The Year of Our Lord 1958

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Resigned	Sebastião (Sebastián) Acosta Hurtado, O.P. †	Prefect of Canelos, Ecuador	Prefect Emeritus
	75.0	Retired	Jean-Marie Aubin, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	74.3	Resigned	Fernando Cento †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	46.0	Selected	[Stanislav Chang Shou-yi] †	Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China
	27.6	Incardinated	Giuseppe Antonio De Andrea †	Priest of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Apostolic Nuncio
	28.8	Final Vows	Vitalis Djebarus, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia
		Born	[Paul Dong Guanhua]		Bishop of Zhengding [Chengting], China
	49.0	Appointed	Marie-Bernard de Terris, O. Cist. †	Abbot	Abbot Emeritus
	81.6	Ceased	Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. †	President of the Italian Episcopal Conference	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	56.4	Resigned	Ignacio García Martin, S.J. †	Prefect of San Francisco Javier, Peru	Prefect Emeritus
	34.5	Ordained Deacon	René Henry Gracida	Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
		Born	Vincent Guo Xijin		Auxiliary Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China
		Born	Joseph Han Yingjin		Bishop of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China
	63.0	Selected	[Stephan He Chunming] †	Bishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China
	48.1	Appointed	Cornelis Heiligers, S.M.M. †	Superior General of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Superior General Emeritus
	49.0	Selected	[Peter Lan Bo-lu (Lan Pai Lu)] †	Bishop of Yongping [Yüngping], China
	57.0	Selected	[Paul Li De-pei (Li Dipei, Li Debei)] †	Bishop of Tianjin [Tientsin], China	Bishop Emeritus
	27.5	Professed	Émile Marcus, P.S.S.	Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice	Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
	48.9	Appointed	Henricus Petrus (Hein) Mondé, S.M.A. †	Superior General of Society of African Missions	Superior General Emeritus
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Emile Njeru †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya
		Selected	[ Pan Shao-qing] †	Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
	54.8	Appointed	Paolo Pappalardo †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Official Emeritus
	30.8	Incardinated	Gilberto Pereira Lopes	Priest of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
		Appointed	Francesco Scrivano, D.C. †	Superior General of Congregation of Christian Doctrine	Superior General Emeritus
		Resigned	Shi Huayu †	Apostolic Administrator of Jinzhou [Jehol], China	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	60.0	Died	Paul Su Pai-lu (Su Xida) †	Apostolic Administrator of Yongjia/Wenzhou [Yungkia], China
	60.0	Resigned	Antonio Taffi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua	Apostolic Nuncio
	60.0	Resigned	Antonio Taffi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras	Apostolic Nuncio
	43.9	Resigned	Gilberto Tapia †	Bishop-Elect of Guaranda, Ecuador	Former Bishop-Elect
		Born	Joachim Kouraleyo Tarounga		Bishop of Moundou, Chad
	46.5	Appointed	Pasquale Venezia †	Auxiliary Bishop of Benevento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy
	48.9	Appointed	Jozef (Joseph Paulinus Amandus) Van Kerckhoven, M.S.C. †	Superior General of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Superior General Emeritus
	21.6	Entered	Julian (Yuriy) Voronovsky, M.S.U. †	Member of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian)	Bishop Emeritus of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	41.1	Appointed	[Peter Zhang Shi-zhi] †	Administrator of Xiapu [Funing], China	Bishop
		Born	Joseph Zhang Weizhu		Bishop of Xinxiang [Sinsiang], China
		Ordained Bishop	[Joseph Zhou Yi-zhai (Zhou Yizhou)] †	Bishop of Bengbu [Pengpu, Peng-Fou], China
	44.8	Appointed	Matija Matiša Zvekanović †	Apostolic Administrator of Bačka (Bács) Jugoslavenska, Serbia	Bishop Emeritus of Subotica, Serbia
Jan	62.0	Resigned	Jean Ghislain Delcuve, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
Jan		Born	Francis Xavier Jin Yangke		Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo], China
1 Jan	47.3	Installed	Franz Hengsbach †	Bishop of Essen, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
2 Jan	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Howard Joseph Carroll †	Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
		Born	Akio Johnson Mutek †		Bishop of Torit, South Sudan
		Born	José Vicente Pinto de Alencar da Silva		Bishop of Salgueiro, Pernambuco, Brazil
3 Jan	41.1	Appointed	Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr. †	Prefect of Northern Nyassa, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus of Mzuzu, Malawi
	82.1	Died	Kazimieras Paltarokas †	Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania
		Born	Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong		Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
5 Jan	83.7	Died	João Evangelista de Lima Vidal †	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal
5 Jan		Born	John Francis Sherrington		Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
6 Jan	35.0	Ordained Priest	Ignatius Harsono †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Bogor, Indonesia
	78.5	Died	Marcelino Lardizábal Aguirrebengoa, I.E.M.E. †	Prefect Emeritus of San Jorge, Colombia
	28.2	Ordained Priest	George Edward Rueger †	Priest of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
7 Jan	54.8	Died	Teodor Bensch †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
		Born	Simon T. Faddoul		Bishop of Our Lady of the Annunciation at Ibadan (Annunciazione) (Maronite), Nigeria
	44.4	Installed	Frederick William Freking †	Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
		Born	Claudio Giuliodori		Bishop Emeritus of Macerata, Italy
	46.6	Appointed	Alfonso Hoefer (Höfer) Hombach, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	46.6	Appointed	Alfonso Hoefer (Höfer) Hombach, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thebae Phthiotides	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Limón, Costa Rica
8 Jan		Born	Giuseppe Schillaci		Bishop of Nicosia, Italy
10 Jan	50.3	Appointed	Emilio Tagle Covarrubias †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
10 Jan	50.3	Appointed	Emilio Tagle Covarrubias †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
11 Jan	72.3	Died	Francesco Potenza †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
12 Jan	44.0	Installed	Juan José Iriarte †	Bishop of Reconquista, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Resistencia, Argentina
13 Jan	37.0	Appointed	Adolfo Hernández Hurtado †	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México
13 Jan	42.5	Appointed	Fernando Romo Gutiérrez †	Bishop of Torreón, Coahuila, México	Bishop Emeritus
15 Jan	27.3	Solemn Vows	Andrea Mariano Magrassi, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop Emeritus of Bari-Bitonto, Italy
15 Jan	50.7	Died	Egidio Negrin †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
16 Jan	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger †	Titular Bishop of Antandrus	Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
	50.5	Appointed	William Richard Field, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	44.8	Appointed	João de Souza Lima, O. Cist. †	Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	37.8	Appointed	René Toussaint, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	37.8	Appointed	René Toussaint, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Calama	Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
17 Jan		Born	Gabriel Mbilingi, C.S.Sp.		Archbishop of Lubango, Angola
20 Jan	69.2	Appointed	Fermín Emilio Lafitte †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop
	69.2	Appointed	Fermín Emilio Lafitte †	Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
		Born	Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve		Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia
21 Jan	52.0	Appointed	Victor Joseph Reed †	Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
23 Jan	37.7	Appointed	José de Aquino Pereira †	Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	46.7	Appointed	Antônio Barbosa, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Campo Grande, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
		Born	Giovanni Mosciatti		Bishop of Imola, Italy
	52.4	Died	Michael Mongkhol On Prakhongchit †	Vicar Apostolic of Thare, Thailand
24 Jan	44.7	Resigned	Joost (Joseph) Van den Biesen, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Abercorn, Zambia
24 Jan	44.7	Resigned	Joost (Joseph) Van den Biesen, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Tullia
25 Jan		Born	Anibal Saldaña Santamaría, O.A.R.		Prelate of Bocas del Toro, Panama
25 Jan		Born	Kindane Yebio		Bishop of Keren (Eritrean), Eritrea
26 Jan	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Jules-Joseph Puset, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Tamatave, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
27 Jan		Born	Paul Connell		Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
29 Jan	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Leonard Philip Cowley †	Titular Bishop of Pertusa	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
	22.7	Final Vows	Tomás Osvaldo González Morales, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Punta Arenas, Chile
	16.5	Professed	Héctor Julio López Hurtado, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Girardot, Colombia
	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse James Schladweiler †	Bishop of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
30 Jan	48.8	Appointed	Domenico Enrici †	Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
30 Jan	55.5	Installed	Alphonse James Schladweiler †	Bishop of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
31 Jan		Born	Ciro Miniero		Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
	45.2	Appointed	Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Santarém, Para, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil
	45.2	Appointed	Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Margum	Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil
Feb	68.8	Resigned	Ghebre Jesus Jacob †	Apostolic Exarch of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
2 Feb	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Barbisotti, F.S.C.J. †	Titular Bishop of Caunus	Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
	24.6	Ordained Priest	John Bulaitis †	Priest of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania	Apostolic Nuncio
	69.8	Died	Marco II Khouzam †	Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
		Selected	[ Li Wei-jen] †	Bishop of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An], China	Bishop-Elect
		Born	Robert Anthony Llanos		Bishop of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles
	61.8	Died	Roberto Moreira Martínez †	Bishop of Linares, Chile
	32.1	Ordained Priest	Lucas Olu Chukwuka Nwaezeapu †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria
	66.0	Selected	[Matthias Wu Guo-huan] †	Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China	Bishop Emeritus
3 Feb	25.1	Ordained Priest	Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis †	Priest of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka	Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Patrick Augustine Kalilombe, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Jean Émile André Marie Maury †	Titular Bishop of Elis	Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France
	53.8	Appointed	Asrate Mariam Yemmeru †	Apostolic Exarch of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Archbishop Emeritus of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
	53.8	Appointed	Asrate Mariam Yemmeru †	Titular Bishop of Urima	Archbishop Emeritus of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
4 Feb	80.3	Died	Stanislaw Rospond †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
6 Feb	81.1	Died	Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Katanga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
7 Feb	67.2	Appointed	Alfonso Castaldo †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	52.0	Appointed	Pio Augusto Crivellari, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
		Born	Raphy Manjaly		Archbishop of Agra, India
8 Feb		Born	Peter Leslie Smith		Auxiliary Bishop of Portland in Oregon, USA
9 Feb	76.4	Died	Basile Ephrem Hikary (Hykary) †	Titular Bishop of Amastris
9 Feb		Selected	[ Shen Chu-ming] †	Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow], China
11 Feb	28.5	Ordained Priest	Josef Homeyer †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany
	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Jan Jaroszewicz †	Titular Bishop of Letopolis	Bishop of Kielce, Poland
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Friedrich Ostermann †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	42.3	Appointed	Manuel José Bernardino Piñera Carvallo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Talca, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
	42.3	Appointed	Manuel José Bernardino Piñera Carvallo †	Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium	Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
	81.7	Appointed	Ricardo Pittini Piussi, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Dominican Republic, Military	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Szczepan (Stefano) Sobalkowski †	Titular Bishop of Medeli	Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
12 Feb		Selected	[ Dong Wen-long] †	Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China
		Born	Nazzareno Marconi		Bishop of Macerata, Italy
	55.1	Died	Szczepan (Stefano) Sobalkowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
		Born	Paul Desmond Tighe		Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
14 Feb	37.2	Appointed	Walmor Battú Wichrowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	37.2	Appointed	Walmor Battú Wichrowski †	Titular Bishop of Sanavus	Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	60.3	Appointed	Alejandro Schell †	Coadjutor Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina	Bishop
	60.3	Appointed	Alejandro Schell †	Titular Bishop of Birtha	Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
15 Feb	55.5	Appointed	Angel Riesco Carbajo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
15 Feb	55.5	Appointed	Angel Riesco Carbajo †	Titular Bishop of Limisa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain
16 Feb	31.8	Ordained Priest	Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando †	Priest of Mbulu, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
16 Feb		Born	Thomas Joseph Neylon		Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
17 Feb	46.0	Appointed	Hyakinthos Gad †	Apostolic Exarch of Greece (Greek)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
17 Feb	46.0	Appointed	Hyakinthos Gad †	Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)
18 Feb	25.5	Ordained Priest	Pier Luigi Mazzoni †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy
19 Feb	61.7	Resigned	Edgar Larochelle, P.M.E. †	Superior General of Société des Missions-Étrangères	Superior General Emeritus
19 Feb	35.5	Appointed	Joseph Gilles Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E. †	Superior General of Société des Missions-Étrangères	Archbishop Emeritus of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
20 Feb		Born	Kenneth Michael Howell		Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia
22 Feb		Born	Margarito Salazar Cárdenas		Bishop of Matehuala, San Luís Potosí, México
23 Feb		Born	Mateus Feliciano Augusto Tomás †		Bishop of Namibe, Angola
24 Feb		Born	Gabriele Giordano Caccia		Permanent Observer to United Nations
	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Vincent-Marie Favé †	Titular Bishop of Andeda	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
		Born	Hency Martínez Vargas		Bishop of La Dorada-Guaduas, Colombia
	47.0	Appointed	Cyprien-Louis-Pierre-Clément Tourel †	Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France	Bishop Emeritus
25 Feb	39.7	Appointed	Rafael González Moralejo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain
	39.7	Appointed	Rafael González Moralejo †	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain
		Born	Germán Medina Acosta		Bishop of Engativá, Colombia
	68.1	Died	João de Deus Ramalho, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Macau, China
27 Feb	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Reginald John Delargey †	Titular Bishop of Hirina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
28 Feb		Born	Philippe Maurice Marie Joseph Christory, Comm. l'Emm.		Bishop of Chartres, France

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