The Year of Our Lord 1455

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Antonio de Celano †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
		Died	Raimondo degli Ugotti, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
		Born	Alejandro Geraldini (Gerardini, Gueraldini) †	Amelia, Italy	Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
		Died	John Green †	Bishop of The Isles (Sodor), Scotland, Great Britain
		Died	Hermann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France
		Born	Juan López †	Valencia, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
		Died	Antonio Paoli †	Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy
		Appointed	Alfonso Vázquez de Acuña †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
12 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Bohuslas von Zwole †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
26 Jan	41.1	Appointed	Giovanni Conti †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
30 Jan		Appointed	Gabriele Pontangeli †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
31 Jan		Appointed	Mariano Salvini, O.S.M. †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
2 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Thomas de Branche de Debrentha †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
3 Mar		Born	Ascanio Maria Sforza †	Cremona	Cardinal, Administrator of Pavia, Italy
15 Mar		Born	Pietro de Accolti de Aretio †	Florence, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
	70.2	Resigned	Isidore of Kiev †	Administrator of Cervia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sant’Alessio
		Appointed	Francesco Portio †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
16 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Mariano Salvini, O.S.M. †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
21 Mar	57.3	Died	Tommaso Parentucelli †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
25 Mar	54.2	Died	Rudolf von Diepholz †	Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
30 Mar	53.2	Selected	Siegfried von Venningen †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
1 Apr	65.3	Died	Zbigniew z Oleśnicy †	Cardinal, Bishop of Kraków, Poland
1 Apr	51.2	Died	Gottfried Schenk von Limpurg †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
7 Apr		Appointed	Louis de Bourbon †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
8 Apr	76.3	Elected	Alfonso de Borja y Cabanilles †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
20 Apr	76.3	Installed	Alfonso de Borja y Cabanilles †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
28 Apr		Appointed	Giorgio Fieschi (Flisco) †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
May		Ordained Bishop	Ulrich von Nußdorf (Nussdorfer) †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
2 May		Appointed	Antonio Feletto †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
24 May	53.4	Confirmed	Siegfried von Venningen †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
11 Jun	31.4	Selected	Konrad von Diepholz †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
16 Jun		Appointed	Johann von Grumbach †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
20 Jun		Appointed	Nicolas Palmeri, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy
28 Jul		Died	Johannes von Deher †	Bishop of Lebus, Germany
Sep	44.7	Resigned	Sigfried Piscator, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
2 Sep	57.1	Appointed	Jakob von Sierck †	Apostolic Administrator of Metz, France	Archbishop of Trier, Germany
12 Sep		Appointed	Battista de Ventura †	Bishop of Frigento, Italy	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
25 Sep		Appointed	Thomas Burton, O.F.M. †	Bishop of The Isles (Sodor), Scotland, Great Britain
25 Sep	57.1	Appointed	Tomasz Strzępiński †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
29 Sep		Born	Gabriel von Eyb †	Arberg	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
Oct		Selected	Friedrich Sesselmann †	Bishop of Lebus, Germany
13 Oct		Appointed	Johannes Schulte, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
13 Oct		Appointed	Johannes Schulte, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Syra (Suda)	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
18 Oct		Died	Edmund Lacy †	Bishop of Exeter, England, Great Britain
22 Oct	62.8	Resigned	Jean de Heinsberg †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
28 Oct		Died	Guillaume-Hugues d’Estaing †	Cardinal, Bishop of Fréjus, France
7 Nov		Appointed	Jean du Bellay, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Fréjus, France	Bishop of Poitiers, France
14 Nov	35.9	Appointed	Marco Barbo †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy	Cardinal, Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
21 Nov		Appointed	Heinrich Hopfgarten, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
21 Nov		Appointed	Heinrich Hopfgarten, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Rhosus	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
1 Dec		Confirmed	Friedrich Sesselmann †	Bishop of Lebus, Germany
15 Dec	32.0	Confirmed	Konrad von Diepholz †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
17 Dec		Appointed	Jacob Flucke, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon