The Year of Our Lord 1440

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	65.0	Appointed	Bl. Niccolò Albergati, O. Cart. †	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Bishop of Bologna, Italy
	37.0	Appointed	Basilios Bessarion, O.S.B.M. †	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Thebae
	80.5	Resigned	Antoine Correr †	Administrator of Cervia, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Born	Henry Deane †		Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
		Died	Jean †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
		Ordained Priest	Ulrich von Nußdorf (Nussdorfer) †	Priest	Bishop of Passau, Germany
		Born	Niccolò Pandolfini †	Florence	Cardinal, Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
		Born	Matthias Scheit (Scheidt) †	Ulm	Bishop Emeritus of Seckau, Austria
		Born	Robert Sherborne †	Rolleston-on-Dove	Bishop Emeritus of Chichester, England, Great Britain
		Born	Melchior von Meckau †	Meissen	Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
2 Jan	23.8	Selected	Sigmund von Sachsen †	Coadjutor Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jan		Appointed	Alberto Alberti †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio	Cardinal, Bishop of Camerino, Italy
	37.0	Appointed	Basilios Bessarion, O.S.B.M. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Thebae
	60.0	Appointed	Regnault de Chartres †	Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio	Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France
	37.0	Installed	Guillaume d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
		Appointed	Giorgio Fieschi (Flisco) †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
	60.0	Appointed	John Kempe †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
	55.0	Appointed	Isidore of Kiev †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sant’Alessio
	29.0	Appointed	Jean Le Jeune †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede	Cardinal, Bishop of Thérouanne, France
	50.1	Installed	Zbigniew z Oleśnicy †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Bishop of Kraków, Poland
	40.0	Installed	Dénes Szécsi †	Cardinal-Priest of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	52.0	Installed	Juan de Torquemada, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
9 Jan		Died	Johann von Brunn †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
10 Jan	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Guillaume d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Digne, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
16 Jan	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Nikolaus Sachau (Sachow) †	Bishop of Lübeck, Germany
20 Jan	23.9	Succeeded	Sigmund von Sachsen †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Nicolas †	Titular Bishop of Tripolis in Phoenicia
15 Feb	40.1	Appointed	Dénes Szécsi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
21 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Quentin Menard †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
26 Feb	70.2	Died	Friedrich von Aufseß (Aufsess) †	Bishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
1 Apr		Appointed	Giovanni di Prangins †	Bishop of Aosta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
1 Apr		Appointed	Giorgio di Saluzzo †	Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland
6 Apr		Appointed	Pedro Castilla †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
6 Apr	43.3	Appointed	Juan de Mella †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
11 Apr		Appointed	Jean de Parenzo †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
18 Apr		Appointed	Antonio Bretone (Ferrier) †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy	Bishop of Orange, France
5 May		Ordained Bishop	Jean de Bourgogne †	Bishop of Cambrai, France
18 May		Appointed	Guglielmo Logoteta †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
1 Jul	23.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Barbo †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	38.6	Appointed	Ludovico Trevisano †	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso	Cardinal, Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
	38.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Ludovico Trevisano †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
27 Jul	65.6	Appointed	Bl. Niccolò Albergati, O. Cart. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Bologna, Italy
27 Jul	52.6	Appointed	Juan de Torquemada, O.P. †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
28 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Gilles de Duremont, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Coutances, France
5 Sep		Appointed	Giacomo Veneri de Racaneto †	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
18 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Veneri de Racaneto †	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
26 Sep		Appointed	Antonio de Celano †	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
29 Sep		Died	Enrico Scarampi †	Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy
Oct	24.6	Ordained Bishop	Sigmund von Sachsen †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
24 Oct		Died	Louis Morini †	Bishop of Lucca, Italy
1 Nov		Died	John Wells, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Llandaff, Wales, Great Britain
13 Nov		Born	Heinrich von Schwarzburg †	Rudolstadt	Bishop of Münster, Germany
21 Dec		Appointed	Nicola Palmerio, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus