The Year of Our Lord 1491

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	34.0	Resigned	Julius Caesar Cantelmi †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Giovanni Battista Consiglieri †	Rome, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
		Born	Pieter de Corte †	Brugge	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
		Died	Antonio Da Valditaro †	Bishop of Brugnato, Italy
	60.0	Appointed	Rodrigo de Borja †	Administrator of Eger, Hungary	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
		Died	Francesco de Perez †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
		Died	Edoardo Ferro †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi, Italy
		Died	Guido Gaufridi †	Titular Bishop of Troja
		Born	Johann von Maltitz †		Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
		Appointed	Diego de Ortiz de Vilhegas †	Bishop of Tanger, Morocco	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
		Died	Johann Ostwein †	Bishop of Modon (Medone), Greece
		Born	Alfonso Petrucci †	Siena	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Massa Marittima, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Maria Poderico †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Berthold Pürstinger †	Priest of Salzburg, Austria	Bishop Emeritus of Chiemsee, Germany
		Born	Ercole Rangone †	Bologna	Cardinal, Bishop of Modena, Italy
		Appointed	Francesco Maria Scelloni, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
		Born	Nikolaus Schienen †	Zell/Mosel	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
		Appointed	Gabriele Setario †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
	21.9	Ordained Priest	Tommaso (Jacopo) De Vio, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
		Born	Franz von Waldeck †		Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Died	Andreas Weinmair †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
4 Jan		Appointed	Marco Miroldi, O.P. †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
6 Jan		Appointed	Giovanni Robobello †	Bishop of Feltre, Italy	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
10 Jan		Appointed	Leonardo Carmini †	Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
31 Jan		Appointed	Pierre de Sacierges †	Bishop of Luçon, France
31 Jan		Appointed	Marino Tomacelli †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
17 Feb		Died	Pierre Engelpert †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
18 Feb		Appointed	Paolo Della Cavalleria †	Bishop of Malta	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
21 Feb	55.7	Appointed	Raymund Pérault, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
2 Mar	71.2	Died	Marco Barbo †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
6 Mar	36.8	Appointed	Ermolao Barbaro (Jr) †	Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
14 Mar	70.2	Appointed	Jean Balue †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Bishop of Angers, France
	41.2	Appointed	Lorenzo Cibo de’ Mari †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
	56.2	Appointed	Nikolaus Kaps †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Gurk, Austria
	56.2	Appointed	Nikolaus Kaps †	Titular Bishop of Hippos	Auxiliary Bishop of Gurk, Austria
	45.2	Appointed	Giovanni Michiel †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
21 Mar		Died	Otto von Sonnenberg †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
22 Mar	70.2	Selected	Thomas Berlower †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
4 Apr	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Nikolaus Kaps †	Titular Bishop of Hippos	Auxiliary Bishop of Gurk, Austria
11 Apr		Appointed	Francesco Quirini †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia	Bishop of Craina, Albania
16 Apr		Died	Filippo Contorni †	Bishop of Urbino, Italy
May	36.2	Resigned	Ascanio Maria Sforza †	Administrator of Pesaro, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Pavia, Italy
May	71.3	Died	Robert Stillington †	Bishop of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain
1 May		Ordained Bishop	Jean de Pardaillan †	Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France	Bishop Emeritus
16 May		Appointed	Balthasar Brennwald, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
		Appointed	Balthasar Brennwald, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Troja	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
		Appointed	Aymon di Montfalcon (Montfaucon) †	Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland
29 May		Ordained Bishop	Balthasar Brennwald, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Troja	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
22 Jun		Appointed	Tommaso de Acciaro, O.P. †	Bishop of Satriano, Italy
15 Jul		Died	Nunius Alvarez, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Tanger, Morocco
25 Jul		Died	Ortlieb Brandis †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
8 Aug		Selected	Heinrich von Höwen †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
25 Aug		Born	Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) †	Genova	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
Sep	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Soderini †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
9 Sep	70.7	Confirmed	Thomas Berlower †	Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
9 Sep		Confirmed	Heinrich von Höwen †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
12 Sep	16.0	Appointed	César de Borja †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Former Archbishop-Elect of Valencia, Spain
5 Oct	70.8	Died	Jean Balue †	Cardinal, Bishop of Angers, France
10 Oct	37.8	Appointed	Carlo Domenico del Carretto †	Administrator of Angers, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Cahors, France
	85.8	Appointed	Jorge da Costa †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	45.8	Appointed	Giovanni Michiel †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Bishop of Verona, Italy
		Appointed	Battista Pinelli †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
16 Oct		Ordained Bishop	Vicente Trilles, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos, Titular Sees	Auxiliary Bishop of Urgell, Spain
16 Nov	61.7	Appointed	Oliviero Carafa †	Administrator of Salamanca, Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
21 Nov		Died	Pierre von Wedberch †	Bishop of Ösell (Oesell) [Saare-Lääne], Estonia
1 Dec		Appointed	Jean de Rely †	Bishop of Angers, France
2 Dec	57.9	Appointed	Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas, O.S.B. †	Coadjutor Bishop	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lombez, France
	31.9	Resigned	Georges d’Amboise (I) †	Bishop of Montauban, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	31.9	Selected	Georges d’Amboise (I) †	Archbishop of Narbonne, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
		Appointed	Jean d’Auriole †	Bishop of Montauban, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Jan Pudełko (Andruszewicz) †	Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine
17 Dec	23.0	Ordained Priest	St. John Fisher †	Priest	Cardinal, Bishop of Rochester, England, Great Britain