The Year of Our Lord 1485

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Venerable Diego Alvarez de Osorio †	Darién	Bishop-Elect of León en Nicaragua
		Born	Gaspar Avalos de la Cueva †	Guadix	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
		Appointed	Pedro Beltrán †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop of Tui, Spain
		Selected	Joachim Bredow, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Brandenburg, Germany
		Appointed	Alfonso de Burgos, O.P. †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
		Born	Enrique de Cardona y Enríquez †	Urgel	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
		Appointed	Tommaso Catanei, O.P. †	Bishop of Porec (Parenzo), Croatia	Bishop of Cervia, Italy
		Died	Simon Contarini †	Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy
		Died	Antonio de’ Medici, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
		Born	Cristóbal de Pedraza †	Spain	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
		Died	Bartolomeo del Poggio †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
		Appointed	Alfonso de Fonseca †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain	Bishop of Osma, Spain
		Died	Juan de Frías †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
		Appointed	Fabrizio Guarna †	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
		Born	Robert de Lénoncourt †	Lorraine	Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France
		Born	Augustin Mair, C.R.S.A. †	Lehr	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
		Appointed	Iñigo Manrique de Lara †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
		Died	Giacomo Minutoli †	Bishop of Agde, France
		Died	Stefano Moscatelli †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
		Resigned	Filippo di Navarra †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Orso Orsini †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
		Died	Orso Orsini †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
		Appointed	Benedetto Paganotti, O.P. †	Bishop of Vaison, France
		Died	Alfonso de Paradinas †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
		Born	Detlev Reventlow †		Bishop-Elect of Lübeck, Germany
		Died	Giovanni Romano, O.P. †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
	21.0	Ordained Priest	Ernst von Sachsen †	Priest of Magdeburg, Germany	Archbishop
		Born	Juan Suárez Carvajal †	Talavera de la Reina	Bishop Emeritus of Lugo, Spain
		Appointed	Hernando de Talavera, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Avila, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
		Born	Agostino Trivulzio †	Milan, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Adriano al Foro
		Born	František Ujlaky †	Romania	Bishop of Eger, Hungary
		Appointed	Alonso de Valdivieso †	Bishop of León, Spain
		Died	Luis Velasco †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
		Died	Laurentius Zane †	Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
28 Jan		Born	Vincenzo Pimpinella †	Rome	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
8 Feb		Appointed	Thomas Langton †	Bishop of Salisbury, England, Great Britain
21 Feb		Appointed	Niccolò Franco †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
21 Feb	45.7	Appointed	Francesco Todeschini-Piccolomini †	Administrator of Fermo, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
11 Mar		Born	Bernhard von Cles (Clesio) †	Cles	Cardinal, Bishop of Trento, Italy
13 Mar	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Berthold von Henneberg-Römhild †	Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
Apr		Died	Iñigo Manrique de Lara †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Archbishop of Córdoba, Spain
18 Apr		Appointed	Gerolamo Pallavicini †	Apostolic Administrator of Novara, Italy
26 May		Appointed	Hugh Pavy †	Bishop of Saint David’s, Wales, Great Britain
Jun		Died	Arnold von Burgsdorff, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Brandenburg, Germany
18 Jul		Appointed	Roberto Caracciolo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Aquino, Italy
18 Jul		Appointed	Antonio de’ Tolomei †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
12 Aug		Appointed	Edoardo Ferro †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi, Italy
26 Aug	41.7	Appointed	Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Quiñones †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
1 Sep		Appointed	Nicola Tomacelli †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
3 Sep		Appointed	Tommaso Asti †	Bishop of Forli, Italy
5 Sep		Appointed	Stefan Teglatije (de Taleazis) †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Torcello (Turris), Italy	Bishop
5 Sep		Appointed	Stefan Teglatije (de Taleazis) †	Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters)	Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy
27 Sep		Born	Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi †	Milano	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
Oct		Died	Leonardo Grifo †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
9 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Hugh Pavy †	Bishop of Saint David’s, Wales, Great Britain
14 Oct		Confirmed	Joachim Bredow, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Brandenburg, Germany
14 Oct	29.8	Appointed	Niccolò Fieschi †	Bishop of Fréjus, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
18 Oct	71.8	Appointed	Giovanni Conti †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Adriano al Foro	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Conza, Italy
21 Oct		Appointed	Nicolò Garigliati †	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
17 Nov		Appointed	Giovanni Battista Petrucci (Petruzzi) †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
21 Nov		Appointed	Aurelio Biennato †	Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy
21 Nov		Appointed	Antonio Maramaldo †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
22 Nov		Died	Friedrich Mauerkircher †	Bishop of Passau, Germany
2 Dec	26.9	Selected	Friedrich von Öttingen †	Bishop of Passau, Germany	Bishop-Elect
2 Dec		Appointed	Benedictus Waldstein †	Bishop of Kammin (Camin), Germany
5 Dec	35.9	Appointed	Lorenzo Cibo de’ Mari †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
12 Dec		Appointed	Tommaso Catanei, O.P. †	Bishop of Cervia, Italy