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The Year of Our Lord 1240

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknownAppointedHowel ap EdnevetBishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain
BornPeter von AspeltArchbishop of Mainz, Germany
BornAntony BeckTitular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
BornBl. Niccolò Boccasini, O.P. †Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
AppointedSigebaldo CaballazioBishop of Padova {Padua}, ItalyBishop of Novara, Italy
AppointedFouques de CailleBishop of Riez, France
BornBernard de CastanetCardinal, Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
AppointedPierre CharlotBishop of Noyon, France
Ordained BishopPierre CharlotBishop of Noyon, France
AppointedWilliam de ChristchurchBishop of Llandaff, Wales, Great BritainBishop Emeritus
BornAndrea Conti, O.F.M. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor
AppointedDomenico Bishop of Bitonto, ItalyBishop of Mileto, Italy
ResignedEnrico della FrattaBishop of Bologna, ItalyBishop Emeritus
AppointedGaleran Bishop of Nantes, France
BornJan GerbiczBishop of Poznań, Poland
BornRodrigo Gudal, O.F.M. †Bishop of Marrakesh, Morocco
DiedHugh , O.P. †Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain
AppointedJohannes Bishop of Schleswig, Germany
BornHenrich von KlingenbergBishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
AppointedRobert Le CornuBishop of Nevers, France
Ordained BishopRobert Le CornuBishop of Nevers, France
DiedNikulás Bishop of Garðar, Greenland
DiedNehemiah O’Bragan, O. Cist. †Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
AppointedDavid O’Bragan, O. Cist. †Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
AppointedAlan O’SullivanBishop of Cloyne, IrelandBishop of Lismore, Ireland
Ordained BishopAlan O’SullivanBishop of Cloyne, IrelandBishop of Lismore, Ireland
AppointedGiocondo PaladiniArchbishop of Otranto, Italy
BornPhilipp von RathsamhausenBishop of Eichstätt, Germany
AppointedAlbert Suerber, O.P. †Archbishop of Armagh, IrelandArchbishop of Riga, Latvia
AppointedThorkill Bishop of Reval (Rewel), Estonia
AppointedMichel VilloiseauBishop of Angers, France
AppointedKonrad von WallhausenBishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
AppointedRudolf von WebauBishop of Merseburg, Germany
22 JanOrdained BishopDavid de BerhnamBishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain
21 Feb27.1AppointedOttaviano UbaldiniAdministrator of Bologna, ItalyCardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
MarDiedNicolas de RoyeBishop of Noyon, France
6 MarAppointedMátyás (Rátót) Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
31 MarDiedPaweł Bishop of Poznań, Poland
4 AprDiedWesselin Bishop of Reval (Rewel), Estonia
1 MayDiedEkkehard RabilBishop of Merseburg, Germany
70.3DiedJacques de Vitry, C.R.S.A. †Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
13 MayDiedElias of RadnorBishop of Llandaff, Wales, Great Britain
20 MayAppointedEgnone di AppianoBishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, ItalyBishop of Trento, Italy
29 MayAppointedJuan Domínguez de MedinaBishop of Burgos, Spain
6 JunAppointedRaynaldo AquavivaBishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
24 JunDiedHeinrich Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
1 JulOrdained BishopHugh PateshullBishop of Coventry and Lichfield, England, Great Britain
6 JulDiedHenri de DreuxArchbishop of Reims, France
13 JulDiedAttone Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
22 JulAppointedFerrer de Pallarés o de San MartínBishop of Valencia, Spain
3 AugAppointedRobert de ThourotteBishop of Liège, Belgium
9 AugDiedRostan de SabranBishop of Riez, France
24 AugAppointedPeter d’AigueblancheBishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain
31 AugDiedGuillaume de BeaumontBishop of Angers, France
8 SepAppointedRinaldo Bishop of Osimo, ItalyBishop of Recanati, Italy
12 SepDiedHugues Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
DiedBernhard Kaplíř ze Sulevic (Buchard)Bishop of Praha, Czechia
30 SepOrdained BishopAlbert Suerber, O.P. †Archbishop of Armagh, IrelandArchbishop of Riga, Latvia
10 OctAppointedDurand Bishop of Limoges, France
12 OctOrdained BishopFerrer de Pallarés o de San MartínBishop of Valencia, Spain
17 OctDiedRobert von England, O. Cist. †Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia
4 NovOrdained BishopHowel ap EdnevetBishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain
16 NovDiedEdmund RichArchbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
23 DecOrdained BishopPeter d’AigueblancheBishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain

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