The Year of Our Lord 1960

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	49.2	Appointed	Rémy Jérôme Augustin, S.M.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
	27.8	Ordained Deacon	Raymond Rodly Caesar, S.V.D. †	Deacon of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
	64.4	Ceased	Antonio Ignacio Camargo †	Apostolic Administrator of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
	46.0	Appointed	Leonard Carrieri, SS.CC. †	Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Superior General Emeritus
	76.7	Resigned	Louis (Luigi) Centoz †	Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber
		Born	John Chen Cangbao		Auxiliary Bishop of Yixian [Yihsien], China
	25.2	Professed	Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. †	Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice	Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
	16.3	Professed	Juan Godayol Colom, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Prelate Emeritus of Ayaviri, Peru
	26.6	Incardinated	Émilius Goulet, P.S.S.	Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
	51.9	Appointed	Gilbert Hess, O.S.B. †	President of Order of Saint Benedict	President Emeritus
	24.4	Ordained Deacon	Gioacchino Illiano †	Deacon of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy
	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
	66.5	Appointed	Basilius (Franz Daniel) Niederberger, O.S.B. †	President of Order of Saint Benedict	President Emeritus
	19.9	Professed	Philipp Pöllitzer, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
	25.1	Ordained Deacon	Jan Purwinski †	Deacon of Riga, Latvia	Bishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
	44.8	Appointed	Domingo Roa Pérez †	Apostolic Administrator of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Maracaibo, Venezuela
	36.0	Entered	Pio Taofinu’u, S.M. †	Priest of Society of Mary	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)
	46.5	Resigned	Joseph Trương Cao Ðại, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	48.5	Resigned	Pasquale Venezia †	Auxiliary Bishop of Benevento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy
	49.0	Appointed	Zhou Qingyun †	Bishop of Daming [Taming], China
	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Zhou Qingyun †	Bishop of Daming [Taming], China
1 Jan		Born	Antoni Dziemianko		Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus
		Born	Emmanuel Ngona Ngotsi, M. Afr.		Bishop-Elect of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Gastone Simoni †	Priest of Fiesole, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Prato, Italy
	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Elias Tawil †	Titular Archbishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti	Eparch Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), 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
	50.8	Appointed	Raffaele Pellecchia †	Auxiliary Bishop of Alife, Italy	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
	50.8	Appointed	Raffaele Pellecchia †	Titular Bishop of Amisus	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
3 Jan		Born	Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso		Archbishop of Kaduna, Nigeria
4 Jan		Born	José Luis Mendoza Corzo		Auxiliary Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
5 Jan	97.1	Retired	Alfonso Carinci †	Secretary of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites	Secretary Emeritus
	75.5	Appointed	Enrico Dante †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
	50.7	Appointed	Domenico Enrici †	Apostolic Internuncio to Japan	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	37.6	Appointed	Bernardin Gantin †	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	74.4	Appointed	Louis Parisot, S.M.A. †	Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
	74.4	Retired	Louis Parisot, S.M.A. †	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin	Archbishop Emeritus
6 Jan	24.7	Ordained Priest	Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
		Born	Joaquim Giovani Mol Guimarães		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
	60.9	Resigned	Ernesto de Paula †	Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Michael James Sis		Bishop of San Angelo, Texas, USA
10 Jan	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Stéphane Bello, O.A.O.C. †	Bishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Chaldean), Syria
	21.5	Perpetual Vows	José Luis Castro Medellín, M. S. F. †	Member	Bishop Emeritus of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México
		Born	Marcellin Yao Kouadio		Bishop of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
12 Jan	43.7	Appointed	Joseph Kilasara, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	43.0	Appointed	Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar	Archbishop
	43.0	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
	54.5	Appointed	Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. †	Titular Archbishop of Selymbria	Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
	54.5	Resigned	Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. †	Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Jan		Born	Joseph John Caddy		Bishop-Elect of Cairns, Australia
15 Jan	57.1	Appointed	Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Ngong, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya
15 Jan		Born	Paul Anthony Mullassery		Bishop of Quilon, India
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
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Lawrence John Saldanha	Priest of Lahore, Pakistan	Archbishop Emeritus of Lahore, Pakistan
17 Jan	78.6	Installed	Augustin Bea, S.J. †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Saba	Cardinal, President of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity
18 Jan		Born	Edgardo Cedeño Muñoz, S.V.D.		Bishop of Penonomé, Panama
18 Jan	27.1	Ordained Priest	John Joseph †	Priest of Lyallpur, Pakistan	Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan
19 Jan	58.7	Appointed	Francis Joseph Schenk †	Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
19 Jan		Born	José Guadalupe Torres Campos		Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México
20 Jan	43.8	Appointed	Vito Nicola Cavanna †	Bishop of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy	Bishop of Asti, Italy
21 Jan		Born	Vasyl Ivasyuk		Bishop of Kolomyia (Ukrainian), Ukraine
22 Jan		Born	Victor Barnuevo Bendico		Archbishop of Capiz, Philippines
		Born	Jean-Vincent Ondo Eyene		Bishop of Oyem, Gabon
	45.3	Appointed	Bernard Schilling, S.V.D. †	Apostolic Administrator of Lae, Papua New Guinea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
24 Jan		Born	Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap.		Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, 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), México	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
26 Jan		Born	Emidio Cipollone		Archbishop of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy
	82.0	Appointed	Gaetano Malchiodi †	Titular Archbishop of Amasea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
	82.0	Retired	Gaetano Malchiodi †	Vicar Apostolic of Loreto, Italy	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
27 Jan	50.2	Appointed	Victorio Manuel Bonamín, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Argentina, Military	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	50.2	Appointed	Victorio Manuel Bonamín, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Bita	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Military
	50.2	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
28 Jan		Born	Elie Bechara Haddad, B.S.		Archbishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
		Born	Eugène Cyrille Houndékon		Bishop of Abomey, Benin
	50.3	Appointed	Pablo Ramírez Taboada, SS.CC. †	Bishop of Huacho, Peru
	41.4	Appointed	Nemesio Rivera Meza †	Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
30 Jan		Born	José Armando Álvarez Cano		Bishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México
30 Jan		Born	Giuseppe Natale Vegezzi		Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
31 Jan	26.4	Ordained Priest	Johannes Henricus J. Te Maarssen, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea

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