The Year of Our Lord 1446

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Hilger de Burgis, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Appointed	Hilger de Burgis, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Budua	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Appointed	Ludovico Certa †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
		Resigned	Henri d’Avaucourt †	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Juan de Borja Lanzol de Romaní †	Valencia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
		Born	Barthelemy della Rovere, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
		Born	Gabriel du Mas †		Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France
		Died	Felice Fajadelli, O.P. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
		Appointed	Giorgio Fieschi (Flisco) †	Administrator of Luni, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
		Died	Bartolomeo Gattola †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
		Appointed	Georg (Jerzy) , O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
		Appointed	Georg (Jerzy) , O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland
		Died	Corrado da Matelica, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
		Born	Giovanni Michiel †	Venice	Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
		Appointed	Giovannuccio Pasquali, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
		Resigned	Robert Ringman, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Norwich, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Gardar, Greenland
		Appointed	Rodrigo de Vergara †	Bishop of Tui, Spain	Bishop of León, Spain
		Born	Marco Vigerio della Rovere, O.F.M. Conv. †	Savona	Cardinal, Archbishop of Trani, Italy
10 Jan		Appointed	St. Antonio Forcilioni, O.P. †	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
24 Jan		Appointed	Walter Le Hert †	Bishop of Norwich, England, Great Britain
		Resigned	Dietrich von Moers †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
		Resigned	Dietrich von Moers †	Apostolic Administrator of Paderborn, Germany	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
3 Feb		Appointed	Pablo de Santafe †	Bishop of Siracusa, Italy
6 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Adam Moleyns †	Bishop of Chichester, England, Great Britain
7 Mar	35.2	Appointed	Sigfried Piscator, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
7 Mar	35.2	Appointed	Sigfried Piscator, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
9 Mar	29.2	Appointed	Reinhard von Sickingen †	Bishop of Worms, Germany
12 Mar		Ordained Bishop	St. Antonio Forcilioni, O.P. †	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
13 Mar	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Johann von Eych †	Cardinal, Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
18 Mar		Appointed	Bernardo Landriani †	Bishop of Como, Italy
27 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Walter Le Hert †	Bishop of Norwich, England, Great Britain
6 Apr		Appointed	John Drene †	Bishop of Caithness, Scotland, Great Britain
7 May		Died	Giovanni di Prangins †	Bishop Emeritus of Aosta, Italy
27 May		Appointed	Niccolò Ruggeri, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
30 May		Appointed	Guillaume Sorbert (Soibert) †	Bishop of Carpentras, France
18 Jul		Appointed	Antonio de Fabriano, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Svač, Serbia
24 Jul		Died	Giovanni Tossignano †	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
27 Jul	29.6	Ordained Bishop	Reinhard von Sickingen †	Bishop of Worms, Germany
8 Aug	46.6	Appointed	Francesco Legnamine (de Padua) †	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy	Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy
10 Aug		Appointed	Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña †	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
10 Aug	47.6	Appointed	Juan de Carvajal †	Cardinal, Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
Sep	58.7	Appointed	Juan de Torquemada, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
2 Sep		Appointed	Jean Coeur †	Archbishop of Bourges, France
20 Oct		Died	Georg Lembacher †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
21 Oct		Died	William Linwood †	Bishop of Saint David’s, Wales, Great Britain
7 Nov	11.8	Appointed	Charles I de Bourbon †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
8 Nov		Died	Lorenz von Lichtenberg †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
11 Nov		Died	Pierre de Versailles, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Meaux, France
24 Nov		Appointed	Théobald Sweinpeck †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
30 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Antonio de Fabriano, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Svač, Serbia
16 Dec	48.0	Appointed	Juan de Carvajal †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
	48.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Juan de Carvajal †	Cardinal, Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
	49.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Tommaso Parentucelli †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)