The Year of Our Lord 1551

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	21.0	Appointed	Friedrich Markgraf von Brandenburg †	Archbishop of Magdeburg, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
		Appointed	Gaspar do Casal †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
		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
		Born	Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo, O. de M. †	Sevilla, Spain	Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México
		Died	Berenguer Gombau †	Bishop of Calvi, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Johann Horneburg †	Bishop of Lebus, Germany
		Died	Fernando de Mudana †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
		Born	Prudencio Sandobal, O.S.B. †	Valladolid	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
		Born	Francisco Terrones del Caño †	Andújar	Bishop of León, Spain
	54.0	Resigned	Girolamo Verallo †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Francisco Virgili †	Tarragona	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
		Born	Bernhard Graf von Waldeck †		Bishop-Elect Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany
	73.0	Died	Friedrich zu Wied †	Bishop-Elect Emeritus of Münster, Germany
19 Jan		Appointed	Tomás Casillas, O.P. †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México
		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
2 Feb		Born	Štefan Szuhay †	Suchá nad Parnou	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
3 Feb		Died	Georg Neumann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
18 Feb		Appointed	Rodrigo Vázquez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
18 Feb		Appointed	Rodrigo Vázquez †	Titular Bishop of Troas	Auxiliary Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
25 Feb	55.1	Appointed	Pedro Fernandes Sardinha †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
2 Mar	46.8	Appointed	Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Foreign Diocese
16 Mar	59.2	Resigned	Jean du Bellay †	Bishop of Paris, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
27 Mar		Died	Johannes Schneider, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
6 Apr	58.3	Appointed	Pedro La Gasca †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
19 Apr	63.2	Died	Valentin von Tetleben †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
22 Apr	66.3	Appointed	Robert de Lenoncourt †	Apostolic Administrator of Metz, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
28 Apr	51.3	Died	Jodocus Hoetfilter †	Bishop of Lübeck, Germany
8 May	64.2	Died	Johannes Graf von Lupfen †	Bishop-Elect Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
11 May	47.0	Confirmed	Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Foreign Diocese
17 May	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Pedro La Gasca †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
11 Jun	59.4	Appointed	Dietrich von Reden †	Bishop of Lübeck, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
15 Jun	30.7	Resigned	Alexandre Farnese (Jr.) †	Apostolic Administrator of Avignon, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
10 Jul		Appointed	Bernardino de Carmona †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
8 Aug	65.6	Died	Tomás de Berlanga, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Panamá
21 Aug		Appointed	Alfonso de Valdecabras †	Bishop of Capri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
31 Aug		Born	Lothar von Metternich †	Vettelkoven	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
23 Sep		Appointed	Balthasar Fannemann †	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	Appointed	Friedrich Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Bishop-Elect
5 Oct	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
26 Oct		Died	Francisco de Urríes †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
14 Nov		Died	Francisco de la Cerda Córdoba, O.P. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
18 Nov	42.9	Resigned	Ippolito II D'Este †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	19.9	Appointed	Giulio della Rovere †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Ravenna, Italy
	49.9	Appointed	Jakub Uchański †	Bishop of Chelm, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
20 Nov	65.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Fabio Mignanelii †	Cardinal, Bishop of Lucera, Italy
29 Nov	59.9	Appointed	Jean du Bellay †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
2 Dec		Appointed	Daniel Vocacio, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Duvno, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
28 Dec		Died	Pedro Gómez Malaver (Maraver) †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

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