The Year of Our Lord 1535

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	26.0	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Abessinus †	Priest	Bishop of Holy Savior of Nicosia (Ethiopian), Cyprus
		Died	Tommaso Albini (Albizi), O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Bethleem
	54.8	Resigned	Girolamo Aleandro †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy
		Born	Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Died	Rodrigo de Beniambras †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
		Resigned	Anton Giacomo Bongiovanni †	Bishop of Camerino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Francesco Boscheni †	Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy
		Died	Ottaviano Caracciolo †	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
	57.0	Resigned	Tommaso Caracciolo †	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
		Resigned	Girolamo Centelles †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	33.6	Ordained Priest	Marcello Cervini †	Priest	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Born	Francesco Contarini (Contareno) †		Bishop of Paphos, Cyprus
		Resigned	Tommaso Cortesi †	Bishop of Vaison, France	Bishop Emeritus
	42.0	Appointed	Giovanni Domenico de Cupis †	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Born	Aloysius Delfino †		Bishop of Canea (Cydonia, Egée), Greece
		Born	Giulio Doffo, O.P. †		Bishop of Alessano, Italy
		Resigned	Augustino Donato †	Bishop of Canea (Cydonia, Egée), Greece	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	William Duffy, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of York, England, Great Britain
		Resigned	Filippo Ercolani †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Ferdinando Farnese †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Jérôme de Langue, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans (or Conserans), France
		Born	Reginaldo de Lizárraga, O.P. †		Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)
		Born	Galeazzo Moroni †		Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
		Born	Alessandro Musotti †		Bishop of Imola, Italy
	30.0	Appointed	Alessandro Piccolomini †	Bishop of Pienza, Italy
		Died	Girolamo Piccolomini †	Bishop of Pienza, Italy
	69.0	Appointed	Pedro de Ponte, O.SS.T. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
		Died	John Pynnock, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salisbury, England, Great Britain
		Died	Johann Roterd (Romet) †	Bishop of Reval (Rewel), Estonia
		Born	Francisco Santos García de Ontiveros y Martínez †		Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
		Born	André Strengnart (Strenguart), O. Carm. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Belgium
		Born	Ludovico Taverna †		Bishop Emeritus of Lodi, Italy
		Born	Miklós Telegdy †		Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
	89.0	Died	Mattia Ugoni †	Bishop Emeritus of Famagusta, Cyprus
		Born	Giovanni Antonio Viperani †		Bishop of Giovinazzo, Italy
		Died	Konrad Wickgram †	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France
8 Jan	51.0	Appointed	Pedro Alvarez de Acosta †	Bishop of León, Spain	Bishop of Osma, Spain
		Appointed	Ottaviano de Castello †	Bishop of San Leone, Italy
	45.0	Appointed	Philippe de La Chambre, O.S.B. †	Administrator of Belley, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
15 Jan		Appointed	Juan Canuti †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
15 Jan		Appointed	Taddeo Pepoli, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Carinola (Calina), Italy
28 Jan	43.0	Appointed	Christoph Marschalk zu Pappenheim †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
29 Jan	42.0	Resigned	Giovanni Domenico de Cupis †	Administrator of Macerata, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
29 Jan		Appointed	Giovanni Leclerc †	Bishop of Macerata, Italy
Feb		Ordained Bishop	Albert Kraus †	Titular Bishop of Belline	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
10 Feb		Died	Giles de Luxembourg †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France
11 Feb		Born	Niccolò Sfondrati †		Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
14 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Paolo Capizucchi †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
14 Feb	27.1	Appointed	Paolo Sadoleto †	Coadjutor Bishop of Carpentras, France	Bishop
17 Feb		Resigned	Baldassarre Caetano de Grassi †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	63.1	Appointed	Esteban Gabriel Merino †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
	44.8	Appointed	Giovanni Salviati †	Administrator of Vaison, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
20 Feb		Appointed	Pierre Van Der Worst †	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
26 Feb	60.3	Appointed	Lorenzo Campeggio †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	24.1	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Castromediano †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
	42.1	Appointed	Giovanni Domenico de Cupis †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	23.8	Resigned	Ippolito de’ Medici †	Administrator of Lecce, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Avignon, France
	31.1	Appointed	Georg (Joris) van Egmond †	Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
	59.1	Appointed	Bonifacio Ferrero †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Appointed	Michele Fortini, O.P. †	Bishop of Lanciano, Italy
	67.1	Appointed	Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
	41.5	Resigned	Andrea Matteo Palmieri †	Administrator of Lucera, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Policastro, Italy
	59.3	Appointed	Giovanni Piccolomini †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy
		Appointed	Carvajal de Simoncelli †	Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy
		Appointed	Michele Visconti †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
14 Mar		Appointed	Hugo de La Chapelle †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France
		Appointed	Hugo de La Chapelle †	Titular Bishop of Chalcedon	Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France
		Ordained Bishop	Meday †	Bishop
		Ordained Bishop	Pierre Van Der Worst †	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
15 Mar	72.2	Died	Heinrich Bokhold (Bokholt) †	Bishop of Lübeck, Germany
19 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Quinzio Rustici †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
21 Mar		Died	Vinzenz von Schleinitz †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
27 Mar	24.4	Ordained Priest	Guillermo Casador †	Priest	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
3 Apr	51.2	Selected	Sigismund von Lindenau †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
14 Apr		Appointed	Bernardo Jordán, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lérida, Spain
14 Apr		Appointed	Bernardo Jordán, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia	Auxiliary Bishop of Lérida, Spain
15 Apr	37.4	Resigned	Benedetto de Accolti †	Administrator of Bovino, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
15 Apr	63.2	Appointed	Esteban Gabriel Merino †	Administrator of Bovino, Italy	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
22 Apr	62.3	Died	Louis de Gorrevod de Challand †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Bourg-en-Bresse, France
23 Apr		Born	Jorge de Ataíde †		Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal
25 Apr	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Juan Reina †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
27 Apr	38.3	Appointed	Dionisio Neagrus Laurerio, O.S.M. †	Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Cardinal, Bishop of Urbino, Italy
30 Apr		Appointed	Vincenzo de Benedicti †	Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia
	45.0	Resigned	Giovanni Salviati †	Administrator of Teano, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Appointed	Antonio Maria Sartori †	Bishop of Teano, Italy
1 May		Born	Guillaume de St-Marcel d’Avançon †		Archbishop of Embrun, France
1 May		Ordained Bishop	Sebastián Obregón, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos, Titular Sees	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
5 May		Died	Charles Booth †	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain
10 May	50.3	Appointed	Robert de Lénoncourt †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
	41.3	Resigned	Francesco Pisani †	Administrator of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	53.3	Appointed	Agostino Spínola †	Administrator of Alatri, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Savona, Italy
15 May		Died	Jacques Terrail de Bayard, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Glandèves, France
16 May		Ordained Bishop	Francisco Estaña (Stania) †	Titular Bishop of Christopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
20 May	50.3	Appointed	Detlev Reventlow †	Bishop of Lübeck, Germany	Bishop-Elect
21 May	43.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Jean du Bellay †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	67.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Marino Ascanio Caracciolo †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	51.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Gasparo Contarini †	Cardinal, Bishop of Belluno, Italy
	66.3	Elevated to Cardinal	St. John Fisher †	Cardinal, Bishop of Rochester, England, Great Britain
	55.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Girolamo Ghinucci {Ginucci} †	Cardinal, Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain
	62.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Nikolaus von Schönberg, O.P. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
	60.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Giacomo Simonetta †	Cardinal, Administrator of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
23 May		Died	Olav Thorkelsson †	Bishop of Bjørgvin (Bergen), Norway
31 May	43.4	Installed	Jean du Bellay †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	67.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Marino Ascanio Caracciolo †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
	51.6	Installed	Gasparo Contarini †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Bishop of Belluno, Italy
	57.4	Appointed	Francesco Cornaro (Sr.) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	66.4	Installed	St. John Fisher †	Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale	Cardinal, Bishop of Rochester, England, Great Britain
	55.4	Appointed	Girolamo Ghinucci {Ginucci} †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina	Cardinal, Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain
	60.4	Appointed	Giacomo Simonetta †	Cardinal-Priest of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane	Cardinal, Administrator of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
2 Jun		Born	Alessandro Ottaviano de’ Medici †		Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
6 Jun		Resigned	Girolamo Grimaldi †	Administrator of Brugnato, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Albenga, Italy
7 Jun	50.4	Resigned	Agostino Trivulzio †	Administrator of Toulon, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
7 Jun	21.4	Appointed	Antonio Trivulzio (Jr.) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Toulon, France
9 Jun	46.4	Died	Íñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga †	Cardinal, Bishop of Burgos, Spain
11 Jun		Born	Domenico Toschi †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
11 Jun	50.4	Died	Gustav Trolle †	Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden
14 Jun	43.4	Resigned	Camillo Gesualdo †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Louis Lemaendaut †	Bishop of Glandèves, France	Former Bishop-Elect
	51.4	Confirmed	Sigismund von Lindenau †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
	41.8	Appointed	Andrea Matteo Palmieri †	Administrator of Conza, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Policastro, Italy
	45.2	Resigned	Giovanni Salviati †	Administrator of Santa Severina, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Appointed	Giulio Sartori †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Jun		Appointed	Jean Bastien, O.F.M. Obs. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
		Appointed	Jean Bastien, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
	36.4	Resigned	Niccolò Gaddi †	Administrator of Cosenza, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata
	15.4	Appointed	Taddeo Gaddi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
	44.9	Appointed	Juan López de Zárate †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
		Appointed	Georges Stemagu †	Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
22 Jun	66.4	Died	St. John Fisher †	Cardinal, Bishop of Rochester, England, Great Britain

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