The Year of Our Lord 1240

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Howel ap Ednevet †	Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain
		Born	Peter von Aspelt †		Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
		Born	Bl. Niccolò Boccasini, O.P. †		Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Appointed	Sigebaldo Caballazio †	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
		Appointed	Fouques de Caille †	Bishop of Riez, France
		Born	Bernard de Castanet †		Cardinal, Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
		Appointed	Pierre Charlot †	Bishop of Noyon, France
		Ordained Bishop	Pierre Charlot †	Bishop of Noyon, France
		Appointed	William de Christchurch †	Bishop of Llandaff, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Enrico della Fratta †	Bishop of Bologna, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Galeran †	Bishop of Nantes, France
		Born	Jan Gerbicz †		Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Born	Rodrigo Gudal, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Marrakesh, Morocco
		Died	Hugh , O.P. †	Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain
		Appointed	Johannes †	Bishop of Schleswig, Germany
		Born	Henrich von Klingenberg †		Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
		Appointed	Robert Le Cornu †	Bishop of Nevers, France
		Ordained Bishop	Robert Le Cornu †	Bishop of Nevers, France
		Died	Nikulás †	Bishop of Garðar, Greenland
		Died	Nehemiah O’Bragan, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
		Appointed	David O’Bragan, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
		Appointed	Alan O’Sullivan †	Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland	Bishop of Lismore, Ireland
		Ordained Bishop	Alan O’Sullivan †	Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland	Bishop of Lismore, Ireland
		Appointed	Giocondo Paladini †	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
		Born	Philipp von Rathsamhausen †		Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
		Appointed	Albert Suerber, O.P. †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland	Archbishop of Riga, Latvia
		Appointed	Thorkill †	Bishop of Reval (Rewel), Estonia
		Appointed	Michel Villoiseau †	Bishop of Angers, France
		Appointed	Konrad von Wallhausen †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
		Appointed	Rudolf von Webau †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
22 Jan		Ordained Bishop	David de Berhnam †	Bishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain
21 Feb	27.1	Appointed	Ottaviano Ubaldini †	Administrator of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
Mar		Died	Nicolas de Roye †	Bishop of Noyon, France
6 Mar		Appointed	Mátyás (Rátót) †	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
31 Mar		Died	Paweł †	Bishop of Poznań, Poland
4 Apr		Died	Wesselin †	Bishop of Reval (Rewel), Estonia
1 May		Died	Ekkehard Rabil †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
1 May	70.3	Died	Jacques de Vitry, C.R.S.A. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
13 May		Died	Elias of Radnor †	Bishop of Llandaff, Wales, Great Britain
20 May		Appointed	Egnone di Appiano †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Bishop of Trento, Italy
29 May		Appointed	Juan Domínguez de Medina †	Bishop of Burgos, Spain
6 Jun		Appointed	Raynaldo Aquaviva †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
24 Jun		Died	Heinrich †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
1 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Hugh Pateshull †	Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, England, Great Britain
6 Jul		Died	Henri de Dreux †	Archbishop of Reims, France
13 Jul		Died	Attone †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
22 Jul		Appointed	Ferrer de Pallarés o de San Martín †	Bishop of Valencia, Spain
3 Aug		Appointed	Robert de Thourotte †	Bishop of Liège, Belgium
9 Aug		Died	Rostan de Sabran †	Bishop of Riez, France
24 Aug		Appointed	Peter d’Aigueblanche †	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain
31 Aug		Died	Guillaume de Beaumont †	Bishop of Angers, France
8 Sep		Appointed	Rinaldo †	Bishop of Osimo, Italy	Bishop of Recanati, Italy
12 Sep		Died	Hugues †	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
12 Sep		Died	Bernhard Kaplíř ze Sulevic (Buchard) †	Bishop of Praha, Czechia
30 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Albert Suerber, O.P. †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland	Archbishop of Riga, Latvia
10 Oct		Appointed	Durand †	Bishop of Limoges, France
12 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Ferrer de Pallarés o de San Martín †	Bishop of Valencia, Spain
17 Oct		Died	Robert von England, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
4 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Howel ap Ednevet †	Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain
16 Nov		Died	Edmund Rich †	Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
23 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Peter d’Aigueblanche †	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain

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