The Year of Our Lord 1537

Bishop Events

July to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jul 66.5 Died Maurycy Ferber † Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland

6 Jul Appointed Carlo Borromeo † Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy

16.7 Resigned Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † Administrator of Jaén, Spain Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

57.5 Appointed Girolamo Ghinucci {Ginucci} † Administrator of Cavaillon, France Cardinal, Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain

Appointed Bonaventure a San Leone, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Ugento, Italy

10 Jul Resigned Alexander Mirto Frangipani † Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

23.5 Appointed Fabio Mirto Frangipani † Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

11 Jul Appointed Rodrigo Mendoza Manrique † Bishop of Salamanca, Spain

Appointed Antonio Ramírez de Haro † Bishop of Orense, Spain Bishop of Segovia, Spain

18 Jul Selected Robert Aldridge (Aldrich) † Bishop of Carlisle, England, Great Britain

20 Jul Born Arnaud d’Ossat † Cardinal, Bishop of Bayeux, France

23 Jul 60.5 Appointed Gianvincenzo Carafa † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

Appointed Giovanni Battista del Giudice † Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy

37.4 Appointed Rodolfo Pio † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Appointed Jerónimo Requeséns † Bishop of Elne, France Bishop of Tortosa, Spain

25 Jul Born Johann Eglof von Knöringen † Bishop-Elect of Augsburg, Germany

27 Jul Died Pierre van den Hende, O.S.A. † Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Belgium

30 Jul Appointed Quentin Le Museur † Auxiliary Bishop of Soissons, France

Appointed Quentin Le Museur † Titular Bishop of Verissa Auxiliary Bishop of Soissons, France

5 Aug 56.5 Died Paolo Emilio Cesi † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio

Ordained Bishop Giacomo Antonio Ferduzzi, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy

Ordained Bishop Antonio de Lunel † Bishop of Ravello, Italy Bishop of Gaeta, Italy

Ordained Bishop Bonaventure a San Leone, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Ugento, Italy

6 Aug 13.5 Died Rodrigo Luis de Borja y de Castro-Pinós † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere

11 Aug Appointed Marco Cornaro (Corner) † Archbishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia Archbishop Emeritus

77.6 Died Diego Ramírez de Villaescua de Haro † Bishop of Cuenca, Spain

15 Aug Died Paolo Alessandri degli Strabuzzi † Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy

17 Aug Appointed Jean Evangeliste de Brachis † Bishop of Modruš, Croatia Bishop-Elect

51.4 Appointed Bl. Jan Chojeński † Bishop of Kraków, Poland

50.6 Appointed Piotr Gamrat † Bishop of Płock, Poland Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

74.6 Appointed Jan Latalski † Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

57.6 Appointed Stanisław Tarło † Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland

52.6 Appointed Agostino Trivulzio † Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro

19 Aug Ordained Bishop Robert Aldridge (Aldrich) † Bishop of Carlisle, England, Great Britain

22 Aug Born Filippo Sega † Cardinal, Bishop of Piacenza, Italy

24 Aug Appointed Gerolamo Argentini † Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia

Appointed Gonçalo Pinheiro † Bishop of Safim, Morocco Bishop of Viseu, Portugal

28 Aug 71.6 Died Philippe de Lévis † Bishop of Mirepoix, France

Sep Died Gregorio Magalotti † Bishop of Chiusi, Italy

6 Sep Appointed Cristoforo Giacobazzi † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eustachio Cardinal, Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy

52.6 Resigned Agostino Trivulzio † Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro

7 Sep 65.0 Died Nikolaus von Schönberg, O.P. † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy

22 Sep 24.1 Died Cosimo Gheri † Administrator of Fano, Italy

24 Sep Appointed Angelo Archilegi di Amelia † Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy Bishop of Assisi, Italy

61.2 Appointed Gian Pietro Carafa † Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

30 Sep Born Gianfrancesco Morosini † Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy

49.6 Selected Valentin von Tetleben † Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany

13 Oct 46.7 Succeeded Johann von Maltitz † Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany

67.7 Died Johann von Schleinitz † Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany

15 Oct Appointed Benedetto Conversini † Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy Bishop of Jesi, Italy

Appointed Lélio des Ursins de Céri † Bishop of Lodève, France Bishop-Elect

16 Oct Born Agostinho a Jesu (Pedro) de Castro, O.S.A. † Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

18 Oct 55.7 Died Agostino Spínola † Cardinal, Administrator of Savona, Italy

20 Oct 46.8 Selected Johann von Maltitz † Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany

22 Oct Appointed Giacomo Fieschi † Bishop of Savona, Italy Bishop-Elect

18.9 Appointed Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora † Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

29 Oct Appointed Alberto Pascaleo de Utino, O.P. † Bishop of Rethymo (Calamona), Greece Bishop of Chioggia, Italy

Appointed Bernardino Conti (Visconti) † Bishop of Alatri, Italy

1 Nov 67.8 Died Jean Dupin (de Pins) † Bishop of Rieux, France

3 Nov Resigned Johannes Münster † Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

9 Nov Died Quirin Op dem Veld von Willich † Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

13 Nov Died Antonio La Legname † Archbishop of Messina, Italy

16 Nov Appointed Matthieu Gauthier † Auxiliary Bishop of Autun, France

Appointed Matthieu Gauthier † Titular Bishop of Negroponte Auxiliary Bishop of Autun, France

Died Antoine de Grigneaux † Bishop of Tréguier, France

20 Nov Appointed Jean de Lettes † Bishop of Montauban, France Bishop Emeritus

21 Nov 62.1 Died Giovanni Piccolomini † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy

28 Nov 36.0 Appointed Pietro Bertani, O.P. † Cardinal, Bishop of Fano, Italy

63.0 Appointed Lorenzo Campeggio † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina

60.9 Appointed Gianvincenzo Carafa † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

44.9 Appointed Giovanni Domenico de Cupis † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

61.9 Appointed Bonifacio Ferrero † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

46.9 Confirmed Johann von Maltitz † Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany

37.7 Appointed Rodolfo Pio † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Appointed Giovanni Francesco Pogliasca † Bishop of Luni e Sarzana, Italy

60.9 Appointed Antonio Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy

62.9 Appointed Giacomo Simonetta † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Apollinare Cardinal, Administrator of Nepi e Sutri, Italy

2 Dec 65.9 Died Jan Karnkowski † Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

Ordained Bishop Antonio Ramírez de Haro † Bishop of Orense, Spain Bishop of Segovia, Spain

5 Dec Appointed Marco Adantino, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Ario, Greece Bishop Emeritus of Chiron, Greece

43.9 Appointed David Beaton † Bishop of Mirepoix, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain

Appointed François du Bourg † Bishop of Rieux, France

48.9 Appointed Jerónimo de Loaysa, O.P. † Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia Archbishop of Lima, Peru

Appointed Francisco de Mendavia, O.S.H. † Bishop of Nicaragua

19.0 Appointed Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora † Administrator of Narni, Italy Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

10 Dec 62.9 Resigned Giacomo Simonetta † Bishop of Pesaro, Italy Cardinal, Administrator of Nepi e Sutri, Italy

13 Dec 37.8 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Guidiccioni † Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy

19 Dec 37.9 Appointed Ludovico Simonetta † Bishop of Pesaro, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

21 Dec Died Alexander Stewart † Bishop of Moray, Scotland, Great Britain

30 Dec Ordained Bishop Bernardino Conti (Visconti) † Bishop of Alatri, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	66.5	Died	Maurycy Ferber †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
6 Jul		Appointed	Carlo Borromeo †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
16.7	Resigned	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Jaén, Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
57.5	Appointed	Girolamo Ghinucci {Ginucci} †	Administrator of Cavaillon, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain
	Appointed	Bonaventure a San Leone, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy
10 Jul		Resigned	Alexander Mirto Frangipani †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
23.5	Appointed	Fabio Mirto Frangipani †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
11 Jul		Appointed	Rodrigo Mendoza Manrique †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
	Appointed	Antonio Ramírez de Haro †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
18 Jul		Selected	Robert Aldridge (Aldrich) †	Bishop of Carlisle, England, Great Britain
20 Jul		Born	Arnaud d’Ossat †		Cardinal, Bishop of Bayeux, France
23 Jul	60.5	Appointed	Gianvincenzo Carafa †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	Appointed	Giovanni Battista del Giudice †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
37.4	Appointed	Rodolfo Pio †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	Appointed	Jerónimo Requeséns †	Bishop of Elne, France	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
25 Jul		Born	Johann Eglof von Knöringen †		Bishop-Elect of Augsburg, Germany
27 Jul		Died	Pierre van den Hende, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Belgium
30 Jul		Appointed	Quentin Le Museur †	Auxiliary Bishop of Soissons, France
	Appointed	Quentin Le Museur †	Titular Bishop of Verissa	Auxiliary Bishop of Soissons, France
5 Aug	56.5	Died	Paolo Emilio Cesi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Antonio Ferduzzi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy
	Ordained Bishop	Antonio de Lunel †	Bishop of Ravello, Italy	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
	Ordained Bishop	Bonaventure a San Leone, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy
6 Aug	13.5	Died	Rodrigo Luis de Borja y de Castro-Pinós †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
11 Aug		Appointed	Marco Cornaro (Corner) †	Archbishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
77.6	Died	Diego Ramírez de Villaescua de Haro †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
15 Aug		Died	Paolo Alessandri degli Strabuzzi †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
17 Aug		Appointed	Jean Evangeliste de Brachis †	Bishop of Modruš, Croatia	Bishop-Elect
51.4	Appointed	Bl. Jan Chojeński †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
50.6	Appointed	Piotr Gamrat †	Bishop of Płock, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
74.6	Appointed	Jan Latalski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
57.6	Appointed	Stanisław Tarło †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
52.6	Appointed	Agostino Trivulzio †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
19 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Robert Aldridge (Aldrich) †	Bishop of Carlisle, England, Great Britain
22 Aug		Born	Filippo Sega †		Cardinal, Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
24 Aug		Appointed	Gerolamo Argentini †	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
	Appointed	Gonçalo Pinheiro †	Bishop of Safim, Morocco	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
28 Aug	71.6	Died	Philippe de Lévis †	Bishop of Mirepoix, France
Sep		Died	Gregorio Magalotti †	Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
6 Sep		Appointed	Cristoforo Giacobazzi †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eustachio	Cardinal, Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
52.6	Resigned	Agostino Trivulzio †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro
7 Sep	65.0	Died	Nikolaus von Schönberg, O.P. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
22 Sep	24.1	Died	Cosimo Gheri †	Administrator of Fano, Italy
24 Sep		Appointed	Angelo Archilegi di Amelia †	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
61.2	Appointed	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
30 Sep		Born	Gianfrancesco Morosini †		Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
49.6	Selected	Valentin von Tetleben †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
13 Oct	46.7	Succeeded	Johann von Maltitz †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
67.7	Died	Johann von Schleinitz †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
15 Oct		Appointed	Benedetto Conversini †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
	Appointed	Lélio des Ursins de Céri †	Bishop of Lodève, France	Bishop-Elect
16 Oct		Born	Agostinho a Jesu (Pedro) de Castro, O.S.A. †		Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
18 Oct	55.7	Died	Agostino Spínola †	Cardinal, Administrator of Savona, Italy
20 Oct	46.8	Selected	Johann von Maltitz †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
22 Oct		Appointed	Giacomo Fieschi †	Bishop of Savona, Italy	Bishop-Elect
18.9	Appointed	Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora †	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
29 Oct		Appointed	Alberto Pascaleo de Utino, O.P. †	Bishop of Rethymo (Calamona), Greece	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
	Appointed	Bernardino Conti (Visconti) †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
1 Nov	67.8	Died	Jean Dupin (de Pins) †	Bishop of Rieux, France
3 Nov		Resigned	Johannes Münster †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
9 Nov		Died	Quirin Op dem Veld von Willich †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
13 Nov		Died	Antonio La Legname †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
16 Nov		Appointed	Matthieu Gauthier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Autun, France
	Appointed	Matthieu Gauthier †	Titular Bishop of Negroponte	Auxiliary Bishop of Autun, France
	Died	Antoine de Grigneaux †	Bishop of Tréguier, France
20 Nov		Appointed	Jean de Lettes †	Bishop of Montauban, France	Bishop Emeritus
21 Nov	62.1	Died	Giovanni Piccolomini †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy
28 Nov	36.0	Appointed	Pietro Bertani, O.P. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Fano, Italy
63.0	Appointed	Lorenzo Campeggio †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
60.9	Appointed	Gianvincenzo Carafa †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
44.9	Appointed	Giovanni Domenico de Cupis †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
61.9	Appointed	Bonifacio Ferrero †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
46.9	Confirmed	Johann von Maltitz †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
37.7	Appointed	Rodolfo Pio †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Pogliasca †	Bishop of Luni e Sarzana, Italy
60.9	Appointed	Antonio Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
62.9	Appointed	Giacomo Simonetta †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Apollinare	Cardinal, Administrator of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
2 Dec	65.9	Died	Jan Karnkowski †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Ramírez de Haro †	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
5 Dec		Appointed	Marco Adantino, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Ario, Greece	Bishop Emeritus of Chiron, Greece
43.9	Appointed	David Beaton †	Bishop of Mirepoix, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain
	Appointed	François du Bourg †	Bishop of Rieux, France
48.9	Appointed	Jerónimo de Loaysa, O.P. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	Appointed	Francisco de Mendavia, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Nicaragua
19.0	Appointed	Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora †	Administrator of Narni, Italy	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
10 Dec	62.9	Resigned	Giacomo Simonetta †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
13 Dec	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Guidiccioni †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
19 Dec	37.9	Appointed	Ludovico Simonetta †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
21 Dec		Died	Alexander Stewart †	Bishop of Moray, Scotland, Great Britain
30 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Bernardino Conti (Visconti) †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy

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