The Year of Our Lord 1550

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Giovanni Stefano Ajazza †		Bishop of Asti, Italy
		Died	Arnold Annebat †	Bishop of Reval (Rewel), Estonia
		Born	Gerolamo Arsengo, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop of Bacău, Romania
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Antonio Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M. Obs. †	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
	25.0	Resigned	Jean de Barbançon †	Bishop-Elect of Pamiers, France	Former Bishop-Elect
		Born	Constantino Barradas †		Bishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, Brazil
	43.0	Succeeded	Giovanni Battista Bernardi †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France	Bishop Emeritus
	75.0	Died	Gerolamo Borgia †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
	27.9	Succeeded	Giovanni Carlo Bovio †	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
		Resigned	Pietro Bovio †	Bishop of Ostuni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Giovanni Maria Buttinoni †	Bishop Emeritus of Sagone (Sagona), France
		Died	Valentino Cantalicio †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
		Resigned	Antonio de Cappo †	Bishop of Ossero (Osor), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Giovanni Andrea Garga, O.P. †		Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece
		Died	Gregorio Castagnola, O.P. †	Bishop of Milos (Melos), Greece
		Died	Octaviano Cibo (Cybo) †	Bishop of Mariana, France
		Born	Tommaso Confetti †		Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
		Born	François Vernède-Corneillan †		Bishop of Rodez, France
	46.4	Resigned	Giovanni Della Casa †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Zaccaria Delfino †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
	72.0	Died	Niklaus Diesbach †	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Basel, Switzerland
	70.0	Died	Antonio de la Cruz, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
	39.0	Resigned	Michele della Torre †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Bishop of Ceneda, Italy
		Born	José (Giuseppe) Esteve Juan (Stefano) †		Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
	29.2	Resigned	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Resigned	Ascanio Ferreri †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Bartolomeo Ferrero †		Bishop of Aosta, Italy
	59.0	Died	Jean Ferrer †	Archbishop of Arles, France
		Born	Johann Flugi d’Apremont †		Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
		Resigned	Francisco Frías, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ario, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Juan García Valdemora †		Bishop of Tuy, Spain
	53.0	Resigned	Stephen Gardiner †	Bishop of Winchester, England, Great Britain
		Resigned	Luca Gaurico †	Bishop of Civitate (Città or Civita), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Sforza Geraldini d’Amelia †	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
		Resigned	Girolamo Ghianderoni †	Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Vincenzo Giustiniani †		Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
	40.0	Professed	Thomas Goldwell, C.R. †	Member of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain
		Resigned	Alessandro Guidiccioni †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Vicente de Lagos, O.F.M. Cap. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Goa, India	Coadjutor Bishop-Elect
		Died	Vicente de Lagos, O.F.M. Cap. †	Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Goa, India
		Died	Tommaso Lambertini †	Bishop of Isola, Italy
		Born	Gregor Leisentrit †		Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany
		Born	Germanico Malaspina †		Bishop of San Severo, Italy
		Born	Arnauld de Maytie †		Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France
		Died	Ferquhard (Fergus Hector) McCachane (MacLean), O.S.A. †	Bishop of The Isles (Sodor), Scotland, Great Britain
		Died	Baldassare Marachi (Monaco), O.S.A. †	Bishop of Lesina, Italy
		Born	Lorenzo Mongiò Galatino, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
		Born	Claude de Morenne †		Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
	14.0	Entered	Sebastião de Morais, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
		Died	Edmund Nugent, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kilmore, Ireland
		Died	Cornelius O’Kahan †	Bishop Emeritus of Raphoe, Ireland
		Died	Angelo Pasquali, O.P. †	Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
		Appointed	Peter Perčić †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
		Died	Biagio Palladio †	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
	35.2	Resigned	Prospero Publicola Santacroce †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
		Born	Giulio Cesare Riccardi †		Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
		Born	Adrian von Riedmatten (II) †		Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
		Died	Filos Roverella †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
		Born	Szymon Rudnicki †		Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
	21.0	Ordained Priest	Urban Sagstetter †	Priest of Wien, Austria	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
		Born	Paolo Emilio Sammarco †		Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
	56.0	Resigned	Giovanni Tommaso Sanfelice †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
		Born	Jacques de Serres †		Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
		Died	Francesco Bernardino Simonetta †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy
	Died	Martin Skytte, O.P. †	Bishop of Åbo, Finland
	Died	János Thurzó †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
49.0	Died	Charles de Tournon †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France
	Born	Jacques Turicella, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Marseille, France
	Born	Ercole Vaccari †		Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
	Resigned	Gerolamo Vecciani †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Resigned	Giovanni Vigerio de Voragine, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece	Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Christoph Wertwein †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria	Bishop-Elect
1 Jan		Died	Pedro Manuel †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
10 Jan		Born	Jacques de Vény d’Arbouze †		Abbot Emeritus of Cluny, France
15 Jan	48.0	Selected	Nikolaus von Carlowitz †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
18 Jan		Died	Magnus Mecklenburg †	Bishop of Schwerin, Germany
31 Jan	49.0	Died	Niccolò Ridolfi †	Cardinal, Administrator of Vicenza, Italy
7 Feb	62.4	Elected	Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
21 Feb	60.1	Died	Philippe de La Chambre, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
22 Feb	62.4	Installed	Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
22 Feb	44.7	Appointed	Giovanni Girolamo de’ Rossi †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
24 Feb	57.1	Appointed	Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme (II) †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Laon, France
28 Feb	61.6	Appointed	Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	58.1	Appointed	Jean du Bellay †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	73.6	Appointed	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	49.6	Appointed	Federico Cesi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	58.5	Appointed	Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
	62.1	Appointed	Georges d’Amboise (II) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	51.1	Appointed	Niccolò Gaddi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata
	41.4	Appointed	Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio	Cardinal, Bishop of Burgos, Spain
	56.1	Appointed	Francesco Pisani †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Octaviae)	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	57.1	Appointed	Antoine Sanguin de Meudon †	Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Orléans, France
		Appointed	Cristoforo Spiriti †	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	61.1	Appointed	François de Tournon, C.R.S.A. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
	36.0	Appointed	Otto Truchseß von Waldburg †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina	Cardinal, Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
Mar	32.1	Appointed	Pompeo Zambeccari †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
4 Mar	49.0	Appointed	Lodovico Beccadelli (Beccatelli) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
4 Mar	51.3	Resigned	Giovanni Ricci †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
5 Mar		Appointed	Cristóvão de Castro †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
	32.2	Appointed	Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	68.1	Appointed	Giovanni Pietro Ferretti †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Alexander Gordon †	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
	50.1	Appointed	Roderick MacLean †	Bishop of The Isles (Sodor), Scotland, Great Britain
	41.1	Appointed	Leonardo Marini, O.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Mantova, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Alba (Pompea), Italy
	41.1	Appointed	Leonardo Marini, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia	Bishop Emeritus of Alba (Pompea), Italy
		Appointed	Philibert de Rye †	Coadjutor Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland	Bishop
7 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Pedro Gómez Malaver (Maraver) †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
9 Mar	26.4	Appointed	Charles Bourbon de Vendôme †	Administrator of Carcassonne, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
10 Mar	61.6	Installed	Pedro Pacheco de Villena (Ladrón de Guevara) †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
13 Mar		Appointed	Stefano Gattalusio, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Milos (Melos), Greece
15 Mar	47.2	Died	Giovanni Battista Cibo †	Bishop of Marseille, France
16 Mar	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Cardinal, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
17 Mar		Appointed	Angelo Bragadino, O.P. †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
17 Mar	44.2	Confirmed	Michael Helding †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
19 Mar	64.4	Appointed	Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
		Died	Jean de Arena de Colonia, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
	51.2	Appointed	Tristan de Bizet, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Saintes, France	Bishop Emeritus
	26.4	Resigned	Charles Bourbon de Vendôme †	Bishop of Saintes, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	45.2	Appointed	Fabio Colonna †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
	40.5	Appointed	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	40.2	Appointed	Ivan Albert Gliričić Dujmić, O.P. †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
	19.6	Resigned	Ranuccio Farnese, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
		Appointed	Ascanio Geronimo Geraldini d’Amelia †	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
		Appointed	Joannes Huot †	Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
		Appointed	Joannes Huot †	Titular Bishop of Basilitanus	Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
		Appointed	Johannes Kridt †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Appointed	Johannes Kridt †	Titular Bishop of Acre (or Ptolomais)	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
	29.2	Confirmed	Thomas von Planta †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
1 Apr	50.2	Appointed	Thomas Thirlby †	Bishop of Norwich, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Ely, England, Great Britain
5 Apr		Born	Andrés Pacheco †		Bishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Spain
6 Apr	40.2	Ordained Priest	Jakob von Eltz †	Priest of Trier, Germany	Archbishop
14 Apr	58.6	Died	Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
18 Apr	55.1	Appointed	Giacomo Puteo (del Pozzo) †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
18 Apr		Appointed	Girolamo Sauli †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
25 Apr	36.3	Appointed	Antonio Trivulzio (Jr.) †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Bishop of Toulon, France
28 Apr	72.3	Died	Georg von Polenz, O.T. †	Bishop Emeritus of Samland (Sambia), Poland
1 May	12.3	Appointed	Luigi d’Este †	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Auch, France
1 May	60.1	Resigned	Giovanni Salviati †	Administrator of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
10 May	52.0	Died	Jean de Lorraine †	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
10 May		Died	Barthélemy Sostion †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
17 May	50.6	Died	Johann Albrecht von Brandenburg †	Archbishop of Magdeburg, Germany
18 May	25.2	Succeeded	Charles de Guise de Lorraine †	Bishop of Metz, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
20 May		Born	Simeone Tagliavia d’Aragonia †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
23 May		Appointed	Zaccaria Giovanni Divanic (Perconick) †	Bishop of Pedena, Austria
	38.3	Appointed	Egidio Foscarari, O.P. †	Bishop of Modena, Italy
		Appointed	Giulio Gonzaga †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}	Titular Patriarch-Elect
	72.3	Appointed	Baltazar Limpo, O. Carm. †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
		Appointed	Gian Matteo Luchi (di Luca) †	Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
	41.3	Resigned	Giovanni Gerolamo Morone (Moroni) †	Bishop of Modena, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Appointed	Urbano Vigerio della Rovere †	Coadjutor Bishop of Senigallia, Italy	Bishop
24 May	49.0	Appointed	Marcello Cervini †	Librarian of the Vatican Library	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
30 May	18.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
	65.4	Resigned	Robert de Lénoncourt †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
	23.4	Appointed	Philippe de Lénoncourt †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
	18.4	Appointed	Ludovico Madruzzo †	Coadjutor Bishop of Trento, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
	32.4	Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Mercurio †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Messina, Italy
	24.4	Appointed	Pierre François Pallavicini †	Coadjutor Bishop of Aleria, France	Bishop
	49.7	Appointed	Sebastiano Antonio Pighini †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
		Appointed	Gerardo Rambaldi †	Bishop of Civitate (Città or Civita), Italy
		Appointed	Dionisio de Robertis, O.S.M. †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
2 Jun	18.4	Installed	Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Onofrio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
	28.4	Appointed	Marco Fedele Gonzaga †	Bishop of Ossero (Osor), Croatia	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
	65.4	Appointed	Ferenc Ujlaky †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
6 Jun		Born	Maffeo Venier †		Archbishop of Corfù, Greece
8 Jun	26.5	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Strozzi †	Bishop of Béziers, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Aix, France
11 Jun	76.4	Died	Johann Laymann †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
15 Jun		Born	Alfonso del Galdo, O.P. †		Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
16 Jun	50.4	Installed	Julião de Alva †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
17 Jun	40.8	Resigned	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Administrator of Autun, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
20 Jun		Appointed	Lorenzo de Gerardis, O.P. †	Bishop of Modruš, Croatia
22 Jun	40.4	Selected	Jean Miles †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
27 Jun	61.9	Appointed	Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
		Appointed	Johannes Alberti, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany
		Appointed	Johannes Alberti, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Tripolis in Phoenicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany
	66.4	Appointed	Cristoforo Guidalotti Ciocchi del Monte †	Bishop of Marseille, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Cagli, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Ciocchi del Monte †	Bishop of Cagli, Italy
	38.5	Appointed	Andrea Cornaro †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	40.8	Appointed	Ippolito d’Este (II) †	Administrator of Narbonne, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
		Appointed	Paolo Fieschi †	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
	47.4	Resigned	Antonio de Fonseca, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	51.4	Appointed	Niccolò Gaddi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest
	48.4	Appointed	Timoteo Giustiniani, O.P. †	Bishop of Ario, Greece	Bishop of Strongoli, Italy
	22.6	Appointed	Louis de Guise de Lorraine †	Bishop of Albi, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
	41.7	Appointed	Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla †	Cardinal, Bishop of Burgos, Spain
	57.4	Appointed	Alvaro Moscoso †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
	40.4	Appointed	Pedro Ponce de Léon †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
	43.4	Appointed	Gaspar Zúñiga y Avellaneda †	Bishop of Segovia, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

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