The Year of Our Lord 1959

Bishop Events

March

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Mar 35.6 Appointed Julio González Ruiz, S.D.B. † Bishop of Puno, Peru Bishop Emeritus

Born Pablo Virgilio Siongco David Cardinal, Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines

3 Mar 74.4 Died Joseph Clement Willging † Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA

4 Mar Born Joseph Ha Chi-shing, O.F.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

5 Mar 16.4 Entered Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC. Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile

Born Józef Górzyński Archbishop of Warmia, Poland

62.4 Died Denys Pierre Hindié † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria

49.4 Appointed Paul Piché, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada

49.4 Appointed Paul Piché, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Orcistus Bishop Emeritus of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada

7 Mar 24.4 Professed Bernard Robert Rooney, O.S.B. Member of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus of New Norcia, Australia

8 Mar 44.0 Ordained Bishop Custódio Alvim Pereira † Titular Bishop of Nepte Archbishop Emeritus of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique

49.5 Ordained Bishop Manuel Fernández-Conde y García del Rebollar † Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

10 Mar Born José Luis Escobar Alas Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador

12 Mar 45.8 Appointed Sebastiano Baggio † Apostolic Delegate to Canada Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta

54.5 Appointed José María Bueno y Monreal † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

75.5 Appointed Fernando Cento † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eustachio Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

Born Fabio Fabene Secretary of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints

75.3 Appointed Giuseppe Fietta † Cardinal-Priest of San Paolo alla Regola Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

52.1 Appointed Antonio Ravagli † Coadjutor Bishop of Modigliana, Italy Bishop Emeritus

51.5 Appointed Emilio Tagle Covarrubias † Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de Chile Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile

51.5 Appointed Emilio Tagle Covarrubias † Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile

29.6 Ordained Priest Peter Thuruthikonam † Priest of Vijayapuram, India Bishop Emeritus

45.8 Appointed Angelo Zambarbieri † Coadjutor Bishop of Guastalla, Italy Bishop

45.8 Appointed Angelo Zambarbieri † Titular Bishop of Sita Bishop of Guastalla, Italy

13 Mar 52.3 Confirmed Paul II Cheikho † Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq

77.8 Died Pierre-Jean-Marie-Louis Peurois, O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Rabat, Morocco

49.4 Appointed Robert Emmet Tracy † Auxiliary Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

49.4 Appointed Robert Emmet Tracy † Titular Bishop of Sergentza Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

14 Mar 39.0 Ordained Priest Francis Xavier Hsu Chen-ping (Xu Chengbin) † Priest of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China Bishop

24.3 Ordained Priest Benito Cocchi † Priest of Bologna, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy

24.5 Ordained Priest Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, O.M.I. Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela

54.6 Appointed Henri-Martin-Félix Jenny † Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France Archbishop Emeritus

54.6 Appointed Henri-Martin-Félix Jenny † Titular Bishop of Lycaonia Archbishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France

27.2 Ordained Deacon Fernando Legal, S.D.B. † Deacon of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Selected [John Li Wei-guang] † Bishop of Nanjing [Nanking], China

25.3 Ordained Priest Celso José Pinto da Silva † Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil

54.4 Appointed Salvatore Siino † Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines

28.7 Ordained Priest Jesus Balaso Tuquib † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

15 Mar 24.7 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Matarrese † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Frascati, Italy

16 Mar 49.5 Appointed Jorge Francisco Mosquera Barreiro, O.F.M. † Apostolic Administrator of Zamora, Ecuador Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

17 Mar Born Charles Jason Gordon Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles

52.5 Ordained Bishop Pieter Jan Antoon Moors † Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands Bishop Emeritus

46.2 Appointed Pierre Phạm Tần † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Thanh Hóa, Viet Nam Bishop of Thanh Hoá, Viet Nam

46.2 Appointed Pierre Phạm Tần † Titular Bishop of Iustinianopolis in Galatia Bishop of Thanh Hoá, Viet Nam

18 Mar 54.8 Appointed Léo Blais † Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

Born Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega, C.O.R.C. Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz, México

38.5 Ordained Bishop John Neil Cullinane † Titular Bishop of Flumenzer Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia

30.4 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Pittau, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)

49.6 Installed John Joseph Wright † Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy

19 Mar 61.7 Ordained Bishop James Joseph Gerrard † Titular Bishop of Forma Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

39.1 Ordained Bishop Johannes (John) Jobst, S.A.C. † Titular Bishop of Pitanae Bishop Emeritus of Broome, Australia

48.3 Ordained Bishop Jean Karroum † Bishop of Hassaké (Syrian), Syria Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria

23.9 Ordained Priest Peter Antony Moran Priest of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain

25.9 Ordained Priest Phillip Francis Straling Priest of San Diego, California, USA Bishop Emeritus of Reno, Nevada, USA

24.6 Ordained Priest Jaume Traserra Cunillera † Priest of Barcelona, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain

47.9 Installed Germán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M. † Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia

21 Mar 57.0 Appointed Evelio Díaz y Cía † Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba Archbishop Emeritus

57.0 Appointed Evelio Díaz y Cía † Titular Bishop of Lamdia Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

30.7 Ordained Priest Jean-Samuel Raobelina, M.S. † Priest of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar

22 Mar Born Steven Robert Biegler Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA

40.7 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Sánchez Tinoco † Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México

25 Mar 79.2 Appointed Santiago Luis Copello † Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

79.2 Resigned Santiago Luis Copello † Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

70.3 Succeeded Fermín Emilio Lafitte † Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

48.8 Appointed Opilio Rossi † Apostolic Nuncio to Chile Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses

43.8 Ordained Bishop Nikollë Troshani † Titular Bishop of Cisamus Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania

26 Mar Ordained Bishop [John Li Sheng-xue] † Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China

27 Mar Born Miguel Ángel D’Annibale † Bishop of San Martín, Argentina

28 Mar 24.5 Ordained Priest Paul-Mounged El-Hachem † Priest of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon Apostolic Nuncio

25.8 Ordained Priest Edmond Youssef Farhat † Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria Apostolic Nuncio

24.3 Ordained Priest Grégoire Pierre XX (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. † Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

22.6 Ordained Priest Antonio María Rouco Varela Priest of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain

29 Mar 24.6 Ordained Priest Eugène Biletsi Onim † Priest of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

Born Frank Joseph Caggiano Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Born Pascal N’Koué Archbishop of Parakou, Benin

Born Evaristo Pascoal Spengler, O.F.M. Bishop of Roraima, Brazil

31 Mar 54.9 Ordained Bishop Albert Vincent D’Souza † Titular Bishop of Semnea Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar	35.6	Appointed	Julio González Ruiz, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Puno, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Pablo Virgilio Siongco David		Cardinal, Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines
3 Mar	74.4	Died	Joseph Clement Willging †	Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA
4 Mar		Born	Joseph Ha Chi-shing, O.F.M.		Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
5 Mar	16.4	Entered	Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC.	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
	Born	Józef Górzyński		Archbishop of Warmia, Poland
62.4	Died	Denys Pierre Hindié †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
49.4	Appointed	Paul Piché, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada
49.4	Appointed	Paul Piché, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Orcistus	Bishop Emeritus of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada
7 Mar	24.4	Professed	Bernard Robert Rooney, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of New Norcia, Australia
8 Mar	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Custódio Alvim Pereira †	Titular Bishop of Nepte	Archbishop Emeritus of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Fernández-Conde y García del Rebollar †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
10 Mar		Born	José Luis Escobar Alas		Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
12 Mar	45.8	Appointed	Sebastiano Baggio †	Apostolic Delegate to Canada	Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
54.5	Appointed	José María Bueno y Monreal †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
75.5	Appointed	Fernando Cento †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eustachio	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	Born	Fabio Fabene		Secretary of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
75.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Fietta †	Cardinal-Priest of San Paolo alla Regola	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
52.1	Appointed	Antonio Ravagli †	Coadjutor Bishop of Modigliana, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
51.5	Appointed	Emilio Tagle Covarrubias †	Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
51.5	Appointed	Emilio Tagle Covarrubias †	Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
29.6	Ordained Priest	Peter Thuruthikonam †	Priest of Vijayapuram, India	Bishop Emeritus
45.8	Appointed	Angelo Zambarbieri †	Coadjutor Bishop of Guastalla, Italy	Bishop
45.8	Appointed	Angelo Zambarbieri †	Titular Bishop of Sita	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy
13 Mar	52.3	Confirmed	Paul II Cheikho †	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
77.8	Died	Pierre-Jean-Marie-Louis Peurois, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rabat, Morocco
49.4	Appointed	Robert Emmet Tracy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
49.4	Appointed	Robert Emmet Tracy †	Titular Bishop of Sergentza	Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
14 Mar	39.0	Ordained Priest	Francis Xavier Hsu Chen-ping (Xu Chengbin) †	Priest of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China	Bishop
24.3	Ordained Priest	Benito Cocchi †	Priest of Bologna, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
24.5	Ordained Priest	Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela
54.6	Appointed	Henri-Martin-Félix Jenny †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France	Archbishop Emeritus
54.6	Appointed	Henri-Martin-Félix Jenny †	Titular Bishop of Lycaonia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France
27.2	Ordained Deacon	Fernando Legal, S.D.B. †	Deacon of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Selected	[John Li Wei-guang] †	Bishop of Nanjing [Nanking], China
25.3	Ordained Priest	Celso José Pinto da Silva †	Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
54.4	Appointed	Salvatore Siino †	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
28.7	Ordained Priest	Jesus Balaso Tuquib †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
15 Mar	24.7	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Matarrese †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Frascati, Italy
16 Mar	49.5	Appointed	Jorge Francisco Mosquera Barreiro, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Zamora, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
17 Mar		Born	Charles Jason Gordon		Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
52.5	Ordained Bishop	Pieter Jan Antoon Moors †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
46.2	Appointed	Pierre Phạm Tần †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Thanh Hóa, Viet Nam	Bishop of Thanh Hoá, Viet Nam
46.2	Appointed	Pierre Phạm Tần †	Titular Bishop of Iustinianopolis in Galatia	Bishop of Thanh Hoá, Viet Nam
18 Mar	54.8	Appointed	Léo Blais †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
	Born	Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega, C.O.R.C.		Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz, México
38.5	Ordained Bishop	John Neil Cullinane †	Titular Bishop of Flumenzer	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
30.4	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Pittau, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)
49.6	Installed	John Joseph Wright †	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
19 Mar	61.7	Ordained Bishop	James Joseph Gerrard †	Titular Bishop of Forma	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
39.1	Ordained Bishop	Johannes (John) Jobst, S.A.C. †	Titular Bishop of Pitanae	Bishop Emeritus of Broome, Australia
48.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean Karroum †	Bishop of Hassaké (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
23.9	Ordained Priest	Peter Antony Moran	Priest of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
25.9	Ordained Priest	Phillip Francis Straling	Priest of San Diego, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Reno, Nevada, USA
24.6	Ordained Priest	Jaume Traserra Cunillera †	Priest of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain
47.9	Installed	Germán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia
21 Mar	57.0	Appointed	Evelio Díaz y Cía †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Archbishop Emeritus
57.0	Appointed	Evelio Díaz y Cía †	Titular Bishop of Lamdia	Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
30.7	Ordained Priest	Jean-Samuel Raobelina, M.S. †	Priest of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette	Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar
22 Mar		Born	Steven Robert Biegler		Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
40.7	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Sánchez Tinoco †	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México
25 Mar	79.2	Appointed	Santiago Luis Copello †	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
79.2	Resigned	Santiago Luis Copello †	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
70.3	Succeeded	Fermín Emilio Lafitte †	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
48.8	Appointed	Opilio Rossi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
43.8	Ordained Bishop	Nikollë Troshani †	Titular Bishop of Cisamus	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
26 Mar		Ordained Bishop	[John Li Sheng-xue] †	Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China
27 Mar		Born	Miguel Ángel D’Annibale †		Bishop of San Martín, Argentina
28 Mar	24.5	Ordained Priest	Paul-Mounged El-Hachem †	Priest of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon	Apostolic Nuncio
25.8	Ordained Priest	Edmond Youssef Farhat †	Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria	Apostolic Nuncio
24.3	Ordained Priest	Grégoire Pierre XX (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. †	Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
22.6	Ordained Priest	Antonio María Rouco Varela	Priest of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
29 Mar	24.6	Ordained Priest	Eugène Biletsi Onim †	Priest of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Frank Joseph Caggiano		Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
	Born	Pascal N’Koué		Archbishop of Parakou, Benin
	Born	Evaristo Pascoal Spengler, O.F.M.		Bishop of Roraima, Brazil
31 Mar	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Albert Vincent D’Souza †	Titular Bishop of Semnea	Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India

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