The Year of Our Lord 1479

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Denis Briçonnet †		Bishop of Saint-Malo, France
		Appointed	Lorenzo Capodiferro †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
		Born	Louis d’Amboise (II) †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Albi, France
		Born	Adrien Gouffier de Boissy †		Cardinal, Administrator of Albi, France
		Resigned	Gebhard von Hoym †	Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Balthasar Merklin †	Waldkirch	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
		Died	Johann von Venningen †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
8 Jan		Appointed	Giovanni Paternò, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Malta	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
20 Jan		Died	Pedro Silva y Tenorio, O.P. †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
31 Jan	59.1	Ordained Bishop	John Morton †	Bishop of Ely, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
8 Feb		Appointed	Giovanni Gatto †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
8 Feb		Appointed	Bernardo Margarit †	Bishop of Catania, Italy
15 Feb	40.1	Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Parma, Italy
15 Mar		Appointed	Justo Baldini, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
19 Mar		Appointed	Giorgio Difnico †	Bishop of Nona (Nin), Croatia
20 Mar		Born	Ippolito d’Este (I) †	Ferrara	Cardinal, Administrator of Eger, Hungary
7 Apr		Died	Giovanni Parella di San Martino †	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
19 Apr		Appointed	Georg Antworter, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
		Appointed	Georg Antworter, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Armenia	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
	25.4	Appointed	Giuliano della Rovere †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
12 May		Born	Pompeo Colonna †	Rome	Cardinal, Administrator of Monreale, Italy
21 May		Appointed	Domenico Manfredi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
16 Jun		Appointed	Pietro Strambone, O.P. †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
25 Jun		Appointed	Antonius de Maffeis †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy
Aug		Died	Giacomo de Sanctis †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
3 Aug		Died	Antonio Jacopo Venier †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain
13 Aug	19.6	Appointed	Raffaele Sansone Riario †	Apostolic Administrator of Cuenca, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
2 Sep		Died	Ulrich von Nußdorf †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
15 Sep		Appointed	Nicolò Sandonnini †	Bishop of Lucca, Italy
17 Sep	45.7	Appointed	Girolamo Basso Della Rovere †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono	Cardinal, Bishop of Macerata, Italy
9 Oct		Appointed	Francesco de Perez †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
15 Nov		Appointed	Gian Andrea Bocciazzi †	Bishop of Modena, Italy