The Year of Our Lord 1550

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Giovanni Stefano Ajazza †	Vercellen	Bishop of Asti, Italy
		Born	Gerolamo Arsengo, O.F.M. Conv. †	Chios	Bishop of Bacău, Romania
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Antonio de San Miguel Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
		Born	Constantino Barradas †	Lisboa	Bishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	75.0	Died	Gerolamo Borgia †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Maria Buttinoni †	Bishop Emeritus of Sagone (Sagona), France
		Died	Valentino Cantalicio †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
		Born	François Vernède-Corneillan †	Orlonhac	Bishop of Rodez, France
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Zaccaria Delfino †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
	70.0	Died	Antonio de la Cruz, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
		Died	Ferdinando de’ Medici †	Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
		Born	José (Giuseppe) Esteve Juan (Stefano) †	Valencia	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
	29.2	Resigned	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Died	Juan Ferrer †	Archbishop of Arles, France
		Born	Johann Flugi d&rqsuo;Apremont †	Sankt Moritz	Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
		Appointed	Egidio Foscherani, O.P. †	Bishop of Modena, Italy
		Resigned	Francisco Frías †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Juan García Valdemora †	El Casar de Talamanca	Bishop of Tui, Spain
	53.0	Resigned	Stephen Gardiner †	Bishop of Winchester, England, Great Britain
		Resigned	Luca Gaurico †	Bishop of Civitate (Città or Civita), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Girolamo Ghianderoni †	Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Antonio Hoyos de Salamanca †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
		Died	Tommaso Lambertini †	Bishop of Isola, Italy
		Born	Gregor Leisentrit †	Olomouc	Prefect of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
		Born	Germanico Malaspina †	Parma	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
		Died	Baldassare Monaco, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Lesina, Italy
		Born	Lorenzo Monzonís Galatina, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
	14.0	Professed	Sebastião de Morais de Funchal, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
		Died	Angelo Pasquali, O.P. †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
		Died	Bartholomaeus Portaligni, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Troja
		Born	Adrian von Riedmatten (I) †		Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
		Ordained Priest	Urban Sagstetter †	Priest of Wien, Austria	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
		Born	Paulus Aemilius Sammarco †	Rossanen	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
		Resigned	Gian Tommaso Sanfelice †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Francesco Bernardino Simonetta †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy
		Born	Ercole Vaccari †	Bononiae	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
		Resigned	Marco Quinto Vigerio della Rovere †	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Johann von Malentein †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
1 Jan		Died	Pedro Manuel †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
15 Jan	48.0	Selected	Nikolaus von Carlowitz †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
31 Jan	49.1	Died	Niccolò Ridolfi †	Cardinal, Administrator of Vicenza, Italy
7 Feb	62.4	Elected	Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
21 Feb	60.1	Died	Philippe de La Chambre, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
22 Feb	62.4	Installed	Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
22 Feb		Appointed	Giovanni Girolamo de’ Rossi †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
24 Feb	57.1	Appointed	Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme (II) †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Laon, France
28 Feb	61.6	Appointed	Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	58.2	Appointed	Jean du Bellay †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	73.7	Appointed	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	49.7	Appointed	Federico Cesi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	58.5	Appointed	Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
	62.2	Appointed	Georges d’Amboise (II) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	51.2	Appointed	Niccolò Gaddi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata
	41.4	Appointed	Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio	Cardinal, Bishop of Burgos, Spain
	56.2	Appointed	Francesco Pisani †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Octaviae)	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	57.2	Appointed	Antoine Sanguin de Meudon †	Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Orléans, France
		Appointed	Cristoforo Spiriti †	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	61.2	Appointed	François de Tournon, C.R.S.A. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
	36.0	Appointed	Otto Truchseß von Waldburg †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina	Cardinal, Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
5 Mar	32.3	Appointed	Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	41.2	Appointed	Leonardo Marini, O.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Mantova, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Alba (Pompea), Italy
	41.2	Appointed	Leonardo Marini, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia	Bishop Emeritus of Alba (Pompea), Italy
7 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Pedro Gómez Malaver (Maraver) †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
9 Mar	26.5	Appointed	Charles Bourbon de Vendôme †	Administrator of Carcassonne, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
10 Mar	61.7	Installed	Pedro Pacheco de Villena (Ladrón de Guevara) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
16 Mar		Appointed	Johannes Kridt †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
17 Mar		Appointed	Angelo Bragadin, O.P. †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
19 Mar	64.5	Appointed	Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	26.5	Resigned	Charles Bourbon de Vendôme †	Bishop of Saintes, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
		Appointed	Fabio Colonna †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
	40.6	Appointed	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Alberto Divini, O.P. †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
	19.6	Resigned	Ranuccio Farnese, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
		Appointed	Thomas Planta †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
23 Mar	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Cardinal, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
1 Apr	50.3	Appointed	Thomas Thirlby †	Bishop of Norwich, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Ely, England, Great Britain
5 Apr		Born	Andrés Pacheco †	Puebla de Montalbán	Bishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Spain
6 Apr	40.3	Ordained Priest	Jakob von Eltz †	Priest of Trier, Germany	Archbishop
14 Apr	58.6	Died	Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
16 Apr	44.3	Confirmed	Michael Helding †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
18 Apr	55.2	Appointed	Giacomo Puteo †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
18 Apr		Appointed	Girolamo Sauli †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
1 May	12.3	Appointed	Luigi d’Este †	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
1 May	60.1	Resigned	Giovanni Salviati †	Administrator of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
5 May		Appointed	Gian Pietro Ferretti †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
10 May	52.1	Died	Jean de Lorraine †	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
17 May	50.7	Died	Johann Albrecht von Brandenburg †	Archbishop of Magdeburg, Germany
18 May	26.3	Succeeded	Charles de Guise de Lorraine †	Bishop of Metz, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
20 May		Born	Simeone Tagliavia d’Aragonia †	Castle Veziano, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
23 May		Appointed	Zaccaria Giovanni Divanic †	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
		Appointed	Guilio Gonzaga †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
		Appointed	Baltazar Limpo, O. Carm. †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
		Appointed	Gian Matteo Luchi (di Luca) †	Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
	41.3	Resigned	Giovanni Gerolamo Moroni (Morone) †	Bishop of Modena, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Appointed	Urbano Vigerio della Rovere †	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
30 May	18.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
	65.4	Resigned	Robert de Lénoncourt †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
	23.4	Appointed	Philippe de Lénoncourt †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Auxerre, France
	18.4	Appointed	Ludovico Madruzzo †	Coadjutor Bishop of Trento, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
	32.4	Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Mercurio †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Messina, Italy
	49.7	Appointed	Sebastiano Antonio Pighini †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
		Appointed	Gerardo Rambaldi †	Bishop of Civitate (Città or Civita), Italy
2 Jun	18.4	Installed	Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Onofrio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
2 Jun		Appointed	Marco Fedele Gonzaga †	Bishop of Ossero (Osor), Croatia	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
6 Jun		Born	Maffeo Venier †	Venezia	Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
8 Jun	26.5	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Strozzi †	Bishop of Béziers, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Aix, France
11 Jun		Died	Johann Laymann †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
15 Jun		Born	Alfonso del Galdo, O.P. †	Medina del Campo, Spain	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
16 Jun	50.5	Installed	Julião de Alva †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
17 Jun	40.8	Resigned	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Administrator of Autun, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
27 Jun	61.9	Appointed	Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
		Appointed	Johannes Alberti, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany
		Appointed	Johannes Alberti, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Tripolis in Phoenicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany
	66.5	Appointed	Cristoforo Guidalotti Ciocchi del Monte †	Bishop of Marseille, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Cagli, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Ciocchi del Monte †	Bishop of Cagli, Italy
	38.5	Appointed	Andrea Cornaro †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	40.8	Appointed	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Administrator of Narbonne, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
	47.5	Resigned	Antonio de Fonseca, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	51.5	Appointed	Niccolò Gaddi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest
	22.7	Appointed	Louis de Guise de Lorraine †	Bishop of Albi, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
	41.8	Appointed	Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla †	Cardinal, Bishop of Burgos, Spain
	57.5	Appointed	Alvaro Moscoso †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
	40.5	Appointed	Pedro Ponce de Léon †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
	43.5	Appointed	Gaspar Zúñiga Avellaneda †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain