The Year of Our Lord 1526

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Ascanio Albertini †		Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
		Died	Giovanni di Amigetus (Amichettis), O.S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tiberias
		Resigned	David Arnot, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Whithorn-Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	John Bell, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Mayo, Ireland
		Died	John Benston †	Bishop of Orkney (Kirkwall), Scotland, Great Britain
		Died	Santiago Calatayud, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
		Resigned	Fabrizio Di Capua †	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
		Died	Luca Matteo Caracciolo, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Lesina, Italy
		Died	João Chaves, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
		Resigned	James Chisholm †	Bishop of Dunblane, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Gian Francesco Cina, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Larino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	René de Daillon du Lude †		Bishop of Bayeux, France
		Died	Francesco Dandolo †	Bishop of Chiron, Greece
		Born	Nicolas Dangu †		Bishop of Mende, France
		Resigned	Vicente de Peraza (Pirez), O.P. †	Bishop of Panamá	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Leonardo de’ Medici †	Bishop of Forli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Luis de Figueroa, O.S.H. †	Bishop-Elect of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	31.0	Appointed	Giovanni Matteo Giberti †	Bishop of Lodève, France	Bishop of Verona, Italy
		Died	William Gilbert, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain
		Died	Dietrich Hardenberg †	Bishop of Brandenburg, Germany
		Born	Adam Konarski †		Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Born	Onorato Lascaris, C.R.S.A. †		Bishop of Aosta, Italy
		Resigned	Tilman Limberger, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	László de Macedonia †	Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
		Died	Antonio Marcello, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
		Died	Thierry O’Brien †	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
		Appointed	Juraj de Palisna †	Bishop of Bosnia (Bosna, Diacovar, Diakovar), Croatia
		Born	Pierre François Pallavicini †		Bishop of Aleria, France
		Resigned	Pierre Pellicier †	Bishop of Maguelonne, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Pompeo Piccolomini de Aragona †		Bishop of Tropea, Italy
		Died	Diego Pinheiro Lobo †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
		Died	Girolamo de Portiae †	Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy
		Born	Mikhail Rizzi el-Bkoufani †		Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
		Born	Gil Ruiz de Lihori, C.R.S.A. †		Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
		Died	Vincenzo Sabbatini †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
		Died	Sebastián de Salamanca, O.P. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
		Died	Ermete Stampa †	Bishop-Elect of Novara, Italy
		Born	Edmund Tanner †		Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland
	43.0	Appointed	Pál Várdai †	Bishop of Eger, Hungary	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
		Died	Juan de Vich, O.P. †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
		Died	Jan Philip Wyczi †	Bishop of Kyiv (Kijów), Ukraine
		Appointed	Tamás Zalaházi †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
1 Jan		Died	Tommaso di Sicilia, O.P. †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
4 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Gionj Stymaj †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
8 Jan		Appointed	Michel d’Arandia †	Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France
	33.0	Appointed	Antoine de Lévis de Château-Morand †	Archbishop of Embrun, France	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
	37.0	Appointed	François de Tournon, C.R.S.A. †	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
9 Jan		Died	Oliver Cantwell, O.P. †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
14 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Giambattista Bragadin †	Bishop of Adria, Italy
14 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Corrado Cerbaria †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy
15 Jan		Died	Zaccaria Contugi †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
19 Jan		Appointed	Thomas Chetham, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop of London, England, Great Britain
		Appointed	Thomas Chetham, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Auxiliary Bishop of London, England, Great Britain
	57.0	Appointed	Silvio Passerini †	Administrator of Assisi, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Cortona, Italy
		Appointed	Anselmo Sperelli, O.F.M. †	Bishop of San Leone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Francesco Sperelli †	Bishop of San Leone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jan		Appointed	Henry Wemyss (Weems) †	Bishop of Whithorn-Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
27 Jan	74.0	Died	Bernhard Meurl von Leombach †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
5 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Gerolamo de Caro †	Bishop of Monteverde, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Nazareth
7 Feb		Died	Mikolaj Mściwy z Wierzchowiska, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
21 Feb		Appointed	Alfonso de Villasanta, O.F.M. Obs. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Urgell, Spain
21 Feb		Appointed	Alfonso de Villasanta, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Gabala	Auxiliary Bishop of Urgell, Spain
23 Feb		Born	Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta †		Cardinal, Administrator of Capua, Italy
28 Feb		Appointed	Giovanni Pietro de Bono, O.P. †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
2 Mar	40.4	Appointed	Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
11 Mar	56.1	Appointed	Stjepan Brodarić †	Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
14 Mar		Appointed	Heinrich Kurz (Kurtino) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
14 Mar		Appointed	Heinrich Kurz (Kurtino) †	Titular Bishop of Christopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
19 Mar		Resigned	Petrus Albis †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth	Archbishop Emeritus
	21.9	Appointed	Alessandro Campeggi †	Bishop of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Cesar , O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Peristasis
23 Mar	67.2	Died	Antonio Acuña †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
23 Mar	67.4	Died	Adolf von Anhalt-Zerbst †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
28 Mar	63.2	Died	John Young †	Auxiliary Bishop of London, England, Great Britain
4 Apr		Died	Louis Herbert †	Bishop of Avranches, France
8 Apr		Ordained Bishop	François Pallavicini †	Bishop of Aleria, France
9 Apr		Appointed	Alessandro Cesarini (Sr.) †	Administrator of Otranto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	22.2	Appointed	Jorge de Austria †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
		Appointed	Guillaume de La Foret, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia
		Appointed	Robert Maxwell †	Bishop of Orkney (Kirkwall), Scotland, Great Britain
		Selected	Vinzenz von Schleinitz †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
11 Apr	60.2	Died	Thomas Lascaris de Tenda †	Bishop of Riez, France
12 Apr		Died	Robert Cockburn †	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
16 Apr		Appointed	Giovanni Barbo †	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
16 Apr	25.2	Appointed	Niccolò Ridolfi †	Administrator of Forli, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Vicenza, Italy
20 Apr		Appointed	Pietro Francesco Ferro †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
27 Apr		Appointed	Giacomo de Mantova, O.P. †	Bishop of Lesina, Italy
		Appointed	Guy de Montmiral, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Meaux, France
		Appointed	Guy de Montmiral, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Megara	Auxiliary Bishop of Meaux, France
		Appointed	Guido de Montreal, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
		Appointed	Guido de Montreal, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Maioren	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
		Appointed	Cristoforo Numai, O.F.M. Obs. †	Administrator of Riez, France	Cardinal, Administrator of Alatri, Italy
May	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Aegidius Rehm †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
2 May	41.3	Appointed	Agostino Trivulzio †	Administrator of Avranches, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
6 May	61.3	Resigned	Berthold Pürstinger †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
13 May		Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Barbo †	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
16 May	21.3	Appointed	Girolamo Foscari †	Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy
22 May	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
Jun		Died	Thaddeus O’Reilly, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
1 Jun		Appointed	Felice Trofino †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
1 Jun		Appointed	Nicolas Wilgaito †	Bishop of Kyiv (Kijów), Ukraine	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
5 Jun		Died	Pedro Portocarrero †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
6 Jun		Appointed	William Chisholm †	Bishop of Dunblane, Scotland, Great Britain
		Appointed	Guillaume du Puy, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Thessalonica
		Appointed	Dermot McCarthy, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
10 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Anselmo Sperelli, O.F.M. †	Bishop of San Leone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
13 Jun		Confirmed	Vinzenz von Schleinitz †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
24 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Guy de Montmiral, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Megara	Auxiliary Bishop of Meaux, France
25 Jun	76.4	Died	Jérome Balbi †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
		Appointed	George Crichton, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
	22.4	Succeeded	Antonio Hoyos †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
13 Jul		Appointed	John Smart, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain
13 Jul		Appointed	John Smart, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Banados	Auxiliary Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain
20 Jul		Appointed	Alessandro Cesarini (Sr.) †	Administrator of Alessano, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
20 Jul	41.5	Resigned	Agostino Trivulzio †	Administrator of Alessano, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
29 Jul	29.5	Appointed	Guillaume de Pélissier (Pellicier) †	Bishop of Maguelonne, France	Bishop of Montpellier, France
24 Aug		Appointed	Thomas Dillon †	Bishop of Kildare, Ireland
24 Aug		Appointed	James O’Curran †	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
27 Aug		Died	Artur Fillon †	Bishop of Senlis, France
29 Aug	40.6	Died	Ferenc (Franciskus) Csaholi (Chahol) †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary
		Died	Fülöp Csulai Móré †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
		Died	Balázs Paksy †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
		Died	Ferenc Perényi †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
	51.6	Died	László Szalkai †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
		Died	Pál Tomory, O.F.M. Obs. †	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
28 Sep	32.7	Appointed	Francesco Pisani †	Administrator of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
10 Oct	35.1	Appointed	Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) †	Administrator of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
16 Oct		Died	Jan Amicinus (Przyjaciel) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
19 Oct	41.7	Resigned	Agostino Trivulzio †	Administrator of Avranches, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
21 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Vinzenz von Schleinitz †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
22 Oct		Appointed	Jean de Langeac †	Bishop of Avranches, France	Bishop of Limoges, France
30 Oct		Died	Pierre Buxi †	Bishop of Lavaur, France
7 Nov	24.8	Appointed	Marc Denis †	Titular Bishop of Coronea
11 Nov		Died	Gabriel de Sclafanatis †	Bishop of Gap, France
21 Nov	35.2	Resigned	Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) †	Administrator of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
	47.5	Resigned	Pompeo Colonna †	Administrator of Potenza, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Monreale, Italy
	46.8	Appointed	Miguel da Silva †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal	Cardinal, Administrator of Massa Marittima, Italy
	9.8	Appointed	Giulio Mastrogiudice †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
28 Nov	22.9	Appointed	Nino Nini †	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
29 Nov		Died	Fabian Weickmann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
Dec		Died	Pietro Francesco Ferro †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
1 Dec	74.9	Ordained Bishop	Julián Garcés, O.P. †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
9 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Rodrigo Carvajal †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
12 Dec	18.9	Appointed	Girolamo de Francisco †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
19 Dec	66.9	Appointed	Pedro Ramírez de Alba, O.S.H. †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
21 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Filippo Trivulzio †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
23 Dec	68.9	Died	Juan de Aragón y Navarra †	Bishop Emeritus of Huesca, Spain
27 Dec	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Tomaso Campeggi †	Bishop of Feltre, Italy	Bishop Emeritus

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