The Year of Our Lord 1544

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Antonio Atzori †		Bishop of Bosa, Italy
		Born	Andrés Cabrera Bobadilla †	Segovia	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
		Born	Giovanni Ambrogio Caccia †		Bishop of Foreign Diocese
		Died	Gaspar Flores †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese
		Born	Alonso González Aguilar †	Villadiezma	Bishop of León, Spain
	64.0	Died	Matthias von Jagow †	Bishop Emeritus of Brandenburg, Germany
		Died	Alfonso Oliva †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
		Born	Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva †	Toledo	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
		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
		Died	Sebastián de Valladolid, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Orense, Spain
4 Jan	60.0	Died	Sigismund von Lindenau †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
29 Feb	38.2	Appointed	Juan Solano, O.P. †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
29 Feb		Appointed	Antonio de Valdivieso, O.P. †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
30 Mar	69.4	Ordained Bishop	Bartolomé de las Casas (Casaus), O.P. †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México	Bishop Emeritus
2 May	40.3	Appointed	Pablo Gil de Talavera †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México
4 Jun	56.7	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, 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
		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)
25 Jun		Died	Johannes Münster †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany
3 Jul	44.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Georges d'Armagnac †	Archbishop of Avignon, France
4 Jul		Died	Diego de Ortiz de Vilhegas †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
Aug	42.6	Appointed	Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
4 Aug	54.6	Died	Konrad von Bibra †	Bishop-Elect of Würzburg, Germany
16 Aug	40.6	Succeeded	Jorge de Austria †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
7 Oct		Died	Arnau Alberti †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
10 Oct	44.6	Resigned	Rodolfo Pio †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
10 Oct	58.8	Appointed	St. Tomás de Villanueva, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
12 Oct		Died	Antonio Pucci †	Cardinal, Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
17 Oct	68.3	Appointed	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
17 Oct	44.7	Appointed	Rodolfo Pio †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Faenza, Italy
27 Oct		Appointed	Berenguer Gombau †	Bishop of Calvi, Italy
27 Oct	42.8	Confirmed	Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
8 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Antonio de Valdivieso, O.P. †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
14 Nov		Appointed	Francisco Frías †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese	Bishop Emeritus
14 Nov	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
17 Dec		Appointed	Georg Schweicker †	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
17 Dec		Appointed	Georg Schweicker †	Titular Bishop of Daulia	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
19 Dec		Elevated to Cardinal	Gaspar Avalos de la Cueva †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	45.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Federico Cesi (Cesa) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Todi, Italy
	45.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Bartolomé de la Cueva de Albuquerque †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
	36.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	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

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