The Year of Our Lord 1554

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Agustín Antolínez, O.S.A. †	Valladolid	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	45.0	Resigned	Melchor Cano, O.P. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Guillaume Gifford, O.S.B. †		Archbishop of Reims, France
		Died	Francisco Gutiérrez †	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
	65.0	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso de Montufar, O.P. †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
		Born	Luis Jerónimo Oré, O.F.M. †	Huamanga, Peru	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
		Born	Manuel Quero Turillo †	Jaén	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
	62.0	Resigned	Dietrich von Reden †	Bishop of Lübeck, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	60.7	Appointed	Girolamo Seripando, O.S.A. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
		Resigned	Alfonso de Valdecabras †	Bishop of Capri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	49.6	Appointed	Anton Vrancic †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
9 Jan		Born	Alessandro Ludovisi †	Bologna	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
Feb	25.6	Resigned	Julius Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Bishop-Elect of Minden, Germany	Bishop-Elect Emeritus
1 Mar	52.2	Died	Alfonso de Fuenmayor †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
7 Mar		Born	Honoré du Laurens †	Tarascon	Archbishop of Embrun, France
30 Mar		Appointed	Diego Deza Tello †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
30 Mar	24.9	Confirmed	Johann Graf von Hoya zu Stolzenau †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop of Münster, Germany
30 Apr	65.8	Appointed	Pedro Pacheco Ladrón de Guevara †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Albano, Italy
5 Jun		Born	Benedetto Giustiniani †		Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
13 Jun		Resigned	Marcus (Avunculus) Vetter †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
6 Jul		Appointed	Gaspar Cao, O.S.A. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
	49.5	Appointed	Acisclo de Moya y Contreras †	Bishop of Vic, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	25.5	Confirmed	Friedrich Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Bishop-Elect
13 Jul		Died	Juan Arias †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
16 Jul	54.1	Resigned	Ernst Herzog von Bayern †	Apostolic Administrator of Salzburg, Austria	Apostolic Administrator of Passau, Germany
21 Jul	39.8	Appointed	Michael von Kuenburg †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
3 Aug	69.6	Appointed	František Ujlaky †	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
13 Aug		Appointed	Michael Dornvogel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
13 Aug		Appointed	Michael Dornvogel †	Titular Bishop of Adramyttium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
25 Aug	35.6	Appointed	Georg Fuchs von Rügheim †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Bishop
27 Aug		Appointed	Pedro de la Torre, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Paraguay
14 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Gaspar Cao, O.S.A. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
Oct	59.9	Appointed	Georg Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Bishop of Minden, Germany	Archbishop-Elect of Bremen(-Hamberg), Germany
1 Oct		Appointed	Luis Suárez †	Bishop of Foreign Diocese
8 Oct		Appointed	Simon de Maillé de Brézé †	Archbishop of Tours, France
19 Oct	40.0	Confirmed	Michael von Kuenburg †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
21 Oct		Died	Juan Margarit †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
23 Oct		Born	Ernst von Mengersdorf †	Bamberg	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
Nov		Died	Marcus (Avunculus) Vetter †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
12 Nov	34.1	Appointed	Alexandre Farnese (Jr.) †	Bishop of Cahors, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
9 Dec	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Acisclo de Moya y Contreras †	Bishop of Vic, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
17 Dec		Born	Ernst Herzog von Bayern †	München	Archbishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

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