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The Year of Our Lord 1440

Bishop Events


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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknownOrdained PriestUlrich von NußdorfPriestBishop of Passau, Germany
16 JanOrdained BishopNikolaus SachowBishop of Lübeck, Germany
1 Jul23.5Elevated to CardinalPietro BarboPope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
27 Jul52.6AppointedJuan de Torquemada, O.P. †Bishop of Cádiz, SpainCardinal, Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy
13 NovBornHeinrich Graf von SchwarzburgRudolstadtBishop of Münster, Germany

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