The Year of Our Lord 1451

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Bernardo Landriani †	Bishop of Como, Italy
		Resigned	Antonio Ponticorona, O.P. †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
		Born	René de Prie †	Touraine	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Limoges, France
		Born	Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca †	Zamora	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
14 Jan		Appointed	Johannes Goldener, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
14 Jan		Appointed	Johannes Goldener, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Acre (or Ptolomais)	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
14 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Reginald Boulers †	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, England, Great Britain
Mar		Resigned	Johannes Fabri, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
17 Mar		Appointed	Etienne Hugonet †	Bishop of Mâcon, France
17 Mar	44.2	Appointed	Grzegorz z Sanoka †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
12 Apr	82.3	Died	Johannes Hoffmann †	Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany
16 Apr		Appointed	Johannes Hutter, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
16 Apr		Appointed	Johannes Hutter, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Armenia	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
30 Apr	56.3	Selected	Caspar von Schönberg †	Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany
Jun		Ordained Bishop	Hubert Yffz (de Rommersdorf), O. Praem. †	Titular Bishop of Azotus	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
8 Jun		Died	Francesco Malipiero, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
24 Jun	70.5	Died	Leonhard von Laiming †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
4 Jul	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Grzegorz z Sanoka †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
10 Jul		Selected	Ulrich von Nußdorf †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
16 Jul		Appointed	Antonio Pusterla †	Bishop of Como, Italy
23 Jul		Appointed	Benedetto †	Bishop of Dragonara, Italy
20 Sep		Appointed	Guillaume de Fondera †	Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France
Oct	56.8	Confirmed	Caspar von Schönberg †	Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany
8 Oct	70.3	Appointed	St. Lorenzo Giustiniani, O.S.A. †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
10 Oct		Died	Astorgio Agnesi †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
13 Oct		Appointed	Giacomo Della Ratta †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Dec		Appointed	Jean d’Harcourt †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}