The Year of Our Lord 1956

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	38.6	Appointed	Domenico Bartolucci †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Official Emeritus
	23.9	First Vows	Miguel Clarete Cinches, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Surigao, Philippines
	64.0	Resigned	Giuseppe Franciolini †	Coadjutor Bishop of Arezzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Cortona, Italy
	24.1	Ordained Priest	[Michael Fu Tie-shan] †	Priest	Bishop of Beijing [Peking], China
	46.5	Appointed	José Armando Gutiérrez Granier †	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
	16.0	First Vows	Eugeniusz Juretzko, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Yokadouma, Cameroon
	83.3	Died	Francis Liu Jinwen (Liu Chin-wen, Liou King wen) †	Bishop Emeritus of Fenyang [Fenyang], China
		Died	Graziano Martínez, C.M. †	Prefect of Arauca, Colombia
	21.1	Ordained Deacon	Tadeusz Władysław Pieronek †	Deacon of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sosnowiec, Poland
	78.2	Resigned	Vincent (George) Taylor, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA	Abbot Emeritus
1 Jan	59.4	Appointed	Joseph Calasanz Fließer (Fliesser) †	Titular Bishop of Binda	Bishop Emeritus of Linz, Austria
	59.4	Resigned	Joseph Calasanz Fließer (Fliesser) †	Bishop of Linz, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Dmytro (Bohdan) Hryhorak, O.S.B.M.		Bishop of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
		Born	Almachius Vincent Rweyongeza		Bishop of Kayanga, Tanzania
	51.0	Succeeded	Franz Sales Zauner †	Bishop of Linz, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
2 Jan		Born	Ovidio Vezzoli		Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
3 Jan	81.6	Died	Aluigi Cossio †	Bishop Emeritus of Recanati, Italy
3 Jan		Born	Martin Munyanyi †		Bishop Emeritus of Gweru, Zimbabwe
4 Jan	76.2	Died	Ernesto de Laurentiis †	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
4 Jan	50.2	Appointed	Martino (Attiliius Mars Dominique) Giusti †	Prefect of the Vatican Secret Archive	Prefect Emeritus
6 Jan	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Celestino Miguel Fernández Pérez, O.F.M. †	Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Costantino Cristiano Luna Pianegonda, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Zacapa, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Luis Manresa Formosa, S.J. †	Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
	22.8	First Vows	Bernard Mosiuoa Mohlalisi, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop Emeritus of Maseru, Lesotho
	35.0	Ordained Priest	Pio Yukwan Deng †	Priest of Malakal, Sudan	Bishop of Malakal, South Sudan
8 Jan		Born	Ansgar Puff		Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
8 Jan	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Sebastian Valloppilly †	Bishop of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan	81.3	Died	Augustine Kandathil †	Archbishop of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India
	51.3	Appointed	Luís Victor Sartori †	Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop
	51.3	Appointed	Luís Victor Sartori †	Titular Bishop of Celerina	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
12 Jan	42.4	Appointed	Alfonso Tóriz Cobián †	Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México	Bishop Emeritus of Querétaro, México
14 Jan		Born	Victor Lyngdoh		Archbishop of Shillong, India
15 Jan	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Louis Van Steene, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Bennefa	Archbishop Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
16 Jan		Born	Marcelo Arturo González Amador		Bishop of Santa Clara, Cuba
18 Jan	64.0	Died	Mattias Eder, O.S.F.S. †	Prefect Emeritus of Great Namaqualand, Namibia
18 Jan	61.8	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Patrick Wall †	Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
19 Jan	44.2	Appointed	Maxim (Maksym) Hermaniuk, C.Ss.R. †	Apostolic Administrator of Manitoba (Ukrainian), Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
20 Jan	51.0	Succeeded	Armando Fares †	Archbishop of Catanzaro, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Jan	88.3	Died	Giovanni Fiorentini †	Archbishop of Catanzaro, Italy
22 Jan		Born	Eduardo Horacio García		Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Narciso Jubany Arnau †	Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Phoenicia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
	59.7	Appointed	Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral †	Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Jan	54.6	Appointed	Vittorio Longo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	54.6	Appointed	Vittorio Longo †	Titular Bishop of Loryma	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
		Born	Adolfo Zon Pereira, S.X.		Bishop of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil
24 Jan		Born	Denis Chidi Isizoh		Bishop of Aguleri, Nigeria
24 Jan		Born	Vincent de Paul Kwanga Njubu		Bishop of Manono, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Jan	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Philip Joseph Furlong †	Titular Bishop of Araxa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
27 Jan		Born	Ramón Castro Castro		Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
28 Jan	66.0	Appointed	Robert Stephen Dehler, C. R. †	Titular Bishop of Clazomenae	Vicar Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, Antilles
28 Jan	66.0	Appointed	Robert Stephen Dehler, C. R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, Antilles
29 Jan	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Youhanna Nueir, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Phatanus	Bishop Emeritus of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt
31 Jan	56.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Zaffonato †	Archbishop of Udine, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
1 Feb	83.1	Died	Antônio José dos Santos, C.M. †	Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1 Feb	21.5	Entered	Diogo Johannes Antonius Reesink, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2 Feb	24.3	Solemn Vows	Geraldo Dantas de Andrade, S.C.I. †	Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
	21.4	Solemn Vows	Cláudio Aury Affonso Hummes, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
	48.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Paupini †	Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	48.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Paupini †	Apostolic Internuncio to Iran	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Eustace John Alexander Smith, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Apamea Cibotus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
	50.4	Incardinated	Hans Urs von Balthasar †	Priest of Chur, Switzerland
3 Feb		Born	David John Malloy		Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
4 Feb	25.7	Ordained Priest	William Edwin Franklin	Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa, USA
4 Feb	54.6	Appointed	Joseph Wendel †	Bishop of Germany, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
7 Feb	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Khuất Văn Tạo †	Titular Bishop of Carallia	Bishop of Hải Phòng, Viet Nam
	52.7	Appointed	Marius Paré †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	52.7	Appointed	Marius Paré †	Titular Bishop of Aegae	Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
8 Feb		Born	Augustinus Kim Jong Soo		Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
8 Feb	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Aloysius Leven †	Titular Bishop of Bure	Bishop Emeritus of San Angelo, Texas, USA
9 Feb		Born	Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I.		Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh
9 Feb	74.6	Died	Luis María Martínez y Rodríguez †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
10 Feb		Born	Maroun Ammar		Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon
11 Feb	42.2	Appointed	Heinrich Forer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trento, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
	42.2	Appointed	Heinrich Forer †	Titular Bishop of Memphis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
	53.7	Succeeded	José Lázaro Neves, C.M. †	Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	46.1	Appointed	Fidel Mario Tubino Mongilardi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
	46.1	Appointed	Fidel Mario Tubino Mongilardi †	Titular Bishop of Cernitza	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
12 Feb	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Claude Rolland, M.S. †	Bishop of Antsirabé, Madagascar
15 Feb	74.5	Died	Richard Joseph Fitzgerald †	Bishop of Gibraltar
		Born	John Gregory Kelly		Bishop of Tyler, Texas, USA
	71.4	Died	Antonio Mantiero †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
	76.5	Appointed	Jean-Marcel Rodié †	Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Arcadia	Bishop Emeritus of Agen, France
	76.5	Retired	Jean-Marcel Rodié †	Bishop of Agen, France	Bishop Emeritus
16 Feb		Born	Antonín Basler		Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia
16 Feb		Born	Joseph Anthony Zziwa		Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana, Uganda
17 Feb		Born	Norberto do Amaral		Bishop of Maliana, Timor-Leste
18 Feb	56.0	Appointed	João Crisóstomo Gomes de Almeida †	Auxiliary Bishop of Viseu, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	56.0	Appointed	João Crisóstomo Gomes de Almeida †	Titular Bishop of Ierafi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Viseu, Portugal
		Born	João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador		Bishop of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
19 Feb	50.2	Installed	Marcel-François Joseph Marie Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
22 Feb	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Francis Anthony Marrocco †	Titular Bishop of Limnae	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
	46.5	Ordained Bishop	John Louis Morkovsky †	Titular Bishop of Hieron	Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
	54.8	Appointed	Luigi Rinaldi †	Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
23 Feb	73.2	Died	Edward John Galvin, S.S.C.M.E. †	Bishop of Hanyang [Hanyang], China
		Born	Józef Piotr Kupny		Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
		Born	Pierre-Célestin Tshitoko Mamba		Bishop of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Feb	42.8	Appointed	Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar †	Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil
	59.8	Appointed	Biagio d’Agostino †	Bishop of Vallo di Lucania, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Angelo Giurdanella		Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
		Born	Joseph Chusak Sirisut		Bishop of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
25 Feb	36.6	Appointed	Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada †	Bishop of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
	30.9	Ordained Priest	Narbal da Costa Stencel †	Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Thadeu Gomes Canellas	Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Osório, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Affonso Felippe Gregory †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop Emeritus of Kano, Nigeria
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Patrick Joseph Walsh †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Thomas Anthony White †	Priest of Ossory, Ireland	Apostolic Nuncio
	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Matija Matiša Zvekanović †	Titular Bishop of Burca	Bishop Emeritus of Subotica, Serbia
26 Feb	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Mongo †	Titular Bishop of Botriana	Bishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon
26 Feb	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Paupini †	Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
27 Feb	71.3	Died	Alfred-Jean Guyomard, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
28 Feb	91.6	Died	Antoni Wladyslaw Szlagowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
29 Feb	47.0	Appointed	Dominic Romuald Basil Athaide, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Agra, India
	55.5	Appointed	Jean Marie Étrillard, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
	47.8	Appointed	Joseph Bartholomew Evangelisti, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Meerut, India	Bishop Emeritus
	50.6	Appointed	Richard Lester Guilly, S.J. †	Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
	73.2	Appointed	David Francis Hickey, S.J. †	Bishop of Belize	Bishop Emeritus
	56.4	Appointed	Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
	60.2	Appointed	John Joseph McEleney, S.J. †	Bishop of Kingston, Jamaica, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
	35.1	Appointed	George 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)
	35.1	Appointed	George Hamilton Pearce, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia	Archbishop Emeritus of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
	54.3	Appointed	Gustave-André-Ferdinand Raballand, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	54.3	Appointed	Gustave-André-Ferdinand Raballand, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Eguga	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
	48.0	Appointed	Anton Reiterer, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Lydenburg-Witbank, South Africa
	39.0	Appointed	Dieudonné Yougbaré †	Bishop of Koupéla, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus

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