The Year of Our Lord 1963

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Died	Juan Albacete, S.J. †	Prefect of San Francisco Javier, Peru
		Appointed	Giuseppe Boeris, C.R.S. †	Superior General of Orden de los Padres Somascos	Superior General Emeritus
	48.0	Appointed	Aliprando Catani, O.S.B. †	Prior General of Order of Saint Benedict	Prior General Emeritus
		Died	Martinho da Silva Carvalhosa, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau
	54.4	Resigned	Anselmo Giabbani, O.S.B. †	Prior General of Order of Saint Benedict	Prior General Emeritus
	66.6	Resigned	Ignacy Krause, C.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Xingtai [Shunteh], China
	60.7	Appointed	Tommaso Leonetti †	Apostolic Administrator of Caiazzo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
	62.8	Appointed	Joseph Lê Quy Thanh †	Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam
	62.8	Appointed	Joseph Lê Quy Thanh †	Titular Bishop of Septimunicia	Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam
		Died	Laszlo Lombos, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Baojing [Paoking, Shaoyang], China
	80.5	Died	Hippolito Martínez y Martínez, O.S.A. †	Prefect of Lixian [Lichow], China
	52.0	Resigned	Paul Peter Myskiw, O.S.B.M. †	Superior General of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Superior General Emeritus
		Resigned	Ludwika Nowaka, O.S.P.P.E. †	Prior General of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit	Prior General Emeritus
	19.6	Professed	Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea
		Died	Dominic Ros Arraiza, I.E.M.E. †	Prefect of Wankie, Zimbabwe
		Died	George Shanks, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Kashmir and Jammu, India
	60.4	Resigned	Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi †	Apostolic Administrator of Shikoku, Japan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Osaka, Japan
	44.1	Appointed	Jerzy Jan Tomziński, O.S.P.P.E.	Prior General of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit	Prior General Emeritus
		Died	Jean Van der Heyden, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	64.6	Appointed	Giacomo Violardo †	Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
	45.0	Appointed	Atanasij Hryhor Velykyj (Welykyj), O.S.B.M. †	Superior General of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Superior General Emeritus
	48.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Zambarbieri, F.D.P. †	Superior General of Sons of Divine Providence	Superior General Emeritus
2 Jan	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Guilherme (Thomas William) Murphy, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Juazeiro, Baia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
4 Jan		Born	Philip E. R. Dickmans	Herk-de-Stad, Belgium	Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Tocatins, Brazil
6 Jan	59.1	Died	Carlos Alberto Arce Masías †	Bishop of Piura, Peru
	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Balaguer †	Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus	Bishop Emeritus of Tacuarembó, Uruguay
		Born	Gaspard Béby Gnéba	Tehiri Guitry	Bishop of Man, Côte d’Ivoire
	48.1	Succeeded	Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado †	Bishop of Piura, Peru	Archbishop of Piura, Peru
	22.9	Ordained Deacon	Edward Nowak	Deacon of Przemyśl, Poland	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Sarmiento Peralta †	Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
7 Jan	72.0	Died	Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
	50.3	Appointed	Bernardo José Nolker, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	61.3	Appointed	Domenico Vendola †	Titular Bishop of Eudoxias	Bishop Emeritus of Lucera, Italy
	61.3	Resigned	Domenico Vendola †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan		Born	Antoine Koné	Ferkéssedougou	Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire
12 Jan	57.1	Appointed	Clemente Carranza y López †	Bishop of Esteli, Nicaragua
13 Jan		Born	Péter Fülöp Kocsis	Szeged	Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
13 Jan	22.9	Ordained Priest	Edward Nowak	Priest of Przemyśl, Poland	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
15 Jan	55.5	Appointed	Ignacio Lehonor Arroyo †	Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México	Bishop Emeritus
	42.1	Appointed	José Guadalupe Padilla Lozano	Bishop of Veracruz, México	Bishop Emeritus
	79.2	Died	Bernardino Salvatore Re, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
16 Jan		Born	Dodë Gjergji	Stublla, Yugoslavia	Apostolic Administrator of Prizren, Serbia
18 Jan	50.2	Appointed	Dominique Hoàng-van-Doàn, O.P. †	Bishop of Quy Nhon, Viet Nam
	55.3	Appointed	Owen McCoy, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Oyo, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	35.2	Appointed	Pierre-Célestin Nkou †	Bishop of Sangmélima, Cameroon
	53.7	Appointed	Pierre Marie Pham-Ngoc-Chi †	Bishop of Ðà Nang, Viet Nam
19 Jan		Born	Murray Chatlain	Saskatoon	Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada
20 Jan	24.1	Ordained Priest	José Oscar Barahona Castillo	Priest of San Vicente, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
21 Jan	44.5	Appointed	José María Carrizo Villarreal †	Bishop of Chitré, Panama	Bishop Emeritus
22 Jan		Appointed	Alfonso Cuypers, S.M.M. †	Prefect of Vichada, Colombia
	73.3	Died	William Godfrey †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Gerhard Schaffran †	Titular Bishop of Semnea	Bishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany
24 Jan	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Arthur Costello †	Titular Bishop of Choma	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
24 Jan	55.4	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Dougherty †	Titular Bishop of Cotenna	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
25 Jan		Appointed	João Ferreira, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau
25 Jan	47.4	Ordained Bishop	José Nicomedes Grossi †	Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Baia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
26 Jan	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Henri Clément Victor Donze †	Bishop of Tulle, France	Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
31 Jan	50.0	Appointed	Marcello Rosina †	Auxiliary Bishop of Adria, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Civita Castellana (, Orte, Gallese, Nepi e Sutri), Italy
31 Jan	50.0	Appointed	Marcello Rosina †	Titular Bishop of Aezani	Bishop Emeritus of Civita Castellana (, Orte, Gallese, Nepi e Sutri), Italy
1 Feb	80.3	Died	John Francis D’Alton †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
1 Feb	26.2	Ordained Priest	Roger Joseph Vangheluwe	Priest of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
2 Feb	25.6	Ordained Priest	John Francis Kinney	Priest of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
	41.4	Solemn Professed	Victor Razafimahatratra, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Reynald Rouleau, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada
	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Estanislau Arnoldo Van Melis, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Polemonium	Bishop Emeritus of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil
3 Feb	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Vittorio Ottaviani †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy
4 Feb	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Vasyl Vsevolod Velychkovsky, C.SS.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
5 Feb	67.3	Appointed	Paul Nguyen-Ðình Nhiên †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam
	67.3	Appointed	Paul Nguyen-Ðình Nhiên †	Titular Bishop of Gisipa	Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam
	41.9	Appointed	Joseph-Marie Trinh van-Can †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam	Cardinal, Archbishop
	41.9	Appointed	Joseph-Marie Trinh van-Can †	Titular Archbishop of Aela	Cardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam
6 Feb	91.2	Died	Oronzo Caldarola †	Bishop Emeritus of Diano-Teggiano, Italy
7 Feb	44.6	Appointed	André Rousset †	Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles, France	Bishop Emeritus of Pontoise, France
7 Feb	44.6	Appointed	André Rousset †	Titular Bishop of Vaga	Bishop Emeritus of Pontoise, France
10 Feb	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo José Bueno Miele †	Titular Bishop of Bararus	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
10 Feb	67.1	Appointed	Ildefonso Rea, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Corone	Abbot Emeritus of Montecassino, Italy
11 Feb	53.7	Appointed	Guido Maria Casullo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Pinheiro, Maranho, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Cândido Mendes, Brazil
	53.7	Appointed	Guido Maria Casullo †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Bishop Emeritus of Cândido Mendes, Brazil
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Tomás Osvaldo González Morales, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Punta Arenas, Chile
	30.3	Ordained Priest	Robert Kerketta, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Tezpur, India
	51.4	Appointed	Vito Roberti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi	Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy
12 Feb	79.8	Died	Raboula Youssef Bakhache †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
		Born	Damián Santiago Bitar	Arroyo Cabral	Bishop of Oberá, Argentina
	46.0	Resigned	Joseph Gargitter †	Apostolic Administrator of Trento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
	50.8	Appointed	Alessandro Maria Gottardi †	Archbishop of Trento, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	63.1	Appointed	James Aloysius McNulty †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
	61.9	Appointed	James Johnston Navagh †	Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA
	57.4	Appointed	Leo Richard Smith †	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
	50.7	Appointed	George Henry Speltz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
	50.7	Appointed	George Henry Speltz †	Titular Bishop of Claneus	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
13 Feb	69.1	Died	Jaime Font y Andreu †	Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain
14 Feb	53.1	Appointed	Géry-Jacques-Charles Leuliet	Bishop of Amiens, France	Bishop Emeritus
15 Feb	50.0	Appointed	John Thomas Durkin, M.S.C. †	Prefect of Louis Trichardt, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Tzaneen, South Africa
16 Feb	77.0	Appointed	Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus	Archbishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
	77.0	Retired	Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	60.8	Appointed	Mariano Madriaga †	Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.4	Appointed	Vito Roberti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of	Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy
17 Feb	25.8	Ordained Priest	Gianfranco Girotti, O.F.M. Conv.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Regent Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	29.7	Ordained Priest	Paul Khoarai †	Priest of Leribe, Lesotho	Bishop Emeritus
	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Adriano Mandarino Hypólito, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Diospolis in Thracia	Bishop Emeritus of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	25.6	Ordained Priest	André Richard, C.S.C.	Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross	Archbishop Emeritus of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
18 Feb	51.6	Appointed	Amadeu González Ferreiros, O. de M. †	Titular Bishop of Metrae	Prelate Emeritus of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil
18 Feb	64.3	Died	Anunciado Serafini †	Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina
19 Feb	85.3	Died	Beniamino Nardone †	Secretary of the Congregation of Ceremonies
20 Feb	68.5	Died	Alfredo Bontempi †	Titular Bishop of Palmyra
23 Feb	25.7	Ordained Priest	Gerald William Wiesner, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
24 Feb	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Józef Benedykt Kurpas †	Titular Bishop of Orisa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland
	35.0	Ordained Bishop	Yves-Georges-René Ramousse, M.E.P.	Titular Bishop of Pisita	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
	58.3	Appointed	Joakim Segedi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	58.3	Appointed	Joakim Segedi †	Titular Bishop of Gypsaria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
25 Feb	47.0	Appointed	Manuel Lisboa de Oliveira †	Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
28 Feb	62.4	Appointed	Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B. †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	60.4	Appointed	Jože Pogacnik †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Archbishop Emeritus
	60.4	Appointed	Jože Pogacnik †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria	Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia