The Year of Our Lord 1472

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	74.0	Resigned	Amico Agnifili (de Roccha) †	Cardinal, Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
		Died	Angelo Altieri †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
		Died	Fernando de Atienza, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
		Died	Guglielmo Belloni (Bellomo) †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Stefano Botticelli †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
		Born	Bernardino Carafa †		Bishop of Chieti, Italy
		Born	Pedro Luis de Borja Lanzol de Romaní, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Valencia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
		Born	Egidio da Viterbo, O.S.A. †	Viterbo	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
		Died	Stefano Ghillini, O.P. †	Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
		Died	Etienne Hugonet †	Bishop of Mâcon, France
		Born	Jan Karnkowski †	Zmigród	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
		Born	John Longlands †		Bishop of Lincoln, England, Great Britain
		Died	Pietro Mattei †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
		Appointed	Garcis Menezes †	Bishop of Évora, Portugal
		Died	Johann Merchteren, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Libariensis
		Born	Esteban Gabriel Merino †	Santisteban del Puerto	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
		Appointed	Pierre de Montfort de Laval †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France	Archbishop of Reims, France
		Ordained Bishop	Pierre de Montfort de Laval †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France	Archbishop of Reims, France
		Born	Raffaello Petrucci †	Siena	Cardinal, Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
		Born	Erich von Sachsen-Lauenburg †		Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Born	Lukas Schleppel †		Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
		Died	Thomas Susa †	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
		Resigned	Thomas of Kirkham, O. Cist. †	Bishop of The Isles (Sodor), Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Johannes Ymminck, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
4 Jan		Died	Bartolomeo Aglioni †	Bishop of Todi, Italy
8 Jan	42.0	Appointed	John Alcock †	Bishop of Rochester, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Ely, England, Great Britain
		Appointed	Carlo Boccardini †	Bishop of Narni, Italy
		Appointed	Leonello Chiericato †	Bishop of Arbe (Rab), Croatia	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
	26.0	Appointed	Barthelemy della Rovere, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
		Appointed	Constantin Eruli †	Bishop of Todi, Italy	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
	48.4	Appointed	Thomas Rotheram (Scott) †	Bishop of Lincoln, England, Great Britain	Archbishop of York, England, Great Britain
9 Jan		Appointed	João Manuel Ferras †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
12 Jan		Died	Dietrick Stechow, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Brandenburg, Germany
15 Jan		Confirmed	Henning von Haus †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
19 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Johann Rzeszowski †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
21 Jan		Appointed	Frédéric de Saluces †	Administrator of Carpentras, France
31 Jan	18.2	Appointed	Giuliano della Rovere †	Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
2 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Hermann Molitoris, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Salmasa	Auxiliary Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany
7 Feb		Died	Ludovico Antoniis †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
14 Feb	38.1	Appointed	Girolamo Basso Della Rovere †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Macerata, Italy
14 Feb		Appointed	Francesco Maria Scelloni, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
23 Feb	18.2	Installed	Giuliano della Rovere †	Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
28 Feb		Died	Maur de Valleville (Malleville) †	Bishop of Maguelonne, France
8 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Georg Golser †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar		Appointed	Johann Ostwein †	Bishop of Modon (Medone), Greece
15 Mar	42.2	Ordained Bishop	John Alcock †	Bishop of Rochester, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Ely, England, Great Britain
4 Apr		Died	Antonio Severini †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
15 Apr		Died	Nicolaus Miroballo †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
20 Apr		Appointed	Giovanni de Mondani †	Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
1 May	86.3	Died	Guillaume Chartier †	Bishop of Paris, France
17 May		Died	Walter Le Hert †	Bishop of Norwich, England, Great Britain
26 May		Born	Juan Pardo de Tavera †	Toro	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
31 May		Born	Erhard (Erardo, Everard) von der Mark (de la Marca, Marck) †	Sedan, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop of Liège, Belgium
1 Jun		Appointed	Giovanni Gatto †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
14 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Henning von Haus †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
15 Jun		Appointed	Pedro Fernández de Solís †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
	67.5	Appointed	Diego de Muros (Moiras), O. de M. †	Bishop of Tui, Spain	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
	83.5	Died	Sigismund Pirchan von Rosenberg, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
16 Jul		Appointed	James Goldwell †	Bishop of Norwich, England, Great Britain
19 Jul		Selected	Arnold von Burgsdorff, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Brandenburg, Germany
3 Aug	38.1	Selected	Cristoforo della Rovere †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
11 Aug		Born	Nikolaus von Schönberg, O.P. †	Meissen	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
11 Aug	64.6	Died	János Vitéz (Zredna) †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
16 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Garcis Menezes †	Bishop of Évora, Portugal
17 Aug		Appointed	Angelo Alberto †	Bishop of Venafro, Italy
25 Aug		Appointed	Antonio de Alcala †	Bishop of Ottana, Italy
28 Aug		Died	Gerard (Bastet) de Crussol †	Bishop of Valence and Die, France	Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
31 Aug		Appointed	Francesco Maria Scelloni, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Bishop of Terni, Italy
31 Aug		Appointed	Tommaso Vincenzi †	Bishop of Terni, Italy	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
15 Sep	38.3	Confirmed	Cristoforo della Rovere †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
16 Sep		Appointed	Pietro Bagnacavallo †	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
16 Sep	40.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Cibò †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
23 Sep	27.4	Appointed	Pietro Riario, O.F.M. Conv. †	Administrator of Valence and Die, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
2 Oct		Appointed	Philibert Hugonet †	Cardinal, Bishop of Mâcon, France
4 Oct		Ordained Bishop	James Goldwell †	Bishop of Norwich, England, Great Britain
5 Oct		Confirmed	Arnold von Burgsdorff, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Brandenburg, Germany
12 Oct		Appointed	Giacomo Minutoli †	Bishop of Nocera Umbra, Italy	Bishop of Agde, France
30 Oct	62.8	Appointed	Latino Orsini †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
18 Nov	69.9	Died	Basilios Bessarion, O.S.B.M. †	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Thebae
23 Nov	27.6	Appointed	Pietro Riario, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
11 Dec	57.9	Appointed	Angelo Capranica †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	65.3	Appointed	Alain de Coëtivy †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Cardinal, Bishop of Avignon, France
		Appointed	Pedro Folch de Cardona †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
16 Dec	58.0	Appointed	Gabriele Rangone, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania	Cardinal, Bishop of Eger, Hungary