The Year of Our Lord 1472

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Guglielmo Belloni (Bellomo) †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
		Born	Bernardino Carafa †		Bishop of Chieti, Italy
	40.0	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Cibò †	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, 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
		Died	Johann Merchteren, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Liberalia
		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
Jan		Died	Dietrick Stechow, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Brandenburg, Germany
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	Costantino Eroli †	Bishop of Todi, Italy	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
	48.4	Appointed	Thomas Rotherham (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
15 Jan		Confirmed	Henning von Haus †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
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)
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
15 Mar	42.2	Ordained Bishop	John Alcock †	Bishop of Rochester, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Ely, England, Great Britain
15 Apr		Died	Nicolaus Miroballo †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
20 Apr		Appointed	Giovanni de Mondani †	Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
1 May		Died	Guillaume Chartier †	Bishop of Paris, France
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
19 Jul		Selected	Arnold von Burgsdorff, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Brandenburg, Germany
11 Aug		Born	Nikolaus von Schönberg, O.P. †	Meissen	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
11 Aug		Died	János Vitéz †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
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
16 Sep		Appointed	Pietro Bagnacavallo †	Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d'Istria)(Koper), Slovenia
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
11 Dec		Appointed	Pedro Folch de Cardona †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain