The Year of Our Lord 1959

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	26.5	Final Vows	George Marian Anathil, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Indore, India
	66.5	Resigned	Pedro Pablo (Luis Reinaldo) Andrade Sánchez, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Galápagos, Ecuador	Prefect Emeritus
	18.9	First Vows	Philip Boyce, O.C.D.	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Bishop Emeritus of Raphoe, Ireland
	46.9	Appointed	Pavol Brezanóczy †	Apostolic Administrator of Eger, Hungary	Archbishop
	58.7	Appointed	Gaetano Briani, F.S.C.J. †	Superior General of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Superior General Emeritus of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus
	26.8	Final Vows	Raymond Rodly Caesar, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
	17.4	Entered	John Dennis Corriveau, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
	19.9	Entered	Nicola de Angelis, C.F.I.C. †	Member of Congregazione dei Figli dell’Immacolata Concezione	Bishop Emeritus of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
	64.0	Died	André Dumas, O.P. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Hakodate, Japan
	78.6	Died	Canisius Teodorus Gellings, SS.CC. †	Prefect Emeritus of Western Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea
	27.1	Ordained Deacon	Antons Justs †	Deacon	Bishop Emeritus of Jelgava, Latvia
		Born	Samuel Kleda		Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon
	60.6	Appointed	Sándor Klempa, O. Praem. †	Apostolic Administrator of Veszprém, Hungary	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	61.1	Resigned	Thaddée Anselme Lê Hữu Từ, O. Cist. †	Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	42.0	Appointed	Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina †	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia	Bishop of Montería, Colombia
		Resigned	Manuel Moncayo, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Zamora, Ecuador	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	16.8	Entered	Santiago Pérez Sánchez, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela
	53.8	Resigned	Edouard Gabriel Quint, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Weihai [Weihaiwei], China	Prefect Emeritus
		Died	Clément Sirgue, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Moundou, Chad
	44.9	Died	Gilberto Tapia †	Former Bishop-Elect of Guaranda, Ecuador
		Resigned	[ Tcheng Yu-sin (Cheng Yu Sin)] †	Bishop-Elect of Guangzhou [Canton], China	Former Bishop-Elect
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Paul Tep Im Sotha †	Priest of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia	Prefect of Battambang, Cambodia
	49.7	Appointed	Giacomo Testa †	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
	72.4	Appointed	Gustavo Testa †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	55.5	Appointed	Bl. Vasyl Vsevolod Velychkovsky, C.Ss.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
		Ordained Bishop	Wang Ju-guang (Wong Juguang) †	Bishop of Yibin [Suifu], China
	86.1	Died	Francis Xavier Wang Zepu (Wang Tse-pu) †	Bishop Emeritus of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China
	68.0	Selected	[Louis Zhang Jia-shu (Chang Kia Shu)], S.J. †	Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
1 Jan		Born	Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria		Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan
	53.3	Appointed	Benedetto Falcucci †	Titular Archbishop of Preslavus	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy
	53.3	Resigned	Benedetto Falcucci †	Bishop of Penne e Pescara, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Hubertus Leteng †		Bishop Emeritus of Ruteng, Indonesia
2 Jan		Born	Josafá Menezes da Silva		Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
		Born	Prudencio Padilla Andaya Jr., C.I.C.M.		Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines
		Born	Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez		Archbishop of Puerto Montt, Chile
4 Jan		Born	Gerard Paul Bergie		Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
4 Jan	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Demetrio Mansilla Reoyo †	Titular Bishop of Erythrae	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
5 Jan	34.0	Professed	Angelo Maria Rivato, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil
6 Jan	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Raphaël Bayan, I.C.P.B. †	Titular Bishop of Taua	Bishop Emeritus of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
	39.4	Ordained Bishop	José Gabriel Calderón Contreras †	Titular Bishop of Victoriana	Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Colombia
	19.4	Professed	Robert Joseph Kurtz, C. R.	Member of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ	Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles
	25.8	Perpetual Vows	Bernard Mosiuoa Mohlalisi, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop Emeritus of Maseru, Lesotho
	54.5	Died	João Batista Portocarrero Costa †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
7 Jan		Born	Santiago Olivera		Bishop of Argentina, Military
7 Jan		Born	Marcel Utembi Tapa		Archbishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
8 Jan		Born	José María Baliña		Bishop Emeritus of Mar del Plata, Argentina
	44.3	Appointed	Alfonso Niehues †	Coadjutor Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	44.3	Appointed	Alfonso Niehues †	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro	Archbishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	46.5	Appointed	Manuel Tavares de Araújo †	Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan	36.8	Appointed	Nevin William Hayes, O. Carm. †	Prelate of Sicuani, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
11 Jan	24.9	Ordained Priest	José Ignacio Alemany Grau, C.Ss.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Líbano-Honda, Colombia
	46.2	Installed	Bl. Albino Luciani †	Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	22.1	Ordained Priest	Walter Pérez Villamonte †	Priest of Sucre, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus of Potosí, Bolivia
13 Jan	57.3	Died	Henri-Alexandre Chappoulie †	Bishop of Angers, France
	38.3	Appointed	John Neil Cullinane †	Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
	38.3	Appointed	John Neil Cullinane †	Titular Bishop of Flumenzer	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
	38.9	Appointed	John Jobst, S.A.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Broome, Australia
	38.9	Appointed	John Jobst, S.A.C. †	Titular Bishop of Pitanae	Bishop Emeritus of Broome, Australia
14 Jan	29.8	Ordained Priest	Vitalis Djebarus, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia
16 Jan	72.6	Died	Michele Fontevecchia †	Bishop Emeritus of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
16 Jan		Born	Giovane Pereira de Melo		Bishop of Araguaína, Tocatins, Brazil
17 Jan		Born	Andrés Arteaga Manieu		Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
	66.4	Appointed	Felipe Benito Condurú Pacheco †	Titular Bishop of Decoriana	Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil
	66.4	Resigned	Felipe Benito Condurú Pacheco †	Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama		Bishop of Oita, Japan
18 Jan	80.5	Died	Theodor Buddenbrock, S.V.D. †	Archbishop of Lanzhou [Lanchow], China
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Isak Doera †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Sintang, Indonesia
	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Lech Kaczmarek †	Titular Bishop of Alia	Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Alphonse U Than Aung †	Priest of Mandalay, Myanmar	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Jan	34.4	Appointed	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	34.4	Appointed	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo †	Titular Bishop of Verinopolis	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	46.7	Appointed	Carmine Rocco †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
20 Jan		Born	Alfred Agyenta		Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Ghana
	40.2	Appointed	Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa †	Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México
	59.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto †	Secretary of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
		Born	Krzysztof Kukulka, O.F.M. Conv.		Superior Emeritus of Uzbekistan
		Born	Eduardo Pinheiro da Silva, S.D.B.		Bishop of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
21 Jan		Born	Miguel Romano Gómez		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
22 Jan		Born	Thierry Marie Scherrer		Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
23 Jan	52.8	Appointed	John William Comber, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Foratiana	Superior General Emeritus of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
		Born	Jesús Ruiz Molina, M.C.C.I.		Bishop of Mbaïki, Central African Republic
	49.5	Appointed	John Joseph Wright †	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
24 Jan	50.0	Appointed	Paul Bùi Chu Tạo †	Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam
	50.0	Appointed	Paul Bùi Chu Tạo †	Titular Bishop of Numida	Bishop Emeritus of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam
	63.7	Appointed	Giovanni Panico †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	38.7	Appointed	Alberto Zambrano Palacios, O.P. †	Prefect of Canelos, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador
25 Jan		Born	Alejandro Daniel Giorgi		Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	22.1	Solemn Vows	Fragkískos Papamanólis, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece
	58.2	Ordained Bishop	José del Pilar Quezada Valdéz †	Bishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México	Bishop Emeritus
	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Wacław Wycisk †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland
26 Jan	52.4	Appointed	Pieter Jan Antoon Moors †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
27 Jan	48.0	Appointed	Julius Angerhausen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	48.0	Appointed	Julius Angerhausen †	Titular Bishop of Eminentiana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
		Born	Rafic Nahra		Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
28 Jan	67.9	Died	Mario Bondini †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
28 Jan	74.3	Died	José María González y Valencia †	Archbishop of Durango, México
29 Jan	49.2	Appointed	Sante Portalupi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
	49.2	Appointed	Sante Portalupi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit	Priest of Chantaburi, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus of Chanthaburi, Thailand
30 Jan		Born	Marco Eugênio Galrão Leite de Almeida		Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
30 Jan		Born	Brian Gregory Mascord		Bishop of Wollongong, Australia
31 Jan		Born	Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho		Bishop of Coroatá, Maranhão, Brazil
	70.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Beltrami †	Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	47.0	Appointed	Oscar de Oliveira †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	47.0	Appointed	Oscar de Oliveira †	Titular Archbishop of Rhoina	Archbishop Emeritus of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
		Born	Sandro Overend Rigillo, O.F.M.		Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya

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