Antonio Casamassima †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
26 Mar		Died	Giovanni Carandolet †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
30 Mar	69.4	Ordained Bishop	Bartolomé de las Casas (Casaus), O.P. †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México	Bishop Emeritus
2 Apr		Appointed	Giorgio Andreasi †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
	40.7	Appointed	Giovanni Della Casa †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
		Resigned	Francesco della Rovere †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
2 May	40.3	Appointed	Pablo Gil de Talavera †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
4 May	67.3	Died	Pierre de La Baume †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
4 Jun	56.7	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Gian Antonio Fassano (Phassarus, Fasside) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Monreale, Italy
		Appointed	Gian Antonio Fassano (Phassarus, Fasside) †	Titular Bishop of Christopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Monreale, Italy
		Appointed	Georg Flach, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
		Appointed	Georg Flach, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Salona	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
	46.2	Resigned	Jean de Lorraine †	Administrator of Verdun, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
		Appointed	Francisco Roures, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarragona, Spain
19 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Domingo Romeo, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Auxiliary Bishop of Gerona, Spain
25 Jun	56.8	Resigned	Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte †	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Baldassare Monaco, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Lesina, Italy
		Died	Johannes Münster †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany
	45.6	Appointed	Giovanni Ricci †	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
30 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Gian Antonio Fassano (Phassarus, Fasside) †	Titular Bishop of Christopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Monreale, Italy
4 Jul		Appointed	Biagio Fabrizio di Cresseno, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Smederevo (Semendria), Serbia
4 Jul		Died	Diego de Ortiz de Vilhegas †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
30 Jul		Died	Francesco Carafa †	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	42.1	Appointed	Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Nice, France
		Died	Giuliano Soderini †	Bishop of Saintes, France
Aug	42.6	Selected	Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
4 Aug	54.6	Died	Konrad von Bibra †	Bishop-Elect of Würzburg, Germany
8 Aug		Appointed	Giovanni de Theltoniciis †	Titular Bishop of Verissa
13 Aug	52.6	Resigned	Jean du Bellay †	Administrator of Limoges, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	14.0	Appointed	Ranuccio Farnese, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Administrator of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	51.6	Appointed	Antoine Sanguin de Meudon †	Bishop of Limoges, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Orléans, France
16 Aug		Died	Corneille de Berghes †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
16 Aug	40.6	Succeeded	Jorge de Austria †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
21 Aug		Born	Luís de Figueiredo e Lemos †	Porto	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
13 Sep	62.7	Died	Edward Lee †	Archbishop of York, England, Great Britain
29 Sep		Born	Giovanni de’ Medici (Jr.) †	Florence	Cardinal, Apostolic Administrator of Pisa, Italy
7 Oct		Died	Arnau Alberti †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
10 Oct		Appointed	Pawel Dunin Wolski †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	44.6	Appointed	Rodolfo Pio †	Administrator of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Appointed	Teodoro Pio †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy
	45.8	Appointed	Pietro Tagliavia d’Aragonia †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	58.8	Appointed	St. Tomás de Villanueva, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
12 Oct	60.0	Died	Antonio Pucci †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
17 Oct	74.4	Appointed	Pietro Bembo, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Administrator of Bergamo, Italy
	68.3	Appointed	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	55.7	Appointed	Uberto Gambara †	Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy
	44.7	Appointed	Rodolfo Pio †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	80.4	Appointed	Roberto Pucci †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati	Cardinal, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
	54.6	Appointed	Giovanni Salviati †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
22 Oct		Appointed	Francesco Colonna †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
22 Oct		Appointed	Annet de Plas †	Bishop of Bazas, France
27 Oct		Appointed	Tommaso Caselli, O.P. †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy
	24.1	Resigned	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Bitonto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Appointed	Berenguer Gombau †	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
		Appointed	Cornelio Musso, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
		Appointed	Mario Ruffino †	Bishop of Sarno, Italy	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
	51.0	Appointed	Francesco Sfondrati †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Cremona, Italy
	42.8	Confirmed	Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
8 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Antonio de Valdivieso, O.P. †	Bishop of Nicaragua
14 Nov		Appointed	Erasmus de Cracovia, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
		Appointed	Erasmus de Cracovia, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
	35.9	Appointed	Girolamo Dandini †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy
		Appointed	Francisco Frías †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Marco Salvidi †	Bishop of San Leone, Italy
	47.9	Appointed	Girolamo Verallo †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
22 Nov		Died	Martín de Gurrea †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
7 Dec	58.9	Ordained Bishop	St. Tomás de Villanueva, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
8 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Francisco Frías †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese	Bishop Emeritus
8 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Marco Salvidi †	Bishop of San Leone, Italy
14 Dec		Died	Stanisław Tarło †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
17 Dec	53.0	Appointed	Jean du Bellay †	Administrator of Bordeaux, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
		Appointed	Georg Schweicker †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
		Appointed	Georg Schweicker †	Titular Bishop of Daulia	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
19 Dec	43.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Niccolò Ardinghelli †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fossombrone, Italy
	60.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Gaspar Avalos de la Cueva †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	44.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Federico Cesi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	33.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Andrea Cornaro †	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	46.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Tiberio Crispo †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	45.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Bartolomé de la Cueva y Toledo †	Cardinal, Administrator of Manfredonia, Italy
	45.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Jacques d’Annebault †	Cardinal, Bishop of Lisieux, France
	44.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Georges d’Armagnac †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
	37.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Durante Duranti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	36.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla †	Cardinal, Bishop of Burgos, Spain
	42.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro †	Cardinal, Bishop of Nice, France
	51.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Sfondrati †	Cardinal, Bishop of Cremona, Italy
	30.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Otto Truchseß von Waldburg †	Cardinal, Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
24 Dec		Died	Juan Yanes †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain