The Year of Our Lord 1961

Bishop Events

November

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Nov Born Geraldo de Paula Souza, C.Ss.R. Auxiliary Bishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2 Nov 73.4 Died Josef Karel Matocha † Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia

4 Nov 81.8 Died Thomas Edward Flynn † Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain

Born Malcolm Sequeira Bishop of Amravati, India

6 Nov 58.9 Appointed Leopoldo Arayata Arcaira † Auxiliary Bishop of Zamboanga, Philippines Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines

58.9 Appointed Leopoldo Arayata Arcaira † Titular Bishop of Acrassus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines

7 Nov 72.1 Appointed Juan Albacete Sáiz, S.J. † Prefect of San Francisco Javier, Peru

65.7 Died Michael Keller † Bishop of Münster, Germany

90.0 Died Pierre-Maurice-Marie Rivière † Bishop Emeritus of Monaco

8 Nov 52.1 Installed Robert Emmet Tracy † Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus

9 Nov 49.4 Appointed Francis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. † Apostolic Internuncio to Liberia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia

50.6 Appointed Bruno Bernard Heim † Titular Archbishop of Xanthus Apostolic Nuncio

50.6 Appointed Bruno Bernard Heim † Apostolic Delegate to Scandinavia Apostolic Nuncio

Born Mosese Vitolio Tui, S.D.B. Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)

10 Nov Born Daniel Joseph Meagher Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia

11 Nov 68.7 Confirmed Paul Achkar † Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

38.3 Appointed Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu † Bishop of Masaka, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

23.2 Solemn Vows Emiliano Fabbricatore, O.S.B.I. † Member of Ordine Basiliano Italiano di Grottaferrata Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy

44.5 Appointed Théophile Mbemba † Coadjutor Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo Archbishop

44.5 Appointed Théophile Mbemba † Titular Archbishop of Tubia Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo

42.5 Installed Raúl Francisco Primatesta † Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina

Born Alain René Ransay Bishop of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles

12 Nov 50.1 Ordained Bishop Ambrogio Marchioni † Titular Archbishop of Severiana Apostolic Nuncio

74.1 Died Tarcisio Martina, C.S.S. † Prefect of Yixian [Yihsien], China

40.8 Ordained Bishop Jacques Mbali † Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

49.5 Ordained Bishop Carmine Rocco † Titular Archbishop of Iustinianopolis in Galatia Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

48.4 Ordained Bishop Joseph Weigl, M.S.C. † Bishop of Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

13 Nov 51.7 Appointed Pawel Latusek † Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

51.7 Appointed Pawel Latusek † Titular Bishop of Anineta Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

Born José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain

15 Nov Born Anthony Poola Cardinal, Archbishop of Hyderabad, India

16 Nov 57.8 Died Ángel Turrado Moreno, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela

18 Nov 87.3 Died Ferdinando Bernardi † Archbishop of Taranto, Italy

46.8 Ordained Bishop Pierre-Auguste-Antoine-Marie Guichet, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Stectorium Bishop Emeritus of Tarawa, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)

50.0 Installed Ricardo Rösch † Bishop of Concordia, Argentina

20 Nov 48.6 Appointed Jan Wladyslaw Obląk † Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland Bishop Emeritus of Warmia (Ermland), Poland

48.6 Appointed Jan Wladyslaw Obląk † Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius Bishop Emeritus of Warmia (Ermland), Poland

47.5 Appointed Jan Wosinski † Apostolic Administrator of Płock, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

47.5 Appointed Jan Wosinski † Titular Bishop of Abaradira Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland

21 Nov 48.5 Installed Walter William Curtis † Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA Bishop Emeritus

42.9 Appointed Jorge Alberto Giraldo Restrepo, C.I.M. † Bishop of Pasto, Colombia

Born Michael Kwiatkowski Bishop of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada

23 Nov Born Anton Coşa Bishop of Chişinău, Moldova

Born Edward Mark Lohse Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

24 Nov 44.0 Appointed Bronisław Dąbrowski, F.D.P. † Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

44.0 Appointed Bronisław Dąbrowski, F.D.P. † Titular Bishop of Hadrianotherae Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

57.3 Appointed Leo Jozef Suenens † Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

57.3 Appointed Leo Jozef Suenens † Vicar Apostolic of Belgium, Military Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

25 Nov Born Antônio Carlos Cruz Santos, M.S.C. Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil

44.6 Appointed José Pedro da Silva † Coadjutor Bishop of Goa e Damão, India Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal

26 Nov Born Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier Bishop of Damongo, Ghana

49.7 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Ferrofino † Titular Archbishop of Zenopolis in Isauria Apostolic Nuncio

52.1 Ordained Bishop Antonius Hofmann † Titular Bishop of Berenice Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany

67.3 Appointed Victor-Jean Perrin † Titular Bishop of Blaundus Bishop Emeritus of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France

67.3 Resigned Victor-Jean Perrin † Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France Bishop Emeritus

78.2 Died Tadeusz Paweł Zakrzewski † Bishop of Płock, Poland

28 Nov 47.0 Succeeded Joseph-Marie-Georges-Michel Goupy † Bishop of Blois, France Bishop Emeritus

64.6 Appointed Louis-Sylvain Robin † Titular Bishop of Arneae Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France

64.6 Resigned Louis-Sylvain Robin † Bishop of Blois, France Bishop Emeritus

30 Nov Born Paul Adegboyega Olawoore † Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria

49.2 Appointed Aldo Forzoni † Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Massa, Italy

55.4 Ordained Bishop René-Noël-Joseph Kérautret † Titular Bishop of Areopolis Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France

53.3 Appointed Corrado Ursi † Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov		Born	Geraldo de Paula Souza, C.Ss.R.		Auxiliary Bishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2 Nov	73.4	Died	Josef Karel Matocha †	Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
4 Nov	81.8	Died	Thomas Edward Flynn †	Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
	Born	Malcolm Sequeira		Bishop of Amravati, India
6 Nov	58.9	Appointed	Leopoldo Arayata Arcaira †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zamboanga, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines
58.9	Appointed	Leopoldo Arayata Arcaira †	Titular Bishop of Acrassus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines
7 Nov	72.1	Appointed	Juan Albacete Sáiz, S.J. †	Prefect of San Francisco Javier, Peru
65.7	Died	Michael Keller †	Bishop of Münster, Germany
90.0	Died	Pierre-Maurice-Marie Rivière †	Bishop Emeritus of Monaco
8 Nov	52.1	Installed	Robert Emmet Tracy †	Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
9 Nov	49.4	Appointed	Francis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. †	Apostolic Internuncio to Liberia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia
50.6	Appointed	Bruno Bernard Heim †	Titular Archbishop of Xanthus	Apostolic Nuncio
50.6	Appointed	Bruno Bernard Heim †	Apostolic Delegate to Scandinavia	Apostolic Nuncio
	Born	Mosese Vitolio Tui, S.D.B.		Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)
10 Nov		Born	Daniel Joseph Meagher		Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia
11 Nov	68.7	Confirmed	Paul Achkar †	Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
38.3	Appointed	Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu †	Bishop of Masaka, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
23.2	Solemn Vows	Emiliano Fabbricatore, O.S.B.I. †	Member of Ordine Basiliano Italiano di Grottaferrata	Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
44.5	Appointed	Théophile Mbemba †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo	Archbishop
44.5	Appointed	Théophile Mbemba †	Titular Archbishop of Tubia	Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo
42.5	Installed	Raúl Francisco Primatesta †	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina
	Born	Alain René Ransay		Bishop of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles
12 Nov	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Ambrogio Marchioni †	Titular Archbishop of Severiana	Apostolic Nuncio
74.1	Died	Tarcisio Martina, C.S.S. †	Prefect of Yixian [Yihsien], China
40.8	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Mbali †	Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Carmine Rocco †	Titular Archbishop of Iustinianopolis in Galatia	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Weigl, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Nov	51.7	Appointed	Pawel Latusek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
51.7	Appointed	Pawel Latusek †	Titular Bishop of Anineta	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	Born	José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre		Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
15 Nov		Born	Anthony Poola		Cardinal, Archbishop of Hyderabad, India
16 Nov	57.8	Died	Ángel Turrado Moreno, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela
18 Nov	87.3	Died	Ferdinando Bernardi †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
46.8	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Auguste-Antoine-Marie Guichet, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Stectorium	Bishop Emeritus of Tarawa, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
50.0	Installed	Ricardo Rösch †	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina
20 Nov	48.6	Appointed	Jan Wladyslaw Obląk †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
48.6	Appointed	Jan Wladyslaw Obląk †	Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius	Bishop Emeritus of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
47.5	Appointed	Jan Wosinski †	Apostolic Administrator of Płock, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
47.5	Appointed	Jan Wosinski †	Titular Bishop of Abaradira	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland
21 Nov	48.5	Installed	Walter William Curtis †	Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA	Bishop Emeritus
42.9	Appointed	Jorge Alberto Giraldo Restrepo, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
	Born	Michael Kwiatkowski		Bishop of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada
23 Nov		Born	Anton Coşa		Bishop of Chişinău, Moldova
	Born	Edward Mark Lohse		Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
24 Nov	44.0	Appointed	Bronisław Dąbrowski, F.D.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
44.0	Appointed	Bronisław Dąbrowski, F.D.P. †	Titular Bishop of Hadrianotherae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
57.3	Appointed	Leo Jozef Suenens †	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
57.3	Appointed	Leo Jozef Suenens †	Vicar Apostolic of Belgium, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
25 Nov		Born	Antônio Carlos Cruz Santos, M.S.C.		Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
44.6	Appointed	José Pedro da Silva †	Coadjutor Bishop of Goa e Damão, India	Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal
26 Nov		Born	Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier		Bishop of Damongo, Ghana
49.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Ferrofino †	Titular Archbishop of Zenopolis in Isauria	Apostolic Nuncio
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonius Hofmann †	Titular Bishop of Berenice	Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany
67.3	Appointed	Victor-Jean Perrin †	Titular Bishop of Blaundus	Bishop Emeritus of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
67.3	Resigned	Victor-Jean Perrin †	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France	Bishop Emeritus
78.2	Died	Tadeusz Paweł Zakrzewski †	Bishop of Płock, Poland
28 Nov	47.0	Succeeded	Joseph-Marie-Georges-Michel Goupy †	Bishop of Blois, France	Bishop Emeritus
64.6	Appointed	Louis-Sylvain Robin †	Titular Bishop of Arneae	Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France
64.6	Resigned	Louis-Sylvain Robin †	Bishop of Blois, France	Bishop Emeritus
30 Nov		Born	Paul Adegboyega Olawoore †		Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria
49.2	Appointed	Aldo Forzoni †	Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Massa, Italy
55.4	Ordained Bishop	René-Noël-Joseph Kérautret †	Titular Bishop of Areopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France
53.3	Appointed	Corrado Ursi †	Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

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