The Year of Our Lord 1555

Bishop Events

July to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Jul 45.5 Ordained Bishop Thomas Goldwell, C.R. † Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain

6 Jul Born Louis II de Guise de Lorraine † Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France

Confirmed Robert Warton (Parfew) † Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain

17 Jul Appointed Belisario Baldevino † Bishop of Larino, Italy

Appointed Fausto Caffarelli † Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy

30.5 Appointed Muzio Calini † Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia Bishop of Terni, Italy

38.4 Resigned Luigi Cornaro † Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

27.7 Installed Louis de Guise de Lorraine † Cardinal-Deacon of San Tommaso in Parione Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France

Appointed Diego Tavera Ponce de Léon † Bishop of Jaén, Spain

Appointed Giacomo Surreto, O.F.M. † Bishop of Mylopotamos, Greece

56.5 Installed Pietro Tagliavia d’Aragonia † Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

Appointed Rafael Ubac † Bishop of Elne, France

18 Jul Died Wacław Wierzbicki † Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania

Aug 28.3 Resigned Zaccaria Delfino † Apostolic Nuncio to Germany Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia

Born Pedro Ginés Casanova † Bishop of Segorbe, Spain

23 Aug 33.4 Confirmed Daniel Brendel von Homburg † Archbishop of Mainz, Germany

38.4 Installed Carlo Carafa † Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere

45.6 Appointed Giulio Pavesi, O.P. † Bishop of San Leone, Italy Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy

25 Aug Ordained Bishop Diego Sarmiento Sotomayor † Bishop of Astorga, Spain

30 Aug Appointed Thomas Leverus † Bishop of Kildare, Ireland

Appointed Thomas O’Fihely, O.E.S.A. † Bishop of Leighlin, Ireland

4 Sep 70.6 Died Paweł Algimunt Holszański † Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

8 Sep 48.6 Ordained Bishop Hugh Curwen † Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland Archbishop Emeritus

Ordained Bishop William Glyn † Bishop of Bangor, Wales, Great Britain

60.7 Ordained Bishop James Turberville † Bishop of Exeter, England, Great Britain

68.8 Died St. Tomás Garcia Martinez (de Villanueva), O.E.S.A. † Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

10 Sep 65.2 Died Juan López de Zárate † Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

12 Sep 62.6 Died Juan Salazar Fernández † Bishop of Lanciano, Italy

19 Sep 54.6 Appointed Lodovico Beccadelli (Beccatelli) † Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia Archbishop Emeritus

Appointed Sebastiano Portico † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Foligno, Italy Bishop

Appointed Ercole Tambosi † Bishop of Ravello, Italy

Appointed Urbano Vigerio della Rovere † Titular Bishop of Megara Bishop of Senigallia, Italy

24 Sep 50.7 Died Pedro Acuña Avellaneda † Bishop of Salamanca, Spain

Oct Died Gaston de La Marthonie † Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France

2 Oct Died Nicolas de Jarente † Bishop of Vence, France

45.7 Appointed Giulio Pavesi, O.P. † Bishop of Vieste, Italy Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy

Appointed Claude Régin † Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France Bishop Emeritus

6 Oct Died Mario Aligeri † Bishop of Rieti, Italy

10 Oct Born Francesco Vendramin † Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

58.7 Died Girolamo Verallo † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy

23 Oct Appointed Giovanni Battista Osio † Bishop of Rieti, Italy

Appointed Giulio Rossi † Bishop of San Leone, Italy

25 Oct 32.6 Appointed Gianfrancesco Commendone † Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

46.8 Appointed Girolamo Dandini † Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy

31.1 Confirmed Johann von Haugwitz † Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany Former Bishop-Elect

30.8 Appointed Pietro Magno † Bishop of Sitia, Greece

10 Nov Ordained Bishop Franz Abstemius Bornemissa † Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria

12 Nov 58.8 Died Stephen Gardiner † Bishop of Winchester, England, Great Britain

13 Nov Born Maximiliano de Austria † Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

29 Nov Appointed Gaspar dos Reis, O.P. † Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal

Appointed Gaspar dos Reis, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Calama Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal

1 Dec 55.7 Appointed Reginald Pole † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Cosmedin Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain

4 Dec 66.9 Resigned Thomas Cranmer † Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus

38.9 Appointed Melchior Lichtenfeld (Lichtenfels) † Bishop of Basel, Switzerland

5 Dec 41.9 Died Wolfgang von Salm † Bishop of Passau, Germany

11 Dec 30.8 Appointed Charles de Guise de Lorraine † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Apollinare Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France

70.9 Appointed Robert de Lénoncourt † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France

55.7 Appointed Reginald Pole † Administrator of Canterbury, England, Great Britain Cardinal, Archbishop

16 Dec 41.6 Appointed François de Beaucaire de Péguillon † Bishop of Metz, France Bishop Emeritus

73.9 Appointed Jean Bertrand † Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France Cardinal, Administrator of Sens, France

45.9 Appointed Marco Lauro, O.P. † Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy

70.9 Resigned Robert de Lénoncourt † Administrator of Metz, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France

Appointed Alfonso de Sásamo (Somario), O.S.B. † Bishop of Capri, Italy Bishop Emeritus

61.0 Confirmed Georg von Braunschweig-Lüneburg † Bishop of Minden, Germany Archbishop-Elect of Bremen (and Hamburg), Germany

18 Dec 52.9 Appointed Pedro de Ayala, O.F.M. † Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

Appointed Fernando González de Bariodero † Bishop of Nicaragua

20 Dec 40.1 Elevated to Cardinal Gianantonio Capizucchi † Cardinal, Bishop of Lodi, Italy

63.9 Elevated to Cardinal Diomede Carafa † Cardinal, Bishop of Ariano, Italy

52.9 Selected Wolfgang von Closen † Bishop of Passau, Germany

36.9 Appointed Carlo Grassi † Cardinal, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy

52.8 Elevated to Cardinal Johann Gropper † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia in Orphea

69.9 Elevated to Cardinal Juan Martínez Silíceo † Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

51.8 Elevated to Cardinal Scipione Rebiba † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina

62.9 Appointed Bernardino Scotti, C.R. † Archbishop of Trani, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy

62.9 Elevated to Cardinal Bernardino Scotti, C.R. † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy

52.9 Appointed Jean Suau † Bishop of Mirepoix, France Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

52.9 Elevated to Cardinal Jean Suau † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mirepoix, France

25 Dec Died Pietro Francesco Contarini † Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

27 Dec 47.9 Died Onofrio Bartolini de’ Medici † Archbishop of Pisa, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Jul	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Goldwell, C.R. †	Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain
6 Jul		Born	Louis II de Guise de Lorraine †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
	Confirmed	Robert Warton (Parfew) †	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain
17 Jul		Appointed	Belisario Baldevino †	Bishop of Larino, Italy
	Appointed	Fausto Caffarelli †	Bishop of Fondi (Fundi), Italy
30.5	Appointed	Muzio Calini †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Bishop of Terni, Italy
38.4	Resigned	Luigi Cornaro †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
27.7	Installed	Louis de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Tommaso in Parione	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
	Appointed	Diego Tavera Ponce de Léon †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
	Appointed	Giacomo Surreto, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mylopotamos, Greece
56.5	Installed	Pietro Tagliavia d’Aragonia †	Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	Appointed	Rafael Ubac †	Bishop of Elne, France
18 Jul		Died	Wacław Wierzbicki †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
Aug	28.3	Resigned	Zaccaria Delfino †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia
	Born	Pedro Ginés Casanova †		Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
23 Aug	33.4	Confirmed	Daniel Brendel von Homburg †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
38.4	Installed	Carlo Carafa †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
45.6	Appointed	Giulio Pavesi, O.P. †	Bishop of San Leone, Italy	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
25 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Diego Sarmiento Sotomayor †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
30 Aug		Appointed	Thomas Leverus †	Bishop of Kildare, Ireland
	Appointed	Thomas O’Fihely, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Leighlin, Ireland
4 Sep	70.6	Died	Paweł Algimunt Holszański †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
8 Sep	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Hugh Curwen †	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
	Ordained Bishop	William Glyn †	Bishop of Bangor, Wales, Great Britain
60.7	Ordained Bishop	James Turberville †	Bishop of Exeter, England, Great Britain
68.8	Died	St. Tomás Garcia Martinez (de Villanueva), O.E.S.A. †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
10 Sep	65.2	Died	Juan López de Zárate †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
12 Sep	62.6	Died	Juan Salazar Fernández †	Bishop of Lanciano, Italy
19 Sep	54.6	Appointed	Lodovico Beccadelli (Beccatelli) †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
	Appointed	Sebastiano Portico †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Foligno, Italy	Bishop
	Appointed	Ercole Tambosi †	Bishop of Ravello, Italy
	Appointed	Urbano Vigerio della Rovere †	Titular Bishop of Megara	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
24 Sep	50.7	Died	Pedro Acuña Avellaneda †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
Oct		Died	Gaston de La Marthonie †	Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France
2 Oct		Died	Nicolas de Jarente †	Bishop of Vence, France
45.7	Appointed	Giulio Pavesi, O.P. †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
	Appointed	Claude Régin †	Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France	Bishop Emeritus
6 Oct		Died	Mario Aligeri †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy
10 Oct		Born	Francesco Vendramin †		Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
58.7	Died	Girolamo Verallo †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy
23 Oct		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Osio †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy
	Appointed	Giulio Rossi †	Bishop of San Leone, Italy
25 Oct	32.6	Appointed	Gianfrancesco Commendone †	Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
46.8	Appointed	Girolamo Dandini †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy
31.1	Confirmed	Johann von Haugwitz †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Former Bishop-Elect
30.8	Appointed	Pietro Magno †	Bishop of Sitia, Greece
10 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Franz Abstemius Bornemissa †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
12 Nov	58.8	Died	Stephen Gardiner †	Bishop of Winchester, England, Great Britain
13 Nov		Born	Maximiliano de Austria †		Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
29 Nov		Appointed	Gaspar dos Reis, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal
	Appointed	Gaspar dos Reis, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Calama	Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal
1 Dec	55.7	Appointed	Reginald Pole †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
4 Dec	66.9	Resigned	Thomas Cranmer †	Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
38.9	Appointed	Melchior Lichtenfeld (Lichtenfels) †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
5 Dec	41.9	Died	Wolfgang von Salm †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
11 Dec	30.8	Appointed	Charles de Guise de Lorraine †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Apollinare	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
70.9	Appointed	Robert de Lénoncourt †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
55.7	Appointed	Reginald Pole †	Administrator of Canterbury, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop
16 Dec	41.6	Appointed	François de Beaucaire de Péguillon †	Bishop of Metz, France	Bishop Emeritus
73.9	Appointed	Jean Bertrand †	Bishop of (Saint-Bertrand de) Comminges, France	Cardinal, Administrator of Sens, France
45.9	Appointed	Marco Lauro, O.P. †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece	Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy
70.9	Resigned	Robert de Lénoncourt †	Administrator of Metz, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
	Appointed	Alfonso de Sásamo (Somario), O.S.B. †	Bishop of Capri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
61.0	Confirmed	Georg von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †	Bishop of Minden, Germany	Archbishop-Elect of Bremen (and Hamburg), Germany
18 Dec	52.9	Appointed	Pedro de Ayala, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	Appointed	Fernando González de Bariodero †	Bishop of Nicaragua
20 Dec	40.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Gianantonio Capizucchi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Lodi, Italy
63.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Diomede Carafa †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ariano, Italy
52.9	Selected	Wolfgang von Closen †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
36.9	Appointed	Carlo Grassi †	Cardinal, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
52.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Johann Gropper †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia in Orphea
69.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Juan Martínez Silíceo †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
51.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Scipione Rebiba †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
62.9	Appointed	Bernardino Scotti, C.R. †	Archbishop of Trani, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy
62.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Bernardino Scotti, C.R. †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy
52.9	Appointed	Jean Suau †	Bishop of Mirepoix, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
52.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Jean Suau †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mirepoix, France
25 Dec		Died	Pietro Francesco Contarini †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
27 Dec	47.9	Died	Onofrio Bartolini de’ Medici †	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy

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