The Year of Our Lord 1959

Bishop Events

February

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Feb Born Kuriakose Bharanikulangara Archbishop 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 Verdun, 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 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 Bishop of Plymouth, 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, Tocatins, 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 Chiquinquirá, Colombia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Feb		Born	Kuriakose Bharanikulangara		Archbishop 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 Verdun, 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		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		Bishop of Plymouth, 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, Tocatins, 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 Chiquinquirá, Colombia

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