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The Year of Our Lord 1555

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DateAgeBishopTitle
unknownLudovico de Argentis †Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
unknownMiguel Jerónimo de Ballesteros (Vallesteros) †Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
unknownJean de Capdeville †Bishop-Elect of Lescar, France
unknownGeorge Coates †Bishop of Chester, England, Great Britain
unknownFerdinando de’ Medici †Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
unknown70.0Cristóbal de Pedraza †Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
unknown57.0Achille Grassi †Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
unknownLeone Leonici †Bishop Emeritus of Castro [del Lazio], Italy
unknown64.0Tiberio Muti †Bishop Emeritus of Assisi, Italy
unknownThaddeus Reynolds †Bishop of Kildare, Ireland
unknown75.0Gérard Roussel †Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France
unknownMauro Salvidi †Bishop of San Leone, Italy
unknown32.0Bartolomeo Serristori †Archbishop of Trani, Italy
Jan45.0Shimun (Jean-Simon) Sulaqa (Sulaka) †Patriarch of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
1 Feb70.0Ferenc Ujlaky †Bishop of Eger, Hungary
13 Feb81.1Livio Podocatharo †Archbishop Emeritus of Nicosia, Cyprus
18 MarTeodoro Isidoro Clarius de Brescia, O.S.B. †Bishop of Foligno, Italy
18 Mar47.0Sebastian von Heusenstamm †Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
23 Mar67.5Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte †Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
5 AprPhilip Renner †Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
6 Apr69.5Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi †Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
10 AprOve Bilde †Bishop Emeritus of Aarhus (Århus), Denmark
27 Apr53.3Nikolaus von Carlowitz †Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
1 May53.9Marcello Cervini †Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
16 JunJohann Horneburg †Bishop of Lebus, Germany
27 JunBalthasar de Jarente †Archbishop of Embrun, France
18 JulWacław Wierzbicki †Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
4 Sep70.6Paweł Algimunt Holszański †Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
8 Sep68.8St. Tomás Garcia Martinez (de Villanueva), O.E.S.A. †Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
10 Sep65.2Juan López de Zárate †Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
12 Sep62.6Juan Salazar Fernández †Bishop of Lanciano, Italy
24 Sep50.7Pedro Acuña Avellaneda †Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
OctGaston de La Marthonie †Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France
2 OctNicolas de Jarente †Bishop of Vence, France
6 OctMario Aligeri †Bishop of Rieti, Italy
10 Oct58.7Girolamo Verallo †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy
12 Nov58.8Stephen Gardiner †Bishop of Winchester, England, Great Britain
5 Dec41.9Wolfgang von Salm †Bishop of Passau, Germany
25 DecPietro Francesco Contarini †Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
27 Dec47.9Onofrio Bartolini de’ Medici †Archbishop of Pisa, Italy

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