The Year of Our Lord 1440

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Antonio de Celano †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
		Born	Henry Deane †		Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
		Appointed	Guglielmo Logoteta †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
		Ordained Priest	Ulrich von Nußdorf †	Priest	Bishop of Passau, Germany
		Born	Niccolò Pandolfini †	Florence	Cardinal, Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
		Born	Matthias Scheit (Scheidt) †	Ulm	Bishop Emeritus of Seckau, Austria
		Born	Melchior von Meckau †	Meissen	Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
8 Jan	37.0	Installed	Guillaume d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	50.1	Installed	Zbigniew z Oleśnicy †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca	Cardinal, Bishop of Kraków, Poland
	40.0	Installed	Dénes Szécsi †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	52.0	Installed	Juan de Torquemada, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
9 Jan		Died	Johann von Brunn †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
10 Jan	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Guillaume d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Digne, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
10 Jan	23.9	Selected	Sigmund von Sachsen †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
16 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Nikolaus Sachow †	Bishop of Lübeck, Germany
15 Feb	40.1	Appointed	Dénes Szécsi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
26 Feb	70.2	Died	Friedrich von Aufseß †	Bishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
1 Apr		Appointed	Giovanni di Prangins †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
1 Apr		Appointed	Giorgio di Saluzzo †	Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland
6 Apr		Appointed	Juan de Mella †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
18 Apr		Appointed	Antonio Bretone (Ferrier) †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy	Bishop of Orange, France
1 Jul	23.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Barbo †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
27 Jul	52.6	Appointed	Juan de Torquemada, O.P. †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Oct	24.6	Ordained Bishop	Sigmund von Sachsen †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
13 Nov		Born	Heinrich von Schwarzburg †	Rudolstadt	Bishop of Münster, Germany