The Year of Our Lord 1959

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Sep 46.7 Appointed Kilian John Lawrence Healy, O. Carm. † Prior General of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Prior General Emeritus

2 Sep 48.3 Appointed Romolo Carboni † Apostolic Nuncio to Peru Apostolic Nuncio

3 Sep Born Bernard Anthony Hebda Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

50.3 Ordained Bishop Lino Zanini † Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto Official Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter

5 Sep Born Peter Karam Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

59.2 Appointed Martin John O’Connor † Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications

6 Sep Born Dabula Anthony Mpako Archbishop of Pretoria, South Africa

7 Sep 46.9 Appointed Teopisto Valderrama Alberto † Coadjutor Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

46.9 Appointed Teopisto Valderrama Alberto † Titular Archbishop of Amastris Archbishop Emeritus of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines

37.0 Appointed Arnulfo Surtida Arcilla † Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines

59.4 Died Kenneth Grant † Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain

93.6 Died Alberto Vassallo di Torregrossa † Apostolic Nuncio

8 Sep 20.3 First Vows Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P. † Member of Poveri Servi della Divina Provvidenza Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Benguela, Angola

25.9 Ordained Priest Vartan Kechichian, C.A.M. † Priest of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia Coadjutor Ordinary Emeritus of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)

22.6 Professed Alessandro Pagani, S.M.M. Member of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Mangochi, Malawi

47.8 Installed Jean Prou, O.S.B. † Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus

58.9 Ordained Bishop Bernhard Schräder † Titular Bishop of Scyrus Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany

9 Sep 28.3 Solemn Vows Lorenzo Ceresoli, M.C.C.I. † Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Awasa, Ethiopia

74.8 Died Thomas Anthony Welch † Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA

12 Sep 51.3 Appointed Mario Brini † Apostolic Delegate to Indochina Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

13 Sep Born Mark William Freeman Bishop of Ballarat, Australia

48.5 Ordained Bishop Raymond-Marie-Joseph Vayron de La Moureyre, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Mouila, Gabon Bishop Emeritus

23.1 Ordained Priest Rafael Palmero Ramos † Priest of Astorga, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain

30.8 Ordained Priest Joseph Phan Thế Hinh † Priest of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam Bishop

27.0 Ordained Priest Marcello Zago, O.M.I. † Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

15 Sep 38.9 Ordained Bishop Paul-Maurice Choquet, C.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Diospolis Inferior Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti

53.1 Appointed John Jarlath Dooley, S.S.C.M.E. † Official of the Secretariat of State Official Emeritus

61.8 Appointed Pedro Celestí (Jaume) Gusi i Rossell, O.S.B. † Superior General of Order of Saint Benedict Superior General Emeritus

32.7 Ordained Priest Henri Salina, C.R.A. † Priest of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland

53.9 Appointed József Winkler † Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary

53.9 Appointed József Winkler † Titular Bishop of Dadima Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary

17 Sep 17.5 Professed Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv. Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Archbishop Emeritus of Sassari, Italy

Born Florentin Crihălmeanu † Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania

31.4 Professed Francis Keiichi Sato, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Niigata, Japan

18 Sep Born Giuseppe (José) Negri, P.I.M.E. Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil

19 Sep 76.6 Died Paul Akl † Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Syria per i Maroniti

24.2 Ordained Priest Agostino Giuseppe Delfino, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Berbérati, Central African Republic

20 Sep 66.6 Died Matthew Francis Brady † Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

39.0 Installed Platon Volodyslav Kornyljak † Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian) Apostolic Exarch Emeritus

41.7 Ordained Bishop Joseph-Albert Malula † Titular Bishop of Attanasus Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

28.7 Ordained Priest Frédéric Rubwejanga, O.C.S.O. Priest Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo, Rwanda

21 Sep Born Enrique Figaredo Alvargonzález, S.J. Prefect of Battambang, Cambodia

61.0 Appointed Silvino Martínez † Bishop of Rosario, Argentina

48.2 Appointed Francisco Juan Vénnera † Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

23 Sep 47.9 Appointed Gellért Belon † Titular Bishop of Elis Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pécs, Hungary

47.9 Appointed Gellért Belon † Apostolic Administrator of Pécs, Hungary Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

73.1 Appointed Vince Kovács † Apostolic Administrator of Vác, Hungary Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

24 Sep Born Robert Joseph Fisher Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA

51.4 Installed Bernard Joseph Flanagan † Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus

62.4 Appointed Benno (Walter) Gut, O.S.B. † Abbot Primate of Order of Saint Benedict Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship

25 Sep 77.0 Died José Tupinambá da Frota † Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil

26 Sep Born Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes Archbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia

27 Sep Born Cosme Damian Racines Almedilla Bishop of Butuan, Philippines

40.1 Ordained Bishop Eugène Maillat, M. Afr. † Bishop of N’Zérékoré, Guinea Bishop Emeritus

Born Rubens Sevilha, O.C.D. Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil

29 Sep Born Louis Mascarenhas Bishop of Allahabad, India

50.3 Appointed Luciano Rubio, O.S.A. † Prior General of Order of St. Augustine Prior General Emeritus

30 Sep 53.6 Died Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco † Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

45.9 Ordained Bishop Charles Albert Buswell † Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA Bishop Emeritus

54.8 Ordained Bishop Georges Jacquot † Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia Archbishop of Marseille, France

Born Tiziana Merletti, S.F.P. Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	46.7	Appointed	Kilian John Lawrence Healy, O. Carm. †	Prior General of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Prior General Emeritus
2 Sep	48.3	Appointed	Romolo Carboni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru	Apostolic Nuncio
3 Sep		Born	Bernard Anthony Hebda		Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
50.3	Ordained Bishop	Lino Zanini †	Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto	Official Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
5 Sep		Born	Peter Karam		Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
59.2	Appointed	Martin John O’Connor †	Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications
6 Sep		Born	Dabula Anthony Mpako		Archbishop of Pretoria, South Africa
7 Sep	46.9	Appointed	Teopisto Valderrama Alberto †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
46.9	Appointed	Teopisto Valderrama Alberto †	Titular Archbishop of Amastris	Archbishop Emeritus of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines
37.0	Appointed	Arnulfo Surtida Arcilla †	Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines
59.4	Died	Kenneth Grant †	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
93.6	Died	Alberto Vassallo di Torregrossa †	Apostolic Nuncio
8 Sep	20.3	First Vows	Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P. †	Member of Poveri Servi della Divina Provvidenza	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Benguela, Angola
25.9	Ordained Priest	Vartan Kechichian, C.A.M. †	Priest of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia	Coadjutor Ordinary Emeritus of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)
22.6	Professed	Alessandro Pagani, S.M.M.	Member of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Mangochi, Malawi
47.8	Installed	Jean Prou, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus
58.9	Ordained Bishop	Bernhard Schräder †	Titular Bishop of Scyrus	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
9 Sep	28.3	Solemn Vows	Lorenzo Ceresoli, M.C.C.I. †	Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Awasa, Ethiopia
74.8	Died	Thomas Anthony Welch †	Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
12 Sep	51.3	Appointed	Mario Brini †	Apostolic Delegate to Indochina	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
13 Sep		Born	Mark William Freeman		Bishop of Ballarat, Australia
48.5	Ordained Bishop	Raymond-Marie-Joseph Vayron de La Moureyre, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Mouila, Gabon	Bishop Emeritus
23.1	Ordained Priest	Rafael Palmero Ramos †	Priest of Astorga, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
30.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph Phan Thế Hinh †	Priest of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam	Bishop
27.0	Ordained Priest	Marcello Zago, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
15 Sep	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Maurice Choquet, C.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Diospolis Inferior	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
53.1	Appointed	John Jarlath Dooley, S.S.C.M.E. †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Official Emeritus
61.8	Appointed	Pedro Celestí (Jaume) Gusi i Rossell, O.S.B. †	Superior General of Order of Saint Benedict	Superior General Emeritus
32.7	Ordained Priest	Henri Salina, C.R.A. †	Priest of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune	Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
53.9	Appointed	József Winkler †	Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
53.9	Appointed	József Winkler †	Titular Bishop of Dadima	Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
17 Sep	17.5	Professed	Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Archbishop Emeritus of Sassari, Italy
	Born	Florentin Crihălmeanu †		Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
31.4	Professed	Francis Keiichi Sato, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Niigata, Japan
18 Sep		Born	Giuseppe (José) Negri, P.I.M.E.		Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
19 Sep	76.6	Died	Paul Akl †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Syria per i Maroniti
24.2	Ordained Priest	Agostino Giuseppe Delfino, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Berbérati, Central African Republic
20 Sep	66.6	Died	Matthew Francis Brady †	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
39.0	Installed	Platon Volodyslav Kornyljak †	Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
41.7	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Albert Malula †	Titular Bishop of Attanasus	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28.7	Ordained Priest	Frédéric Rubwejanga, O.C.S.O.	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo, Rwanda
21 Sep		Born	Enrique Figaredo Alvargonzález, S.J.		Prefect of Battambang, Cambodia
61.0	Appointed	Silvino Martínez †	Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
48.2	Appointed	Francisco Juan Vénnera †	Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
23 Sep	47.9	Appointed	Gellért Belon †	Titular Bishop of Elis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pécs, Hungary
47.9	Appointed	Gellért Belon †	Apostolic Administrator of Pécs, Hungary	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
73.1	Appointed	Vince Kovács †	Apostolic Administrator of Vác, Hungary	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
24 Sep		Born	Robert Joseph Fisher		Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
51.4	Installed	Bernard Joseph Flanagan †	Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
62.4	Appointed	Benno (Walter) Gut, O.S.B. †	Abbot Primate of Order of Saint Benedict	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship
25 Sep	77.0	Died	José Tupinambá da Frota †	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
26 Sep		Born	Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes		Archbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
27 Sep		Born	Cosme Damian Racines Almedilla		Bishop of Butuan, Philippines
40.1	Ordained Bishop	Eugène Maillat, M. Afr. †	Bishop of N’Zérékoré, Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Rubens Sevilha, O.C.D.		Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil
29 Sep		Born	Louis Mascarenhas		Bishop of Allahabad, India
50.3	Appointed	Luciano Rubio, O.S.A. †	Prior General of Order of St. Augustine	Prior General Emeritus
30 Sep	53.6	Died	Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco †	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
45.9	Ordained Bishop	Charles Albert Buswell †	Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA	Bishop Emeritus
54.8	Ordained Bishop	Georges Jacquot †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia	Archbishop of Marseille, France
	Born	Tiziana Merletti, S.F.P.		Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

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