The Year of Our Lord 1959

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Pedro Pablo Andrade Sanchez, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Galápagos, Ecuador
	46.9	Appointed	Pavol Brezanóczy †	Apostolic Administrator of Eger, Hungary	Archbishop
	50.6	Appointed	Mario Brini †	Apostolic Delegate to Indochina	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	77.1	Retired	Gaetano Cicognani †	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	55.8	Installed	Francisco Gallego Pérez †	Bishop of Cali, Colombia
	52.4	Appointed	Gabriel Ganni †	Coadjutor Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean), Lebanon	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
		Appointed	Rupert Hillerich, O.F.M. Conv. †	Prefect of Solwezi, Zambia
	61.2	Appointed	Franciszek Jop †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland	Bishop of Opole, Poland
		Born	Samuel Kleda	Golompuy	Coadjutor Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon
	60.7	Appointed	Sándor Klempa, O. Praem. †	Apostolic Administrator of Veszprém, Hungary	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	72.4	Resigned	Vince Kovács †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vác, Hungary	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	70.2	Resigned	Fermín Emilio Lafitte †	Vicar Apostolic of Argentina, Military	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	72.0	Appointed	Francesco Lardone †	Apostolic Internuncio to Turkey	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	79.2	Died	Giovanni Latyševskyj †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	78.8	Died	Giulio Lecouvet †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
	72.0	Resigned	John David Hubaldus Lehman, C.I.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	61.2	Resigned	Thaddée Le Huu Tu, O. Cist. †	Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm, Viêt Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	63.9	Appointed	Paolo Marella †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
	42.1	Appointed	Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina †	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia	Bishop of Montería, Colombia
	52.0	Appointed	Antonio Ravagli †	Coadjutor Bishop of Modigliana, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	80.3	Died	Ivan Romanoff †	Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
	75.6	Died	Alfonso Marie de Sanctis †	Bishop of Todi, Italy
		Died	Clément Sirgue, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Moundou, Chad
	89.1	Died	Melchiorre Souen, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ankwo [Anguo], China
	45.0	Died	Gilberto Tapia †	Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Paul Tep Im Sotha †	Priest of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia	Prefect of Battambang, Cambodia
	49.7	Appointed	Giacomo Testa †	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
	72.4	Appointed	Gustavo Testa †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	64.0	Appointed	Lucio Torreblanca †	Archbishop of Durango, México
	55.6	Appointed	Bl. Vasyl Vsevolod Velychkovsky, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of the unknown of Titular See
	55.0	Died	Peter Wang Mu-To †	Bishop of Süanhwa [Xuanhua], China
	86.2	Died	Francesco Wang Tse-pu (Uamcepu) †	Bishop Emeritus of Wanhsien [Wanxian], China
1 Jan	53.3	Appointed	Benedetto Falcucci †	Titular Archbishop of Preslavus	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy
1 Jan	53.3	Resigned	Benedetto Falcucci †	Bishop of Penne e Pescara, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
2 Jan		Born	Josafá Menezes da Silva	Salinas da Margarida	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
2 Jan		Born	Prudencio Padilla Andaya, Jr., C.I.C.M.	Lubuagan	Vicar Apostolic of Tabuk, Philippines
4 Jan		Born	Gerard Paul Bergie	Hamilton	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
4 Jan	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Demetrio Mansilla Reoyo †	Titular Bishop of Erythrae	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
6 Jan	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Raphaël Bayan †	Titular Bishop of Taua	Bishop Emeritus of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
	39.5	Ordained Bishop	José Gabriel Calderón Contreras †	Titular Bishop of Victoriana	Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Colombia
	54.6	Died	João Batista Portocarrero Costa †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
7 Jan		Born	Santiago Olivera	Buenos Aires	Bishop of Cruz del Eje, Argentina
7 Jan		Born	Marcel Utembi Tapa	Luma	Archbishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
8 Jan	44.4	Appointed	Alfonso Niehues †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	44.4	Appointed	Alfonso Niehues †	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro	Archbishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	46.5	Appointed	Manuel Tavares de Araújo †	Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan	36.9	Appointed	Nevin William Hayes, O. Carm. †	Prelate of Sicuani, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
11 Jan	25.0	Ordained Priest	José Ignacio Alemany Grau, C.SS.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.SS.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Líbano-Honda, Colombia
	22.2	Ordained Priest	Walter Pérez Villamonte	Priest	Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia
13 Jan	57.3	Died	Henri-Alexandre Chappoulie †	Bishop of Angers, France
	38.6	Appointed	John Neil Cullinane †	Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
	38.6	Appointed	John Neil Cullinane †	Titular Bishop of Flumenzer	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
	38.9	Appointed	John Jobst, S.A.C.	Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Broome, Australia
	38.9	Appointed	John Jobst, S.A.C.	Titular Bishop of Pitanae	Bishop Emeritus of Broome, Australia
14 Jan	29.9	Ordained Priest	Vitalis Djebarus, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia
16 Jan	72.7	Died	Michele Fontevecchia †	Bishop Emeritus of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
17 Jan		Born	Andrés Arteaga Manieu	Santiago de Chile	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
	66.5	Appointed	Felipe Benito Condurú Pacheco †	Titular Bishop of Decoriana	Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil
	66.5	Resigned	Felipe Benito Condurú Pacheco †	Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
18 Jan	80.6	Died	Theodor Buddenbrock, S.V.D. †	Archbishop of Lanchow [Lanzhou], China
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Isak Doera	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Sintang, Indonesia
	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Lech Kaczmarek †	Titular Bishop of Alia	Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Alphonse U Than Aung †	Priest of Mandalay, Myanmar	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Jan	34.4	Appointed	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
19 Jan	34.4	Appointed	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo	Titular Bishop of Verinopolis	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
20 Jan	40.2	Appointed	Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa †	Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México
	59.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto †	Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
		Born	Krzysztof Kukulka, O.F.M. Conv.	Jaworzyna Slaska, Poland	Superior Emeritus of Uzbekistan
		Born	Eduardo Pinheiro da Silva, S.D.B.	Lins	Auxiliary Bishop of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
21 Jan		Born	Miguel Romano Gómez	El Paso, TX, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
22 Jan		Born	Thierry Marie Scherrer	Versailles	Bishop of Laval, France
23 Jan	52.9	Appointed	John William Comber, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Foratiana	Official Emeritus of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
23 Jan	49.5	Appointed	John Joseph Wright †	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
24 Jan	50.0	Appointed	Paul Bui Chu Tao †	Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm, Viêt Nam	Bishop Emeritus of Phát Diêm, Viêt Nam
	50.0	Appointed	Paul Bui Chu Tao †	Titular Bishop of Numida	Bishop Emeritus of Phát Diêm, Viêt Nam
	38.7	Appointed	Alberto Zambrano Palacios, O.P. †	Prefect of Canelos, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador
25 Jan	63.8	Appointed	Giovanni Panico †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	58.3	Ordained Bishop	José del Pilar Quezada Valdéz †	Bishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México	Bishop Emeritus
	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Waclaw Wycisk †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland
26 Jan	52.4	Appointed	Petrus Joannes Antonius Moors †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
27 Jan	48.1	Appointed	Julius Angerhausen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
27 Jan	48.1	Appointed	Julius Angerhausen †	Titular Bishop of Eminentiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
28 Jan	68.0	Died	Mario Bondini †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
28 Jan	74.3	Died	José María González Valencia †	Archbishop of Durango, México
29 Jan	49.2	Appointed	Sante Portalupi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
	49.2	Appointed	Sante Portalupi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit	Priest of Chantaburi, Thailand	Bishop of Chanthaburi, Thailand
30 Jan		Born	Marco Eugênio Galrão Leite de Almeida	Aracaju	Bishop of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil
31 Jan		Born	Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho	Riação	Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
	70.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Beltrami †	Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	47.1	Appointed	Oscar de Oliveira †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	47.1	Appointed	Oscar de Oliveira †	Titular Archbishop of Rhoina	Archbishop Emeritus of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1 Feb	38.3	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Jean Trân Xuân Hap †	Priest of Vinh, Viêt Nam	Bishop Emeritus
2 Feb	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Jan Czerniak †	Titular Bishop of Eudocia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
	29.4	Ordained Priest	Johannes Dyba †	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	49.4	Appointed	Manuel Fernández-Conde y García del Rebollar †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
		Born	Gilbert Armea Garcera	Magarao, Camarines Sur	Bishop of Daet, Philippines
	61.6	Appointed	James Joseph Gerrard †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	61.6	Appointed	James Joseph Gerrard †	Titular Bishop of Forma	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Franz Grave	Priest of Essen, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	27.9	Ordained Priest	Bienvenido Solon Tudtud †	Priest	Prelate of Marawi, Philippines
3 Feb	44.8	Appointed	Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies †	Coadjutor Bishop of Salto, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
	44.8	Appointed	Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies †	Titular Bishop of Zerta	Bishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay
	47.8	Appointed	Germán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia
5 Feb	51.9	Appointed	Raymond D'Mello †	Bishop of Mangalore, India	Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India
	54.8	Appointed	Albert Vincent D'Souza †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mysore, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India
	54.8	Appointed	Albert Vincent D'Souza †	Titular Bishop of Semnea	Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India
		Born	Ottavio Vitale, R.C.J.	Grottaglie, Italy	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh}, Albania
6 Feb	50.0	Appointed	Ignacio Arbulú Pineda †	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
	56.2	Appointed	Alberto Maria Dettmann y Aragón, O.P. †	Bishop of Ica, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
	40.6	Appointed	Alfonso Sánchez Tinoco †	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México
8 Feb	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Richard Finn, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Ibadan, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Claudio Maniago	Firenze	Auxiliary Bishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Jerzy Modzelewski †	Titular Bishop of Daonium	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
10 Feb	49.4	Succeeded	Andrea Pangrazio †	Bishop of Livorno, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
10 Feb	82.7	Died	Giovanni Piccioni †	Bishop of Livorno, Italy
12 Feb	38.2	Appointed	Michel Kien Samophithak †	Vicar Apostolic of Thare, Thailand	Archbishop Emeritus of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand
	38.2	Appointed	Michel Kien Samophithak †	Titular Bishop of Octaba	Archbishop Emeritus of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand
	51.1	Appointed	Pierre François Lehaen, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	51.1	Appointed	Pierre François Lehaen, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Hyllarima	Bishop Emeritus of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	50.8	Appointed	Angelo Tarantino, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop of Arua, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
	45.6	Appointed	José Thurler †	Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
13 Feb	74.8	Died	Ambroise Leblanc, O.F.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Urawa, Japan
15 Feb	44.7	Appointed	Antonio Iannucci †	Bishop of Penne e Pescara, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Pescara-Penne, Italy
15 Feb	25.2	Ordained Priest	Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.	Priest of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria
18 Feb	74.3	Died	Jeremiah Kinane †	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
19 Feb		Born	Juan Maria Florindo Agurto Muñoz, O.S.M.	Santiago de Chile	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
	47.1	Appointed	Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	45.5	Appointed	Cristiano Portela de Araújo Pena †	Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	61.7	Appointed	Antonio Riberi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
20 Feb	42.5	Appointed	Juan Nicolasora Nilmar †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jaro, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Kalibo, Philippines
20 Feb	42.5	Appointed	Juan Nicolasora Nilmar †	Titular Bishop of Zapara	Bishop Emeritus of Kalibo, Philippines
21 Feb	24.6	Ordained Priest	Patrick Coveney	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio to Greece
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Franz Kamphaus	Priest of Münster, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Limburg, Germany
	48.3	Appointed	Jean Karroum †	Bishop of Hassaké (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
	53.5	Appointed	Franz König †	Bishop of Austria, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	25.9	Ordained Priest	Reinhard Lettmann	Priest of Münster, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	35.1	Ordained Priest	William Jerome McCormack	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Philip Pargeter	Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop
	24.1	Ordained Priest	William Walsh	Priest	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
22 Feb	76.4	Died	Gustave-Joseph Deswazières, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Pakhoi [Beihai], China
	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Garcia Franco †	Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
	75.4	Died	George Weld, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles
24 Feb	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Fidel Cortés Pérez †	Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México
	52.1	Appointed	Joseph Peter Michael Denning †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	52.1	Appointed	Joseph Peter Michael Denning †	Titular Bishop of Mallus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
	53.1	Appointed	Charles Richard Mulrooney †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	53.1	Appointed	Charles Richard Mulrooney †	Titular Bishop of Valentiniana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Avissa	Prelate Emeritus of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil
	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Dionysias	Archbishop Emeritus of Honiara, Solomon Islands
25 Feb	49.1	Appointed	Expedito Eduardo de Oliveira †	Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil
28 Feb	89.7	Died	Angelo Bartolomasi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military
	54.8	Resigned	Léo Blais †	Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	51.0	Appointed	Laurent Morin †	Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Karl-Josef Rauber	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium

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