The Year of Our Lord 1963

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Gennadios Adem, O.M.M. †	Superior General of Ar-Rouhbanyat Al-Marounyat Liltoubawyat Mariam Al-Azra (Maronite)	Superior General Emeritus
	18.3	Entered	Bernard-Nicolas Jean-Marie Aubertin, O. Cist.	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
	48.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Boeris, C.R.S. †	Superior General of Clerks Regular of Somasca	Superior General Emeritus
	47.9	Appointed	Aliprando Catani, O.S.B. †	Prior General of Order of Saint Benedict	Prior General Emeritus
		Died	Martinho da Silva Carvalhosa, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau
	52.0	Elected	Luigi de Santis, O.M.D. †	Rector General of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God	Rector General Emeritus
	82.8	Converted	Salomão Ferraz †	Titular Bishop of Eleutherna
	54.4	Resigned	Anselmo Giabbani, O.S.B. †	Prior General of Order of Saint Benedict	Prior General Emeritus
	28.3	Ordained Deacon	Jacinto Guerrero Torres †	Deacon of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
	31.0	Solemn Vows	Siard Ivan Klement, O. Praem. †	Member of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	Bishop
	66.5	Resigned	Ignacy Krause, C.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Xingtai [Shunteh], China
		Born	Paul Lei Shiyin (Chiyin)		Bishop of Leshan [Kiating], China
	62.7	Appointed	Joseph Lê Quý Thanh †	Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam
	62.7	Appointed	Joseph Lê Quý Thanh †	Titular Bishop of Septimunicia	Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam
		Born	Francis Xavier Lu Zinping (Lu Xinping)		Bishop of Nanjing [Nanking], China
	52.8	Appointed	Michele Maccarrone †	President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences	President Emeritus
	40.6	Appointed	Gerald Thomas Mahon, M.H.M. †	Superior General of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
		Born	Peter Mao Qingfu		Auxiliary Bishop of Luoyang [Loyang], China
		Born	Paul Meng Ningyou		Bishop of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
	51.3	Resigned	Paul Peter Myskiw, O.S.B.M. †	Superior General of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Superior General Emeritus
	36.4	Incardinated	Giulio Nicolini †	Priest of Lugano, Switzerland	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
	27.8	Solemn Vows	Pierre Auguste Gratien Pican, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
		Resigned	Gabriele Mary Raimondo, O.A.D. †	Prior General of Agostiniani Scalzi	Prior General Emeritus
	19.6	Professed	Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
		Resigned	Domingo Ros Arraiza, I.E.M.E. †	Prefect of Wankie, Zimbabwe	Prefect Emeritus
	53.0	Resigned	Saba de Rocco, C.R.S. †	Superior General of Clerks Regular of Somasca	Superior General Emeritus
		Born	Antoine Sabi Bio		Bishop of Natitingou, Benin
	60.4	Ceased	Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi †	Apostolic Administrator of Shikoku, Japan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Osaka, Japan
	64.6	Appointed	Giacomo Violardo †	Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
		Born	Wang Chengli		Apostolic Administrator of Caozhou/Heze [Tsaochow], China
2 Jan	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Guilherme (Thomas William) Murphy, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
4 Jan		Born	Philip Eduard Roger Dickmans		Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil
6 Jan	59.1	Died	Carlos Alberto Arce Masías †	Bishop of Piura, Peru
	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Balaguer †	Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus	Bishop Emeritus of Tacuarembó, Uruguay
		Born	Gaspard Béby Gnéba		Auxiliary Bishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
	48.1	Succeeded	Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado †	Bishop of Piura, Peru	Archbishop of Piura, Peru
	22.8	Ordained Deacon	Edward Nowak	Deacon of Przemyśl, Poland	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Sarmiento Peralta †	Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
7 Jan	71.9	Died	Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
	50.2	Appointed	Bernardo José Nolker, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	61.3	Appointed	Domenico Vendola †	Titular Bishop of Eudoxias	Bishop Emeritus of Lucera, Italy
	61.3	Resigned	Domenico Vendola †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan		Born	Antoine Koné †		Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire
12 Jan	57.1	Appointed	Clemente Carranza y López †	Bishop of Esteli, Nicaragua
13 Jan		Born	Péter Fülöp Kocsis		Archbishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
13 Jan	22.8	Ordained Priest	Edward Nowak	Priest of Przemyśl, Poland	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
15 Jan	55.4	Appointed	Ignacio Lehonor Arroyo †	Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México	Bishop Emeritus
	42.0	Appointed	José Guadalupe Padilla Lozano †	Bishop of Veracruz, México	Bishop Emeritus
	79.2	Died	Bernardino Salvatore Re, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
16 Jan		Born	Dodë Gjergji		Bishop of Prizren-Prishtina, Kosovo
18 Jan	50.2	Appointed	Dominique Hoàng Van Ðoàn, O.P. †	Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam
	55.3	Appointed	Owen McCoy, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Oyo, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	35.1	Appointed	Pierre-Célestin Nkou †	Bishop of Sangmélima, Cameroon
	53.6	Appointed	Pierre Marie Phạm Ngọc Chi †	Bishop of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam
19 Jan		Born	Murray Chatlain		Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
19 Jan		Born	Mario Medina Balam		Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán, México
20 Jan	24.1	Ordained Priest	José Oscar Barahona Castillo †	Priest of San Vicente, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
20 Jan		Born	Domenico Battaglia		Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
21 Jan	44.4	Appointed	José María Carrizo Villarreal †	Bishop of Chitré, Panama	Bishop Emeritus
21 Jan		Born	Peter Feng Xinmao		Bishop of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China
22 Jan	59.8	Appointed	Petrus Joseph Alfons Cuypers, S.M.M. †	Prefect of Vichada, Colombia	Prefect Emeritus
	73.3	Died	William Godfrey †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Gerhard Schaffran †	Titular Bishop of Semnea	Bishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany
		Born	Vincent Tshomba Shamba Kotsho		Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Jan	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Arthur Costello †	Titular Bishop of Choma	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
24 Jan	55.3	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Dougherty †	Titular Bishop of Cotenna	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
25 Jan		Appointed	João Ferreira, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau
	47.3	Ordained Bishop	José Nicomedes Grossi †	Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Jonas Benson Okoye		Bishop of Nnewi, Nigeria
26 Jan	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Henri Clément Victor Donze †	Bishop of Tulle, France	Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
27 Jan		Born	Ovidio Giraldo Velásquez		Bishop of Barrancabermeja, Colombia
27 Jan	58.8	Installed	René-Louis-Marie Stourm †	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France	Archbishop Emeritus
31 Jan		Born	Josef Grünwidl		Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	49.9	Appointed	Marcello Rosina †	Auxiliary Bishop of Adria, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Civita Castellana (, Orte, Gallese, Nepi e Sutri), Italy
	49.9	Appointed	Marcello Rosina †	Titular Bishop of Aezani	Bishop Emeritus of Civita Castellana (, Orte, Gallese, Nepi e Sutri), Italy
Feb	74.0	Died	Owen McPolin, S.S.C.M.E. †	Prefect Emeritus of Kwoszu, Korea (South)
1 Feb	80.3	Died	John Francis D’Alton †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Roger Joseph Vangheluwe †	Priest of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
	94.4	Died	Joaquín Vilallonga y Bernia, S.J. †	Superior Emeritus of Ahmedabad, India
2 Feb	34.6	Final Vows	Alfred James Jolson, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
	25.6	Ordained Priest	John Francis Kinney †	Priest of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
	22.4	Professed	Mário Clemente Neto, C.S.Sp. †	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Prelate Emeritus of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil
	41.4	Solemn Vows	Victor Razafimahatratra, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Reynald Rouleau, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada
	39.1	Final Vows	Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Estanislau Arnoldo Van Melis, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Polemonium	Bishop Emeritus of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil
		Born	Marek Zalewski		Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore
3 Feb	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Vittorio Ottaviani †	Bishop of Alatri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy
4 Feb	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Vasyl Vsevolod Velychkovsky, C.Ss.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
5 Feb	67.3	Appointed	Paul Nguyễn Ðình Nhiên †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam
	67.3	Appointed	Paul Nguyễn Ðình Nhiên †	Titular Bishop of Gisipa	Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam
	41.8	Appointed	Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam	Cardinal, Archbishop
	41.8	Appointed	Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn †	Titular Archbishop of Aela	Cardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
6 Feb	91.2	Died	Oronzo Caldarola †	Bishop Emeritus of Diano-Teggiano, Italy
7 Feb	44.5	Appointed	André Rousset †	Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles, France	Bishop Emeritus of Pontoise, France
7 Feb	44.5	Appointed	André Rousset †	Titular Bishop of Vaga	Bishop Emeritus of Pontoise, France
8 Feb		Born	Emmanuel Kanon Rozario		Bishop of Barishal, Bangladesh
10 Feb	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo José Bueno Miele †	Titular Bishop of Bararus	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
10 Feb	67.0	Appointed	Ildefonso (Matteo Renato) Rea, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Corone	Abbot Emeritus of Montecassino, Italy
11 Feb	53.7	Appointed	Guido Maria Casullo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Cândido Mendes, Brazil
	53.7	Appointed	Guido Maria Casullo †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Bishop Emeritus of Cândido Mendes, Brazil
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Tomás Osvaldo González Morales, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Punta Arenas, Chile
	30.3	Ordained Priest	Robert Kerketta, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Tezpur, India
	51.4	Appointed	Vito Roberti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi	Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy
12 Feb	79.8	Died	Raboula Youssef Bakhache †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
		Born	Damián Santiago Bitar		Bishop of Oberá, Argentina
	46.0	Ceased	Joseph Gargitter †	Apostolic Administrator of Trento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
	50.7	Appointed	Alessandro Maria Gottardi †	Archbishop of Trento, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	63.0	Appointed	James Aloysius McNulty †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
	61.8	Appointed	James Johnston Navagh †	Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA
		Born	Walter Jorge Pinto		Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	57.4	Appointed	Leo Richard Smith †	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
	50.7	Appointed	George Henry Speltz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
	50.7	Appointed	George Henry Speltz †	Titular Bishop of Claneus	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
		Born	Martin Waïngue Bani		Bishop of Doba, Chad
	44.2	Appointed	Atanasij Hryhor Velykyj (Welykyj), O.S.B.M. †	Superior General of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Superior General Emeritus
13 Feb	69.0	Died	Jaime Font y Andreu †	Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain
14 Feb	53.0	Appointed	Géry-Jacques-Charles Leuliet †	Bishop of Amiens, France	Bishop Emeritus
14 Feb		Born	Gianrico Ruzza		Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy
15 Feb	50.0	Appointed	John Thomas Durkin, M.S.C. †	Prefect of Louis Trichardt, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Louis Trichardt-Tzaneen, South Africa
16 Feb	77.0	Appointed	Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus	Archbishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
	77.0	Retired	Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	60.7	Appointed	Mariano Aspiras Madriaga †	Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.4	Appointed	Vito Roberti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of	Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy
17 Feb	25.8	Ordained Priest	Gianfranco Girotti, O.F.M. Conv.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Regent Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	29.7	Ordained Priest	Paul Khoarai †	Priest of Leribe, Lesotho	Bishop Emeritus
	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Adriano Mandarino Hypólito, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Diospolis in Thracia	Bishop Emeritus of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	25.6	Ordained Priest	André Richard, C.S.C.	Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross	Archbishop Emeritus of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
		Born	Bruno Essoh Yedoh		Bishop of Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire
18 Feb	51.5	Appointed	Amadeu González Ferreiros, O. de M. †	Titular Bishop of Metrae	Prelate Emeritus of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil
18 Feb	64.2	Died	Anunciado Serafini †	Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina
19 Feb	85.2	Died	Beniamino Nardone †	Secretary of the Congregation of Ceremonies
19 Feb		Born	Liberatus Sangu		Bishop of Shinyanga, Tanzania
20 Feb	68.5	Died	Alfredo Bontempi †	Rector
21 Feb		Born	Rolf Lohmann		Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
23 Feb	25.6	Ordained Priest	Gerald William Wiesner, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
24 Feb	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Józef Benedykt Kurpas †	Titular Bishop of Orisa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland
	35.0	Ordained Bishop	Yves-Marie Georges René Ramousse, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Pisita	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
	58.3	Appointed	Joakim Segedi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	58.3	Appointed	Joakim Segedi †	Titular Bishop of Gypsaria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
25 Feb	47.0	Appointed	Manuel Lisboa de Oliveira †	Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
28 Feb	62.4	Appointed	Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B. †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	60.4	Appointed	Jože Pogačnik †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Archbishop Emeritus
	60.4	Appointed	Jože Pogačnik †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria	Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia

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