The Year of Our Lord 1959

Bishop Events

February

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Feb Born Kuriakose Bharanikulangara Bishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India

24.3 Ordained Deacon Paul-Mounged El-Hachem † Deacon of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon Apostolic Nuncio

38.3 Ordained Priest Pierre-Jean Trần Xuân Hạp † Priest of Vinh, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

2 Feb 19.3 Professed Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.Ss.R. † Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay

52.1 Ordained Bishop Jan Czerniak † Titular Bishop of Eudocia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland

29.3 Ordained Priest Johannes Dyba † Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany Bishop of Fulda, Germany

49.4 Appointed Manuel Fernández-Conde y García del Rebollar † Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

55.8 Installed Francisco Gallego Pérez † Bishop of Cali, Colombia

Born Gilbert Armea Garcera Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines

61.6 Appointed James Joseph Gerrard † Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

61.6 Appointed James Joseph Gerrard † Titular Bishop of Forma Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

26.1 Ordained Priest Franz Grave † Priest of Essen, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

27.8 Ordained Priest Bienvenido Solon Tudtud † Priest Prelate of Marawi, Philippines

3 Feb Born Pasquale Iacobone President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology

44.7 Appointed Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies † Coadjutor Bishop of Salto, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus

44.7 Appointed Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies † Titular Bishop of Zerta Bishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay

47.7 Appointed Germán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M. † Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia

4 Feb Born Lucius Hre Kung Bishop of Hakha, Myanmar

Installed Christopher Ulyatt, O.F.M. † Prefect of Volksrust, South Africa

5 Feb 51.8 Appointed Raymond D’Mello † Bishop of Mangalore, India Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India

54.8 Appointed Albert Vincent D’Souza † Auxiliary Bishop of Mysore, India Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India

54.8 Appointed Albert Vincent D’Souza † Titular Bishop of Semnea Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India

Born Mario Vaccari, O.F.M. Bishop of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy

Born Ottavio Vitale, R.C.J. Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania

6 Feb 50.0 Appointed Ignacio Arbulú Pineda † Bishop of Huánuco, Peru

55.2 Appointed Carlos Alberto Arce Masías † Bishop of Piura, Peru

56.2 Appointed Alberto Maria Dettmann y Aragón, O.P. † Bishop of Ica, Peru Bishop Emeritus

Born Joseph-Marie-Edouard de Metz-Noblat Bishop of Langres, France

40.6 Appointed Alfonso Sánchez Tinoco † Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México

8 Feb 46.9 Ordained Bishop Richard Finn, S.M.A. † Bishop of Ibadan, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

Born Nirmol Vincent Gomes, S.D.B. Bishop of Krishnagar, India

Born Claudio Maniago Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy

53.8 Ordained Bishop Jerzy Modzelewski † Titular Bishop of Daonium Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

9 Feb Born Mark Anthony Eckman Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

10 Feb 49.4 Succeeded Andrea Pangrazio † Bishop of Livorno, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy

82.6 Died Giovanni Piccioni † Bishop of Livorno, Italy

75.4 Died George Weld, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles

12 Feb 38.1 Appointed Michael Kien Samophithak † Vicar Apostolic of Thare, Thailand Archbishop Emeritus of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand

38.1 Appointed Michael Kien Samophithak † Titular Bishop of Octaba Archbishop Emeritus of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand

51.0 Appointed Pierre François Lehaen, S.D.B. † Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

51.0 Appointed Pierre François Lehaen, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Hyllarima Bishop Emeritus of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

50.8 Appointed Angelo Tarantino, F.S.C.J. † Bishop of Arua, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

45.6 Appointed José Thurler † Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

13 Feb 74.7 Died Ambroise Leblanc, O.F.M. † Prefect Emeritus of Urawa, Japan

14 Feb Born Nicholas Gilbert Erskine Hudson Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

15 Feb 44.6 Appointed Antonio Iannucci † Bishop of Penne e Pescara, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Pescara-Penne, Italy

25.1 Ordained Priest Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S. Priest of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek) Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

18 Feb 74.2 Died Jeremiah Kinane † Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland

19 Feb Born Juan Maria Florindo Agurto Muñoz, O.S.M. Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile

47.1 Appointed Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

45.5 Appointed Cristiano Frederico Portela de Araújo Pena † Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

61.6 Appointed Antonio Riberi † Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

20 Feb 42.4 Appointed Juan Nicolasora Nilmar † Auxiliary Bishop of Jaro, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Kalibo, Philippines

42.4 Appointed Juan Nicolasora Nilmar † Titular Bishop of Zapara Bishop Emeritus of Kalibo, Philippines

21 Feb 24.5 Ordained Priest Patrick Coveney † Priest of Cork and Ross, Ireland Apostolic Nuncio

27.0 Ordained Priest Franz Kamphaus † Priest of Münster, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Limburg, Germany

48.2 Appointed Jean Karroum † Bishop of Hassaké (Syrian), Syria Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria

53.5 Appointed Franz König † Bishop of Austria, Military Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

25.9 Ordained Priest Reinhard Lettmann † Priest of Münster, Germany Bishop Emeritus

35.0 Ordained Priest William Jerome McCormack † Priest of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

25.6 Ordained Priest Philip Pargeter Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

24.0 Ordained Priest William Walsh Priest of Killaloe, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

22 Feb 76.3 Died Gustave-Joseph Deswazières, M.E.P. † Bishop of Beihai [Pakhoi], China

49.9 Ordained Bishop Miguel Garcia Franco † Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México

Born Cirill Tamás Hortobágyi, O.S.B. Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary

24 Feb 46.8 Ordained Bishop Fidel Cortés Pérez † Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México

52.1 Appointed Joseph Peter Michael Denning † Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

52.1 Appointed Joseph Peter Michael Denning † Titular Bishop of Mallus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

53.1 Appointed Charles Richard Mulrooney † Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

53.1 Appointed Charles Richard Mulrooney † Titular Bishop of Valentiniana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

46.1 Ordained Bishop Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Avissa Prelate Emeritus of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil

49.8 Ordained Bishop Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg, S.M. † Titular Bishop of Dionysias Archbishop Emeritus of Honiara, Solomon Islands

25 Feb 49.1 Appointed Expedito Eduardo de Oliveira † Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil

27 Feb Born Gerard Nash Bishop of Ferns, Ireland

28 Feb 89.7 Died Lorenzo Angelo Bartolomasi † Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military

54.8 Appointed Léo Blais † Titular Bishop of Hieron Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

54.8 Resigned Léo Blais † Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada Bishop Emeritus

51.0 Appointed Laurent Morin † Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada Bishop Emeritus

24.8 Ordained Priest Karl-Josef Rauber † Priest of Mainz, Germany Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

Born Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa Bishop of Montería, Colombia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Feb		Born	Kuriakose Bharanikulangara		Bishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India
24.3	Ordained Deacon	Paul-Mounged El-Hachem †	Deacon of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon	Apostolic Nuncio
38.3	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Jean Trần Xuân Hạp †	Priest of Vinh, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
2 Feb	19.3	Professed	Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.Ss.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Jan Czerniak †	Titular Bishop of Eudocia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
29.3	Ordained Priest	Johannes Dyba †	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
49.4	Appointed	Manuel Fernández-Conde y García del Rebollar †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
55.8	Installed	Francisco Gallego Pérez †	Bishop of Cali, Colombia
	Born	Gilbert Armea Garcera		Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines
61.6	Appointed	James Joseph Gerrard †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
61.6	Appointed	James Joseph Gerrard †	Titular Bishop of Forma	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
26.1	Ordained Priest	Franz Grave †	Priest of Essen, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
27.8	Ordained Priest	Bienvenido Solon Tudtud †	Priest	Prelate of Marawi, Philippines
3 Feb		Born	Pasquale Iacobone		President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology
44.7	Appointed	Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies †	Coadjutor Bishop of Salto, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
44.7	Appointed	Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies †	Titular Bishop of Zerta	Bishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay
47.7	Appointed	Germán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia
4 Feb		Born	Lucius Hre Kung		Bishop of Hakha, Myanmar
	Installed	Christopher Ulyatt, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Volksrust, South Africa
5 Feb	51.8	Appointed	Raymond D’Mello †	Bishop of Mangalore, India	Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India
54.8	Appointed	Albert Vincent D’Souza †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mysore, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India
54.8	Appointed	Albert Vincent D’Souza †	Titular Bishop of Semnea	Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India
	Born	Mario Vaccari, O.F.M.		Bishop of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy
	Born	Ottavio Vitale, R.C.J.		Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
6 Feb	50.0	Appointed	Ignacio Arbulú Pineda †	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
55.2	Appointed	Carlos Alberto Arce Masías †	Bishop of Piura, Peru
56.2	Appointed	Alberto Maria Dettmann y Aragón, O.P. †	Bishop of Ica, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Joseph-Marie-Edouard de Metz-Noblat		Bishop of Langres, France
40.6	Appointed	Alfonso Sánchez Tinoco †	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México
8 Feb	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Richard Finn, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Ibadan, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Nirmol Vincent Gomes, S.D.B.		Bishop of Krishnagar, India
	Born	Claudio Maniago		Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
53.8	Ordained Bishop	Jerzy Modzelewski †	Titular Bishop of Daonium	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
9 Feb		Born	Mark Anthony Eckman		Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
10 Feb	49.4	Succeeded	Andrea Pangrazio †	Bishop of Livorno, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
82.6	Died	Giovanni Piccioni †	Bishop of Livorno, Italy
75.4	Died	George Weld, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles
12 Feb	38.1	Appointed	Michael Kien Samophithak †	Vicar Apostolic of Thare, Thailand	Archbishop Emeritus of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand
38.1	Appointed	Michael Kien Samophithak †	Titular Bishop of Octaba	Archbishop Emeritus of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand
51.0	Appointed	Pierre François Lehaen, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
51.0	Appointed	Pierre François Lehaen, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Hyllarima	Bishop Emeritus of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
50.8	Appointed	Angelo Tarantino, F.S.C.J. †	Bishop of Arua, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
45.6	Appointed	José Thurler †	Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
13 Feb	74.7	Died	Ambroise Leblanc, O.F.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Urawa, Japan
14 Feb		Born	Nicholas Gilbert Erskine Hudson		Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
15 Feb	44.6	Appointed	Antonio Iannucci †	Bishop of Penne e Pescara, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Pescara-Penne, Italy
25.1	Ordained Priest	Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.	Priest of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
18 Feb	74.2	Died	Jeremiah Kinane †	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
19 Feb		Born	Juan Maria Florindo Agurto Muñoz, O.S.M.		Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
47.1	Appointed	Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
45.5	Appointed	Cristiano Frederico Portela de Araújo Pena †	Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
61.6	Appointed	Antonio Riberi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
20 Feb	42.4	Appointed	Juan Nicolasora Nilmar †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jaro, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Kalibo, Philippines
42.4	Appointed	Juan Nicolasora Nilmar †	Titular Bishop of Zapara	Bishop Emeritus of Kalibo, Philippines
21 Feb	24.5	Ordained Priest	Patrick Coveney †	Priest of Cork and Ross, Ireland	Apostolic Nuncio
27.0	Ordained Priest	Franz Kamphaus †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Limburg, Germany
48.2	Appointed	Jean Karroum †	Bishop of Hassaké (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
53.5	Appointed	Franz König †	Bishop of Austria, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
25.9	Ordained Priest	Reinhard Lettmann †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
35.0	Ordained Priest	William Jerome McCormack †	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25.6	Ordained Priest	Philip Pargeter	Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
24.0	Ordained Priest	William Walsh	Priest of Killaloe, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
22 Feb	76.3	Died	Gustave-Joseph Deswazières, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Beihai [Pakhoi], China
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Garcia Franco †	Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
	Born	Cirill Tamás Hortobágyi, O.S.B.		Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary
24 Feb	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Fidel Cortés Pérez †	Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México
52.1	Appointed	Joseph Peter Michael Denning †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
52.1	Appointed	Joseph Peter Michael Denning †	Titular Bishop of Mallus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
53.1	Appointed	Charles Richard Mulrooney †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
53.1	Appointed	Charles Richard Mulrooney †	Titular Bishop of Valentiniana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
46.1	Ordained Bishop	Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Avissa	Prelate Emeritus of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Dionysias	Archbishop Emeritus of Honiara, Solomon Islands
25 Feb	49.1	Appointed	Expedito Eduardo de Oliveira †	Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil
27 Feb		Born	Gerard Nash		Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
28 Feb	89.7	Died	Lorenzo Angelo Bartolomasi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military
54.8	Appointed	Léo Blais †	Titular Bishop of Hieron	Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
54.8	Resigned	Léo Blais †	Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
51.0	Appointed	Laurent Morin †	Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
24.8	Ordained Priest	Karl-Josef Rauber †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	Born	Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa		Bishop of Montería, Colombia

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