The Year of Our Lord 1477

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Pedro Aranda †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
		Died	Deodato Bocconi (Boctoni) †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
		Died	Giovanni Francesco Brusato †	Archbishop of Nicosia, Cyprus
		Born	Gianvincenzo Carafa †	Naples	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Died	Ventura degli Abbati †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
		Born	Pierre de La Baume †	Montrevel	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
		Appointed	Niccolò Franco †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
		Died	Weribold von Heys, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Died	Jacques , O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Thérouanne, France
		Ordained Bishop	Kazmierz von Masowien †	Bishop of Płock, Poland
		Born	Johannes Mensing, O.P. †	Zwolle	Auxiliary Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany
		Ordained Bishop	Kilian Pflüger †	Titular Bishop of Microcomien	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
		Born	Antonio Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Naples	Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
		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 zu Wied †	Braunsberg	Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
15 Jan	42.0	Appointed	Charles I de Bourbon †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
	71.0	Installed	Jorge da Costa †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	27.9	Appointed	Pierre de Foix (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano	Cardinal, Bishop of Vannes, France
		Died	Giacomo , O.S.A. †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi, Italy
24 Jan		Appointed	Giuliano Maffei (Matteis), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
		Appointed	Johannes Meppen, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Appointed	Johannes Meppen, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Larissa in Syria	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
29 Jan	70.1	Died	Grzegorz z Sanoka †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
30 Jan		Died	Georg Überacker †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
31 Jan		Appointed	Filippo di Navarra †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
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 Missene (Mysia)	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
9 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Johannes Meppen, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Larissa in Syria	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
23 Feb		Died	Amauri d’Acigné †	Bishop of Nantes, France
10 Mar		Appointed	Pierre Engelpert †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
12 Mar		Died	Juan Diaz de Coca †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
17 Mar		Appointed	Pierre du Chaffault †	Bishop of Nantes, France
17 Mar		Appointed	João Manuel Ferras †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
25 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Pierre Engelpert †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
28 Mar		Appointed	Martin Pedro †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
21 Apr		Died	Antonio Cicco da Pontecorvo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
4 May		Appointed	Christoph de Trautmannsdorf †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
4 May		Ordained Bishop	Christoph de Trautmannsdorf †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
15 May		Died	Mariano Salvini, O.S.M. †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
8 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Matthias Emich, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
9 Jun		Appointed	Bonfrancesco Arlotti †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
16 Jun		Appointed	Simon van den Borch †	Bishop of Reval (Rewel), Estonia
7 Jul		Died	Giovanni Campani †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
12 Jul		Born	Jacopo Sadoleto †	Modena	Cardinal, Bishop of Carpentras, France
29 Jul		Died	Ivan Stoltevoth †	Bishop of Reval (Rewel), Estonia
Aug	23.7	Appointed	Giuliano della Rovere †	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
11 Aug	67.6	Died	Latino Orsini †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
17 Aug	55.4	Appointed	Giacomo Ammannati-Piccolomini †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Bishop of Pavia, Italy
17 Aug		Appointed	Philibert Hugonet †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Bishop of Mâcon, France
24 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Simon van den Borch †	Bishop of Reval (Rewel), Estonia
1 Sep	59.7	Died	Thibauld de Luxembourg, O. Cist. †	Bishop Emeritus of Le Mans, France
24 Sep	55.5	Appointed	Giacomo Ammannati-Piccolomini †	Administrator of Lucca, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Pavia, Italy
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
18 Oct		Died	John Arundel †	Bishop of Chichester, England, Great Britain
27 Oct	40.8	Appointed	Georg Altdorfer †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
10 Nov	21.4	Appointed	Giovanni d’Aragona †	Cardinal, Administrator of Taranto, Italy
16 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Agostino †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
3 Dec	24.0	Appointed	Giuliano della Rovere †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
10 Dec	43.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Girolamo Basso Della Rovere †	Cardinal, Bishop of Macerata, Italy
	21.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni d’Aragona †	Cardinal, Administrator of Taranto, Italy
	43.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Cristoforo della Rovere †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
	60.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Foscari †	Cardinal, Administrator of Padova {Padua}, Italy
	50.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Georg Heßler (Hessler) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Passau, Germany
	62.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Gabriele Rangone, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Eger, Hungary
	16.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Raffaele Sansone Riario †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
12 Dec	43.9	Appointed	Girolamo Basso Della Rovere †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina	Cardinal, Bishop of Macerata, Italy
	21.5	Appointed	Giovanni d’Aragona †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro	Cardinal, Administrator of Taranto, Italy
	54.9	Appointed	Ausias Despuig †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
	43.5	Appointed	Cristoforo della Rovere †	Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
	60.9	Appointed	Pietro Foscari †	Cardinal-Priest of San Nicola fra le Immagini	Cardinal, Administrator of Padova {Padua}, Italy
	50.9	Appointed	Georg Heßler (Hessler) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia in Orphea	Cardinal, Bishop of Passau, Germany
	62.9	Appointed	Gabriele Rangone, O.F.M. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Sergio e Bacco	Cardinal, Bishop of Eger, Hungary
	16.6	Appointed	Raffaele Sansone Riario †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy