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The Year of Our Lord 1959

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 Nov63.6Ordained BishopJohn BurkeBishop of Simla, IndiaBishop Emeritus of Simla and Chandigarh, India
46.2Ordained BishopAngelo Innocent FernandesTitular Archbishop of Novae PatraeArchbishop Emeritus of Delhi, India
45.2Ordained BishopGastone Mojaisky-PerrelliTitular Archbishop of AmidaBishop Emeritus of Nusco, Italy
2 Nov43.6AppointedRubén Isaza RestrepoBishop of Ibagué, ColombiaArchbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
86.0DiedFederico TedeschiniCardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
3 Nov BornTadeusz BronakowskiAuxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
BornMatthias KönigAuxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
4 Nov63.0InstalledJohn Baptist FranzBishop of Peoria, Illinois, USABishop Emeritus
BornRafael Valdéz TorresBishop of Ensenada, Baja California Norte, México
5 Nov83.7DiedLouis-Joseph-Marie Auneau, S.M.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Shiré, Malawi
82.1DiedVincent (George) Taylor, O.S.B. †Abbot Emeritus of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA
7 Nov69.0AppointedAlfredo OttavianiSecretary of the Congregation of the Holy OfficeCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
8 Nov44.9Ordained BishopBogdan Stefanov DobranovTitular Bishop of GiufiBishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
49.7AppointedPierre-Marie-Henri-Baptiste RougéCoadjutor Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), FranceBishop
49.7AppointedPierre-Marie-Henri-Baptiste RougéTitular Bishop of GisipaBishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
76.4DiedAlfonso Maria de SanctisBishop of Todi, Italy
9 Nov85.5DiedGiovanni Francesco Filippucci (Filippoussis)Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
BornMartin Su Yao-wenBishop of Taichung, Taiwan
BornVolodymyr ViytyshynArchbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
10 Nov54.8AppointedAloys BigirumwamiBishop of Nyundo, RwandaBishop Emeritus
57.7AppointedGustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
59.0AppointedRichard Cleire, M. Afr. †Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
49.0AppointedJosé Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. †Archbishop of Elisabethville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil
52.6AppointedAndré Creemers, O.S.C. †Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
61.7AppointedLéon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
51.7AppointedFrançois-Odon De Wilde, O.P. †Bishop of Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
49.3AppointedJean Fryns, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
60.7AppointedAntoine-Hubert Grauls, M. Afr. †Archbishop of Gitega, BurundiArchbishop Emeritus
65.5AppointedJoseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. †Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
51.1AppointedAndré Jacques, C.I.C.M. †Bishop of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
62.4AppointedGeorges Kettel, C.I.C.M. †Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
56.9AppointedVictor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M. †Bishop of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
55.0AppointedNicolas Kinsch, S.C.I. †Archbishop of Stanley-ville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Archbishop Emeritus of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
57.7AppointedAndré Lefèbvre, S.J. †Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
51.8AppointedPierre François Lehaen, S.D.B. †Bishop of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
56.5AppointedJoseph Germain Martin, M. Afr. †Bishop of Ngozi, BurundiBishop Emeritus of Bururi, Burundi
68.9AppointedAlphonse Joseph Matthysen (Matthijsen), M. Afr. †Bishop of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
65.1AppointedPetras MaželisApostolic Administrator of Telšiai, LithuaniaBishop
50.9AppointedBernard Mels, C.I.C.M. †Archbishop of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
65.7AppointedUrbanus Stephanus Mauritius Cornelius (Urbain Étienne) Morlion, M. Afr. †Bishop of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
43.3AppointedJoseph Ngogi NkongoloBishop of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
46.9AppointedMichel NtuyahagaBishop of Usumbura, BurundiBishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi
45.0AppointedAndré Perraudin, M. Afr. †Archbishop of Kabgayi, RwandaBishop Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
66.3AppointedHenri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. †Bishop of Beni nel CongoBishop Emeritus of Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
60.8AppointedGeorges Désiré Raeymaeckers, O. Praem. †Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
54.9AppointedFélix Scalais, C.I.C.M. †Archbishop of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Archbishop Emeritus
39.6AppointedRené Toussaint, O.M.I. †Bishop of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
53.1AppointedCamille Jean-Baptiste Vandekerckhove, C.M. †Bishop of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
45.5AppointedJan van Cauwelaert, C.I.C.M. †Bishop of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
52.5AppointedFrançois Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. †Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
65.2AppointedAlphonse Marie Van den Bosch, C.SS.R. †Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
70.5AppointedHilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. †Archbishop of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Archbishop Emeritus
74.4AppointedAlphonse Verwimp, S.J. †Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
53.7AppointedWillem van Kester, M.H.M. †Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
45.9AppointedLouis Van Steene, M. Afr. †Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Archbishop Emeritus
47.5AppointedJoseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I. †Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Nov75.6RetiredEugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent TisserantSecretary of the Congregation for the Oriental ChurchesCardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
12 Nov BornAlejandro Pablo BennaBishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina
39.3Ordained BishopLuis Munive EscobarBishop of Tlaxcala, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
14 Nov77.9RetiredGaetano CicognaniPro-Prefect of the Apostolic SignaturaCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
76.7AppointedAmleto Giovanni CicognaniSecretary of the Congregation for the Oriental ChurchesCardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
57.7AppointedEvelio Díaz y CíaCoadjutor Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, CubaArchbishop Emeritus
57.7AppointedEvelio Díaz y CíaTitular Archbishop of Petra in PalaestinaArchbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
79.8AppointedPaolo GiobbeDatary of the Apostolic DataryCardinal, Datary Emeritus
70.3AppointedFrancesco RobertiPrefect of the Apostolic SignaturaCardinal, Prefect Emeritus
72.6AppointedGiuseppe RossiRegent of the Apostolic PenitentiaryTitular Bishop of Palmyra
35.0AppointedSamuel Ruiz GarcíaBishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), MéxicoBishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
71.7AppointedDomenico TardiniArchpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}Cardinal, Secretary of State
71.7AppointedDomenico TardiniPrefect of the Congregation of the Basilica of St. PeterCardinal, Secretary of State
45.3ConfirmedRaymund (Franz Julius) Tschudi (Tschudy), O.S.B. †Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, SwitzerlandAbbot Emeritus
45.3InstalledRaymund (Franz Julius) Tschudi (Tschudy), O.S.B. †Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, SwitzerlandAbbot Emeritus
15 NovOrdained Bishop[John Li Wei-guang]Bishop of Nanjing [Nanking], China
45.8Ordained BishopThomas Qian Yurong (Quan Yirong)Bishop of Xuzhou [Süchow], China
Ordained Bishop[ Shen Chu-ming]Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow], China
42.2Ordained Bishop[Matthew Yu Cheng-cai]Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China
16 Nov66.3AppointedCarlo ConfalonieriArchpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
BornBruno Ann-Marie FeilletBishop of Sées {Séez}, France
76.6DiedGregor RožmanBishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
17 Nov58.3AppointedPeter Gratian Grimm, O.F.M. Cap. †Apostolic Administrator of Sibolga, IndonesiaBishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China
BornAlexis Touably YouloBishop of Agboville, Côte d’Ivoire
18 Nov74.8DiedHenri-Marius BernardBishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
19 Nov BornRobert Emmet BarronBishop of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA
67.3DiedJoseph CharbonneauArchbishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
20 Nov38.2AppointedJuan de Dios Campuzano, O.F.M. †Prefect of Galápagos, EcuadorPrefect Emeritus
51.4AppointedSegundo Garcia de Sierra y MéndezCoadjutor Archbishop of Oviedo, SpainArchbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
51.4AppointedSegundo Garcia de Sierra y MéndezTitular Archbishop of PariumArchbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
BornFranz-Peter Tebartz-van ElstOfficial of the Dicastery for Evangelization
21 Nov55.0AppointedMaximilien de FürstenbergApostolic Delegate to Australia, New Zealand and OceaniaCardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
BornWiesław SzlachetkaAuxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
22 Nov85.2DiedJoaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde
25.9Ordained PriestErcole LupinacciPriest of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), ItalyBishop Emeritus
24 Nov BornEfraín Mendoza CruzBishop of Cuautitlán, México, México
25 Nov43.7SelectedWalter (Arthur) Coggin, O.S.B. †Abbot of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USAAbbot Emeritus
BornIvan Tilak JayasunderaPriest of Kandy, Sri Lanka
26 Nov70.9DiedAlfredo Lanfranconi, P.I.M.E. †Bishop of Toungoo, Myanmar
59.5AppointedAnton VovkBishop of Ljubljana, SloveniaArchbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
27 Nov47.2AppointedVincent Joseph HinesBishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USABishop Emeritus
48.1AppointedJames John HoganAuxiliary Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USABishop Emeritus of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
48.1AppointedJames John HoganTitular Bishop of PhilomeliumBishop Emeritus of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
64.5DiedCândido Bento Maria Penso, O.P. †Bishop of Goiás, Brazil
50.1AppointedErnest John PrimeauBishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USABishop Emeritus
28 Nov41.6AppointedJosé de la Soledad Torres y CastañedaBishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
29 Nov71.9DiedCarlos Francisco Hanlon, C.P. †Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina
23.4Ordained PriestThomas McMahonPriest of Brentwood, England, Great BritainBishop Emeritus
52.1Ordained BishopRaúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. †Bishop of Valparaíso, ChileCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
30 Nov BornAndrás VeresBishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
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