The Year of Our Lord 1556

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Antonio Benedetti †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
	74.0	Resigned	Jean Bertrand †	Bishop of (Saint-Bernard de) Comminges, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Gregorio de Beteta, O.P. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
		Ordained Priest	Marcantonio Bobba †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop of Aosta, Italy
	17.1	Confirmed	Sigismund von Brandenburg †	Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect of Magdeburg, Germany
		Died	Pietro Paolo Caporelli, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
		Born	Decio Carafa †	Naples	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	37.0	Appointed	Melchior Miguel Carneiro Leitão, S.J. †	Bishop of Macau, China	Patriarch of Foreign Diocese
		Appointed	Lázaro Carrasco †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua	Bishop-Elect
		Died	Fernando de Uranga (Urango) †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
		Died	Marco Antonio Falconi †	Bishop of Cariati-Cerenzia, Italy
		Born	Maffeo Gambara †		Bishop of Tortona, Italy
		Died	Giovanni de Gennaro (Guevara) †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
	50.1	Ordained Priest	Ercole Gonzaga †	Priest of Mantova, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
		Ordained Bishop	Fernando González de Bariodero †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
	29.0	Resigned	Philippe de Lénoncourt †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Auxerre, France
		Died	Vincenzo de Leone, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
		Born	Cesare Lippi, O.F.M. †	Mordano	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy
	14.0	Professed	Pedro Martins, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
		Born	Pietro Francesco Montorio †	Rome	Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy
	55.8	Appointed	Reginald Pole †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
		Born	Giuseppe Saladino †	Panermi	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
	57.1	Resigned	Giovanni Michele Saraceni †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
		Died	Antonio Maria Sartori †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Simonetta †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
		Died	Pedro Vaguer †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
12 Jan		Appointed	Pompeo Piccolomini †	Bishop of Lanciano, Italy	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
13 Jan	40.2	Installed	Gianantonio Capizucchi †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio	Cardinal, Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	64.0	Installed	Diomede Carafa †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pier Damiani ai Monti di S. Paolo	Cardinal, Bishop of Ariano, Italy
	52.9	Installed	Johann Gropper †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia in Orphea
	63.0	Installed	Gianbernardino Scotti, C.R. †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Matteo in Merulana	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy
	53.0	Installed	Jean Suau †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mirepoix, France
24 Jan	52.0	Installed	Scipione Rebiba †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
26 Jan		Ordained Priest	Pedro Brandão, O. Carm. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
6 Feb		Appointed	Gian Matteo Luchi (di Luca) †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
		Appointed	Vincenzo Luchi (di Luca) †	Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	63.0	Resigned	Giovanni Poggio †	Bishop of Tropea, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Mariano Savelli †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
	33.1	Appointed	Giacomo Savelli †	Administrator of Nicastro, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	33.1	Resigned	Giacomo Savelli †	Administrator of Gubbio, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
12 Feb	63.0	Died	Giovanni Poggio †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tropea, Italy
18 Feb		Died	Gaspar Jofre de Borje †	Bishop of Segorbe-Albarracin, Spain
18 Feb	49.1	Died	Johann von Isenburg †	Archbishop-Elect of Trier, Germany
27 Feb		Died	Sebastiano Portico †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
Mar		Died	Pierre de Mareuil †	Bishop of Lavaur, France
9 Mar	72.2	Appointed	Cristoforo Guidalotti Ciocchi del Monte †	Cardinal, Bishop of Cagli, Italy
9 Mar		Appointed	Jorge de Lemos, O.P. †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
20 Mar	56.0	Ordained Priest	Reginald Pole †	Priest of Canterbury, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop
22 Mar	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Reginald Pole †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
23 Mar	71.2	Appointed	Robert de Lénoncourt †	Archbishop of Embrun, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
24 Mar	22.1	Ordained Priest	St. Alessandro Maria Sauli, B. †	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
10 Apr	51.3	Appointed	Walerian Protasewicz †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
13 Apr		Appointed	Gonzalo Arias Gallego †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
		Appointed	Joannes Domaniewski †	Bishop of Žemaitija (Samogizia o Tels; Zmudz), Lithuania
		Appointed	Miguel Puig †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
	52.2	Appointed	Scipione Rebiba †	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
24 Apr	43.7	Appointed	Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
		Appointed	Juan García Pérez y Oliván †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
	53.3	Appointed	Francisco Manrique de Lara †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
25 Apr	48.3	Selected	Johann von Leyen †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
4 May	58.3	Appointed	Francisco de Navarra y Hualde †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
		Appointed	Antonio Pintor Cavaro †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
	53.9	Appointed	Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Appointed	Jerónimo Velasco †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
20 May	80.4	Died	Weigand von Redwitz †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
22 May	37.3	Succeeded	Georg Fuchs von Rügheim †	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
31 May		Ordained Bishop	Gonzalo Arias Gallego †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
31 May		Born	Jerzy Radziwiłł †		Cardinal, Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
2 Jun	59.4	Resigned	Pedro Fernandes Sardinha †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
5 Jun	76.4	Died	Miguel da Silva †	Cardinal, Administrator of Massa Marittima, Italy
12 Jun	44.4	Appointed	Francisco Blanco Salcedo †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	53.4	Confirmed	Wolfgang von Closen †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
	55.4	Appointed	Georges d’Armagnac †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
		Appointed	Jerónimo de Covella (Corella), O.S.H. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
	60.4	Appointed	Fabio Mignanelii †	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lucera, Italy
	47.4	Appointed	Giovanni Gerolamo Morone †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
	54.4	Appointed	Juan de Muñatones, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Segorbe-Albarracin, Spain
		Appointed	Juan Simancas Simancas †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
14 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Juan García Pérez y Oliván †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
16 Jun	59.5	Died	Pedro Fernandes Sardinha †	Bishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
20 Jun	48.5	Confirmed	Johann von Leyen †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
22 Jun	58.5	Installed	Francisco de Navarra y Hualde †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
25 Jun	57.2	Appointed	Giovanni Angelo de’ Medici †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Foligno, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
29 Jun	64.5	Died	Dietrich von Reden †	Bishop Emeritus of Lübeck, Germany
3 Jul		Appointed	Urban Sagstetter †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
6 Jul	50.6	Appointed	Ercole Gonzaga †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova	Cardinal, Bishop of Mantova, Italy
		Died	Johann Nopel (Sr.) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Appointed	Gianfrancesco Sanseverino †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
7 Jul		Died	Diego Fernández de Villalán, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
17 Jul		Appointed	Gaspare Viviani †	Bishop of Sitia, Greece	Bishop of Anagni, Italy
22 Jul		Installed	Urban Sagstetter †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
27 Jul	64.6	Resigned	Jean du Bellay †	Bishop of Le Mans, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
27 Jul	25.7	Appointed	Charles d’Angennes de Rambouillet †	Cardinal, Bishop of Le Mans, France
21 Aug	65.6	Died	Nikolaus Schienen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
23 Aug	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Blanco Salcedo †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
27 Aug		Appointed	Jan Andruszewicz †	Bishop of Luceoria o Łuck, Ukraine
28 Aug		Born	Carlo Conti †	Rome	Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
31 Aug		Died	Robert de Croy †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
2 Sep		Died	Antonio Simeoni, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
4 Sep	52.6	Appointed	St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
6 Sep	61.0	Died	Juan Bernal Díaz de Luco †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
10 Sep		Appointed	Maximilien de Berghes †	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
14 Sep	52.7	Ordained Bishop	St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
20 Sep	45.7	Died	Adolf von Schaumberg †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
4 Oct	71.8	Appointed	Robert de Lénoncourt †	Administrator of Auxerre, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
11 Oct	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Wolfgang von Closen †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
26 Oct		Selected	Anton von Schaumberg †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
27 Oct	27.8	Died	Friedrich von Schleswig-Holstein †	Bishop-Elect of Hildesheim, Germany
30 Oct		Appointed	Francesco Franchini †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
5 Nov		Died	Cristoforo Spiriti †	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
5 Nov		Succeeded	Giovanni Battista Spiriti †	Bishop of Cesena, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
9 Nov		Died	Juan Fernández Temiño †	Bishop of León, Spain
14 Nov	53.3	Died	Giovanni Della Casa †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
22 Nov	36.1	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Benevento, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
25 Nov		Born	Jacques Davy Du Perron †	St-Lô	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens, France
16 Dec	61.4	Appointed	Filippo Archinto †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
16 Dec	47.3	Resigned	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Administrator of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy