The Year of Our Lord 1550

Bishop Events

July to December

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
4 Jul		Appointed	Alonso Cristóbal Arguellada †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jaén, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
	Appointed	Alonso Cristóbal Arguellada †	Titular Bishop of Bethleem	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
51.5	Appointed	Pál Bornemissza †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
	Appointed	Fernando de Uranga (Urango) †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
	Appointed	Pál Gregoriancz (Gregorianci) †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
	Appointed	Georg Neumann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
	Appointed	Georg Neumann †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
57.4	Appointed	Miklós Oláh †	Bishop of Eger, Hungary	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	Appointed	Agostino Sbardelatti †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
	Appointed	Ferenc Thurzó †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia	Bishop-Elect
	Appointed	György Tompa †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
	Appointed	Mátyás Zabergyei †	Bishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
14 Jul		Appointed	Gaspare Capris †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
48.5	Confirmed	Nikolaus von Carlowitz †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
	Appointed	Diego Enríquez de Almansa †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
24.3	Appointed	Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta †	Administrator of Quimper, France	Cardinal, Administrator of Capua, Italy
15 Jul	50.0	Appointed	Federico Cesi †	Administrator of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
17 Jul		Appointed	Francisco de Santa María Benavides Velasco, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
18 Jul		Died	Jean de Lustrac †	Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France
20 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Pál Gregoriancz (Gregorianci) †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
21 Jul		Appointed	John Meehray (MacGrath), O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
	Born	Silvio Savelli †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via
25 Jul		Ordained Priest	Hector d’Ossun †	Priest	Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans (or Conserans), France
27 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Hector d’Ossun †	Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans (or Conserans), France
31 Jul	56.7	Died	Francesco Sfondrati †	Cardinal, Bishop of Cremona, Italy
Aug		Died	Miles Baron Fitzgerald, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
	Died	Jean-Louis de Bouliers †	Bishop-Elect of Riez, France
	Died	Pedro Gil Falcón †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
6 Aug		Born	Enrico Caetani †		Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
17 Aug		Died	Pierre Quiqueran de Beaujeu †	Bishop-Elect of Senez, France
25 Aug	62.6	Died	Georges d’Amboise (II) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	Succeeded	Philibert de Rye †	Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
	Died	Louis de Rye, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
27 Aug	40.6	Confirmed	Jean Miles †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
27.6	Appointed	Lattanzio Roverella †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
31 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Georg Neumann †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
Sep		Died	Giulio Gonzaga †	Titular Patriarch-Elect of Alexandria {Alessandria}
1 Sep	65.6	Appointed	Matteo Bandello, O.P. †	Bishop of Agen, France	Bishop Emeritus
51.4	Appointed	Giovanni Angelo de’ Medici †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
35.6	Appointed	Simon de Maillé de Brézé †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France	Archbishop of Tours, France
9 Sep		Born	Bartholomäus Scholl †		Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
11 Sep	75.8	Resigned	Bartolomé de las Casas (Casaus), O.P. †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México	Bishop Emeritus
14 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Johannes Kridt †	Titular Bishop of Acre (or Ptolomais)	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
Oct		Ordained Bishop	Ottaviano Guasco †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
3 Oct	27.0	Appointed	Charles Bourbon de Vendôme †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	Appointed	Tommaso Caselli, O.P. †	Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni), Italy
	Appointed	Giulio Parisani †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
	Appointed	Vincenzo Spinelli †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
8 Oct		Born	Antonio Zapata y Cisneros †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
14 Oct		Born	Ferdinand de Rye †		Archbishop of Besançon, France
20 Oct		Appointed	Raymund Burke, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Emly, Ireland
66.8	Appointed	Cristoforo Guidalotti Ciocchi del Monte †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}	Cardinal, Bishop of Cagli, Italy
33.2	Resigned	Odet de Coligny de Châtillon †	Administrator of Toulouse, France
	Appointed	François de Faucon †	Bishop of Orléans, France	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
	Appointed	Charles de Marillac †	Bishop of Vannes, France	Archbishop of Vienne, France
	Appointed	Geoffroi de Pompadour †	Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France
57.8	Resigned	Antoine Sanguin de Meudon †	Bishop of Orléans, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
23 Oct	42.8	Appointed	Lancelot de Clare †	Bishop of Riez, France
70.3	Died	Tiedemann Bartłomiej Giese †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
25 Oct		Born	Carlo Bescapè, B. †		Bishop of Novara, Italy
60.8	Died	Georg von Blumenthal †	Bishop of Lebus, Germany
26 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Angelo Bragadino, O.P. †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
51.7	Died	Samuel Maciejowski †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
2 Nov		Died	Niccolò di Antonio Ugolini (Monterchiis) †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
5 Nov		Appointed	Georges Albinus †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
	Appointed	Georges Albinus †	Titular Bishop of Methone	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
	Appointed	Vincenzo Ferreri †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
7 Nov	66.8	Died	Jan Arason †	Bishop of Hólar, Iceland
11 Nov		Born	Heinrich von Sachsen-Lauenburg †		Archbishop-Elect of Bremen (and Hamburg), Germany
22 Nov		Died	Luis Cabeza de Vaca †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
28 Nov		Appointed	Jacques de Brouillat †	Archbishop of Arles, France	Former Archbishop-Elect
2 Dec		Died	Antoine Filhol †	Archbishop of Aix, France
16 Dec	44.4	Resigned	Giovanni Grimani †	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
17 Dec		Appointed	Balduino de Balduinis †	Bishop of Mariana, France	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
36.8	Appointed	Daniele Matteo Alvise Barbaro †	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy	Patriarch-Elect
	Appointed	Théodore Jean de Clermont †	Bishop of Senez, France
31 Dec	26.9	Ordained Bishop	Bartolomeo Siringi †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus

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