The Year of Our Lord 1960

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 60.5 Appointed Francesco Bertoglio † Titular Bishop of Paros Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

15.5 Entered Julio María Elías Montoya, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia

2 Sep Born Paul David Sirba † Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA

Born Krzysztof Zadarko Auxiliary Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland

3 Sep 49.0 Appointed Pericle Felici † Titular Archbishop of Samosata Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

49.0 Appointed Pericle Felici † Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

40.5 Appointed Theotonius Amal Ganguly, C.S.C. † Auxiliary Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh Archbishop

40.5 Appointed Theotonius Amal Ganguly, C.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Oliva Archbishop of Dacca, Bangladesh

Born James Massa Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA

54.0 Appointed Dino Staffa † Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

17.6 Entered Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A. Member of Order of St. Augustine Bishop Emeritus of Chulucanas, Peru

4 Sep 32.6 Ordained Priest Gervazio Moses Chisendera † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Dedza, Malawi

Born Laurent Jean Marie Le Boulc’h Archbishop of Lille, France

28.9 Ordained Priest Medardo Joseph Mazombwe † Priest Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia

5 Sep Born Eugênio Barbosa Martins, S.S.S. Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

6 Sep Born Jaime Spengler, O.F.M. Cardinal, Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

7 Sep 75.3 Appointed Marko Alaupović † Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina Archbishop Emeritus

33.4 Ordained Priest Xavier-Marie Baronnet, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles

32.2 Ordained Priest Charles Louis Joseph Vandame, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad

77.9 Died Bruno Wolnik, S.J. † Prefect Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia

8 Sep 54.5 Ordained Bishop Vasile Cristea, A.A. † Titular Bishop of Lebedus Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus

58.8 Resigned Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. † Bishop of Bova, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria, Italy

52.7 Appointed Giuseppe Lenotti † Bishop of Bova, Italy Archbishop of Foggia, Italy

48.6 Appointed Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. † Archbishop of Otranto, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy

19.9 Professed Plácido Rodríguez, C.M.F. Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Lubbock, Texas, USA

Born Giuseppe Satriano Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto, Italy

11 Sep 44.3 Installed Armando Círio, O.S.I. † Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil

12 Sep 24.0 Professed Ricardo Ramirez, C.S.B. Member of Congregation of St. Basil Bishop Emeritus of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA

13 Sep 50.3 Appointed André-Georges Bontems † Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France Archbishop Emeritus of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France

57.0 Appointed Alejandro Menchaca Lira † Titular Bishop of Pinara Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile

57.0 Resigned Alejandro Menchaca Lira † Bishop of Temuco, Chile Bishop Emeritus

14 Sep 27.9 Ordained Priest Boulos Nassif Borkhoche, S.M.S.P. † Priest of Società dei Missionari di San Paolo (Melkite Greek) Archbishop Emeritus of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria

57.3 Ordained Bishop Stéphane-Émile-Alfred Desmazières † Titular Bishop of Byblus Bishop Emeritus of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France

74.8 Died Antônio Reis † Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

41.4 Appointed László Rózsavölgyi † Titular Bishop of Lystra

56.0 Succeeded Luís Victor Sartori † Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

57.4 Appointed Edward Ernest Swanstrom † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

57.4 Appointed Edward Ernest Swanstrom † Titular Bishop of Arba Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

15 Sep Born Oscar Eduardo Miñarro Auxiliary Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina

Born Gianni Sacchi Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy

16 Sep 78.7 Died Jean-Henri Mazoyer, O.M.I. † Prefect Emeritus of Vientiane e Luang-Prabang, Laos

17 Sep Born Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Liesen Bishop of Breda, Netherlands

57.0 Appointed Joseph Francis McGeough † Titular Archbishop of Hemesa Apostolic Nuncio

57.0 Appointed Joseph Francis McGeough † Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa Apostolic Nuncio

18 Sep Born Olivier Jacques Marie de Germay de Cirfontaine Archbishop of Lyon, France

51.7 Ordained Bishop Julian Jan Groblicki † Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

53.7 Ordained Bishop Marko Mihayo † Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania Archbishop Emeritus

20 Sep Born John Oliver Barres Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

21 Sep 41.3 Ordained Bishop José Brandão de Castro, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

49.8 Ordained Bishop Gentil Diniz Barreto † Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

50.9 Ordained Bishop Leo Lemay, S.M. † Titular Bishop of Agbia Bishop Emeritus of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

65.8 Appointed Miguel Paternain, C.Ss.R. † Titular Archbishop of Achrida Bishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay

23 Sep 49.6 Appointed Guido Del Mestri † Apostolic Delegate to Eastern Africa Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

53.3 Appointed Jean Émile André Marie Maury † Apostolic Delegate to Western Africa Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France

50.3 Appointed Sergio Pignedoli † Apostolic Delegate to Central-Western Africa Cardinal, President of the Secretariat for Non-Christians

51.9 Appointed Felice Pirozzi † Apostolic Delegate to Madagascar President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

57.3 Appointed Benito Epifanio Rodríguez † Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina

57.3 Appointed Benito Epifanio Rodríguez † Titular Bishop of Arycanda Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina

24 Sep Born Gustavo Bombín Espino, O.SS.T. Archbishop of Toliara, Madagascar

48.3 Ordained Bishop Umberto Tonna Zanotta † Bishop of Florida, Uruguay

25.9 Ordained Priest Luis Héctor Villalba Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tucumán, Argentina

25 Sep 65.0 Died Francis Ridgley Cotton † Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

21.0 Perpetual Vows Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

23.6 Ordained Priest Youhanna Kamal Golta † Priest Curial Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt

44.5 Ordained Bishop Eugène Klein, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Echinus Archbishop Emeritus of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)

27 Sep 55.0 Appointed Giuseppe Mojoli † Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia Apostolic Nuncio

55.0 Appointed Giuseppe Mojoli † Apostolic Internuncio to Ethiopia Apostolic Nuncio

28 Sep 85.9 Appointed Daniel James Gercke † Titular Archbishop of Cotyaeum Bishop Emeritus of Tucson, Arizona, USA

85.9 Retired Daniel James Gercke † Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA Bishop Emeritus

54.2 Succeeded Francis Joseph Green † Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA Bishop Emeritus

Born Socrates Buenaventura Villegas Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines

55.0 Ordained Bishop James Ward † Titular Bishop of Sita Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain

29 Sep 80.6 Died Rafael Balanzá y Navarro † Bishop of Lugo, Spain

Born Limacêdo Antônio da Silva Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil

Born Piero Pioppo Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia

30 Sep Born Koru Tito † Bishop-Elect of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	60.5	Appointed	Francesco Bertoglio †	Titular Bishop of Paros	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
15.5	Entered	Julio María Elías Montoya, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
2 Sep		Born	Paul David Sirba †		Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
	Born	Krzysztof Zadarko		Auxiliary Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland
3 Sep	49.0	Appointed	Pericle Felici †	Titular Archbishop of Samosata	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
49.0	Appointed	Pericle Felici †	Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
40.5	Appointed	Theotonius Amal Ganguly, C.S.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh	Archbishop
40.5	Appointed	Theotonius Amal Ganguly, C.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Oliva	Archbishop of Dacca, Bangladesh
	Born	James Massa		Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
54.0	Appointed	Dino Staffa †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
17.6	Entered	Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A.	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop Emeritus of Chulucanas, Peru
4 Sep	32.6	Ordained Priest	Gervazio Moses Chisendera †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Dedza, Malawi
	Born	Laurent Jean Marie Le Boulc’h		Archbishop of Lille, France
28.9	Ordained Priest	Medardo Joseph Mazombwe †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
5 Sep		Born	Eugênio Barbosa Martins, S.S.S.		Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
6 Sep		Born	Jaime Spengler, O.F.M.		Cardinal, Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
7 Sep	75.3	Appointed	Marko Alaupović †	Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Archbishop Emeritus
33.4	Ordained Priest	Xavier-Marie Baronnet, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles
32.2	Ordained Priest	Charles Louis Joseph Vandame, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad
77.9	Died	Bruno Wolnik, S.J. †	Prefect Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
8 Sep	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Vasile Cristea, A.A. †	Titular Bishop of Lebedus	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus
58.8	Resigned	Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. †	Bishop of Bova, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria, Italy
52.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Lenotti †	Bishop of Bova, Italy	Archbishop of Foggia, Italy
48.6	Appointed	Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. †	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
19.9	Professed	Plácido Rodríguez, C.M.F.	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Lubbock, Texas, USA
	Born	Giuseppe Satriano		Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto, Italy
11 Sep	44.3	Installed	Armando Círio, O.S.I. †	Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
12 Sep	24.0	Professed	Ricardo Ramirez, C.S.B.	Member of Congregation of St. Basil	Bishop Emeritus of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
13 Sep	50.3	Appointed	André-Georges Bontems †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France
57.0	Appointed	Alejandro Menchaca Lira †	Titular Bishop of Pinara	Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
57.0	Resigned	Alejandro Menchaca Lira †	Bishop of Temuco, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
14 Sep	27.9	Ordained Priest	Boulos Nassif Borkhoche, S.M.S.P. †	Priest of Società dei Missionari di San Paolo (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop Emeritus of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria
57.3	Ordained Bishop	Stéphane-Émile-Alfred Desmazières †	Titular Bishop of Byblus	Bishop Emeritus of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France
74.8	Died	Antônio Reis †	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
41.4	Appointed	László Rózsavölgyi †	Titular Bishop of Lystra
56.0	Succeeded	Luís Victor Sartori †	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
57.4	Appointed	Edward Ernest Swanstrom †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
57.4	Appointed	Edward Ernest Swanstrom †	Titular Bishop of Arba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
15 Sep		Born	Oscar Eduardo Miñarro		Auxiliary Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina
	Born	Gianni Sacchi		Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
16 Sep	78.7	Died	Jean-Henri Mazoyer, O.M.I. †	Prefect Emeritus of Vientiane e Luang-Prabang, Laos
17 Sep		Born	Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Liesen		Bishop of Breda, Netherlands
57.0	Appointed	Joseph Francis McGeough †	Titular Archbishop of Hemesa	Apostolic Nuncio
57.0	Appointed	Joseph Francis McGeough †	Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa	Apostolic Nuncio
18 Sep		Born	Olivier Jacques Marie de Germay de Cirfontaine		Archbishop of Lyon, France
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Julian Jan Groblicki †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
53.7	Ordained Bishop	Marko Mihayo †	Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Sep		Born	John Oliver Barres		Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
21 Sep	41.3	Ordained Bishop	José Brandão de Castro, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Gentil Diniz Barreto †	Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Leo Lemay, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Agbia	Bishop Emeritus of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
65.8	Appointed	Miguel Paternain, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Archbishop of Achrida	Bishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay
23 Sep	49.6	Appointed	Guido Del Mestri †	Apostolic Delegate to Eastern Africa	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
53.3	Appointed	Jean Émile André Marie Maury †	Apostolic Delegate to Western Africa	Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France
50.3	Appointed	Sergio Pignedoli †	Apostolic Delegate to Central-Western Africa	Cardinal, President of the Secretariat for Non-Christians
51.9	Appointed	Felice Pirozzi †	Apostolic Delegate to Madagascar	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
57.3	Appointed	Benito Epifanio Rodríguez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
57.3	Appointed	Benito Epifanio Rodríguez †	Titular Bishop of Arycanda	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
24 Sep		Born	Gustavo Bombín Espino, O.SS.T.		Archbishop of Toliara, Madagascar
48.3	Ordained Bishop	Umberto Tonna Zanotta †	Bishop of Florida, Uruguay
25.9	Ordained Priest	Luis Héctor Villalba	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tucumán, Argentina
25 Sep	65.0	Died	Francis Ridgley Cotton †	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
21.0	Perpetual Vows	Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
23.6	Ordained Priest	Youhanna Kamal Golta †	Priest	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
44.5	Ordained Bishop	Eugène Klein, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Echinus	Archbishop Emeritus of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
27 Sep	55.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Mojoli †	Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia	Apostolic Nuncio
55.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Mojoli †	Apostolic Internuncio to Ethiopia	Apostolic Nuncio
28 Sep	85.9	Appointed	Daniel James Gercke †	Titular Archbishop of Cotyaeum	Bishop Emeritus of Tucson, Arizona, USA
85.9	Retired	Daniel James Gercke †	Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA	Bishop Emeritus
54.2	Succeeded	Francis Joseph Green †	Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Socrates Buenaventura Villegas		Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
55.0	Ordained Bishop	James Ward †	Titular Bishop of Sita	Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
29 Sep	80.6	Died	Rafael Balanzá y Navarro †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
	Born	Limacêdo Antônio da Silva		Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil
	Born	Piero Pioppo		Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia
30 Sep		Born	Koru Tito †		Bishop-Elect of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)

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