The Year of Our Lord 1552

Bishop Events

January to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Francisco de Arriba †		Bishop-Elect of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
		Born	Pompeio Arrigoni †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
		Died	Dionisio de Avila, O. de M. †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
	56.1	Appointed	John Balgus, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
		Died	János Barlabássy †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary
		Born	Francesco Boncianni †		Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
	13.0	Selected	Sigismund von Brandenburg †	Archbishop of Magdeburg, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect
	13.0	Selected	Sigismund von Brandenburg †	Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect of Magdeburg, Germany
		Born	Antonio de Cáceres y Sotomayor, O.P. †		Bishop of Astorga, Spain
		Born	Camillo Caetani †		Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
		Born	Orazio Capponi †		Bishop of Carpentras, France
		Ordained Bishop	Tomás Casillas, O.P. †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
		Died	Cristóvão de Castro †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
		Born	Luís Cerqueira, S.J. †		Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
		Died	Juan Cordella †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
	27.8	Ordained Bishop	Giorgio Cornaro †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	François de Créqui †	Bishop of Thérouanne, France	Bishop Emeritus
	59.0	Appointed	Giovanni Domenico de Cupis †	Administrator of Recanati, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Appointed	Antonius de Ciudad Rodrigo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	51.0	Died	Bernardo Antonio de’ Medici †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
		Born	Sigismondo Donati †		Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
		Born	Enrique Enríquez de Almansa Manrique, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Roderick MacLean †	Bishop of The Isles (Sodor), Scotland, Great Britain
		Died	Luigi Magnasco di Santa Fiora †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
		Born	Alfonso Manzanedo de Quiñones †		Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
		Died	Dermot McCarthy, O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
		Died	Bernard d’Ornézan †	Bishop of Lombez, France
		Born	Rui Pires da Veiga †		Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
	37.2	Ordained Bishop	Maurizio Pietra †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop
	30.0	Resigned	François de Pisseleu †	Bishop of Amiens, France	Bishop Emeritus
	78.0	Resigned	Livio Podocatharo †	Archbishop of Nicosia, Cyprus	Archbishop Emeritus
		Died	Geoffroi de Pompadour †	Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France
		Born	Guitard de Ratte †		Bishop of Montpellier, France
		Died	Luca Rinaldi †	Bishop of Gravina (di Puglia), Italy
		Born	Karel-Filips de Rodoan †		Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
		Died	Giovanni Rota †	Auxiliary Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
		Died	Bernardo Sancio †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
		Resigned	Vittore Soranzo †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	42.0	Selected	Shimun (Jean-Simon) Sulaqa (Sulaka) †	Patriarch of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
		Born	Martín Terrer Valenzuela, O.S.A. †		Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
		Born	Ludovico de Torres (II) †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
		Born	Alfonso Visconte, C.O. †		Cardinal, Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Danijel Vocacio (Vocazio, Vocatius), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Duvno, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Wenzel , O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
3 Jan	64.8	Died	Heinrich von Rhein (Palatins, von der Pfalz) †	Bishop of Worms, Germany	Bishop of Freising, Germany
4 Jan		Born	Jan Tarnowski †		Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
8 Jan	68.0	Resigned	Cristoforo Guidalotti Ciocchi del Monte †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}	Cardinal, Bishop of Cagli, Italy
		Appointed	Jacopo Cortesi †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}	Bishop of Vaison, France
		Appointed	Georg Waldeisen (Kalteiser) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
		Appointed	Georg Waldeisen (Kalteiser) †	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
15 Jan		Died	Carlo Traversari †	Bishop of Segni, Italy
16 Jan	53.0	Died	Niccolò Gaddi †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata
17 Jan	41.0	Died	Giovanni Battista Castromediano †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
18 Jan		Appointed	Ambrogio Monticoli †	Bishop of Segni, Italy
20 Jan		Born	Sebastian Breuning †		Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
31 Jan	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Achille Grassi †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy
Feb		Died	Antoine de Vienne, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France
2 Feb	56.1	Ordained Bishop	John Balgus, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
3 Feb		Died	Pierre du Chastel †	Bishop of Orléans, France
6 Feb		Born	Simón Vicente Bauzá, O.P. †		Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
6 Feb	56.0	Died	Friedrich Nausea †	Bishop of Wien, Austria
7 Feb	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Fernandes Sardinha †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
12 Feb		Appointed	Pietro Camaiani †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
	51.6	Resigned	Federico Cesi †	Administrator of Caserta, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	36.1	Appointed	Girolamo Federici †	Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
		Appointed	Vittore de Franceschi †	Bishop of Famagusta, Cyprus
	51.1	Appointed	Braccio Martelli †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
	50.1	Appointed	Antonio Bernardi (of Mirandola) †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
15 Feb		Selected	Leo Lösch von Hilkershausen †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
16 Feb		Resigned	Gerolamo de Caro †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Feb	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Bernardi (of Mirandola) †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
19 Feb		Born	Melchior Klesl †		Cardinal, Bishop of Wien, Austria
Mar		Died	György Tompa †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
9 Mar	61.1	Appointed	Tiberio Muti †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	29.1	Appointed	Giacomo Savelli †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	26.0	Appointed	Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio	Cardinal, Administrator of Capua, Italy
	33.2	Appointed	Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
13 Mar		Appointed	Simone Gattola †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
19 Mar	38.3	Appointed	Giovanni Andrea Candido, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
20 Mar	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Jakub Uchański †	Bishop of Chełm, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
23 Mar	59.2	Resigned	Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme (II) †	Bishop of Laon, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	52.9	Appointed	Giovanni Angelo de’ Medici †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Jean Doc, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Laon, France
	59.1	Installed	Giovanni Poggio †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tropea, Italy
24 Mar		Died	Leonardo Benzoni †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
27 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Johann von Schönberg †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
2 Apr	56.2	Appointed	Juan de los Barrios, O.F.M. Obs. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
10 Apr		Ordained Bishop	Johann Horneburg †	Bishop of Lebus, Germany
27 Apr		Appointed	Giulio Gentile †	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy
		Appointed	Guillaume Hauwere †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
		Appointed	Guillaume Hauwere †	Titular Bishop of Sarepta	Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
		Appointed	Jean de Morvilliers †	Bishop of Orléans, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Costantino Piccioni, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Scala, Italy	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
1 May		Ordained Bishop	Jean Doc, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Laon, France
11 May		Appointed	Anastasio Umberto Dandini, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Imola, Italy
	43.3	Resigned	Girolamo Dandini †	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
		Confirmed	Leo Lösch von Hilkershausen †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
		Appointed	Francesco Monaldi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti, Italy
		Appointed	Francesco Monaldi †	Titular Bishop of Tarsus	Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti, Italy
28 May	52.4	Died	Marcello Crescenzi †	Cardinal, Administrator of Conza, Italy
30 May	51.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Sebastiano Antonio Pighini †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
Jun	38.5	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Andrea Candido, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Bishop of Gerace, Italy
3 Jun	68.4	Appointed	Ambrogio Catarino Politi, O.P. †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
3 Jun		Appointed	Antonio Simeoni (Menecussis), O.S.B. †	Bishop of Minori, Italy	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
12 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Leo Lösch von Hilkershausen †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
22 Jun	55.4	Installed	Pedro Fernandes Sardinha †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
27 Jun	72.4	Appointed	Miguel da Silva †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello	Cardinal, Administrator of Massa Marittima, Italy
	31.7	Resigned	Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †	Administrator of Viseu, Portugal	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	51.7	Installed	Sebastiano Antonio Pighini †	Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
		Appointed	Gonçalo Pinheiro †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
	70.3	Appointed	Tomás de San Martín, O.P. †	Bishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
28 Jun		Appointed	Gregorio de Beteta, O.P. †	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Former Bishop-Elect

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