The Year of Our Lord 1494

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Sulpicio Acquaviva d’Aragona †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy
		Died	Agostino †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo de Andreis, O.P. †	Bishop of Otočac (Ottochaz), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
		Removed	Pedro Aranda †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	David Beaton †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain
		Died	Nicolas de Breta †	Bishop of Stefaniaco e Benda, Albania
		Died	Francesco de Caprusacci †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
		Died	Francesco Caracciolo (Carazoli) †	Bishop of Melfi, Italy
		Resigned	Augustine Church †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salisbury, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lincoln, England, Great Britain
		Died	Marco Cibo (Cybo) †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
		Died	Scipione Cicinelli †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
	32.0	Died	Nicolas Gratus de Comite †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
	48.0	Died	Barthelemy della Rovere, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
		Died	Richard Edenham, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bangor, Wales, Great Britain
		Appointed	Edward †	Auxiliary Bishop of London, England, Great Britain
		Appointed	Edward †	Titular Bishop of Callipolis	Auxiliary Bishop of London, England, Great Britain
		Died	Pedro Fernández de Solís †	Bishop of Cádiz, Spain
	15.0	Entered	Zacharias Ferrari, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
		Appointed	Francesco †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy	Bishop-Elect
		Born	Jørgen Friis †		Bishop Emeritus of Viborg, Denmark
		Born	Marco Grimani †		Patriarch Emeritus of Aquileia, Italy
		Born	Eberhard von Hirnheim †		Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
		Died	Giacomo Antonio Leofanti †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
	16.0	Professed	Baltazar Limpo, O. Carm. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
		Died	Nicola †	Bishop of Albania
		Died	Francesco Patrizi †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
		Born	Francesco Pisani †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
		Appointed	Vincenzo Pistacchio †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Bitetto, Italy
		Born	Marcello Planca †		Bishop of Giovinazzo, Italy
		Resigned	Ulrich Pramberger, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Giovanni Tommaso Sanfelice †		Bishop of Venosa, Italy
		Born	Bandinello Sauli †		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Gerace, Italy
		Died	Francesco Maria Scelloni-Visconti, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
		Born	Alfonso Sforza †		Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
		Died	Antonio Sicardo Lucido †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
		Born	Leonardo Tornabuoni †		Bishop of Ajaccio, France
		Died	Lucchino Trotti †	Bishop of Bobbio, Italy
		Died	Giacomo Ursini †	Bishop-Elect of Pozzuoli, Italy
		Died	Maffeo Valaresso †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
Jan	38.8	Appointed	Ascanio Maria Sforza †	Administrator of Elne, France	Cardinal, Administrator of Pavia, Italy
8 Jan		Appointed	Benoît de Jean †	Bishop of Cahors, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Heinrich (Johannes) Schodehoet, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Appointed	Heinrich (Johannes) Schodehoet, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Appointed	Heinrich (Johannes) Schodehoet, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Tricca	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Appointed	Gaspard de Toriglia †	Bishop of Santa Giusta (Othoca), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Giovanni Vincy †	Bishop of Galtelli, Italy
12 Jan		Ordained Bishop	Heinrich (Johannes) Schodehoet, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Tricca	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
12 Jan		Died	John Sherwood †	Bishop of Durham, England, Great Britain
13 Jan	66.0	Confirmed	Otto von Königsmarck †	Bishop of Havelberg, Germany
24 Jan		Appointed	Conrad Antonii, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Verden, Germany
24 Jan		Appointed	Conrad Antonii, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Dionysias	Auxiliary Bishop of Verden, Germany
Feb		Died	Fabrizio Guarna Capellanus †	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
14 Feb		Appointed	Erhard von Redwitz, O. Cist. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
14 Feb		Appointed	Erhard von Redwitz, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Venecompensis	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
21 Feb	66.1	Resigned	Paolo Fregoso (Campofregoso) †	Administrator of Acci (Accia), France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
21 Feb		Appointed	Jérome Antoine de Subiaco †	Bishop of Acci (Accia), France
23 Feb	44.1	Ordained Bishop	John Blythe †	Bishop of Salisbury, England, Great Britain
28 Feb	18.1	Confirmed	Christophorus von Raubar (Rauber) †	Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
7 Mar	64.1	Died	Piotr z Bnina Moszyński †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
19 Mar		Appointed	Alfonso , O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Salona
		Appointed	Antonio Bonito de Cucharo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Acerno, Italy
		Appointed	Ottaviano Caracciolo †	Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, Italy
		Appointed	Antonio Giaconi †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
		Appointed	Giuliano Isopo, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Tolomeo Pentangelo †	Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Tolomeo Pentangelo †	Bishop of Vico Equense, Italy
		Appointed	Mauro de Sinibaldi †	Bishop of Ugento, Italy
21 Mar	53.2	Appointed	Antonio Gentile Pallavicini †	Administrator of Lectoure, France	Cardinal, Bishop of Orense, Spain
26 Mar	24.2	Ordained Deacon	Juan de Borja Lanzol de Romaní †	Deacon	Cardinal, Administrator of Valencia, Spain
26 Mar	18.5	Ordained Deacon	César de Borja (Borgia) †	Deacon	Former Archbishop-Elect of Valencia, Spain
28 Mar		Died	Gilles Barbier, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
7 Apr		Appointed	Gabril Polgar †	Bishop of Bosnia (Bosna, Diacovar, Diakovar), Croatia	Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia
13 Apr	54.2	Selected	Henry Deane †	Bishop of Bangor, Wales, Great Britain	Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain
14 Apr	51.2	Appointed	Diego de Deza, O.P. †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
16 Apr	68.2	Died	David de Bourgogne †	Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
21 Apr	67.3	Appointed	Pierre d’Abzac, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Narbonne, France
21 Apr	34.3	Confirmed	Georges d’Amboise (I) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
28 Apr		Died	James Wall, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kildare, Ireland
May	19.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi d’Aragona †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Administrator of Nardò, Italy
4 May		Appointed	Luca de Comitibus †	Bishop of Stefaniaco e Benda, Albania
5 May		Appointed	Johannes Bodenhoffer, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
5 May		Appointed	Johannes Bodenhoffer, O.P. †	Bishop of Milos (Melos), Greece	Auxiliary Bishop of Merseburg, Germany
13 May		Died	Wincenty Wierzbięta, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
15 May		Died	Barzio Barzi †	Bishop of Cagli, Italy
21 May		Appointed	Guido , O.S.B. †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
21 May	53.3	Resigned	Antonio Gentile Pallavicini †	Administrator of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium	Cardinal, Bishop of Orense, Spain
26 May		Appointed	Gregorio Temesvar †	Titular Bishop of Archadia
26 May	54.9	Resigned	Francesco Todeschini-Piccolomini †	Administrator of Fermo, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
2 Jun	65.4	Resigned	Bertrand de Chalancon †	Bishop of Rodez, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Odo , O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon, France
		Appointed	Odo , O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tiberias	Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon, France
		Appointed	Bertrand de Polignac †	Bishop of Rodez, France
16 Jun		Appointed	Giovanni Marques, O.P. †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
23 Jun	64.2	Resigned	Oliviero Carafa †	Administrator of Salamanca, Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	34.4	Appointed	Juan de Castilla †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
	51.4	Appointed	Diego de Deza, O.P. †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Appointed	Diego Meléndez de Valdés †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
4 Jul		Appointed	Stephanus , O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
11 Jul		Appointed	Sebastiano †	Bishop of Konavlje, Albania
23 Jul		Appointed	Bartolomeo Torelli, O.P. †	Bishop of Cagli, Italy
25 Jul		Died	Girolamo Santucci †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
30 Jul	46.5	Appointed	Richard Fox †	Bishop of Durham, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Winchester, England, Great Britain
30 Jul		Appointed	Paolo Da Middelburg †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
4 Aug		Died	Berthold von Oberg, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany
8 Aug		Appointed	Jean de Montaigu †	Bishop of Apt, France	Bishop Emeritus
8 Aug		Appointed	Jean Poyade †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
17 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Octave de Saint-Gelais †	Bishop of Angoulême, France
22 Aug		Appointed	Roberto Gerardo de Ferrara, O.P. †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
24 Aug		Appointed	Bacius Ugolini †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy	Bishop-Elect
Sep		Died	Jean Bayle †	Archbishop of Embrun, France
		Died	Odon O’Driscoll (Okedersgoyl) †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
		Resigned	Nicholas O’Flanagan, O.P. †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Bacius Ugolini †	Bishop-Elect of Gaeta, Italy
1 Sep	54.6	Selected	Krzesław z Kurozwęk †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
12 Sep		Appointed	Janos de Gara, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
12 Sep		Appointed	Janos de Gara, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
19 Sep	24.7	Appointed	Juan de Borja Lanzol de Romaní †	Bishop of Melfi, Italy	Cardinal, Administrator of Valencia, Spain
21 Sep	34.7	Installed	Georges d’Amboise (I) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
21 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Edward †	Titular Bishop of Callipolis	Auxiliary Bishop of London, England, Great Britain
26 Sep		Appointed	John Edmund Courcey, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
28 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Gaspard de Toriglia †	Bishop of Santa Giusta (Othoca), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
29 Sep	66.7	Ordained Bishop	Otto von Königsmarck †	Bishop of Havelberg, Germany
1 Oct		Appointed	Giovanni di Fonsalida (Fuentes Salida) †	Bishop of Terni, Italy
1 Oct		Appointed	Angelo de Macerata †	Bishop of Albania
4 Oct	55.3	Died	Friedrich von Schaumberg †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
8 Oct	24.7	Appointed	Francesco Conti †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
16 Oct		Selected	Sigmund von Hollenegg †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
17 Oct	54.7	Confirmed	Krzesław z Kurozwęk †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
22 Oct		Appointed	Paolo Hodierna †	Bishop of Gaeta, Italy
29 Oct	48.8	Appointed	Juan de Borja Lanzol de Romaní †	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
30 Oct		Appointed	Janos de Rhenese †	Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
30 Oct		Appointed	Janos de Rhenese †	Titular Bishop of Belgrado e Semendria o Smederevo	Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
Nov		Died	Philip O’Cathail †	Bishop of Emly, Ireland
10 Nov		Appointed	Wojciech z Bydgoszczy (Sochaczewo), O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Appointed	Wojciech z Bydgoszczy (Sochaczewo), O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Aenos	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
		Appointed	Donatus O’Brien †	Bishop of Emly, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain
22 Nov		Born	Georg von Braunschweig-Lüneburg †		Archbishop-Elect of Bremen (and Hamburg), Germany
26 Nov		Appointed	Rostaing d’Ancezune †	Archbishop of Embrun, France
28 Nov		Appointed	Andrea Trevisano †	Bishop of Feltre, Italy
Dec		Born	James Turberville †		Bishop of Exeter, England, Great Britain
12 Dec	44.9	Appointed	Alessio Celadoni di Celadonia †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy	Bishop of Molfetta, Italy
15 Dec		Confirmed	Sigmund von Hollenegg †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
19 Dec		Appointed	Giovanni Robobelli †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
30 Dec		Died	John Russell †	Bishop of Lincoln, England, Great Britain

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