The Year of Our Lord 1488

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Jean de Corguilleray †	Bishop of Lodève, France
		Born	Georges d’Amboise (II) †	France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
		Resigned	Benedetto del Balzo †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Giovanni Giacomo del Balzo †	Bishop of Alessano, Italy
		Appointed	Bernardo de’ Rossi †	Bishop of Belluno, Italy	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
	16.0	Professed	Egidio da Viterbo, O.S.A. †	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
		Born	Melchior Fattlin †	Trochtelfingen	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
		Appointed	Marco de Franceschi †	Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
		Born	Marino Grimani †	Venice	Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
		Appointed	Marco Miroldi, O.P. †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
		Died	Matteo Ricci †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
		Appointed	Louis de Villiers de L’Isle-Adam †	Bishop of Beauvais, France
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Melchior von Meckau †	Coadjutor Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop
		Born	Johannes von Weeze †	Zevenaar	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
8 Feb	44.1	Confirmed	Johann Salhausen †	Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany
14 Feb		Born	Valentin von Tetleben †	Laucha	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
28 Feb		Appointed	Angelo Castalsi †	Bishop of Isola, Italy
10 Apr		Died	Henning von Haus †	Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany
19 Apr	20.1	Selected	Fryderyk Jagiellończyk †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
2 May	20.1	Confirmed	Fryderyk Jagiellończyk †	Bishop of Kraków, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
7 May		Born	Johann bei Rhein †	Heidelberg	Bishop-Elect of Regensburg, Germany
21 May		Appointed	Antonio da San Gimignano †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
9 Jun		Appointed	Alessandro della Marra †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
29 Jun		Born	Pedro Pacheco de Villena (Ladrón de Guevara) †	Puebla de Montalbán	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
15 Jul		Born	Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. †	Toledo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
26 Aug		Died	Jan Strzelecki †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
27 Aug	32.0	Appointed	Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
17 Sep		Appointed	Simone Bonadies †	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
23 Sep		Appointed	Andrzej Boryszewski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
1 Oct		Appointed	Robert d’Espinay †	Bishop of Nantes, France
15 Oct		Died	Antonio Feletto †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
22 Oct		Appointed	Leonello Chiericato †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
		Appointed	Alvise Cippico †	Bishop of Famagusta, Cyprus	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
	32.8	Appointed	Niccolò Fieschi †	Bishop of Agde, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
		Appointed	Francesco Marcelli †	Bishop of Trogir (Traù), Croatia
21 Dec	32.3	Ordained Bishop	Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)