The Year of Our Lord 1554

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Confirmed	Robert Aldridge (Aldrich) †	Bishop of Carlisle, England, Great Britain
		Died	Carlo Aragona †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
		Born	Diego de Arce, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
	53.4	Appointed	Filippo Archinto †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
		Born	Sebastiano Aroldi, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Rethymo (Calamona), Greece
	69.0	Resigned	Matteo Bandello, O.P. †	Bishop of Agen, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Jean de Bonsi †		Cardinal, Bishop of Béziers, France
	77.0	Resigned	Michel Briçonnet †	Bishop of Nîmes, France	Bishop Emeritus of Lodève, France
		Born	Giulio Calvo d’Albeto †		Bishop of Sora, Italy
	45.0	Resigned	Melchor Cano, O.P. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Jean de Capdeville †	Bishop of Lescar, France	Bishop-Elect
		Born	Antoine de Cea, O. Cart. †		Bishop-Elect of Funchal, Portugal
		Resigned	Christophe de Chauvigné †	Bishop of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Leonello Cibo (Cybo) †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	49.0	Died	Fabio Colonna †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
		Born	Antonio Corrionero †		Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
		Died	John Sean Quinn (Coyn), O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Limerick, Ireland	Bishop
		Resigned	Marcantonio della Croce †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Jean Daffis †		Bishop of Lombez, France
	53.0	Confirmed	George Day †	Bishop of Chichester, England, Great Britain
	56.0	Died	Jakob (Giacomo) Divnić (Difnico) †	Bishop of Nona (Nin), Croatia
		Born	Christophe de la Vallée †		Bishop of Toul, France
		Resigned	Pietro Del Monte †	Bishop-Elect of Jesi, Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
		Died	Pietro Paolo (Giampaolo) de Thisis (da Pisa) †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
		Died	Annet de Plas †	Bishop of Bazas, France
		Born	Francisco Esquivel †		Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Domenico d’Ettore †		Bishop of Ostuni, Italy
	23.3	Appointed	Ranuccio Farnese, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
		Died	William Fawell †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Exeter, England, Great Britain
		Born	Porfirio Feliciani †		Bishop of Foligno, Italy
	72.0	Resigned	Giovanni Pietro Ferretti †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Giuseppe Ferrerio †		Archbishop of Urbino, Italy
		Resigned	Alessandro Stefano Filodori, O.P. †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Girolamo Giustiniani, O.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Chios (Scio), Greece
	40.9	Appointed	Sebastiano Gualterio †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
		Died	Francisco Gutiérrez †	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
	53.0	Appointed	Nicholas Heath †	Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of York, England, Great Britain
		Born	Pirro Imperoli †		Bishop of Jesi, Italy
		Died	Florence Kirwan, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Clonmacnoise, Ireland
	77.0	Confirmed	Anthony Dunstan Kitchin †	Bishop of Llandaff, Wales, Great Britain
		Died	Leonardo de Magistris †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy
		Born	Tiberio Mandosi †		Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
		Born	Fernando Martins Mascarenhas †		Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
	52.0	Resigned	Antonio Bernardi (of Mirandola) †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Juan Moriz Salazar †		Bishop of Huesca, Spain
	63.0	Resigned	Tiberio Muti †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Luis Jerónimo Oré, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Concepción, Chile
		Resigned	Francesco Orsini †	Bishop-Elect of Tricarico, Italy	Former Bishop-Elect
		Died	Pierre Palmier (Paumier) †	Archbishop of Vienne, France
		Confirmed	Richard Pates †	Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	49.0	Resigned	Alessandro Piccolomini †	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy	Bishop of Pienza, Italy
		Died	Cornelio Pisani †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
		Born	Manuel Quero Turillo †		Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
	62.0	Resigned	Dietrich von Reden †	Bishop of Lübeck, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Niccolò di Lorenzo Rodolfi †	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
		Born	Gregorio de Sanctis, C.R. †		Bishop of Belcastro, Italy
		Resigned	Giulio Sartori †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Otto Schenking †		Bishop of Wenden (Windau), Poland
		Died	François Sinnard †	Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon, France
		Born	Andrés de San Jerónimo, O.S.H. †		Bishop of Vic, Spain
		Died	Annibale Spatafora †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
		Born	Marcin Szyszkowski †		Bishop of Kraków, Poland
		Born	Fernando Trexo y Senabria, O.F.M. Obs. †		Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
	80.0	Appointed	Cuthbert Tunstall †	Bishop of Durham, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Francesco Ubaldi †		Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia
58.0	Resigned	Pietro de Usulmari †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Resigned	Alfonso de Valdecabras †	Bishop of Dragonara, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Capri, Italy
64.0	Resigned	Jobst von der Recke †	Bishop of Dorpat (Tartu), Estonia	Bishop Emeritus
	Died	Nicolas de Veglia †	Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece
	Succeeded	Alfonso de Villalobos Xeres †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Died	Enrique de Villalobos Xeres †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
	Born	Johann Walser (Waltous) †		Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
	Selected	Robert Warton (Parfew) †	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain
44.0	Selected	John White †	Bishop of Lincoln, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Winchester, England, Great Britain
	Appointed	Felix Wiliński (Wiliski), O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
	Appointed	Felix Wiliński (Wiliski), O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Methone	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
	Born	Paolo Emilio Zacchia †		Cardinal, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
	Born	Miguel Angel Zaragoza Heredia †		Bishop of Teano, Italy
1 Jan		Confirmed	John Tonory, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
9 Jan		Born	Alessandro Ludovisi †		Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
12 Jan		Appointed	Maurice O’Fihely, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
18 Jan		Born	Francesco Giustiniani †		Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
26 Jan		Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Croce †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
Feb	25.5	Resigned	Julius von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Bishop-Elect of Minden, Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
7 Feb	26.8	Appointed	Zaccaria Delfino †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
1 Mar	52.1	Died	Alfonso de Fuenmayor †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
7 Mar		Born	Honoré du Laurens †		Archbishop of Embrun, France
20 Mar	23.2	Appointed	Vitellozzo Vitelli †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
26 Mar		Selected	Henry Morgan †	Bishop of Saint David’s, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
28 Mar		Selected	Gilbert Bourne †	Bishop of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain
30 Mar		Appointed	Balduino de Balduinis †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
	43.8	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Cicala (Cicada) †	Administrator of Mariana, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
	24.2	Appointed	Carlo Cicala (Cicada) †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	24.9	Confirmed	Johann von Hoya zu Stolzenau †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop of Münster, Germany
	46.2	Appointed	Jean de Montluc †	Bishop of Valence and Die, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Dionisio de Robertis, O.S.M. †	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
	60.8	Appointed	Girolamo Seripando, O.E.S.A. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
Apr		Born	Guillaume Gifford, O.S.B. †		Archbishop of Reims, France
1 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Gilbert Bourne †	Bishop of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain
	42.2	Ordained Bishop	James Brooks †	Bishop of Gloucester, England, Great Britain
		Ordained Bishop	George Coates †	Bishop of Chester, England, Great Britain
	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Griffith †	Bishop of Rochester, England, Great Britain
		Ordained Bishop	Henry Morgan †	Bishop of Saint David’s, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Piotr Starzechowski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
	44.2	Ordained Bishop	John White †	Bishop of Lincoln, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Winchester, England, Great Britain
6 Apr	21.9	Appointed	Roland de Chauvigné †	Bishop of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France	Former Bishop-Elect
		Appointed	Hilaire Chervi, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poitiers, France
		Appointed	Hilaire Chervi, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Hebron	Auxiliary Bishop of Poitiers, France
13 Apr		Appointed	Nicolas Gasco †	Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece
		Appointed	Filippo Lancia †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
		Appointed	Bartolomeo Orsucci †	Bishop of Lavello, Italy
20 Apr		Appointed	Francesco Maria Piccolomini †	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy
20 Apr		Appointed	Marc Soriano †	Bishop of Arkadi, Greece
22 Apr	22.7	Ordained Bishop	Antoine de Créqui Canaples †	Bishop of Nantes, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Amiens, France
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Antoine de Créqui Canaples †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop of Amiens, France
		Died	Feliks z Kazimierza, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
		Ordained Bishop	Marek Khuen z Olomouce †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
27 Apr		Appointed	Girolamo Flaccus †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
27 Apr		Appointed	Girolamo Flaccus †	Titular Bishop of Belline	Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
30 Apr		Appointed	Gui Bouchard d’Aubeterre †	Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France
		Appointed	Diego Deza Tello †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
	65.8	Appointed	Pedro Pacheco de Villena (Ladrón de Guevara) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Appointed	Aurelio Tribaldeschi (Sibaldeschi), O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
10 May		Died	Thomas Goodrich †	Bishop of Ely, England, Great Britain
15 May	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Girolamo Seripando, O.E.S.A. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
18 May		Appointed	Jean Baptiste de Mari †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
23 May	39.6	Resigned	Prospero Publicola Santacroce †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
5 Jun		Born	Benedetto Giustiniani †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
13 Jun		Resigned	Marcus (Avunculus) Vetter †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
16 Jun	53.3	Resigned	Lodovico Beccadelli (Beccatelli) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
21 Jun	54.4	Appointed	Thomas Thirlby †	Bishop of Ely, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jun	24.4	Appointed	Robert de Berghes †	Coadjutor Bishop of Liège, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
	37.3	Appointed	Luigi Cornaro †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	33.7	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Viviers (Aps), France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	39.4	Appointed	Simon de Maillé de Brézé †	Archbishop of Tours, France
		Appointed	Eugene O’Doherty (O’Dochartaid), O.S.A. †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
	32.4	Appointed	Girolamo Simoncelli †	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
		Appointed	Hermann Weiland (Wessal) †	Bishop of Dorpat (Tartu), Estonia
29 Jun	64.4	Resigned	Edward Staples †	Bishop of Meath, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus

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