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2012 Event - The Coptic Orthodox Church selects Bishop Tawadros as their new 118th pope

2007 Death - Joey Bishop, dies in Newport Beach, California, at 89

2000 Death - Loretta Young, actress, The Bishop's Wife, dies at 87

1996 Death - Pierre Lucien Claverie, bishop of Oran, dies at 58

1996 Death - James Herbert Lloyd Morrell, bishop, dies at 89

1996 Death - John Hartford Worlock, RC Bishop (Liverpool), dies at 76

1996 Event - Catherine Roskam becomes the 1st New York female Episcopal bishop

1995 Death - Robert Selby Taylor, bishop, dies at 86

1995 Death - Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, bishop, dies at 81

1994 Death - Diana Churchill, actress (Spider, Sally Bishop), dies at 81

1994 Death - Clifford Leofric Purdy Bishop, bishop, dies at 88

1994 Death - John George Hughes, bishop of Kensington, dies at 59

1994 Death - Joseph Ruzindana, Rwandian bishop of Bjumba, murdered

1994 Death - Thadde Nsengiyumva, Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda, murdered during the Rwandan genocide

1994 Death - Aubrey J Watson Sr, bishop, dies at 65

1994 Death - Alvara del Portillo, Spanish Opus Dei bishop, dies at 80

1993 Death - H Earnest, bishop of Breda, dies

1991 Event - Janel Bishop, 17, of New Hampshire, crowned 9th Miss Teen USA

1990 Death - Dom Heider Camara, nonviolent/human rights Bishop of Brazil, dies

1989 Event - Barbara Harris becomes 1st female bishop of a U.S. Episcopal church

1989 Event - Barbara Clementine Harris consecrated 1st female bishop (Episcopalian)

1989 Event - Episcopal church appoints 1st female bishop

1988 Event - Barbara C Harris of Massachusetts, elected 1st woman Episcopal bishop

1986 Event - Donald E. Pelotte becomes 1st native American bishop

1984 Event - South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize

1984 Event - Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins Nobel Peace Prize

1983 Death - Theodorus H J Zwartkruis, Bishop (Haarlem), dies

1983 Death - Maurice Bishop, premier of Grenada (1979-83), murdered in coup

1983 Death - Martinus A Jansen, bishop of Rotterdam (1956-70), dies at 77

1982 Death - Joey Forman, actor (Sid Caesar Show, Joey Bishop Show), dies at 53

1980 Event - "Billy Bishop Goes to War" closes at Morosco New York City after 12 performances

1980 Event - "Billy Bishop Goes to War" opens at Morosco Theater New York City for 12 performances

1979 Death - Fulton J Sheen, bishop (Life is Worth Living), dies at 84

1979 Death - Jesse Bishop, murderer, dies in Nevada gas chamber

1979 Death - Elizabeth Bishop, poet (North and South, Pulitzer 1956), dies at 68

1979 Event - Rhodesian bishop Able Muzorewa becomes premier

1979 Event - Bishop Abel Muzorewa is sworn in as Zimbabwe's 1st black PM

1979 Event - Pope John Paul ordains John J O'Conner as a bishop

1979 Event - Rhodesian bishop Muzorewa wins general election

1977 Event - Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cen bishop John Neumann 1st U.S. male saint

1977 Event - Joseph L Howze installed as bishop of Roman Catholic diocese (Miss)

1976 Event - Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests and bishop

1975 Event - James A. Healy, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop, consecrated (Maine)

1974 Death - Stephen Gill Spottswood, U.S. bishop/chairman (NAACP), dies at 77

1971 Birthday - Greg Bishop, NFL guard for the New York Giants

1971 Birthday - Amanda Holden, born in Bishop's Waltham, England, actress, judge on television show, 'Britain's Got Talent'

1970 Birthday - Blaine Bishop, NFL safety for the Houston Oilers

1970 Birthday - Harold Bishop, NFL tight end for the Cleveland Browns

1970 Event - John M Burgess installed as bishop of Protestant Episcopals (Mass)

1969 Event - Rome: 2nd bishop synod

1969 Event - Der Spiegel reveals Munich's Bishop Defregger is a war criminal

1967 Birthday - Ian Bishop, cricketer, West Indian fast bowler

1967 Death - Gerardus H de Vet, the Bold, bishop of Breda (1962-67), dies at 49

1967 Death - John Griggs, actor (Joey Bishop Show), dies at 57

1967 Death - Otto Dibelius, German theologian/bishop, dies at 86

1966 Death - Wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Dukeenbosch, dies

1966 Event - Harold R Perry becomes 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in US

1965 Event - Pope Paul VI named MR Perey bishop's helper of New Orleans

1964 Event - Prince A. Taylor becomes 1st black methodist bishop, New Jersey

1962 Event - Dutch RC bishop Beckers declares himself in favor of birth control

1962 Event - Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's

1960 Birthday - Glen Bishop, cricketer, S Aussie bat, 2 ODI's for Australia 1987

1959 Death - William Bishop, actor (Steve-It's a Great Life), dies at 42

1951 Birthday - Stephen Bishop, born in San Diego, California, singer, songwriter, guitarist, wrote Academy Award-nominated song, 'Separate Lives'

1951 Event - Romanian bishop A Pacha of Timisoara sentenced to 18 years

1951 Birthday - Rob Bishop, American Politician

1951 Event - Bernardus J Alfrink appointed bishop's asst of Utrecht

1951 Death - James I Wedgwood, British theosophist/Catholic bishop, dies at 67

1951 Death - Piet A. W. Hopmans, bishop of Breda (Crusade), dies at 85

1950 Birthday - Tim Bishop, American Politician

1947 Birthday - Sanford Bishop, born in Mobile, Alabama, Representative-D-Georgia 1993 -

1946 Death - Clemens A von Galen, bishop of Munster/anti fascist, dies at 68

1945 Birthday - Michael Bishop, U.S., sci-fi author, Nebula, Stolen Faces

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

1944 Event - Bishop forbids membership in non Catholic unions

1944 Death - John Peale Bishop, U.S. poet (Undertaker's Garland), dies at 51

1944 Birthday - Kelly Bishop, CO, actress, Unmarried Woman, Advice to Lovelorn

1942 Birthday - Elvin Bishop, Tulsa, Oklahoma, rock guitarist, Fooled Around and Fell in Love

1942 Death - Arnoldus J H Aerts, Dutch bishop of New-Guinea, executed at 62

1942 Birthday - Michael Bishop, CEO, British Midland Airways

1941 Event - Hitler threatens bishop Clemens earl von Galen of Munster

1939 Birthday - Stephen Sykes, Bishop of Ely

1938 Birthday - Pierre Lucien Claverie, bishop of Oran

1937 Birthday - Warren Berlinger, Brooklyn, actor, Larry-Joey Bishop Shop, Take Two

1936 Birthday - Roger Sainsbury, bishop of Barking

1936 Birthday - J L Thompson, Bishop, Bath and Wells

1935 Death - Joannes D J Aengenent, bishop of Haarlem (1928-35), dies at 62

1935 Birthday - Timothy Bavin, Bishop of Portsmouth

1935 Death - Joannes DJ Aengenent, bishop of Haarlem (1928-35), dies at 62

1935 Birthday - Abby Dalton, born in Las Vegas Nevada, actress, Joey Bishop Show

1935 Birthday - John George Hughes, bishop of Kensington

1934 Birthday - Marion Conti, arch bishop, Aberdeen England

1932 Birthday - Joannes M Gijsen, Bishop of Roermond

1932 Birthday - Michael Ball, Bishop, Truro

1932 Birthday - Peter Ball, Bishop, Gloucester

1932 Birthday - James Clyde, born in England, Baron Clyde, son of James Latham Clyde, Lord Clyde, British judge, Chancellor to the Bishop of Argyll, Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland

1931 Death - Gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist/bishop of Bruges, dies at 82

1931 Birthday - Regis Philbin, host, Joey Bishop Show, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee

1931 Birthday - Nancy Hadley, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Love That Jill, Joey Bishop Show

1931 Event - Bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin

1930 Birthday - John Waine, bishop, Chelmsford

1930 Birthday - David Konstant, bishop, Leeds

1930 Birthday - Barbara Harris, 1st U.S. Episcopal female bishop

1930 Birthday - Simon Barrington-Ward, born in England, educated at Eton College, Cambridge, 7th Bishop of Coventry in the Church of England, 1985 - 1997, Bishop with pastoral care, University of Cambridge

1930 Event - Max Bishop draws 8 walks in a doubleheader

1929 Birthday - Hewlett Thompson, Bishop of Exeter

1929 Birthday - James Bishop, editor, London News Publications

1929 Birthday - John Taylor, bishop, St. Albans, Lord High Almoner to Queen

1929 Birthday - Aubrey J Watson Sr, bishop

1929 Birthday - David Sheppard, bishop, Liverpool, cricketer, England batsman

1928 Birthday - Ian Griggs, bishop, Ludlow

1925 Birthday - Bill [William] Westwood, British bishop of Peterborough

1925 Birthday - Richard Rutt, bishop of Leicester

1925 Birthday - John Yates, bishop, Lambeth England

1925 Birthday - Abel Muzorewa, bishop/premier, Rhodesia

1925 Event - Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a bishop

1925 Birthday - David Jenkins, Bishop, Durham

1924 Birthday - Stanley Eric Francis Booth-Clibborn, bishop, Manchester

1922 Birthday - Gerald Moverley, Roman Catholic bishop, Hallam

1921 Birthday - Graham Leonard, bishop of London

1920 Birthday - Leontine Tg Kelly, 1st black female bishop, Methodist

1920 Birthday - John Hartford Worlock, rC Bishop of Liverpool

1919 Birthday - Mark Wood, bishop, Ludlow

1919 Birthday - Dom Helder Camara, Brazilian bishop

1919 Birthday - H D Halsey, Bishop of Carlisle

1918 Birthday - Kevin Skelton, Bishop, Lichfield

1918 Birthday - Joey Bishop, born in New York, entertainer, member of the "Rat Pack", guest on talk, comedy and game shows

1917 Birthday - Gerardus H de Bold, bishop of Breda, 1962-67

1917 Birthday - William Bishop, born in Oak Park, Illinois, actor, Steve-It's a Great Life

1917 Death - Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70

1916 Event - Bishop speak against Catholics in trade unions

1916 Birthday - Cyril Bowles, bishop of Derby

1915 Birthday - R N Coote, Bishop, Colchester

1914 Birthday - Julie Bishop, born in Denver, Colorado, actress, My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat

1914 Death - Peter Leyten, bishop of Breda (1885-1914), dies at 79

1914 Birthday - R. W. Woods, bishop, Worcester

1913 Event - Robert Martineau, bishop of Blackburn

1913 Birthday - Diana Churchill, actress, Spider, Sally Bishop, Housemaster

1913 Birthday - Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, bishop

1913 Birthday - Mervyn Stockwood, bishop, Southwark England

1913 Birthday - H Ernst, bishop, born in Breda, Netherlands

1913 Birthday - James Pike, Oklahoma City, bishop, Beyond Anxiety

1912 Birthday - Leslie Brown, Bishop, St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich

1911 Birthday - Elizabeth Bishop, U.S. poet, North and South, Pulitzer Prize, 1956

1909 Birthday - Theodorus H J Zwartkruis, Bishop of Haarlem Netherlands, 1966-83

1909 Birthday - Robert Selby Taylor, bishop

1909 Birthday - Kenneth W. Howell, English Anglican bishop, Chile/Bolivia/Peru

1908 Birthday - Arnoud Breeveld, Suriname bishop

1908 Birthday - Wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Hertogenbosch

1908 Birthday - Edward Roberts, bishop, Ely

1908 Birthday - John T. Hughes, Bishop to Forces

1907 Birthday - Jim Bishop, author, The Day Lincoln was Shot

1907 Event - Bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union

1907 Birthday - James Herbert Lloyd Morrell, bishop

1906 Birthday - Hazel Bishop, chemist/cosmetics manufacturer

1906 Birthday - Clifford Leofric Purdy Bishop, bishop

1905 Birthday - Martinus A Jansen, Bishop of Rotterdam, 1956-70

1901 Death - William Stubbs, historian/bishop, dies

1901 Death - Mandell Creighton, English bishop/historian, dies at 57

1900 Death - James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80

1899 Birthday - Hanns Lilje, German Lutherian bishop/antifascist, Church und Welt

1899 Birthday - Frantisek Tomasek, bishop of Prague/cardinal

1898 Birthday - Andre-Marie Charue, bishop of Namen Belgium

1895 Birthday - Fulton J Sheen, El Paso, Illinois, bishop, Life is Worth Living

1892 Birthday - John Peale Bishop, U.S. poet, This Side of Paradise

1891 Birthday - Antonius [Jacob LT] van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, Antillian Bishop

1889 Death - Joseph B Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham, dies at 61

1889 Event - Bishop Museum founded in Hawaii

1887 Death - Ditler G Monrad, Danish bishop/premier (1863-..), dies at 75

1886 Death - Joannes A Paredis, Belgian/Netherlands bishop of Roermond, dies at 90

1885 Event - Samuel David Ferguson becomes 1st U.S. black bishop

1883 Birthday - James I Wedgwood, British theosophist/old-catholic bishop

1882 Birthday - James Gleason, New York City, writer and actor, Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool

1880 Birthday - Otto Dibelius, German theologist/bishop, Confessional Church

1880 Birthday - Arnoldus JH Aerts, bishop of Netherlands-Guinea, 1920 - 1942

1878 Birthday - Clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi

1877 Death - Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65

1877 Event - Color organ (for light shows) patented, by Bainbridge Bishop

1875 Event - James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US

1874 Event - James Theodore Holly, elected bishop of Haiti

1874 Birthday - Hewlett Johnson, Red Dean of Canterbury, English bishop

1873 Birthday - Joannes D. J. Aengenent, sociologist and bishop of Haarlem, 1928-35

1870 Event - Memoria of Jackson Kemper, 1st Missionary Bishop in US

1866 Event - Berkeley, California named (for George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne)

1865 Birthday - Piet A. W. Hopmans, bishop of Breda, Eucharistic Crusade

1860 Death - Martinus J Niewindt, bishop on Curaeao (christened slaves), dies at 63

1859 Death - Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74

1855 Death - Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer and conductor, dies at 68

1851 Death - Peter II Petrovic Njegos, bishop of Montenegro 1830 - 1851, dies at 37

1847 Birthday - Gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist/bishop of Bridge

1846 Birthday - Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle

1843 Birthday - Mandell Creighton, English bishop/historian

1842 Death - John England, bishop of Charleston Carolina, dies

1838 Death - Charles-Maurice duke of Talleyrand-Perigord, French bishop, dies at 84

1835 Birthday - Phillips Brooks, Episcopal bishop/composer, Little Town of Bethlehem

1835 Birthday - Antanas Baranauskas, Lithuanian bishop/poet/dialectologist

1834 Birthday - Peter Leyten, bishop of Breda, 1885-1914

1833 Birthday - Henry McNeal Turner, black methodist bishop

1831 Death - Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71

1830 Death - Peter I Petrovic Njegos, bishop (Montenegro), dies

1830 Birthday - James A. Healy, 1st black bishop in America

1830 Birthday - James Augustine Healy, born in Macon, Georgia, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop

1828 Birthday - Joseph B. Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham

1827 Death - Frederick of York, English duke/bishop/general, dies at 63

1826 Death - Reginald Heber, bishop and hymn writer, dies

1822 Event - James Varick becomes 1st bishop of Afr Meth Episcopal Zion Church

1821 Death - Maurice J M prince de Broglie, bishop of Ghent, dies at about 55

1811 Birthday - Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German politician/bishop of Mainz

1811 Birthday - Ditler G Monrad, Danish theologist/bishop/premier, 1863-

1811 Death - Thomas Percy, English bishop of Dromore, dies at 82

1811 Birthday - Daniel A. Payne, Bishop/reformer/educator of AME Church

1798 Death - Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62

1796 Birthday - Martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao, christen slaves

1795 Birthday - Joannes A. Paredis, Belgian Bishop of Roermond

1790 Death - Johann N von Hontheim, German religious historian/Bishop, dies

1787 Death - Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90

1786 Birthday - Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer and conductor

1785 Birthday - Carl A. Agardh, Sweden, botanist/bishop of Karlstad

1768 Birthday - James Varicick, 1st AME Zion Bishop

1764 Death - Hans A Brorson, Danish poet/bishop of Ribe, dies at 69

1763 Birthday - Frederick of York, English duke/bishop of Osnabruck

1754 Birthday - Charles-Maurice duke of Talleyrand-Perigord, French bishop/premier, 1815

1753 Death - George Berkeley, philosopher/bishop (Cloyne), dies on 68th birthday

1742 Death - Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64

1740 Birthday - Pius VII, Luigi B Chiaramonti, bishop of Imola/Pope, 1800 - 1823

1736 Birthday - Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp

1735 Event - 1st U.S. Moravian bishop, David Nitschmann, consecrated in Germany

1729 Birthday - Thomas Percy, English literary/bishop of Dromore

1726 Death - Jeremy Collier, English bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75

1701 Birthday - Johann N von Hontheim, German church historian/suffragan, bishop

1696 Birthday - Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/religious order founder

1694 Birthday - Hans A. Brorson, Danish poet/bishop of Ribe

1694 Death - John L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73

1692 Death - Bridget Bishop, 1st Salem witch hanged

1692 Event - Edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft

1685 Birthday - George Berkeley, born in Ireland, philosopher and bishop of Cloyne

1678 Birthday - Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop

1666 Event - Peace of Kleef: Netherlands and bishop Von Galen of Munster

1663 Death - Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies

1643 Birthday - Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury/author

1642 Death - Armand-Jean Duplessis Richelieu, bishop of Lueon, dies at about 57

1639 Event - Treaty of Berwick: End 1st Bishop war

1633 Birthday - Nathaniel Crew, English bishop, Durham

1626 Death - Lancelot Andrewes, English theologist/bishop of Winchester, dies at 71

1623 Death - Gregory XV, Alessandro Ludovisi, bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69

1622 Death - Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55

1621 Birthday - Maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim

1616 Event - Bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs/War

1612 Death - Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57

1600 Death - John Bruhesius, Bruhesen, bishop of Groningen, dies

1596 Event - Henry van Cuyk becomes bishop of Roermond

1588 Death - Wilhelmus Damasi, theologist/1st bishop of Roermond, dies at 63

1586 Event - Laevinus Torrentius, becomes bishop of Antwerp

1585 Event - Clemens Crabbeels becomes bishop of Hertogenbosch

1583 Death - Edmund Grindal, English bishop of London/archbhp of York, dies at 64

1583 Birthday - Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist

1582 Event - Bishop Domingo de Salazar of Manila suppresses the Philippines

1580 Death - Nicolaas van Nieuwland, corrupt 1st bishop of Haarlem, dies at 70

1580 Death - Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies

1571 Death - Jan Blahoslav, Czechoslovakian bishop, dies at 48

1569 Event - Duke of Alva forces bishop Nicolaas van Nieuwland of Haarlem to resign

1569 Death - Edmund Bonner, English bishop of London 1539 - 1549, dies at 69

1567 Birthday - Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint

1566 Death - Marcus A Vida, Marcus Hieronymus, Italian humanist/poet/bishop, dies

1566 Death - Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92

1564 Death - Pietro P Vergerio, Italian theologist/bishop of Croatia, dies

1557 Death - Michael Agricola, Finnish theologist/church reformer/bishop, dies

1555 Death - Stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65

1555 Death - Nicholas Ridley, English theologist/bishop of Rochester, burned

1555 Event - Oxford Bishop Nicholas Ridley sentenced to death as a heretic

1555 Death - John Hooper, deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy

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

1553 Event - English Lady Jane Grey/bishop Cranmer accused of high treason

1553 Event - Bishop Stephen Gardiner appointed English Lord Chancellor

1552 Death - Henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht (1524-29), dies at 64

1535 Death - Jacob Van Campen, Reconstruction bishop, beheaded

1535 Death - John Fisher, English bishop (1504-35)/cardinal, beheaded at about 65

1535 Event - Bishop Tomas de Berlanga discovers Galapagos Islands

1534 Event - Charles V names Joris of Egmont, bishop of Utrecht

1534 Death - Willem van Enkenvoirt, cardinal/bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 70

1534 Event - Pope Paul II affirms George van Egmond as bishop of Utrecht

1524 Death - Philip of Burgundy, bishop of Utrecht, dies

1523 Birthday - Jan Blahoslav, Czechoslovakian humanist/bishop, Bohemian brothers

1521 Birthday - Sixtus V, Felice Peretti/"Montalto", bishop of Fermo/Pope, 1585-90

1517 Death - Frederik IV, of Baden, bishop of Utrecht, dies

1517 Birthday - Odet de Coligny, Cardinal of Chatillon/bishop

1517 Event - Philip van Bourgondie installed as bishop of Utrecht

1510 Event - Bishop Frederik of Bathe recaptures Oldenzaal

1510 Birthday - Nicolaas van Nieuwland, corrupt 1st bishop of Harlem

1504 Birthday - George/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht

1496 Death - David van Bourgondie, Bishop of Utrecht (1456-96), dies at about 69

1495 Birthday - John Bale, England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright, Kynge Johan

1491 Death - Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies

1487 Birthday - Henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht/Worms/Freising

1465 Event - Peace of St. Truiden: Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Luik

1464 Death - Nicholas van Cusa, philosopher/bishop of Brixen, dies

1461 Event - Alfonso ed Espina, bishop of Osma urges for an Inquistion in Spain

1459 Death - Jan of Heinsberg, bishop of Luik (1419-56), dies

1456 Event - Prince Louis of Bourbon elected bishop of Liege

1455 Death - Rudolf van Diepholt, bishop/cardinal of Utrecht (1448-55), dies

1450 Event - Pope Nicolas V names Walraven van Meurs bishop of Munster

1448 Event - Pope Nicolaas V named Utrechts bishop Rudolf of Diepholt, cardinal

1448 Event - Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication

1444 Death - Marcus, Manuel, Eugenicus, Byzantine bishop of Efeze/theologist, dies

1433 Death - Zweder van Kuilenberg, bishop of Utrecht

1431 Event - Bishop Gabriele Condulmer elected as Pope Eugene IV

1431 Event - Joan of Arc handed over to the bishop

1425 Death - Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies

1423 Death - Frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies

1404 Death - William of Wykeham, chancellor/Bishop of Winchester, dies

1395 Event - Utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden

1393 Death - Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies

1382 Death - Nicholas van Oresme, French philosopher/bishop of Lisieux, dies at 62

1380 Death - John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies

1378 Death - Jan I V van Arkel, bishop of Utrecht/Luik, dies

1374 Death - Andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies

1371 Event - Pope Gregory XI names Arnold II of Horne as bishop of Utrecht

1371 Event - Arnold II of Horne chosen bishop of Utrecht

1371 Death - Jan V of Virneburg, bishop of Utrecht (Pledge Vollenhove), dies

1364 Event - Pope Urbabus V names John V van Virneburg as bishop of Utrecht

1342 Event - Pope Clemens VI names John IV of Arkel as bishop of Utrecht

1340 Death - Jan III van Diest, bishop of Utrecht (1322-40), dies

1322 Event - Pope John XXII names John van Diest, bishop of Utrecht

1322 Death - Frederik II van Sierck, bishop of Utrecht (1317-22), dies

1317 Event - Frederik of Sierck/Zyrick becomes bishop of Utrecht

1317 Death - Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63

1309 Death - Jan I van Nassau, bishop of Utrecht, dies

1301 Death - Willem II Berthout van Mechelen, bishop of Utrecht, dies in battle

1298 Death - Jacob de Voragine, Italian bishop/writer (Golden Legend), dies

1280 Death - Albertus Magnus the Great, German leader/bishop Regensburg, dies at 87

1271 Death - Hostiensis, Henricus the Segusia, cardinal/bishop of Ostia, dies

1267 Death - Hendrik of Vianden, bishop of Utrecht (1252-67), dies

1260 Death - Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies

1253 Death - Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies

1230 Event - Utrecht bishop Willebrand grants Swells state justice

1229 Death - Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies

1229 Death - Albert, bishop of Riga/founder (Sword Knights), dies at about 68

1227 Death - Otto II van Lippe, bishop of Utrecht (1216-27), dies

1214 Death - Huguccio/Hugo van Pisa, Italian bishop, dies

1212 Death - Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies

1198 Event - French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest

1196 Death - Boudouin II, bishop of Utrecht (1178-96), dies

1192 Death - Albert I van Leuven/Luik, Belgian bishop of Luik/saint, dies at 27

1178 Death - Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies

1167 Death - Robert of Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies

1160 Death - Peterus Lombardus, Italian theologist/bishop of Paris, dies

1156 Death - Herman van Horn, bishop of Utrecht (1151/52-56), dies

1154 Death - Gilbert de la Porree, French philosopher/bishop of Poiters, dies

1150 Death - Hartbert, bishop of Utrecht (1140-50), dies

1140 Event - Hartbert becomes bishop of Utrecht

1139 Death - Andries van Kuik, bishop of Utrecht, dies

1116 Death - Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies

1113 Death - Odo/Odardus van Kamerijk, French writer/bishop of Kamerijk, dies

1100 Event - Burchard becomes bishop of Utrecht

1099 Death - Conrad, bishop of Utrecht, stabbed to death

1095 Event - Council of Rockingham: bishop Anselmus vs King William II Rufus

1091 Death - Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies

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

1079 Death - Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered

1076 Death - Willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies

1065 Event - Pilgrims under bishop Gunther of Bamberg reach Jerusalem

1064 Event - Body of bishop Eleutherius of Blandain moved to Doornik

1061 Event - Emperor disposes of bishop Cadalus and Pope Honorius II

1058 Event - Bishop John "Minchio," [domkop] elected as Pope Benedictus X

1055 Event - Bishop Gebhard van Eichstatt named Pope Victor II

1054 Death - Bernold[us] Benno/Bernulphus, bishop of Utrecht (1027-54)/saint, dies

1048 Event - Bishop Bernold flees St. Pieterskerk for Utrecht, Netherlands

1046 Event - Benedictus IX and Silvester III and names Bishop Siutger, Pope Clemens II

1026 Death - Adalbert II, bishop of Utrecht (1010-26), dies

1010 Death - Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69

1008 Death - Notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies

999 Event - Heribertus becomes bishop of Cologne

997 Death - Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40

995 Death - Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht

979 Event - Rotardus appointed as bishop of the kingdom

975 Death - Balderik, bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies

975 Birthday - Thietmar, bishop of Merseburg, German chronicler

974 Death - Ratherius of Verona/Liege, bishop/abbot, dies at about 84

972 Event - Notger becomes bishop of Liege

959 Event - Erachus becomes bishop of Luik

955 Event - Bishop Ratherius of Luik flees

953 Event - Ratherius becomes bishop of Luik

945 Death - Richarius, bishop of Luik (922-45), dies

922 Event - Richarius becomes bishop of Luik

918 Event - Balderik becomes bishop of Utrecht

917 Death - Radboud, bishop of Utrecht/Deventer (900-17)/saint, dies

916 Death - Kliment/Clemens van Ohrid, Bulgaria bishop of Ohrid/saint, dies

866 Event - John appointed bishop of the kingdom

865 Death - Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies

852 Death - Amalarius/Fortunatus/Symphosius of Metz/Lyon, bishop, dies at 76

850 Event - Guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne

809 Death - Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66

804 Event - Liudger becomes 1st bishop of Munster

784 Death - Alberik I, bishop of Utrecht, dies

766 Death - Chrodegang, church reformer/bishop of Mainz, dies at about 50

754 Event - Friezen murders bishop Boniface and over 50 companions

754 Death - Eoda, English speaking bishop of Utrecht, murdered

739 Death - Willibrord, Clemens, 1st bishop of Utrecht/saint 695-739, dies at 81

729 Death - Egbertus, English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89

727 Death - Hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72

722 Event - Pope Gregory II names Boniface as missionary bishop

722 Event - Hofmeier Charles Martel flees from bishop Willibrord

709 Death - Aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, English abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69

709 Death - Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76

704 Event - Aengibald gives away bishop Willibrord estate in Waalre

660 Death - Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies

641 Event - Eligius (Saint Eloy) becomes bishop of Doornik-Noyon

640 Death - Acharius, bishop of Noyon/saint, dies

640 Death - Arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58

604 Death - 605? Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies

599 Death - Monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St. Servaaskerk), dies

594 Death - Gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies

573 Event - Gregory of Tours selected bishop of Tours

556 Death - Maximianus van Ravenna, bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies

540 Death - Vedastus St. Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies

538 Birthday - St. Gregory of Tours, chronicler/bishop

533 Death - Remigius van Reims, 1st bishop of Reims (459-533)/saint, dies about 96

432 Event - St. Patrick, a bishop, is carried off to Ireland as a slave

422 Death - Boniface I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies

417 Event - Zosimus becomes bishop of Rome

401 Death - Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies

397 Death - Martinus, (St. Maarten), Roman bishop of Tours, dies at about 81

397 Death - Martin of Tours, St. Martin, bishop of Tours, dies

397 Death - Ambrosius, Governor of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies

387 Event - Bishop Ambrosius of Milan baptizes Augustinus

384 Death - Servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+

352 Death - Maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies

336 Death - Marcus, bishop of Rome (336), dies

304 Death - Marcellinus, bishop of Rome, dies

273 Death - Felix I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies (or 274)

267 Death - Dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies

259 Event - Dionysius elected as bishop of Rome, succeeding Sixtus II

258 Death - Thascius C Cyprian, Saint/Bishop of Carthage, dies at 58

258 Death - Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded

257 Death - Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies

254 Death - Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies

235 Event - Bishop of Rome Pontianus steps down

155 Death - Pius I, bishop of Rome (approx 140-155)/saint/martyr, dies













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