The Year of Our Lord 1477

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Weribold von Heys, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Born	Johannes Mensing, O.P. †	Zwolle	Auxiliary Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany
		Ordained Bishop	Kilian Pflüger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
		Died	Georg Überacker †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
		Appointed	Andreas Weinmair †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
		Appointed	Andreas Weinmair †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
14 Jan		Born	Hermann Graf zu Wied †	Braunsberg	Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
24 Jan		Appointed	Johannes Meppen, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
24 Jan		Appointed	Johannes Meppen, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Larissa in Syria	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
7 Feb		Appointed	Johannes Tideln, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
		Appointed	Johannes Tideln, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Minden, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
		Appointed	Johannes Tideln, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Misenum	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
10 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Johannes Meppen, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Larissa in Syria	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
17 Mar		Appointed	João Manuel Ferras †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
28 Mar		Appointed	Martin Pedro †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
8 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Matthias Emich, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
12 Jul		Born	Jacopo Sadoleto †	Modena	Cardinal, Bishop of Foreign Diocese
24 Sep		Appointed	Martin Pedro †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
28 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Andreas Weinmair †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
17 Oct	65.8	Died	Bernhard von Kraiburg †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
27 Oct	40.8	Appointed	Georg Altdorfer †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
3 Dec	24.0	Appointed	Giuliano della Rovere †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
10 Dec	50.9	Appointed	Georg Heßler †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia del Gonfalone	Cardinal, Bishop of Passau, Germany
	50.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Georg Heßler †	Cardinal, Bishop of Passau, Germany
	17.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Raffaele Sansone Riario †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy

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