The Year of Our Lord 1550

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	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
	28.0	Appointed	Charles de Bourbon-Vendome †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	41.0	Resigned	Ippolito II D'Este †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
	70.0	Died	Antonio de la Cruz †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
		Born	José (Giuseppe) Esteve Juan (Stefano) †	Valencia	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
		Resigned	Francisco Frías †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Juan García Valdemora †	El Casar de Talamanca	Bishop of Tui, Spain
		Born	Domenico Ginnasi †	Castel Bolognese	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
		Died	Antonio Hoyos de Salamanca †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
		Born	Gregor Leisentrit †	Olomouc	Prefect of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
		Appointed	Baltazar Limpo, O. Carm. †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
		Born	Germanico Malaspina †	Parma	Bishop of San Severo, 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
		Ordained Priest	Urban Sagstetter †	Priest of Wien, Austria	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
		Born	Francisco de Sosa, O.F.M. †	Toledo	Bishop of Osma, Spain
	50.0	Appointed	Thomas Thirlby †	Bishop of Norwich, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Ely, England, Great Britain
1 Jan		Died	Pedro Manuel †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
15 Jan	48.0	Appointed	Nikolaus von Carlowitz †	Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany
7 Feb	62.4	Elected	Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
22 Feb	62.4	Installed	Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
28 Feb	61.6	Appointed	Juan Álvarez y Alva de Toledo, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio	Cardinal, Bishop of Frascati, Italy
	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)
		Appointed	Cristoforo (Christophorus) de Spiritibus †	Patriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
	36.0	Appointed	Otto Truchseß von Waldburg †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina	Cardinal, Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
16 Mar		Appointed	Johannes Kridt †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
19 Mar	64.5	Appointed	Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
19 Mar	41.2	Appointed	Ippolito II D'Este †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
23 Mar	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Foreign Diocese
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
16 Apr	44.3	Confirmed	Michael Helding †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
17 May	50.7	Died	Johann Albrecht Markgraf von Brandenburg †	Archbishop of Magdeburg, Germany
30 May	65.4	Resigned	Robert de Lenoncourt †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
30 May	18.4	Appointed	Ludovico Madruzzo †	Coadjutor Bishop of Trento, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
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
27 Jun	61.9	Appointed	Juan Álvarez y Alva de Toledo, O.P. †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Frascati, Italy
		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
	47.5	Resigned	Antonio de Fonseca, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	41.8	Appointed	Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla †	Cardinal, Archbishop 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
		Appointed	Gaspar Zúñiga Avellaneda †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
4 Jul		Appointed	Alonso Cristóbal Arguellada †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jaén, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Appointed	Fernando de Uranga (Urango) †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
		Appointed	Georg Neumann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
		Appointed	Georg Neumann †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
14 Jul		Appointed	Diego Enríquez de Almansa †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
15 Jul	48.5	Confirmed	Nikolaus von Carlowitz †	Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany
17 Jul		Appointed	Francisco de Santa María Benavides Velasco, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
21 Jul		Born	Silvio Savelli †	Ariccia	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople, Turkey
31 Jul	56.8	Died	Francesco Sfondrati †	Cardinal, Bishop of Cremona, Italy
Aug		Died	Pedro Gil Falcón †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
6 Aug		Born	Enrico Caetani †	Sermoneta	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
31 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Georg Neumann †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
1 Sep		Appointed	Simon de Maillé de Brézé †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France	Archbishop of Tours, France
9 Sep		Born	Bartholomäus Scholl †	Hohenwart	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
11 Sep	75.8	Resigned	Bartolomé de las Casas (Casaus), O.P. †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México	Bishop Emeritus
14 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Johannes Kridt †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
25 Sep	59.7	Died	Georg von Blumenthal †	Bishop of Lebus, Germany
5 Oct		Appointed	Johann Horneburg †	Bishop of Lebus, Germany
8 Oct		Born	Antonio Zapata Cisneros †	Madrid	Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
20 Oct		Appointed	Raymund Burke, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Emly, Ireland
25 Oct		Born	Carlo Bascapè, B. †	Milano	Bishop of Novara, Italy
11 Nov		Born	Heinrich Herzog von Sachsen-Lauenburg †		Archbishop-Elect of Bremen(-Hamberg), Germany
22 Nov		Died	Luis Cabeza de Vaca †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain

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