The Year of Our Lord 1454

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Professed	Johannes Berger, O.S.A. †	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
		Appointed	Guido Bernardi †	Bishop of Langres, France
		Born	Carlo Domenico del Carretto †	Genoa	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Cahors, France
		Born	Francisco Desprats †	Orihuela	Cardinal, Bishop of León, Spain
	51.0	Appointed	Guillaume d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
		Died	Guido Giudano, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
		Appointed	Johannes Wennecker, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Appointed	Johannes Wennecker, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Larissa in Syria	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
9 Jan		Appointed	Pedro García de Montoya (Huete) †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
11 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Maur de Valleville (Malleville) †	Bishop of Maguelonne, France
20 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Ulrich Sonnenberger (Hinnenberger) †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
4 Feb		Appointed	Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
22 Mar	74.2	Died	John Kempe †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
24 Mar		Died	Nicolò Amidano †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
29 Mar	18.4	Appointed	Philippe de Lévis †	Archbishop of Auch, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
1 Apr	46.6	Appointed	Alain de Coëtivy †	Administrator of Nîmes, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Avignon, France
21 May		Born	Ermolao Barbaro (Jr) †	Venice	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
31 May		Appointed	Jean de Salinis, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ottana, Italy	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
16 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Guido Bernardi †	Bishop of Langres, France
20 Jun	31.0	Appointed	Carlo Gabriele Sforza, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
21 Jun	42.5	Appointed	Thomas Bourchier †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
21 Jun		Appointed	William Grey †	Bishop of Ely, England, Great Britain
21 Jul	26.2	Ordained Bishop	Pedro González de Mendoza †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
26 Jul		Appointed	Urbano Vignato †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
28 Jul	31.1	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Gabriele Sforza, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
16 Aug		Appointed	Bohuslas von Zwole †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
22 Aug	42.6	Installed	Thomas Bourchier †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
30 Aug	53.7	Appointed	Rudolf von Diepholz †	Apostolic Administrator of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
8 Sep		Ordained Bishop	William Grey †	Bishop of Ely, England, Great Britain
11 Sep		Resigned	Guillaume-Hugues d’Estaing †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland	Cardinal, Bishop of Fréjus, France
11 Oct		Appointed	Thomas de Branche de Debrentha †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
21 Oct		Appointed	Giovanni Castiglione (de Polena) †	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
4 Nov		Confirmed	Ulrich von Nußdorf (Nussdorfer) †	Bishop of Passau, Germany