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The Year of Our Lord 1503

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknownBornGiacomo Antonio AcquavivaFormer Bishop-Elect of Nardò, Italy
BornSalvador AlepuzArchbishop of Sassari, Italy
DiedDavid ap Yeworth (Gorwerth), O. Cist. †Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain
DiedBartolomeo Averoldi, O.S.B. †Archbishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia
AppointedJohn Bell, O.F.M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Canterbury, England, Great BritainBishop of Mayo, Ireland
AppointedJohn Bell, O.F.M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, England, Great BritainBishop of Mayo, Ireland
BornLuca BisantiBishop Emeritus of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
BornJean de BuzBishop of Meaux, France
31.0AppointedBernardino CarafaTitular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}Bishop of Chieti, Italy
BornBartolomé de Carranza y Miranda, O.P. †Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
35.0ResignedGiovanni CastrinotBishop of Mazara del Vallo, ItalyBishop Emeritus
DiedPierre de Chambre, O. Cist. †Auxiliary Bishop of Angers, France
BornGiovanni Battista CiboBishop of Marseille, France
BornWolfgang von ClosenBishop of Passau, Germany
BornLouis d’AcignéBishop of Nantes, France
48.0AppointedCarlo Domenico del CarrettoApostolic Nuncio to FranceCardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Cahors, France
BornPedro de Ayala, O.F.M. †Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
DiedJean d’EspinayBishop of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France
DiedAntonio de MiraballisBishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
ResignedGaleotto della RovereBishop of Noli, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Savona, Italy
AppointedGiovanni Ludovico della RovereBishop of Torino, Italy
23.0Ordained PriestOlav EngelbrektssonPriestArchbishop of Nidaros (Trondheim), Norway
DiedLucio Fazini Maffei FosforoBishop of Segni, Italy
BornAntonio de Fonseca, O.S.A. †Bishop Emeritus of Pamplona, Spain
DiedGiorgio , O.S.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Castro di Puglia, Italy
DiedGiovanni , O.F.M. †Bishop of Bisarcio, Italy
DiedGaspare Golfi (Zolfins), O.F.M. †Bishop of Cagli, Italy
AppointedRudolph HeylesdonAuxiliary Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain
AppointedRudolph HeylesdonTitular Bishop of AscalonAuxiliary Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain
ResignedJacques HurauldBishop-Elect of Carcassonne, FranceFormer Bishop-Elect
DiedDomonkos KálmáncsehiBishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania
29.0Ordained PriestJohann LaymannPriest of Augsburg, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
BornUmberto Locati, O.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
DiedLodovico Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy
ResignedPietro LupusBishop of Sora, ItalyBishop Emeritus
BornFrancisco Manrique de LaraBishop of Sigüenza, Spain
Ordained BishopJanos de Meliche, O.P. †Titular Bishop of OropusAuxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
DiedAntonio MonaldoBishop of Sarsina, Italy
DiedLawrence NevilleBishop of Ferns, Ireland
DiedThomas de Nola, O.P. †Bishop of Civitate (Città or Civita), Italy
ResignedNehemie Herve O’Cluainin, O.S.A. †Bishop of Clogher, IrelandBishop Emeritus
BornEugene Thadaeus O’Harte, O.P. †Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
DiedFrancesco OricellariBishop of Pesaro, Italy
DiedJean Orient, O.F.M. †Bishop of Terralba, Italy
DiedOrlando OrsiniBishop of Nola, Italy
DiedJuan OrtegaBishop-Elect of Potenza, Italy
DiedJuan PérezBishop of Ottana, Italy
DiedNiccolò PiccolominiBishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
27.2AppointedGiovanni PiccolominiArchbishop of Siena, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
DiedAntonio Pirro (Pyrro)Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
DiedGeronimo PorcariBishop of Andria, Italy
ResignedAndré de PoupetBishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, FranceBishop Emeritus
AppointedJacques de Ridder, O.P. †Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
AppointedJacques de Ridder, O.P. †Titular Bishop of HebronAuxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
DiedGiovanni RobobelliArchbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
64.0ResignedGiovanni Antonio SangiorgioTitular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, PalestineCardinal, Bishop of Parma, Italy
DiedPietro Strambone, O.P. †Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
AppointedPietro StrebbignaBishop of Sapë, Albania
BornJean SuauCardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mirepoix, France
BornFrederik Schenck van ToutenburgArchbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
BornJohannes TiedemannBishop-Elect of Lübeck, Germany
DiedHerman TrulssonBishop of Hamar, Norway
DiedSimon Vargius, O.F.M. †Bishop of Sulcis, Italy
BornNicolaas van der BorchtBishop of Middelburg, Netherlands
AppointedGiovanni VillamarinoBishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
Jan53.0AppointedLorenzo Cibo de’ MariAdministrator of Noli, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
33.0AppointedFrancisco Lloris y de BorjaAdministrator of Valence and Die, FranceCardinal, Archbishop of Trani, Italy
27.8DiedJames StewartArchbishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain
3 JanDiedJean Chabrol (d’Espinay)Bishop of Valence and Die, France
11 JanAppointedHugo BauzáBishop of Angoulême, France
AppointedOpizzoni de GallisBishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
14 JanDiedSinolfo di Castel LotarioBishop of Chiusi, Italy
20 Jan53.0ResignedLorenzo Cibo de’ MariArchbishop of Benevento, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
28.3AppointedLuigi d’AragonaAdministrator of Capaccio, ItalyCardinal, Administrator of Nardò, Italy
74.0AppointedLudovico PodocathorArchbishop of Benevento, ItalyCardinal, Administrator
29 Jan83.0DiedEdward StoryBishop of Chichester, England, Great Britain
1 Feb25.0AppointedJacques de Croy, O.S.B. †Bishop of Cambrai, FranceBishop Emeritus
AppointedClaude de HussonBishop of Sées {Séez}, FranceBishop of Poitiers, France
8 FebAppointedBonifacio di Castel LotarioBishop of Chiusi, Italy
9 Feb31.6SucceededJakob von BadenArchbishop of Trier, GermanyArchbishop-Elect
10 Feb81.1DiedGeoffroy de Saint Géran (Floréau)Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France
15 Feb63.1DiedHenry DeaneArchbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
AppointedJean NemetTitular Bishop of Megara
57.1AppointedÉtienne PoncherBishop of Paris, FranceArchbishop of Sens, France
45.1AppointedBernardo Zane (Zanni)Archbishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia
22 Feb53.1DiedGiovanni Battista OrsiniCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
24 FebBornJohann GropperCardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia in Orphea
MarDiedMarian Lulia, O.P. †Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
57.1Ordained BishopÉtienne PoncherBishop of Paris, FranceArchbishop of Sens, France
5 Mar37.1AppointedGiuliano Cesarini (Jr.)Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}Cardinal, Administrator of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
8 MarAppointedGianluca Castellini (del Pozzo, Pontremoli)Coadjutor Bishop of Reggio Emilia, ItalyBishop
ResignedCornelius O’MullonyBishop of Kilmacduagh, IrelandBishop Emeritus
AppointedLudovico de Lagoria, O.P. †Bishop of Cagli, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Lavello, Italy
AppointedMatthew O’BrianBishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
53.1AppointedChristoph von UtenheimBishop of Basel, Switzerland
9 MarDiedJacques ValaressoBishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
14 Mar34.9DiedFryderyk JagiellończykCardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
17 MarBornNiccolò ArdinghelliCardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fossombrone, Italy
19 Mar53.2Ordained BishopThomas RuscherTitular Bishop of VenecompensisAuxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
30 Mar20.2AppointedJean de FoixApostolic Administrator of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, RomaniaArchbishop of Bordeaux, France
1 AprDiedJean MiletBishop of Soissons, France
5 Apr63.2DiedKrzesław z KurozwękBishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
AppointedBartolomeo da Sonica, O.P. †Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
10 Apr97.2AppointedJorge da Costa, O. Cist. †Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
57.2DiedGiovanni MichielCardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
62.2AppointedAntonio Gentile PallaviciniCardinal-Bishop of FrascatiCardinal, Bishop of Orense, Spain
24 Apr57.3AppointedJuan de Borja Lanzol de RomaníTitular Patriarch of ConstantinopleCardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
AppointedGiacomo de’ Petrucci, O.F.M. Obs. †Bishop of Larino, Italy
AppointedClaude de LouvainBishop of Soissons, FranceBishop of Sisteron, France
5 MayAppointedGeoffrey BlytheBishop of Coventry and Lichfield, England, Great Britain
AppointedJuan Ortega Bravo de la LagunaBishop of Coria, Spain
AppointedFadrique de Portugal Noreña, O.S.B. †Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, SpainArchbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
38.3AppointedJuan Zúñiga y PimentelCardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
7 MayAppointedBernardino OrsiniBishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
10 MayAppointedNicolò NiconisiCoadjutor Bishop of Stagno (Ston) et Curzola (Korcula), CroatiaBishop
15 MayAppointedChristophe de BrillacArchbishop of Aix, FranceArchbishop of Tours, France
22 MayAppointedJean Pulchri (Paleasi), O.F.M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Troyes, France
AppointedJean Pulchri (Paleasi), O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of MargaritaAuxiliary Bishop of Troyes, France
28 MayDiedJean de Sorceyo, O.F.M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Toul, France
31 May68.4Elevated to CardinalJaime de CasanovaCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
45.4Elevated to CardinalAdriano di Castello (Castellesi)Cardinal, Former Administrator of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain
61.4Elevated to CardinalJuan Castellar y de BorjaCardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
49.4Elevated to CardinalFrancisco DespratsCardinal, Bishop of León, Spain
47.4Elevated to CardinalNiccolò FieschiCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
33.4Elevated to CardinalFrancisco Lloris y de BorjaCardinal, Archbishop of Trani, Italy
41.4Elevated to CardinalFrancesco de RemolinsCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
49.9Elevated to CardinalFrancesco SoderiniCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
63.4Elevated to CardinalMelchior von MeckauCardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
7 JunAppointedMatteo ManciniBishop of Sora, Italy
16.4AppointedChristoph von Braunschweig-LüneburgBishop of Verden, GermanyArchbishop of Bremen (and Hamburg), Germany
12 Jun68.4InstalledJaime de CasanovaCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
45.4InstalledAdriano di Castello (Castellesi)Cardinal-Priest of San CrisogonoCardinal, Former Administrator of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain
61.5InstalledJuan Castellar y de BorjaCardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in TrastevereCardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
49.4InstalledFrancisco DespratsCardinal-Priest of Santi Sergio e BaccoCardinal, Bishop of León, Spain
47.4InstalledNiccolò FieschiCardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia in SeptisolioCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
33.4InstalledFrancisco Lloris y de BorjaCardinal-Deacon of Santa SabinaCardinal, Archbishop of Trani, Italy
41.4InstalledFrancesco de RemolinsCardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e PaoloCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
50.0InstalledFrancesco SoderiniCardinal-Priest of Santa SusannaCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
63.4InstalledMelchior von MeckauCardinal-Priest of San Nicola in CarcereCardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
21 JunAppointedMikuláš Csáky (de Bačka)Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, RomaniaBishop of Csanád, Hungary
AppointedPietro Isvalies (Isuali)Administrator of Veszprém, HungaryCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
AppointedRoger LeyburnBishop of Carlisle, England, Great Britain
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