The Year of Our Lord 1516

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Antoine du Monastey (d’Alpiniac, Appiniac) †	Bishop of Aire, France
		Resigned	Antonio Balestrieri, O. Cist. †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	François de Bourdeilles †		Bishop Emeritus of Périgueux (Vesuna), France
		Died	Paolo Emilio Bruni †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
		Died	Corrado Caracciolo †	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
		Born	Alvaro della Quadra †		Bishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
		Born	Stanisław Falęcki, O. Cist. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Born	Girolamo Federici †		Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	60.0	Appointed	Niccolò Fieschi †	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Died	Juan Bautista Garzón †	Bishop-Elect of Ossero (Osor), Croatia
	47.0	Died	Pietro Griffo †	Bishop of Forli, Italy
		Appointed	Dietrich Huls, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Schwerin, Germany
	66.0	Died	Gabriel Iban al-Qelai, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Nicosia, Cyprus
		Resigned	Giuliano Isopo, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Niccolò Lippomano †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Gabriel Le Veneur de Tillières †		Bishop of Évreux, France
		Resigned	Marco †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Francesco Minerbetti †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo, Italy
		Resigned	Demetrius Nyas †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	William O’Ferral, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
		Died	Eugene O’Flanagan, O.P. †	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
		Born	Francisco Antonio Orantes Vélez, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
	30.0	Died	Andrea Pastore †	Bishop-Elect of Andria, Italy
	57.3	Appointed	Lorenzo Pucci †	Administrator of Amalfi, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Born	Ottaviano della Raverta (Rovere) †		Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
		Born	Juan Redín Cruzat †		Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
		Died	Jacques Ricoul, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chartres, France
		Resigned	Sismondo Filiasus Roverella †	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Johannes Sartoris de Tremonia (Velmecker, Schneider), O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Antonio Scarampi †		Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	51.0	Resigned	Matthäus Schiner (Schinner) †	Administrator of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
		Resigned	Juan de Sepúlveda †	Bishop of Malta	Bishop Emeritus
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Girolamo Seripando, O.E.S.A. †	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Sernino de Cucciati †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Francesco Setario †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
		Died	Jacobelli Silvestri †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
		Born	Alessandro Strozzi †		Bishop of Volterra, Italy
		Died	Thomas †	Bishop of Aire, France
		Died	John Thoruten, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
		Died	Pedro Vaz Gaviso Velasci †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
2 Jan		Died	Louis Pinelle †	Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
16 Jan		Resigned	Teseo de Cupis †	Bishop of Recanati, Italy	Bishop of Macerata, Italy
16 Jan		Appointed	Luigi (Alvise) Tasso †	Bishop of Recanati, Italy
23 Jan		Appointed	Giovanni Sanna †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
Feb		Died	Giovanni Francesco Salvino †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy
11 Feb	40.5	Appointed	Juan (Johannes) de Witte Hoos (Ubite), O.P. †	Bishop of Baracoa (All Cuba) (Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Baracoa), Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
17 Feb	48.1	Died	François Louis Widebien (Widerien), O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Thérouanne, France
12 Mar		Died	Bernardo Lauri †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
17 Mar		Appointed	Girolamo Campeggi †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
22 Mar	50.2	Appointed	Paolo Borgasio †	Bishop of Nemosia (Limasol), Cyprus	Bishop Emeritus
	34.2	Resigned	Marco Cornaro †	Bishop of Nemosia (Limasol), Cyprus	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	43.2	Resigned	Sisto Gara della Rovere (Franciotti) †	Administrator of Saluzzo, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
		Appointed	Giuliano Tornabuoni †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
31 Mar		Appointed	Acenario López †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
31 Mar		Appointed	Acenario López †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
Apr		Resigned	Claude de Château-Vieux †	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France	Archbishop Emeritus
9 Apr		Appointed	Bernardo Catagnano †	Bishop of Malta	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Nicolas , O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Salona
		Appointed	Tommaso Giovanni Riario †	Bishop of Savona, Italy
	54.9	Appointed	Raffaele Sansoni Riario †	Administrator of Malta	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
18 Apr	77.2	Died	Richard Mayew (Mayo) †	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain
19 Apr	55.2	Appointed	Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte †	Administrator of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
25 Apr		Died	John Hatton †	Auxiliary Bishop of York, England, Great Britain
28 Apr	12.3	Appointed	Jean-Philippe de Groslée †	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
May	24.6	Appointed	Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) †	Administrator of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
14 May		Appointed	James Hepburn †	Bishop of Moray, Scotland, Great Britain
23 May		Resigned	Bernardo Catagnano †	Bishop of Malta	Bishop Emeritus
27 May		Died	Peter Wolkow †	Bishop of Schwerin, Germany
31 May		Appointed	Jean des Pres Montpezat †	Bishop of Montauban, France	Bishop Emeritus
Jun		Died	Guillaume Adhémar de Monteil †	Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France
6 Jun		Appointed	Alexander Gordon †	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop-Elect
9 Jun	72.4	Died	Luis Mercader Escolano, O. Cart. †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
13 Jun		Appointed	Nicolas Grossetto †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mantova, Italy
13 Jun		Appointed	Nicolas Grossetto †	Titular Bishop of Lamus	Auxiliary Bishop of Mantova, Italy
21 Jun		Died	Martín Fernández de Angulo Saavedra y Luna †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
22 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Giuliano Tornabuoni †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
Jul		Resigned	Jean d’Auriole †	Bishop of Montauban, France	Bishop Emeritus
Jul	88.5	Appointed	Jaime Serra i Cau †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
1 Jul	12.5	Appointed	Pietro Lippomano †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy	Bishop of Verona, Italy
4 Jul		Appointed	Pedro del Campo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
4 Jul		Appointed	Pedro del Campo †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
18 Jul	22.5	Appointed	Bandinello Sauli †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Gerace, Italy
	63.1	Appointed	Francesco Soderini †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	70.5	Died	Marco Vigerio della Rovere, O.F.M. Conv. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Trani, Italy
21 Jul		Appointed	Charles Booth †	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain
		Appointed	Richard Wilson †	Auxiliary Bishop of York, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland
		Appointed	Richard Wilson †	Titular Bishop of Negroponte	Bishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland
Aug	18.5	Appointed	Guillaume de Croy †	Bishop of Cambrai, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
7 Aug	41.5	Died	Federico Sanseverino †	Cardinal, Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Novara, Italy
15 Aug	38.6	Died	Jacques de Croy, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Cambrai, France	Bishop Emeritus
18 Aug	57.4	Appointed	Adriaan Florenszoon Dedel †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Arcangelo Madrignano †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	45.6	Appointed	Alfonso Manrique de Lara y Solís †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
19 Aug		Appointed	Giovanni Pirro Scorna †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
22 Aug		Died	Guillermo Raimundo Centelles †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
22 Aug		Appointed	Pedro Ruiz de la Mota, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
Sep	82.6	Died	Giacomo Gherardi †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy
1 Sep		Appointed	Martin †	Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia
		Appointed	Daniel Tayspiel, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Thérouanne, France
		Appointed	Daniel Tayspiel, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Dschebail	Auxiliary Bishop of Thérouanne, France
9 Sep	7.3	Appointed	Afonso de Portugal †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal
10 Sep	23.6	Appointed	Antoine de Lévis de Château-Morand †	Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
17 Sep		Appointed	Didier Gilionis †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
17 Sep		Appointed	Giovanni di Sorra †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
23 Sep		Died	Claude de Château-Vieux †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
28 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Antoine de Chabannes †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
28 Sep		Appointed	Pedro de Urieta †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
Oct		Died	Martín Zurbano de Azpeitia †	Bishop of Tuy, Spain
4 Oct		Born	Archangelo de’ Bianchi (Blanca), O.P. †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Teano, Italy
29 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Pedro de Urieta †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
5 Nov		Appointed	Giacomo Bongalli †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Mario Maffei †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy	Bishop of Cavaillon, France
		Appointed	Magnus Mecklenburg †	Bishop of Schwerin, Germany
8 Nov		Appointed	Pietro Giovanni de Melis †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy	Titular Bishop of Tiberias
10 Nov		Appointed	Quintin O’Higgins, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Clonmacnoise, Ireland
11 Nov		Appointed	Graziano Santucci, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
15 Nov		Appointed	Bernardo de’ Medici †	Bishop of Forli, Italy
23 Nov	61.8	Appointed	Alejandro Geraldini (Gerardini, Gueraldini) †	Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
24 Nov	41.5	Appointed	Louis Canossa, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Bayeux, France	Bishop Emeritus
24 Nov	65.8	Resigned	René de Prie †	Bishop of Bayeux, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Limoges, France
26 Nov	71.9	Appointed	Philippe de Luxembourg †	Bishop of Arras, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Le Mans, France
26 Nov		Appointed	François de Melun †	Bishop of Thérouanne, France
30 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Charles Booth †	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain
Dec		Died	Juan Laso de la Vega, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
Dec		Died	Miles Saley (Salley), O.S.B. †	Bishop of Llandaff, Wales, Great Britain
4 Dec		Died	Ludwig Ebmer (Ebner) †	Bishop Emeritus of Chiemsee, Germany
5 Dec		Appointed	Philippe de Montmorency †	Bishop of Limoges, France
5 Dec	65.9	Resigned	René de Prie †	Bishop of Limoges, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
12 Dec		Appointed	Antonio de Cavalleria †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
12 Dec		Appointed	Simone de Nor (Narnia) †	Bishop of Andria, Italy
17 Dec	42.2	Resigned	Luigi d’Aragona †	Administrator of León, Spain	Cardinal, Administrator of Nardò, Italy
17 Dec	44.9	Appointed	Esteban Gabriel Merino †	Bishop of León, Spain	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
27 Dec		Died	Jacques d’Amboise †	Bishop of Clermont, France

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