The Year of Our Lord 1340

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	João Anes Escudeiro †		Archbishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
		Born	Angelo d’Anna de Sommariva, O.S.B. †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Appointed	Giacomo de Atri †	Archbishop of Corinthus, Greece	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
		Born	Niccolò Brancaccio †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
		Born	Filippo Carafa †		Cardinal, Bishop of Bologna, Italy
		Appointed	Blasco Dávila †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Ordained Bishop	Blasco Dávila †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
		Born	João Afonso Esteves †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
		Died	Frederic de Fernstein, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Riga, Latvia
		Appointed	Hermann von Hasenburg, O.E.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha, Czech Republic
		Appointed	Hermann von Hasenburg, O.E.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Perfecteonen (Perfedeonen)	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha, Czech Republic
		Appointed	Niels Jonassøn, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Odense, Denmark	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Jean de Neufchâtel †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Died	Nicolas †	Bishop of Nola, Italy
		Born	Giacomo Orsini †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro
		Died	Ruggero , O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
		Died	Gebhard von Schrapelau †	Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
		Born	Konrad von Weinsberg †		Archbishop of Mainz, Germany
26 Jan		Selected	Ralph Stratford †	Bishop of London, England, Great Britain
19 Feb		Died	Berenguer Prat †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
12 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Ralph Stratford †	Bishop of London, England, Great Britain
17 Mar		Appointed	Guillaume de Capodiferro †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
23 Mar		Died	Raymond de Galard †	Bishop of Condom, France
1 Apr		Died	Raymond de Montaigu †	Bishop of Clermont, France
4 Apr		Died	William de Melton †	Archbishop of York, England, Great Britain
8 Apr		Died	Konrad von Klingenberg †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
15 Apr		Born	Angelo Acciaioli †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
2 May		Selected	William Zouch †	Archbishop of York, England, Great Britain
8 May		Died	Jean d’Avaugour †	Bishop of Dol, France
23 May		Appointed	Pietro †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
8 Jun		Died	Gunnarus Thomas de Hosaby †	Bishop of Skara, Sweden
23 Jul		Ordained Bishop	Guillaume de Capodiferro †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
18 Aug		Died	Matteo Orsini, O.P. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Oct	58.7	Appointed	Étienne Aubert †	Bishop of Clermont, France	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
8 Oct		Died	Francesco Gattula †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
11 Oct	27.7	Appointed	Guy de Boulogne †	Archbishop of Lyon, France	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
11 Oct		Died	Nikolus von Stachowitz (Ybbs) †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
13 Oct		Appointed	Jean Happe †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France
20 Oct		Appointed	Robert de Brécourt †	Bishop of Evreux, France
25 Oct		Appointed	Henri Dubois †	Bishop of Dol, France
25 Oct		Appointed	Pierre de Galard, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Condom, France
Nov		Ordained Bishop	Jean Happe †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France
6 Nov		Appointed	Ligus de Urbeveteri †	Bishop of Nola, Italy
12 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Robert de Brécourt †	Bishop of Evreux, France
Dec		Ordained Bishop	Henri Dubois †	Bishop of Dol, France
Dec		Ordained Bishop	Pierre de Galard, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Condom, France
4 Dec		Died	Henry Burghersh †	Bishop of Lincoln, England, Great Britain

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