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
		Born	Gianvincenzo Carafa †	Naples	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Born	Pierre de La Baume †	Montrevel	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
		Appointed	Niccolò Franco †	Bishop of Porec (Parenzo), Croatia	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
		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 †	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		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
11 Feb		Appointed	Edward Storey †	Bishop of Chichester, England, Great Britain
23 Feb		Died	Amauri d’Acigné †	Bishop of Nantes, France
17 Mar		Appointed	João Manuel Ferras †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
28 Mar		Appointed	Martin Pedro †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
4 May		Appointed	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
12 Jul		Born	Jacopo Sadoleto †	Modena	Cardinal, Bishop of Carpentras, France
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
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
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
	50.9	Appointed	Georg Heßler †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia in Orphea	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
12 Dec	43.9	Appointed	Girolamo Basso Della Rovere †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina	Cardinal, Bishop of Macerata, Italy