The Year of Our Lord 1960

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	79.8	Retired	Oddo Bernacchia †	Bishop of Larino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	85.6	Retired	Nicola Canali †	Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere
	68.0	Died	Isidoro Croce, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, Italy
	53.0	Resigned	Alonso Manuel Escalante, M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia
	78.4	Died	Severinus Giacomo Gertken, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada
	26.6	Incardinated	Émilius Goulet, P.S.S.	Priest of Society of Priests of St. Sulpice	Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
	50.3	Appointed	José Lecuona Labandibar, I.E.M.E. †	Superior General of Instituto Español de San Francisco Javier para Misiones Extranjeras	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Jorge, Colombia
	45.4	Appointed	Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli †	Apostolic Delegate to Congo, Democratic Republic of	Archbishop Emeritus of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, Italy
	20.0	Professed	Philipp Pöllitzer, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
	75.8	Appointed	Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant †	Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	46.6	Resigned	Joseph Truong-cao-Dai, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng, Viêt Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	48.6	Resigned	Pasquale Venezia †	Auxiliary Bishop of Benevento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy
	46.0	Appointed	Saverio Zupi †	Apostolic Delegate to Korea	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
1 Jan		Born	Antoni Dziemianko	Zabrodzie-Derevno	Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Gastone Simoni	Priest	Bishop of Prato, Italy
	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Elias Tawil †	Titular Bishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti	Eparch Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite), USA
2 Jan	49.3	Appointed	Marion Francis Forst †	Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
	39.8	Appointed	James William Malone †	Auxiliary Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	39.8	Appointed	James William Malone †	Titular Bishop of Alabanda	Bishop Emeritus of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
	56.7	Appointed	Thomas Francis Maloney †	Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
	56.7	Appointed	Thomas Francis Maloney †	Titular Bishop of Andropolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
	50.9	Appointed	Raffaele Pellecchia †	Auxiliary Bishop of Alife, Italy	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
	50.9	Appointed	Raffaele Pellecchia †	Titular Bishop of Amisus	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
3 Jan		Born	Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso	Lot	Archbishop of Kaduna, Nigeria
4 Jan		Born	José Luis Mendoza Corzo	Cristóbal Obregón	Auxiliary Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
5 Jan	97.2	Retired	Alfonso Carinci †	Secretary of the Congregation of Rites	Secretary Emeritus
	75.5	Appointed	Enrico Dante †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of Rites
	50.7	Appointed	Domenico Enrici †	Apostolic Internuncio to Japan	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	37.7	Appointed	Bernardin Gantin †	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
6 Jan	24.7	Ordained Priest	Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero	Priest	Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
		Born	Joaquim Giovanni Mol Guimarães	Ponte Nova	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Carlos José Ruiseco Vieira	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
9 Jan	60.9	Appointed	Ernesto de Paula †	Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea	Bishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
9 Jan	60.9	Resigned	Ernesto de Paula †	Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Stéphane Bello †	Bishop of Alep (Chaldean), Syria
10 Jan	21.6	Professed	José Luis Castro Medellín, M.S.F.	Member of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family	Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México
12 Jan	43.8	Appointed	Joseph Kilasara, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	43.1	Appointed	Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar	Archbishop
	43.1	Appointed	Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Acmonia	Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
	57.3	Appointed	Victor Alphonse Marie Sartre, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Beroë	Archbishop Emeritus of Tananarive, Madagascar
	57.3	Resigned	Victor Alphonse Marie Sartre, S.J. †	Archbishop of Tananarive, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus
	54.6	Appointed	Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. †	Titular Archbishop of Selymbria	Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
	54.6	Resigned	Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. †	Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Jan	74.5	Appointed	Louis Parisot, S.M.A. †	Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
14 Jan	74.5	Retired	Louis Parisot, S.M.A. †	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin	Archbishop Emeritus
15 Jan	57.2	Appointed	Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Ngong, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya
16 Jan	59.5	Appointed	Costantino Caminada †	Titular Bishop of Thespiae	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
	59.5	Appointed	Costantino Caminada †	Auxiliary Bishop of Siracusa, Italy	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
	48.6	Appointed	Manuel Pedro (Antonio) Rodríguez Rozas †	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Lawrence John Saldanha	Priest of Lahore, Pakistan	Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan
17 Jan	78.6	Installed	Augustin Bea, S.J. †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Saba	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
18 Jan	27.2	Ordained Priest	John Joseph †	Priest of Lyallpur, Pakistan	Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan
19 Jan		Born	José Guadalupe Torres Campos	León	Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México
20 Jan	43.8	Appointed	Nicola Cavanna †	Bishop of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy	Bishop of Asti, Italy
21 Jan		Born	Vasyl Ivasiuk	Dora	Exarch of Odessa-Krym (Ukrainian), Ukraine
22 Jan		Born	Jean-Vincent Ondo Eyene	Koulamoutou	Bishop of Oyem, Gabon
24 Jan		Born	Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap.	Boto	Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Jan	48.2	Appointed	Celestine Joseph Damiano †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Camden, New Jersey, USA	Bishop
25 Jan	35.2	Ordained Bishop	Samuel Ruiz García	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
26 Jan	82.1	Appointed	Gaetano Malchiodi †	Titular Archbishop of Amasea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
26 Jan	82.1	Retired	Gaetano Malchiodi †	Vicar Apostolic of Loreto, Italy	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
27 Jan	50.3	Appointed	Victorio Manuel Bonamín, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Argentina, Military	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	50.3	Appointed	Victorio Manuel Bonamín, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Bita	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Military
	50.3	Appointed	Victorio Manuel Bonamín, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Military
	59.4	Appointed	Lawrence Alexander Glenn †	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	58.8	Appointed	Francis Joseph Schenk †	Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
28 Jan		Born	Elie Bechara Haddad, B.S.	Ablah	Archbishop of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon
		Born	Eugène Cyrille Houndékon	Cotonou	Bishop of Abomey, Benin
	50.3	Appointed	Pablo Ramírez Taboado, SS.CC. †	Bishop of Huacho, Peru
	41.5	Appointed	Nemesio Rivera Meza †	Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
31 Jan	26.4	Ordained Priest	Johannes Henricus J. Te Maarssen, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea
2 Feb	29.1	Ordained Priest	Dominic Carmon, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	45.2	Appointed	Cornélio Chizzini, F.D.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil	Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil
	31.0	Ordained Priest	Edgerton Roland Clarke	Priest of Kingston, Jamaica, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Francis Xavier Irwin	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
	24.5	Ordained Priest	John Brendan McCormack	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
	25.5	Professed	Diogo Reesink, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Marie-Henri-Baptiste Rougé †	Titular Bishop of Gisipa	Bishop of Nimes (-Uzès e Alès), France
4 Feb	72.0	Appointed	Alfredo Pacini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
4 Feb		Born	George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu	Zumaire	Bishop of Chipata, Zambia
6 Feb	45.2	Appointed	Joseph-Marie-Goerges-Michel Goupy †	Coadjutor Bishop of Blois, France	Bishop Emeritus
	45.2	Appointed	Joseph-Marie-Goerges-Michel Goupy †	Titular Bishop of Apollonis	Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France
	56.7	Appointed	Marius Paré †	Coadjutor Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
7 Feb	23.8	Ordained Priest	Marian Blazej Kruszylowicz, O.F.M. Conv.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Auxiliary Bishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Wincenty Urban †	Titular Bishop of Abitinae	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Cesar Gerardo Maria Vielmo Guerra, O.S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ariassus	Vicar Apostolic of Aysén, Chile
8 Feb	53.8	Appointed	Jean-Pierre-Georges Dozolme †	Coadjutor Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France	Bishop Emeritus
	53.8	Appointed	Jean-Pierre-Georges Dozolme †	Titular Bishop of Arcadia	Bishop Emeritus of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
	48.0	Appointed	Giovanni Ferrofino	Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ecuador
10 Feb	79.3	Died	Francisco de Assis Pires †	Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil
10 Feb	61.8	Died	Bl. Alojzije Stepinac †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
11 Feb	30.7	Ordained Priest	Bonifácio Piccinini, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	29.8	Ordained Priest	Michael Praphon Chaicharoen, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Surat Thani, Thailand
	48.3	Appointed	Adolfo Servando Tortolo †	Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
12 Feb	42.8	Appointed	Petrus Malachias van Diepen, O.S.A. †	Prefect of Manokwari, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Manokwari-Sorong, Indonesia
13 Feb	56.6	Appointed	Corrado Bafile †	Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	56.6	Appointed	Corrado Bafile †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	45.8	Appointed	Emilio Benavent Escuín †	Coadjutor Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Spain, Military
	36.4	Appointed	Moisés Julio Blanchoud	Auxiliary Bishop of Río Cuarto, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina
	36.4	Appointed	Moisés Julio Blanchoud	Titular Bishop of Belali	Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina
	41.3	Appointed	Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	41.3	Appointed	Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Cremna	Bishop Emeritus of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	44.2	Appointed	Leonardo Gregorio Gallardo Heredia †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
	44.2	Appointed	Leonardo Gregorio Gallardo Heredia †	Titular Bishop of Areopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
	46.2	Appointed	Horacio Arturo Gómez Dávila †	Coadjutor Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	47.6	Appointed	Arturo Gerrit João Hermanus Maria Horsthuis, A.A. †	Bishop of Jales, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
16 Feb	88.6	Died	Pietro Pisani †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
17 Feb	93.4	Died	Eugenio Giambro †	Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy
18 Feb		Born	Jonas Ivanauskas	Alytus	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
19 Feb	67.9	Died	Lucio Crescenzi †	Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
19 Feb		Born	Gabino Miranda Melgarejo	Piscaya	Auxiliary Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
21 Feb	26.6	Ordained Priest	Augusto Alves da Rocha	Priest	Bishop of Floriano, Piaui, Brazil
	26.8	Ordained Priest	João Oneres Marchiori	Priest	Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	25.2	Ordained Priest	John Jeremiah McRaith	Priest of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Luiz Soares Vieira	Priest	Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
22 Feb	91.3	Died	Simone Chu Kai-min, S.J. †	Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China
23 Feb	48.2	Appointed	William Graham Connare †	Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
23 Feb	59.9	Appointed	Leo Ferdinand Dworschak †	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
24 Feb	53.5	Appointed	Jaime Flores Martin †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
25 Feb	48.4	Ordained Bishop	James John Hogan †	Titular Bishop of Philomelium	Bishop Emeritus of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Alfons Karl Kempf †	Titular Bishop of Limyra	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany
	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers †	Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia	Archbishop Emeritus of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Ernest John Primeau †	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	41.9	Ordained Bishop	José de la Soledad Torres y Castañeda †	Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
27 Feb	53.8	Appointed	Raffaele Forni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Syria
	65.3	Appointed	Miguel Paternain, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Mades	Bishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay
	65.3	Resigned	Miguel Paternain, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Florida, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
28 Feb	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Renato Luisi †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy
28 Feb	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Morris †	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus

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