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The Year of Our Lord 1956

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January to February


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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
unknown38.6AppointedDomenico BartolucciOfficial of the Roman Curia - OtherCardinal, Official Emeritus
23.9First VowsMiguel Clarete Cinches, S.V.D. †Member of Society of the Divine WordBishop Emeritus of Surigao, Philippines
64.0ResignedGiuseppe FrancioliniCoadjutor Bishop of Arezzo, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Cortona, Italy
24.1Ordained Priest[Michael Fu Tie-shan]PriestBishop of Beijing [Peking], China
46.5AppointedJosé Armando Gutiérrez GranierAuxiliary Bishop of La Paz, BoliviaArchbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
16.0First VowsEugeniusz Juretzko, O.M.I. †Member of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateBishop Emeritus of Yokadouma, Cameroon
83.3DiedFrancis Liu Jinwen (Liu Chin-wen, Liou King wen)Bishop Emeritus of Fenyang [Fenyang], China
DiedGraziano Martínez, C.M. †Prefect of Arauca, Colombia
21.1Ordained DeaconTadeusz Władysław PieronekDeacon of Kraków {Cracow}, PolandAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sosnowiec, Poland
78.2ResignedVincent (George) Taylor, O.S.B. †Abbot of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USAAbbot Emeritus
1 Jan59.4AppointedJoseph Calasanz Fließer (Fliesser)Titular Bishop of BindaBishop Emeritus of Linz, Austria
59.4ResignedJoseph Calasanz Fließer (Fliesser)Bishop of Linz, AustriaBishop Emeritus
BornDmytro (Bohdan) Hryhorak, O.S.B.M.Bishop of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
BornAlmachius Vincent RweyongezaBishop of Kayanga, Tanzania
51.0SucceededFranz Sales ZaunerBishop of Linz, AustriaBishop Emeritus
2 Jan BornOvidio VezzoliBishop of Fidenza, Italy
3 Jan81.6DiedAluigi CossioBishop Emeritus of Recanati, Italy
BornMartin MunyanyiBishop Emeritus of Gweru, Zimbabwe
4 Jan76.2DiedErnesto de LaurentiisBishop of Ischia, Italy
50.2AppointedMartino (Attiliius Mars Dominique) GiustiPrefect of the Vatican Secret ArchivePrefect Emeritus
6 Jan60.1Ordained BishopCelestino Miguel Fernández Pérez, O.F.M. †Bishop of San Marcos, GuatemalaBishop Emeritus
45.0Ordained BishopCostantino Cristiano Luna Pianegonda, O.F.M. †Bishop of Zacapa, GuatemalaBishop Emeritus
40.7Ordained BishopLuis Manresa Formosa, S.J. †Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, GuatemalaBishop Emeritus
22.8First VowsBernard Mosiuoa Mohlalisi, O.M.I. †Member of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateArchbishop Emeritus of Maseru, Lesotho
35.0Ordained PriestPio Yukwan DengPriest of Malakal, SudanBishop of Malakal, South Sudan
8 Jan BornAnsgar PuffAuxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
44.4Ordained BishopSebastian ValloppillyBishop of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop Emeritus
10 Jan81.3DiedAugustine KandathilArchbishop of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India
51.3AppointedLuís Victor SartoriCoadjutor Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilBishop
51.3AppointedLuís Victor SartoriTitular Bishop of CelerinaBishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
12 Jan42.4AppointedAlfonso Tóriz CobiánBishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, MéxicoBishop Emeritus of Querétaro, México
14 Jan BornVictor LyngdohArchbishop of Shillong, India
15 Jan42.1Ordained BishopLouis Van Steene, M. Afr. †Titular Bishop of BennefaArchbishop Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
16 Jan BornMarcelo Arturo González AmadorBishop of Santa Clara, Cuba
18 Jan64.0DiedMattias Eder, O.S.F.S. †Prefect Emeritus of Great Namaqualand, Namibia
61.8Ordained BishopBernard Patrick WallBishop of Brentwood, England, Great BritainBishop Emeritus
19 Jan44.2AppointedMaxim (Maksym) Hermaniuk, C.Ss.R. †Apostolic Administrator of Manitoba (Ukrainian), CanadaArchbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
20 Jan51.0SucceededArmando FaresArchbishop of Catanzaro, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
88.3DiedGiovanni FiorentiniArchbishop of Catanzaro, Italy
22 Jan BornEduardo Horacio GarcíaBishop of San Justo, Argentina
42.4Ordained BishopNarciso Jubany ArnauTitular Bishop of Orthosias in PhoeniciaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
59.7AppointedCesar Antonio Mosquera CorralArchbishop of Guayaquil, EcuadorArchbishop Emeritus
23 Jan54.6AppointedVittorio LongoAuxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
54.6AppointedVittorio LongoTitular Bishop of LorymaAuxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
BornAdolfo Zon Pereira, S.X.Bishop of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil
24 Jan BornDenis Chidi IsizohBishop of Aguleri, Nigeria
BornVincent de Paul Kwanga NjubuBishop of Manono, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Jan63.1Ordained BishopPhilip Joseph FurlongTitular Bishop of AraxaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
27 Jan BornRamón Castro CastroBishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
28 Jan66.0AppointedRobert Stephen Dehler, C. R. †Titular Bishop of ClazomenaeVicar Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, Antilles
66.0AppointedRobert Stephen Dehler, C. R. †Vicar Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, Antilles
29 Jan41.4Ordained BishopYouhanna Nueir, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of PhatanusBishop Emeritus of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt
31 Jan56.4AppointedGiuseppe ZaffonatoArchbishop of Udine, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
1 Feb83.1DiedAntônio José dos Santos, C.M. †Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
21.5EnteredDiogo Johannes Antonius Reesink, O.F.M. †Member of Order of Friars MinorBishop Emeritus of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2 Feb24.3Solemn VowsGeraldo Dantas de Andrade, S.C.I. †Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred HeartAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
21.4Solemn VowsCláudio Aury Affonso Hummes, O.F.M. †Member of Order of Friars MinorCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
48.9AppointedGiuseppe PaupiniTitular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in AbasgiaCardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
48.9AppointedGiuseppe PaupiniApostolic Internuncio to IranCardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
47.4Ordained BishopEustace John Alexander Smith, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of Apamea CibotusVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
50.4IncardinatedHans Urs von BalthasarPriest of Chur, Switzerland
3 Feb BornDavid John MalloyBishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
4 Feb25.7Ordained PriestWilliam Edwin FranklinPriest of Dubuque, Iowa, USABishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa, USA
54.6AppointedJoseph WendelBishop of Germany, MilitaryCardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
7 Feb56.0Ordained BishopPierre Khuất Văn TạoTitular Bishop of CaralliaBishop of Hải Phòng, Viet Nam
52.7AppointedMarius ParéAuxiliary Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, CanadaBishop Emeritus
52.7AppointedMarius ParéTitular Bishop of AegaeBishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
8 Feb BornAugustinus Kim Jong SooBishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
50.7Ordained BishopStephen Aloysius LevenTitular Bishop of BureBishop Emeritus of San Angelo, Texas, USA
9 Feb BornBejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I.Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh
74.6DiedLuis María Martínez y RodríguezArchbishop of México, Federal District
10 Feb BornMaroun AmmarBishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon
11 Feb42.2AppointedHeinrich ForerAuxiliary Bishop of Trento, ItalyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
42.2AppointedHeinrich ForerTitular Bishop of MemphisAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
53.7SucceededJosé Lázaro Neves, C.M. †Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus
46.1AppointedFidel Mario Tubino MongilardiAuxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
46.1AppointedFidel Mario Tubino MongilardiTitular Bishop of CernitzaAuxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
12 Feb45.4Ordained BishopClaude Rolland, M.S. †Bishop of Antsirabé, Madagascar
15 Feb74.5DiedRichard Joseph FitzgeraldBishop of Gibraltar
BornJohn Gregory KellyAuxiliary Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA
71.4DiedAntonio MantieroBishop of Treviso, Italy
76.5AppointedJean-Marcel RodiéTitular Bishop of Cynopolis in ArcadiaBishop Emeritus of Agen, France
76.5RetiredJean-Marcel RodiéBishop of Agen, FranceBishop Emeritus
16 Feb BornAntonín BaslerAuxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia
BornJoseph Anthony ZziwaBishop of Kiyinda-Mityana, Uganda
17 Feb BornNorberto do AmaralBishop of Maliana, Timor-Leste
18 Feb56.0AppointedJoão Crisóstomo Gomes de AlmeidaAuxiliary Bishop of Viseu, PortugalAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
56.0AppointedJoão Crisóstomo Gomes de AlmeidaTitular Bishop of IerafiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal
BornJoão Evangelista Pimentel LavradorBishop of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
19 Feb50.2InstalledMarcel-François Joseph Marie Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. †Archbishop of Dakar, SenegalBishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
22 Feb42.6Ordained BishopFrancis Anthony MarroccoTitular Bishop of LimnaeBishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
46.5Ordained BishopJohn Louis MorkovskyTitular Bishop of HieronBishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
54.8AppointedLuigi RinaldiBishop of San Marco e Bisignano, ItalyBishop Emeritus
23 Feb73.2DiedEdward John Galvin, S.S.C.M.E. †Bishop of Hanyang [Hanyang], China
BornJózef Piotr KupnyArchbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
BornPierre-Célestin Tshitoko MambaBishop of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Feb42.8AppointedOtàvio Barbosa AguiarBishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil
59.8AppointedBiagio d’AgostinoBishop of Vallo di Lucania, ItalyBishop Emeritus
BornAngelo GiurdanellaBishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
BornJoseph Chusak SirisutBishop of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
25 Feb36.6AppointedErnesto Corripio y AhumadaBishop of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, MéxicoCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
30.9Ordained PriestNarbal da Costa StencelPriest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, BrazilAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25.5Ordained PriestThadeu Gomes CanellasPriest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Osório, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
26.0Ordained PriestAffonso Felippe GregoryPriestBishop Emeritus of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil
23.7Ordained PriestPatrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A. †Priest of Order of St. AugustineBishop Emeritus of Kano, Nigeria
24.8Ordained PriestPatrick Joseph WalshPriestBishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland
24.5Ordained PriestThomas Anthony WhitePriest of Ossory, IrelandApostolic Nuncio
43.0Ordained BishopMatija Matiša ZvekanovićTitular Bishop of BurcaBishop Emeritus of Subotica, Serbia
26 Feb42.1Ordained BishopThomas MongoTitular Bishop of BotrianaBishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon
49.0Ordained BishopGiuseppe PaupiniTitular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in AbasgiaCardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
27 Feb71.3DiedAlfred-Jean Guyomard, O.M.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
28 Feb91.6DiedAntoni Wladyslaw SzlagowskiAuxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
29 Feb47.0AppointedDominic Romuald Basil Athaide, O.F.M. Cap. †Archbishop of Agra, India
55.5AppointedJean Marie Étrillard, S.M.A. †Bishop of Daloa, Côte d’IvoireBishop Emeritus of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
47.8AppointedJoseph Bartholomew Evangelisti, O.F.M. Cap. †Archbishop (Personal Title) of Meerut, IndiaBishop Emeritus
50.6AppointedRichard Lester Guilly, S.J. †Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana, AntillesBishop Emeritus
73.2AppointedDavid Francis Hickey, S.J. †Bishop of BelizeBishop Emeritus
56.4AppointedAlfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, AntillesBishop Emeritus
60.2AppointedJohn Joseph McEleney, S.J. †Bishop of Kingston, Jamaica, AntillesArchbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
35.1AppointedGeorge Hamilton Pearce, S.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)Archbishop Emeritus of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
35.1AppointedGeorge Hamilton Pearce, S.M. †Titular Bishop of Attalea in PamphyliaArchbishop Emeritus of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
54.3AppointedGustave-André-Ferdinand Raballand, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, CambodiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
54.3AppointedGustave-André-Ferdinand Raballand, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of EgugaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
48.0AppointedAnton Reiterer, M.C.C.I. †Bishop of Lydenburg, South AfricaBishop Emeritus of Lydenburg-Witbank, South Africa
39.0AppointedDieudonné YougbaréBishop of Koupéla, Burkina FasoBishop Emeritus
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