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2012 Event - Salvatore J. Cordileone is appointed the ninth Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco by Pope Benedict XVI

2011 Event - According to Clarence House, Prince William and his bride-to-be, Kate Middleton, will be married by the Archbishop of Canterbury

1996 Death - Joseph Bernardin, cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, dies at 68

1996 Death - Leon-Etienne Duval, archbishop/cardinal, dies at 92

1994 Death - Arturo Rivera Damas, archbishop of El Salvador (1980-94), dies at 71

1994 Death - Albert de Courtray, French archbishop of Lyon/cardinal, dies at 71

1994 Event - Archbishop Quarracino wants all homosexuals to leave Argentina

1994 Death - Justinus Darmojuwono, Indonesian archbishop/cardinal, dies at 79

1993 Death - Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66

1992 Death - Frantisek Tomasek, archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 93

1991 Death - Paul E "Cardinal" Leger, cardinal and archbishop of Montreal, dies at 87

1988 Event - Eugene Marino installed as 1st black U.S. archbishop

1988 Death - Arthur Michael, Lord Ramsey/archbishop of Canterbury, dies

1988 Event - Eugene Marino of Atlanta, appointed 1st African American archbishop

1987 Death - Bernard Cardinal Alfrink, archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands, dies at 87

1986 Event - Desmond Tutu becomes Anglican archbishop of Capetown

1986 Event - Desmond Tutu elected Anglican archbishop of Capetown

1984 Event - John J O'Connor named 8th archbishop of New York

1983 Death - Terence Cooke, cardinal and archbishop of New York, dies at 62

1982 Death - Giovanni Benelli, archbishop of Florence/Pope candidate, dies

1982 Death - John Cody, U.S. cardinal and archbishop of Chicago (1965-82), dies at 74

1980 Death - Oscar Romero, archbishop of El Salvador, murdered

1980 Death - Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass

1979 Death - Fulton J. Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in New York City at 84

1979 Death - James F Mcintyre, archbishop of Los Angeles, dies at 93

1977 Death - Makarios III, Michail Mouskos, archbishop/president (Cyprus), dies at 63

1976 Event - Cardinal Willebrands installed as archbishop of Utrecht

1975 Event - Pope Paul VI named J Willebrands archbishop of Utrecht

1975 Event - Archbishop Makarios returns Cyprus

1975 Event - Archbishop Oliver Plunkett became 1st Irish-born saint in 7 centuries

1974 Event - Military coup on Cyprus: archbishop/president Makarios flees

1969 Death - Joseph Beran, Czechoslovakian archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80

1967 Death - Francis J "Cardinal" Spellman, archbishop of NY, dies at 78

1967 Event - Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II

1964 Event - Karol Wojtyla becomes archbishop of Krakow

1963 Birthday - Don August, born in Inglewood, California, Donald Glenn August, baseball player, pitcher, batted right-handed, pitched right-handed, played for Milwaukee Brewers 1988 - 1991, related to Archbishop of Philadelphia Justin Francis Rigali

1962 Event - Archbishop Rummel ends race segregation in New Orlean Catholic school

1962 Event - Archbishop Suenens of Mechelen-Brussels appointed cardinal

1961 Event - L J Suenens appointed archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels

1961 Death - Jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal and archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87

1961 Event - Arthur M Ramsay becomes archbishop of Canterbury

1959 Event - Archbishop Makarios proclaimed president of Cyprus

1959 Event - Archbishop Makarios elected 1st president of Cyprus

1959 Event - Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years

1958 Death - Samuel Stritch, U.S. cardinal and archbishop (Chicago), dies

1957 Event - Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus visits U.S.

1956 Event - General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios

1956 Event - Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus arrested and exiled to Seychelles

1955 Event - Bernardus J Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht

1955 Death - John de Young, cardinal and archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69

1955 Event - Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus joining Greece

1952 Death - Michael von Faulhaber, Cardinal/archbishop of Munich, dies at 83

1945 Event - Archbishop De Jong calls for help with war casualties

1944 Event - Archbishop De Young and bishop Huibers condemn black market

1944 Event - New York archbishop Spellman flies to Europe

1941 Event - Archbishop De Young bans priest cooperation on Rijks radio

1938 Birthday - K M P O'Brien, archbishop, St. Andrews and Edinburgh

1936 Birthday - Roger M Mahoney, born in Hollywood, California, archbishop of Los Angeles, 1985-

1931 Birthday - Adrianus J "Cardinal" Simonis, archbishop of Utrecht

1931 Birthday - Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize 1982

1930 Birthday - Michael Bowen, RC Archbishop, Southwark

1929 Death - Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78

1926 Event - Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium

1925 Birthday - Thomas Winning, Roman Catholic archbishop, Glasgow

1921 Birthday - Robert Runcie, Kennedy, Liverpool England, Archbishop of Canterbury

1921 Birthday - Giovanni Benelli, archbishop, Florence, Papal candidate

1920 Birthday - Derek Worlock, English RC archbishop, Liverpool

1920 Birthday - John J "Cardinal" O'Connor, Philadelphia, Roman Catholic Archbishop of NY

1918 Death - John Ireland, Irish/U.S. archbishop of St. Paul, dies at 80

1913 Birthday - Makarios III, Michail Moeskos, archbishop/president Cyprus

1910 Birthday - John "Cardinal" Krol, former archbishop, Philadelphia

1910 Birthday - Donald Coggan, English archbishop of York/Canterbury, Glory of God

1907 Birthday - John "Cardinal" Dearden, U.S. cardinal, 1969 - 1988, archbishop of Detroit

1906 Death - Pierre L Goossens, Belgian archbishop of Malines/Cardinal, dies at 78

1904 Birthday - Paul E "Cardinal" Leger, archbishop, Montreal

1903 Birthday - Leon-Etienne Duval, archbishop/Cardinal

1892 Death - John Heykamp, old-catholic archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 67

1888 Birthday - Joseph Beran, Czechoslovakian archbishop of Prague/cardinal

1887 Birthday - Lord Geoffrey Fisher of Lambeth, archbishop of Canterbury

1885 Birthday - Johannes de Jong, cardinal and archbishop of Utrecht, Handbook

1882 Death - Andreas I Schaepman, archbishop of Utrecht (1868-82), dies at 67

1877 Death - John Zwijsen, archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 83

1875 Birthday - Theodor Innitzer, cardinal and archbishop Vienna

1874 Birthday - Jozef E van Roey, Flemish cardinal and archbishop of Mechlin

1869 Birthday - Michael von Faulhaber, cardinal and archbishop of Munich

1866 Birthday - Nathan Soderblom, Lutheran archbishop, internationalist, Nobel '30

1865 Death - Nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies

1863 Death - Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65

1850 Birthday - Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht, 1895-1929

1839 Death - Johan O Wallin, Swedish poet/archbishop (Dead Angel), dies

1838 Birthday - John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St. Paul

1834 Birthday - James "Cardinal" Gibbons, archbishop of Baltimore

1827 Birthday - Pierre L Goossens, archbishop of Mechelen/Cardinal

1824 Birthday - Johannes Heykamp, Catholic archbishop of Utrecht

1815 Birthday - Andreas I Schaepman, archbishop of Utrecht 1868-82

1808 Birthday - Henry Edward Manning, cardinal and archbishop, Westminster

1802 Birthday - Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster

1797 Birthday - Francis P. Kenrick, Irish / U.S. archbishop of Baltimore

1797 Birthday - John Hughes, archbishop, founded Fordham University in the Bronx

1794 Birthday - Johannes Zwijsen, archbishop, Utrecht Netherlands

1793 Birthday - Denis A Affre, archbishop of Paris, 1840-48

1793 Birthday - Denis-Auguste Affre, Franc, archbishop/opponent of King Louis-Philippe

1779 Birthday - Johan O Wallin, Swedish poet/songwriter/archbishop, Dodens Engel

1734 Birthday - Louis RE prince de Rohan-Guemene, French archbishop of Straatsburg

1724 Event - Cornelis Steenoven is 1st archbishop of Old-Catholic church

1723 Death - Abbe Dubois, French archbishop of Canbrier/premier (1722-23), dies

1723 Event - Cornelis Steenoven elected archbishop of Utrecht

1681 Birthday - Feofan Prokopovich, theologian, archbishop of Novgorod, westernizer

1663 Death - William Juxon, archbishop of Canterbury (1660-63), dies

1656 Death - Armagh James Ussher, Archbishop (said world began 4004 BC), dies at 76

1656 Death - James Ussher, Irish bible scholar/anglican archbishop, dies at 76

1650 Death - Ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Luik/archbishop, dies at 72

1645 Death - William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71

1633 Death - George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60

1616 Birthday - William Sancroft, Archbishop, Canterbury

1611 Event - George Abbot appointed archbishop of Canterbury

1610 Death - Richard Bancroft, archbishop of Canterbury (1604-10), dies at 66

1604 Death - John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), dies at about 74

1590 Death - Karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66

1581 Birthday - James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, gave age to Earth based on bible

1580 Death - Frederick Schenk van Toutenburg, last archbishop of Utrecht, dies

1577 Birthday - Ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/archbishop

1575 Death - Matthew Parker, archbishop of Canterbury (1559-75), dies at 68

1574 Death - Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50

1573 Birthday - William Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45

1570 Death - Bartholomeus Latomus, Steinmetz, Flemish archbishop of Trier, dies

1562 Birthday - George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury

1561 Event - Archbishop Granvelle installed

1560 Event - Spanish king Philip II names Frederik Schenck of Toutenburg, 1st archbishop of Utrecht

1559 Event - Spanish archbishop Bartholome de Carranza arrested as heretic

1556 Event - Cardinal Reginald Pole becomes archbishop of Canterbury

1556 Death - Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66

1556 Event - Archbishop Thomas Cranmer declared a heretic

1555 Death - Thomas Villanova, Spanish saint/archbishop of Valencia, dies

1554 Birthday - Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne

1553 Event - King Edward VI accept archbishop Cranmers "42 Articles"

1546 Death - Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St. Andrews, murdered

1546 Death - Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St. Andrews, murdered

1545 Death - Albrecht von Brandenburg, archbishop/monarch of Mainz, dies at 55

1539 Death - Lorenzo Campeggi(east), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat, dies at 65

1533 Event - England's archbishop voids King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage

1533 Event - Thomas Cranmer becomes archbishop of Canterbury

1532 Death - William Warham, English archbishop of Canterbury (1502-32), dies at 82

1531 Death - Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop

1524 Birthday - Charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims

1523 Birthday - Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen

1514 Event - Thomas Wolsey appointed archbishop of York

1510 Death - Georges d'amboise, French archbishop of Narbonne/Rouen, dies at 49

1504 Birthday - Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury

1503 Death - Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies

1490 Birthday - Albrecht von Brandenburg, German archbishop/monarch of Mainz/cardinal

1489 Birthday - Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr

1474 Birthday - Lorenzo Campeggi, o, archbishop of Bologna/diplomat

1472 Death - Joannes/Basilius Bessarion, archbishop of Nicaea, dies

1459 Death - Pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies

1414 Death - Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies

1367 Death - Egidius AC Albornor, Spanish archbishop of Toledo, dies at about 57

1359 Death - Gregorius Palamas, Byzantine mystic/archbishop/saint, dies

1305 Event - Bordeaux's archbishop Bertrand the Got elected Pope Clement V

1292 Death - John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62

1274 Death - Engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies

1267 Event - Battle at Marienholz: Henry III, Otto II van Gelre beat Keuls archbishop Engelbert III

1261 Death - Koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies

1248 Event - Archbishop Konrad vs. Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Koln cathedral

1247 Death - Rodrigo Jimenez de Rada, archbishop Toledo/advisor Alfonso VIII, dies

1240 Death - Edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies

1225 Death - Engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40

1220 Death - Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies

1213 Event - English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury

1205 Event - Pope Innocent III fires Adolf I as archbishop of Cologne

1201 Death - Absalon Assersson, Danish archbishop of Lund/statesman, dies

1191 Death - Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies

1183 Death - Christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies

1170 Death - Thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II

1167 Death - Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies

1140 Death - Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies

1137 Death - Adalbert I, archbishop of Mainz (1111-1137), dies

1130 Death - Baldricus Burgoliensis, French historian/archbishop, dies at about 83

1117 Birthday - Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury

1109 Death - Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies

1089 Death - Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies

1089 Death - Dirk de Grote, bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies

1072 Death - Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies

988 Death - Dunstanus, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies

965 Death - Bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40

885 Death - Methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies

875 Death - Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75

856 Death - Hrabanus Maurus, East France, archbishop of Mainz, dies

840 Death - Agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies

816 Event - Frankish emperor Louis grants archbishop Salzburg immunity

754 Death - Boniface, Winfrid, English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), dies at 79

695 Event - Pope Sergius names Willibrord as archbishop Clemens of Friezen

450 Death - Petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies













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