Deceased Cardinals

a.d. 1540 – 1549

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Cardinals (45)
1540.03.30AustriaCardinal Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg († 71)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1535.02.26 – 1540.03.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria) (1512.11.19 – 1540.03.30)

Bishop of Cartagena (Spain) (1510.09.30 – 1540.03.30)

1540.04.16PortugalCardinal Afonso de Portugal († 30)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1535.08.13 – 1540.04.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lisboa (Portugal) (1523.02.20 – 1540.04.16)

Bishop of Évora (Portugal) (1523.02.20 – 1540.04.16)

1540.08.23FranceCardinal Charles de Hémard de Denonville († 46)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Matteo in Merulana (1537.01.15 – 1540.08.23)

Bishop of Mâcon (France) (1531.01.22 – 1540.08.23)

1540.09.16ItalyCardinal Enrique de Borja y Aragón († 21)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo pro illa vice Deaconry (1540.05.31 – 1540.09.16)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1539.12.17 – 1540.09.16)

1540.10.07SpainCardinal Pedro Fernández Manrique († 39)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1540.05.21 – 1540.10.07)

Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1537.04.11 – 1540.10.07)

1540.10.07ItalyCardinal Cristoforo Giacobazzi

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia in commendum (1537.09.06 – 1540.10.07)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Eustachio pro hac vice Title (1537.09.06 – 1540.10.07)

Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy) (1523.03.23 – 1540.10.07)

1540.11.05ItalyCardinal Francisco de los Ángeles Quiñones, O.F.M. Obs. († 64)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1528.09.25 – 1540.11.05)

Bishop emeritus of Coria (Spain) (1530.12.05 – 1532)

1541.03.13FranceCardinal François Guillaume de Castelnau de Clermont-Lodève († 60)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1523.12.18 – 1541.03.13)

Bishop of Agde (France) (1531.05.10 – 1541.03.13)

1541.07.03ItalyCardinal Girolamo Ghinucci († 60)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1537.01.25 – 1541.07.03)

Bishop of Worcester (England) (1522.09.26 – 1541.07.03)

1541.08.28ItalyCardinal Gianvincenzo Carafa († 63)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1539.08.04 – 1541.08.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) (1504.04.01 – 1541.08.28)

1541.10.13SpainCardinal Pedro Sarmiento († 62)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1538.11.15 – 1541.10.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1534.06.08 – 1541.10.13)

1541.11.11ItalyCardinal Federico Fregóso († 60)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1541.02.04 – 1541.11.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Salerno (Italy) (1507.05.05 – 1533.01)

1542.02.01ItalyCardinal Girolamo Aleandro († 61)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1538.03.20 – 1542.02.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Brindisi–Oria (Italy) (1524.08.08 – 1541.01.30)

1542.02.13SpainCardinal Alessandro Cesarini

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1541.11.14 – 1542.02.13)

1542.08.04ItalyCardinal Pomponio Cecci

Cardinal-Priest of S. Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane (1542.06.12 – 1542.08.04)

Bishop of Sutri (Italy) (1539.11.24 – 1542.08.04)

Bishop of Nepi (Italy) (1539.11.24 – 1542.08.04)

Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1540? – 1542.08.04)

1542.08.24EnglandCardinal Gasparo Contarini († 58)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1542.02.15 – 1542.08.24)

Bishop of Belluno (Italy) (1536.10.23 – 1542.08.24)

1542.09.17ItalyCardinal Dionisio Neagrus Laurerio, O.S.M. († 44)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1540.01.28 – 1542.09.17)

Bishop of Urbino (Italy) (1540.02.13 – 1542.09.17)

1543.01.02ItalyCardinal Bonifacio Ferrero († 66)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1537.11.28 – 1543.01.02)

Bishop emeritus of Ivrea (Italy) (1511.09.17 – 1518.05.17)

1543.08.07FranceCardinal Jean Le Veneur

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola (1533.11.10 – 1543.08.07)

Bishop emeritus of Lisieux (France) (1505.10.02 – 1539.08.18)

1543.08.17ItalyCardinal Antonio Sanseverino, S.M.O.M. († 65)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1543.01.08 – 1543.08.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1528.08.31 – 1543.08.17)

1543.09.26ItalyCardinal Francesco Cornaro († 64)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1542.02.15 – 1543.09.26)

1543.11.27ItalyCardinal Girolamo Grimaldi

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro (1528.04.27 – 1543.11.27)

1544.05.04FranceCardinal Pierre de La Baume, O. Cist. († 66)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1541.11.21 – 1544.05.04)

Abbot nullius of Saint-Claude (France) (1510 – 1544.05.04)

1544.10.12ItalyCardinal Antonio Pucci († 60)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1543.01.08 – 1544.10.12)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati in commendum (1541.11.14 – 1544.10.12)

Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (1529.10.01 – 1544.10.12)

1545.05.11ItalyCardinal Pierpaolo Parisio († 71)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1540.01.28 – 1545.05.11)

Bishop of Nusco (Italy) (1538.01.11 – 1545.05.11)

1545.08.01SpainCardinal Juan Pardo de Tavera († 73)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1531.04.27 – 1545.08.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1534.04.27 – 1545.08.01)

1545.09.24GermanyCardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg († 55)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1521.01.05 – 1545.09.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mainz (Germany) ([1514.03.09] 1514.08.18 – 1545.09.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Magdeburg (Germany) ([1513.08.31] 1513.12.02 – 1545.09.24)

1545.11.02SpainCardinal Gaspar de Ávalos de la Cueva († 59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1542.03.29 – 1545.11.02)

1546.04.22SpainCardinal García Loaysa y Mendoza, O.P. († 67)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1530.05.16 – 1546.04.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1539.05.21 – 1546.04.22)

1546.05.29ScotlandCardinal David Beaton († 51)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio (1539.09.09 – 1546.05.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Andrews (Scotland) (1539.02.14 – 1546.05.29)

Bishop of Mirepoix (France) (1537.12.05 – 1546.05.29)

1546.08.16ItalyCardinal Giovanni Vincenzo Acquaviva d’Aragona († 55)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Martino ai Monti (1542.06.12 – 1546.08.16)

Bishop of Rapolla (Italy) (1537.02.07 – 1546.08.16)

Bishop of Melfi (Italy) (1537.02.07 – 1546.08.16)

1546.09.28ItalyCardinal Marino Grimani († 56)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1543.09.24 – 1546.09.28)

Patriarch emeritus of Aquileia (Italy) (1535.09.17 – 1545.01.23)

1547.01.17ItalyCardinal Roberto Pucci († 82)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati (1544.10.17 – 1547.01.17)

Bishop emeritus of Melfi (Italy) (1546.12.07 – 1546.12.10)

Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (1545.03.31 – 1547.01.17)

1547.01.19ItalyCardinal Pietro Bembo, S.M.O.M. († 76)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1544.10.17 – 1547.01.19)

1547.08.23ItalyCardinal Niccolò Ardinghelli († 44)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare (1545.01.09 – 1547.08.23)

Bishop emeritus of Fossombrone (Italy) (1541.07.13 – 1547.03.16)

1547.09.06ItalyCardinal Tommaso Badia, O.P. († 63)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite (1542.06.12 – 1547.09.06)

Master of the Sacred Palace emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1523 – 1542.06.02)

1547.10.18FranceCardinal Jacopo Sadoleto († 70)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1545.11.27 – 1547.10.18)

Bishop of Carpentras (France) (1517.04.24 – 1547.10.18)

1548.03.30FranceCardinal Agostino Trivulzio († 62)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Adriano al Foro (1537.09.06 – 1548.03.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Reggio Calabria (Italy) (1523.10.01 – 1529)

1548.09.21ItalyCardinal Gregorio Cortese, O.S.B. Cas. († 64)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane (1542.10.16 – 1548.09.21)

1549.02.14ItalyCardinal Uberto Gàmbara († 60)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1544.10.17 – 1549.02.14)

Bishop emeritus of Tortona (Italy) (1528.05.08 – 1548.03.22)

1549.04.03ItalyCardinal Ascanio Parisani

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1540.01.28 – 1549.04.03)

Bishop of Rimini (Italy) (1529.05.24 – 1549.04.03)

1549.08.14ItalyCardinal Filiberto Ferrero († 48)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Vitale (1549.05.10 – 1549.08.14)

Bishop of Ivrea (Italy) (1518.05.17 – 1549.08.14)

1549.09.21ItalyCardinal Benedetto Accolti († 51)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio (1535.08.30 – 1549.09.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy) (1524.08.17 – 1549.09.21)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1523.03.16 – 1549.09.21)

1549.11.04ItalyCardinal Bartolomeo Guidiccioni († 78)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1543.09.24 – 1549.11.04)

Bishop of Lucca (Italy) (1546.05.26 – 1549.11.04)

1549.12.19ItalyCardinal Ennio Filonardi († 82)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1546.10.08 – 1549.12.19)

Bishop of Montefeltro (Italy) (1538.08.12 – 1549.12.19)

See Also

Cardinals by Consistory

Cardinals by Name

Cardinals by Religious Order

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