The Year of Our Lord 1553

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Franz Abstemius Bornemissa †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
		Born	Ludovico Alferio †		Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy
		Appointed	Elie-Hormez Habib Elias Asmar †	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
		Born	Angelo Baroni, O.P. †		Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
		Born	William Bishop †		Vicar Apostolic of England (and Wales), Great Britain
		Born	Pietro Campori †		Cardinal, Bishop of Cremona, Italy
		Died	Antonio de Cappo †	Bishop Emeritus of Ossero (Osor), Croatia
		Appointed	Thomas Chetham, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of London, England, Great Britain
		Died	Benedetto Conversini †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
	67.0	Appointed	Melchiorre Crivelli (Cribelli), O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	41.0	Resigned	William Cunningham †	Bishop of Argyll (Lismore), Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Paolo de Cupis †	Bishop of Recanati, Italy
		Died	Pietro Antonio de Angelis †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
	44.0	Died	Paolo del Carretto †	Bishop of Cahors, France
		Born	Martín Ignacio de Loyola, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)
		Died	Vicente de Peraza (Pirez), O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Panamá
		Died	Milon d’Illiers †	Bishop of Luçon, France
	51.5	Appointed	Clemente d’Olera, O.F.M. Obs. †	Minister General of Order of Observant Friars Minor	Cardinal, Bishop of Foligno, Italy
		Born	Maschio Ferracuti †		Bishop of Vieste, Italy
		Appointed	Roland Baron Fitzgerald †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
		Born	Giovanni de Fossé †		Bishop of Castres, France
		Appointed	Gabriel †	Bishop
		Born	Agostino Galamini, O.P. †		Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
	56.0	Appointed	Stephen Gardiner †	Bishop of Winchester, England, Great Britain
		Born	Wolfgang von Hausen †		Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
		Appointed	Hnan-Jesu †	Archbishop of Mardin (Chaldean), Turkey
		Appointed	Joseph †	Archbishop of Seert (Chaldean), Turkey
	47.0	Resigned	Claude de La Guiche †	Bishop of Mirepoix, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Toribio López †	Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
	53.0	Died	Roderick MacLean †	Bishop of The Isles (Sodor), Scotland, Great Britain
		Died	Marco Malipiero †	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
		Born	Pedro Manrique de Lara, O.S.A. †		Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
		Appointed	Ebed-Jesu Maron †	Archbishop of Gazireh (Gezira) (Chaldean), Turkey	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
		Born	Leonardo Mocenigo †		Bishop of Ceneda, Italy
	64.0	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso de Montufar, O.P. †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
		Appointed	Paolo Odescalchi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Atri, Italy
		Resigned	Giacomo Ponzetti (Poncetti) †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Jan Andrzej Próchnicki †		Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
	37.0	Appointed	Ottaviano della Raverta (Rovere) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
		Born	Onofre Reart †		Bishop Emeritus of Gerona, Spain
		Born	Rafael Ripoz, O.P. †		Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
		Born	Francisco Gómez Rojas de Sandoval †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto
		Born	Rafael Rovirola †		Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
		Born	Bernardo de Salba, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Urgell, Spain
		Died	Agostino Sbardelatti †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
		Born	Orazio Spannocchi †		Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
		Appointed	Annibale Spatafora †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
		Died	Ivan Statilić (Statilio) †	Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania
		Born	Silvestro Tufo, C.R. †		Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy
		Died	Sebastiano Valenti †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
		Died	Fabio Vigili †	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
Jan		Died	Torben Bilde †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lund, Sweden
1 Jan		Died	Juan Tormo †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
18 Jan	65.0	Died	Benedykt Izdbieński †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
23 Jan		Appointed	Cesare de’ Giacomelli †	Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
5 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Bernardino de Carmona †	Titular Bishop of Soltania	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
6 Feb		Died	Jean de la Massonaye, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mâcon, France
6 Feb		Appointed	Antoine Hérouet †	Bishop of Digne, France
20 Feb	43.1	Confirmed	Shimun (Jean-Simon) Sulaqa (Sulaka) †	Patriarch of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
22 Feb	59.1	Confirmed	Eberhard von Hirnheim †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
28 Feb		Died	João de Albuquerque, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Goa, India
1 Mar	31.5	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Castagna †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	46.1	Appointed	Andrzej Czarnkowski †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	53.9	Appointed	Giovanni Angelo de’ Medici †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	66.1	Confirmed	George Dowdall, O.S.C. †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
		Appointed	Bernardino Figueroa †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
		Appointed	Sebastiano Portico †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
	56.1	Resigned	Girolamo Verallo †	Bishop of Capaccio, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy
		Appointed	Paolo Emilio Verallo †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Capaccio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
6 Mar	48.9	Resigned	Alessandro Campeggi †	Bishop of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	40.1	Appointed	Giovanni Campeggi †	Bishop of Bologna, Italy
	60.1	Resigned	Giovanni Domenico de Cupis †	Administrator of Recanati, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Appointed	Gerolamo Melchiori †	Bishop of Macerata, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Filippo Roccabella †	Bishop of Recanati, Italy
10 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Luigi Serristori †	Bishop of Bitetto, Italy
15 Mar		Died	Étienne Poncher †	Archbishop of Tours, France
22 Mar		Appointed	Friedrich von Ampten †	Bishop of Reval (Rewel), Estonia
	35.3	Appointed	Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Administrator of Spoleto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	35.3	Resigned	Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Appointed	Ippolito della Corgna †	Bishop of Perugia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
30 Mar	31.6	Ordained Deacon	Giovanni Battista Castagna †	Deacon	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
30 Mar	31.6	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Castagna †	Priest	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
3 Apr		Appointed	François de La Guiche †	Bishop of Mirepoix, France	Bishop-Elect
4 Apr	31.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Castagna †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
9 Apr		Died	François de La Guiche †	Bishop-Elect of Mirepoix, France
9 Apr	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Shimun (Jean-Simon) Sulaqa (Sulaka) †	Patriarch of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
17 Apr	24.2	Appointed	Urban Sagstetter †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
17 Apr	24.2	Appointed	Urban Sagstetter †	Titular Bishop of Symbalia (Cembalo, Balaclawa)	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
23 Apr	24.8	Appointed	Julius von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Bishop of Minden, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
23 Apr	62.3	Resigned	Franz von Waldeck †	Bishop of Münster, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
28 Apr		Appointed	Juan Arias †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
		Resigned	Bernardo da Cruz, O.P. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe	Bishop Emeritus
	56.3	Appointed	Fernando de Loaces (Loazes), O.P. †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	32.5	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Tours, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Appointed	Bartolomeo Gisselino Mirandola †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mantova, Italy
		Appointed	Bartolomeo Gisselino Mirandola †	Titular Bishop of Citrus	Auxiliary Bishop of Mantova, Italy
5 May		Appointed	Ambroise Buttigeg, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Hauara
5 May	26.1	Appointed	Zaccaria Delfino †	Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
7 May		Died	Marcantonio Campeggi †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
17 May		Appointed	Lucas Cerato †	Auxiliary Bishop of Parma, Italy
		Appointed	Lucas Cerato †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Parma, Italy
		Appointed	Pietro Gritti (Gaitti) †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
	57.3	Appointed	Fabio Mignanelii †	Administrator of Grosseto, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lucera, Italy
		Appointed	Pietro de Petris del Monte †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
20 May		Died	Christoph Wertwein †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria	Bishop-Elect
24 Jun		Born	Juan de Cervantes †		Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
25 Jun	59.4	Ordained Bishop	Eberhard von Hirnheim †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
29 Jun	24.4	Ordained Bishop	Urban Sagstetter †	Titular Bishop of Symbalia (Cembalo, Balaclawa)	Bishop of Gurk, Austria

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