The Year of Our Lord 1553

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	William Bishop †	Brailes	Vicar Apostolic of England, Great Britain
		Born	Pietro Campori †	Castelnovo di Garfagnana	Cardinal, Bishop of Cremona, Italy
		Died	Vicente de Peraza (Pirez), O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Panamá
	68.0	Died	Cristóbal de Pedraza †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
		Born	Wolfgang von Hausen †		Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
		Died	Toribio López †	Bishop of Miranda, Portugal
		Born	Onofre Reart †	Perpiñán	Bishop Emeritus of Gerona, Spain
		Born	Rafael Ripoz, O.P. †	Barcelona	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
		Born	Bernardo de Salba †	Barcelona	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
		Born	Martín Terrer Valenzuela, O.S.A. †	Daroca	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
1 Jan		Died	Juan Tormo †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
5 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Bernardino de Carmona †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
22 Feb	59.1	Confirmed	Eberhard von Hirnheim †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
1 Mar	31.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Castagna †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Bernardino Figueroa †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
	56.2	Resigned	Girolamo Verallo †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Capaccio, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy
30 Mar	31.7	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Castagna †	Priest of Rossano, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
4 Apr	31.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Castagna †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
17 Apr		Appointed	Urban Sagstetter †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
23 Apr	24.8	Appointed	Julius Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Bishop of Minden, Germany	Bishop-Elect Emeritus
25 Apr	32.5	Appointed	Alexandre Farnese (Jr.) †	Archbishop of Tours, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
28 Apr		Appointed	Juan Arias †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
		Resigned	Bernardo da Cruz, O.P. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe	Bishop Emeritus
	70.3	Appointed	Fernando de Loaces (Loazes), O.P. †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
5 May	26.1	Appointed	Zaccaria Delfino †	Cardinal, Bishop of Lesina
5 Jun		Appointed	Pedro Castro Lemos †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
24 Jun		Born	Juan de Cervantes †	México	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
25 Jun	59.5	Ordained Bishop	Eberhard von Hirnheim †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
29 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Urban Sagstetter †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
15 Jul		Born	Johann Schweikard von Kronberg †	Mainz	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
15 Jul	62.5	Died	Franz Graf von Waldeck †	Bishop of Münster, Germany
21 Jul	34.6	Appointed	Wilhelm von Ketteler †	Bishop of Münster, Germany	Bishop-Elect Emeritus
30 Jul	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Melchor Cano, O.P. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
13 Aug		Died	Luis Torres †	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
18 Aug		Appointed	Francisco de la Cruz, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
13 Sep		Died	Anton. de Ciudad Rodrigo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
13 Sep		Died	Miguel Muñoz †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
14 Sep	66.7	Died	Philippe von Gundelsheim †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese
5 Oct	24.5	Appointed	Johann Graf von Hoya zu Stolzenau †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop of Münster, Germany
23 Oct		Born	Jerónimo Bautista Lanuza, O.P. †	Hijar	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
29 Nov	77.4	Appointed	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	34.9	Confirmed	Wilhelm von Ketteler †	Bishop of Münster, Germany	Bishop-Elect Emeritus
	53.8	Appointed	Rodolfo Pio †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Faenza, Italy
	56.9	Appointed	Girolamo Verallo †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy
11 Dec	65.4	Appointed	Juan Álvarez y Alva de Toledo, O.P. †	Bishop of Albano, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain
	61.9	Appointed	Jean du Bellay †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	77.5	Appointed	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	53.8	Appointed	Rodolfo Pio †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Faenza, Italy

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