The Year of Our Lord 1502

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Troilo Agnesi †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
		Appointed	Benedetto , O.P. †	Bishop of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia
		Died	Benincasa Benincasa †	Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
		Resigned	Hector de Bourbon †	Archbishop of Toulouse, France	Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Vicente Buytrón, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain
		Ordained Bishop	Vicente Buytrón, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Tunis	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain
		Removed	Alesandro de Campo Fregoso †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Nikolaus von Carlowitz †		Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
		Died	Leonardo Carmini †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Filippo de Castellionibus †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Erazm Ciołek †	Priest	Bishop of Płock, Poland
		Appointed	Edmund Connesburgh †	Auxiliary Bishop of Norwich, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland
		Died	Edmund Connesburgh †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon	Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland
		Appointed	Nicolas de Cultura †	Auxiliary Bishop of Amiens, France
		Appointed	Nicolas de Cultura †	Titular Bishop of Embros	Auxiliary Bishop of Amiens, France
		Resigned	Louis d’Amboise †	Bishop-Elect of Autun, France	Former Bishop-Elect
		Born	Bernardino della Croce, B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Pedro Luis de Borja Lanzol de Romaní, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
		Born	Marc Denis †		Titular Bishop of Coronea
		Died	Giovanni Di Leone Gallucci †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
		Born	Onorato Fascitelli, O.S.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Isola, Italy
		Born	Alfonso de Fuenmayor †		Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
		Died	Martino Garcia †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
		Appointed	Antoine Gard, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Libariensis
		Died	García de Chinchilla, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osma, Spain
		Born	Timoteo Giustiniani, O.P. †		Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
		Died	Michel Guibé †	Bishop of Rennes, France
		Ordained Bishop	Charles de Hangest †	Bishop of Noyon, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Piotr Leszorowski, O.P. †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
		Died	Biagio de Locha †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi, Italy
		Died	Quirino Longo †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy
		Died	Francesco Macabrini (Mascambruni) †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy
	17.0	Professed	Augustin Mair, C.R.S.A. †	Member of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
		Born	Antonio Bernardi (of Mirandola) †		Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy
		Died	Paolo de Monelia, O.P. †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
		Born	Robert Montgomery †		Bishop of Argyll (Lismore), Scotland, Great Britain
		Born	Juan de Muñatones, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Segorbe-Albarracin, Spain
		Born	Owen Oglethorpe †		Bishop of Carlisle, England, Great Britain
		Died	Boniface Peruciis †	Bishop of Lescar, France
		Died	Pietro , O.P. †	Bishop of Monteverde, Italy
		Born	Pierre Pintaflour †		Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
		Died	Henri Potin, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia
		Resigned	Felino Sandei †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy	Bishop of Lucca, Italy
	30.0	Selected	Erich von Sachsen-Lauenburg †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Died	Octave de Saint-Gelais †	Bishop of Angoulême, France
		Born	Jacques-Paul Spifame †		Bishop Emeritus of Nevers, France
		Died	Mihály Turon †	Bishop of Milkó (Milkow), Hungary
		Born	Jakub Uchański †		Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Died	Arcangelo de Varicastris †	Bishop of Scardona (Skradin), Croatia
		Born	Marco Quinto Vigerio della Rovere †		Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
		Resigned	Thomas Weel (Wele), O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of London, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
7 Jan		Born	Ugo Boncompagni †		Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
10 Jan		Appointed	Edmund Audley †	Bishop of Salisbury, England, Great Britain
10 Jan		Appointed	Jens Andersen Beldenak †	Bishop of Odense, Denmark	Bishop Emeritus
16 Jan		Appointed	Lorenzo Pérez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarragona, Spain
16 Jan		Appointed	Lorenzo Pérez †	Titular Bishop of Neapolis in Arabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarragona, Spain
21 Jan	27.7	Resigned	Giovanni Stefano Ferrero †	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Bologna, Italy
22 Jan		Appointed	Nicolas Salina †	Bishop of Hierapetra, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan		Appointed	João Camelo de Madureira, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Fernando Coutinho †	Bishop of Silves (Sylves), Portugal
		Appointed	Galeotto della Rovere †	Bishop of Savona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Galeotto della Rovere †	Bishop of Noli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Savona, Italy
	27.7	Appointed	Giovanni Stefano Ferrero †	Cardinal, Bishop of Bologna, Italy
		Appointed	Nehemie Herve O’Cluainin, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Matteo Mignano de Orsini †	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
		Appointed	Niccolò Piccolomini †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
	58.1	Appointed	Giuliano della Rovere †	Administrator of Vercelli, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Domenico Vaccari (Vacchiero) †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Noli, Italy
6 Feb		Died	Arnaud de Boyrie †	Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France
6 Feb		Appointed	Pierre de Caupenne †	Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France
9 Feb	68.1	Died	Johann von Baden †	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
14 Feb		Appointed	Alexandre de Bourbon, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Lydda
	44.1	Appointed	Adriano di Castello (Castellesi) †	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Former Administrator of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain
	50.1	Appointed	László Geréb †	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
		Appointed	Domonkos Kálmáncsehi †	Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania
		Appointed	György Szatmári †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
16 Feb		Appointed	Nicolas Ruistre †	Bishop of Arras, France
17 Feb		Appointed	Pál de Ilsine †	Bishop of Milkó (Milkow), Hungary
17 Feb		Appointed	Pál de Ilsine †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary	Bishop of Milkó (Milkow), Hungary
11 Mar	37.9	Selected	Jan Thurzó †	Coadjutor Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Bishop
14 Mar	24.2	Appointed	Amanieu d’Albret †	Administrator of Pamiers, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
16 Mar	24.2	Appointed	Tommaso Caracciolo †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
		Appointed	Juan Rodríguez Daza †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
		Appointed	García Ramírez Villaescusa, O.S. †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
		Appointed	Juan Ruiz de Medina †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
24 Mar		Appointed	Jean Calloet †	Bishop of Tréguier, France
	27.5	Resigned	Luigi d’Aragona †	Administrator of Lecce, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Nardò, Italy
	42.2	Appointed	Robert Guibé †	Bishop of Rennes, France	Cardinal, Administrator of Vannes, France
		Appointed	Giacomo Piscicelli †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
26 Mar		Appointed	Pedro Belorado, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
4 Apr		Appointed	Miguel Alviter, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
4 Apr		Appointed	Miguel Alviter, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Bajanen	Auxiliary Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
5 Apr	44.2	Appointed	Pietro Bonomo †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
8 Apr		Appointed	John Arundel †	Bishop of Exeter, England, Great Britain
8 Apr		Appointed	Martin Martinovich †	Bishop of Scardona (Skradin), Croatia
12 Apr		Died	Pietro Ferritz (Ferrer), O.S.A. †	Bishop of Dolia (Doglia), Italy
18 Apr		Appointed	Adrianus Appelkeren, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
		Appointed	Adrianus Appelkeren, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
		Appointed	Gregor Frangipani †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
May	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Adriano di Castello (Castellesi) †	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Former Administrator of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain
4 May		Died	Berthold von Landsberg †	Bishop of Verden, Germany
9 May		Appointed	Gaultier de Suard, O.S.B. †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
11 May		Appointed	Ferdinando de Lanciano †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy
20 May		Appointed	John Hatton †	Auxiliary Bishop of London, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop of York, England, Great Britain
20 May		Appointed	John Hatton †	Titular Bishop of Negroponte	Auxiliary Bishop of York, England, Great Britain
23 May	75.3	Died	Pierre d’Abzac, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Narbonne, France
25 May		Appointed	Ludwig von Siegen, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
		Appointed	Ludwig von Siegen, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Minden, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
		Appointed	Ludwig von Siegen, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Missene (Mysia)	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
30 May		Appointed	Mihály Kesserith (de Cybat) †	Bishop of Bosnia (Bosna, Diacovar, Diakovar), Croatia
		Appointed	Gabril Polgar †	Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia
	26.4	Appointed	Wojciech Radziwiłł †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
2 Jun	58.4	Resigned	Kaspar Tobritsch †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
22 Jun	22.4	Appointed	François Guillaume de Castelnau de Clermont-Ludève †	Archbishop of Narbonne, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
22 Jun		Born	Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro †		Cardinal, Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
26 Jun		Born	Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval †		Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
27 Jun		Appointed	William Sever (Siveyer, Senhouse), O.S.B. †	Bishop of Durham, England, Great Britain
28 Jun	28.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Stefano Ferrero †	Cardinal, Bishop of Bologna, Italy
	28.1	Installed	Giovanni Stefano Ferrero †	Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale	Cardinal, Bishop of Bologna, Italy
	74.4	Appointed	Jaime Serra i Cau †	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

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