The Year of Our Lord 1960

Bishop Events

December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Dec Born Enrique Sánchez Martínez Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México

4 Dec 56.7 Appointed Gaston-Marie Jacquier † Auxiliary Bishop of Alger, Algeria

56.7 Appointed Gaston-Marie Jacquier † Titular Bishop of Sufasar Auxiliary Bishop of Alger, Algeria

63.8 Ordained Bishop Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Batnae Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

5 Dec Born Peter Baldacchino Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA

Born Paul Abel Mamba Diatta Bishop of Tambacounda, Senegal

Born Crispin Barrete Varquez Bishop of Borongan, Philippines

6 Dec 53.9 Resigned Alfonso Manuel Escalante y Escalante, M.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

41.6 Appointed William Mahony, S.M.A. † Prefect of Ilorin, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus of Ilorin, Nigeria

7 Dec Born Jacob Barnabas Chacko Aerath, O.I.C. † Bishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara), India

58.0 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Umberto Colombo † Titular Bishop of Philippopolis in Arabia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy

59.6 Died Élie Eugène François Vandewalle † Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles, France

8 Dec 26.4 Ordained Priest Fernando José Penteado Priest of São Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil

Born Antonysamy Savarimuthu Bishop of Palayamkottai, India

46.4 Appointed Valentino Vailati † Bishop of San Severo, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste, Italy

9 Dec 42.2 Appointed José Costa Campos † Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil

83.7 Died Joseph Kallas † Bishop of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite Greek)

70.2 Resigned Rodolfo das Mercés de Oliveira Pena † Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

37.2 Appointed Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, S.D.B. † Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia

37.2 Appointed Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Hadriania Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia

20.0 Professed Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S. † Member of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

10 Dec Born Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M. Bishop of Óbidos, Para, Brazil

Born Ephrem Nariculam Bishop of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India

45.2 Appointed Manuel José Bernardino Piñera Carvallo † Bishop of Temuco, Chile Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile

11 Dec 26.1 Ordained Priest Paulo Cardoso da Silva, O. Carm. Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Bishop Emeritus of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil

12 Dec 37.4 Appointed Bl. Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti † Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina

37.4 Appointed Bl. Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti † Titular Bishop of Lystra Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina

13 Dec Born Oliver Dashe Doeme Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria

15 Dec Born Gerard Maximin County, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles

17 Dec 24.2 Ordained Deacon Francis Joseph Pierre Deniau † Deacon of Paris, France Bishop Emeritus of Nevers, France

25.3 Ordained Priest Johannes Kleineidam † Priest of Berlin, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

25.0 Ordained Priest Leonardo Zamora Legaspi, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Archbishop Emeritus of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines

25.8 Ordained Deacon Peter Anthony Rosazza Deacon of Hartford, Connecticut, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Born Bernard Edward ("Ned") Shlesinger III Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

24.6 Ordained Priest Luis Teodorico Stöckler Priest of Paderborn, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Quilmes, Argentina

18 Dec 60.8 Ordained Bishop Garabed Amadouni † Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of France (Armenian)

26.3 Ordained Priest Joseph Patrick Delaney † Priest of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA

26.3 Ordained Priest Ambrose Battista De Paoli † Priest of Miami, Florida, USA Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

25.2 Ordained Priest Victor Benito Galeone † Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Bishop Emeritus of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA

30.2 Ordained Priest Joseph Mukwaya † Priest of Kampala, Uganda Bishop Emeritus of Kiyinda-Mityana, Uganda

22.9 Professed Giuseppe Nazzaro, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria

25.4 Ordained Priest Celso Yegros Estigarribia † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Carapeguá, Paraguay

19 Dec Born Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, C.M.F. Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras

20 Dec 64.2 Appointed Louis-Joseph Cabana, M. Afr. † Titular Archbishop of Carallia Archbishop Emeritus of Rubaga, Uganda

64.2 Resigned Louis-Joseph Cabana, M. Afr. † Archbishop of Rubaga, Uganda Archbishop Emeritus

48.5 Appointed Francis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Monrovia, Liberia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

48.5 Appointed Francis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimonto Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia

71.3 Resigned John M. Collins, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Monrovia, Liberia Apostolic Internuncio to Liberia

61.4 Appointed Joseph Nakabaale Kiwánuka, M. Afr. † Archbishop of Rubaga, Uganda

47.9 Appointed Bernard Manyurane † Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda Bishop-Elect

51.2 Appointed Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D. † Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

38.0 Selected Abdul-Ahad Sana † Bishop of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq Bishop Emeritus

21 Dec 22.8 Ordained Priest William John Brennan † Priest of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Wagga Wagga, Australia

23.3 Ordained Priest Teodoro Javier Buhain Jr. † Priest of Manila, Philippines Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

25.0 Ordained Priest Percival Joseph Fernandez Priest Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India

52.5 Ordained Bishop Thomas Holland † Titular Bishop of Etenna Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain

27.0 Ordained Priest Sylvester Monteiro † Priest of Nagpur, India Bishop of Aurangabad, India

43.3 Ordained Bishop Cletus Francis O’Donnell † Titular Bishop of Abrittum Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin, USA

25.3 Ordained Priest Félix Paul † Priest of Port Victoria o Seychelles Bishop Emeritus

28.0 Ordained Priest Elmo Noel Joseph Perera † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Galle, Sri Lanka

23.3 Ordained Priest Geoffrey James Robinson † Priest of Sydney, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

26.3 Ordained Priest Yousif Thomas † Priest Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq

52.5 Ordained Bishop Aloysius John Wycislo † Titular Bishop of Stadia Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

22 Dec 51.6 Ordained Bishop Cletus Joseph Benjamin † Titular Bishop of Binda Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

55.8 Ordained Bishop Francis James Furey † Titular Bishop of Temnus Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA

59.0 Appointed Tito Mancini † Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

59.0 Appointed Tito Mancini † Titular Bishop of Vartana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ostia, Italy

42.0 Appointed Quirino Adolfo Schmitz, O.F.M. † Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

23 Dec 48.9 Died Philippe Carriquiry, M.E.P. † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Xichang [Ningyüan], China

Born Edward Joseph Weisenburger Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA

24 Dec 70.3 Appointed Ciril Banic † Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia

Born Emmanuel Félémou † Bishop of Kankan, Guinea

47.9 Appointed Frane Franić † Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia

78.2 Appointed Mate Garković † Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

31.3 Ordained Priest Matthias Joseph Isuja † Priest of Dodoma, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

Born Yves Le Saux, Comm. l'Emm. Bishop of Annecy, France

25 Dec Born Christian Noel Emmanuel Bishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

27 Dec 44.5 Ordained Bishop Albert Louis Descamps † Titular Bishop of Tunes Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission

Born Jesús González de Zárate Salas Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela

50.8 Ordained Bishop Carlos Parteli Keller † Bishop of Tacuarembó, Uruguay Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay

28 Dec 57.2 Appointed Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel † Auxiliary Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

57.2 Appointed Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel † Titular Bishop of Synaus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

24.6 First Vows Geraldo Nascimento, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

31 Dec 60.3 Appointed Enrico Lorenzo Cabrera Urdangarin † Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay

42.9 Appointed Marcelo González Martín † Bishop of Astorga, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain

74.2 Died Paolo Rota † Bishop of Fidenza, Italy

Born Pedro Javier Torres Aliaga Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina

59.5 Died Joseph Wendel † Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Dec		Born	Enrique Sánchez Martínez		Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México
4 Dec	56.7	Appointed	Gaston-Marie Jacquier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Alger, Algeria
56.7	Appointed	Gaston-Marie Jacquier †	Titular Bishop of Sufasar	Auxiliary Bishop of Alger, Algeria
63.8	Ordained Bishop	Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Batnae	Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
5 Dec		Born	Peter Baldacchino		Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
	Born	Paul Abel Mamba Diatta		Bishop of Tambacounda, Senegal
	Born	Crispin Barrete Varquez		Bishop of Borongan, Philippines
6 Dec	53.9	Resigned	Alfonso Manuel Escalante y Escalante, M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
41.6	Appointed	William Mahony, S.M.A. †	Prefect of Ilorin, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Ilorin, Nigeria
7 Dec		Born	Jacob Barnabas Chacko Aerath, O.I.C. †		Bishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara), India
58.0	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Umberto Colombo †	Titular Bishop of Philippopolis in Arabia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
59.6	Died	Élie Eugène François Vandewalle †	Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles, France
8 Dec	26.4	Ordained Priest	Fernando José Penteado	Priest of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
	Born	Antonysamy Savarimuthu		Bishop of Palayamkottai, India
46.4	Appointed	Valentino Vailati †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste, Italy
9 Dec	42.2	Appointed	José Costa Campos †	Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
83.7	Died	Joseph Kallas †	Bishop of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite Greek)
70.2	Resigned	Rodolfo das Mercés de Oliveira Pena †	Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
37.2	Appointed	Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
37.2	Appointed	Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Hadriania	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
20.0	Professed	Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S. †	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
10 Dec		Born	Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M.		Bishop of Óbidos, Para, Brazil
	Born	Ephrem Nariculam		Bishop of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India
45.2	Appointed	Manuel José Bernardino Piñera Carvallo †	Bishop of Temuco, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
11 Dec	26.1	Ordained Priest	Paulo Cardoso da Silva, O. Carm.	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop Emeritus of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
12 Dec	37.4	Appointed	Bl. Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina
37.4	Appointed	Bl. Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti †	Titular Bishop of Lystra	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina
13 Dec		Born	Oliver Dashe Doeme		Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria
15 Dec		Born	Gerard Maximin County, C.S.Sp.		Bishop of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles
17 Dec	24.2	Ordained Deacon	Francis Joseph Pierre Deniau †	Deacon of Paris, France	Bishop Emeritus of Nevers, France
25.3	Ordained Priest	Johannes Kleineidam †	Priest of Berlin, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
25.0	Ordained Priest	Leonardo Zamora Legaspi, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop Emeritus of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines
25.8	Ordained Deacon	Peter Anthony Rosazza	Deacon of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Bernard Edward ("Ned") Shlesinger III		Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
24.6	Ordained Priest	Luis Teodorico Stöckler	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Quilmes, Argentina
18 Dec	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Garabed Amadouni †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of France (Armenian)
26.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Patrick Delaney †	Priest of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA
26.3	Ordained Priest	Ambrose Battista De Paoli †	Priest of Miami, Florida, USA	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
25.2	Ordained Priest	Victor Benito Galeone †	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
30.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Mukwaya †	Priest of Kampala, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus of Kiyinda-Mityana, Uganda
22.9	Professed	Giuseppe Nazzaro, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
25.4	Ordained Priest	Celso Yegros Estigarribia †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Carapeguá, Paraguay
19 Dec		Born	Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, C.M.F.		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
20 Dec	64.2	Appointed	Louis-Joseph Cabana, M. Afr. †	Titular Archbishop of Carallia	Archbishop Emeritus of Rubaga, Uganda
64.2	Resigned	Louis-Joseph Cabana, M. Afr. †	Archbishop of Rubaga, Uganda	Archbishop Emeritus
48.5	Appointed	Francis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Monrovia, Liberia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
48.5	Appointed	Francis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimonto	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia
71.3	Resigned	John M. Collins, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Monrovia, Liberia	Apostolic Internuncio to Liberia
61.4	Appointed	Joseph Nakabaale Kiwánuka, M. Afr. †	Archbishop of Rubaga, Uganda
47.9	Appointed	Bernard Manyurane †	Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda	Bishop-Elect
51.2	Appointed	Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D. †	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
38.0	Selected	Abdul-Ahad Sana †	Bishop of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop Emeritus
21 Dec	22.8	Ordained Priest	William John Brennan †	Priest of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Wagga Wagga, Australia
23.3	Ordained Priest	Teodoro Javier Buhain Jr. †	Priest of Manila, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25.0	Ordained Priest	Percival Joseph Fernandez	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
52.5	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Holland †	Titular Bishop of Etenna	Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain
27.0	Ordained Priest	Sylvester Monteiro †	Priest of Nagpur, India	Bishop of Aurangabad, India
43.3	Ordained Bishop	Cletus Francis O’Donnell †	Titular Bishop of Abrittum	Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
25.3	Ordained Priest	Félix Paul †	Priest of Port Victoria o Seychelles	Bishop Emeritus
28.0	Ordained Priest	Elmo Noel Joseph Perera †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Galle, Sri Lanka
23.3	Ordained Priest	Geoffrey James Robinson †	Priest of Sydney, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
26.3	Ordained Priest	Yousif Thomas †	Priest	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
52.5	Ordained Bishop	Aloysius John Wycislo †	Titular Bishop of Stadia	Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
22 Dec	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Cletus Joseph Benjamin †	Titular Bishop of Binda	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
55.8	Ordained Bishop	Francis James Furey †	Titular Bishop of Temnus	Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
59.0	Appointed	Tito Mancini †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
59.0	Appointed	Tito Mancini †	Titular Bishop of Vartana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ostia, Italy
42.0	Appointed	Quirino Adolfo Schmitz, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
23 Dec	48.9	Died	Philippe Carriquiry, M.E.P. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Xichang [Ningyüan], China
	Born	Edward Joseph Weisenburger		Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA
24 Dec	70.3	Appointed	Ciril Banic †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
	Born	Emmanuel Félémou †		Bishop of Kankan, Guinea
47.9	Appointed	Frane Franić †	Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia
78.2	Appointed	Mate Garković †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
31.3	Ordained Priest	Matthias Joseph Isuja †	Priest of Dodoma, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Yves Le Saux, Comm. l'Emm.		Bishop of Annecy, France
25 Dec		Born	Christian Noel Emmanuel		Bishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
27 Dec	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Albert Louis Descamps †	Titular Bishop of Tunes	Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
	Born	Jesús González de Zárate Salas		Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Parteli Keller †	Bishop of Tacuarembó, Uruguay	Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay
28 Dec	57.2	Appointed	Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
57.2	Appointed	Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel †	Titular Bishop of Synaus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
24.6	First Vows	Geraldo Nascimento, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
31 Dec	60.3	Appointed	Enrico Lorenzo Cabrera Urdangarin †	Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay
42.9	Appointed	Marcelo González Martín †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
74.2	Died	Paolo Rota †	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
	Born	Pedro Javier Torres Aliaga		Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina
59.5	Died	Joseph Wendel †	Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

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