The Year of Our Lord 1453

Bishop Events

See Also: Overview | Necrology | Previous Year (1452) | Next Year (1454)

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Péter Agmándi †	Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania
		Died	Francesco de Aiello †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
		Resigned	Gonçalo Anes de Óbidos †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Jean d’Aussy †	Bishop of Langres, France
		Appointed	Miklós Bodo de Gyewrgy †	Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania
		Died	Charles de Borna †	Bishop of Sisteron, France
		Died	Pierre de Clapiers †	Bishop of Toulon, France
		Died	Giacomo Cordoni †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
	37.0	Died	Luís Coutinho †	Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal
		Died	Jean d’Auxi †	Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland
		Died	Gunnar Eriksson †	Bishop of Stavanger, Norway
		Died	Angelo Grassi †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
		Died	Angelo Marcuzzi †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
		Died	Nicola , O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
		Appointed	Paul †	Titular Archbishop of Damascus
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Jodok z Rożemberka (von Rosenberg), O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Priest of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
	42.0	Ordained Priest	Jan Rzeszowski †	Priest	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
		Died	Antonio Sangallo (de Podio), O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
		Resigned	Johann Schallerman †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Jacques Séguin †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
	43.0	Ordained Priest	Friedrich Sesselmann †	Priest	Bishop of Lebus, Germany
		Died	Giovanni di Sicilia, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
		Born	Wojciech Tabor †		Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
		Died	Giovanni Tricarico, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
Jan		Selected	Johann Tulbeck †	Bishop of Freising, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan		Appointed	Leonardo de Gaeta †	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
10 Jan		Died	Martin Pindard †	Bishop of Avranches, France
12 Jan		Appointed	Jean Matthieu, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France
12 Jan		Appointed	Jean Matthieu, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Rhosus	Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France
26 Jan		Appointed	Bernard de Cazilhac (Casilhaco, Casilhac) †	Bishop of Lodève, France	Bishop of Albi, France
26 Jan	50.0	Appointed	Guillaume d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
29 Jan	21.0	Appointed	Luis Juan del Milà †	Bishop of Segorbe-Albarracin, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop of Lérida, Spain
7 Feb		Appointed	James Blakedon, O.P. †	Bishop of Bangor, Wales, Great Britain
		Appointed	Reginald Boulers †	Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, England, Great Britain
	25.0	Appointed	Paolo Fregoso (Campofregoso) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
		Appointed	John Stanberry (Stanbury), O. Carm. †	Bishop of Hereford, England, Great Britain
19 Feb		Appointed	Jerzy z Wilna †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
21 Feb		Died	Fortigario di Piacenza †	Bishop of Arras, France
3 Mar		Died	Giovanni Visconti †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
5 Mar		Selected	Leonhard Wismair (Wyssmayer) †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop-Elect
7 Mar	35.1	Ordained Bishop	Isnard de Grasse †	Bishop of Grasse, France
9 Mar		Confirmed	Johann Tulbeck †	Bishop of Freising, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
11 Mar	58.1	Died	Władysław Oporowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
18 Mar		Died	Paweł z Bojańczyc †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
19 Mar		Appointed	Nicolò Amidano †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
23 Mar		Appointed	Giovanni Campesi †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
	32.2	Appointed	Juan Margarit i Pau †	Bishop of Elne, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Gerona, Spain
	19.5	Appointed	Jaime de Portugal †	Administrator of Arras, France	Cardinal, Administrator of Lisboa, Portugal
7 Apr		Died	Jean de Plouec †	Bishop of Tréguier, France
11 Apr		Appointed	Hermann Nortorp, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bremen (and Hamburg), Germany
11 Apr		Appointed	Hermann Nortorp, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Belvoir	Auxiliary Bishop of Bremen (and Hamburg), Germany
17 Apr		Died	Åke Jönsson †	Bishop of Västerås (Westeraes), Sweden
20 Apr	50.3	Appointed	Guillaume d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
		Appointed	Juan , O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Palencia, Spain
		Appointed	Juan , O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Berytus	Auxiliary Bishop of Palencia, Spain
28 Apr		Appointed	Jean Bochart †	Bishop of Avranches, France
30 Apr		Appointed	Angelo Altieri †	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
		Appointed	Francesco , O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Naxos, Greece
		Appointed	Josse , O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
		Appointed	Josse , O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
	41.3	Appointed	Jean Jouffroy, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Arras, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Albi, France
	19.6	Appointed	Jaime de Portugal †	Cardinal, Administrator of Lisboa, Portugal
9 May	83.3	Died	Maciej z Trok †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
18 May		Appointed	Nicola de Pineo †	Bishop of Castro di Puglia, Italy
27 May		Selected	Jan Sprowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
1 Jun		Appointed	Jon †	Bishop of Faröe Islands, Denmark
3 Jun		Died	Guillaume le Tur †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France
4 Jun		Appointed	Antonio de Rizzi †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
10 Jun		Born	Francesco Soderini †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
20 Jun		Appointed	Bernard Le Blanc †	Bishop of Vabres, France
		Appointed	Jean de Pierre †	Titular Archbishop of Berytus
		Appointed	Gunnar Tjostulvsson Holk †	Bishop of Oslo, Norway	Bishop Emeritus
27 Jun		Appointed	Michele de Cosalis, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
27 Jun		Appointed	Guillaume-Hugues d’Estaing, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Fréjus, France
6 Jul		Appointed	Almaricus , O.F.M. †	Bishop of Lectoure, France
13 Jul		Appointed	Guido Guidano, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
16 Jul		Died	Robert de Rouvres †	Bishop of Maguelonne, France
18 Jul		Appointed	Demetrij Čupor Moslavački †	Bishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
18 Jul		Appointed	Benedikt de Zolio †	Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia
20 Jul		Appointed	Antonio Ricci †	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
27 Jul		Selected	Jean de Coetquis †	Bishop of Tréguier, France
Aug		Resigned	Richard Wolsey, O.P. †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
4 Aug		Died	Giacomo Borromeo †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
17 Aug		Appointed	Jacob Friis Loddehat †	Bishop of Börglum (Aalborg), Denmark
24 Aug		Appointed	Álvaro Afonso †	Bishop of Silves (Sylves), Portugal	Bishop of Évora, Portugal
		Appointed	Luís Pires †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
		Appointed	Arnau Roger de Pallars †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}	Bishop of Urgell, Spain
		Appointed	Thomas Knight, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
		Appointed	Petrus Mathiae de Vallibus †	Bishop of Västerås (Westeraes), Sweden
17 Sep		Appointed	Simon de Biondo, O.P. †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
28 Sep		Appointed	Antonio Laurenti †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
28 Sep	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Richard Olivier de Longueil †	Cardinal, Bishop of Coutances, France
3 Oct		Confirmed	Jean de Coetquis †	Bishop of Tréguier, France
	33.7	Appointed	Giovanni Castiglione †	Cardinal, Bishop of Pavia, Italy
	46.7	Confirmed	Richard Olivier de Longueil †	Cardinal, Bishop of Coutances, France
9 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Antonio Laurenti †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
15 Oct		Confirmed	Jan Sprowski †	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
17 Oct		Appointed	Mikołaj Dzierżkowicz †	Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
21 Oct		Died	Silvester Pflieger †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
23 Oct		Appointed	Ulrich von Plankenfels †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
26 Oct		Appointed	Mikołaj Łabuński †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine
29 Oct		Died	Pedro López de Miranda †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
30 Oct	43.8	Died	Francesco Condulmer †	Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
5 Nov		Appointed	Ulrich Sonnenberger (Hinnenberger) †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria
7 Nov		Appointed	Guillaume de Hautepierre, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Autun, France
7 Nov		Appointed	Guillaume de Hautepierre, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in Isauria	Auxiliary Bishop of Autun, France
13 Nov		Died	Roberto Moya †	Bishop of Osma, Spain
16 Nov	43.8	Appointed	Ermolao Barbaro (Sr) †	Bishop of Verona, Italy
19 Nov		Appointed	Marino Contarini †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
21 Nov	30.8	Appointed	Jean du Chastel †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Nîmes, France	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
		Appointed	Antoine de Poisieu †	Archbishop of Vienne, France	Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Bernardo da Venezia †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
25 Nov	73.8	Died	Juan de Cervantes †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
25 Nov		Born	Juan de Vera †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
27 Nov	31.9	Appointed	Geoffroy de Saint Géran (Floréau) †	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France
28 Nov	25.5	Appointed	Pedro González de Mendoza †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
16 Dec		Appointed	Jean Huet †	Bishop of Toulon, France
19 Dec		Appointed	Goffredo Carusio †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
19 Dec		Appointed	Maur de Valleville (Malleville) †	Bishop of Maguelonne, France
23 Dec		Ordained Bishop	Ulrich von Plankenfels †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

✠