The Year of Our Lord 1544

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Pedro de Agurto, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
		Born	Antonio Atzori †		Bishop of Bosa, Italy
		Born	Jer�nimo Barreto †		Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
		Died	Richard Barrett †	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
		Born	Andr�s Cabrera Bobadilla †		Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
		Born	Giovanni Ambrogio Caccia †		Bishop Emeritus of Castro [del Lazio], Italy
		Born	Annibale de Capua †		Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
		Resigned	Rosmano Casamassima †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Michael Consoli, C.R. †		Bishop of Sora, Italy
		Died	Florent Coquerelle †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
	58.0	Appointed	Melchiorre Crivelli (Cribelli), O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
		Died	Sebastiano Deli di Castel Durante †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy
		Died	Imperiale Doria †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
		Resigned	Jean de Plas †	Bishop of Bazas, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Ant�nio de Sousa, O.P. †		Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
		Died	Antonello Eustachi †	Bishop of Lesina, Italy
	23.2	Appointed	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Bitonto, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Resigned	William Fawell †	Auxiliary Bishop of Exeter, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Gaspar Flores †	Bishop of Salpi (Salapia), Italy
	45.0	Resigned	Niccol� Gaddi †	Bishop of Fermo, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata
		Born	Alonso Gonz�lez Aguilar †		Bishop of Le�n, Spain
		Born	Aymar Hennequin †		Bishop of Rennes, France
	64.0	Died	Matthias von Jagow †	Bishop Emeritus of Brandenburg, Germany
		Resigned	Bernard de Lordato †	Bishop of Pamiers, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Jean-Philibert de Loriol de Ch�les †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
		Born	Paolo Manara, O.P. †		Bishop of Acerno, Italy
	49.0	Died	Pietro de’ Marchesi †	Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy
		Born	Girolamo Matteucci †		Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
		Died	Silvio Messaglia, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
		Born	Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva †		Bishop of Guadix, Spain
		Born	Girolamo Pamphilj †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Biagio dell’Anello
		Born	Orazio Rapario †		Bishop of Alessano, Italy
	41.5	Resigned	Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro †	Bishop-Elect of Nice, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
		Resigned	Jean de Rieux †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Domingo Romeo, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gerona, Spain
		Appointed	Domingo Romeo, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Auxiliary Bishop of Gerona, Spain
		Resigned	Diego de Sarmiento, O. Cart. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
		Born	Francesco Scotti †		Bishop of Termoli, Italy
		Born	Camillo de Scribani †		Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
		Resigned	Bartolomeo Abramo Siringi †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Lorenzo Spada, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy
		Born	Janez Tavčar (Tautscher) †		Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
		Died	Sebasti�n de Valladolid, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Orense, Spain
4 Jan	60.0	Died	Sigismund von Lindenau †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
20 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Juan Ya�ez †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
23 Jan	20.3	Appointed	Charles Bourbon de Vend�me †	Bishop of Saintes, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
24 Jan		Died	George Crichton, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
27 Jan		Died	Erasmus Manteuffel-Arnhausen †	Bishop of Kammin (Camin), Germany
30 Jan	41.2	Appointed	Giacomo Nacchianti, O.P. †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
30 Jan		Appointed	Panfilo Strassoldo †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
18 Feb	73.7	Appointed	Pietro Bembo, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Cardinal, Administrator of Bergamo, Italy
		Appointed	Odoardo Cicala †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France
	40.1	Appointed	Pietro Lippomano †	Bishop of Verona, Italy
19 Feb		Died	H�rard de Grossoles de Flamarens †	Bishop of Condom, France
29 Feb	42.8	Appointed	Marcello Cervini †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	44.1	Appointed	Juan Solano, O.P. †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
	49.1	Appointed	Antonio de Valdivieso, O.P. †	Bishop of Nicaragua
11 Mar	24.6	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce †	Priest	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
15 Mar	74.2	Died	Dominik Malachowski, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Krak�w, Poland
16 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Rostaing de La Baume de Suze, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Orange, France
16 Mar	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Claude de La Guiche †	Bishop of Agde, France	Bishop Emeritus of Mirepoix, France
17 Mar	27.2	Appointed	Pyrrhus Antonio Casamassima †	Bishop of Polignano (Polinianum), Italy
		Appointed	Robert Crichton †	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
	20.2	Appointed	Bartolomeo Siringi †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
22 Mar	56.0	Died	Johan (Joannes Magni) M�nsson (Gothus) †	Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden
26 Mar	76.2	Died	Giovanni Carandolet †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
30 Mar	69.3	Ordained Bishop	Bartolom� de las Casas (Casaus), O.P. †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), M�xico	Bishop Emeritus
Apr	40.6	Appointed	Giovanni Della Casa †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
2 Apr	77.2	Appointed	Giorgio Andreasi †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
		Appointed	Pierre du Chastel †	Bishop of M�con, France	Bishop of Orl�ans, France
	40.6	Appointed	Giovanni Della Casa †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
		Resigned	Francesco della Rovere †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Fran�ois de Faucon †	Bishop of Tulle, France	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
		Appointed	Gilles Gaude (Gardz, Gundz), O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Nantes, France
		Appointed	Gilles Gaude (Gardz, Gundz), O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Raphanea	Auxiliary Bishop of Nantes, France
	74.2	Appointed	Bartolomeo Guidiccioni †	Administrator of Chiusi, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Lucca, Italy
8 Apr	19.2	Appointed	Jean de Barban�on †	Bishop of Pamiers, France	Former Bishop-Elect
15 Apr		Born	Ottavio Mirto Frangipani †		Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
21 Apr	54.3	Appointed	Jobst von der Recke †	Bishop of Dorpat (Tartu), Estonia	Bishop Emeritus
2 May	40.3	Appointed	Pablo Gil de Talavera †	Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), M�xico
4 May	67.3	Died	Pierre de La Baume †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Besan�on, France
6 May	60.3	Died	Sebastian Branicki Korczack †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
9 May		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Provana †	Bishop of Nice, France
		Appointed	Tommaso Stella, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Adria, Italy	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
		Appointed	Tommaso Stella, O.P. †	Bishop of Salpi (Salapia), Italy	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
18 May		Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Stella, O.P. †	Bishop of Salpi (Salapia), Italy	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
4 Jun	56.7	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Gian Antonio Fassano (Phassarus, Fasside) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Monreale, Italy
		Appointed	Gian Antonio Fassano (Phassarus, Fasside) †	Titular Bishop of Christopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Monreale, Italy
	39.4	Appointed	Georg Flach, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of W�rzburg, Germany
	39.4	Appointed	Georg Flach, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Salona	Auxiliary Bishop of W�rzburg, Germany
	46.1	Resigned	Jean de Lorraine †	Administrator of Verdun, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
	19.6	Appointed	Nicolas de Lorraine †	Bishop of Verdun, France	Former Bishop-Elect
	53.6	Appointed	Olaus M�nsson †	Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden
		Appointed	Francisco Roures, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarragona, Spain
		Appointed	Francisco Roures, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarragona, Spain
19 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Domingo Romeo, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Auxiliary Bishop of Gerona, Spain
25 Jun	56.7	Resigned	Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte †	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Baldassare Marachi (Monaco), O.S.A. †	Bishop of Lesina, Italy
		Died	Johannes M�nster †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany
		Appointed	Pietro Francesco de Nobilibus †	Auxiliary Bishop of Pavia, Italy
		Appointed	Pietro Francesco de Nobilibus †	Titular Bishop of Chunavia	Auxiliary Bishop of Pavia, Italy
	45.6	Appointed	Giovanni Ricci †	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
27 Jun	45.6	Appointed	Giovanni Ricci †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
30 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Gian Antonio Fassano (Phassarus, Fasside) †	Titular Bishop of Christopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Monreale, Italy

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