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The Year of Our Lord 1963

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 Nov BornEnrique José Balzan CaruanaAuxiliary Bishop of La Serena, Chile
2 Nov56.8AppointedLuis Alfonso Crespo ChiribogaBishop of Loja, Ecuador
84.9DiedFerdinand de PiontekApostolic Administrator of Görlitz, Germany
3 Nov BornAntónio Francisco Jaca, S.V.D.Bishop of Benguela, Angola
57.8Ordained BishopGiuseppe PetraliaBishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), ItalyBishop Emeritus
5 Nov BornJean TailleurAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Québec, Canada
6 Nov80.7AppointedAdrien-Joseph Larribeau, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of ThinisBishop Emeritus of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
80.7RetiredAdrien-Joseph Larribeau, M.E.P. †Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)Bishop Emeritus
99.6DiedDaniel MannixArchbishop of Melbourne, Australia
73.4SucceededJustin Daniel SimondsArchbishop of Melbourne, AustraliaArchbishop Emeritus
53.7AppointedMartin Legarra Tellechea, O.A.R. †Prelate of Bocas del Toro, PanamaBishop Emeritus of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama
7 Nov BornGiuliano BrugnottoBishop of Vicenza, Italy
82.7DiedJohn Reesinck, M.H.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda
71.9DiedEdoardo TonnaBishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
9 Nov59.0AppointedJosé Newton de Almeida BaptistaBishop of Brazil, MilitaryArchbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
69.3ResignedJaime de Barros CâmaraBishop of Brazil, MilitaryCardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
53.0AppointedGiuseppe BonfiglioliCoadjutor Archbishop of Siracusa, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
53.0AppointedGiuseppe BonfiglioliTitular Archbishop of DarnisArchbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
77.8DiedAntonio Farage (Faraj)Titular Archbishop of Damiata dei Greco-MelkitiPatriarchal Vicar Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
10 Nov BornGrzegorz SuchodolskiAuxiliary Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
12 Nov54.7AppointedMario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. †Coadjutor Archbishop of GuatemalaCardinal, Archbishop
54.7AppointedMario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. †Titular Archbishop of PergeCardinal, Archbishop of Guatemala
BornHerman Willebrordus WoortsAuxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
13 Nov BornOlivier Claude Philippe Marie LeborgneBishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
61.1DiedGabriel (André) Sortais, O.C.S.O. †Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance
14 Nov53.1AppointedElías Prado TelloAuxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, PeruAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
53.1AppointedElías Prado TelloTitular Bishop of ThevesteAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
15 Nov BornAlick BandaArchbishop of Lusaka, Zambia
72.1AppointedFrancisco Xavier da Piedade RebelloAuxiliary Bishop of Goa e Damão, IndiaApostolic Administrator Emeritus
72.1AppointedFrancisco Xavier da Piedade RebelloTitular Bishop of Tipasa in MauretaniaApostolic Administrator Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
16 Nov43.4AppointedWilliam Dunne, S.P.S. †Bishop of Kitui, KenyaBishop Emeritus
46.0AppointedMathias Sebastião Francisco FernandesBishop of Mysore, India
BornKarnam Dhaman Kumar, M.S.F.S.Bishop of Nalgonda, India
35.4AppointedAlphonsus MathiasBishop of Chikmagalur, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India
17 Nov72.5Ordained BishopFederico SargoliniTitular Bishop of LysiasAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, Italy
BornJoseph Tang YuangeBishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
24.5Ordained PriestJosé Joaquín Troconis MontielPriest
18 Nov BornJohn Lewis AdamsBishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand
41.2SucceededLuis Aponte MartínezBishop of Ponce, Puerto RicoCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico
BornIvan MaffeisArchbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
63.1AppointedJames Edward (Jaime Eduardo) McManus, C.Ss.R. †Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
63.1AppointedJames Edward (Jaime Eduardo) McManus, C.Ss.R. †Titular Bishop of BendaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
63.1ResignedJames Edward (Jaime Eduardo) McManus, C.Ss.R. †Bishop of Ponce, Puerto RicoAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
19 Nov BornLuzizila KialaArchbishop of Malanje, Angola
20 Nov BornMatthias Du JiangBishop of [Shanba (Patriotic), China]
21 Nov BornBenedito AraújoBishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil
BornJoão Gilberto de MouraBishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil
BornMirosław GucwaBishop of Bouar, Central African Republic
22 Nov BornLuis Martín Barraza Beltrán, Ist. del PradoBishop of Torreón, Coahuila, México
23 Nov BornSalutaris Melchior LibenaBishop of Ifakara, Tanzania
52.8AppointedRaul Silva SilvaAuxiliary Bishop of Rancagua, ChileAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
52.8AppointedRaul Silva SilvaTitular Bishop of EudoxiasAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
24 Nov36.8Ordained BishopEugène Abissa KwakuBishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
BornMilton Kenan JúniorBishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
25 Nov47.9AppointedJoseph Thomas DaleyAuxiliary Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USABishop
47.9AppointedJoseph Thomas DaleyTitular Bishop of BarcaBishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
50.2AppointedJohn Joseph GrahamAuxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
50.2AppointedJohn Joseph GrahamTitular Bishop of SabrataAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
45.5AppointedBernard Matthew KellyAuxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
45.5AppointedBernard Matthew KellyTitular Bishop of Tegea
BornKonrad KrajewskiCardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity
26 Nov61.3AppointedGiuseppe MancusoBishop of Mazara del Vallo, ItalyBishop Emeritus
BornGustavo Gabriel ZurbriggenBishop of Concordia, Argentina
27 Nov BornNolly Camingue BucoBishop of Catarman, Philippines
28 Nov BornBrendan John CahillBishop of Victoria in Texas, USA
29 Nov BornAnton BalArchbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea
48.1AppointedVictor Garaygordóbil BerrizbeitiaPrelate of Los Ríos, EcuadorPrelate Emeritus
48.1AppointedVictor Garaygordóbil BerrizbeitiaTitular Bishop of PudentianaPrelate Emeritus of Los Ríos, Ecuador
52.1AppointedVicente Felicísimo Maya GuzmánPrelate of El Oro, EcuadorBishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador
52.1AppointedVicente Felicísimo Maya GuzmánTitular Bishop of Comana PonticaBishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador
50.1AppointedCarlo MartiniApostolic Nuncio to PhilippinesArchbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
BornJean-Charles Wismick, S.M.M.Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
30 Nov25.2Ordained PriestGeorge ValiamattamPriest of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), IndiaArchbishop Emeritus of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India
Dec54.4AppointedIsaac GhattasArchbishop (Personal Title) of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), EgyptBishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
47.7AppointedGabriele (Ezio) Marinucci, O.A.D. †Prior General of Agostiniani ScalziPrior General Emeritus
66.9AppointedPaul NousseirArchbishop (Personal Title) of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), EgyptBishop
1 Dec28.2Ordained PriestJoão BergesePriest of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, BrazilArchbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
24.2Ordained PriestJulio Edgar Cabrera OvallePriestBishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala
24.7Ordained PriestIsaías Duarte CancinoPriest of Bucaramanga, ColombiaArchbishop of Cali, Colombia
24.6Ordained PriestHéctor González MartínezPriest of Durango, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus
24.1Ordained PriestCamilo Diaz GregorioPriest of San Jose, PhilippinesPrelate Emeritus of Batanes, Philippines
54.0Ordained BishopGerard William TickleTitular Bishop of BelaBishop Emeritus of Great Britain, Military
25.7Ordained PriestErcílio TurcoPriest of Campinas, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
BornNélio Domingos ZorteaBishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2 Dec49.1AppointedJoseph Aloysius DurickCoadjutor Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USABishop Emeritus
61.0AppointedFrederick Hall, M.H.M. †Titular Bishop of Castra NovaBishop Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya
61.0ResignedFrederick Hall, M.H.M. †Bishop of Kisumu, KenyaBishop Emeritus
66.6DiedLouis-Sylvain RobinBishop Emeritus of Blois, France
4 Dec BornOllo Modeste KambouBishop of Gaoua, Burkina Faso
5 Dec101.0DiedAlfonso CarinciSecretary Emeritus of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
63.3AppointedBenigno Chiriboga, S.J. †Bishop of Latacunga, EcuadorBishop Emeritus
63.9DiedJohn Christopher CodyBishop of London, Ontario, Canada
30.1IncardinatedNéstor Rafael Herrera HerediaPriest of Latacunga, EcuadorBishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador
6 Dec BornMichele FuscoBishop of Sulmona-Valva, Italy
7 Dec60.5Ordained BishopFederico Kaiser Depel, M.S.C. †Titular Bishop of BerrhoeaPrelate Emeritus of Caravelí, Peru
46.7InstalledRamón Salas Valdés, S.J. †Prelate of Arica, ChileBishop Emeritus of Arica, Chile
8 Dec26.9Ordained PriestSimon Atallah, O.A.M.Priest of Antonin Maronite Order (Maronite)Bishop Emeritus of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon
56.9Ordained BishopLuis Alfonso Crespo ChiribogaBishop of Loja, Ecuador
27.1Ordained PriestOsvaldo GiuntiniPriest of São Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil
BornNicolás Gregorio Nava RojasBishop of Machiques, Venezuela
9 Dec49.9AppointedGaetano AlibrandiApostolic Nuncio to LebanonApostolic Nuncio
57.7AppointedEgano Righi-LambertiniApostolic Nuncio to ChileCardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
10 Dec39.0AppointedSavino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Aysén, ChileArchbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
39.0AppointedSavino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M. †Titular Bishop of PyrgosArchbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
49.1AppointedJustinus DarmojuwonoArchbishop of Semarang, IndonesiaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
51.4AppointedIgnatius Gopu, M.S.F.S. †Coadjutor Bishop of Visakhapatnam, IndiaBishop
51.4AppointedIgnatius Gopu, M.S.F.S. †Titular Bishop of Feradi MaiusBishop of Visakhapatnam, India
48.1AppointedAndreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C. †Coadjutor Bishop of Amboina, IndonesiaBishop Emeritus
48.1AppointedAndreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C. †Titular Bishop of RegianaBishop Emeritus of Amboina, Indonesia
23.2Solemn VowsYannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap.Member of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinArchbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
49.3AppointedAmbrose Papaiah Yeddanapalli, O.F.M. †Bishop of Bellary, IndiaBishop Emeritus
11 Dec74.9DiedWilliam MacNeelyBishop of Raphoe, Ireland
12 Dec BornAndrzej Konrad CzajaBishop of Opole, Poland
53.7AppointedFrancisco Maria da SilvaArchbishop of Braga, Portugal
50.0Ordained BishopEdward Louis Fedders, M.M. †Titular Bishop of Antiochia ad MaeandrumPrelate of Juli, Peru
43.2Ordained BishopJohn James WardTitular Bishop of BriaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
16 Dec BornManuel González VillaseñorAuxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
21.0Solemn VowsLorenzo Piretto, O.P.Member of Order of Friars PreachersArchbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
17 Dec45.3Ordained BishopBartolomé Carrasco BriseñoBishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
89.3AppointedJean Marie Patrice FlynnTitular Bishop of ArneaeBishop Emeritus of Nevers, France
89.3RetiredJean Marie Patrice FlynnBishop of Nevers, FranceBishop Emeritus
57.7SucceededMichel-Louis VialBishop of Nevers, FranceBishop Emeritus of Nantes, France
18 Dec BornConstantino Barrera MoralesBishop of Sonsonate, El Salvador
25.2Ordained PriestRobert Henry BromPriest of Winona, Minnesota, USABishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA
59.5AppointedFranco CostaTitular Bishop of EmmaüsBishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
59.5ResignedFranco CostaBishop of Crema, ItalyBishop Emeritus
25.1Ordained PriestHoward James HubbardPriest of Albany, New York, USABishop Emeritus
52.5AppointedJean-Paul-Marie VincentBishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), FranceBishop Emeritus
19 Dec BornSergio Osvaldo BuenanuevaBishop of San Francisco, Argentina
61.4AppointedCarlo Manziana, C.O. †Bishop of Crema, ItalyBishop Emeritus
21 Dec27.0Ordained PriestEmile Aiti Waro Leru’aPriestBishop Emeritus of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23.7Ordained PriestJosé Luís Azcona Hermoso, O.A.R. †Priest of Order of Augustinian RecollectsPrelate Emeritus of Marajó, Para, Brazil
23.0Ordained DeaconJesus Aputen CabreraDeacon of Lingayen-Dagupan, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus of Alaminos, Philippines
25.7Ordained PriestFlorentino Ferrer CinensePriest of Cabanatuan, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus of Tarlac, Philippines
27.1Ordained PriestPaulinus CostaPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
72.2Ordained BishopFrancisco Xavier da Piedade RebelloTitular Bishop of Tipasa in MauretaniaApostolic Administrator Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
55.4Ordained BishopJuan Carlos FerroBishop of Concepción, Argentina
26.9Ordained PriestFrancis Eugene George, O.M.I. †Priest of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
23.5Ordained PriestGilberto Délio Gonçalves Canavarro dos ReisPriest of Vila Real, PortugalBishop Emeritus of Setúbal, Portugal
BornMathews Pachomius Kadavil, O.I.C.Bishop of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (Syro-Malankara), India
24.4Ordained PriestJoseph KaithatharaPriest of Jhansi, IndiaBishop Emeritus of Gwalior, India
30.8Ordained PriestAloysio José Leal Penna, S.J. †PriestArchbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
26.0Ordained PriestGuillermo Loría GaritaPriest of San José de Costa RicaBishop Emeritus of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
27.9Ordained PriestIgnatius MenezesPriest of Lucknow, IndiaBishop Emeritus of Ajmer, India
24.2Ordained PriestLaurent Monsengwo PasinyaPriest of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28.9Ordained PriestFaustin NgabuPriestBishop Emeritus of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
33.8Ordained PriestAlbert Kanene ObiefunaPriest of Onitsha, NigeriaArchbishop Emeritus
31.9Ordained PriestNicolas OkiohPriest of Natitingou, BeninBishop Emeritus
25.8Ordained DeaconPierre René Ferdinand Raffin, O.P. †Deacon of Order of Friars PreachersBishop Emeritus of Metz, France
28.1Ordained PriestFrancisco Capiral San DiegoPriest of Manila, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus of Pasig, Philippines
25.4Ordained PriestThomas Emmanuel SavundaranayagamPriest of Jaffna, Sri LankaBishop Emeritus
27.0Ordained PriestHenry Apaloryamam SsentongoPriest of Masaka, UgandaBishop Emeritus of Moroto, Uganda
24.7Ordained PriestJosé Mário StroeherPriest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
25.6Ordained PriestWalmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C. †Priest of Consolata MissionariesBishop Emeritus of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
26.2Ordained PriestLaurent YapiPriest of Abidjan, Côte d’IvoireBishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
22 Dec25.1Ordained PriestPedro Dulay ArigoPriestVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Princesa, Philippines
23 Dec21.5ProfessedSantiago Agrelo Martínez, O.F.M.Member of Order of Friars MinorArchbishop Emeritus of Tanger, Morocco
BornJuan Carlos AresBishop of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
BornRoberto Fornaciari, O.S.B.Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy
23.0Ordained PriestDeogracias Soriano Iñiguez Jr.Priest of Malolos, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus of Kalookan, Philippines
71.8AppointedJosyf SlipyjCardinal, Major Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
24 Dec BornElias Kwenzakufani ZondiAuxiliary Bishop of Durban, South Africa
25 Dec55.5InstalledJuan Carlos FerroBishop of Concepción, Argentina
26 Dec BornMaurício Agostinho Camuto, C.S.Sp.Bishop of Caxito, Angola
56.0AppointedCarlos Mariano Pérez Eslava, S.D.B. †Archbishop of Salta, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus
27 Dec70.1DiedKarel Justinus Marie Ernest CalewaertBishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
BornLazarus Vitalis Msimbe, S.D.S.Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania
28 Dec47.4AppointedNicholas Anthony D’Antonio Salza, O.F.M. †Prelate of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho, HondurasPrelate Emeritus
61.4InstalledGiuseppe MancusoBishop of Mazara del Vallo, ItalyBishop Emeritus
29 Dec26.7Ordained PriestJulio Amílcar Bethancourt FioravantiPriest of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, GuatemalaBishop of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala
32.5Ordained PriestSimon Michael Fung Kui HeongPriest of Kota Kinabalu, MalaysiaBishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
52.9Ordained BishopRaul Silva SilvaTitular Bishop of EudoxiasAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
79.3DiedMihael TorosApostolic Administrator of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
BornDavid William Valencia AntonioBishop of Ilagan, Philippines
30 Dec18.7First VowsJosé Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R.Member of Order of Augustinian RecollectsBishop Emeritus of Cartago, Colombia
BornVitaliy SkomarovskyiBishop of Lutsk, Ukraine
31 Dec50.7AppointedAntonio del GiudiceApostolic Internuncio to KoreaApostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq
BornMoïse Messan TouhoBishop of Atakpamé, Togo

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