Deceased Cardinals

a.d. 1550 – 1559

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Cardinals (37)
1550.01.31ItalyCardinal Nicolò Ridolfi († 48)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (1540.05.31 – 1550.01.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Firenze (Italy) (1543.01.08 – 1548.05.25)

Provost of Santo Stefano di Prato (Italy) (1507 – 1550.01.31)

1550.02.21FranceCardinal Philippe de la Chambre, O.S.B. Clun. († 59)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1543.09.24 – 1550.02.21)

1550.04.14ItalyCardinal Innocenzo Cibo († 58)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (1550.02.28 – 1550.04.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) (1520.05.11 – 1550.04.14)

1550.05.10FranceCardinal Jean de Lorraine († 52)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Onofrio (1519.01.07 – 1550.05.10)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1505.10.20 – 1550.05.10)

Abbot nullius of Cluny (France) (1528 – 1550.05.10)

1550.07.31ItalyCardinal Francesco Sfondrati († 56)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1547.10.10 – 1550.07.31)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1549.11.09 – 1550.07.31)

1550.08.25FranceCardinal Georges d’Amboise († 61)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1550.02.28 – 1550.08.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France) (1511.08.08 – 1550.08.25)

1551.01.30ItalyCardinal Andrea Cornaro († 39)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica (1550.06.27 – 1551.01.30)

Bishop of Brescia (Italy) (1532.03.13 – 1551.01.30)

1551.12.17HungaryCardinal Györgi Martinuzzi, O.S.P.P.E. († 68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary) (1551.10.12 – 1551.12.17)

1552.01.16FranceCardinal Niccolò Gaddi († 52)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title (1551.11.20 – 1552.01.16)

Bishop emeritus of Fermo (Italy) (1521.10.16 – 1544.12.05)

1552.05.28ItalyCardinal Marcello Crescenzi († 51)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1542.11.06 – 1552.05.28)

Bishop emeritus of Marsi (Italy) (1534.01.19 – 1546.05.17)

1553.07.16ItalyCardinal Bernardino Maffei († 39)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane (1549.05.10 – 1553.07.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Chieti (Italy) (1549.11.09 – 1553.07.14)

1553.10.28ItalyCardinal Giovanni Salviati († 63)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1546.10.08 – 1553.10.28)

1553.11.23ItalyCardinal Sebastiano Antonio Pighini († 53)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1552.06.27 – 1553.11.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manfredonia (Italy) (1550.05.30 – 1553.11.23)

1553.12.10ItalyCardinal Giovanni Domenico De Cupis († 59)

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1537.11.28 – 1553.12.10)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (1549? – 1553.12.10)

Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (1535 – 1553.12.10)

1554.09.21ItalyCardinal Alessandro Campeggi († 50)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lucia in Silice pro hac vice Title (1551.12.04 – 1554.09.21)

Bishop emeritus of Bologna (Italy) (1526.03.19 – 1553.03.06)

1555.10.10ItalyCardinal Girolamo Verallo († 57)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1553.11.29 – 1555.10.10)

Bishop emeritus of Capaccio (Italy) (1549.11.09 – 1553.03.01)

1556.02.12ItalyCardinal Giovanni Poggio († 63)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1552.03.23 – 1556.02.12)

Bishop emeritus of Tropea (Italy) (1541.10.04 – 1556.02.06)

1556.06.05ItalyCardinal Miguel da Silva († 75)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1553.12.11 – 1556.06.05)

Bishop emeritus of Viseu (Portugal) (1526.11.21 – 1547.04.22)

1557.03.13FranceCardinal Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme († 64)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1550.02.24 – 1557.03.13)

Bishop emeritus of Laon (France) (1510.04.24 – 1552.03.23)

1557.05.31SpainCardinal Juan Martínez Silíceo († 70)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1556.02.01 – 1557.05.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1546.01.08 – 1557.05.31)

1557.06.06FranceCardinal Jacques d’Annebaut († 56)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1548.03.22 – 1557.06.06)

Bishop of Lisieux (France) (1539.08.18 – 1557.06.06)

1557.08.10ItalyCardinal Fabio Mignanelli († 60)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1556.06.12 – 1557.08.10)

Bishop emeritus of Lucera (Italy) (1540.11.15 – 1553.05.17)

1557.09.15SpainCardinal Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. († 69)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1555.05.29 – 1557.09.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1550.06.27 – 1557.09.15)

1557.12.24ItalyCardinal Durante Duranti († 50)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1545.01.09 – 1557.12.24)

Bishop of Brescia (Italy) (1551.02.18 – 1557.12.24)

1558.03.08ItalyCardinal Pietro Bertani, O.P. († 56)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1551.12.04 – 1558.03.08)

Bishop of Fano (Italy) (1537.11.28 – 1558.03.08)

1558.03.25SpainCardinal Girolamo Doria († 62)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico Octaviae (1555.05.29 – 1558.03.25)

1558.04EnglandCardinal William Petow, O.F.M. Obs. († 72)

Bishop of Salisbury (England) (1543.03.30 – 1558.04)

1558.08.05ItalyCardinal Pietro Tagliavia d’Aragonia († 57)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1555.07.17 – 1558.08.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) (1544.10.10 – 1558.08.05)

1558.11.17EnglandCardinal Reginald Pole († 58)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Cosmedin pro hac vice Title (1555.12.01 – 1558.11.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Canterbury (England) (1555.12.11 – 1558.11.17)

1559.01.18ItalyCardinal Roberto de’ Nobili († 17)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica (1555.02.06 – 1559.01.18)

Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library (1555? – 1559.01.18)

1559.03.13GermanyCardinal Johann Gropper († 56)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia in Silice (1556.01.13 – 1559.03.13)

1559.05.22ItalyCardinal Virgilio Rosario († 59)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Simeone Profeta (1557.03.24 – 1559.05.22)

Bishop of Ischia (Italy) (1554.08.27 – 1559.05.22)

Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1558 – 1559.05.22)

1559.06.25FranceCardinal Antonio Trivulzio († 44)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1557.10.11 – 1559.06.25)

Bishop of Toulon (France) (1535.06.07 – 1559.06.25)

1559.08.25ItalyCardinal Giovanni Battista Consiglieri († 67)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere (1558.12.16 – 1559.08.25)

1559.11.25FranceCardinal Antoine Sanguin de Meudon († 65)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1550.02.28 – 1559.11.25)

Bishop emeritus of Orléans (France) (1533.11.06 – 1550.10.20)

1559.12.01FranceCardinal Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro († 57)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro (1545.01.09 – 1559.12.01)

Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (France) (1544.07.30 – 1559.12.01)

1559.12.04ItalyCardinal Girolamo Dandini († 49)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1555.10.25 – 1559.12.04)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1558 – 1559.12.04)

Secretary of State of Apostolic Secretariat (1555? – 1559.12.04)

See Also

Cardinals by Consistory

Cardinals by Name

Cardinals by Religious Order

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