The Year of Our Lord 1546

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	50.5	Appointed	Filippo Archinto †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
		Born	Christoph Blöbel †	Bautzen	Prefect of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
		Born	Giulio Acquaviva d’Aragona †	Naples	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
		Resigned	Sancho Díaz de Trujillo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Plasencia, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Mikolai Dzierzgowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Born	Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero †	Ronda, Spain	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
		Ordained Bishop	Toribio López †	Bishop of Miranda, Portugal
		Born	Francisco Olivares Maldonado, O.S.A. †	Granada	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
		Died	Martín Tristán Calvete †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
		Appointed	Marcus (Avunculus) Vetter †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Marcus (Avunculus) Vetter †	Titular Bishop of Nazianzus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
4 Jan	66.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio de la Cruz †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
4 Jan		Died	Johann Ruger, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
8 Jan		Appointed	Juan Aceres †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
		Appointed	García Díaz Arias †	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
	60.0	Appointed	Juan Martínez Silíceo †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
27 Jan		Appointed	Pablo de Torres, O.P. †	Bishop of Panamá
27 Jan	37.9	Confirmed	Sebastian von Heusenstamm †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
1 Feb		Died	Juan Cardona †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
11 Feb	44.1	Appointed	Alfonso de Fuenmayor †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
12 Feb		Appointed	Jerónimo de Loayza, O.P. †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
12 Feb	78.1	Appointed	Juan de Zumárraga, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of México, Federal District	Archbishop of México, Federal District
Mar		Resigned	Johann Laymann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
29 Mar		Born	Anne de Perusse d'Escars de Giury, O.S.B. †	Paris	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
9 Apr	66.3	Appointed	Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
9 Apr		Appointed	Pedro Manuel †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
16 Apr		Appointed	Esteban Almeida †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
16 Apr	69.3	Resigned	Hermann Graf zu Wied †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Apr	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Angelo de' Medici †	Archbishop of Foreign Diocese	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
20 Apr		Born	Bernardo Sandoval Rojas †	Aranda de Duero	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
22 Apr	68.3	Died	Juan García Loaysa, O.P. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
2 May	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Sebastian von Heusenstamm †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
5 May		Appointed	Pedro López de Mendoza †	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain
5 May	20.3	Appointed	Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
17 May	66.4	Appointed	Jaime Casador †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
18 May		Born	Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar †	México	Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México
Jun	77.4	Appointed	Bartolomeo Guidiccioni †	Cardinal, Bishop of Lucca, Italy
20 Jun	66.5	Ordained Bishop	Jaime Casador †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
19 Jul		Appointed	Juan Fernández Temiño †	Bishop of León, Spain
16 Aug		Died	Giovanni Vincenzo Acquaviva d’Aragona †	Cardinal, Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla, Italy
22 Aug		Appointed	Miguel Jerónimo de Ballesteros (Vallesteros) †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
		Appointed	Petrus Rauh, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
		Appointed	Petrus Rauh, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Athyra	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
27 Aug	63.7	Appointed	Fernando Valdés †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
27 Sep		Born	Dietrich von Fürstenberg †	Waterlappe	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
8 Oct	70.3	Appointed	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	80.8	Appointed	Ennio Filonardi †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Veroli, Italy
		Appointed	Fernando Niño de Guevara †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
		Appointed	Fernando Niño de Guevara †	Apostolic Administrator of Sigüenza, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	44.3	Appointed	Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
9 Oct		Born	Sancho Dávila Toledo †	Avila	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
10 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Juan Fernández Temiño †	Bishop of León, Spain
24 Oct	40.8	Ordained Bishop	Juan Solano, O.P. †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
28 Oct		Appointed	Pedro Guerrero Logroño (Mendoza) †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
29 Nov		Died	João Parvi †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
Dec	41.0	Resigned	Ercole Gonzaga †	Apostolic Administrator of Tarazona, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Mantova, Italy
3 Dec		Appointed	Juan González Munébraga †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
17 Dec		Appointed	Johann Zollner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

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