The Year of Our Lord 1551

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Guillaume de Berghes †		Archbishop of Cambrai, France
		Born	Zbynék Berka z Dubé a Liepé †	Drevenice	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
	21.0	Selected	Friedrich von Brandenburg †	Archbishop of Magdeburg, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
		Died	Carlo de Camera †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
		Resigned	Tommaso Cervino, O.P. †	Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
	68.7	Resigned	Ludovico Chericato (Chierepati), O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro	Archbishop Emeritus
		Died	Pedro del Campo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
		Ordained Bishop	Fernando de Uranga (Urango) †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
		Resigned	Alvaro della Quadra †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
		Died	Scipione Dura †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy
		Born	Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo, O. de M. †	Sevilla, Spain	Bishop of Michoacán, México
		Died	Biagio Fabrizio di Cresseno, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Smederevo (Semendria), Serbia
		Appointed	Sebastiano Ferrero †	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
		Died	Berenguer Gombau †	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
	50.0	Resigned	Nicholas Heath †	Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of York, England, Great Britain
		Died	Giovanni Matteo Lucifero †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
		Died	Annibale Magalotti †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy
		Died	Coriolamus Martyranus †	Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
		Died	Fernando de Mudana †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
		Born	Cinzio Passeri Aldobrandini †	Senigallia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
		Born	Prudencio Sandobal, O.S.B. †	Valladolid	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
	57.7	Resigned	Girolamo Seripando, O.S.A. †	Superior General of Order of St. Augustine	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
		Born	Francisco de Sosa, O.F.M. †	Toledo	Bishop of Osma, Spain
		Born	Francisco Terrones del Caño †	Andújar	Bishop of León, Spain
	62.0	Resigned	François de Tournon, C.R.S.A. †	Administrator of Auch, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
	54.0	Resigned	Girolamo Verallo †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Antoine-Charles de Vesc †	Bishop of Castres, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Francisco Virgili †	Tarragona	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
		Born	Bernhard von Waldeck †		Former Bishop-Elect of Osnabrück, Germany
	73.0	Died	Friedrich zu Wied †	Former Bishop-Elect of Münster, Germany
		Born	Tommaso Zerula †	Benevento	Bishop of Minori, Italy
17 Jan		Born	Minuccio Minucci †	Serravalle	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
19 Jan		Appointed	Tomás Casillas, O.P. †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
		Appointed	Leonello Cibo (Cybo) †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Francisco de la Cerda Córdoba, O.P. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
	34.0	Appointed	Jakob Eliner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
	34.0	Appointed	Jakob Eliner †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
		Appointed	Jean de Saint-Chamond †	Archbishop of Aix, France	Archbishop Emeritus
30 Jan	39.1	Died	Andrea Cornaro †	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
		Appointed	Onorato Fascitelli, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Isola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	38.0	Appointed	Sebastiano Gualterio †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	70.1	Resigned	Claude de Longwy de Givry †	Administrator of Poitiers, France	Cardinal, Administrator of Langres, France
2 Feb		Born	Štefan Szuhay †	Suchá nad Parnou	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
3 Feb		Died	Georg Neumann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
18 Feb	43.4	Appointed	Durante Duranti †	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
		Appointed	Orazio Greco †	Bishop of Lesina, Italy
		Appointed	Rodericus Vásquez †	Titular Bishop of Troja
		Appointed	Rodrigo Vázquez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
		Appointed	Rodrigo Vázquez †	Titular Bishop of Troas	Auxiliary Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
25 Feb		Appointed	Jan Drohojowski †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	54.1	Appointed	Pedro Fernandes Sardinha †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Pietro de Gozzo, O.P. †	Bishop of Stagno (Ston), Croatia
		Appointed	Andrzej Zebrzydowski †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
27 Feb		Born	Anastasio Germonio †	Sale	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
Mar		Died	Ubaldinus Bandinelli †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
Mar		Born	Giulio Sansedoni †	Senen	Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy
2 Mar	46.8	Selected	Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
5 Mar		Died	Edmund Butler, O.SS.T. †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
14 Mar	50.7	Resigned	Federico Cesi †	Administrator of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
16 Mar	59.2	Resigned	Jean du Bellay †	Bishop of Paris, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
16 Mar		Appointed	Eustache du Bellay †	Bishop of Paris, France	Bishop Emeritus
18 Mar	50.7	Appointed	Federico Cesi †	Administrator of Cremona, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
21 Mar	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Sebastiano Gualterio †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
27 Mar		Died	Johannes Schneider, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
6 Apr	50.3	Resigned	Georges d’Armagnac †	Archbishop of Tours, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	58.3	Appointed	Pedro La Gasca †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Appointed	Bartolomeo Pipero †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
19 Apr	63.2	Died	Valentin von Tetleben †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
22 Apr	41.7	Appointed	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Administrator of Auch, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
	55.3	Appointed	Gaspare Ricciullo del Fosso, O.M. †	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
	27.2	Resigned	Charles de Guise de Lorraine †	Bishop of Metz, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
	66.3	Appointed	Robert de Lénoncourt †	Administrator of Metz, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
		Appointed	Paolo Emilio Verallo †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Capaccio, Italy
27 Apr		Appointed	Cornelio Scozonolbi (Scorontilbi), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Smederevo (Semendria), Serbia
28 Apr	51.3	Died	Jodocus Hoetfilter †	Bishop of Lübeck, Germany
8 May	64.2	Died	Johannes von Lupfen †	Former Bishop-Elect of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
10 May	34.4	Ordained Bishop	Jakob Eliner †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
11 May	41.7	Resigned	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Administrator of Lyon, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
	47.0	Confirmed	Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
	57.4	Appointed	Francesco Pisani †	Administrator of Narbonne, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	62.4	Appointed	François de Tournon, C.R.S.A. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
17 May	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Pedro La Gasca †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
26 May		Born	Pierre de Valernod †	Saint-Vallier	Bishop of Nîmes, France
11 Jun	59.4	Appointed	Dietrich von Reden †	Bishop of Lübeck, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
15 Jun	30.4	Appointed	Annibale Bozzuti †	Archbishop of Avignon, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
15 Jun	30.7	Resigned	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Avignon, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
19 Jun		Born	Domenico Ginnasi †	Castel Bolognese	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
3 Jul	59.5	Resigned	Jean du Bellay †	Administrator of Bordeaux, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	58.5	Resigned	Giovanni Domenico de Cupis †	Administrator of Trani, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Appointed	Gaspar do Casal, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
7 Jul		Born	Bonviso Bonvisi †	Lucca	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
10 Jul		Appointed	Bernardino de Carmona †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
24 Jul		Appointed	Paolo Cappelletto †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
8 Aug	65.6	Died	Tomás de Berlanga, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Panamá
14 Aug	89.6	Resigned	John Veysey (Harman) †	Bishop of Exeter, England, Great Britain
21 Aug		Appointed	Achille Grassi †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
		Appointed	Leonardo de Magistris †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy
		Appointed	Alfonso de Valdecabras †	Bishop of Capri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24 Aug		Appointed	Bernardino de Cupis †	Bishop of Osimo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
31 Aug		Born	Lothar von Metternich †	Vettelkoven	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
14 Sep		Died	Pellegrino Fabio †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy
23 Sep		Appointed	Balthasar Fannemann (Waneman) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
26 Sep		Born	Andrés Balaguer Salvador, O.P. †	La Jana	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
3 Oct	22.8	Selected	Friedrich von Schleswig-Holstein †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Bishop-Elect
5 Oct	36.8	Appointed	Antoine Caracciolo, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Johann Horneburg †	Bishop of Lebus, Germany
	62.8	Appointed	Alfonso de Montufar, O.P. †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
		Appointed	Wolfgang Westermeyer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
		Appointed	Wolfgang Westermeyer †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
12 Oct	69.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Györgi Martinuzzi, O.S.P.P.E. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
12 Oct	47.7	Appointed	Scipione Rebiba †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
23 Oct		Appointed	Pietro Giovanni Aliotti †	Bishop of Forli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
23 Oct		Appointed	Bernardo Antonio de’ Medici †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
26 Oct		Died	Francisco de Urríes (Verreis) †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
10 Nov		Died	Robert Wauchope †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
11 Nov		Appointed	Gian Francesco Borengo †	Bishop of Larino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Nov		Died	Francisco de la Cerda Córdoba, O.P. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
15 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Eustache du Bellay †	Bishop of Paris, France	Bishop Emeritus
15 Nov	36.9	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Caracciolo, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Bishop Emeritus
18 Nov	42.2	Resigned	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Jan Lubodzieski †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
	18.6	Appointed	Giulio della Rovere †	Administrator of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
		Appointed	Felice Tiranni †	Bishop of Urbino, Italy	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
	49.9	Appointed	Jakub Uchański †	Bishop of Chełm, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
20 Nov	50.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Bertani, O.P. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Fano, Italy
	47.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Alessandro Campeggi †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
	41.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Battista Cicala (Cicada) †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	67.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Cristoforo Guidalotti Ciocchi del Monte †	Cardinal, Bishop of Cagli, Italy
	34.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi Cornaro †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
	53.8	Appointed	Tiberio Crispo †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	42.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Girolamo Dandini †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy
	34.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	52.9	Appointed	Niccolò Gaddi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata
	33.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Andrea Mercurio †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Messina, Italy
	55.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Fabio Mignanelii †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lucera, Italy
	51.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Sebastiano Antonio Pighini †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Archbishop
	58.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Poggio †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tropea, Italy
	56.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Giacomo Puteo †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	53.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Ricci †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
	53.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Michele Saraceni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
29 Nov	59.9	Appointed	Jean du Bellay †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
1 Dec		Died	Gerolamo Isopo, C.R.L. †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy
2 Dec		Appointed	Daniel Vocacio, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Duvno, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
4 Dec	63.4	Resigned	Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	50.1	Installed	Pietro Bertani, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro	Cardinal, Bishop of Fano, Italy
	47.6	Installed	Alessandro Campeggi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Lucia in Orphea	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
	41.5	Installed	Giovanni Battista Cicala (Cicada) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	67.9	Installed	Cristoforo Guidalotti Ciocchi del Monte †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede	Cardinal, Bishop of Cagli, Italy
	34.8	Installed	Luigi Cornaro †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Teodoro	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
	52.3	Appointed	Bartolomé de la Cueva y Toledo †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola	Cardinal, Administrator of Manfredonia, Italy
	42.9	Installed	Girolamo Dandini †	Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy
	34.0	Installed	Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	33.9	Installed	Giovanni Andrea Mercurio †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Barbara	Cardinal, Archbishop of Messina, Italy
	55.9	Installed	Fabio Mignanelii †	Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lucera, Italy
	56.8	Installed	Giacomo Puteo †	Cardinal-Priest of San Simeone Profeta	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	53.1	Installed	Giovanni Ricci †	Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
	53.0	Installed	Giovanni Michele Saraceni †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
17 Dec	70.0	Died	Györgi Martinuzzi, O.S.P.P.E. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
28 Dec		Died	Pedro Gómez Malaver (Maraver) †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México