The Year of Our Lord 1553

Bishop Events

July to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

3 Jul Appointed Pierre de Affatatis † Bishop of Minori, Italy

54.5 Appointed Giovanni Giacomo Barba, O.S.A. † Bishop of Terni, Italy

Appointed Pietro Del Monte † Bishop of Jesi, Italy Former Bishop-Elect

Appointed Antonio Simeoni (Menecussis), O.S.B. † Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy

14 Jul Appointed James Hamilton † Bishop of Argyll (Lismore), Scotland, Great Britain Former Bishop-Elect

39.4 Resigned Bernardino Maffei † Archbishop of Chieti, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

31.6 Appointed Marcantonio Maffei † Archbishop of Chieti, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

15 Jul Born Johann Schweikard von Kronberg † Archbishop of Mainz, Germany

62.5 Died Franz von Waldeck † Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany

16 Jul 39.4 Died Bernardino Maffei † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti, Italy

21 Jul 34.5 Selected Wilhelm von Ketteler † Bishop of Münster, Germany Former Bishop-Elect

30 Jul 44.5 Ordained Bishop Melchor Cano, O.P. † Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain Bishop Emeritus

13 Aug Died Luis Torres † Archbishop of Salerno, Italy

15 Aug Died Jacques de Tournon † Bishop of Valence and Die, France

18 Aug 40.6 Appointed Francisco da Cruz, O.S.A. † Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde Bishop Emeritus

35.6 Appointed Giovanni Andrea Mercurio † Cardinal-Priest of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane Cardinal, Archbishop of Messina, Italy

Appointed Agostino Maria Salvago, O.P. † Bishop of Acci (Accia), France Archbishop of Genova, Italy

30 Aug Appointed Giacomo Silverii-Piccolomini † Bishop of Teramo, Italy

5 Sep 53.6 Appointed Edmund Bonner † Bishop of London, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

6 Sep 67.6 Died Jan Dubravius (Skála z Doubravky a Hradiště) † Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia

13 Sep Appointed Louis de Brezé † Bishop of Meaux, France Bishop Emeritus

27.6 Appointed René de Daillon du Lude † Bishop of Luçon, France Bishop of Bayeux, France

Died Antonius de Ciudad Rodrigo, O.F.M. † Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

37.6 Appointed Alvaro della Quadra † Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Appointed François de Mauny † Archbishop of Bordeaux, France

Died Miguel Muñoz † Bishop of Cuenca, Spain

14 Sep 66.7 Died Philippe von Gundelsheim † Bishop of Basel, Switzerland

18 Sep 14.7 Confirmed Sigismund von Brandenburg † Archbishop of Magdeburg, Germany Former Archbishop-Elect

Appointed Jean du Tillet † Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France Bishop of Meaux, France

28 Sep 91.7 Appointed John Veysey (Harman) † Bishop of Exeter, England, Great Britain

2 Oct Appointed Pietro Bonfigli † Bishop of Sitia, Greece

20.7 Appointed Charles Guillart † Bishop of Chartres, France Bishop Emeritus

57.7 Resigned Fabio Mignanelii † Administrator of Grosseto, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lucera, Italy

24.7 Appointed Giacomo Mignanelii † Bishop of Grosseto, Italy

4 Oct 37.7 Ordained Bishop Cesare Gambara † Bishop of Tortona, Italy

5 Oct 24.4 Selected Johann von Hoya zu Stolzenau † Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany Bishop of Münster, Germany

7 Oct Appointed Gerardo Busdragi † Auxiliary Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy

10 Oct 60.7 Resigned Giovanni Domenico de Cupis † Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

14 Oct Selected John Tonory, O.S.A. † Bishop of Ossory, Ireland

16 Oct 62.7 Appointed Louis Guillart † Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France Bishop Emeritus of Senlis, France

18 Oct Born Antonio Maria Gallo † Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy

23 Oct Born Jerónimo Bautista Lanuza, O.P. † Bishop of Albarracin, Spain

28 Oct 63.5 Died Giovanni Salviati † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

8 Nov 69.8 Died Ambrogio Catarino Politi, O.P. † Archbishop of Conza, Italy

19 Nov Ordained Bishop Elie-Hormez Habib Elias Asmar † Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey

Ordained Bishop Gabriel † Bishop

Ordained Bishop Hnan-Jesu † Archbishop of Mardin (Chaldean), Turkey

Ordained Bishop Joseph † Archbishop of Seert (Chaldean), Turkey

Ordained Bishop Ebed-Jesu Maron † Archbishop of Gazireh (Gezira) (Chaldean), Turkey Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq

20 Nov 65.3 Appointed Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

23 Nov 53.1 Died Sebastiano Antonio Pighini † Cardinal, Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy

26 Nov Selected Alexander Gordon † Archbishop (Personal Title) of The Isles (Sodor), Scotland, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain

29.9 Ordained Bishop Rudolf von Frankenstein † Bishop of Speyer, Germany

29 Nov 77.4 Appointed Gian Pietro Carafa † Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

73.9 Appointed Miguel da Silva † Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio Cardinal, Administrator of Massa Marittima, Italy

34.9 Confirmed Wilhelm von Ketteler † Bishop of Münster, Germany Former Bishop-Elect

53.7 Appointed Rodolfo Pio † Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

56.9 Appointed Girolamo Verallo † Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy

Dec Ordained Bishop Roland Baron Fitzgerald † Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland

Ordained Bishop Peter Perčić † Bishop of Seckau, Austria

8 Dec 42.9 Ordained Bishop Giulio Giovio † Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy Bishop Emeritus

10 Dec 60.9 Died Giovanni Domenico de Cupis † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

11 Dec 65.4 Appointed Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. † Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

61.9 Appointed Jean du Bellay † Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France

77.4 Appointed Gian Pietro Carafa † Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

73.9 Appointed Miguel da Silva † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Cardinal, Administrator of Massa Marittima, Italy

54.6 Appointed Giovanni Angelo de’ Medici † Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

44.8 Appointed Giovanni Gerolamo Morone (Moroni) † Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Appointed Gerolamo Muzzarelli, O.P. † Archbishop of Conza, Italy

53.8 Appointed Rodolfo Pio † Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

15 Dec 30.2 Resigned Charles Bourbon de Vendôme † Administrator of Carcassonne, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France

22.4 Appointed Antoine de Créqui Canaples † Bishop of Nantes, France Cardinal, Bishop of Amiens, France

Appointed François de Faucon † Bishop of Carcassonne, France

62.9 Appointed Nicola Majorano (Maggiorani) † Bishop of Molfetta, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Appointed Robert de Pellevé † Bishop of Pamiers, France

22 Dec 26.1 Elevated to Cardinal Louis de Guise de Lorraine † Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France

Selected Marek Khuen z Olomouce † Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia

12.2 Elevated to Cardinal Roberto de’ Nobili † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica

31.9 Elevated to Cardinal Girolamo Simoncelli † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

54.9 Elevated to Cardinal Pietro Tagliavia d’Aragonia † Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Jul		Appointed	Pierre de Affatatis †	Bishop of Minori, Italy
54.5	Appointed	Giovanni Giacomo Barba, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
	Appointed	Pietro Del Monte †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
	Appointed	Antonio Simeoni (Menecussis), O.S.B. †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
14 Jul		Appointed	James Hamilton †	Bishop of Argyll (Lismore), Scotland, Great Britain	Former Bishop-Elect
39.4	Resigned	Bernardino Maffei †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
31.6	Appointed	Marcantonio Maffei †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
15 Jul		Born	Johann Schweikard von Kronberg †		Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
62.5	Died	Franz von Waldeck †	Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
16 Jul	39.4	Died	Bernardino Maffei †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti, Italy
21 Jul	34.5	Selected	Wilhelm von Ketteler †	Bishop of Münster, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
30 Jul	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Melchor Cano, O.P. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
13 Aug		Died	Luis Torres †	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
15 Aug		Died	Jacques de Tournon †	Bishop of Valence and Die, France
18 Aug	40.6	Appointed	Francisco da Cruz, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde	Bishop Emeritus
35.6	Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Mercurio †	Cardinal-Priest of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane	Cardinal, Archbishop of Messina, Italy
	Appointed	Agostino Maria Salvago, O.P. †	Bishop of Acci (Accia), France	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
30 Aug		Appointed	Giacomo Silverii-Piccolomini †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
5 Sep	53.6	Appointed	Edmund Bonner †	Bishop of London, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
6 Sep	67.6	Died	Jan Dubravius (Skála z Doubravky a Hradiště) †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
13 Sep		Appointed	Louis de Brezé †	Bishop of Meaux, France	Bishop Emeritus
27.6	Appointed	René de Daillon du Lude †	Bishop of Luçon, France	Bishop of Bayeux, France
	Died	Antonius de Ciudad Rodrigo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
37.6	Appointed	Alvaro della Quadra †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	François de Mauny †	Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
	Died	Miguel Muñoz †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
14 Sep	66.7	Died	Philippe von Gundelsheim †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
18 Sep	14.7	Confirmed	Sigismund von Brandenburg †	Archbishop of Magdeburg, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect
	Appointed	Jean du Tillet †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France	Bishop of Meaux, France
28 Sep	91.7	Appointed	John Veysey (Harman) †	Bishop of Exeter, England, Great Britain
2 Oct		Appointed	Pietro Bonfigli †	Bishop of Sitia, Greece
20.7	Appointed	Charles Guillart †	Bishop of Chartres, France	Bishop Emeritus
57.7	Resigned	Fabio Mignanelii †	Administrator of Grosseto, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lucera, Italy
24.7	Appointed	Giacomo Mignanelii †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
4 Oct	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Cesare Gambara †	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
5 Oct	24.4	Selected	Johann von Hoya zu Stolzenau †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop of Münster, Germany
7 Oct		Appointed	Gerardo Busdragi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
10 Oct	60.7	Resigned	Giovanni Domenico de Cupis †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
14 Oct		Selected	John Tonory, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
16 Oct	62.7	Appointed	Louis Guillart †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France	Bishop Emeritus of Senlis, France
18 Oct		Born	Antonio Maria Gallo †		Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
23 Oct		Born	Jerónimo Bautista Lanuza, O.P. †		Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
28 Oct	63.5	Died	Giovanni Salviati †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
8 Nov	69.8	Died	Ambrogio Catarino Politi, O.P. †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
19 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Elie-Hormez Habib Elias Asmar †	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel †	Bishop
	Ordained Bishop	Hnan-Jesu †	Archbishop of Mardin (Chaldean), Turkey
	Ordained Bishop	Joseph †	Archbishop of Seert (Chaldean), Turkey
	Ordained Bishop	Ebed-Jesu Maron †	Archbishop of Gazireh (Gezira) (Chaldean), Turkey	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
20 Nov	65.3	Appointed	Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
23 Nov	53.1	Died	Sebastiano Antonio Pighini †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
26 Nov		Selected	Alexander Gordon †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of The Isles (Sodor), Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
29.9	Ordained Bishop	Rudolf von Frankenstein †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
29 Nov	77.4	Appointed	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
73.9	Appointed	Miguel da Silva †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio	Cardinal, Administrator of Massa Marittima, Italy
34.9	Confirmed	Wilhelm von Ketteler †	Bishop of Münster, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
53.7	Appointed	Rodolfo Pio †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
56.9	Appointed	Girolamo Verallo †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy
Dec		Ordained Bishop	Roland Baron Fitzgerald †	Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland
	Ordained Bishop	Peter Perčić †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
8 Dec	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Giovio †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
10 Dec	60.9	Died	Giovanni Domenico de Cupis †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
11 Dec	65.4	Appointed	Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
61.9	Appointed	Jean du Bellay †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
77.4	Appointed	Gian Pietro Carafa †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
73.9	Appointed	Miguel da Silva †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Administrator of Massa Marittima, Italy
54.6	Appointed	Giovanni Angelo de’ Medici †	Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
44.8	Appointed	Giovanni Gerolamo Morone (Moroni) †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	Appointed	Gerolamo Muzzarelli, O.P. †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
53.8	Appointed	Rodolfo Pio †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
15 Dec	30.2	Resigned	Charles Bourbon de Vendôme †	Administrator of Carcassonne, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
22.4	Appointed	Antoine de Créqui Canaples †	Bishop of Nantes, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Amiens, France
	Appointed	François de Faucon †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
62.9	Appointed	Nicola Majorano (Maggiorani) †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Robert de Pellevé †	Bishop of Pamiers, France
22 Dec	26.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Louis de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
	Selected	Marek Khuen z Olomouce †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
12.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Roberto de’ Nobili †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica
31.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Girolamo Simoncelli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
54.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Tagliavia d’Aragonia †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

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