The Year of Our Lord 1545

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Attilio Amalteo †		Apostolic Nuncio
		Born	Pedro de Arce, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
		Born	Nikolaus Arresdorf, O.F.M. Conv. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
		Died	Giorgio Artea †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
		Born	Peter Binsfeld †		Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
		Born	Matteo Brumani, C.R.S.A. †		Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
		Died	Juan Canuti †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
		Born	Sebastian Cattaneo, O.P. †		Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
		Died	James Chisholm †	Bishop Emeritus of Dunblane, Scotland, Great Britain
		Born	Ilario Cortesi, C.R. †		Bishop of Policastro, Italy
		Born	Antaldo degli Antaldi †		Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
		Died	Francesco della Rovere †	Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
		Born	Johann Ertlin †		Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
		Died	Giacomo Fieschi †	Bishop-Elect of Savona, Italy
		Born	Alessandro de Franceschi, O.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Forli, Italy
		Died	Cherubino Gaetano †	Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy
		Born	Fabrizio Gallo †		Bishop of Nola, Italy
		Born	Alessio Geromoaddi †		Bishop of Isernia, Italy
		Died	Costantino Giustianiani, O.P. †	Bishop of Ceos and Thermia, Greece
		Born	Juan González de Mendoza, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
		Died	Louis Huillart, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France
	68.0	Selected	Anthony Dunstan Kitchin †	Bishop	Bishop of Llandaff, Wales, Great Britain
		Born	János Kutasy †		Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
		Born	Patrizio Lunati (Laosio) †		Bishop of Nusco, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Leclerc †	Bishop of Macerata, Italy
		Born	Francisco López de Mendoza †		Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Born	Alfonso López Gallo †		Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
		Born	Gilbert Maes †		Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
		Died	Gaspar Antonio del Monte †	Bishop of Civitate (Città or Civita), Italy
		Born	Johann Kaspar Neuböck †		Bishop of Wien, Austria
		Resigned	Benedetto de Nobili †	Bishop of Acci (Accia), France	Bishop Emeritus
	26.0	Professed	João Nunes Barreto, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Patriarch of Ethiopia
		Died	Chérubin d’Orsière †	Bishop of Digne, France
	60.0	Resigned	Francesco Pisani †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Patriarch Emeritus
		Born	Juan (Giovanni) de Rada, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Patti, Italy
	56.0	Died	Jean Reff †	Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Norway
		Born	Paolo Regio †		Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
		Born	Angelo Rocca, O.S.A. †		Titular Bishop of Thagaste
		Born	Giulio Santuccio, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Matteo Sartori †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Georg Schweicker †	Titular Bishop of Daulia	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
	70.0	Resigned	Ottaviano Maria Sforza †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Stanislav Škovránko (Várallyi) †	Official of Spiš, Slovakia	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
		Died	Francisco de Solís Quiñones y Montenegro, O.S. †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
		Born	Francisco Sobrino Morillas †		Bishop of Valladolid, Spain
		Died	Filippo Strozzi, O.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Sorrento, Italy
		Died	Panfilo Strassoldo †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
		Died	Valeriano Tartarini †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
		Born	Kyrylo (Cyryl) Terletskyi (Terlecki) †		Bishop of Lutsk and Ostroh (Ukrainian), Ukraine
		Born	Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
4 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Luzius Iter †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
7 Jan	32.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Cristoforo Madruzzo †	Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
9 Jan	41.8	Installed	Niccolò Ardinghelli †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Apollinare	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fossombrone, Italy
	44.5	Installed	Federico Cesi †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	33.0	Installed	Andrea Cornaro †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Teodoro	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	46.9	Installed	Tiberio Crispi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	44.0	Installed	Georges d’Armagnac †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
	37.2	Installed	Durante Duranti †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	42.0	Appointed	Antonio de Fonseca, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	46.0	Appointed	Niccolò Gaddi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata
	32.5	Installed	Cristoforo Madruzzo †	Cardinal-Priest of San Cesareo in Palatio	Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
	56.5	Appointed	Pedro Pacheco de Villena (Ladrón de Guevara) †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
	51.0	Resigned	Francesco Pisani †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	42.5	Installed	Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
14 Jan	15.0	Entered	Amador Arrais de Mendoza, O. Carm. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre, Portugal
19 Jan		Appointed	Geronimo Albertini †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
19 Jan	65.0	Died	Alonso Ruiz de Virués, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
23 Jan	57.0	Appointed	Marino Grimani †	Administrator of Ceneda, Italy	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
23 Jan	38.5	Appointed	Giovanni Grimani †	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
5 Feb	21.0	Professed	Pedro Martín Fernández, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
5 Feb	63.0	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Pietro Ferretti †	Bishop of Milos (Melos), Greece	Bishop Emeritus of Lavello, Italy
8 Feb	32.9	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Agustín y Albanell †	Bishop of Elne, France	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
	19.9	Ordained Bishop	Charles de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Pablo Gil de Talavera †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
18 Feb		Died	Johann Kluspeck, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
20 Feb		Appointed	Pedro Castro Lemos †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
	75.1	Resigned	Bartolomeo Guidiccioni †	Administrator of Chiusi, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Lucca, Italy
	27.1	Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Mercurio †	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Messina, Italy
	46.3	Appointed	Giovanni Ricci †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Chiusi, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
28 Feb	37.2	Ordained Priest	Friedrich von Wirsberg †	Priest	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
Mar	41.1	Died	Pablo Gil de Talavera †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México
2 Mar		Appointed	Donato Martuccio (Maricucci) †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Sarno, Italy
		Appointed	Gian Vincenzo Micheli †	Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy
	51.3	Installed	Francesco Sfondrati †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo	Cardinal, Bishop of Cremona, Italy
11 Mar	44.6	Appointed	Federico Cesi †	Administrator of Cervia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
11 Mar		Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Cesi †	Bishop of Todi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 Mar	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Robert Wauchope †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
18 Mar		Appointed	Giambatista Borgia †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
		Born	Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn †		Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
		Appointed	Joachim von Muensterburg †	Bishop of Brandenburg, Germany
21 Mar	36.2	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Dandini †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy
21 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Marino Ruffino †	Bishop of Sarno, Italy	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
22 Mar		Appointed	Manuel de Sousa †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Mar		Appointed	Toribio López †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
23 Mar	44.7	Resigned	Federico Cesi †	Administrator of Cervia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	57.2	Appointed	Marino Grimani †	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
		Appointed	Scipione Santacroce †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
31 Mar	80.8	Appointed	Roberto Pucci †	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
Apr		Ordained Bishop	Niccolò Francesco Missanelli †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
3 Apr	65.2	Died	Antonio Guevara Noroña, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
6 Apr	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Paweł Dunin-Wolski †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
7 Apr		Born	Gian Francesco Biandrate di San Giorgio Aldobrandini †		Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy
13 Apr	22.2	Appointed	Giacomo Savelli †	Administrator of Teramo, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
13 Apr		Appointed	Bernardino Silverii-Piccolomini †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
17 Apr	49.6	Appointed	Juan Bernal Díaz de Luco †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
		Appointed	Marco Antonio Falconi †	Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy
	66.2	Died	William Stewart †	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
1 May		Born	Neytard von Thüngen †		Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
3 May	68.3	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Dunstan Kitchin †	Bishop	Bishop of Llandaff, Wales, Great Britain
3 May	79.3	Died	Pedro de Ponte, O.SS.T. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
10 May	32.3	Ordained Bishop	Leone Orsini †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
10 May		Ordained Bishop	Teodoro Pio †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy
11 May	17.5	Appointed	Louis de Guise de Lorraine †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
	72.3	Died	Pietro Paolo Parisio †	Cardinal, Bishop of Nusco, Italy
	67.8	Appointed	Jacopo Sadoleto †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina	Cardinal, Bishop of Carpentras, France
22 May		Appointed	Blaz de Barros, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Ludovico de Cotes, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
	38.3	Appointed	João Soares, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
		Appointed	Nicolò Vernely (Verneey) †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
31 May	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Juan Bernal Díaz de Luco †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
1 Jun		Appointed	Luigi Cavalcanti †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy	Bishop of Bisignano, Italy
7 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Ludovico de Cotes, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ampurias e Civita, Italy
8 Jun	33.2	Appointed	Pedro Agustín y Albanell †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
	45.4	Appointed	Pierre Duval †	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France	Bishop Emeritus
	49.4	Appointed	Jan Dziaduski †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
		Resigned	Cesare Lambertini †	Bishop of Isola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Tommaso Lambertini †	Bishop of Isola, Italy
		Appointed	François de Mauny †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France	Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
		Appointed	Miguel Puig †	Bishop of Elne, France	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
	49.4	Appointed	Andrzej Zebrzydowski †	Bishop of Chełm, Poland	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
15 Jun	26.4	Appointed	Girolamo Mannelli †	Coadjutor Bishop of Nocera Umbra, Italy	Bishop
		Appointed	Philippe Musnier, O.SS.T. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France
		Appointed	Philippe Musnier, O.SS.T. †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia	Auxiliary Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France
	50.4	Appointed	Charles de Pisseleu †	Bishop of Condom, France
22 Jun	26.4	Appointed	Benedetto Nerli †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy

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