The Year of Our Lord 1959

Bishop Events

October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct 39.0 Died José Humberto Paparoni † Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela

2 Oct Born Lodewijk Aerts Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

27.2 Ordained Priest George Marian Anathil, S.V.D. † Priest of Society of the Divine Word Bishop Emeritus of Indore, India

3 Oct 48.7 Appointed Guido Del Mestri † Apostolic Delegate to British Eastern and Western Africa Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

27.1 Ordained Priest Patrick Nair † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Meerut, India

41.8 Ordained Bishop Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. † Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka

55.5 Died Peter Wang Muduo (Wang Mu-to) † Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China

Born Stefan Zekorn Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

4 Oct 41.2 Ordained Bishop Jan-Wawrzyniec Kulik † Titular Bishop of Rhandus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland

25.1 Ordained Priest Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.SS.R. Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia

25.0 Ordained Deacon Franc Rodé, C.M. Deacon of Congregation of the Mission Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

27.2 Ordained Priest Pierre Sagna, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Louis du Sénégal

6 Oct 38.7 Selected Cyrille Emmanuel Benni † Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq Archbishop Emeritus

7 Oct 84.3 Died Anton Akšamović † Bishop Emeritus of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia

8 Oct 44.4 Appointed Florentino de Andrade e Silva † Apostolic Administrator of Porto, Portugal Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal

9 Oct 45.3 Died Thomas Joseph Danehy, M.M. † Apostolic Administrator of Pando, Bolivia

Born Lucio Andrice Muandula Bishop of Xai-Xai, Mozambique

Born Rudolf Voderholzer Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

10 Oct 44.8 Appointed Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov † Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

44.8 Appointed Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov † Titular Bishop of Giufi Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

11 Oct 40.9 Ordained Bishop Edilberto Dinkelborg, O.F.M. † Bishop of Oeiras, Brazil Bishop of Oeiras-Floriano, Piaui, Brazil

29.7 Ordained Priest Raymond Mwanyika † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Njombe, Tanzania

46.8 Ordained Bishop Michel Ntuyahaga † Titular Bishop of Alabanda Bishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi

47.9 Ordained Bishop Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Termessus Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil

12 Oct 54.1 Appointed Stjepan Bäuerlein † Bishop of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia Bishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia

82.2 Resigned Giuseppe Pizzardo † Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

53.3 Appointed Giuseppe Siri † President of the Italian Episcopal Conference Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova-Bobbio, Italy

13 Oct Born Charles John Brown Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines

Born Rudolf Pierskała Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland

15 Oct 65.9 Died Pranciskus Ramanauskas † Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania

16 Oct 51.7 Appointed Francisco Javier Gillmore Stock † Vicar Apostolic of Chile, Military Bishop Emeritus

Born James Vann Johnston, Jr. Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

17 Oct 64.4 Appointed Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara † Titular Archbishop of Pessinus Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain

64.4 Resigned Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara † Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain

44.4 Appointed Elizeu Simões Mendes † Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

18 Oct 47.4 Appointed Leo Maria Cornelli, O.S.B. † Abbot General of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot General Emeritus

48.7 Ordained Bishop Jolando Nuzzi † Titular Bishop of Emmaüs Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy

45.8 Ordained Bishop Alfred Pichler † Bishop of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bishop Emeritus of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

19 Oct Born Mario de Jesús Álvarez Gómez Bishop of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia

20 Oct 50.1 Resigned José Lecuona Labandibar, I.E.M.E. † Vicar Apostolic of San Jorge, Colombia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

21 Oct 19.3 Entered Pietro Bovati, S.J. Member of Society of Jesus Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Biblical Commission

Born Sérgio da Rocha Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

48.6 Appointed Wincenty Urban † Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

48.6 Appointed Wincenty Urban † Titular Bishop of Abitinae Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

23 Oct 49.1 Appointed Stéphane Bello, O.A.O.C. † Bishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Chaldean), Syria

38.8 Confirmed Cyrille Emmanuel Benni † Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq Archbishop Emeritus

53.2 Appointed Gabriel Ganni † Coadjutor Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean), Lebanon Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq

Appointed José Oleaga Guerequiz, S.J. † Prefect of San Francisco Javier, Peru

68.6 Appointed Pietro Parente † Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

68.6 Appointed Pietro Parente † Official of the Congregation of the Holy Office Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

45.8 Appointed Joseph Elias Tawil † Titular Archbishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti Eparch Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA

45.8 Confirmed Joseph Elias Tawil † Patriarchal Vicar Eparch Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA

24 Oct Born Martin Hayes Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland

52.0 Appointed Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. † Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

Born Francesco Antonio Soddu Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy

25 Oct 73.1 Ordained Bishop Ferdinando Baldelli † Titular Bishop of Aperlae President of the Roman Curia - Other

70.7 Installed Antonio Caggiano † Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

47.8 Ordained Bishop Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A. † Bishop of Tuléar, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

42.4 Ordained Bishop Augusto Carvalho † Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

49.6 Ordained Bishop Pier Giorgio Chiappero, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Cibyra Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

49.2 Ordained Bishop Alberto Frederico Etges † Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

48.4 Ordained Bishop Tadeusz Etter † Titular Bishop of Bonitza Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland

23.5 Ordained Priest Ramón Godinez Flores † Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Bishop of Aguascalientes, México

37.5 Ordained Bishop Georges Layek † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria

24.0 Ordained Priest Rafael Francisco Martínez Sáinz † Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

26 Oct 76.1 Died Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka † Bishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan

Born Placide Lubamba Ndjibu, M. Afr. Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

27 Oct Born Michal Janocha Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

28 Oct 23.6 Ordained Priest Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble † Priest of Talca, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Valdivia, Chile

29 Oct 78.2 Died Octávio Augusto Chagas de Miranda † Bishop of Pouso Alegre, Brazil

45.3 Selected Raymund (Franz Julius) Tschudi (Tschudy), O.S.B. † Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland Abbot Emeritus

31 Oct Born José Miguel Asimbaya Moreno Bishop of Ecuador, Military

58.9 Appointed Thomas Joseph Riley † Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

58.9 Appointed Thomas Joseph Riley † Titular Bishop of Regiae Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

48.2 Appointed Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I. † Apostolic Administrator of Amos, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	39.0	Died	José Humberto Paparoni †	Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela
2 Oct		Born	Lodewijk Aerts		Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
27.2	Ordained Priest	George Marian Anathil, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Indore, India
3 Oct	48.7	Appointed	Guido Del Mestri †	Apostolic Delegate to British Eastern and Western Africa	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
27.1	Ordained Priest	Patrick Nair †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Meerut, India
41.8	Ordained Bishop	Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka
55.5	Died	Peter Wang Muduo (Wang Mu-to) †	Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China
	Born	Stefan Zekorn		Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
4 Oct	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Jan-Wawrzyniec Kulik †	Titular Bishop of Rhandus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland
25.1	Ordained Priest	Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.SS.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia
25.0	Ordained Deacon	Franc Rodé, C.M.	Deacon of Congregation of the Mission	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
27.2	Ordained Priest	Pierre Sagna, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Louis du Sénégal
6 Oct	38.7	Selected	Cyrille Emmanuel Benni †	Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus
7 Oct	84.3	Died	Anton Akšamović †	Bishop Emeritus of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia
8 Oct	44.4	Appointed	Florentino de Andrade e Silva †	Apostolic Administrator of Porto, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
9 Oct	45.3	Died	Thomas Joseph Danehy, M.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Pando, Bolivia
	Born	Lucio Andrice Muandula		Bishop of Xai-Xai, Mozambique
	Born	Rudolf Voderholzer		Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
10 Oct	44.8	Appointed	Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov †	Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
44.8	Appointed	Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov †	Titular Bishop of Giufi	Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
11 Oct	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Edilberto Dinkelborg, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Oeiras, Brazil	Bishop of Oeiras-Floriano, Piaui, Brazil
29.7	Ordained Priest	Raymond Mwanyika †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Njombe, Tanzania
46.8	Ordained Bishop	Michel Ntuyahaga †	Titular Bishop of Alabanda	Bishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Termessus	Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
12 Oct	54.1	Appointed	Stjepan Bäuerlein †	Bishop of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia	Bishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia
82.2	Resigned	Giuseppe Pizzardo †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
53.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Siri †	President of the Italian Episcopal Conference	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova-Bobbio, Italy
13 Oct		Born	Charles John Brown		Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
	Born	Rudolf Pierskała		Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland
15 Oct	65.9	Died	Pranciskus Ramanauskas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
16 Oct	51.7	Appointed	Francisco Javier Gillmore Stock †	Vicar Apostolic of Chile, Military	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	James Vann Johnston, Jr.		Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
17 Oct	64.4	Appointed	Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara †	Titular Archbishop of Pessinus	Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain
64.4	Resigned	Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara †	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA	Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain
44.4	Appointed	Elizeu Simões Mendes †	Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
18 Oct	47.4	Appointed	Leo Maria Cornelli, O.S.B. †	Abbot General of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot General Emeritus
48.7	Ordained Bishop	Jolando Nuzzi †	Titular Bishop of Emmaüs	Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy
45.8	Ordained Bishop	Alfred Pichler †	Bishop of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bishop Emeritus of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
19 Oct		Born	Mario de Jesús Álvarez Gómez		Bishop of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia
20 Oct	50.1	Resigned	José Lecuona Labandibar, I.E.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of San Jorge, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
21 Oct	19.3	Entered	Pietro Bovati, S.J.	Member of Society of Jesus	Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
	Born	Sérgio da Rocha		Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
48.6	Appointed	Wincenty Urban †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
48.6	Appointed	Wincenty Urban †	Titular Bishop of Abitinae	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
23 Oct	49.1	Appointed	Stéphane Bello, O.A.O.C. †	Bishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Chaldean), Syria
38.8	Confirmed	Cyrille Emmanuel Benni †	Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus
53.2	Appointed	Gabriel Ganni †	Coadjutor Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean), Lebanon	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
	Appointed	José Oleaga Guerequiz, S.J. †	Prefect of San Francisco Javier, Peru
68.6	Appointed	Pietro Parente †	Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
68.6	Appointed	Pietro Parente †	Official of the Congregation of the Holy Office	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
45.8	Appointed	Joseph Elias Tawil †	Titular Archbishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti	Eparch Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA
45.8	Confirmed	Joseph Elias Tawil †	Patriarchal Vicar	Eparch Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA
24 Oct		Born	Martin Hayes		Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
52.0	Appointed	Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
	Born	Francesco Antonio Soddu		Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy
25 Oct	73.1	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinando Baldelli †	Titular Bishop of Aperlae	President of the Roman Curia - Other
70.7	Installed	Antonio Caggiano †	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
47.8	Ordained Bishop	Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A. †	Bishop of Tuléar, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
42.4	Ordained Bishop	Augusto Carvalho †	Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Pier Giorgio Chiappero, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Cibyra	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
49.2	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Frederico Etges †	Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Tadeusz Etter †	Titular Bishop of Bonitza	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
23.5	Ordained Priest	Ramón Godinez Flores †	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
37.5	Ordained Bishop	Georges Layek †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria
24.0	Ordained Priest	Rafael Francisco Martínez Sáinz †	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
26 Oct	76.1	Died	Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka †	Bishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan
	Born	Placide Lubamba Ndjibu, M. Afr.		Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Oct		Born	Michal Janocha		Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
28 Oct	23.6	Ordained Priest	Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble †	Priest of Talca, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Valdivia, Chile
29 Oct	78.2	Died	Octávio Augusto Chagas de Miranda †	Bishop of Pouso Alegre, Brazil
45.3	Selected	Raymund (Franz Julius) Tschudi (Tschudy), O.S.B. †	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland	Abbot Emeritus
31 Oct		Born	José Miguel Asimbaya Moreno		Bishop of Ecuador, Military
58.9	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Riley †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
58.9	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Riley †	Titular Bishop of Regiae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
48.2	Appointed	Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I. †	Apostolic Administrator of Amos, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

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